Crowds in Rome Rally for War Program
In Rome a massive crowd gathered around Colonna and Venezia squares shouting support for Mussolini’s Africa policy. Orasio Orazi promised readiness for war against blacks and yellows and, if needed, blondes, while other chants targeted Ethiopia Japan and Britain. Authorities deployed guards at foreign legations. Norman Davis predicted the League of Nations would push Italy and Ethiopia toward a peaceful settlement.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Threete
Colonna
Venezia
Benito Mussolini
Orasio Orazi
Italy
Japan
Orazi
Biondes
Britain
Washington
Norman Davis
United States
League of Nations
Davis
France
League
England
Canadian Teacher Rosamond Archibald Heads to England
Miss Rosamond Wolfe Archibald of Wolfville Nova Scotia sails to England to serve on Canada's International Relations committee for the Congress of Education in Oxford August 10 to 17. She will speak on Horton Academy teaching methods and discuss starting a global Goodwill Day contest for 1936. Archibald recently represented Canada at the National Council of Teachers of English in Washington.
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Nova Scotia
England
Wolfville
N.S
Rosamond
eWolfe Archibald
Canada
Congress of Education
Oxford
Archibald
Horton Academy
Misa Archibald
National Council of Teachers of English
Washington
Plan Approved Equazation Scheme for Cheese Industry
The dairy products marketing equalization scheme has been officially approved to aid the cheese sector in the Dominion. It aims to stabilize milk prices used in cheese manufacture and equalize returns from marketing dairy products. Parliament funds a pool to make payments based on cheese production quantities.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Hepburn and McGeer Seen to Promote Alberta Campaign
Ontario premier Hepburn and Vancouver mayor McGeer are expected to actively participate in Alberta election campaigning. Calgary Liberal officers say talks are pending but anticipate extensive speaking tours across the province with no firm arrangements yet announced.
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Hepburn
Calgary
Fremler Mitchell
Ontario
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver
Alberta
Liberal Party
Drouth Ravages Hungarian Farms Lose Millions
Budapest reports heavy losses from a drought lasting nearly two months. Farmers face about 20 million dollars in damages due to drought, hail storms, and early frosts, with only substantial rainfall offering relief.
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Budapest
Japan open to separate naval treaty with Britain
Tokyo indicates willingness to pursue a separate naval agreement with Great Britain similar to Germany. A naval officer named Coleman discussed the possibility in an interview with Haves.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
Germany
Naval Office
Haves
League Council Faces Italy Ethiopia Clash At Rome
Britain and France push for decisive league action on the Italy Ethiopia dispute. Mussolini seeks direct political control of Ethiopia, while Sir Samuel Hoare urges immediate merits discussion within the covenant framework. Britain pledges readiness to cooperate with the United States to preserve peace.
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Penon
London
Britain
France
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
League
Mussolini
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
League Council
United States
Wants Action Edmonton Flood Protest Demanded
L A Giroux Liberal candidate for Grouard warns of a northern march on Edmonton unless the government acts immediately on flood relief. He cites the Lesser Slave Lake sand bank and the river bends needing dredging and straightening, noting engineers once estimated the river could be straightened for 8000 dollars.
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Edmonton
L. A. Giroux
Grouard
Ottawa
Giroux
Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave River
Haliburton’s Italian trek blocked by elephant deposit
American traveler Richard Haliburton aimed to imitate Hannibal by crossing the Alps on an elephant. At Gran San Bernardo frontier he faced a 50 percent deposit requirement, forcing a return to Lucerne to raise funds. He came back with money but still must obtain a veterinary sanitary clearance before entering Italy.
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Rome
Richard Haliburton
Hannibal
Italy
Alps
Gran San Bernardo
Haliburton
Lucerne
Switzerland
Minug
Canadian constable Pickrell chosen for Rome Olympics
Constable R G Pickrell of the Winnipeg based Canadian National Railways police has been selected to represent Canada and the British Empire in Rome's September shooting matches. He recovered from a serious wrist injury at Bisley, narrowly missing the Bisley pistol title by one point, after winning last month’s Scottish pistol match at St Andrews with 97 of 100.
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Montreal
R. G. Pickrell
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Canada
British Empire
Rome
London
Pickrell
Bisley
St. Andrews
Scotland
May Not Be Tree Ottawa Penitentiary Letters Fumble
Ottawa officials say they have no knowledge of any withholding of letters to Norman Red Ryan during his term in Kingston penitentiary. The note questions the handling of correspondence and the penalties faced by inmates.
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Ottawa
Norman “Red” Ryan
Kingston Penitentiary
Canadian Borstal Plan Nears Start in Month
Ottawa reports youth offender reform to begin within a month in Canadian penitentiaries. Changes for segregation are under way, with Kingston penitentiary’s old women’s buildings to be reused and Laval Penitentiary at St. Vincent de Paul expected to be utilized. The system targets offenders under 21, combining mental moral physical and industrial training.
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Ottawa
Kingston Penitentiary
St. Vincent de Poul
Laval
Lkely
British Columbia Presses for National Trade Policy Change
The Economic Council advised Premier Pattullo that British Columbia should demand a new national trade policy or adequate compensation. It notes BC buys most manufactured goods from eastern factories and exports primary products to world markets, bearing debt as prices fall unevenly and protection favors eastern manufacturers.
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Victoria
British Columbia
The
Economic Council
T. D. Pattullo
W. A. Carrothers
Council
Canada
Tedrosa
Expense Survey Urged for Government Expenditures
A royal commission to survey government spending was urged by A. O. Cawson at a Saint John Board of Trade luncheon. He noted western municipalities balancing budgets, Dominion controllable expenditures cutting by 81 million dollars from 1931 to 1934, and provincial spending down 74 million in 1933-34.
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Saint John
N.B
Royal
A. O. Cawson
Montreal
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Saint John Board of Trade
Canada
Dominion
Mr. Dawson
Voters List in Ottawa to be Finished by Aug 15
Col John Thompson Dominion franchise commissioner announced the federal voters list will be completed August 15. After revision the lists are printed at the government bureau at ten ridings daily, showing six million eligible voters, an increase of 250 000 over last year.
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Ottawa
John Thompson
Dominion
Government Bureau
Veteran Montreal Printer Dies at 79
Montreal obituary notes Isaac Glennon a veteran printer who died suddenly last week at 79. He had moved to western Canada 25 years ago, lived in Pas, Manitoba, before returning to Montreal where he was well known locally and across western Canada.
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Montreal
Isaac Glennon
Canada
Western Canada
The
Pas
Man
Higher Duty On Jap Goods
Ottawa responds to Japan's 50 cent import surtax by imposing a 34.5 percent ad valorem duty on all Canadian imports from Japan effective August 5. Transit goods are exempt. Japan targets lumber pulp and paper while excluding nickel lead and zinc. Canada broadens the levy to cover all imports from Japan.
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Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Oriental Kingdom
Veterans of 85 Rebellion Attend Saskatoon Exhibition
Representatives from both sides of the historic struggle between whites and red men in western Canada were welcomed by Mayor Pinder at Saskatoon Industrial Exhibition. The reunion honored veterans who fought in Saskatchewan a half century ago, with guests traveling from Regina, Brandon, Victoria, and elsewhere for the day.
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Saskatoon
Western
Canada
Pinder
Saskatchewan
Regina
Brandon
Victoria
B.C
Fixed price proposal dominates Saskatoon wheat talks
Saskatoon session of the provincial conference of Co operative Trading Associations urged a minimum wheat price of 1.06 per bushel for this crop and called for regular storage charges of one percent per month. it also proposed farmers hold grain for home use and to support livestock. The meeting backed education efforts in cooperation with the University of Saskatchewan and farm boys camps.
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Saskatoon
Provincial Conference of Cooperative Trading Associations
A. F. Sproule
la Fleche
George Bickerton
U.F.C
Co-Operative Society
University of Saskatchewan
W. B. Francia
Sproule
Batoche Anniversary Revisits Louis Riel Rebellion History
Wakaw Sask fifty years after the Riel rebellion relatives of Louis Riel and others gather at Batoche for a memorial sports day and mass. W A Boucher addresses delegates recalling Batoche beginnings in 1875 and notes the first school and parish, while a monument marks the 1885 four day battle. Buffalo meat banquet follows the ceremony.
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Riel
Louis Riel
Regina
Saskatchewan
Middletom
Batoche
Batoche Catholic
Father Robert
Father Boucher
St. Louis
W. A. Boucher
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
Father Moulin
Frst
North West Territories
Floods in China Reach Deadly Toll Across Rivers
The Hankow Red Cross Society reports 30000 bodies recovered from drowned victims along the Ha and Yangtze near Hankow as floods sweep central and northern China. Shantung, Hopei, Hopan, and Shensi suffer vast damage with millions homeless. total losses remain unestimated due to Yangtze devastation.
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Red Cross
Shanghai
Hankow
Red Cross Society
Has
Yangtze
China
Yellow River
Shantung
Han Fu Chu
Nanking
Hopei
Hopan
Shensi
Rust Fears Propel 50 Percent Crop Cut Projection
Black rust grips the spring wheat belt as observers forecast a 50 percent cut in the U S crop. Hot humid weather fuels rust spread and officials slash the expected 273 million bushels from the nation’s grain belt.
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Krust
United States
St. Paul
Minn
Repair Liner Vancouver Resumes Voyage After Collision
The Canadian Australian Miner Niagara damaged July 17 in a collision with the freighter King Egbert en route to Australia, is being repaired in Esquimalt dry dock and expected to resume its voyage within a few days, J J Forster, CPP railway steamship general passenger agent, announced.
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Vancouver
Niagara
King Egbert
Australia
J. J. Forster
Pasenger
Canadian Pacific Railway
Gandhi Through Calgary Declared Politically Finished
Theosophical Society lecturer C Jinaradasa of Madras says Mahatma Gandhi is through as a political agitator. He states Gandhi has petered out and is politically out of commission, ending the mischief he caused by rousing antagonisms between peoples.
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Calgary
Mahatma Ghandi
C. Jinaradasa
Theosophical Society
Madras
India
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Drouth
Hungary
North
C.N. Police
Charles W. Gordon
Ralph Connor
Mildenhall
Duxford
Adopes
Ghandi
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