Tragic Quebec Floods Kill Dozens As Rains Persist
Severe rains across the Quebec region caused widespread destruction from Portneuf to Quebec City. A railway washout near Portneuf killed engineer Ovide Carrier and fireman Donat Jobidon while a landslide in St Gregoire collapsed an eight unit apartment killing several residents. A family of nine in Ancienne Lorette was rescued after floods swept their home. dozens more were injured as roads flooded and bridges failed.
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Portneuf
Fee Heights
Canadian Pacific
Ovide Carrier
Donat Jobidon
Montreal
Quebec City
Quebec
Beauport
St. Gregoire de Montmorency
Laurentian
Ancienne Lorette
Quebec-Montreal
Salter
Harry Carpenter
Salter Carpenter
St. Casmir
Ste. Catherine
St. Lawrence
Rosa LaChance
Patrick Delisie
Corinthia Audet
George Marcot
Rose Marcot
Bridget Marcot
Fernand Marcot
Giso
St. Gregore
Defence minister to review Bren gun contract in Ottawa
Honlan Mackenzie, national defence minister, via secretary, announced that the Bren gun contract with John Inglis Company Limited of Toronto will be fully reviewed before the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. The scope and timing were not specified.
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Ottawa
Honlan Mackenzie
National Defence
John Inglis Company, Limited
Toronto
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee
Young sets English gliding record in single seater
A. N. Young, 22, of the fleet air arm, with five days of gliding experience, broke the English single seater gliding record at Shrewsbury. He stayed aloft for 80 minutes and 15 seconds, admitting the flight felt cramped after landing.
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Shrewsbury
Shropshire
Eng
Fleet Air Arm
A. N. Young
Evacuation Plan Outlined For London Civilians
The Daily Herald Labor reports a government committee will study a comprehensive civilian evacuation program for UK cities. Plans target moving millions by rail within 72 hours with lightening action and rural reception sites.
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London
Daily Herald Labor
United Kingdom
London Passenger Transport Board
Main Line
The
Herald
Geoffrey Lioyd
Home Office
House of Commons
Liegd
Earthquake Shocks Los Angeles Districts Across County
A strong earthquake shook Los Angeles with a brief east west tremor felt downtown and heavier in the harbor district and beach cities. No damage reported though San Pedro Long Beach Redondo Beach Lynwood Maywood Compton Hawthorne Huntington Park Anaheim and Santa Monica felt varying intensities while Pasadena foothills did not experience shocks.
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Los Angeles
Harbor District
San Pedro
Long Beach
Redondo Beach
Lynwood
Maywood
Compton
Hawthorne
Huntington Park
Anaheim
Santa Monica
Pasadena
Agreement Is Essential to Solve Wheat Surplus
A Financial News editorial argues that world wheat prices can recover only if major exporting countries reach a new agreement or face another crop failure. It says a major war is excluded and expects consensus in time to ease the surplus.
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London
Financial News
Provincial Geological Survey urged for mining support
The Manitoba survey board appointed by the government proposed a province wide geological survey to aid the mining industry. It recommends collecting and publishing yearly statistics on economic minerals and educating students for geological engineering and metallurgical careers, plus practical mining instruction.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Survey Board
Manion Likely Run in London By Election
Reports suggest Hon Dr R J Manion Conservative leader will seek a seat in the House of Commons by contesting the London by election, with Waterloo South the other Ontario vacancy. Major Fred C Betts previously held London from 1935 until his death by drowning last spring. the riding has been Conservative since 1907.
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Ottawa
R. J. Manion
House of Commons
London
Ontario
Waterloo South
Fred C. Betts
Major Betts
Quebec
Photographic survey by RCAF detachment at Swift Current
Four members of No 2 General Purpose Detachment RCAF arrived from Edmonton to conduct a drouth area aerial survey of southwestern Saskatchewan. Flying Officer Rutledge commands the party with Sergt Gilmour and Corporals Baxter Rhodes and Schultz assisting.
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Swift Current
No. 2
Royal Canadian Air Force
Edmonton
Saskatchewan Drouth
Drouth
Ottawa
Rutledge
Sergt
Gilmour
Baxter
Rhodes
Schultz
Calm counsel seen vital to peace amid Czech German dispute
Britain urged calm diplomacy as Hitler's decision loomed over the Sudeten crisis. Polish envoy Antoni Jazdzewski and US Ambassador Joseph Kennedy engaged with London as officials warned against brutal rejection of settlement offers. Observers noted many German speakers in Czechoslovakia want self government while remaining in the state.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Hitler
Foreign Office
Antoni Jazdzewska
Germany
Soviet Russia
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
Viscount Halifax
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovak Sudeten
Czechoslovakia
US Exports Wheat Through Subsidy Program
The US agriculture department began its wheat export subsidy by selling 451000 bushels to exporters for foreign markets at a price $24520 below government cost. F R Wilcox said the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation sold 235000 bushels in the Pacific Northwest at four cents below cost and 216000 in the Gulf region at seven cents below cost. officials expect export sales to rise sharply.
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Washington
United States Agriculture Department
F. R. Wilcox
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Region
Should Build Ships Winnipeg Canada Should Build Ships
R S Dalgleish of Newcastle England said Britain has 2000 fewer ships than in 1914 and Canada must subsidize new vessels to meet growing competition. He heads a steamship line and travels to England after visiting the Pacific coast warning Canada risks losing Pacific trade to Japanese ships.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Dalgleish
Newcastle
England
Great Britain
Pacific
Italians Die In Spain List of 67 Legionnaires Published
The 19th fallen Italians list from the Spanish Civil War reports 67 Italian legionnaires killed in recent days on the insurgent side. A hospital ship arriving at Naples carried 650 wounded Italian officers and men seeking care.
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Rome
Spain
Naples
Polish Opinion on Nazi Germany and Czechoslovakia
Polish press expresses concern over a German-Czechoslovak clash and the risk of a broader war. Illustrowany Kurier Cozienny notes Nazi Germany weaker than 1914 Germany, while Gazeta Polska says Britain holds the key with commitments to European peace and non anti German policy.
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Warsaw
Hitler
Germany
Illustrowany Kurier Cozienny
Liberal
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Gazeta Polska
German Refugee Smuggles £5000 Hidden in Hops Bale
Customs officials in Harwich report a German refugee smuggled £5000 out of Germany in a hops bale. The consignee claimed the money hidden in tubes inside the bale and was allowed to proceed, en route to Kenya colony in East Africa.
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Harwich
Eng
Germany
Consignee
Kenya
East Africa
Trade pact with New Zealand extended to 1939
Ottawa announces extension of the trade agreement with New Zealand to September 30, 1939, removing the exchange dumping duty in return for limited shipments. Since 1932 the pact has been renewed, with Canadian exports valued at 16.55 million and imports at 5.19 million for the year ended June 1938, led by automobiles and wool.
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Ottawa
New Zealand
Co. D. Howe
Manion Presses Reform Agenda for Canada
Saint John NB national Conservative leader Dr. R J Manion urged bold reforms to the economic system to curb relief waste and widen opportunity. He warned that without redistribution and public works such as New Brunswick roads Canada risks wreck, anarchy and barbarism, and called for a social conscience and justice within free enterprise.
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Saint John, N.B
R. J. Manion
Barry's Bay
Ont
Manion
Canada
New Brunswick
National Conservative Party
Dr. Manion
Dominion
Bay Route Defended By Saskatoon Alderman
Alderman S. E. Bushe told board of trade members that Great Lakes shipping savings came from opening the northern Hudson Bay route. He responded to English shipper R. B. Dalgliesh who claimed the west would not use it. J. H. Holmes noted western farmers saw little saving, while shippers pocketed gains.
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Saskatoon
Hudson Bay
S. E. Bushe
Board of Trade
Great Lakes
Bushe
Dalgliesh
Regina
Great Lakes Decreased. Mr. Bushe Contended. J. H. Holmes
Holmes
Western
Canada
Britain and France Push for US Warplane Deliveries
Britain and France press to speed delivery of warplanes from the United States as Europe faces a crisis. Ships unlikely for four to five months. Neutrality Act could block shipments if conflict begins. Britain has 400 reconnaissances and training planes. France 100 pursuit planes.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Europe
United States
Police Destroy 4250 Sticks of Old Dynamite at Quarry
On orders of the Ontario provincial police 4250 sticks of 12 year old dynamite were destroyed at a quarry near Little Current Ontario. The action was linked to the Dodge summer camp blast and the drowning of Daniel Dodge two weeks earlier.
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Little Current
Ontario
Dodge
Daniel Dodge
Wheat Pledges From Prairie Provinces For Spain Relief
Wheat pools in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba along with the Winnipeg Grain Exchange pledged substantial contributions to the cargo of the Canadian American relief ship Malcom Ross said secretary Malcom Ross of the relief ship committee.
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Toronto
Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Spain
Malcom Ross
Refinery Project Planned for Calgary East Site
Work to build the new $1 350,000 oil refinery for the British American Oil Company in East Calgary will commence within the next two or three days.
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Calgary
British American Oil Company
Calgary Air Field Work Begins on Excavation and Grading
Work has started on excavation and grading for the new civic air field in Calgary. Crews prepare the site as the project moves from soil work to foundational construction.
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Calgary
Civic Air Field
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California
Geological Survey
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
John Simon
Scotland
George E. T. Eyston
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Merce
Ments
U.S
Calgary Air Field
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