France Faces International Fallout From Spanish Civil War
France fears complications from the Spanish Civil War as its government debates policy. Paris reserves that volunteers may fight abroad without arming on French soil and funds aid for refugees while considering a 10 million franc bill for protecting and repatriating French citizens in Spain. Reports say Franco denies ordering Italian planes. observers warn foreign powers may intervene and stress adherence to international law.
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Paris
France
Ment
Spain
Spanish
Morocco
Italy
Paris-Midi
Francisco Franco
London
Manchester Guardian
News-Chronicle
Bishop to Visit Canada From London on Queen Mary
The Bishop of London Right Rev Arthur Winnington-Ingram will sail for Canada on the liner Queen Mary August 5 to visit his 34 nieces and nephews great-nieces and great-nephews. He joked Canada’s Prime Minister might build a marble statue to the Winnington-Ingram family for its population efforts. A Canadian government freighter sale and ship reconditioning news are noted involving the Halifax laid up vessel and the Tower Steamship Company in London.
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London
Arthur Winnington-Infram
Canada
Winnington- Ingram
Dominion
Winnington-Ingram
Monica
Eave Wesreeense
Anglo-Russian Naval Accord Aims at Soviet Adherence
London officials announced an Anglo-Russian naval agreement fully drafted with no signing date set. They plan to inform powers in the Washington naval treaty circle including France Italy the United States and Japan and others Britain now negotiates bilateral treaties with Poland Germany and possibly Denmark. The accord seeks Soviet adherence to the three powers London pact limiting tonnage by category while not fixing ship counts and calls for information exchange on building plans.
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London
Admiralty
France
Italy
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Poland
Germany
Denmark
Britain
Nova Scotia to Replenish Herds With Western Cattle
Nova Scotia minister of agriculture Hon John A McDonald said a plan to replenish depleted herds with cattle from Western Canada drought lands is under consideration. He noted eastern NS losses from a two year drought and last year’s small crop. If freight rates drop, abattoirs may pay well, aiding farmers amid a record hay and forage crop and demand for more cattle.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
John A. McDonald
Canada
Mr. McDonald
McDonald
Noted stock expert Westervelt dies at 64 in Toronto area
Alexander P Westervelt longtime Royal Winter Fair manager and leading Canadian livestock expert died in hospital after a brief illness. He had run a Clarkson farm for 20 years and guided the fair since its 1922 beginning, introducing innovations that expanded exhibits nationwide. In London, Stanley Bruce urged greater British dominion defense contributions.
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Toronto
Alexander P. Westervelt
Clarkson
Westervelt
United States Exports To Canada Show Heavy Increase
United States exports to Canada rose sharply in June, totaling $33,994,850, up 31 percent from a year earlier as Canada’s chief supplier of goods. The United Kingdom also increased shipments to Canada, while Canada’s imports from British Empire nations rose nine percent. Total Canada imports in June reached $57,598,132, up over 23 percent from 1935.
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United States
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau ‘of Statistics
United Kingdom
Cape
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Toronto
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Montreal
Quebec
Windsor
Wheat Shortage May Require Imports from Canada
Secretary Wallace said a hard wheat shortage in the United States could necessitate imports from Canada. He did not specify quantities but noted trade forecasts of about 40 million bushels and potential soft white wheat surplus in the Pacific Northwest. He warned the country might see its smallest corn crop since 1861, and cited possible imports from Argentina and other regions.
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Canada
Wallace Washington
United States
Wallace
Pacifc
Northwest
Agriculture Department
Privy Council Grants Leave to Appeal Labors Acts
The Canadian government wins leave to appeal to the Privy Council on the validity of labor acts from the Bennett government. Ontario and British Columbia join the petition. The acts include a one day rest in seven, a 48 hour week, the Minimum Wages Act, and the Employment and Social Insurance Act. The Supreme Court of Canada found the first three partly valid and the last unconstitutional.
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Privy Council
London
Judicial Committee of the
Bennett
CP. Plaxton
Dominion
Ontario
British Columbia
Roebuck
J. F. Deb Farris
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court of Canada
King George Memorial Fund Receives Sultan Gift for Gratitude
A continuation of the King George Memorial Fund reports a gift of £5,000 from the Sultan of Johore on behalf of his government. The contribution honors the late king's 25 years of protection. The fund nears £200,000 as wartime leaders tour cemeteries in France and Belgium with the Imperial War Graves Commission.
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Sultan of
Johore
London
Arras
France
Swt
Worden
Canad
Frank Higginson
Imperial War Graves Commission
H.C. Osborne
Ottawa
Canadian War Graves Commission
Belgium
London Plans Two New Battleships In 1987 Naval Plan
In the House of Commons Sir Samuel Hoare announced Britain's 1937 naval rearmament includes constructing two new battleships starting January 1987 with costs to be negotiated later. Britain aims to press ahead under the Washington pact's end and a tri power accord, with sixteen inch guns and orders placed with Vickers Armstrong and the Smell Laird Co.
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London
House of Commons
Samuel Hoare
The
Admiralty
Samuel
First Lord
Commons
Washington
Vickers, Armstrong Ltd
Walker-on-Tyne
Smell Laird Co
Birkenhead
World Poultry Congress Show Features Plymouth Rocks Exhibit
The sixth World Poultry Congress in session here includes a Canadian exhibit of Plymouth Rocks a hardy new breed suited to cold climates. The display is part of a large Canadian pavilion alongside exhibits from the United States Belgium France Holland and Denmark with 42 nations represented. Plymouth Rocks attracted buyers with prices up to 150 marks about 60 dollars and drew interest from Swedish and Finnish breeders.
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Leipzig
United States
Belgium
France
Holland
Denmark
Wheat carryover lowest in eight years reported
Canada ends crop year with the smallest carryover since 1927 as drought tightens prairie yields. Officials estimate 110 to 115 million bushels carried, harvest under 250 million, with Alberta and Saskatchewan hardest hit. Wheat board price support to continue at 87.5 cents until a new policy is set.
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Ottawa
Canada
Archibald
Fred‘erieton
Prairie
Prairies
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canadian Wheat Board
Dreath
Canadian Grain Board
Winnipeg
King Edward to cruise Nahlin along Dalmatian coast
Buckingham Palace announced King Edward will sail the chartered yacht Nahlin for three to four weeks on the Dalmatian coast. He plans to join the vessel in about ten days at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, with three or four friends aboard. The yacht, owned by Lady Yule, is a twin screw schooner registered from Glasgow and cost about 1.5 million dollars. The voyage replaces a Cannes vacation canceled after the Spanish rebellion.
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Faward
London
King Edward
Nahlin
Buckingham Palace
Dubrovnik
Yugoslavia
Yule
David Yule
Glasgow
Cannes
France
Ontario Wheat Crop May Be Larger Than Last Year
C H Carlisle president of Canadian Bread Company told shareholders at the annual meeting that Ontario’s wheat crop may increase by 2.5 to 3 million bushels over last year’s 8 million. He estimated the national crop could total about 250 million bushels with 125 million carried over, potentially reaching or exceeding the 350 million average.
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Toronto
Ontario
C. H. Carlisle
Canadian Bread Company
Great Drouth Loss in Western Canada, 192? History
Dr. E. S. Archibald, director of Dominion experimental stations in Canada, warned that western Canada faces the greatest drouth loss in the nation's history. He estimated harvest below 250 million bushels of wheat vs normal around 330 million, with hail losses mostly local and rust damage light. Stock breeders and ranchers will suffer from heavy forage and coarse grain crop losses.
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Western Canada
Fredericton
N.B
Dominion
E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Stations
Canada
Combined Opposition In Manitoba Given As Thirty Seats
Manitoba election returns show the combined opposition at 30 seats while government Liberal-Progressives hold 21 with two seats undecided. Conservatives tally 16 under new leader Errick Willis, with McLenaghen, Renouf, Lawrence, and Wright among those elected. Final counts yield 509 vote majority for McLenaghen in his seat.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
John Bracken
Conservatives
Errick Willis
James McLenaghen
Kildonan-St. Andrews
Hface
CCF
HH. Wright
Emerson
Independent
Liberate Progressives
Communist
Social Credit
Liberal-Progressives
Mr. McLenaghen
C. E. Fillmore
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Stanley M. Bruce
Commonwealth
King George Memorial
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Ontario Liquor Commission
World Poultry Congress
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Defence
Hendoard
Ile of Wight
Sir Samuel
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