Baldwin Says War Only Stop Italy in Ethiopia
Colmens, Scotland. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin warned that only war could halt Italy’s aims in Ethiopia. He defended sanctions as a deterrent and urged collective security backed by the threat and use of force if needed. He warned that another European war would spell the end of civilization and urged disarmament prospects.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Baldwin
Colmens
Scotland
Stanley Baldwin
Europe
Hhe
League of Nations Council and
Assembly
Great Britain
Bracken Seeks Lower Rates In Manitoba Platform
Premier John Bracken pledged a "reasonable effort" to lower interest rates for province, municipalities, and individuals. In a Winnipeg address to the Municipal Secretary-Treasurers Association, he outlined six unemployment relief measures, urged Dominion support for social services, and touched on agriculture, municipal, and drought relief while announcing July 27 elections.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba
Bracken
Liberal-Progressive Party
Drouth
Big Oil Gusher at Turner Valley Royalties well
A new Turner Valley Royalties oil well in Calgary, deepest in the British Empire, began producing after a mud and water column collapse. The 6,824 foot well yielded an estimated 700 to 1,500 barrels daily, with a flow-control device installed. In London Vancouver, a man returned a library book after seven years, noting his honesty. librarians note a $50 overdue fine at two cents daily.
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Calgary
Turner Valley
British Empire
Clarence E. Snyder
London
Vancouver
Royal Commission to Probe Abuses in Quebec Province
A royal commission will conduct a full inquiry into the previous administration of Quebec Province. Premier Adelard Godbout pledged an independent investigation, promising punishment for those found responsible and adherence to commission recommendations by the new government. He spoke in French of reforms to aid farmers and ensure fair returns, while outlining plans to end direct relief and establish work for wages. The coming election was described as a three party fight, with Paul Gouin leading Lection Liberale Nationale declaring independence from a prior Conservative alliance aimed at defeating Taschereau’s Liberal regime.
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Quebec
Quebec Province
Adelard Godbout
Godbout
Paul Gouin
Lection Liberale Nationale
Louis A. Taschereau
LiAction Liberale Nationale
Taschereau
Joseph Adelard Godbout
Mr. Godbout
Board of Trustees
Duff-Flavelle-Ashfield
Senator Meighen
Howe
Supplementary Estimates in Ottawa Grow to 11 Million
Finance Minister Charles Dunning tabled supplementary estimates for the year ending March 21, 1937 totaling 11,265,959 with large raises for public works, loans, militia services, and air force. Public buildings get 250,000 for a Ottawa supreme court. militia and air operations receive substantial boosts. agriculture gains 1,199,000 including 750,000 for animal health and disease administration. Additional funds cover marketing agricultural products, a 74,566 expense for British immigration losses, and 21,576 for Saskatchewan inquiry legal fees connected to 1935 relief camp riots.
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Ottawa
Charles Dunning
British Columbia
Supreme Court
Air Force
Regina
Inquiry Commission
Saskatchewan
Odds Against Change In Coronation Plans Hit London
Lloyds Insurance Corporation offered ten to one against any alteration in the King’s coronation plans next year. Brokers sold odds to souvenir makers fearing delays or marriage before the ceremony. Pottery and knickknack makers rush coronation ware, with two portraits if the King wed.
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London
Lloyd's Insurance Corporation
Corporation
Canadian airport opens at Petawawa camp Silver Dart named
A new airport was opened at the Petawawa artillery camp northwest of Ottawa with formal ceremonies honoring pioneer Canadian aviators. The airfield was named the Silver Dart after J A D McCurdy's 1909 Baddeck flight, when he achieved the first heavier-than-air powered flight in the British Empire.
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Petawawa
Ont
Ottawa
J. A. D. McCurdy
Baddeck
N.S
British Empire
Midwestern Hopper Infestation Threat Prompts Federal Aid Request
An agricultural survey warns of the worst grasshopper plague since 1931 32 spreading across Iowa Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Montana with reports in Illinois Wisconsin and Colorado. H C Aaberg urges a 2 5 million federal appropriation over two years to supply poison brandish while S Bare of Nebraska warns of a disastrous season unless control measures are quickly adopted.
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United States
Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Montana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Colorado
H. C. Aaberg
Aaberg
S. Bare
University of Nebraska
Canada to Present Plane Fragment to Germany
A fragment of the plane that Baron Manfred von Richthofen was shot down in France by Canadian Roy Brown will be given to Germany this summer by Canada’s Olympic team. Captain W. R. May of Edmonton, whose life Brown saved by aiding May, is donating the fragment. Richthofen was pursuing May’s crippled aircraft when Brown intervened.
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Germany
Canada
Toronto
Manfred von Richthofen
France
Roy Brown
Can
W. R. ‘Wop” May
Edmonton Flyer
Brown
Richthofen
May
Senate Adopts Railway Measure On Division
Ottawa reports the Senate adopted by division the bill to replace three railway trustees with seven directors for Canadian National Railways. Conservative senators Meighen Homer Griesbach Sauve Sutherland opposed, Dandurand supported, arguing Board failed to balance the system with the Canadian Pacific and restore political neutrality. The act leaves operations to President Hungerford.
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Meighen
Speaker
C. D. Howe
House of Commons
R. B. Homer
Saskatchewan
Wm. A. Griesbach
Edmonton
Arthur Sauve
Rigauld
Donald Sutherland
Oxford
Senate
Raoul Dandurand
Board of Trustees
S. J. Hungerford
C. P. Fullerton
F. K. Morrow
J. F. Labelle
Fullerton
Dandurand
Morrow
Labelle
Duff
Outside funds link to Palestine unrest in Commons
In London the House of Commons heard that outside money was involved in the Palestine Arab Jewish disturbances. The Marquess of Hartington stated the secretary of state believed funds from abroad were used during the turmoil but the exact source was unknown. In Ottawa, Ernest Lapointe said amendments to the Irish North America Act must wait for a new session.
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London
House of Commons
Palestine
Marquess of Hartington
Dominions
William G. A. Ormsby-Gore
Rome
Ottawa
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Woodsworth
CCF
Canada Backs Move to Lift Italy Sanctions
Ottawa supports easing economic sanctions against Italy aligning with the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Mackenzie King told Parliament Canada will press for sanction lifting while maintaining League of Nations support for collective security. Bennett questions policy, arguing lifting sanctions could reward treaty violations. If circumstances permit, legations may be extended to foreign countries.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Italy
MacKenzie King
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Britain
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Royal Commission
New Canadian
W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore
Colonial Office
Colonies
J. H. Thomas
The
Arthur Meighen
Sen
Ate
Canadian National Railways Administration
Rt. Hon
R. B. Bennett
Hertzog
South Africa
Bennett
Mr. Bennett
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