02 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1930
Page
1
Reports from Quebec describe repair work on the R-100 damaged fin with a new panel prepared for in place fitting. Crew members outline steps to dope and secure the patch while the airship remains moored at the St Hubert mast amid storm damage accounts and postponed Ottawa flight notices.
In Hankow Hanyang and Wuchang martial law is declared while Nanking strengthens its guard. Changsha falls to the Reds amid looting and executions. Foreign districts seek refuge aboard gunboats as authorities warn residents to flee by midnight.
Uarry Powers, 37, professional daredevil, was shot from a cannon on the steel pier in Atlantic City. His parachute failed to open after the launch from a plane, plunging 1,560 feet into the ocean and killing him within a half hour. He had performed the stunt nightly for five weeks.
A cave collapse in Benibuidar Tensamdan region of Spanish Morocco killed sixteen natives, including fifteen women, as twenty dug clay for washing clothes. Three people were injured in the incident with the cave.
Hawkesbury August 2 Robert Ellis aged three was instantly killed near here last night when the automobile carrying his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur S Tillis of Sackatoon skidded on a slippery road and crashed into a ditch. The boy was pinned under the car but the parents and Beverly aged six were unhurt.
The Canadian Pacific agricultural department notes rainfall benefits in Alberta and Saskatchewan, with Manitoba showing good crop appearance but rust in some cereals. Harvesting starts in the south with wheat cutting advancing, haying near completion, and new marketings reported at Milk River on July 31.
Forest fires sweep nineteen fronts along the Churchill River in Saskatchewan's north. Two blazes are out of control and eight threaten valuable pulp and spruce timber stands. Local crews battle the fires as authorities monitor the spread.
In Delafield Wisconsin Aug 2 a gangland machine gun blasted a lake resort dance hall as vacationers watched five gangsters mow down a man from Waukesha County identified as Jack Zuta Chicago North Side Morgan Aielto gang chief. A machine gun riot gun and pistol were used with the victim shot on the floor.
Civil disobedience volunteers estimated by police at fifty and by nationalist leaders at three hundred were injured by police as they tried to enter the forbidden Fort area this morning. Vallabhai Patel Pandit Malviya and four other leaders were arrested for unlawful assembly amid the Bombay unrest. Unclear weather with warm air. temperature around 90.
Glamis Scotland Aug 2. J Y Clynes His Majesty's Secretary of State for Home Affairs will travel here to witness the birth of the Duchess of York's baby this month. He will attest to the birth under ancient law that the birth of a possible heir must be certified by the secretary. The event parallels the 1910 moment when Lord Asquith attested the Prince of Wales birth in Queen Mary's room.
F W Field senior trade commissioner in Canada reports on conditions through May last noting smaller Canadian business scale in 1920 than earlier years and outlining shifts in machinery, distribution, and production. The document highlights mining output records, tobacco revenue impact, and growing auto, textile, and aviation activity amid a changing global market.
Miss Frances Creck, a domestic, was beaten and left unconscious in her bedroom at J. Weldon Graham's summer home near Wood Ridge Ontario by three men. No motive or valuables were taken. A doctor attended her for an hour before she revived.
The Lowney plane arrives and will visit the city Sunday Monday and Tuesday. All Lowney dealers are urged to visit the airfield during the stay.
Western weather mostly fair with warmth in Manitoba and cooler trends in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Alberta forecast calls for fair and moderately warm conditions today and Sunday.
A Curtis Robin piloted by de Re Pitot Welsbrod from Moose Jaw to Calgary made a dark landing at the city airport. The aircraft struck a fence post, causing slight damage and delaying two new pants for the plane. The incident occurred near ten o'clock with the field not lit and no advance notice given of the arrival.
Controversy grips Berwick Nova Scotia as a plant project faces division among business leaders clergy and temperance workers. Ratepayers push to invest while residents weigh risks and benefits of introducing the operation.
John Henry Mears resumes his round the world record bid from Roosevelt Field at 5 40 am aiming to reclaim the mark. Pilot Manny Brown accompanies the flight as Mears makes his third attempt after two prior private attempts show progress. Harbor Grace is listed as a takeoff reference in today's transit notes.
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