Memorial Dedicated On Vimy Ridge By King Edward VIII
King Edward VIII dedicates the Vimy Ridge memorial with Canadian veterans and workers in attendance. He vows that those buried in foreign fields remain remembered on soil that is Canada’s, as crowds observe two minutes of silence and hymns. France and Canada share enduring gratitude for the Great War dead.
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Vimy Ridge
Canada
Edward
Viii
Oher
Rupert Brooke
France
Ernest Lapointe
Guard of Honor
Hmcs. Saguenay
Cecil C. Owen
Vancouver
G. ©. Pallis
Toronto
E. A. Deschamps
Montreal
Caplains
Mackenzie King’ Pensage
C. G Power
Europe
Jan Mackenzie
Albert Lebrun
Ottawa
Lebrun
Sick Comrades Vimy Pilgrims Send Message to Men at Home
Canadian war memorial pilgrims aboard the liner Ascania wire a remembrance to veterans in hospitals at home. The 4300 pilgrims sending best wishes honor those who remained behind during the Great War and recall cemeteries and battlefields.
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Montreal
Canada
Ascania
Delivered Military Secrets Three Are Sentenced To Prison In France
In Paris a woman and two men were found guilty of delivering French military and diplomatic secrets to Germany. Madame Isavette Queyrel, a former foreign office employee, and her husband received two year sentences. Dr Leo n Barre, her brother in law, was sentenced to four years. Queyrel allegedly obtained confidential documents on French relations with the little entente and passed them to a German spy in Switzerland.
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France
Paris
Germany
Madame Isavette Queyrel
Foreign Office
Leon Barre
Brothernelaw
Queyrel
Madame Queyrel
Little Entente
Switzerland
Farmers press higher fixed wheat price and policy reforms
The United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan section advocates a $1.12 per bushel wheat price and demands government actions including grain marketing under commodity boards. Delegates seek support from the Saskatchewan wheat pool, debt protection for farmers, public ownership to employ the unemployed in useful production, and dairy and crop policy changes.
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Saskatoon
United Farmers of Canada
Wheat Board
Saskatchewan
UFC
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
King Edward Visit Doubtful After Coronation
Prime Minister Mackenzie King questioned the possibility of King Edward visiting Canada after his coronation. He noted no information supported such a tour and doubted any itinerary for a Vancouver 50th anniversary trip. King planned to attend the Geneva League of Nations assembly, with no firm delegation lineup disclosed.
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Edward
Canada
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Dominion
Cabinet Council
Geneva
League of Nations ‘Assembly
Vancouver
Quebiedon
L. A. Taschereau
Quebec
Senate
Levis
Red Chamber
Infantile Paralysis Outbreak in Manitoba
Three youths have died from infantile paralysis in southwestern Manitoba in the past month. Six other cases are under treatment. Quarantine placed on victims' homes and public meetings banned by health officers in Boissevain and Deloraine. Deceased are Charles Reid 14 of Boissevain Sylvia Revit 14 of Horton and Ray Millions 17 of Wassawa.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Boissevain
Deloraine
Charles Reid
Sylvia Revit
Horton
Ray Millions
Wassawa
Reid
Miss Revit
Millions
Uniform Laws On Highways To Be Discussed Later
Ottawa expects uniform laws for highway bus and truck traffic to be discussed by Dominion and provincial government representatives later this summer. No new laws are anticipated until next year's provincial legislature and Dominion Parliament. A December conference adopted 11 recommendations from the special committee.
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Ottawa
Dominion
London Woman Appeals to King Over Birth Home Loss
A London Ontario woman, unnamed, appeals directly to King Edward seeking aid to save her birth home from civic troubles. The letter was sent to the king's secretary, redirected to the Canadian secretary of state, and is now with city authorities.
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London
Edward
Canada
Security Of Empire Burdens Of Navy Weigh Taxpayers Down
Sir Samuel Hoare warned at an Empire Parliamentary Association session that the navy imposes a heavy tax burden on British taxpayers. He urged imperial solidarity and noted cooperation with Australian and New Zealand cruisers during the Mediterranean crisis as evidence of unity. He suggested other parts of the empire could help with local defence to ease the burden. He stressed centuries of experience back a strong British empire as global peace’s best guarantee.
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London
Empire Parliamentary Association
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Samuel
Mediterranean
New Zealand
Sir Samuel
New Aeronautics Course to Open at University of Toronto
A Canadian first, the University of Toronto will inaugurate a dedicated aeronautics course next fall under W J Dunlop head of the department of extension. Students will study aircraft types, flight principles, aerodynamic forces, model testing, stability, structural design, and wind tunnel use. Admission requires pass and honor matriculation with 75 percent in all mathematical subjects. Those qualifying will spend the first two years in engineering physics.
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Toronto University
Aeronautics
Toronto
Canada
University of Toronto
W. J. Dunop
Government troops repulse rebel advance on Madrid
A day long battle in the Guadarrama mountains reported the invasion halted as government lines, aided by artillery, repelled the attacking forces. Rebels fled toward Segovia leaving gear behind while Madrid’s streets returned to normal and conscripts were redirected to August 1 reporting.
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Madrid
Guadarrama
Segovia
Seville
Cyal
Capi
Tal
Emilio Mola
Soma Sierra
Avila
Empire Train London Plans Tour of Great Britain
Dominion leaders discuss a six month empire train tour of Great Britain proposed by Lord Eggin for next year. The plan, estimated at 37,000 pounds, includes manufactured goods along with primary products as part of the project.
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London
Hign Caumsenders
Dominions
Lord Eigin
Great Britain
Cadian
Liner Dodges Whales Off Grand Banks
Chief Officer G. E. Barton reported the liner Berengaria altered course to avoid a school of 30 to 35 large whales feeding at the surface off the Grand Banks. He said he never saw so many whales bunched together and directly in the ship's course during the voyage.
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Omcer
New York
Grand Banks
Berengaria
G. E. Barton
Feeder Purchase Policy Renewed for Winter Feeding
The feeder purchase policy to promote winter feeding of young cattle and lambs in feed-rich districts has been renewed by Hon. J. G. Gardiner. The policy runs August 1 to December 31 and covers one-way transportation and reasonable travel expenses for farmers buying one or more carloads of feeder cattle or feeder lambs under livestock branch terms.
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Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Feed shortage boosts price for Alberta straw stacks
Old straw stacks in southern Alberta command premium as drought forces stockmen to pay up to 80 dollars per stack for cattle feed. Across the region, stacks are scarce, and buyers compete to secure feed amidst drought conditions impacting pastures.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Alta
Labor Members In British Commons Are Suspended
Three left wing Labour MPs Geo Buchanan Campbell Stephen and Jock McGovern from Glasgow seats suspend ed after a heated Commons uproar over Home Secretary Sir John Simon’s honesty amid the governments unemployment relief debate The incident included shouting from opposition benches a dead newspaper reporter in the press gallery and the house lasting over 27 hours before suspension was imposed.
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London
Labor
House of Commons
Home
Sir John Simon
Geo Buchanan
Campbell Stephen
Jock McGovern
Glasgow
Independent Labor Party
Miea
Dirty Ratn
James Johnston
Midland
McGovern
Sir John
Commons
John Simon
Buchanan
Gorbals
Labor Party
Stephen
Ra Stephen
Buchanans
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H.W. Arnold
Col Arnold
Army and Navy Veterans
Regina
Queen Tenner
Negpaing
Worsa
Helen Jacobs
Fred Perry
Lady Crossield's
Empire Train
British Commons
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