Germany Italy blamed in border clash report
Reports from Moscow and Tokyo describe heavy fighting on the Manchukuoan border with Japan repelling Soviet and Chinese forces. Seats indicate mass troop movements from North China to Manchukuo as both sides claim victories and losses in a widening border conflict.
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Moscow
Japan
Italy
Germany
Toramq
Changkuieng
Manchukuo
China
Tokyo
Snov
Ucoops Trvice
Changkufeng
Shachofeng
Rightig
Mt. Changkuteng
Bovies
War Office
Changkufeng Hill
Shachufeng
Mt. Chankufeng
Howard Hughes Returns to Houston After World Flight
Howard Hughes lands at Houston Municipal Airport at 11 35 p m M S T aboard his round the world airplane marking his first hometown visit in three years.
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Howard Hughes
Houston
Texas
Four Gunmen Rob Banco Di Napoli Trust Branch
Four gunmen robbed a Banco Di Napoli Trust Company branch in New York today and authorities said they fled with about $50,000 in cash.
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New York
C.P
Banco di Napoli Trust Company
Forty Violent Deaths Over Weekend In Canada
Weekend toll rises with forty violent deaths across Canada including seventeen in Quebec and Ontario each. Motor accidents claimed seventeen lives while seventeen others drowned seeking relief from heat in provinces Quebec Ontario Nova Scotia New Brunswick Manitoba and Alberta.
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Toronto
C.P
Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Alberta
Trade pact progress praised by U S postmaster general
Postmaster General James A. Farley told the Canadian Club in Victoria that the downturns of the past year served as impetus for deeper Ottawa Washington trade talks. He noted the 1934 agreement laid a firm basis, praised air links expansion and the Alaska highway plan ahead of his Banff visit.
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Victoria
C.P
James A. Furley
United States
Canada
Farley
Ottawa
Washington
Trans-Canada Airlines
Alaska
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Banff
Alta
Vancouver Girl Swims 14 Miles and Plans Next Feat
Ann Mundigel completed a 14 mile swim from Vancouver to Howe Sound in seven hours amid 45 to 52 degree waters. Backed by her family and Vancouver’s Polar Bear Club, she said she aims for the New York world fair women’s distance swim and possibly the English Channel.
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Bven Island
B.C
C. F
Ann Mundigel
Vancouver
Big Howe Sound
George Miller
Inter
Polar’ Bear Club
English Bay
Ann
Point Atkinson
Poin
Burrard Inle
Howe Sound
Jack
Jar
Steamship Company
Conductor John McCandie Retires After 65th Birthday
John McCandie arrives from Moose Jaw at 4 45 p m to Medicine Hat station where Supt. J L Palethorpe and CPR pensioners greet him on completing over forty years meritorious service with the railroad He and wife plan two week visit to Port Arthur before relocating to California for their home. He was born in Queensville Ontario July 31 1873 and moved to Moose Jaw Lethbridge before joining CPR April 30 1898 He served as conductor since 1902 married Anne Cook in 1903 and has two children Helen of Long Beach Cal and Leslie Bennett of Van Nuys Cal He is active in Masonic circles as District Deputy Grand Master for Medicine Hat Lodge No 2 and a Shrine Club member.
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John MecCandie
Moose Jaw
J. L. Palethorpe
Medicine Hat
CPR
McCandie
Port Arthur
California
Mr. McCandie
Queansville
Ont
Lethbridge
ICJR
Great Falls
Montana
C.P.R
Anne Merelle Cook
Helen Now
Long Beach
Cal
Leslie Bennett
Vannius
McCangie
Pam
Medicine Hat Lodge No 2
Assiniboia
Shrine Club
Alberta Health to Circulate Poliomyelitis Precaution Bulletins
Alberta's Department of Health will send over 2000 copies of a special bulletin to all cities towns and hamlets urging precautions against poliomyelitis. Dr M R Bow deputy minister of health announced the printing and noted 13 identified cases including a fatal one in recent weeks.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Department of Health
M. R. Bow
Bow
Bennett Sets Out on Westward Holiday Trip
Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett left Ottawa on Saturday for a holiday trip with Calgary as the first stop. He may attend the Bar Association meeting in Vancouver and had hoped to join the Dalhousie University reunion in Halifax on Aug. 18. He packed his personal belongings in the opposition leader's centre black suit as he prepares to become a private member of the House of Commons.
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Ottawa
C.P
R. B. Bennett
Calgary
Bar Association
Vancouver
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Bennett
House of Commons
Reward Offered For Sabotage In Vancouver Island Fire
British Columbia government offers 1000 reward for information leading to conviction of saboteurs in the Vancouver Island fire. A 250 reward is also posted for incendiarism. Firefighters faced cut hoses and gasoline tampering near Forbes Landing as flames threatened the fishing resort area.
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Vancouver
C.P
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Gordon Wisher
Wisher
Forbes Landing
Britain protests attitude of Jap guards in Shanghai
Britain protested to Japanese authorities over the increasingly belligerent attitude of sentries guarding bridges from the International Settlement into Japanese controlled sections of Shanghai. Meanwhile three Japanese columns pushing toward Hankow were halted by fierce Chinese resistance.
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Shanghai
C.P
Great Britain
Hankow
China
Corrigan Receives Nominal Penalty For Ireland Flight
The U S Department of Commerce says Douglas Corrigan will have a nominal penalty for his unauthorized flight to Ireland. His commercial pilot certificate is suspended until next Thursday due to goodwill for the trans Atlantic trip. Col J Monroe Johnson notes factors involved and reports the decision after review.
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Washington
A.P
United States Department of Commerce
Douglas Corrigan
Ireland
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
Department
Corrifan
S.S. Manhattan
Johnson
Hope For Safety Of Clipper Ship Clipper Missing With 15
Aeronautical experts in Manila believe the missing clipper with 15 passengers may be safe. They cite four days of searching the area yielding no wreckage and suggest the craft could have left its course and landed outside the current search zone.
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Manila
C.P
No Discrimination In This Case Renewed Alberta Bills
Edmonton Alberta treasury bills of five hundred thousand dollars due today have been renewed by the Dominion government. Provincial Treasurer Solon F. E. Low announced here today.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Dominion
Solon FE. Low
Largest Peace Time Parade As War Veterans March Past
The Toronto parade drew a large peace time crowd as veterans from the Great War’s Canadian corps reunion marched in uniform past the reviewing stand. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Ministers Power and Mackenzie watched as 20 abreast units filed by in a four mile route from Exhibition Park to downtown Toronto.
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Toronto
MacKenzie King
C.P
Ian Mackenzie
National Defence
C. G. Power
Exhibition Park
Navy
Canada
J. Manion
21St
Power
Mackenzie
Jamaica Rail Crash Kills Sixty Two Holiday Riders
A Jamaica Railways train derailment near Balaclava left 52 bodies recovered and about 50 more injured as rescuers cut through wreckage. Officials say sabotage unlikely and an official enquiry is ordered.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Balaclava
Montego Bay
Island
No Cause For Alarm Over Spread Of Tularemia
Edmonton reports tularemia linked to rodents and wild animals has caused at least one death in southern Alberta with possible second. Officials say there is no cause for general alarm despite investigations near Lethbridge and deaths in Cardston and Lethbridge.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
M. R. Bow
Lethbridge
Cardston
Bow
Progress Club Meeting Set at Coun try Club
The Progress Club will meet on Tuesday August 2 at the Country Club. Attendees should gather at City Hall by 7 15 p m.
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Progress Club
Country Club
Liberal Victories in Saskatchewan Increase Liberal Majority
Return results from Cumberland and Athabasca show D A Hall and Jules Marion winning for the Liberals. Marion led Windrum by 29 with 29 polls of 34 reported and Portage La Loche aided Marion. The gains push Premier Patterson's Liberals to a 22 seat majority in the 52 member assembly.
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Prince Albert
C.P
Jules Marion
Bill Windrum
Athabasca
Marion
Windrum
Prince Albert, Sask
Saskatchewan
W. J. Patterson
Cumberland
Athabaska
D. A. Hall
M.L.A
Mr. Hall
W. G. Smith
Hall
Smith
W. J. Windrum
Portage la Loche
Boosting Birth Rate Proposed Stork Derby in Australia
In Sydney on August 1, F. Burke, a Socialist, suggested a government sponsored stork derby to boost Australia's falling birth rate, modeled on Toronto's baby race, in the House of Assembly.
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Sydney
Australia
C.P
House of Assembly
Toronto
Spanish War Forces Deadlocked on Catalan Front
In France and Spain the Catalan front remained stalemated as government and insurgent armies pressed a two day slugging match. Franco's lines held near Gandesa with reinforcements while government forces fortified a 25 mile wide front along the Ebro. Insurgent air raids struck Reus and Hospitalet with casualties reported.
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Hendaye
France
A.P
Zach
Franco
Gandesa
Bro
Ebro
Mequinenza
Fayon
Pandosuntains
Goat
Reus
Hospitaler
Hail damages wheat near Olds at four storms in two weeks
A half hour hail storm hit the wheat country west of Olds on Saturday evening. Conservative estimates place damage at 50 percent across a 40 mile stretch from nine to 16 miles west of Olds to Cremona, with fields already struck by July hail on the 17th 18th and 29th.
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Olds
Wheat
Cremona
Sundre
Government liens aired at Macleod meeting
A special to the News reports MLA Hartley of Macleod addressing a turnout in Bow Island on seed grain relief. He urged municipalities to seize crops to cover taxes, while MLA Flamme discussed democracy and monetary policy. The talk touched on credit, inflation, and proposals to accept bushels as seed relief payments.
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Bow Island
Mr. Hartley
M.L.A
Macleod
The
Oddfellows
A. W. Flamme
Cypreus
Flamme
Hartley
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Alberta
Privy Counsil
Bank of England
Treasury
Germany
Anil
Gove
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