British Admiralty plans new battle fleet by 1942
The Daily Herald claims a seven year plan to build 12 capital ships and 3341 cruisers costing 750 million dollars with adherence to Jellicoe's 1927 view. It cites 63 flotilla leader destroyers 21 submarines and 12 aircraft carriers to strengthen Britain’s navy amid global tensions.
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London
Great Britain
Daily Herald
House of Commons
Bolton Eyres- Monsell
Admiralty
United States
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Jellicoe
Britain
League Must Act On Ethiopian Question At Council
London reports Britain and France agree the League of Nations council must address the peace or war issue between Italy and Ethiopia. Mussolini’s demands remain unspecified, with Italy seeking control over parts of Ethiopia. Sir Samuel Hoare says the council should decide merits regardless of Italy’s objections, while Britain pledges cooperation with the United States to preserve peace.
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League of Nations
London
Britain
France
Italy
Ethiopia
League
Mussolini
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
League Council
United States
India Bill Advances With Safeguards For Self-Government
London reports that the House of Lords completed third reading on the India bill, returning it to the Commons for minor changes. The measure, passed earlier in the Commons after lengthy debate, aims to grant India self-government with safeguards reserving final calls to the governor general on national order, defence, finance, and minority protection.
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London
House of Lords
India
House of Commons
Commons
Hitler's Armament Bill Seen At 240 Million Monthly
Unofficial figures estimate Adolf Hitler spends about 600000000 marks monthly to rearm the Reich, roughly 240 million dollars. The German Reich debt is said to total about 30000000000 marks, with a secret debt around 17000000000 marks acknowledged by financial circles near the government.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Germany
Canadian Wheat Expert Cora Hind To Inspect Soviet Farms
London reports 1188 Cora Hind, Winnipeg wheat expert, has departed for the Soviet Union to inspect wheat growing areas. Hind's Canadian estimates are regarded as true market barometers in all grain markets.
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London
Cora Hind
Winnipeg
Soviet Union
Miss Hind
Expense Survey Urged to Inspect Government Expenditures
A.0. Dawson, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, urged a royal commission to survey the entire field of governmental expenditures for potential curtailment. The Saint John luncheon highlighted that budgets in western municipalities show balance, with Dominion controllable expenditures down about $1 million over 1931–34 and provincial costs decreasing by roughly $4 million compared with 1932–33.
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N.B
Dawson
Montreal
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Saint John Board of Trade
Canada
Dominion
Japan open to separate naval treaty with Britain
A naval office spokesman told Havas that Japan is willing to pursue a separate naval treaty with Great Britain, similar to Germany's accord, and believes such an arrangement could be reached.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
Germany
Naval Office
Havas
Celebration recalls Batoche rebellion history in Wakaw
More than 1,000 visitors attended the fifty year anniversary celebration at Batoche Saskatchewan recalling Riel rebellion events. Speakers included W A Boucher who described Batoche history from 1875 church parish founding to the North West Territories school rise. The event featured mass, a monument dedication, and a banquet after church services.
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Sask
Riel
Louis* Riel
Regina
Saskatchewan
Middleton
Batoche
Silleth T
Sports Ag
Batoche Catholic
Father Robert
Father Boucher
St. Louis
Floods in China Cause Massive Loss of Life and Displacement
Reports from Hankow say the Red Cross has recovered 10,000 bodies from floods along the Han and Yangtze rivers. Across central China tens of thousands are homeless as floodwaters recede, with the Yellow River flooding 10,000 square miles in Shantung and nearby provinces enduring severe devastation.
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Ed Cross
Shanghai
Hankow
Shantung
Han Fu Chu
Nanking
Hopei
Hanfan
Shensi
Yangtze
Plan Aids Cheese Industry Regulatory Scheme Approved
Ottawa approves an international style plan to regulate cheese industry pricing. The scheme aims to stabilize milk input and dairy product returns by creating a fund for payments tied to cheese production volumes and market output.
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Otawa
Plan To Start Shortly Ottawa Penitentiary System Shift
Ottawa plans to launch a youth offender program in Canadian penitentiaries within a month. Changes for segregation are under way at Kingston penitentiary and Laval penitentiary near St Vincent de Paul. The system targets youths under 11, combining mental moral physical and industrial training. Isaac Glennon aged 79 Montreal printer dies suddenly after 25 years in western Canada.
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Kingston Penitentiary
St. Vincent de Pont
Laval
Montreal
Isaac Glennon
Western
Canada
Western Canada
Pas
Fan
Traveler Haliburton Stranded by Elephant Deposit at Alps
American author Ran into trouble as Malian frontier authorities at Gran San Bernardo demanded a 50 percent deposit on the elephant's value before crossing into Italy. Haliburton returned to Lucerne for funds, then faced a veterinary sanitary check to enter Rome, echoing Hannibal's challenge.
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Rome
Richard Haliburton
Hannibal
Italy
Gran San Bernardo
Haliburton
Lucerne
Switzerland
Expect Big Reduction in U.S. Crop This Spring
Black rust darkened the spring wheat belt and observers forecast a 50 percent drop in the domestic crop from 273 million bushels. Hot humid weather and rust attacks prompted authorities to cut the estimate in half. Ottawa lists for federal election due August 15 show 6 million eligible voters, an increase of 250,000.
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United States
St. Paul
Minn
Ottawa
John Thompson
Dominion
Government Bureau
Canadian Areas Show Gains as Stats Cite Improvement
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports July 1 gains in employment across Canada with 954,262 at work, led by Ontario and the prairies. Noted pockets of improvement include manufacturing, mining, and transport, while a Waverley explosion at a former nitro plant killed three C I L experts and injured one survivor amid debris.
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Apert
Waverley
Canadian Industries Limited
Willia Leighton
Halifax
Leighton
Canadian Industries
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistica
Ork
Ihem
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Veterans From Historic Struggle Honored at Saskatoon Exhibition
Guests representing both sides of the last great conflict stood on the Saskatoon Industrial Exhibition platform as Mayor Parker welcomed them. Veterans of the 1885 rebellion rode into the event with old guard merchants hosting them for the day. Attendees traveled from Brandon, Begine, Victoria, and nearby points to attend the ceremony.
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Sankatoon
Western Canada
Saskatoon
Pinter
Atendance
Saskatchewan
Cunion
Begine
Brandon
Victoria
BAC
Queen Wilhelmina Backs Gold Standard Policy
In The Hague Queen Wilhelmina is believed to favor maintaining the gold standard as Hungary reports a two month drought causing crop losses near 20 million dollars. The article notes Premier-designate Aalberse’s withheld financial policy and ongoing exchange movements above the gold export point as France and the United States monitor devaluation pressures.
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Hague
Netherlands
France
United States
D. P. Aalberse
Aalberse
Henry Colisin
Wilhelmina
Higher Duty On Jap Goods and Trade Dispute Debate
A fragmented piece discusses tariffs on Japanese goods and trade tensions. It mentions Canada and Iran in the broader debate, with references to duties, pricing impacts, and potential retaliatory measures. Specific names or dates are unclear due to OCR errors.
Danish Premier May Visit Calgary After Washington Trip
Thorauld Stauning prime minister of Denmark may visit Calgary to see his son farming at Penhold Alberta after an official visit to Washington. The potential trip would follow his arrival in New York on August 24.
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Calgary
Thorauld Stauning
Denmark
New York
Penhold
Alta
Washington
Italian Crowds Back African War Program in Rome Rally
In Rome a vast crowd chanted Ethiopia for us at Colonna and Venesia squares praising Mussolini's planned war in Africa. Orazio Orazi warned of readiness to wage war against blacks and yellows, while authorities beefed security around foreign legations. Norman Davis predicted the Nations League could push Italy and Ethiopia toward a peaceful settlement.
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Ethiopia
Colonna
Venesia
Benito Musolin
Orazio Orazi
Aly
Naa
Japan
Oraai
Blooder
Britain
Itanans
Washington
Norman Davis
United States
Italy
Davis
France
League
England
Jaly
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