Soviet claims drive Japanese from Siberian frontier
Moscow reports Japan driven from Changkufeng heights in Far Eastern Siberia after heavy artillery and air force exchanges. Soviet communique says red army expelled Japanese troops and cleared Soviet territory, as diplomacy continues with Litvinoff insisting peace talks require full Japanese withdrawal and recognition of the 1886 Haachung border treaty.
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Siberian
Moscow
C.P
Russia
Japan
Litvinoff
Changkufeng
Manchoukuo
Red Army
Changifeng Heights
Mamoru Shigemitter
Shigemitsu
Maxim Litvinoff
Mimnchonkue
Shigemitsin
Soviet Union
Siberia
Primorsk
RAF plane crashes during defence drills killing five
A Royal Air Force bombing aircraft crashed during air defence manoeuvres near Great Barton Suffolk killing its five crew. A sixth flier died in another accident and three planes crashed with occupants parachuting to safety as bad weather halted the exercises.
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London
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Great Barton
Bury St. Mimunds
Suffolk
Protest Grant To Alberta's Half-Breeds
MCMONTON Aug. 7. Hon W Cross Alberta's Minister of Jef invited to attend meeting of Multis delegates Monday night A J Hamilton leader and president of the Dominion Independent Progressive Association announced here tonight. The meeting called to protest against the Province land settlement plan under which 2500 half breeds would receive 320 acres each a 29 year lease. Hamilton claims his organization includes all half breed families in Canada.
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Mcmonton
W. Cross
Alberta
Jef
Mutis
A. J. Hamilton
Dominion Independent Progressive Association
Hamilton
Hamilton Cluims
Canada
Sudeten German Party Member Killed Near Wraserwald
A Dresden newspaper reports a Sudeten German party member was killed by Marxists at Wraserwald in Czechoslovakia. The event occurred today with authorities investigating the incident.
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Berlin
Dresden
Wraserwald
Crechoslovakia
Mortgage firms sign new Edmonton agreements?
Edmonton officials of the Mortgage Loans Association of Alberta refuse to comment on reports they are signing new mortgage agreements in the province. The Edmonton Journal claims lenders are offering six percent interest instead of seven or eight.
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Edmonton
E. C. Pardee
Mortgage Loans Association of Alberta
Edmonton Journal
Alberta reports three infantile paralysis deaths
Infants and adults continue to fall ill as Alberta records three deaths from infantile paralysis since July 28. Glen Magoon, a 38 year old rural mail carrier at Rocky Mountain House, died yesterday. His 13 year old son Verne Magoon was reported recovering.
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Edmonton
G. P
Alberta
Glen Magoon
Rocky Mountain House
Magoon
Verne
Prosperous Red Deer Builds New Theatre
Prosperous Red Deer moves forward with a $40,000 theatre to be built on the site of an old farm implement building. Construction starts after demolition. Jack Ellis of Calgary to manage the venue, owned by Crescent Theatre proprietors R. W. Beattie and T. W. Johnstone.
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Red Deer
Alta
Jack Eillis
Calgary
R. W. Beattie
T. W. Johnstone
Crescent Theatre
Manhunt in Alberta for East Stapay on murder probe
Mounties battered through bush country between Ponoka and Wetaskiwin seeking East Stapay Meniak section hand wanted for questioning in the attempted murder of railway worker Mike Josiur at Meniak last Sunday.
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Edmonton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ponoka
Wetaskiwin
East Stapay
Meniak
Mike Josiur
Canada cropland eyed to ease Europe market demand
European commissioner for the Canadian Wheat Board V. Biddulph said Canada could easily marketing the new crop abroad this year. He noted Europe’s need for higher quality wheat and advised Canadian farmers to focus on quality to regain prewar market share. He heads to Montreal then England to press the point.
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Winnipeg
C.P
R. V. Biddulph
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
Dominion
England
Biddulph
Montreal
Burglary at Medicine Hat Baking Co.
On Saturday night the Medicine Hat Baking Co. store on Fourth Street S.W. was robbed of $162.41 in cash and $123.43 in cheques after thieves used a small explosive to blast open the safe. Police arrived soon after, but the culprits escaped, and the raid may be linked to a gang implicated in a Taber store break-in.
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Medicine Hat Baking Co. Ltd
Fourth St. S.W
W. M. Treece
D. C. Mollard
Sergt. G. McIntosh
Const
F. Cresswell
Royal Bank
Taber
Social Credit Not Dead Says Premier Aberhart
Premier William Aberhart told Calgary supporters Social Credit is not at a dead end and the party still has vitality to finish its term. He urged taxes, warned against attacks from critics, and announced August 22 rallies province wide to showcase momentum.
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Social Credit
Calgary
William Aberhart
Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute
Edmonton
United Farmers of Alberta
Aberhart
the Albertan
L. D. Byrne
Three Japanese ships sunk on Yangtse river
Chinese reports say bombing planes sank three Japanese warships and damaged four more on the Yangtse river 110 miles from Hankow with floods and counterattacks cited. In Canton a bombing killed thirty and wounded forty in a crowded square before the Catholic cathedral.
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Shanghai
CP Cable
Yangtse
Hankow
Canton
Avg
Most Beautiful Garden by Cooper's Green Thumb Display
A large crowd visited the Coopers open garden revealing rapid transformation from a bare yard to a lush landscape. Mrs Cooper credits watering and labor with a likely green thumb, highlighting a lily pool and a flagging walkway bordered by blue ageratum.
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Leonard H Cooper
Cooper
A& Garden
Car Wheel Collapse Near Elkwater Sparks Narrow Escape
Lorne Crysler and Vic Friesan survived a left rear wheel collapse about ten miles before Elkwater as their car slid into a roadside guard post at moderate speed. A bent radius rod and left axle were found. An extra wheel was brought from Medicine Hat by A. H. Crysler, and the car was towed back to Medicine Hat after the two men spent the evening in Elkwater.
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Lorne Crysler
Vic Friesan
Elkwater
Lorne
Medicine Hat
A. H. Crysler
British Secretary Makess Secret Palestine Visit During Strife
Malcolm MacDonald, British Colonial Secretary, conducted a secret two day trip to Palestine mingling with Jewish and Arab residents in Jerusalem. He discussed partition plans with officials and met with High Commissioner Sir Harold MacMichael and General Robert Haining amid rising violence and calls for a three area division under British mandate.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Malcolm MacDonald
Old City
MacDonald
Great Britain
Holy Land
Britain
Harold Alfred MacMichael
Trans-Jordan
Robert Haining
Aboukir
England
Malta
Haining
Science Discovers New Wheat Type in Britain
Cambridge, Aug. 8. A new wheat type yields at least 10 percent more than the best British varieties and resists heavy storms due to its short growth. The discovery is a valuable boost to the campaign for home-grown food in the United Kingdom.
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Cambridge
C. P
United Kingdom
Lerwick Herring Board Tests Airplane Scout Fleet
The Lerwick herring industry board in Scotland experiments with an airplane to scout a two-ship herring fleet, aiming to boost catch rates and early market access.
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Herring Industry Board
Lerwick
Scotland
Insurgents Bomb British Ship Lake Lugano Off Palamos
Insurgent air forces attacked the 2,110 ton British steamer Lake Lugano at Palamos, firing with bombs and machine guns. All but five crew members escaped as the ship burned. the vessel had left England a month earlier and carried cork, cane and medical supplies.
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Hendaye
C.P
Zaragoza
Palamos
Spain
A.P
Lake Luvano
Plinbs
Mediterranean
Lake Lugario
Thomas Compton
England
Alicante
Barcelona
Rain delays hit Alberta harvest and muds No.1 highway
A broad weekend to today rain across Alberta slows harvests from the south to the north and may push work back at least three days. Moderate showers reach Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba while forests in northern Alberta see relief as fires are doused.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
International Boundary
North West Territories
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Bowden
Innisfail
Coldwell Praises Aberhart Policies At Alberta Rise
M. T. Coldwell, MUP for Rosetown-Biggar, told a meeting of the Canadian Institute on Economies and Politics Saturday night that Aberhart’s rapid rise in Alberta came from presenting himself as an enemy to powerful Eastern Canadian financial interests. He predicted Aberhart would stay strong in Alberta because of this policy stance.
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Lake Couchiching
Ont
S.C
M. T. Coldwell
Rosetown-Biggar
Aberhart
Alberta
Miner Dies of Asphyxia in Kaiser Potash Disaster
A miner at the Kaiser potash mine in Markers Thuringia died from asphyxia after a disaster on Sunday. Rescue teams recovered the body and are investigating the incident.
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Bieven Minera
Kaiserrod Potasium
Markers
Thuringia
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