Calgary officials outline recreational training plan
JH Ross and T Ruben outlined a government program to improve general health through broad recreational activities. A committee was formed to nominate leaders for an Edmonton training course opening August 15, with approved stipends and later community training obligations. The plan targets ages 16 to 60 with participation by both sexes.
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JH. Ross and
T. Ruben
J. H. Ross
Calgary
Deuty
R. S. Boyd
Ross
Fraser Valley
B.C
Ald. Warham
Ald
Pattemyn
Black
Sheldon Buckles
J. D. Morrison
Prypress Club
F. J. McComb
Rotary
G. Grant
T. Charles
Olympic Club
W. TI. Ellis
W. C. Quinlan
C.W.L
Edmonton
Ald. Black
Myridoss
Alberta
Cnt
Ald Warham
British air mission surveys Canadian training facilities
Group Captain J M Robb of the British Air Ministry visits Trenton and Camp Borden to study RC A F training facilities for expansion. He may visit maritime stations and western bases as plans for new flying schools emerge, aiming to bolster Canada’s pilot reserves and defence readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norrawa
J. M. Robb
Central Flying School
British Air Ministry
Robb
Royal Canadian Air Force
British Air Service
Trenton
Rc.a.f
Camp Borden
Maritimes
Canada
Defence Department
Gvernment
St. Lance
Anticosti
Elsehere
Gulf
Montreal
Quebec
Quebec City
Ont
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Canna
Wheat Prices Slip After 80-Cent Peg Announcement
Winnipeg futures fell as stop loss and speculative selling followed the Canadian Wheat Board's 80 cents a bushel minimum price announcement. Export buying failed to sustain higher prices during the active trading session in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
C.P
Canadian Wheat Board
Very Large Attendance At E L D Picnic In Brooks
Over 1 000 people gathered on the lawns of the Eastern Irrigation District's headquarters for the second annual irrigation block picnic in Brooks. EF Eisenhauer urged expansion of irrigation and described benefits from improved land leveling and water distribution. Mayors Ingram and Playfair sent greetings. Speakers included L C Charlesworth and P M Sauder, with remarks from district trustees and horticulturist P D Hargrave. The program featured the Tike band, pipers, Scottish dances, rural sports, and a Gayety theatre dance closing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
F.F.R.A
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Mr. Wisenhauer
W. D. Ingram
W. S. Playfair
Rassanod
L. C. Charlesworth
Irrigation Council For
P. M. Sauder
Lethbridge Northern
R. Scott
P. D. Hargrave
E. L. Gray
M.L.A
High River
Calgary
Joyce, Berry
Marion Stafford
Gayety
Gardiner to Discuss Irrigation Meeting With Local Committee
A telegram from Minister Gardiner to A P Burns chairing the irrigation committee confirms a Tuesday meeting with the local group to discuss the Redcliff Ronolane irrigation project. EB L Gray MLA, manager of the Eastern Irrigation District, is expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Burns
The
Chamber of Commerce
J. G. Gardiner
Gardiner
Connec
Redcliff-Ronolane
EB. L. Gray
M.L.A
Eastern Irrigation District
Clipper Abandoned After Wide Ocean Search
The Hawaii clipper and its 15 occupants are logged as victims of a mystery air disaster. The United States Navy ordered search vessels home after a fruitless hunt spanning about 100000 square miles of ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
C.P
Hawaii
New Gold Discovery Reported in Far North Canada
Ottawa reports a large new gold discovery in the Francois River and Mystery Lake region north of Great Slave Lake. Prospectors have staked many claims as activity spreads from nearby Yellowknife developments and earlier northern finds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
Francois River
Mystery Lake
Great Slave Lake
Department of Mines and Resources
Yellowknife
Burton Captures Humboldt By Election Victory
Humboldt Sask Aug 5 Joseph Burton a prominent local farmer won the Humboldt provincial by election defeating Liberal minister of highways C M Dunn by 145 votes The by election follows the resignation of Dr King and marks the first time Humboldt is represented by a non Liberal since province formation The CC F leader Williams calls the result a historic vote for justice and a Liberal stronghold ends with Burton’s win and party standings show Liberals 37 CC F 11 Social Credit 2 Independents 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt, Sask
C.P
Joseph Burton
Humboldt
C. M. Dunn
Burton
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Dunn
C.C.F
J. C. King
King
Lib
Alvis
Social Credit
Lunn
Iepishitnre
Social
Patterson
House of Commons
G. H. Williams
M.L.A
Williams
Dominion
Explosion kills 15 Italian sailors in Pollenza incident
Fifteen Italian sailors died and 20 were injured when a boiler exploded aboard the cruiser Quarto docked at Pollenza port on Mallorca. The blast was caused by a bursting boiler, authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
C.P
Quarto
Pollenza
Mallorca
British War Games Delayed By Weather Over North Sea
Thunder storms and fog forced the Royal Air Force to postpone maneuvers by 950 airplanes over the North Sea. The Netherlands refused to observe the war zone, while Royal Dutch Airlines continued with regular flights as fog cleared and the exercises resumed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P
Royal Dutch Airlines
Royal Air Force
North Sea
Netherlands
Air’ Ministry
England
Great Storm Paralyzes Southwest England Towns
A violent thunderstorm cloaked England's southwest with darkness and flooding. Railways halted and roads flooded as Newton Abbot reported complex floods and a bolt damaged a minehead, garage, and wall. The storm also affected Ireland and Wales while London endured a six day heat wave with high eighties temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Newton Abbot
Ireland
Wales
Spanish government forces press on western flank near Teruel
Spanish dispatches report troops within rifle range of insurgent headquarters at Albarracin northwest of Teruel as government lines push to roll up Franco’s eastern front. Barcelona reports Jose Miaja’s veterans capture Villar Del Cobo on the Quadalaviar River, a key communications hub west of Teruel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huendaye
C.P
Albarracin
Terueél
Franco
Hendaye
France
Teruel
Barcelona
Jose Miaja
Villar del Cobo
Quadalaviar
Japanese drive crushes Chinese guerrillas near Hangchow
A.P. reports about 3,000 Chinese guerrillas surrounded by Japanese forces in the Hangchow area with hopes of annihilation. Japanese army spokesmen say scattered units were crushed and the guerrilla campaign is doomed. Japanese troops guard the British hospital and remove 108 wounded Chinese soldiers, violating a British flag agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Hangchow
Hangchow Bay
Church Missionary Society
Western farmers voice disappointment over 80 cent wheat price
Agriculture Minister Mull en labels the 80 cent minimum set by the Wheat Board as too low. In Calgary and Edmonton Western farm groups react with relief mixed with disappointment. Leaders including Lew Hutchinson Norman Priestley and K C Allan say the 80 cent price will cause losses while praising the Wheat Board.
Alberta cabinet eyed tax remission scrip scheme in province
Edmonton reports the Alberta cabinet discussed issuing tax remission slips or scrip for road work with two days’ labor per day of tax relief. No formal announcement, but plan expected this week. proposed $1,000,000 in new credit mentioned by Premier Aberhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
C.P
Edmonton Journal
Alberta
Ge.con
W. E. Hayes
M.L.A
Social Credit Board
Treasury Offices
Social Credit
E. C. Manning
Aberhart
Okotoks High River
Baseball scores from St. Louis to New York roundup
The column lists multiple game results with scoring lines and pitcher aboard names for teams including St. Louis Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn and New York. It records runs by inning and notes pitchers Warneke Owen Mulcahy Davis Derringer Lombardi Pressner Shea Klinger Todd Melton Manouso.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Warneke
Owen
Mulcahy
Davis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Derringer
Lombardi
Pressner
Shea
Pittsburgh
New York
Klinger
Todd
Melton
Manouso
Wheat Sales Proceed Under Same Board Procedure
WINNIPEG August 5 George Medliver chief commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Board said farmers would follow the same procedure as in 1935 in selling wheat to the Board under the 80 cents a bushel price set yesterday by the Dominion government. The Board will use the machinery of the grain trade buying from farmers who deliver to the elevators. He said the prices for durum wheat and other grades would be announced as soon as the Board completed the necessary adjustments under the new price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
C.P
Agriculture
Mullen
Canadian Wheat Board
Mers
West
Calgary
Agriculture and
Wheat Board Act
Fort William
Lew Hutchinson
Board of Directors
Alberta Wheat Pool
Norman F. Priestley
United Farmers of Alberta
K. C. Allan
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Priestley
Ottawa
Hutchinson
Wheat Board
Fedeal Governmnt
Canada
Mackenzie King
Winnipeg
George Medliver
Board
British financier mulls Alberta colony for Jewish refugees
Keith H. Williams says British peers asked him to study creating a colony in Alberta for Jewish refugees from Germany and Central Europe. He estimates 80,000 immigrants could be settled if land is available and subsidies of 5000 to 10000 per person are provided, with cooperation from Dominion and provincial governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
C.bi
Keith H. Williams
Alberta
Germany
Williams
Corrigan's Dublin Flight Return Sparks New York Jubilation
Boisterous crowds welcomed Douglas Corrigan on arrival in New York after his solo flight from New York to Dublin. The enthusiastic reception marked a dramatic homecoming for the famed aviator and his record-setting journey valued for daring and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Douglas Corrigan
Dublin
Infantile parascypis cases reported at Trail
Three cases of infantile parascypis were reported at Trail on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trail
Border dispute clouds border peace prospects
Tokyo reports four Russian light bombers attacked Japanese lines on the Siberian Manchoukuoan border late today amid cautious talks toward settlement. Moscow observers say Russia may resume action if Japan delays troop withdrawal, while Litvinov signals conditional acceptance of Japan’s peace terms and a ceasefire if Japan withdraws and recognizes Soviet claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Siberian-Manchoukuoan
Moscow
Russia
C.P
Japan
A.P
Soviet Russia
Mancheukuoan
Maxim Litvinoff
Manoru Shigemitsu
Shigemitsun
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Britain
Capt
E. LD
Clipper
British Coast
U.F.A
Wes
Vince
Corrigan
Chang Hu
Rulon Oe Beria
Jaanese Korea
Manchoukuo
Litvinoff
Litv
Siberia
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