Britain to add 180 vessels to naval program in 1939 plan
Geoffrey Shakespeare announced in the Commons that Britain will add 180 vessels to the 1939 naval construction program. The cost is about 51.48 million dollars, including 107 trawlers for mine sweeping and anti-submarine work, 56 whale packet type vessels, ten large minesweepers, six boom defence vessels, and one cable ship. A floating dock for small craft up to 5 000 tons has been purchased.
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London
C.P
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
Case of Commons
Britain
Britain and Allies Press Japan Over Far East Tensions
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain orders a stronger protest to Japan while Britain maintains close contact with France and the United States on the Far East crisis. In Chungking a Chinese spokesman cites Japanese redeployments from the Yangtze valley toward Manchukuo and the Soviet frontier with railised troop movements toward Canton and Tientsin amid ongoing regional tensions.
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London
C.P
Chamberlain
Robert Craigie
Japan
China
Britain
France
United States
Robert
Tokyo
Tientsin
Chungking
Yangtze Valley
Manchoukuo
Canton
Yangsze
Pukow
Nanking
Manchoukuao
Shansi
Baseball Scores Report From Early Season Games
Cleveland and Boston played tight contests while Chicago and Philadelphia posted results in the early league standings. Scoring details are incomplete, leaving final tallies unclear in the fragment.
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America
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Ranching survey official in Southern Alberta
Mr Graham Anderson of the Department of Lands and Mines arrived in the district to establish Medicine Hat as his headquarters. He will join George Ross R R Gilchrist and Perry Minor on a Special Committee appointed by the Short Grass Stock Growers Association to devise a plan for fixing grazing land costs in line with livestock revenue.
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Graham Anderson
Department of Lands and Mines
Alberta
Anderson
Medicine Hat
George Ross
R. R. Gilchrist
Perry Minor
Short Grass Stock Growers Association
Dominion Scout Officer Visits Medicine Hat
Dominion Boy Scout officer J M Blow visited Medicine Hat meeting 30 residents at City Hall. Blow spoke three hours on Scout work across Canada, urged active committees and unity from Cub pack to Rover crew, noting Lord Bessborough aims for 100000 Scouts by 1940 and stressing games over stern discipline.
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J. M. Blow
Dominion
Boy Scout Association
Ottawa
J. M. Taylor
Blow
Canada
Boy Scout Movement
British Columbia Cuts Gas Wholesale Prices Across Province
The B C government issued an order reducing wholesale gasoline by three cents per gallon and fixing the price spread to curb retail costs. In Vancouver the change lowers retail price from 27 to 24 cents per gallon for standard grades, including a seven cent government tax.
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B.C
Victoria
C.P
British Columbia
Vancouver
Vancouver Oil Company
Oil Company
Kootenay
Vancouver Island
Lower Mainland
New Democracy Candidate to Be Chosen September 2
Dr. J. L. Robinson announced at the Arena meeting that the Medicine Hat riding federal candidate would be selected at the Social Credit rooms on September 2 at 10 30 a m.
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J. L. Robinson
M.L.A
New Democracy
Medicine Hat
Social Credit Rooms
Roper Elected President of Alberta CCF
Elmer E. Roper of Edmonton was elected president of the Alberta Co operative Commonwealth Federation as the party adopted a four point program to cut agriculture costs and set a new constitution. Henry G. Young and Miss Mary Crawford were elected vice president and treasurer respectively as delegates move to a joint leadership with the Canadian Labor Party Alberta section.
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Edmonton
C.P
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation of Alberta
Elmer E. Roper
C.C.F
Canadian Labor Party
Alberta
Roper
William Irvine
Irvine
Caribou
British Columbia
Henry G. Young
Miller
C C.F
Wetaskiwin
Mary Crawford
Blast Suspects Are Sent Up For Trial
In London Bow Street court three women and two men were held for trial on charges they conspired to cause explosions endangering life and property after June 24 and 25 blasts that injured 19. Four Irishmen were deported by order of the Home Office, with two more slated for deportation. Peter De Vito, once a wealthy New York gangster, was jailed in Brooklyn.
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London
C.P
Bow Street
Home Office
Peter de Vito
New York
Brooklyn
Dunning Offers Resignation as Health Trip Looms
Finance Minister Charles A. Dunning offered resignation to Prime Minister Mackenzie King on the eve of a health-seeking trip to Europe. The PM said Dunning was ordered to rest to restore health and asked to be relieved of the portfolio, but Dunning would remain in government until his return.
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Ottawa
C.P
Charles A. Dunning
Europe
Mackenzie King
Dunning
Dunning Was Sure the People of
Canada
Bribery charges against two Vancouver police officers
In Vancouver two patrolmen faced summons for bribery after a police investigation into tips from Mayor Lyle Telford. They allegedly received two bottles of rum valued at $6 and threatened a taxi driver to seize more liquor, then were suspended from duty. Mayor Telford questioned the force’s efficiency as the police commission plans a public inquiry led by Judge A. Harper.
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Vancouver
C.P
Lyle Telford
A. —M. Harper
Police Commission
W. W. Foer
Telford
Foster
Marjorie Hillis Marries Brooklyn Retailer in Surprise
Dark-haired Marjorie Hillis author of Live Alone and Like It wed Thomas Henry Roulston a 65 year old Brooklyn chain store operator in Valley Forge. His son served as best man and two grandchildren attended. They plan a European honeymoon on the Normandie. Hillis said she will be a housewife and raise a family despite her bachelor girl writings.
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Valley Forge
Marjorie Hillis
New Yorker
Thomas Henry Roulston
Brooklyn
Normandie
New York
Britain likely to hold general election in November
London reports Premier Chamberlain aims for a 1939 general election this year if the international situation allows. Parliament adjourned to October 3 with plans to sit three weeks before dissolution. confidence vote passed 250 to 132 after a protracted debate.
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London
Britain
Chamberlain
Commons
Spain claims Gibraltar atimed by press as 235-year issue
Madrid reports the government press announcing Spain's desire to reclaim Gibraltar, the Mediterranean stronghold seized by Britain in 1704. Newspapers mark the 235th anniversary by condemning England and opposing foreign mediation, calling the Rock a core Spanish goal.
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Madrid
A.P
Spain
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Rock
England
New Spain
Moonshine Confiscation Near Medicine Hat
Police seized twenty gallons of moonshine, equipment, and a still at Peter Greenstein’s farm home nine miles northeast of Medicine Hat. Greenstein pleaded guilty under the Excise Act to possessing a still for spirit manufacture and awaits sentencing. penalties range from $100 or three months to $1,000.
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R.C.M.P
W. 8. Dobbin
Peter Greenstein
Medicine Hat
Greenstein
Mysterious Farm Tragedy Leaves Three Struck
Police pursue three robbery murder theories after Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Prestridge are found dead in a burning Grafton farm home and their daughter Marguerite Moyse is wounded. Mrs Moyse remains in critical condition as officers investigate four possible suspects and motives.
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North
Survey of Ranching
Dominion Boy Scout
I. M Blow
Supreme Court
Watchet
Somerset
51St London Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Territorials
William Ir.vine
S.C. Govt
Hon. E. Manning
Prem. Aberhart
Beryl Mercer
Ind Screen
Santa Monica
Arena
A. H. Mitchell
M.P
Aberhart
E. €. Manning
E. C. Manning
Federal Social Credit
Jack Jones
Melodiers
Povernment
Chamberlain- Fells British House
Ei IS
Prestridge
Hiss
W. Hall
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