Medicine Hat Power Plant Expansion Promises Doubled Capacity
Citizens of Medicine Hat are told they are shareholders as the power plant expands with a new 3000 Kw turbo generator from Parsons & Co. The $100 000 addition, west of the old plant, features reinforced cement construction, new crane rails, and three water sources to safeguard continuous service. The project aims to boost output while maintaining low operating costs under Superintendent Davis.
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Medicine Hat
Ddbt
Parsons & Co
Kingland
Davis
Regina
Fox Farm
Patrolman Missing After Seizure Boat Incident
An unidentified caller to the Detroit Free Press reports a Customs border patrolman missing since he left a Government boat to board a seized rum vessel on Friday night. Officials say the agent may have been knocked overboard and his body later found in a boat on the West Walter street. authorities express cautious disbelief that he was killed.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Free Press
Walter
Mauretania Aims to Regain Atlantic Speed Crown
The Cunard liner Mauretania sailed from Southampton for New York at eleven a.m. Rumors say Captain S G S McNeil may attempt to beat the Bremen westbound record if weather allows. The London Daily Mail argues Britain must back loans for flier ships to retain speed supremacy and help unemployment.
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Southampton
Eng
Cunard
Bremen
New York
S. G. S. McNeil
London
London Daily Mail
Britain
White Star
United States
Daily Mail
No Applications Passed Yet for Old Age Pension
Calgary reports over 2500 old age pension applications received by August with 150 to 175 more weekly. Commissioner W F McNeill notes no payments approved yet while proofs of age and eligibility rules are clarified for August issuance.
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Calgary
W. F. McNeill
Workmen's Compensation Board
AEP
Ontario
Ites Religion Board
United States
Somerset House
London
McNeill
Canada
Passenger Train Collision Near Red Deer Kills Three
A passenger train struck an automobile at a level crossing north of Red Deer on the Edmonton Calgary line. Three people died and two were injured in the Sunday morning crash. Victims were John Ference 59 Pauline Ference 59 and Mary Ference 19. Injured were Jack Ference 29 and Sam Ference 21. The party were from near North Bank Alberta en route to Calgary.
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Calgary
Edmonton
Canadian Pacific Railway
Red Deer
John Ference
Pauline
Ference
Mary Ference
Jack Ference
Sam Ference
North Bank
Asta
Pete Ballyk Shines for National Guards in El Paso
Pete Ballyk stars for the National Guards in El Paso Texas guiding a 15 to 3 win over the Paso Laundry team. He allowed seven hits and connected for three doubles and a single while fanning eight batters.
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Pete Ballyk
Pete
el Paso
Texas
National Guards Team
Bally
National Guardsmen
In Paso
Venizelos Wins Large Victory in Greek Election
Athens reports Premier Venizelos secured a sizable majority in Sunday's general election gaining 16 deputies from two towns. Quiet across Greece ended with a riot at Argos where three were seriously hurt amid opposition clashes.
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Athens
Greece
Venizelos
Argos
Gored to death by bull near Winnipeg
Winnipeg Aug 5 David Bruce a 50 year old pioneer farmer of La cotsh district west of Winnipeg was gored and mauled by a two year old bull Sunday and died moments after family members found him. He was attacked and tossed into the bush near his farm.
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Winnipeg
David Bruce
Lacotsh
Fatal Fire At Drug Store Kills Three Firemen
Three firemen were killed and ten injured when the walls of a burning drug store collapsed in Kansas City. An explosion occurred as the hose was being dragged into the building. Witnesses say the floor appeared saturated with oil.
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Kansas City
Phil Hahn
Ostend Disaster Kills Eleven in Harbor Steamer Collision
At Ostend Belgium two excursion boats collided near the harbor entrance. one sank quickly. Nine bodies recovered and twenty one survivors taken to Ostend hospital. Final tally lists eleven dead including six women two girls and a man. Five missing and about twenty with lighter injuries. Lifebelts and local swimmers aided rescue as crowds gathered along the shore. All victims believed Belgian.
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Ostend
Belgium
Striking Spinners and Cotton Operatives Split on Negotiations
In Manchester on August 5, Amalgamated Spinners and Cotton Operatives voted against the union executive's proposal to resume talks on wage concessions. The union had sought authority to negotiate a settlement, while mill owners have posted a 12.5 percent wage cut.
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Manchester
Eng
C.P. Cable
Saskatoon Pilot And Passenger Die In Plane Crash
In Saskatoon two men died when an aeroplane crashed on a Saskatchewan river sandbar after striking power wires. E I Smith Marriott an instructor pilot of the Saskatoon Aero Club died at City Hospital. Alfred Johnson a Norwegian trapper from Reindeer Lake also died. An inquiry by civil aviation inspector Howard Ingram was expected and an autopsy planned.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
E. I. Smith-Marriott
Saskatoon Aero Club
Alfred Johnson
Reindeer Lake
Johnson
The
Aero Club
Smith-Marriott
Saskatchewan River
University Bridge
Ralph Usher
University of Saskatchewan
Smith- Marritt
Frank Baunders
Kent
England
Howard Ingram
Civil Aviation
Regina
Liquor Profits Rise in Saskatchewan as Prices Fall
Saskatchewan reports total liquor sales of 14,607,805.68 for the year ending March 31 with beer and wines and spirits contributing 7,816,377.79 and 6,251,427.89 respectively. Profits reach 3,083,947.46, up from 2,445,890.68 last year, due in part to the Liquor Commission buying directly from producers to cut agent commissions.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Liquor Commission
Graf Zeppelin Dares New York Sightseers at Lakehurst Flight
The Graf Zeppelin arrived at Lakehurst Naval Air Station New Jersey after a 92 hour 26 minute trans Atlantic flight from Friedrichshafen Germany. It then flew over lower Manhattan before heading north toward New York and returned to the Lakehurst field cruise area for its plans to depart next week.
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Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N.J
New York City
Naval Reservation
Friedriechshafen
Germany
New York
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Lower Manhattan Island
Los Angeles
William Bishop
Naval
Forest fires in B C exceed thousand mark this year
Victoria Aug 5 British Columbia reports fires well over the 1000 mark in the forest fire season up to now. Hot dry dangerous conditions persist across the province with potential for extensive fires and heavy losses unless a break in the weather occurs. The column notes the rising toll and ongoing hazard.
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B.C
Victoria
British Columbia
Forest Protection Branch
Moving Farewell for Mr and Mrs Baker at Westminster Church
At Westminster Church a morning service honored Mr W Roy Baker and his wife as they leave for a new post. The Fifth Avenue Church board and Sunday school presented a solid silver tea service. Mr Andrews and Mrs Carr spoke of Baker’s years as superintendent and his valued service to the church and community. Baker expressed thanks and noted his continuing interest in spiritual matters.
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Avi
Westminster Church
W. Roy Baker
Aada
Baker
Ion
Ashton Andrews
Fifth Avenue
Jexpresse Doppia
Stenstionck
J. F. Boylan
Fifth Avenue Sunday School
Andrews
Poet Kennedy Drowns While Swimming at Lewis Bay
William Sloane Kennedy aged 79 a nationally known biographer and poet drowned during a daily swim in Lewis Bay Yarmouth Mass on Sunday. The forecast for the area was fair and cool with a high near 90.
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Yarmouth
Mass
William Sloane Kennedy
Lewis Bay
Pistols Crack When Tong War Breaks Out in States
Chicago Chinatown reels as Hip Sing Yee Sun is killed and War Leong Wong is wounded in a Tong feud. Police fear escalation as shootings spread to New York with a Chinese restaurant owner and patron shot amid ongoing gang feuding.
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Chicago
Ill
United States
Hip Sing
Tong Man
Yee Sun
War Leong
Wong
Aie Ae Tong
Sun
New York
Chinege Restyaurant
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