Dictatorship in France Seen Possible If Decrees Fail
Reports from Toulon Brest Cherbourg and Lorient describe riots over recovery decrees led by Premier Laval. Police deploy mobile guards and troops with reinforcements while Leftists and Royalists blame each other. Three militants tied to Brest unrest are under investigation as disorder continues in naval bases.
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Paria
Ferre Laval
France
Maurder
Paris
Laval
Toulon
Brest
Cherbourg
Lorient
Sir Robert Borden Named First President of Drama Festival
Lord Bessborough selects former Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden as the inaugural president of the Dominion Drama Festival. The corporation, chartered in May to mark the King's Silver Jubilee, is led by Earl of Bessborough with officers announced by Hon. C. H. Cahan, secretary of state.
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Lord Bessborough
Robert Borden
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Drama Festival
C. ‘H. Cahan
Earl of Bess Borough
Wealthy Toronto man donates 500000 cheque to Archbishop
Frank P. O Connor, Toronto businessman, sent a 500000 cheque to Archbishop J C McGuigan for charity. Of this amount 65000 was earmarked for specific causes including 23000 to the New Man Club Toronto 10000 to the hospital for sick children 10000 to Christie Street Military Hospital 10000 to the Institute for the Blind 10000 to the Church of the Precious Blood Wexford Ont 1000 to the Carmelite orphanage and 1000 to the Toronto fresh air fund.
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Toronto
Frank P. O'Connor
J.C. McGuigan
Newman Club
Christie Street Military Hospital
Institute For the Blind
Church of the Precious Blood
Wexford
Ont
Carmelite
Ethiopians Reject British Plea to Join Army
The Ethiopian legation declined hundreds of British citizens seeking enlistment with sincere thanks. Officials cited lack of funds and uncertainty over foreign soldiers’ status in war as reasons for the refusal.
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London
Roberts Appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance
Ottawa Bennet Roberts, comptroller of government guarantees, was named assistant deputy minister of finance by Finance Minister E N Rhodes. A Toronto University political science graduate, he has 19 years in executive finance roles and has served on commissions and inter departmental committees. He was secretary of the tariff inquiry in 1920 and associated with the royal commission on railways and transportation.
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Br. Roberts
Ottawa
Bennett J. Roberts
E. N. Rhodes
Roberts
Department of Finance
Toronto University
Tarift ‘Quiry Commission
Banking and Currency Commission
Royal Commission On Railways and Transportation
Canadian Farm Loan
Voard
May Need Canadian Wheat US Shortage Warned
The New York Journal of Commerce cites a 1935 36 crop outlook predicting the United States will require about 40 million bushels of Canadian wheat. The report notes a 123 million bushel drop in winter and spring wheat yields since July and warns import needs may rise for high grade wheat. Domestic supplies exceed yearly needs but spring wheat may be lighter, raising flour requirements.
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New York
United States
New York Journal of Commerce
U.S
Hail Damage Devastates Alberta Wheat Crops Across Region
In a late July hailstorm from Gleichen to Cremonate east of Calgary, about two hundred thousand acres of wheat were ruined, with hail 13 inches deep in places. Liberal candidate Vaughan Kimpton cites heavier losses than first reported, while farms seek relief to resume operations as livestock and game birds suffered.
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Alberta
Calgary
Gleichen
Cremonate
Vaughan
Kimpton
Readjustment of Trade May Be Discussed At Anglo-Jap Conference
Tokyo reports Britain proposed an Anglo-Japanese conference next autumn to discuss unsettled questions and seek British cooperation in readjusting trade. Yomiuri notes Japan seeks access to Britain’s resources and market while Britain wishes tariff barriers eased to improve relations and world peace.
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Tokyo
Great Britain
Yomiurimi
England
Japan
Yomturi
Britain
Awa
Canada
Italy Pays Heavy Tolls at Suez Canal War Transports
Italian forces, laborers and equipment passed through the Suez Canal en route to East Africa and other destinations. In recent weeks, nine transports carried soldiers, aircraft, tanks and artillery. Over three weeks, large steamers with more than 5,000 troops faced malaria and typhoid. In three months, Italy paid roughly $10 million in canal dues.
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Port Said
Egypt
East Africa
Sgures
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Italy
Suez Administration
Will Try Another Flight Kingsford Smith Set For Record
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, arriving from Sydney aboard the Monterey, plans another England to Australia flight in the Lady Southern Cross. He aims to break the world record, with Los Angeles as a staging point and Tom Pethyridge as mechanic. He may discuss Pan American cooperation on an Auckland to Australia service.
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Kingsford-Smith
England
Australia
Honoulu
Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith
Sydney
Monterey
London
Pacific
California
Los Angeles
New York
Tom Pethyridge
Sir Charles
Juan Trippe
Anzac
Pan-American Airways
Pan American
Honolulu
Explosions Kill Many in German Munitions Factory
A Manchester Guardian special correspondent reports that explosions in German munitions plants killed numerous workers. He cites Bridgeburg in February with 20 dead, another blast fatally injuring ten more, and a July 23 event at Bochum, suggesting the total death toll was far higher than Nazi figures admitted.
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London
Nast Prerse
Manchester Guardian
Bridgeburg
Bochum
Second Typhoon Strikes Amoy China Inland Devastation
A second powerful typhoon hit Juxien province causing widespread flooding and destruction. Coastal towns near Chuanchow and Amoy faced heavy damage as floodwaters reached towns like Hsiwei, with thousands of homes destroyed and communications obliterated. Refugee camps crowded as crops and villages were wiped out.
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Amoy
China
Juxien
Here
Hsiwei
Chuanchow
Great Province
Drought and Rust Hit Seven Million Wheat Acres
The Sanford Evans statistical service weekly crop report says 30 percent of Prairie provinces wheat acreage, about 7,000,000 acres, is infected by stem rust. The West’s crop has deteriorated very badly in three weeks and early Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan yield estimates show very serious losses to common bread wheats.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Sanford Evans
Suez Canal May Be Closed To Troop Ships If Conference Fails
In Manitoba a new virulent mosquito blamed for equine encephalomyelitis has killed at least 75 horses, with more losses likely as reports come in. Central Manitoba farmers report symptoms including drunkenness and rapid death, tied to a mosquito-borne virus. vets note the disease, first clearly recognized in 1930, mirrors past tolls in the United States. London reports focus on possible Suez canal closure to Italian troop movements if three power talks in Paris fail to resolve the Italo Ethiopian dispute, with Eden indicating the League council may act under article XVI to enforce covenant obligations. Britain may lift arms embargo on Ethiopia if talks collapse.
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Isquito
Manitoba
Winnipeg
United States
London
Suez Canal
Italy
Great Britain
France
Paris
League of Nations Council
Anthony Eden
League of Nations Affairs
Eden
League Council
Council of the League
Ethiopia
Game Law Changes Saskatchewan Cuts In Open Season
Saskatchewan trims open season for prairie chickens and ruffed grouse by two weeks for 1935 while other upland and migratory bird seasons stay the same. Duck bag limits drop from 15 to 10 daily and possession from 50 to 25. Female moose are now protected. Fur bearing season dates mostly shift earlier by ten days with some two week extensions.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Ottawa tariff on cantaloupe set at four cents a pound
Hon. R. C. Matthews, minister of national revenue, announced a regional tariff on imported cantaloupes including muskmelons honeydews and casabas. The duty is fixed at four cents per pound based on the true invoice value and took effect on August 7.
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Ottawa
R. C. Matthews
National Revenue
Ottawa Sale Of 20 Million In Treasury Bills Announced
The sale by the government of treasury bills worth 20 million dollars maturing November 1 next was announced by Hon. E. N. Rhodes, minister of finance. The issue attracted the lowest rates, averaging under 1 percent. Bills were sold at an average price of 90.000028, yielding about 1.289708 percent.
British aviation experts assess Seek Airdrome for north Atlantic service
Two British aviation experts, J.H. McClure operational advisor to the director of general civil aviation and Maurice Banks technical advisor, stepped ashore from the liner Nova Scotia at St John’s Newfoundland to survey aerodromes and marine bases for a proposed north Atlantic service between Britain Newfoundland and Canada.
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St. Jon's
Newfoundland
Great Britain
Canada
Nova Scotia
J.H. McClure
Maurice Banks
Wheat in Store In Ottawa Up From Last Week
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended July 31 totaled 199,206,515 bushels, up 9,181,427 from the prior week and 9,856,236 higher than the same week last year, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Premier of France unveils multi million works program
Premier announces decree laws to curb foreign workers, shield savings, revise bankruptcy rules, and boost foreign trade. Measures include 10 percent tax cuts for farms, reduced fertilizer taxes, and removal of penalties on back taxes. Colonial trade credits and meat price regulation are planned amid strikes and port protests in Le Havre and other ports.
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le Havre
Aun
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le of Man
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