No Need for Panic Says War Not Inevitable
Sir Samuel Hoare, head of the admiralty, told a Royal Empire Society dinner that no European country wants war and it would be criminal folly to assume it is inevitable. He warned of inflammable materials in Europe and urged Britain to strengthen forces to prevent war, stressing the navy as a key peace factor and the aim to build a well-balanced fleet for cover, cruising, and convoy duties.
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London
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Royal Empire Society
Europe
Manitoba Nightingale Edith Miller Fergusson Dies in England
Famous contralto known as the Manitoba Nightingale Mrs Max Colyer Fergusson died in Gravesend England. Born Edith Miller in Portage la Prairie Manitoba she studied at Westminster College Toronto won the gold at the Toronto Conservatory then trained in Winnipeg Europe London and Paris with Madame Marchesi.
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Gravesend
Eng
Max Colyer- Fergusson
Manitoba
Fergusson
Portage la Prairie
Man
Winnipeg
Max Colyer-Frgusson
Edith J. Miller
W. W. Miller
Miss Miller
Westminster Ladies’ College
Toronto
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Signor d Auria
Europe
London
Paris
Madame Marchesi
Ottawa Left with Debates on Private Member Motions
Eight private-member motions aiming to spur social and economic reform remained on the House of Commons order paper without debate due to prorogation. Six additional motions and a senate bill were left in varying debate stages, including a plan to create free foreign trade zones and other fiscal and policy proposals.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Senate
Canada
League of Nations
United States
Madrid express crashes into freight near Ponferrada
A head on collision in a single track tunnel near Ponferrada, Leon, killed 13 and wounded 28. The signalman said signals warned the freight to take a siding but were ignored. The freight engine crew disappeared. the express crew also lost their lives.
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Leon
Spain
Madrid
Ponferrada
De Valera Abolishes Governor General Role in Ireland
President Eamon de Valera announced in the bail that the office of governor general would be abolished in the planned new constitution. An elected representative of the people would be the ceremonial head of state. James McNeill, Ireland’s first governor general, served since 1928 and resigned on Oct 3, 1932. Donald Buckley succeeded him, a key 1916 Easter rebellion figure, amid friction with De Valera’s government prior to the resignation.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
James McNeill
Irish Free State
de Valera
Executive Council
Donald Buckley
Cair
McNeill
Free State
Floods Devastate North England Across Mersey River
Heavy storms caused flooding across Cheshire Derby and Lancashire with many dead. Areas along the Mersey flooded, including North Derby and reaching the Irish Sea at Liverpool. Railways suffered disruption as Mersey Road station in Liverpool went under water.
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Liverpool
Cheshire
Derby
Lancashire
England
Mersey
Irish Sea
Mersey Road
Successful treatments for gastric ulcers in Toronto study
Dr. E. E. Cleaver reported on 40 elderly patients treated with standard care including diet and a duodenal tube. After five years or more, 33 were symptom free. X rays tracked progress from initial treatment to follow up, noting gastric ulcers tend to heal naturally.
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Victoria
E. E. Cleaver
Toronto
Canadian Medical Association
Cleaver
Young Publisher Honored in Edmonton
Pierre Auge the French consul for western Canada in Vancouver decorated 13 year old Edmonton publisher Jean-Baptiste Boulanger with the Medaille Vermeil from Academie Francaise at a reception here. The academy awarded the lad for his work on Le Petit Jour. 2157.
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Edmonton
Pierre Auge
Vancouver
Western Canada
Jean-Baptiste Boulanger
la Medaille Vermeil
Academie Francaise
Academy
le Petit Jour
Labor conference backs paid vacations but spares 40 hour week
The International Labour Organization ended its annual meeting after approving paid vacations and declining an immediate universal 40 hour week. Denmark’s C B Bramnacs said shorter hours remain a distant goal while Harold Butler urged not abandoning the 40 hour week, noting early reforms from 1848 and 1919.
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Geneva
International Labor Organization
C. B. Bramnacs
Denmark
Labor Office
Harold Butler
King Edward Thanks Canadians On 42nd Birthday Cable
King Edward sent cordial thanks to Canadians for loyal congratulations and good wishes on his 42nd birthday. The message, received by Governor-General Tweedsmuir at the Citadel, replies to a cable from Baron Tweedsmuir.
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Quebec
Edward
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Citadel
Baron Tweedsmuir
Swiss Tell Emperor Sellassie to Stay Out
The federal council bans Emperor Haile Selassie from living in Vevey and only allows a visit to the League of Nations. Switzerland presses to keep the Ethiopean monarch away while the Italo Ethiopian conflict remains unsettled.
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Berne
Switzerland
Federal Council
Haili Sellassie
League of Nations
Vevey
Lifting Of Sanctions Sparks Debate In House Of Commons
David Lloyd George condemned the lifting of sanctions against Abyssinia calling it a betrayal. He accused three foreign ministers of failing the task and urged Britain to lead the world in the path of right despite fears of a “black eye.”
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Sawley
Derbyshire
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Abyssinia
Britain
Mussolini
Laval
Agronomy Officers Elected at Western Canadian Meeting
At the 15th annual Western Canadian Society of Agronomy session the officers were elected. Hon. presidents include Murray of the University of Saskatchewan and S. E. Smith of Manitoba. Executive and officers from Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan were named, with J. E. Blakeman and P. G. McCrostie among key appointees. The convention opened at the Dominion experimental station, led by Prof. J. H. Ellis of Manitoba.
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Swift Current
Western Canadian Society of Agronomy
Murray
University of Saskatchewan
S. E. Smith
University of Manitoba
E. A. Howes
University of Alberta
E. A. Savage
A. M. Shaw
Geo Delong
Lacombe
Alta
F E. Clark
P. G. McCrostie
J. E. Blakeman
Winnipeg
Dominion Experimental Station
J. H. Ellis
All Provinces Represented at CSTA Convention
Representatives from all nine provinces will be among 280 delegates at the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists convention in Fredericton from July 13 to 16. Retiring president is Dean Malcolm Shaw of the agricultural college in Saskatoon and a member of the Canadian Grain Board.
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Fredericton
N.B
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Malcolm Shaw
Agricultural College
Saskatoon
Sask
Canadian Grain Board
Canada to send leaders to League meeting and royal events
Prime Minister Mackenzie King will head Canada’s delegation to the League of Nations assembly in Geneva in September and attend King Edward’s coronation and the Imperial conference in London next May. He will miss the Vimy Ridge war memorial unveiling in France. Ernest Lapointe C. G. Power Ian Mackenzie will represent Canada at Vimy.
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Itawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Geneva
King Edward
London
France
Vimy Ridge
King
Ernest Lapointe
C. G. Power
Ian Mackenzie
National Defence
League Assembly
League
R. B. Bennett
Assembly of the League
Philip Roy
Vincent Massey
W. A
Demand for warship passage through Dardanelles at Montreux
Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff argued Russia should have free passage for submarines and other warships through the Dardanelles, opposing Turkey’s call to bar underwater craft. Japan and France pressed for reciprocal or unrestricted access for non Black Sea nations under League or regional mandates.
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Montreux
Switzerland
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Dardanelles
Turkey
Litvinoff
Black Sea
League of Nations
Japan
France
League
First of six British motor torpedo boats handed to Admiralty
Portsmouth England reports the first of six high powered motor torpedo boats given to the admiralty. The craft, to be inspected by the king, can reach speeds over 40 miles per hour and carries a crew of 10 with two torpedoes and light armament. It is claimed eighteen such boats can be built for the cost of a single submarine destroyer.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Admiralty
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Medical Association
Young Publisher
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Ethiopia
Labor Meet
Sellassie
Lloyd George
Agronomy
Prof. Ellis
Earl of Bessborough
Buckingham Palace
British Admiralty
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