Flying Boat Caribou Off for America Transatlantic Mail Start
Imperial Airways flying boat Caribou inaugurated the trans Atlantic airmail service from Southampton with 1500 pounds of mail to Canada and the United States. The Caribou and Cabot will run weekly in August and September with stops at Foynes Montreal New York Botwood. Flights depart Saturdays and Wednesdays by competing services.
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Southampton
England
C.P
Imperial Airways
Caribou
Canada
United States
Cabot
Foynes
Ireland
Montreal
New York
Botwood
Newfoundland
Britain
Retiring Bermuda Governor Hildyard Farewells
Bermuda bid farewell to Governor Sir Reginald Hildyard and Lady Hildyard with a colorful ceremony. Sir Reginald’s final act included presenting the Royal Humane Society’s silver medal to Mrs. Edna Watson of Montreal, honored for heroism in the Imperial Airways Cavalier disaster last winter.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
C. P
Reginald Hildyard
Hidyard
Reginald
Royal Humane Society
Edna Watson
Montreal
Imperial Airways
Scotch Express Train Derailed in Scotland
Four people are reported dead and about twenty injured after an express holiday train carrying vacationists derailed near Stevenston in Argylleshire. Rescue workers struggled to free several passengers from the wreckage as the casualty toll was feared to rise.
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Glasgow
C.P
Stevenston
Argylleshire
T R Osborne Heads Ad Managers Assn
T R Osborne of the Medicine Hat Daily News was elected president of the Western Daily Newspaper Advertising Managers Association at Banff for the annual convention. A Hulme of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix was chosen vice president and W A Green of the Vancouver Province secretary treasurer. Ralph Cantelon of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix spoke as guest. Further meetings are set for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff
T. R. Osborne
Medicine Hat
Prairie Weather Warm In Prairie Provinces With Thunder
Warm conditions prevail across the prairies with scattered thunder showers in parts of Saskatchewan. Ontario and the Maritime provinces report showers in northern districts while other regions remain fair and warm. Temperatures reach near 97 in several western locales and around 58 in the east.
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Montreal
Winnipeg
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Great Lakes
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
Splendid Grain Stands Mark Eastern Irrigation Project
Farmers on the Eastern Irrigation project contend with hot dry weather as irrigation continues to slow maturing. Some fields show strong grain stands from Tilley to Gem with expected records, though lodging is noted in heavy crops. Barley harvest is general, yields look fair but prices are very low at 14 cents in Brooks.
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Brooks
Tilley
Gem
BC Legion pushes tougher naturalization checks for veterans
The British Columbia Command of the Canadian Legion urged Ottawa to tighten naturalization laws and to assist unemployed veterans who served in the war. The motion called for careful RCMP questioning of each applicant and for a coordinated national stance at the next Dominion convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macgregor MacIntosh
British Columbia
The
Islands
Dominion
Dominion Command
Canadian Legion
Dominion of Canada
German airliner crash kills thirteen near Barcelona
Thirteen people died when a German airliner en route Madrid to Barcelona crashed at Hospitalet four miles southwest of Barcelona.
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Berlin
Atg
C.P
Madrid
Barcelona
Hospitalet
Best Egg Meal Winner Named at World Poultry Congress
Mrs Homer Hixson of Gainesville Florida wife of an agriculture school instructor captured the World Poultry Congress $1000 first prize yesterday for the best meal prepared with eggs.
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Cleveland
Aug
C.P
Homer Hixson
Gainesville
Fla
World Poultry Congress
Vancouver captain joins Lighthouse Board of Canada
Captain B L Johnson of Vancouver is appointed a member of the Lighthouse Board of Canada, announced Friday. He succeeds the late Captain G E B Robertson.
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Lighthouse Board
Ottawa
C.P
B. L. Johnson
Vancouver
Lighthouse Board of Canada
G. EB. L. Robertson
Meteorite Possibly Caught By Fisherman Near Cushion Lake
Peter H. Brown hauled in what he believed to be a snag at Cushion Lake Salt Springs Island but experts probed a meteorite possibility. The object shows deep grooves and heat effects suggesting extraterrestrial origin as reports of a meteor over lower British Columbia last month spurred local sightings of fragments across the province.
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Victoria
C.P
Peter H. Brown
Cushion Lake
Salt Springs Island
Brown
British Columbia
Cariboo
Vancouver
Earth
Cold Front Expected As Heat Drops Across Region
Yesterday reached 97 degrees with a 91 degree reading by 10 30 a m and 94 by noon. A cold front moving from between Calgary and Red Deer should lower temperatures by nightfall. Last night’s low was 58 with a district smoke haze from distant British Columbia forest fires.
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Calgary
Red Deer
British Columbia
Three Day Hike Off For Ptarmigan Lake by Sky Line Trail
About fifty Sky Line Trail Hikers set off from Lake Louise Alberta on a three day trek through Corral Creek to Hidden Redoubt and Ptarmigan lakes beneath ten thousand foot peaks. Members from the United States and Canada join the annual outing led by Dan McCowan of Banff.
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Lake Louise
Alberta
Haverbacks
Sky Line
Louise
Ptarmigan Valley
Corral Creek
Hidden Lake
Redoubt Lake
Ptarmigan Lake
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Sky Line Trail Hikers
United States
W. L. Allen
Marion
Montana
Elizabeth Booz
Washington, D.C
Harold L. Blakeslee
New Haven
Conn
Ruth S. Conant
Boston
Mass
Danzig Senate Backs Polish Demand on Customs Rights
Reuters reports Danzig's Nazi senate accepted Poland's demand to respect Polish customs agents' rights on free city territory. Poland offered to retract duties on Danzig goods in Poland if authorities pledge to uphold Polish customs rights.
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London
C.P
Reuters
Danzig
Poland
Senate
Britain Faces Japanese Anger Over Far East Fleet Threat
Tokyo reports Britain may send a fleet to the Far East under certain circumstances triggering irritation from Japan and a warning that Britain is playing a dangerous game. In Chungking, a Japanese moonlight raid damaged the Belgian embassy and consulates, with no foreigners hurt as Chinese officials show growing confidence.
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Tokyo
C.P
War Office
Chamberlain
Britain
Far East
Tientsin
Japan
Chungking
China
Gem Rodeo Draws Record Crowd at Brookes Stampede
A crowd of about 1500 attended a Gem stampede last Wednesday under clear weather. Four pairs of brothers dominated events including saddle and bareback riding calf roping and steer riding. Winners across rodeo and race events included the Christianson, Glazier and Galarneau stables with Norman Ingeberg winning the main boxing bout.
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Brooks
Gem
Calgary
Bill Christianson
Ted Christianson
Bill Wells
Max Doan
Earl Doan
Joe Wells
Albert Galarneau
Fred Galarneau
Ted Glazier
John Glazier
M. Stown
Goys
Sid Bailey
Snake Bite
Buddy Boyer
Tom Hodgson
Joe Bear Robe
Dick Cosgrove
Wayne
Jim Jerry
Gunner Pearson
Tom Peake
Medicine Shield
Mike Emil
Tommy Young Man
L. Schumann
Junior Marquess
Derringer
Tom Jerry
Bill Hale
George Pugh
Laurence Stown
Norman Ingeberg
Bassano
Gleichen Reserve
Local players match results listed for Bassano club
Amid page eight fragments a series of matchups appears with Joe Vitet facing Arnold Harvey Harlan Ryan opposing Tony Redpath Donald James meeting Gordon Brown The Bassano ball team is shown to have trimmed in a partial note continued on page ten
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Aries
Joe Vitet
Arnold Harvey
Harlan Ryan
Tony Redpath
Donald James
Gordon Brown
Bassano
Strang To Return As Three Nation Talks Open
London reports that William Strang will return home next week as the Anglo French Russian mission sails to Moscow for talks on a tri power mutual aid pact. Sir Reginald Plunkett-Erle-Drax and General Joseph Doumet lead the respective missions to discuss army navy and air strategy.
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London
C.P
Moscow
William Strang
Reginal Plunkett-Ernle- Erle-Drax
Joseph Doumec
Alberta Grazing Leases Survey Committee Appointed
The special committee for surveying southern Alberta grazing leases met yesterday to discuss groundwork. Members include G. G. Ross St. Kilda R. P. Gilchrist Wild Horse Perry Minor Medicine Hat and Graham Anderson Edmonton representative of the Alberta government.
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Alberta
G. G. Ross
St. Kilda
R. P. Gilchrist
Wild Horse
Perry Minor
Medicine Hat
Graham Anderson
Edmenton
Mair Becomes Premier of New South Wales
Alexander Mair, state treasurer, took the oath as premier of New South Wales succeeding Bertram Stevens who resigned after a defeated finance policy. Mair retained the treasury and assumed public works while the cabinet stayed mostly unchanged. Observers expected a legislative defeat next Tuesday. Spooner, former public works minister, leads a revolt against Stevens and may not back Mair.
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Sydney
Australia
C.P
Alexander Mair
New South Wales
Bertram Stvens
Legislative Assembly
Mair
United Australian Party
Stevens
Treasury
KE. S. Spoon
Public Considered In Question Of Gas Price In B C
Attorney General Gordon S Wismer argued that fuel prices are outrageously high and urged considering the public in the gas price dispute. Senator J W deB Farris challenged the Tuesday order cutting wholesale prices by three cents and accused it of confiscation. The case, before Chief Justice Archer Martin, noted the law's intra vires status and the ongoing hearing with wholesale and retail price impacts outlined.
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Victoria
C.P
Gordons. Wismer
British Columbia
Archer Martin
J. W. Deb. Farris
Farris
Wismer
Vancouver
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Persial
British Isles
Grenadier Guards
Tweseldown
Aldershot
Ad. Managers Assn
Bow Valley Livestock Feeders Association Limited
C. A. Lyndon
Hie
Lyndon
A A. Campbell
C.P.R. Irrigation Department
Brooks Livestock Feeders Limited
Bow Valley Association
Maylin Goddard
Los Angeles
Calif
Legion
Foremost VS. Tigers
Gem Rodeo
Oren Wilson
Saskatoon Orchestra Country Club
Strang
N.S. W. Govt
B.C. Atty General
Supreme Court of Canada
City OF
City Hall
W. Hall
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