Manitoba election shows Liberal Progressives lead but no majority
Ballot counts place Liberal-Progressives as largest group with 21 seats in Manitoba's legislature. Conservatives hold 16, Independents three, Communist one, Social Credit five, with two seats still undecided. Final count totals show Liberal-Progressives 21 and Conservatives 16, while speculation swirls on possible coalition.
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Wihontpeg
Manitoba
John Bracken
Folllowers
Comservatives
Errick Willits
James McLenaghen
Kildonan-St. Andrews
G. Renouf
Swan River
H. F. Lawrence
St. Boniface
C.F
H. H. Wright
Experson
Liberal- Progressives
C.c.f
Communist
Social Credit
Liberal-Progressives
McLenaghen
C. EB. Fillmore
Jta Plana
Ottawa area sees employment gains in July 1 report
Dominion bureau of statistics reports 9 744 employers listing 987 955 Canadians at work on July 1 up from June 1 and 963 401 a year earlier. Five economic areas show gains led by Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Winnipeg and Vancouver with declines in Montreal Quebec and Windsor. Manufacturing rises driven by food lumber and pulp and paper while mining services transport and construction also improve.
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Otttawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Toronto
Ottawa
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Montreal
Quebec
Windsor
Jeather
Textile
Tront
King Edward Plans Dalmatian Coast Yacht Cruise
The king has chartered the yacht Nahlin for a three to four week cruise along the Dalmatian coast. He may join in Dubrovnik in about ten days with three or four friends. The vessel, owned by Lady Yule, cost $1,590,000 and is registered at Glasgow. The trip replaces a Cannes vacation canceled after the Spanish rebellion began.
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London
Edward
Nahlin
Buckingham Palace
Dubrovnik
Yugoslavia
Yule
David Yule
Glasgow
Cannes
France
London mayor to take gifts to Vancouver jubilee
Sir Percy Vincent lord mayor of London sails to Vancouver for jubilee celebrations with gifts from London citizens. The gifts include a large silver relief depicting 18th century London and a portrait of Captain George Vancouver’s tomb from Petersham cemetery.
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London
Percy Vincent
Vancouver
Citizena of
Petersham Cemetery
George Vancouver
Plan for Two New Battleships Announced in Commons
Sir Samuel Hoare announced in the House of Commons that the 1P3T naval rearmament program includes construction of two new battleships. Construction would start January 1957 with final cost negotiations later with contractors. Britain aims to advance naval replacement under the Washington pact, with 16 inch guns planned and orders placed with Vickers Armstrong and Cammell Laird.
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London
House of Commons
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Samuel
First Lord
The
Commons
Washington
Britain
France
United States
Japan
Vickers, Armstrong, Ltd
Walker-on-Tyne
Cammell Laird Co
Birkenhead
Stock Expert Manager Westervelt Dies at 64 in Toronto
Alexander P. Westervelt 64 longtime manager of the Royal Winter Fair died in hospital after a brief illness. For 20 years he lived at Clarkson west of Toronto where he ran a small farm. He collapsed at his desk while preparing for the winter fair, and had guided the fair since its 1922 inception bringing innovations and coast to coast exhibits.
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Toronto
Alexander P. Weatervelt
Clarkson
Westervelt
World Poultry Congress Show Highlights Plymouth Rocks Exhibit
Canadian exhibit at the sixth World Poultry Congress features a new cold hardy Plymouth Rock breed. The Plymouth Rocks are part of a large Canadian poultry display alongside major exhibits from the United States Belgium France Holland and Denmark as 42 nations attend. Buyers showed strong interest with prices up to 150 marks about 60 dollars, drawing Swedish and Finnish breeders.
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Plymouth Rocks
Leipes
United States
Belgium
France
Holland
Denmark
Bishop to Visit Canada Will Sail August Fifth
The Bishop of London Right Rev Arthur Winnington-Ingram will sail for Canada aboard the liner Queen Mary on August 5 to visit his 34 nieces nephews great nieces and great nephews. He joked the Canadian prime minister may erect a marble statue to the Winnington-Ingram family for its part in populating the Dominion. The bishop has frequently visited Canada.
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London
Arthur Winnington-Ingram
Canada
Queen Mary
Winnington- Ingram
Dominion
Winnington-Ingram
Visit by Canadian leaders to Arras battle cemeteries
Wartime prime minister Sir Robert Borden visited soldiers' cemeteries in Arras and memorials in France and Belgium. He was accompanied by Col. Frank Higginson, OAIC chief administrative officer, and Col. H. C. Osborne, Ottawa secretary of the Canadian War Graves Commission, amid the battlegrounds of France and Belgium.
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Arras
France
Robert Borden
Canada
Frank Higginson
Imperial War Graves Commission
H. C. Osborne
Ottawa
Canadian War Graves Commission
Batttefields
Belgium
Freighter Resold From Canadian Government to Tower Line
The 5492 ton Canadian freighter, laid up at Halifax, is resold by its current operator to the Tower Steamship Company of London. The ship will be reconditioned and sailed across the Atlantic within weeks.
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Montreal
Tower Steamship’ Company of
London
Eng
Haliifax
King George Memorial Fund Receives Sultan’s Gift
A London report notes a contribution to the King George Memorial Fund totaling 50001 pounds 25 000 dollars from the Sultan of Johore on behalf of his government and people. The gesture honors the late king for 25 years of protection and marks the fund nearing 200000 pounds in total.
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London
George Vo
Johore
Aviators Plan New York to London Round Trip
Dick Merrill and singer Harry Richman announce completed plans for a round trip flight from New York to London to occur between August 15 and August 20. The pair aim to demonstrate new long distance air travel capabilities.
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London
New York
Dick Merrill
Harry Richman
Baldwin Voices Hope for Peace at Vimy Pilgrimage
London reports Prime Minister Baldwin telling Canadian veterans that war is the only path to settle disputes and expressing hope for world peace through shared memory of 1914 18. He saluted Vimy comrades and spoke warmly of Byng Currie and Franco German veterans.
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Baldwin
London
Westminster Hall
Britain
Whitehall
Winnington Ingram
Canada
Big Ben
Reveille
Lord Byng
Vimy
Sir Arthur Currie
Byng
Currie
Leave To Appeal On Labor Acts Granted
The Privy Council grants the Canadian government leave to appeal regarding the validity of acts on one day rest in seven a 48 hour week the Minimum Wages Act and the Employment and Social Insurance Act. Ontario and British Columbia join the petition with Roebuck and Farris representing their provinces. The Supreme Court of Canada previously ruled the first three partly valid and the last unconstitutional.
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London
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Bennett
C. P. Plaxton
Dominion
Ontario
British Columbia
Roebuck
J. E. Deb Farris
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court of Canada
Nova Scotia Plans to Replenish Cattle Herds
Nova Scotia Agriculture Minister John A. McDonald said a plan to replenish depleted herds could involve cattle from Western Canada. He noted drought losses and a smaller crop, and that freight rates must drop for any benefit to farmers as NS harvests a large hay crop and expressed demand for more cattle.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
John A. McDonald
Canada
Drouth
Mr. McDonald
McDonald
Bruce Urges Dominion Help for Empire Defence
Stanley M. Bruce Australian high commissioner in London and former prime minister urged British dominions to increase contributions to imperial defence in his Bristol speech.
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Bristol
Eng
Stanley M. Bruce
London
Commonwealth
US Wheat Shortage Could Force Import From Canada
Secretary Wallace said a hard wheat shortage in the United States may require imports from Canada. He did not specify amounts but noted trade forecasts around 40 million bushels. He projected a domestic soft white surplus in the Pacific Northwest and warned of a drought pushing farm price indices higher.
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Coneds Saya
Wallace Washington
United States
Q Canada
Walace
Canada
Pacific Northwest
Wallace
Agriculture Department
King Edward greets Canadian pilgrims at garden party
At Duke of Gloucester's garden party in London 8 000 Canadian Vimy pilgrims battled the crowd for a moment with the king. He appeared hatless in a grey suit and spoke warmly acknowledging Vimy memories while joking about the rain. Cheers followed as the crowd sang for him.
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London
Edward
Duke of Gloucester
Buckingham Palace
Royal Enclosure
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Vimy Ridge
Canada
Vimy
Dominion
Jess
Thia
Alberta
High River
U S Exports to Canada Show Heavy Increase
Canada’s June import statistics show the United States leading exports to Canada at 33.99 million dollars, up 31 percent from June 1935. The United Kingdom also increased sales to Canada to 11.06 million dollars, up 11 percent, while total Canadian imports rose 23 percent to 57.60 million dollars.
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U.S
Canada
Ottawa
United States
Common Bureau of Statistics
United Kingdom
Ontario Wheat Crop Forecast Soars Despite Drought
C H Carlisle president of the Canadian Bread Company told shareholders at the annual meeting in Toronto that Ontario wheat production may reach 2.5 to 3.06 million bushels above 1935. He estimated the current Canadian crop around 250 million bushels with 125 million carried over, totaling to or exceeding the typical 350 million bushels.
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Toronto
Ontario
C. H. Carlisle
Canadian Bread Company
Wine for Working People Champagne Production Increase
The Soviet government orders champagne production raised from 300000 bottles this year to 12000000 in 1942. Communist leaders call the move part of broader plans toward greater freedom and abundance for the Russian proletariat. Champagne will no longer be treated as a luxury.
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Moscow
English papers fined for publishing captions on King Edward
Two newspapers and a newsreel company fined £1050 and costs for captions on July 16 claiming an assassination attempt. The captions described an attack on the King during a military parade on Constitution Hill when spectator George Andrew McMahon drew a revolver as the sovereign passed by.
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King Edward London
George Andrew McMahon
Constitution Hill
Canadian chosen as head of American Poultry Judges
George Robertson of Ontario was elected president of the American Poultry Judges Association at a Topeka meeting. He is the first Canadian to hold the role in the association’s 53 year history.
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Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
George Robertson
Dominion
Joan Here
American Poultry Judges’ Association
Topeka
Kas
Robertson
Airways Office Closes in North Bay After Fieldworks
The department of national defense will close its air ways headquarters in North Bay Ontario after completing work at eight landing fields in the district. Lieut Col J Larsen stated the office opened July 1 1933 and will now shut down.
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North Bay
Ont
Department of National Defense
J. Larsen
RCMP Commissioner Arrives by Plane in Search Base Territory
Commissioner J H MacBrien of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police lands by aeroplane at Churchill Manitoba, a base 450 miles north, aiding the seven year search for the lost McAlpine party from Baker Lake.
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Churchill
Man
Baker Lake
Here
McAlpine
J. H. MacBrien
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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