City finances report shows half-year gains and strong revenue
Santa Ana council hears a favorable first-half 1939 financial report with current tax receipts up, arrears down, utilities and general revenues improving. The city has not drawn on its line of credit and has paid sinking fund installments and school demands. A larger street paving program is discussed alongside support for a children’s band seeking rehearsal space and instrument funding.
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Ald Warham
Public Works Committee
Ald. Warham
Wreckage Search Fails After Suspicious Plane Fire
Prince Rupert police find no trace of wreckage after a reported burning airplane sighting near Sawyer Island. Captain Palmer said he saw a burning aircraft as the Princess Charlotte passed, but the ship found no debris and proceeded north toward Alaskan ports. Fisheries officials suggested flames may have come from a burning fishing boat, while a fisheries patrol plane scoured the area for clues. The Alberni lighthouse tender was dispatched to assist.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
C.P
British Columbia
William Palmer
Sawyer Island
Here
Palmer
Tory
Sen
Mutch
Yyominion
Alberni
Franco's Men Hunt Refugees In Mountains
In northwest Spain near Asturian mountains, Franco forces hunted thousands of men without a government hiding from authorities. Reports say about 100 civilians were arrested for aiding former Republican soldiers with food and shelter.
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Hendaye
France
Asturian
Spain
Madrid
A.P
Perssons
Red Committee
Republican War Ministry
Isaac Gaval 1
Military Police
US Cavenia
Jose Luis Liew
Thos
Montreal Ottawa Storm Claims Three Dead
A fierce flash storm from the Ottawa valley hit Montreal and Ottawa. Three people died in Montreal as lightning and a tree struck a messenger and a cyclist. Ottawa flooded basements of Parliament and streets, with twenty injured trees and widespread damage.
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Montreal
C.P
Ottawa Valley
Ottawa
Chesterville
Ont
Lake St. Louis
Daniel Oliver
Roger Barrette
George Boucher
Oliver
Canadian Pacific Telegraphs
Barrette
Boucher
Indian charged with grievous harm after mother’s death
Frederick Alfred Sterling 41, Indian, held on grievous bodily harm charge after the death of his 10 year old mother Mrs Sarah Sterling. Her body found on his ranch near here as an inquest is ordered. Chas Steele 82, partner at J P Morgan and Co, dies at home in Westbury NY.
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MER@MITT
B.C
C.P
Frederick Alfred ‘Albert’ Sterling
British Columbia
Sarah Sterling
Light Showers Prompt Sparse Rain Across Region
Light showers overhanging clouds offered moisture yesterday and last night but were not measurable by noon today. Only the Empress to Swift Current branch line reported fair rains this morning. Local temperatures stayed above freezing, with a low of 47 compared to Sundays 93.
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Empress
Swift Current
Suneday
Beaverhill Narrowly Escaped Disaster After Iceberg Collision
The Canadian Pacific freighter Beaverhill struck an iceberg at 3 30 a m about 100 miles off Newfoundland while en route to London in fog. No lives were lost. the ship reported bottom tank damage but remained afloat with inner hull intact. Rescue ships including Ausonia Montclair and Champlain aided in the hours after the collision.
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Boston
North Atlantic
London
Newfoundland
International Ice Patrol
Ausonia
Montclair
United States Coastguard
Champlain
International
Beaverhill
T. Jonsa
Montreal
Independent candidate organization meeting set for Thursday
A public meeting at Park Hall on Thursday Aug 10 at 8 p.m. aims to form a broader organization for nominating an independent candidate in the provincial election. The temporary committee from Conservative Liberal and Unity forces seeks representative officers and a democratic selection method to plan the campaign.
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Park Hall
Customs Staff Danzig to be Strengthened
WARSAW Aug 8 The Kurier Warsawski reports orders for Polish customs officials on the Danzig East Prussia frontier to wear full uniforms and carry rifles while on duty Poland aims to build a strong customs presence at Danzig to deter forcible interference. Five Dan zig citizens were arrested for traveling to Gdynia to view the Naz spy film Confessions of a Naz Spy which has drawn large crowds in Poland.
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Warsaw
C.P
Kurier Warsawski
Danzig-East Prussian
Poland
Danzig
Gdynia
Expulsion Call For Japanese From Canada Stirs Ontario Meet
Ontario Conservative leader Lieut Col George A Drew told a New York Ontario farmers gathering that Japanese should be asked to leave Canada. He claimed Japanese actions in Asia threaten Canadians and blamed Japanese nationals for job losses along the Pacific coast and in fisheries. He urged Canada to use influence in foreign affairs and noted Trades and Labor Council may study a Manitoban Wheat for German machinery deal.
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Orient
Canada
Trades and Labor Council
Manitoba
Man Falls From Lions Gate Bridge In Vancouver
An unidentified man plunged over 300 feet from Lions Gate Bridge into the harbor after climbing the suspension span’s cables. Police commenced drag searches as ferry passengers at First Narrows witnessed the fall from near the traffic deck, far exceeding a prior similar stunt in December.
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Vancouver
C. P
Gate
Policeegan
First Narrows Harbor
Oscar Erickson
Vancouver Island
Nelson man dies in truck accident at power plant
Nelson British Columbia August 7 John H Brown 25 of Nelson died instantly Sunday when the body of a dump truck he was cleaning dropped and pinned him to the frame at West Kootenay Power and Light Company No 2 plant near Upper Bonnington An inquest will be held Monday Brown had been married a year
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Nelson, B.C
John H. Brown
Nelson
West Kootenay
Women Found Safe Near L Annonciation Quebec
Two women missing since early Sunday near L Annonciation Quebec were found at noon today with only scratches on their legs. Local authorities reported no serious injuries and noted they were in good condition. The incident prompted a search by police and residents in the area.
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Montreal
L'Annonciation
Que
Chinese and Japanese deny Ichang air raid blame
In Shanghai a dispute over Sunday's air raids on Ichang prompts British inquiries to assign attackers. Naval authorities deny raiding Ichang up the Yangtze where two British steamers were sunk and Canadian seaman H. J. Denyer was wounded. Reports add a Chinese riot at Chasan on the Tsinan Tsingtao line and ongoing floods threaten Tientsin.
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Shanghai
Ag. 8
C.P
Ichang
Yangtse
H. J. Denyer
Chasan
Tsinan- Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Tientsin
Expulsion Orders Target IRA Suspects by Home Secretary
Sir Samuel Hoare signed four new expulsion orders today, bringing the total to 61 against suspected Irish Republican Army terrorists. The measures tighten security and reflect ongoing anti IRA actions as part of domestic policy.
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London
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
Irish Republican Army
Canadians Arrested in Suchow Under Espionage Charges
Japanese agency reports two unidentified Canadians detained at Suchow China on espionage charges alongside four Chinese nationals. Limited details provided on identities and case status.
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Tokyo
Vancouver Officers Committed for Trial Over Bribe Claim
Vancouver police Constable Hugh Hamilton and Eldon Pinkerton were committed for trial on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of two bottles of rum. Taxi driver Harvey McKibbon faces a charge of attempting to extort from Hamilton as the mayor mounts a city inquiry into police efficiency. The public inquiry could start late this week or next Monday.
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Vancouver
C.P
Mackenzie Matheson
Hugh Hamilton
Eldon Pinkerton
J. Lyle Telford
Civic Police Commission
Harvey McKibbon
Hamilton
Matheson
G. C. McCrossan
Pinkerton
Telford
A. M. Harper
County Court
G. R. McQueen
Harper
Mionday
Britain readies mass air exercises overFrance and London blackout
London announces a large scale wartime air exercise with over 60 000 personnel and 1 300 aircraft. Royal Air Force squadrons will fly over France and the North Sea to test defences against imagined raids. A London blackout will mark the exercise ending Friday. Sir John Simon backs government leadership amid criticism.
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London
C.P
Britain
Royal Air Force
France
Beauvair
North Sea
Beauvais
Paris
England
Germany
Great Britain
John Simon
Blenheim Castle
Duke of Marlborough
Oxfordshire
Sir John
Chamberlain
Lord Haliffax
John
C P R Farms Win Total of 354 Awards
C P R Farms led Western Canada and Ontario supply herds in a total of 354 awards at Brandon Calgary Saskatoon and Regina shows. CP R Holstein Strathmore and Coaldale Angus entries earned grand championships reserve titles senior and junior championships plus numerous firsts seconds and thirds. Hampshire and Suffolk sheep also won multiple championships and placings under CP R supervision.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Ontario
Canadian Pacific
Coaldale
Strathmore
Alta
J. McCullough
Department of Natural Resources
Prand
Ong
C.P.R
Brandon
Calgary
Saskatoon
Regina
jJunior
Hampshire
Walged
C&r
Traphatore
Iwestern
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Franco
Quebec City
S.S. Beaverhill
London Scottish
Chelsea Hospital
Lehane
Gal
Drew
Army
Navy
The
Canadian Press
Sarnia
Lake Huron
Singapore
India
C. P. R. Farms
Western Canada
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