Frontier of Britain on the Rhine speech by Duff Cooper
Alfred Duff Cooper, British secretary of state for war, tells Franco-British assembly that Britain's frontier lies on the Rhine. He argues that liberty and civilization are at stake, warning against changing alliances and urging the two democracies to safeguard their frontiers and ideals.
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Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Rhine
Alfred Dull Cooper
France
Duff Cooper
Europe
Battlefeld
Alaska naval air base plan reported by Harlan
Rep. Bryan B. Harlan of Ohio claims the United States government plans a second Alaska colony to host a gigantic naval air base with a permanent 20 000 man force. Harlan says he carried complete plans aboard the Brant during a Alaska voyage with Col. Charles Marsh. The base would be larger than Hawaii and the second colony would start after Matanuska success.
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United States
Alaska
Seattle
the Post Intelligencer
Bryan B. Harlan D
Ohio
Dayton
Harlan
U.S
Brant
Charles Marsh
Federal Trade Commission
Matanuska
Hawaii
Hawaiii
King Edward Birthday Message From Canada
King Edward thanks Canada for loyal birthday congratulations as Governor General receives the message at the Citadel. London reports Australia’s deputy PM Earle Page will stay in England for about a week after Canadian officials arrive, hoping for a Pacific shipping agreement. Berlin plans a peace monument taller than any structure to showcase Germany’s peaceful aims.
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Canada
Quebec
Edward
Lord ‘Eweedamuir
Baron Tweedsmuir
London
Earle Page
Australia
England
Charles Dunning
W. D. Buler
Trade
Berlin
Germany
Private member motions stalled as Parliament prorogued
Left with no debate six private member motions and one senate bill remained in limbo on the order paper. Proposals ranged from free foreign trade zones to higher income tax to fund jobs, tariff reforms, and national education scholarships, with notices of motion covering legal reform and economic adjustments.
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Towa
House of Commoss
Senate
Canada
League of Nations
United States
House of Commons
Demand for Free Passage Through Dardanelles By Russia
At Montreux Switzerland Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff urged Russia’s submarines and warships have free passage through the Dardanelles. He argued non Black Sea powers should move without obstruction and proposed restricted access for ships from non-bordering nations, under League mandates or regional pacts.
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Dardanelles
Montreux
Switzerland
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Turkey
Litvinos
Black Sea
League of Nations
Litvinoff
Japan
France
League
De Valera Plans Irish Republic Governor General Abolition
De Valera announced the governor general's office would be abolished in a new constitution with a ceremonial head elected by the people. James McNeill, first governor general, resigned in 1932 after friction with De Valera. replacement Donald Buckley, tied to the 1916 Easter uprising, took office amid ongoing tensions.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
James McNeill
Irish Free State
de Valera
Executive Council
Donald Buckley
Cair
McNeill
Free State
Young Edmonton Publisher Receives French Academy Award
Jean-Baptiste Boulanger a 13 year old Edmonton publisher of Le Petit Jour is decorated with La Medaille Vermeil by L Academie Francaise at a reception with Pierre Auge the French consul for western Canada in Edmonton. The award recognizes his work on the French language newspaper Le Petit Jour.
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le Petit Jour
Edmonton
Pierre Auge
Vancouver
Western Canada
Jean-Baptiste Boulanger
la Medaille Vermeil
L'Academie Francaine
Academy
Manitoba Nightingale Edith Mil ler Fergusson Dies in England
Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie linked through Edith J Miller Fergusson who sang as a contralto star known as the Manitoba Nightingale. Born in Portage la Prairie, she trained at Westminster College Toronto and won a Toronto Conservatory gold medal before pursuing study in Winnipeg, London, and Paris.
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Jenner Eaith Miler
Portage Las’ Prairie
England
Gravesend
Eng
Max Colyer- Fergusson
Manitoba
Fergusson
Portage la Prairie
Man
Winnipeg
Max Colyer-Ferguston
Edith J. Miller
W. W. Miller
Miss Buller
Westminster Ladies’ College
Toronto
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Signor d‘Auria
Europe
London
Paris
Madame Marcheai
Madrid Express Collides Head On In Mountain Tunnel
A Madrid express and a slow freight train collided inside a single track tunnel near Ponferd as13 people died and 28 were hurt. The signalman said signals warned the freight to take a siding but were ignored. The freight engineer fled and was not found. the express engineer and fireman were killed.
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Leon
Spain
Madrid
Ponferrada
No Need to Assume War Is Inevitable Says Hoare
London reports Sir Samuel Hoare declares there is no reason for panic or to believe war is inevitable. He argues Europe has inflammable material but that strong British military power and a well balanced fleet can deter conflict and keep world peace if rearmament proceeds in time.
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London
Samuel Hoare
the Admiralty
Royal Empire Society
Europe
Gastric ulcers largely relieved by standard diet and tube therapy
Dr. E. E. Cleaver reported 40 cases of gastric ulcers in older patients treated with diet and a duodenal tube. X ray follow ups showed 33 patients with symptoms completely relieved for five years or more. He noted gastric ulcers have a natural tendency to heal.
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Victoria
E. E. Cleaver
Toronto
Canadian Medical Association
Cleaver
Six Motor Torpedo Boats Handover to British Admiralty
Six new high powered motor torpedo boats handed to the British Admiralty at Portsmouth. The craft, to be inspected by the king, can overtake at more than 40 miles per hour and carry a crew of 10 with two torpedoes. Wireless firing and eight gun armament are noted and eighteen such boats can be built for the price of one submarine destroyer.
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Admiralty
Fortsmouth
Eng
Floods In England Cause Heavy Damage Across Regions
Heavy storms swept England causing many deaths and widespread flooding in Cheshire Derby and Lancashire. Mersey river areas and Liverpools Mersey Road station were flooded hampering rail transport as homes were inundated and heat wave accidents contributed to fatalities.
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Liverpool
Cheshire
Derby
Lancashire
England
Mersey
Irish Sea
Mersey Road
Lloyd George laments sanctions lift and Abyssinia betrayal
In Derbyshire a speech recalls the government's decision to lift sanctions amid debate in the House of Commons. David Lloyd George denounces the move as a betrayal of Abyssinia and laments Britain's weakness while urging imperial leadership and a return to moral duty.
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Lawley
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, officers were chosen. Murray of the University of Saskatchewan was named Hon. president, with 5. E. Smith of Manitoba as president and Howes Savage Shaw as honorary vice presidents and deans from Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan. Geo. Delong led the general executive with Dr. P. G. McCrostie as secretary-treasurer and J. E. Blakeman as director seed branch Winnipeg. The meeting opened at the Dominion experimental station with Prof. J. H. Ellis of Manitoba presiding.
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Swift Current
Western Canadian Society of Agronomy
Murray
University of Saskatchewan
5. E. Smith
University of Manitoba
E. A. Howes
University of Alberta
E. A. Savage
A. M. Shaw
Geo. Delong
Lacombe
Alta
Canada to send King to League of Nations meeting in Geneva
Prime Minister Mackenzie King will head Canada's delegation to the League of Nations assembly in Geneva in September and attend the coronation of King Edward and the Imperial conference in London next May. He plans to appoint ministers to represent Canada at the Vimy Ridge memorial in France next month.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Edward
London
France
Vimy Ridge
King
Ernest Lapointe
C. G. Power
Ian Mackenzie
National Defence
League Assembly
League
B. Bennett
Assembly of the League
Philip Roy
Vincent Massey
W. A
National body may take place of loan council in Canada
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Charles A. Dunning proposing a national committee on financial questions with dominion and provincial representatives. It would be voluntary and work toward coordinating finance and taxation, with a later advisory national finance council of provincial treasurers and the Dominion minister of finance if constitutional changes pass.
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Ottawa
Charles A. Dunning
Loan Council
Senate
Dominion
National Finance Council
Dunning
Canada
Labor group backs paid vacations while delaying 40 hour week
The international labor organization ended its conference by adopting paid vacations for workers and keeping the universal 40 hour week as a future goal. C B Brammes of Denmark noted six nations already use 40 hours, while Harold Butler urged not abandoning that aim, citing historical delays.
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Geneva
International Labor Organization
C. B. Brammes
Denmark
Labor Office
Harold Butler
Uni
Manual for New Citizens Vancouver Proposal
A report to the Association of Canadian Clubs by President Justice A K Dysart recommends printing a federal manual for new Canadian citizens to emphasize citizenship rights. He also favors formal ceremonies for presenting naturalization certificates, noting Winnipeg already holds such impressive ceremonies.
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Vancouver
Canada
Association of Canadian Clubs
A. K. Dysart
Winnipeg
Justice Dysart
Emperor Sellassie Barred From Switzerland Visit
The Swiss federal council told Emperor Haili Sellassie to stay away except for a League of Nations visit and urged him to refrain from living in his Vevey villa while the Italo-Ethiopian conflict remains unresolved.
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Berne
Switzerland
Federal Council
Haili Sellassie
League of Nations
Vevey
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Victor Em Manuel
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Prof. Ellis
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Sellassie
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