Russians Shell Changkufeng Front In Heavy Assaults
Russian heavy artillery pounded Japanese lines on Changkufeng hill with six inch shells at a high rate, marking the heaviest bombardment since the border troubles began. Reports say fresh Soviet reinforcements arrive as Japan warns of further measures.
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Yuki
C.P
Russia
Changkufeng Hill
Siberian-Manchoukuoan
Korea
Changkufeng
Tokyo
Japanese War Office
Possiet Bay
London
Viscount Halifax
Missing Flyer Reported Safe at Forty Mile
Canadian airman L F Barr disappeared Thursday on a flight from Fairbanks to Big Delta. He was later sighted walking beside a plane near Forty Mile river as a widespread search began led by Mayor Andrew Nerland. Barr formerly ran North Canada Express at Atlin and flew from Juneau before settling into interior Alaska.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
C.P
L. F. Barr
Big Delta
Forty Mile River
Pai
Andrew Nerland
Big Hetwe
Richardson Highway
Barr
Piberty
Atlin
B.C
Juneau
Northland
Bde
Jackwaide
Forty Mile
Murderer Dies at Saskatchewan Penitentiary
The 83 year old inmate Carrier, who was sentenced to hang in 1928 for killing George Dawson near Saskatoon, died in hospital at the penitentiary. His sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment. a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer captured him within 24 hours.
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Vrinck Albert
Sask
Carrier
Micatehewan Penitentiary
Bers
George Dawson
Saskatoon
Dawson
Royal Caniajan Mounted
Mild August Rain Briefly Drops Across Town
Light precipitation fell overnight with about 0.01 inch around the town and no moisture in neighboring districts. Local Maple Creek area reported one to three hours of rain while temperatures stayed cool with a noon reading of 67 and a low of 49 degrees.
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Maple Creek
British Canadian naval display off Victoria observed by Pattullo
British and Canadian naval units demonstrated off Victoria yesterday in drills including mine sweeping paravanes anti-submarine formation and torpedo and air observation. Premier Pattullo and cabinet members viewed the exercise aboard HMS York as destroyers St Laurent and Fraser joined the fleet with Armentieres towing a target.
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Victoria
Canadia
Pattullo
British Columbia
S. York
Canada
Pacific
Andrew McGavin
C. T. Beard
Esquimalt Naval Vers Brizgadier
J Stewart
Fisgard
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Armentieres
Fraser
St. Laurent
York
Building British Planes In Canada Consideration
Sir Edward Ellington England's air marshal arrived from Australia and said Britain may build airplanes in Canada. He toured Lockheed and North American Aviation plants with aides Wing Commanders Harold Lydford and Alexander Davidson and planned a meeting with Sir Hardman Lever in Vancouver.
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San Pedro
Calif
Edward Ellington
England
Australia
Great Britain
Canada
Harold Lydford
Alexander Davidson
Lockheed
Hardman Lever
Vancouver
Unrest at Stony Mountain Penitentiary Surfaces
Winnipeg reports unrest among prisoners at Stony Mountain after 50 convicts were moved from Kingston. Officials say the issue centers on exercise privileges with few gangs locked up and work halted, though the warden calls the situation not serious and ongoing night noise adds tension.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Winnipeg Free Press
Stony Mountain Penitentiary
Kingston
Campbell
Ice Press
Warning Signs At Bridge Approaches
A coroner's jury in Edmonton recommended warning signs at bridge approaches after Mrs. W. B. Whittington died when her car skidded on gravel near a Seba Beach bridge and plunged 30 feet. Her husband remains hospitalized. daughter Margaret Whittington testified the crash involved loose gravel causing railing contact. Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported several drivers drawn to the guard rail by gravel. one constable called the railing useless.
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Edmonton
W. B. Whittington
Mayerthorpe
Alta
Margaret Whittington
Whittingtons
H. S. King of
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Fred Oswin
Increase Personnel of Calgary Office
Millard manager of the Canadian Wheat Board Calgary office and Ray Lee Vancouver manager conferred with George McIvor chief commissioner about re-establishing Calgary and Vancouver offices on the 1985-36 basis. McIvor said staff numbers at both offices will be increased shortly.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Millard
Canadian Wheat Board
Calgary
Ray Lee
Vancouver
George Mcliver
McIvor
Leaders Chosen for Edmonton Keep Fit Program
At City Hall a meeting of local organization representatives unanimously named Miss Vera Wade and Mr. Cuthbert Huckvale to attend the Edmonton school of instruction starting August 15. They will train as an instructress and instructor for Medicine Hat's Keep Fit program, with four applications total for the two posts. They will cover transport costs and registration fees, and selections will be sent to Edmonton tomorrow for a course running August 15 to September 3.
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Vera Wade
Cuthbert Huckvale
School of Instructions
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Miss Wade
Mr. Wackvale
Renew Alberta Mortgages at 6 Per Cent
Toronto based G R G Baker says about 30 to 34 mortgage firms in Canada renewed roughly 90 percent of Alberta farm loans at six percent. Previous rates were seven to eight percent or higher. The plan mirrors Saskatchewan and Manitoba adjustments, with earlier 50 percent acceptance before a federal disallowance.
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Toronto
C.P
Canada
Alberta
G. R. G. Baker
Dominion Mortgage and Investments Association
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Baker
Mr. Baker
Good Progress In Harvest Across Manitoba Saskatchewan
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics weekly crop report notes good harvesting progress in southern and central Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Central Alberta saw delays due to cool wet weather but now warm conditions are expected to hasten ripening. Wheat stem sawfly caused some losses in Alberta. In Barrie Ontario a chicken thief received a one year determinate and six months indeterminate sentence.
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Ottawa
C.P
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta
Barrie
Ont
Bohemian Slaying In Bohemia Sparks Police Strength Move
An official report on the Sudeten German murder near Glasen wild in Bohemia recommends boosting police presence in remote districts over minority tensions. Wensel Baierle, 28, was killed after a tavern quarrel with supporters of Konrad Henlein. Robert Helden confessed to stabbing.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
C.P
Wensel Baierle
Glasenwild
Bohemia
Cermann Social
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten Gerhun
Baierie
Robert Helden
Helden
Vienna
Austria
Germany
British Columbia forestry service denies hiring bias in fires
In Victoria on August 9 officials said the forestry service does not discriminate against single men for fire fighting posts. The Relief Workers' Union cited 37 applicants refused at Falkland July 31. Officials noted few transient jobless have sought transport back to the prairies and that temporary relief runs until mid August as harvest work looms.
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Victoria
C.P
British Columbia Forestry Service
Legislative Buildings
John Matts
Relief Project
Workers’ Union
Falkland
Prairies
First Wheat Harvest Delivered at Irvine Elevator
The first load of new wheat was threshed and delivered to Lake of the Woods Milling Co. in Irvine by farmer G. Franz. The wheat weighed 60.5 pounds per bushel and graded No 1 Northern. The yield is about 21 bushels per acre.
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Irvine
Lake of the Woods Milling Company
G. Franz
Described Midwest Desperado Bird Arrested in Baltimore
Baltimore police arrest Charles Bird labeled public enemy No 2 by Hoover. Bird faces multiple kidnapping charges and his wife is also in custody.
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Baltimore
Charles Bird
Midwest
J. Edgar Hoover
Bird
Canton under Japanese air raids kill and maim hundreds
Japanese warplanes dropped bombs on Canton for a second day, killing an estimated 200 people and injuring many more. The blasts hit the waterfront near Shameen and the Catholic Cathedral, shattering stained glass and crippling churches as government offices suffered heavy damage from at least 20 bombs.
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Canton
China
C.P
Shameen
Can‘ton
R C A F Bases in Canada West to Be Studied
Ottawa reports Capt Robb commander of the Central Flying School of the British air ministry will extend inquiries to Western Canada. The study concerns Royal Canadian Air Force bases and training plans for pilots in the Dominion for the Royal Air Force.
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Ottawa
C.P
Robb
Central Flying School
British Air Ministry
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dominion
Royal Air Force
Policy of Wheat Bonusing Seen by Bracken
Premier Bracken of Manitoba said a tendency toward bonusing wheat may exist in the 1938 price fixed by the Dominion government. The price of 280 cents a bushel for No 1 Northern sold to the Canadian Wheat Board signals direction. The Board noted that the 80 cents a bushel fixed price for No 1 Northern wheat at Fort William applies only to new crop. old crop wheat will not be accepted.
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Moscow
Maxim Litvinett
Changkufeng
Litvinets
Manchoukuo-Siberia
Suifenho
Vladivostok
Russia
Litvinoff
Mamoura Shigemitsu
Winnipeg
C.P
Bracken
Manitoba
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Insurgent Defence Orders New 1920 Birth Cohort Recruits
In Zaragoza Spain on August 9 the insurgent defence minister issued an order calling a new class of recruits born in the first three months of 1920. Those men would normally report for military training in 1941 and are assigned to the infantry with reporting dates August 20 and August 30.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Defence
Smong
England reports infantile paralysis deaths rise in August
One child died in Carmarthenshire Wales from infantile paralysis and three new cases were reported in England bringing total recent cases to 64. The death increases the three week total to seven across the affected area.
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London
England
Carmarthenshire
Wales
Toronto Detective Calms Apologizing Prisoner
Detective Sergeant George Taft of Toronto tells a 21 year old prisoner it is all right after the man apologizes for breaking the officer's nose in the station.
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George Taft
Toronto
France's Ebro Valley Battle Plans Thwarted by Government Stand
Government resistance blocks Franco's summer push as insurgents report heavy losses and captures in the Ebro Valley. Madrid estimates Franco will need two months to prepare a new offensive amid approaching rains and strategic delays near Gandesa.
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France
Ebro
Hendaye
Franc
Gandesa
Hbro
Franco
Ebrofront
Barcelona
Dbro
Gandesa Uni
Valencia
Vie
Spain
Threat of Lake Turmoil Eased by Shipline Pact
Montreal August 9 The Canadian Seamen s Union ended plans to tie up Great Lakes and St Lawrence River vessels after Canada Steamship Lines signed a written agreement with union leader J A Pat Sullivan. The pact runs until April 1940 and settles the workers dispute.
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Montreal
C.P
Canadian Seamen's Union
Great Lakes
Lawrence River
Canad Steamship Lines
tate _vyener y De Canada Steampship Linea
Dent J. A
Pat) Sullivan
Alan
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Komsomolavisia
Stony Mountain Pen
Leaders For Recreation
R.C.A.F
Canada West
MOVE
R.A.F
Britain
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