Spanish Commander Apologised For Stopping Steamer
British and Spanish actions sparked a brief flare as a Spanish warship halted the steamship Gibel Zerjon ten miles from Metta. The Repulse and two destroyers were dispatched from Gibraltar to inspect, wires buzzed, but no damage was found. The incident ended with apologies and no serious consequence.
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London
Britain
Spain
Metta
Gibraltar
Europa Point
Gibel
Foreign Office
Charles Wingfield
Lisbon
Burgos
Buros
Gibel Zerson
Bland Hine
Sun Radiation Tied to Drought Cycle Say Smithsonian
Smithsonian scientists link drought risk to a 46 year precipitation cycle connected to sun radiation. Dr Charles G Abbot says the current drought should ease within a few years with potential peaks in precipitation after the cycle’s low point, expected between 1938 and 1940. The analysis uses Great Lakes water records since 1837 and aims to reassure farmers amid government drought aid plans.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
North Central
United States
Great Lakes
Smithsonian
Charles G. Abbot
Institution
Demand for Platinum Pushes Price Higher in New York
Platinum surged to 53 dollars an ounce from 43 amid three weeks of unusual demand both locally and abroad. Trade circles say most of the metal goes to war needs including chemical warfare, battleships, and surgical gear, with Japan as a major buyer. Grain brokers report record low freight rates as wheat moves from the Great Lakes to Saint Lawrence ports. In Orillia, Peter Big Wind, 97, Ojibway hereditary chief of the Rama area, marks his birthday.
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New York
Japan
Orillia
Peter Big Wind
Rama Reservation
Increased Immigration Ottawa During the First Half Year
Immigration data from Ottawa shows 5252 newcomers entered Canada in the first six months of this year, slightly above 1935 figures. Most entrants were women and children, with 2163 adult females, 1893 children under 18, and 1236 adult males. International sources note fewer arrivals from the British Isles and United States, while 48 other races contributed to the total. Edinburgh news adds that Lord Pitman, a Scottish judge, was fined for leaving his car improperly parked, causing a ramp and railing incident.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Immigration
British Isles
United States
Edinburgh
Lord Pitman
Scottish Court of Session
Germany demands apology over Kamerun incident with Spain
Berlin demands Madrid apologize after a Spanish loyalist warship halted and searched the Kamerun near Cadiz. Nazi officials threaten action and vow to hold Spanish authorities to account, while press outlets condemn Spain and Mosco for aiding alleged insults against German ships.
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Berlin
Kamerun
Nazi Germany
Spain
Madrid
Moscow
Mos
Cadiz
Strict Neutrality urged on British in Spanish conflict
Sir Samuel Hoare warned that deviation from strict neutrality in the Spanish civil war could trigger a general European conflagration. He attacked leftist supporters of Spain, insisting Britain would not interfere, and condemned Lansbury's call to side with a faction. He urged calm, prosperity, and free discussion to defeat extremism.
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Samuel Hoare
Britain
Cromer
England
The
Admiralty
Spain
Europe
Lansbury
George Lansbury
Labor
Sir Samuel
Subsidies urged to spur home building by Canadian unions
The Union of Canadian Municipalities led by Winnipeg delegates has launched a movement for Dominion government subsidies to stimulate housing. It argues private initiative cannot meet demand at affordable rents and that current federal laws are inadequate, urging funds to enable local groups to construct needed homes.
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Union of Canadian Municipalities
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Return Visit English Cricket Team May Come To Canada
The Morning Post predicts a return visit to Canada by an English cricket team after Hon. R. C. Matthews Canadian XI completed a brief tour of the British Isles. The Canadians showed conspicuous ability and the English public school and MCC are expected to cooperate and finance a future tour.
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Canada
London
Morning Post
R. C. Matthews
British Isles
Post
M.C.C
Viscount Elibank to Address Canadian Groups En Route to New Zealand
Rt Hon Viscount Elibank, president of the Empire Chambers of Commerce conference, travels through Canada en route to New Zealand in September and will address several organizations. He traces lineage to a Quebec military governor and holds the Baronetcy of Nova Scotia, eleventh in the line.
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Viscount Elibank
Conference of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire
New Zealand
Canada
Quebec
Baronet
Nova Scotia
Montreal arson probes widen after deadly fire
Julius Cohen age 49 and Romeo Vidal age 35 face murder and arson charges as investigations into a March Montreal blaze that destroyed Maison Canadien clothing store continue. Three firemen died and 50 were injured when the building burned, with coroner’s jury holding Cohen criminally responsible. Fire officials push for preliminary hearings and further inquiry into arson questions.
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Montreal
Julius Cohen
Romeo Vidal
Cohen
Maison Canadien
Albert Guerin
Pierre Plouffe
Francois Beaulieu
Massicotte
Vidal
Australia Rearmament Program to Start in September
In Sydney a supplementary defence program will launch in September, expanding the three-year plan begun in 1934 as Australia enters a period of intensified rearmament. Defence minister R. A. Parkbill spoke at Manly about a new air defence program, aiming to grow air force personnel to 2,060 and citizen force to 395, with hopes for aircraft manufacturing in Australia.
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Sydney
Australia
Commonwealth
Manly
N.S.W
R. A. Parkbill
Airaids
Trade Mission To Far East Leaves Vancouver In January
A trade mission to the far east sponsored by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce with support from the department of trade and commerce and cooperation of the Canadian Manufacturers Association will depart Vancouver for China on January 19, 1937, it was learned here.
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Far East
Montreal
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Department of Trade and Commerce
Vancouver
China
Italy Bans Arms Shipments to Spain If Nations Agree
Fascist Italy pledged to loan army shipments to Spain if other powers join the embargo on arms, munitions, war materials, aircraft and ships. Ciano outlined a pact including indirect interference clauses and extension to contracts in force, Spain’s Morocco, and other colonies.
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Italy
Spain
Rome
Mussolini
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Ane
Count Charles de Chambrun
Ciano
Czechoslovakia
Ciano Wei
Spanish
Morocco
Eskimos to Get Trader Help as Ice Closes In
Dr Henry W Greist reports a San Francisco trader offered to land 5000 dollars worth of food for 500 starving Eskimos along the Arctic rim If relief does not arrive before winter Barter Island 275 miles east of Barrow and nearby Demarcation and Herschel Islands face severe hunger Captain Pedersen in Juneau conveyed the offer to the Indian bureau Edmonton reports harvests in northern Alberta good with a general cutting now underway Showery weather delayed some districts but grain in Peace River territory is in good condition
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Francisco
Arctic Barrow
Alaska
Henry W. Greist
Arctic Rim
Indian Bureau
Juneau
C. D. Pedersen
San Francisco
Herschel Island
Edmonton
Alberta
Northern Alberta Railways
Peace River Territory
Prominent London Mayor Praises Canadian Wheatlands
Sir Percy Vincent, lord mayor of London, admired both the Rocky Mountains and prairie wheatlands during his Canada tour. He argued Canada needs more people, pioneer types who can endure early loneliness, rather than agriculture that drains the soil without replenishment.
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Vancouver
Percy Vincent
London
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Casualties Reported in Spanish Civil War Estimate
Madrid correspondent for Excelsior estimates over four weeks 35 000 Spaniards dead. Of these 25 000 Loyalists and 30 000 rebels. The revolt has left 25 000 women widowed and 60 000 children orphaned.
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Paris
Madrid
Excelsior
Smuts Blames Spain Civil War on League of Nations
General Jan Smuts, deputy prime minister of South Africa, blamed the Spanish civil war and the Moroccan revolt on the League of Nations handling of the Italo-Ethiopian crisis. He warned the Mediterranean is more dangerous, urged firm French and British leadership, and criticized talks of league reform as camouflage for inaction.
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Gen. Smuts
Spain
League of Nations
Durban
South Africa
Jan Smuts
Dipute
Mediterranean
Morocco
Natal
Smuts
France
Britain
League
Europe
Tam
Abys- Sinia
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Carla
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Wile Sprak
West
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Lord Tweedsmuir
A. J. Haggett
Regina
Judge Rimmer
Arcola
Sask
Span
Trinidad
French Guiana
Cayenne
Salvation Army
Trinidad Labor Party
Labor Party
Venezuela
Peace River
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