Jewish immigration into Palestine sparks House debate
In a Commons session Secretary Malcolm MacDonald faced opposition over illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine and the White Paper policy. He defended immigration limits while critics urged a reversal of policy, noting ongoing efforts by thousands aboard ships and in illegal entry attempts as debate centered on a future independent Palestine.
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Malcolm Mactonald
House of Commons
Palestine
Ate
House
Colonial Office
Alfred Duffs-Cooper
The
Admiralty
Great Britain
MacDonald
Creaton
Dong So
Lang to study coal fields north of Cochrane
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway chairman Col Lang will visit the Estevan lignite mines in Saskatchewan to study mining methods for potential development of the Onnakawana soft coal deposits 126 miles north of Cochrane. The Estevan deposit resembles the northern Ontario mine in scale and operation.
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North Bay
Ont
Mac Lang
The
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway
Powest
Estevan
Saskatchewan
Onnakawana
Cochrane
Lang
Col. Lang
Northern
Ontario
Protest Montreal Meeting Targets Bata Czech Entry
A mass meeting of workers in the shoe manufacturing industry protested energetically against the entry to Canada of 25 Czecho-Slovak technicians for the Bata shoe firm. Rouald Trepanier warned that a Canadian Bata plant would raise unemployment as Bata has optioned sites at Frankford and Rear Trenton, Ontario.
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Montreal
Canada
Bata
Mas
Rooul Trepanier
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Frankford
Ont
Trenton
British Empire Chambers Decide 1942 Meeting Site
The Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire votes to hold its 1942 meeting in Canada with the city to be chosen by Canadian delegates. Delegates expect a decision during the voyage home or shortly after arrival.
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Chambers of Commerce of
London
Congress of Chambers of Commerce
British Empire
Canada
Cost Of War Pensions In Canada Report
Ottawa reports 20 505 war veterans in actual war theatres now receive war veterans allowance. Pensions minister Hon G Power cites annual outlay of 7 200 000 with provincial totals: Quebec 2 071 Manitoba 1 916 Alberta 1 620 Saskatchewan 1 211 Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 1 156 New Brunswick 620.
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Ottawa
G. Power
Quebec
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
Prince Farward Island
New Brunswick
National Emergency Toronto Recruits 4 Million Women
Ontario to establish a registration bureau with a provincial committee chair Margaret Hyndman announcing a six week nationwide questionnaire. Women aged 16 to 60 will be asked about hosting children or adults, health, stamina, organizing skills, farm work, and technical training such as air mechanics and nursing.
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Toronto
Margaret Hyndman
Ontario
Iva ©. Fallis
Hyndmas
Submarine Safeguards London After Thetis Tragedy
Government announces diving test safeguards following the Thetis sinking near Liverpool Bay on June 1. A naval vessel will accompany tests, marking buoys will show position, and the submarine will tow the buoy. Trials will explore telephones lights marker buoy sensors and tube flood prevention to avoid repeat disasters.
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London
Thetis
Liverpool Bay
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
Nuirker
Ana
Refugee Conference Proposed at White House in September
President Roosevelt invites officers of the inter governmental committee on refugees to a two day conference at the White House the first week in September. Britain France Brazil Argentina and The Netherlands to be represented. Myron Taylor conveys the invitation awaiting government approvals.
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Roosevelt
White House
London
Europe
Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees
Britain
France
Brazil
Argentina
Netherlands
Myron ©. Taylor
Imperial Airways Flying Boats to Serve Trans-Atlantic Mail
Imperial Airways will use flying boats Cabot and Caribou on a weekly trans Atlantic air mail schedule. The first flight is scheduled for August 5, and Trans-Canada Airlines reports receipt of the notice via cable.
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Montreal
Imperial Airways
trans-Atlantic
Trans-Canada Airlines
Canadian Women Pilots Winnipeg
Wing Commander A. T. Cowley announces Canadian women pilots may serve as flying instructors in a national emergency. He notes 40 Canadian women have trained as pilots and could be mobilized if needed in Ottawa.
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Winnipeg
A. T. Cowley
R.C.A.F
Ottawa
Roosevelt Warns of Special Session if Crisis Reappears
The Roosevelt administration signals a possible special session call if Europe’s crisis deepens. It backs repeal of the arms embargo to belligerents to aid peace, facing opposition from Senate Republicans led by Willian Borah. President hints at addressing the country if needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
France
America
United States Congress
White House
Senate
Cordell Hull
United States
Willian Borah
Rep
Idaho
West
Hiram Johnson
California
Mr. Roosevelt
Automat Worm Bait Service At Northampton Barber Shop
In an automatic operation at an automat in Northampton, Massachusetts, a barber shop dispenses a can of worms as bait when a coin is inserted. The service proves popular with fishermen, leading to ten children being paid to dig the worms for customers.
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Northampton
Mass
Government seeks emergency powers to stamp out terror
London reports the British government asks Parliament for extraordinary powers to deport or bar entry of suspects tied to the IRA or similar groups. Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare introduces a two year emergency bill allowing police registration and detention powers with no appeal, aiming to curb the terrorist campaign in Great Britain.
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LRA
London
Gvernment
Pariament
Irish Republican Army
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
House of Commons
TRA
Seaven
Prairie Farm Board to Acquire 30000 Acres Near Medicine Hat
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Board agreed to acquire 30000 acres of land from Canada Land and Irrigation Co between Medicine Hat and Vauxhall to establish 200 new settlers. Half the land is irrigated and surveyors begin dividing the area into farm units for both irrigated and dry land. Families will come from sub marginal lands in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, PFRA officials say.
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Medicine Hat
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Board
Vauxhall
P.F.R.A
Regina
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Busy Shipping Season Looms for Grain at Churchill Port
Elevator officials anticipate a busy shipping season as 450 000 bushels of last year’s Western Canada yield arrive this month while 60 000 bushels of last year’s crop are on the first wheat train to Churchill. A 2 200 bushel holdover remains and about 1 600 000 bushels moved last summer by three grain freighters.
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Port Churchill
Churchill
Iestern Canada
Unlucky In Safety Drive Ends After Four Days
Vancouver’s third attempt at the Io Deathless Daya safety drive ended four days after it began when W. A. Hanna of Kamloops BC was fatally injured in a traffic collision. He died at General Hospital less than an hour after his car struck a bus carrying 26 passengers. The bus driver and passengers escaped unharmed. Hanna’s death marked the sixth fatality since the city launched the safety campaign on July 1.
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Vancouver
W. A. Hanna
Kamloops
General Hospital
Hianna
Britain announces new military steps to bolster defences
London reports broad preparations to strengthen Britain and allies with new commands and air operations. A midyear debate in Parliament reveals talks on a British French Soviet mutual aid pact while a new Middle East command coordinates land defences. Royal Navy visits to Greek and Turkish ports are planned amid rising German mobilization expectations in August.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Tokyo
Tientsin
Suez Canal
Royal Air Force
France
Kingsley Wood
Poland
Greece
Roumania
Turkey
Admiralty
Egypt
Sudan
Cyprus
British United Press
Britain
Danzig
Free City
Paris
Germany
Berlin
Reich
Coastal Route Favored for Alaska Highway Plan
Vancouver reports the BC Alaska Highway Commission has no instruction to study an Alberta prairie link. Board of trade leader Howard Mitchell pressed a coastal option, arguing lower coastal transport costs to Prince Rupert, Stewart, the Skeena River and Skagway. Kamloops mayor Tracey Scanlan touts interior routing as shorter and cheaper with easier winters, while Monkman Pass group backs Prince George to Finlay Forks as less challenging than coastal routes.
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Vancouver
International
British Columbia-Alaska Highway Commission
Alberta
Alaska
Charles Stewart
Commission
Howard Mitchell
Vancouver Board of Trade
Stewart
Dominion
Board of Trade
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
S$tilone River
Skagway
C FE. Scanlan
Kamloops
Scanlan
Hecht
T. P. O'Kelly
Monkman Pass
Raad
Frince George
Finlay Forks
Italy to grant Germany port privileges at Trieste
Rome reports negotiations are near completion for Italy to grant Germany special privileges at Trieste Port to divert traffic from Hamburg. Germany hesitates on full rehabilitation responsibility and a 10 year lease for modernization is disputed in early reports.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Trieste
Adriatic
Hamburg
New Transatlantic Air Service Planned By Germany
Germany plans a six motor air transport service before next summer using a large plane weighing up to 90 000 pounds. Subject to US permit, the craft would carry 30 to 40 passengers on the first nonstop link between Lisbon and New York, a 3300 mile flight.
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New York
Germany
North Atlantic Air Transport
United States
Fiest
Liston
Portugal
French airman plans California flight to regain record
Maurice Rossi announced a bid to fly from Hollywood to Jiboul in French East Africa to reclaim the non stop distance record. Two British planes flew from Tsarua Egypt to Port Darwin Australia covering 7160 miles on Nov 6 7 1938. Syria lies about 000 miles from Hollywood while Jibuth sits near 9000 miles away.
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Marseille
France
Maurice Rossi
California
Hollywood
Jiboul
French East Africa
Tsrnaia
Egypt
Port Darwin
Australia
Syria
Jibuth
Mounted RCMP Patrol At Parliament Entrance
Ottawa tourists will see two Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables on horses stationed at the main entrance to the Parliament building. The mounted patrol replaces foot patrols as officials of the force allow visitors a closer view of the riders and their steeds.
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Otttawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Parliament Building
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B.C.A
Motherwell
Melville
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Port of
New Air Service
Plains
Wight
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