Alberta Government Takes Full Ownership of Three Railways
The Alberta Government now holds full ownership of the Edmonton Danvegan and Central Canada railways after paying 1 275 000 to the Royal Bank to settle its claim. The government will negotiate remaining interests or operate the lines as a public enterprise. It notified the Canadian Pacific Railway of ending its operating agreement and rejected CP’s latest renewal offer.
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Royal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Is Infanti
Edmonton
Danvegan
Central Canada Railways
Alberta
Royal Bank
Northern Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific
Hines
Brownlee
Beatty
D. C. Coleman
Pacific Railway
Liberal Leader Mackenzie King Critiques Meighen in Winnipeg Rally
W L Mackenzie King told Winnipeg crowds that Canadians want hands off the National railway and criticized Meighen for tariff calls. He urged dissolution questions on wartime policy and argued parliament is supreme while detailing past Liberal aid to the West and the Crow’s Nest Pass rate restoration.
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West
Mackensie King
Meighen
Winnipeg
Crow's Nest
King
Hamilton
Senate
House of Summons
Customs Department
Kenora
Liberal Party
C. Hamilton
Manitoba Liberal Association
Regina
Canaada
Mr. King
Ma King
First new wheat arrives at Lake of the Woods
The season’s opening grain shipment reached Lake of the Woods this morning in a load brought by Harry Sehiman of Bingville. The No 1 Northern wheat weighed sixty one pounds per bushel. Mr Schumar expects about 2 000 bushels once threshing is complete.
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Lake of the Woods
Harry Sehiman
Bingville
Schumar
Hydro plane crash tests crew in Ungava expedition
A hydroplane crash 250 miles off Ungava coast trapped the crew of an expedition surveying the Ungava region. After six days adrift with no food, the six survivors freed themselves and reached shore where others spotted them and returned to base.
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Quebec
Ungaya
Ungava
New Air Route Proposed From Winnipeg To Edmonton
A Canadian-backed plan seeks a Winnipeg to Edmonton air service with stops at Beandam Regua Moose Jaw Medicine Hat Lethbridge Calgary and Edmonton plus a Regua to Prince Albert leg. Western cities would host stops as a North Dakota public interest grows. Low horsepower machines aimed at economical passenger and express freight service were described as suitable for commercial operation.
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Winnipeg
Edmonton
Beandam
Regua
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Prince Albert
Dubois
P.a
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Earthquake Hits Tokio Area with Light Damage and Injuries
An August Tokion quake injures several people but causes no serious damage. The tremor, centering offshore about 11 miles, cuts lighting and water mains, halts tramways and communications, while observers say a landward focus could have caused catastrophe.
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Tokio
Ules
Meterological Observatory
Market Steadier as Wheat Prices Inch Higher
Winnipeg reports a calmer market with export business limited. Wheat futures rose modestly with October at 1.43 3 4, December 1.41 3 8, and May at 1.14 1 8. rye up 1 2 cent, flax down 0.34. Oats and barley were steady amid generally fair Western Canada weather and a modest cash demand.
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Winnipeg
Seaboard
Canada
Mackenzie King At Regina Tonight
Regina August 4 Mackenzie King will speak tonight with Hon Charles Dinning and Hon J G Gardiner on the platform. He leaves for Prince Albert after the meeting with his former Saskatchewan riding colleagues. He plans rapid motor trips through Shellbrook Wakaua Marcell and Roethern and a Friday night meeting in Prince Albert.
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Regina
Mackensie King
Chas. Dynning
Ranlways
J. G. Gardiner
Saskatchewan
King
Frince Albert
Shellbrook
Wakuwa
Marcella
Roethern
Prince Albert Strelf
Rich Gold Strike North of Red Lake
Toronto August 4 reports a spectacular discovery near Nar row Lake about 80 to 35 miles northeast of Red Lake in Patricia district. Jack Lindsay announces samples of free gold and calls the find among the most important in years. Lindsay is in Toronto. discovery staked by Tom Rathayat of Ottawa.
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Toronto
Narrow Lake
Red Lake
Patricia
Jack Ldadsay
Lindsay
Prevent
Tom Rathayat
Ottawa
Saskatoon Woman Critical After Saskatchewan Train Collision
Mias Tena Billet of Sovereign Saskatchewan remains in critical condition in Saskatoon hospital after a Calgary train hit the automobile she rode on at a level crossing near Vanscoy. Her mother and brother Herbert, also seriously injured, were reported doing well.
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Saskatoon
Mias Tena Billet
Sovereign
Sask
Saskatnogy
Calgary
Crogalng
Vanscoy
Herbert
Fate and Cooler in Teo-Day's Prabs
The note reports Teo-Day’s Prabs with a hot 90 degree reading and a cooler 64 degree reading. It lists temperatures as the day’s key details and hints at a mix of weather or climate references.
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Teo-Day
Murder in Lobby Sparks Bootleg War in Los Angeles Hotel
Two men Ed Munson and Harry Moran were shot in the lobby of a fashionable Los Angeles hotel. Police call it the start of a bootleggers war as three gunmen entered the scene. Munson was killed on the spot while Moran died hours later. The killers fled with Munson’s body, later found in a car abandoned near the hotel.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ed. Munson
Harry Moran
Munson
Moran
Morwn
Women‑run beer parlor planned in protest of directors’ rule
Reports from Vancouver on August 4 said a women operated beer parlor may open here as a protest against the British Columbia Hotelmen's Association plan to close parlors to women after August 15. Legal questions were raised about the action's legality.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia Hotelmen’s Association
Ethier Brothers Face Trial Over Poisoned Water Plot
Calizet and Omer Ethier, small potato farmers in Rockland Ontario, must stand trial for allegedly trying to murder Edmund Ethier and his family by placing Paris green in the water well. Edmund and his relatives have fully recovered from the poisoning.
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Rockland
Ont
Calizet
Omer Ethier
Edmund Ethier
Parla Green
Edmund
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg Praises Cargill
Winnipeg grain inspection figures show wheat yesterday at 90 cars versus 50 last year. Contract grades 64, coarse grains 42 today, compared with 29 last year.
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Winnipeg
National League boycott may decide Mexican religious dispute
Mexico City August 4 The crisis over new government religious regulations shows no quick settlement prospects as observers warn against widespread violence. The National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty has called a boycott that may become the decisive factor in the dispute.
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National League
Mexico City
National League For
Defence of Religione Liberty
Elephants Stampede Through Calgary Crowd From Circus Show
A Seils Floto Circus elephant herd caused a citywide stampede in Calgary after unloading near the CPR sheds. About fourteen elephants, spooked by the open space, charged Ninth Avenue and surrounding areas, escaping into CPR yards before handlers corralled them back to the Victoria Park lot. No injuries or damage reported beyond scattered alarm and fence bits. Early shows remained on schedule with a 2 PM performance.
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Calgary
A. G. Wiseman
Prea
Seils‘Floto Circus
Edmonton
C.P.R
Jimmy Dooley
Wise
Sells-Floto
Victoria Park
Mary
Russia Moves Toward Democracy as Trotsky’s Ideas Gain
In Moscow reports Aug 4 from Russky the Communist party drift toward democraticization is noted. Figures Zinoviev Kamenev Madame Lenine and others align with Trotsky on party organization freedom of factions and peaceful policy. Trotsky’s ideas gain influence while former rivals shift stance.
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Moscow
Russky
Nikolai
Ovgry Communist Party
Leon Trotsky
Zinovieff
Kameneff
Madame Lenine
Trotsky
Bueherin
Lignideijea
Russia
R Xsidente
Joint Convention Nominates Miller for Qu Appelle Seat
Broadview Sask Aug 3 John Miller of Indian Head was nominated by the Liberal Progressive convention to contest the Qu Appelle seat in the present election. Leonard Widdup of Kipling district also had his name submitted with Miller on the ballot.
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Broadview
Sask
John Miller
Qu'Appelle
Leonard Widdup
Kipling
Miller
Burglars Break into Medicine Hat Steam Laundry
Burglars entered the Medicine Hat Steam Laundry last night by breaking the padlock on the back door and stole a fairly large quantity of items from the dry cleaning department. Police are investigating the break‑in.
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Medicine Hat Steam Laundry
Atole
Police investigate mast thefts amid clothing stock clue
Police are probing a series of clothing stock thefts with investigators searching for clues about possible abbots or masterminds. The investigation focuses on tracking missing garments and identifying suspects connected to the heists.
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Mackenzie King
Prince Alberta
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Helene
Romania
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Thia
J. Frank Norris
EB. D. Chipps
Shields
Norris
T. T. Shields
Assassin
Red Lantern Society
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Seattle
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Sohun Province
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Paris
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