Incendiary Fires Raze Grand Forks Station and Barns
Police probe a series of suspected incendiary fires in British Columbia. The Great Northern Railway station at Grand Forks burned Saturday night. four nearby barns in Slocan Valley also destroyed amid Doukhobor sect tensions. No arrests yet. investigators link the blazes to Doukhobor incendiarists amid ongoing friction among sect groups.
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Grand Forks
B.C
C.P
Great Northern
Slocan
J. W. Hooker
British Columbia
Hooker
Thrums
Here
Toukhobors
Great Northern Railway
Spokane
Wash
Nelson
Grand
Jim Pogrnikoff
John, Macdonald
British Columbia Police
Sons of Freedom
Doukhobors
Macdonald
Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood
Nick Arishkekoff
Arishenkoff
Slocan Parks
Alberta Premier Hammers No Confiscation Promise at Rally
Premier Aberhart declares Alberta will not confiscate from those who have to aid those who have not. He says debts will be paid through an aggressive natural resources program, tapping grain, oil, gas, coal, tar sands, and forests with royalties to solve the debt. He cites Fort McMurray oil sands reserves and a 10 percent royalty proposal.
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Calgary
C.P
Aberhart
Social Credit
Alberta
Fort McMurray Tar Sands
McMur
Alberta Communists Withhold Support From Social Credit
Alberta Communist party will not back the Social Credit government until transparency and caucus politics end. Provincial secretary Lawrence Anderson said officials asked communists to cooperate at a July 27 conference, but the board refused to reveal methods for the $25 monthly dividend.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta Communist Party
Social Credit
Lawrence Anderson
Anderson
Social Credit Board
Quintuplets draw big crowd to Callander nursery
The Dicine quintuplets attracted 119,700 visitors in July while 20,925 visitors viewed the nursery's card stop, and 310 trailers and 84 buses were recorded as accommodations to the attraction.
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Callander
Ont
A.R. Dafoe
Nurgery
Dry Area Inquiries Continue Amid Drought Tours
Saskatchewan drought inspectors led by Agriculture Minister Gardiner and Labour Minister Rogers moved through Kindersley and Saskatoon after traveling from Medicine Hat Alberta. They discussed feed shortages, proposed a federal livestock board to move surplus cattle, and urged irrigation and water conservation as they planned Regina stops.
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Atep
North Battleford
Here
Agriculture
Gardiner
Labor
Rodgers
Cameron R
McIntoish
M.P
Battlefords
J. “A. Gregory
M.L.A
Saskatchewan
Shnday
Kindersley
Sask
Saskatoon
Regina
Moose’ Jaw
Malta
Mont
Medicine Hat
Alta
Wilkie, Sask
C.P
Médicine Hat
Hanna
J. G. Gardiner
Norman Rogers
FE Shackes
Hanns
Board ‘of Trade
Rotary Carnival Dates Set for Sept 30 Oct 2
Jack Hardy, Rotary carnival chairman, announced the annual event will run September 30, October 1 and 2. He promises a bigger and better carnival to support community enterprises funded since 1918 with about 70 000 spent in Medicine Hat.
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Jack ‘Hardy
Rotary Carnival Committee
Rotary Club
Rebels Open Bombardment Near Madrid Amid Invasion Push
Aug 2 dispatch from Hendaye reports insurgent artillery pummeling Madrid outer defences after breaking into government lines west of the capital. Insurgent forces under Branco pressed eastern and southern Spain while government casualties topped 1,000 in Asturias. In Cuero 8,600 troops attacked insurgent lines and were mowed down by cross-fire. two hundred bodies were said to hang on barbed wire entanglements as attackers retreated.
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Hendaye
C.P
Madrid
Branco
Spain
Cuero
Peiping Falls Under Tight Japanese Control Amid Advances
Japan tightens grip on Peiping and shells a corridor toward Hankow as 50,000 central government troops report progress. In nearby Sientsin, Soviet consulate protests a raid by White Russians blamed on Japanese operatives. Hirohito approves sweeping army changes with thousands of promotions and transfers.
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Peiping
China
Hankow
Ss. A . A Syentsin
Tientsin
Tokyo
C.P
Hirohito
Social Credit Caucus In Session At Edmonton
Social Credit members of the Alberta legislature meet in an all day caucus in Edmonton before the special session opens tomorrow. The gathering aims to discuss legislation centered on introducing the Social Credit system, seen as a major move since the Aberhart government took power. The Social Credit Board conference Saturday included GF Powell and U BD Byrne, sent by Major CIHW Douglas to explore Alberta Social Credit plan possibilities.
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Edmonton
Social Credit
Alberta
Aberhart
Social Credit’'Board
Powell
Byrne
Douglas
Four Texans Die In Airplane Crash Near Littlefield
Four Texans including pilot G. J. Sinasj were killed when an airplane crashed near Littlefield Texas after the mechanism failed. The early reports indicate the crash occurred today with others aboard uninjured or missing.
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Littlefield
Tex
A. P
Edmonton Fisheries Chief R T Rodd Dismissed
R T Rodd director of fisheries in Alberta since 1930 was ordered dismissed by Minister D B Mullen with effect Saturday. Rodd said little besides planning a holiday after receiving one month’s pay in lieu of notice.
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Edmonton
R. T. Rodd
D. B. Mullen
Mr.Rodd
British plans extend regular air service to Indies Malay States
The British government aims to extend regular commercial air service to the British West Indies and the Malay States by the end of 1937 and to Australia by the end of 1988, signaling a broad expansion of air routes and international connectivity.
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Basi Indies
Malay States
Australia
Hargrave and Aberhart clash over Social Credit in Alberta
Edmonton dispatch notes John Hargrave leader of Britain's Green Shirts has published a 50 page booklet accusing Aberhart's Alberta government of failing to advance Social Credit aims. The report, detailing Hargrave's Alberta visit last December, labels the plan as taxation and distribution rather than true Social Credit.
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Edmonton
C.P
Aberhart
Social Credit
John Hargrave
Social Credit Party
Green
Great’ Britain
Hargrave
Alberta
Ras Ininutes Social
Canada to enforce its own non intervention policy on Spain
Canada moves to safeguard neutrality by banning enlistment and exports to Spain and other destinations without permits. Orders under the Foreign Enlistment Act and Customs Act prohibit Canadians from joining either side, shipping arms, munitions, aircraft or weaponry, with penalties up to four years in prison and fines.
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Dominion
Spain
Ottawa
C.P
Canada
External Affairs Department
Order-in-Council
Governor-in-Council
External Affairs’ “Department
German Conference United Lutheran Church Reelects Tappert
Rev C R Tappert of Philadelphia was unanimously re elected president of the German Conference of the United Lutheran Church of North America at a continent wide meeting in Ottawa July 31. He will hold the office until the 1939 biennial session. New officers for two year terms include Vice president Rev R Isching er of Reading Pa Secretary Rev William F Herrman of Philadelphia and Treasurer Rev Paul Schmieder of Rochester N Y
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Philadelphia
Paul Schmieder
Rochester
Niv
Cattle From Drought Areas Move Toward Manitoba
Manitoba official says pooling plan will move Alberta and Saskatchewan cattle to grasslands in two weeks. About 50 000 head to Spruce Woods reserve within a month and up to 400 000 head expected to arrive before season end. Areas will be fenced and rotation feeding set aside under guidance of federal and provincial officials. Oswald Freer and J G Gardiner cited as participants.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
J. S. ‘McDiarmid
Mines and Resources
J. G."gardiner
Oswald Freer
McDiarmid
Air mail to link The Pas and Herb Lake set Aug 17
Ottawa reports a new air mail service between The Pas and Herb Lake Manitoba about 95 miles apart will start around August 17. Service will run twice weekly in each direction, leaving The Pas for Herb Lake on Tuesday and Friday and returning the same days. Italy joins Germany and the Spanish insurgent junta in pledging they will never use poison gas in war.
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Ottawa
C.P
Pas
Herb Lake
Man
Post
Italy
Germany
Bow Island Hears About Prospect of Irrigating District
A July meeting in Monarch Hall drew a large audience as L. Fairbairn outlined irrigation history and challenges in southern Alberta. He traced early surveys, 1923 to 1931 efforts, and noted how current irrigation schemes consume available water amid drought conditions. Continued discussion promised on future feasibility and regional water needs.
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Bow Island
Monarch Hall
F. H. Brown
Rairbairn
Lethbridge
L. Fairbairn
L.S/E.I. procet
Grassy Lake
Purple Springs
Bew Island
Beftore
Mr. Fairbairn
Alberta
Palliser
Kangan
Fort Walsh
West
Milk River
Tragic Boat Disaster Near La Pastora Venezuela
In Caracas on Aug 2 reports say fifty people are dead or missing after a collision near La Pastora at the Orinoco mouth between steamers Bienvenido and Veracity. The Bienvenido is sunk and the Veracity damaged. Lloyds lists the 944 gross ton Bienvenido registered in London, built in 1912.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Veracity
la Pastora
Orinoco
Lloyd's Register
Welcome ‘Steamship Company, Ltd
London
Cort of Registery
Youth Attacked by Hornets Injured in Hay Mower Incident
A youth near Benna Vista, Alberta, was attacked by hornets while a team of horses pulled a hay mower. He was thrown and his leg was cut to the bone, then taken to Stettler hospital for treatment.
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Bashaw
Alta
Warren
Percinger di Benna Vista
Ito
Stettler Hospital
Girl abducted near Cranbrook rescued after escape
Eleanor McKowan aged 15 was found unconscious on a highway near Wilson's tourist camp after three men dragged her into a car and held her captive. Police have not identified the suspects or the vehicle as investigators review the late afternoon incident.
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Cranbrook
Eleanor McKowan
Hijayamc~ Kowan
Crantrook
Touris
British Columbia
Poli
Alonis
Wilson’s
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