Palestine Plan Division Hits League of Nations Rift
The Palestine plan faces a split vote as the four commissioners oppose changing Britain’s mandate while three support it. Britain’s Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald plans to seek League of Nations approval, but unanimous council consent seems unlikely given the division.
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League of Nations
Brittain
Palestine
League of Nabeca
Waa
Bilgrarian
Holy Land
Tnis
League Couret
Bnfish
Switzerland
Belgium
Norway
Netherlands
Britain
League
London
Malcolm MacDonald
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Permanent Mandates Commission
League Council
Mithdates Commission
New CBC BBC Cooperation Announced by Major Murray
Major W E Gladstone Murray, CBC general manager, announced a new co operation between Canadian and British broadcasting systems. He said Canada will send more national programs to British listeners and the BBC will reciprocate with programming for Canadian interests starting in September.
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New York
W. E. Gladstone Murray
CBC
London
Canada
United Kingdom
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Major Murray
Pan-America
Great Britain
British Broadcasting Company
BBC
Island boy found living alone near Galapagos coast
The Ecuadorian cruiser President Alfaro reported locating a one year old boy living solitary on a Galapagos island. The boy named Perez ran away from a family three years earlier after alleged ill treatment. He reportedly lived on seaweed plants and slept outdoors before plans to return to Guayaquil.
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Teavaquil
Ecuador
Alfaro
Galapagos
Perez
Voungster
Guayaquil
Tate rejects Duke of Windsor charcoal portrait as not artistic
The Tate gallery declined a charcoal drawing of the Duke of Windsor as Prince of Wales by John Sargent. Director Dr. John Rothenstein said the rejection was based on the portrait's merits as art, after consideration. The work had been left to the Tate by Sir Philip Sasseem.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Tate Gallery
Philip Sasseem
John Sargent
John Rothenstein
German demands grow on Polish corridor and Danzig
The piece notes rising German pressure over the Polish corridor and Danzig amid hints Fuhre r Hitler will use two events to urge concessions. The 5th anniversary of the Battle of Tannenberg and the Nuremberg Rally are cited as possible platforms for a public display of demands.
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Berin
Germany
Acti Ovnis
Danzig
Prussia
Pomeérze
Elf
Hitler
Tannenberg
Boy Wins Rifle Match at Connaught Hines Ranges
James Boa Jr age 17 of Toronto won the Macdonald Brier rifle match at the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association annual meet earning 100 dollars and the DACR A silver medal. He shot a possible 122 three short of possible leading about 250 marksmen and beat his father Lieut James Boa of Toronto who scored 121 with best at longer ranges.
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Connaught Hines
South March
Ont
James Boa
Toronto
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Dac.r.a
Boa
Michael Faraday
R.Q
J. E. Bosteck
Winnipeg
Manitoba Rifleman
Lieut
Ontasia
D. H. Gibson
Hamilton
Supreme Court Extends Farmer Definition in Act
The Supreme Court of Canada overturned Saskatchewan and Manitoba rulings that a corporation cannot be a farmer under the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act. The decision extends the definition so a corporation may qualify, allowing Barickman Hutlerian Mutual Corporation to seek debt adjustment under the act.
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Saskatoon
Mianitoba
Saskatchewan
Supreme Court of Canada
Canada Law
Manitoba Court of Appeal
Supreme Court
Manitoba Appeal Court
Barickman Hut~lerian Mutual Corporation
Farmers’ Credstergs
New Air Record at Istres France Captain Rossi Sets Speed
Captain Maurice Rossi, a noted French aviator, broke the international speed record over a 10 kilometer course with an average speed of 182.1 kilometers per hour. The prior record, set by Italian airmen on August 1, stood at 236.970 kilometers per hour.
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Istres
France
Maurice Rossi
Celebration for Hitler at Berchtesgaden
On August 16 Chancellor Hitler marked the 25th anniversary of his entry into the German army as a volunteer in the Great War. Old comrades and army delegations visited Obersalzberg to felicitate him.
Economic aid for Germany if peace is assured
Washington discusses potential US credits through the Export-Import Bank to Germany in return for disarmament and liberalized trade. Offer includes subsidized access to American wheat and cotton, credit on instalment terms, and a path to devaluing the mark, with triggers to halt if Germany fails to meet conditions.
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Europe
Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
United States
Germany
Freighter Troutpool Sails With Wheat Cargo From Saskatchewan Port
The Troutpool of the Ropner line sailed from Hudson Bay port carrying 603,500 bushels of wheat from northern Saskatchewan farming districts to an undetermined Spanish port. The ship arrived in ballast on August 13.
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Churchill
Man
Troutpool
Ropner Line
Hudson Bay
Saskatchewan
Swiss Rationing Food Supplies In Emergency Move
The Swiss government acts to build food reserves amid international tension. The federal cabinet orders all families to lay in supplies immediately, citing the gravity of the situation.
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Berne
Conncnt
Alberta Oil Market Prospects in United Kingdom
Frederic Hudenief, Canadian trade commissioner in Britain, says there is an unlimited market for Alberta oil in the Old Country if a pipeline to Fort William Dat or Vancouver is feasible. Federal experts led by Dr. Charles Camesell study a long-distance Turner Valley pipeline 32 miles southwest of Calgary. Hudenief notes Alice England’s spring visits helped British awareness of Canada's oil field.
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Calgary
Frederic Hudenief
United Kingdom
Alberta
Fort William
Dat
Vancouver
Charles Camesell
Mines and Resources
Turner Valley
Mrr
Hudd
Canada
Alice England
Renewed clashes halt prisoner releases in Palestine turmoil
British military command suspends prisoner releases from concentration camps amid renewed Arab Jewish clashes in Palestine. A Jewish policeman was arrested at Kafar Manahim after probing an attack on Indibna. Five bombs were seized. An Arab attack on Kiriath Anavim near Jaffa and Jerusalem left one Arab dead.
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Jerusalem
Kafar Manahim
Indibna
Jaffa
Road Nearing Completion on Big Bend Highway BC
The Big Bend highway will be turned over to the B C government by federal authorities next month as the final link in the British Columbia section of the trans Canada road. Formal opening is scheduled for next year likely in July. Travelers can use the route in the interim.
Honorary Degrees Awarded at Laval University
Five eminent lawyers and judges from four countries received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees at Laval University during the annual Canady association meeting. Participants included Lord Naugham of England, Jacques Charpentier of Paris, Hon. Frank Hogan of Washington, Sir Lian Po Dan of Canada, and LE Beradieu of Quebec.
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Laval University
Quebec
Canady Sooition
Restrigue Wardinal Villeneuve
Lord Naugham
England
Jasques Charpentier
Batonnier
Bar of
Paris
Frank Hogan
Washington
Americar Far Association
Laian Po Dan
Dusticey
Canada
LE Beradieu
Quirber
One Canadan Bar Association
British contract boosts Canadian armament orders in Montreal
Montreal reports British War Office placed a contract with Marine Industries Limited for 20 pounder field guns. Joseph Simard said the order would exceed a large sum, and Canadian munitions plants expect further orders for Bren guns carriers small tanks and two pound anti tank guns.
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Montreal
Joseph Simard
Marine Industries, Limited
Serel
War Office
Simard
Montreal Gazette
Government Feeder Stock Purchase Plan For Prairie Farmers
Dominion government reaffirms feeder stock purchase aid from Sept 1 to Dec 31. Policy offers refund of one way travel costs for farmers buying feeder cattle lambs and breeding ewes, with regional editions for eastern Canada prairie provinces and British Columbia. Saskatchewan Moose Jaw Saskatoon and Williams Lake sales listed. Conference in Winnipeg to align branding inspection horn policies and dealer licensing.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Prairie
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Williams Lake
British Columba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Wilhaing Lake
Edmonton
Winnipeg
D. B. Mahen
Germany presses for Danzig deal amid border fortification
Berlin reports indicate Germany seeks direct talks with Poland over Danzig as border defenses rise along the Silesian frontier. Officials say a broader settlement of more than 1,000,000 nationals in Poland’s border regions is at stake, with a bloodless Danzig-Pomorze solution viewed as likely.
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Certificathins
Germany
Poland
Danzig
Free City
Associated Press
Berlin
Danzig-Pomorze
Shipped By Air Cabot Carries Beaver Skins To King
Canada’s first air shipment to Great Britain aboard the Imperial Airways flying boat Cabot includes two black beaver skins and two elk heads presented to King George during the Winnipeg royal visit on May 24. The goods, provided as dues for the monarch, were part of the return cargo from Canada, alongside Vancouver cat flowers and a parcel of parasites from Ontario to Palestine to fight the citrus mealy bug.
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Cabot
King George
Montreal
Winnipeg
Imperial Airways
England
Canada
Patrick Ashley Cooper
Hudson's Bay Company
Great Britain
Vancouver
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Belleville
Ont
Palestine
Hoppers Invade Toronto Amid Swarms Across City
A west wind drove grasshoppers into multiple Toronto districts. Residents reported clouds from Willowvale Park, menacing verandahs and windows in Bay and Yonge streets. Motorists were bothered by insects striking windshields.
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Toronto
Willowvale Park
Bay and
Yonge
Early Winter Foreseen by Northern Manitoba Italians
Italian residents of northern Manitoba predict an early winter this year. Forecasters note migratory patterns with ducks taking flight about two weeks earlier than in prior years and muskrat activity increasing as they seek suitable lodgings and shelter for the coming cold season.
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Manitoba
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