Japan fears Russian air raid on Tokyo
News wires report rising tensions as Japan accuses Soviet forces of border raids through Manchoukuo and Outer Mongolia. Moscow warns of serious consequences if provocations continue, while Tokyo claims victories against Soviet tank and aircraft assaults on the Manchukuoan frontier.
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Tass
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United States
War Office
Japanese Korea
Army base in Alaska eyed for great air project
Washington reports Secretary Louis Johnson hints at a major U S Army air base in Alaska’s North on a planned route from Seattle to Fairbanks. Premier Pattullo of British Columbia discusses a wartime air access road through BC and the Yukon with U S officials. Congress authorized the Alaska base in 1936. cost estimates rise toward 127 million dollars with potential U S labor participation.
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Alaska
Louis Jonson
United States
Mar North
Pattulo
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Congress
Fairbanks
Nouhel
Johnson
Seattle
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Col Hinbin
Western Canada grain crops ripening fast amid rust mitigating factors
Ottawa report notes grain crops in Western Canada are maturing rapidly for maximum filling but rust damage has been reduced. Harvesting is under way on the prairies and expected to be general within ten days to two weeks.
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C.P
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairies
China Dykes Cut on Yangtse Flood Vast Area to Stall Jap Army
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese forces cut the Yangtse dikes to flood land 125 miles downstream from Hankow to stop Japanese advance toward Hankow. Japanese say large flood blocks farm regions as invasion pushes into interior while guerrilla raids disrupt Japanese control near Shanghai.
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Llankow
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Hankow
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Tyenty
Minkiang
Hiwangmei
Trankow
Sacred Caucus Postponed Over Mennonite Return Plans
The Social Credit caucus in Edmonton was indefinitely postponed due to inopportune timing. It aimed to discuss Mennonite resettlement from Mexico to the Peace River area, with plans to reconvene likely next month.
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C.P
Caucus of
Social Credit
Mexico
Peace River
Harvesters Needed As Local Crops Mature
Harvesters are in demand as crops mature with more calls arriving from Crow's Nest, Hilda, and Schuler districts and from the southwest. Wages are $2 daily for general work and $3 daily for machine men, with current demands met so far.
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Crow's Nest
Hilda
Schuler
Germany Agrees To Pay Austria's War Debts
A wartime debt settlement between Germany and Austria was discussed on Tuesday by officials, aiming to extend a trade accord for one year and broaden the economic scope to include Austria. Negotiations cover mechanisms for interest rate adjustments and regional financial commitments amid the disputed obligations.
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Germany
Austria
Dierlin
Aug
Jewish Doctors Barred Across Germany Under New Order
Berlin August 3 A P The Reichs-Ce steblatt announces that from Sept 20 every Jewish physician in Germany loses his licence to practice The interior minister may grant exceptions allowing practice until further notice Some Jews who served at the front in World War I may receive maintenance grants The decree follows the Nürnberg racial laws and affects an estimated 6000 to 7000 doctors.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichs-Cesteblatt
Nurmberg
Ambiguous wartime reparations talks described in fragment
The text outlines reparations loans and financial settlements related to German credits and related negotiations. It mentions a two month and one week timeline and references individuals and places, but the fragment is garbled and lacks a clear event, date, or parties.
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Germany
Webo Ebat
Beaeed Foo Erdin
Hepburn Attacks Western Senators Over Niagara Bridge
Premier Hepburn of Ontario accuses Western senators of interfering in national matters delaying the Niagara Falls International Bridge project valued at 5.5 million dollars. Senator Griesbach of Edmonton replies that Canadian unity rests on fairness and contractual obligation in public business.
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Mehine
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Edmonton
Senate
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Ob Htauwe
Haig
Niagara Falls
Hepburn
C.P
Griesbach
Canada
Howe Sees Delayed Cross-Canada Air Service Ahead of Year End
Minister of Transport C. D. Howe spoke in Brandon after traveling Regina Vancouver by air to address a service clubs luncheon. He said passenger service across Canada should start by year end but warned equipment delivery delays must finish by August 31.
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C.P
C. D. Howe
Regina
Department of Transport
Trans- Canada
Lethbridge
Calgary
Howe
Dominion
Canada
Two New Poliomyelitis Cases Hit Alberta
Edmonton reports two newly diagnosed poliomyelitis cases in the Rocky Mountain House area. The two patients belong to the same family, with no ages or sexes disclosed. Alberta’s total cases rise to 17 since a recent wave began.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
M. R. Bow
Rocky Mountain House
Temporary Raymond hospital to house overflow mental patients
Raymond Leith Bridge August 8. Provincial treasurer Low announced the Raymond School of Agriculture building will be converted into a temporary hospital for overflow female patients from the congested Ponaka mental hospital. Remodelling to start at once using local labor. about 50 000 to be spent. staff of about two to be employed.
Spanish Offensive on Ebro Halted by Rebel Planes
Insurgents claim a bombardment by hundreds of planes halted the Spanish government's Ebro river offensive in Catalonia. Government dispatches admit a temporary aerial upper hand by the rebels.
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Hendaye
C.P
Ebro
Catalonia
Canadians Send Aid To the Loyalists In Spain
Edmonton August report states Jack G. King provincial organizer for the Canadian League for Peace and Democracy announced 2600 has been sent to Spain in the past year to aid medical units and orphans homes behind Loyalist lines. He noted 32000 of that total was earned last fall and winter by Alberta motion pictures depicting the Spanish conflict background.
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Edmonton
Jack G
King of
Canadian League For Peace and Democracy
Spain
Alberta
Beet Worms Ravage Winnipeg Area Gardens
Weekend damage across districts near Winnipeg ruins acres of vegetables including beets peas and onions. Authorities report beet webworms attacked fields with poison sprays now used to combat the infestation.
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Winnipeg
Hailstorm Causes Thousands in Melville Area Damage
Regina dispatch reports a three inch hail attack across a wide territory south of Melville to north of the C P R main line. Loss near Neudorf reached about 100000 as crops gardens and poultry suffered. The system spanned from west of Regina to Weyburn with heavy showers further north to Southey.
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C.P
Melville
C.P.R
Neudorf
Wolesley
Weyburn
Southey
Mullen Urges Action On Wheat Peg For Alberta Farmers
Alberta Agriculture Minister LT. B. Mullen warns Premier King that without a fair wheat price this year it would be a tragedy of the first order. He urges an immediate federal decision to peg wheat at not less than 87 14 cents per bushel to avert large public treasury relief costs. A Canadian minesweeper Garpe will be launched at Quebec on Aug 12.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
B. Mullen
King
Mullen
Lord Runciman to Study Sudeten Issue in Prague
Viscount Runciman arrives in Prague to mediate Czechoslovakia's German minority dispute. He will meet President Eduard Benes and Premier Milan Hodza as Sudeten demands for autonomy and corporate party status complicate talks. Bonnet to be consulted on arrival.
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Aup
Czechoslovakia
Runciman
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Nigi
Eduard Benes
Milan Hodza
Hodan
Konrad Henlein
Germany
Lord Runciman
mid-Europe
London
Board of Trade
Georges Bonnet
Harvie Appointed Chair of Provincial Special Areas Board
John Harvie, deputy Alberta minister of lands and mines, is named chair man of the Provincial Special Areas Board. G. R. Armstrong of Richdale Hanna district is appointed as a board member, succeeding John Gair who was dismissed from provincial service last month.
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C.P
John Harvie
Alberta
G. R. Armstrong
Richdale
Hanna
John Gair
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