Council Refuses to Alter Employee Appointment Policy
City Council meeting under Deputy Mayor Black in absence of Mayor Bullivant and Aid. Simpson, with six aldermen present, discussed a proposal to require Council appointment for permanent staff vacancies. The motion failed for lack of a seconder as aldermen argued department heads must hire their own staff. A civic employment bureau idea was floated but dismissed for red tape concerns. A booster-pump Water request and a curbing project on Belfast Street were tabled for data and cost review.
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Bullivant
Aid Simpson
Black
Aid
Hole
Hole Hole
Blackburn
Ald
McCombs
Ald. McCombs
Rae
Ireland
Miss Carson
Civic Bureau of Employment
Crescent Heights
Boyd
Hankow Flood Waters Recede Amid Devastation
Hankow China Aug 4 floods recede slightly yet city remains an inland sea of muddy water. Yangtze and Han rivers overflowed for two weeks causing widespread destruction. Death toll estimates range 700 to 1200 across Hankow Wuchang and Hanyang with tens of thousands homeless and in need of food and rations.
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Hankow
China
Wuchang
Hanyang
Child Dies After Mistaking Pills for Candy
Regina Saskatchewan August 4 21 month old Jennie Fournier died at a farm home near Kincaid after eating twenty medical pills she mistook for candy. The child was found by her mother in distress and died before aid could arrive.
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Regina, Sask
Jennie Fournier
Kincaid, Sask
Jennie
Relief Plans Debate Unemployed Farm Land Options
In a meeting in Hector Lang's office discussions covered how many unemployed may take up farm lands. George Hoadley outlined that no definite policy could be set until government discussions finish. Premier Brownlee in Ottawa and Alberta Cabinet will shape policy on land aid and unemployed assistance upon return.
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Hector Lang
M.L.A
Lang
Arange
George Hoadley
Hoadley
J. E. Brownlee
Ottawa
Alberta
Edmonton
Onty Council
Pilot saved by parachute as assistant dies over Bohemia
A Czecho Slovakian pilot parachuted to safety when his plane caught fire 6000 feet above Eastern Bohemia. His observer opened his parachute too late and was killed. The burning aircraft crashed on a distillery roof, setting it on fire.
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Prague
Slovakia
Associated Press
Bohemia
Canadian Australasian Line Limited Formed
Montreal August 4 report that two Pacific liners Niagara and Aorangi will be operated by the newly created Canadian Australasian Line Limited. The joint venture of Canadian Pacific Railway and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand will handle traffic between Vancouver Australia and New Zealand with no fleet additions planned. J C Irons becomes general manager, based in Vancouver.
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Montreal
Que
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Niagara
Vancouver
Australia
New Zealand
Canadian Australasian Line Limited
Canadian Pacific
Union Steamship Company of
J. C. Irons
Union Steamship Company
Canada
McGovern Fined For Preaching On Glasgow Green
John McGovern MP and eight others were fined 3 pounds each for preaching on Glasgow Green without permits. The magistrate gave ten days to pay, but McGovern chose imprisonment, citing prior clashes over lay preaching on the Green.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Associated Press
John McGovern
Glasgow Green
Grain inspections show varied yields across grains
Winnipeg on August 4 reports grain inspection totals with wheat at 201 carloads versus 232 last year. Oats 32 (down from 12), barley 38 (up from 17), flax 6 (0), rye 8 (8), and other grains 1 (1) recorded in Saturday results.
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Winnipeg
Bennett Meets Western Leaders Over Wheat Sale Plan
Ottawa report notes Premier R B Bennett in talks with Western leaders on financing the sale agencies for the 1931 wheat crop. Delegations from Prairie provinces and Wheat Pools previously discussed Dominion financial support as part of the pool operation plan. A further meeting with the Prime Minister is anticipated.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Prairie Provinces
West
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Howard McConnell
Saskatchewan
John I. MacFarland
Wheat Pool
Western Wheat Pool
Severe Storm Strikes Edmonton District Causes Roofs to Blow
A severe storm hit the Edmonton district Monday night with Manville buildings damaged as some torn from foundations. Hail damage reported in Wetaskiwin Ponoka and Manville while Edmonton logged 1.20 inches of rain over ten hours.
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Edmonton
Manville
Wetaskiwin
Ponoka
Lindbergh Chooses Shorter North Route Flight Plans
Col and Mrs Lindbergh completed a 350 mile hop from Churchill to Baker Lake and planned a 275 mile leg to Hunter Bay then 350 miles to Akiavit on the Mackenzie delta. Strong head winds and poor weather delayed progress and officials doubted a 650 mile flight today.
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Ottawa
Ont
C. A. Lindbergh
Churchill
Baker Lake
Hunter Bay
Department of Marine
Fort Norman
Mackenzie River
Graat Bear Lake
Akiavit
Mackenzie Delta
Lindbergh
Baker, Lake
Akiavik
Arctic
E.S.T
Far North Post
Nineteen Drown When Truck Falls at Sampit River Drawbridge
Georgetown S C August 4 Nineteen persons seventeen of them negroes drowned tonight when a truck plunged through an open drawbridge on the Sampit River near Georgetown city limits Only one person escaped a negro youth Fraser from Georgetown among the survivors All those drowned were from Andrews DC.
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Georgetown
S.C
Sampit River
Andrews
D.C
Fraser
Amy Johnson Flier Enters Manchuria En Route to Tokyo
British aviator Amy Johnson crosses the Russo-Chinese frontier into Manchuria at 2.30 p.m. local time on her London to Tokyo journey. She aims to reach Harbin within days and continues eastward toward Thursday.
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Manchoull
Manchuria
Associated Press
Amy Johhson
Londin
Tokyo
Harbin
Parliament Is Prorogued After Long Session
Ottawa notes the prorogation ends a five month session marked by storms over remaining estimates and Agriculture policy. Liberal critic Thomas Bonn says farmers gained little while Minister Robert Weir defended measures to improve stock breeding and farm credit. The report hints at prizes to encourage cattle exhibitors and westward study of farming issues.
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Ottawa
Age of Commons
Agriculture Department
Robert Weir
Thomas Bonn
Willow Bu
King's Privilege Questioned Over Toronto Paper Headline
Ottawa reports that Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King rose to challenge a Toronto Mail and Empire headline alleging Bennett accused King of telling Senator Haydon to get money. King demanded a correction and warned of potential libel action for the front page claim. Continued on page five.
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Ottawa
House of Commicns
Mackenzie King
King
Mr. Bennett
Rt. Hon
Toronto Mail and Empire
Aydon
Haydon
Beauharnois
LI Bawlis
House of Commons
Canada
Mr. Mackenzie King
Speaker
Suffield Well Work To Resume At Ontario Alberta Site
The Suffield area reports that drilling on the Ontario Alberta well north of Suffield will restart soon. Managers plan to draw casing to a point yielding a strong gas flow and install pipe at that spot. No oil drilling at this hole is planned, and the company has yet to state if drilling will resume at another lease location.
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Ontario-Alberta
Suffield
U S Fliers Continue Effort To Set World Record
Tokyo August 4 The crew of Herndon and Pangborn faced favorable weather at Khabarovsk waiting to resume their globe girdling flight. Dispatches say they lag behind Wiley Post and Harold Gatty by hours but have closed the gap despite a damaged wing from yesterday, as they press toward the world record.
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Tokio
Associated Press
New York
Hugh ‘Herndon
Clyde
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Rengo
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Herndon
Pangborn
Post
Gatty
Khaburovait
A Gatty
Gi Jost
Veschensk
Caet
Two Men Die as Plane Crashes in Burlington
Harold Brannick of Armont and Stuart Macotte of the Deby Line were killed when their aeroplane crashed shortly after taking off. Witnesses saw the plane dive from about 300 feet and bury its nose in a swampy field.
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Burlington
Harold Brannick
Armont
Stuart Macotte
Deby Line
Forest Fires Surge in East Kootenay BC
East Kootenay district reports grave fire conditions with fresh outbreaks as crews battle blazes near McBain Lake Roosevelt Road and Pak Creek Nelgon. Elsewhere in British Columbia fires are under control or burning themselves out amid cooler, rainier conditions.
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Vancouver
B.C
Kettle Valley
British Columbia
East Kootenay
Bates
Bates “of Ered Autores In East Menaye Blaze. ii * McBain
Roosevelt Ré&d
Paks Creek
Nelgon
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Unite For Operation OF Boats Services
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Patricia Osborne
King Geor Hospital
Ilford
England
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Edmonton Storm
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