Rebellion strikes Spanish cities as Madrid battles rebels
Reports say four cities faced unrest with seven deaths in Madrid from dawn clashes at the War Ministry. Mutinies reported in Seville, Algeciras Salinea and Cartagena as authorities argue over monarchist or communist motives. Martial law spreads as government mobilizes to quell the uprising.
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Madrid
Ministry of War
Seville
Sanjurgo
Algeciras
Gibraltar
Salinea
Cartagena
Clbeley Plaza
War Ministry
Spain
London
Jerez de la Fronteira
Sanjuro
Connecticut to provide trout streams for women anglers
Connecticut will lease a stream where only women may fish, officials announce. Fish and Game Commissioner Thomas H. Beck cites rising interest in outdoor sports and plans to create women exclusive access as part of the state’s trout program.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Fish and Game
Thomas H. Beck
State Department
Railway Penalized By Political Aims
Dublin August 9 Shareholders heard a warning from Sir Walter Nugent that the Great Southern Railways may close unless Free State tariff policy changes. The new one dollar per ton tax on British coal drew strong criticism as forcing financial penalties to aid De Valera's political aims. Nugent warned unless freight traffic relief and cost reductions come, railways could be shut or handed to the government, risking disaster.
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Dublin
Uless
Free State
Great Southern Railways
Walter Nugent
de Valera
Bank of Ireland
Slorentz Expected to Dock in Churchill Tomorrow
The French steamer Slorentz en balks bound for Churchill, Manitoba, to load grain is expected to dock tomorrow, one day later than planned. She entered Hudson Straits this morning per local radio reports.
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Churchill, Man
Slorentzen Balks
Hudson Straits
Renault Given Severe Drubbing In Australia Bout
W. L. Young Stribling of Macon Georgia battered Jack Renault of Montreal until the referee stopped their 15 round heavyweight clash in the fifth round. Stribling’s nonstop assault left Renault fending off blows and retreating from the opening bell. This was the second bout of Stribling’s Australian tour.
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Montreal Battler
Young Stribling
Brisbane
Australia
W. L
Young) Stribling
Macon
Jack Renault
Montreal
Stribling
Renault
Unemployed Canadian rail workers may gain work shifts
Montreal Aug 10 report that the Unemployed Railway Men's Association of Canada will propose at a Toronto meeting a plan requiring steadily employed train crews to accept mileage reductions. The goal is to provide work for 750 to 1500 local enginemen and trainmen who are currently unemployed.
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Montreal
Que
Railway Men’s Association of Canada
Toronto
Notes From Redcliff Visit and Local Happenings
Notes from Redcliff report visits by Mr and Mrs J Marsh of Drumheller to Mr and Mrs H Soupester on Fifth Street. Ed Cicte and another left town for a vacation trip with plans for an extended car tour. R Mackenzie of Dominion Glass Co returns from a Montreal business trip. Creek visits cousin Miss Florence Campeau in town. Softball season ends due to lack of funds, collections yielding little. Naomi Pow, nurse at Medicine Hat hospital, visiting her parents Mr and Mrs R E Pow at Gordon Miss. Vivian Stokel of Maple Memorial Manse mentioned.
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End
J. Marsh
Drumheller Sie
Wid
H. Soupester
R. Mackenzie
Dominion Glass Co
Montreal
Naomi Pow
Medicine Hat Hospital
R. E. Pow
Gordon
Vivian Stokel
Maple Memorial Manse
Prohibition Issue Emerges in U S A Elections
Primary returns from about half of Kentucky precincts show a clear wet and dry fight in November. Only one of 27 Democratic at large nominees backed prohibition and was likely defeated. Three of 24 Republican nominees favored repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, with others backing prohibition or the party platform.
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Louisville
Kentucky
N. Gray
Rochester
Adolph Graves
J. B. Wise
George L. Phillips
Prohibition Writ Sought to Block Mayor Walker Case
Supreme Court Justice John E. McGeehan agreed to hear the application for a writ of prohibition to stop Governor Roosevelt from hearing charges against Mayor James J. Walker. Sidney S. Levine filed the suit on behalf of George Donnelly, former secretary to Cyrus Miller, Bronx borough president, arguing the Governor lacks power to hear removal charges under the state constitution.
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New York
Supreme Court
John E. McGeehan
Bronx
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Sidney S. Levine
George Donnelly
Cyrus Miller
Donnelly
Roosevelt
Mrs. Bruce’s Flying Bungalow Surpasses 24 Hours
In TivéWich England Mrs. Victor Bruce and two co pilots continued a non stop endurance flight in the Flying Bungalow after more than 24 hours aloft. They refueled five times in the air and received a hot breakfast with morning newspapers. Two bottles of beer were aboard for lunch.
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Tbéwich
Eng
Victor Bruce
Crop reports show mixed July province conditions and U S corn forecast
Government crop reports indicate July improvements in the Maritime provinces and Quebec offset by declines in Ontario Manitoba British Columbia and larger drops in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The U S Department of Agriculture pegs corn at 2.82 billion bushels for this year, down from a prior forecast and last year. Spain tells Britain it will honor the European Consultative Pact.
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Ottawa
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Spain
France
Great Britain
Sir F. K. Menzies To Visit Canada
Major General Sir Frederick N. Kay Menzies, knighted for London hospital work, sails to Canada on the Niagara. He will tour Lake Louise Banff and eastern cities before returning to England. The Niagara brings 30 000 boxes of Australian dried fruits.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canada
London
England
New Zealand
Frederick N. Kay Menzies
London Punty Council
R.M.S. Niagara
Lake Louise
Banff
Niagara
Australia
Granville ,Ryrie
A. C. Willis
New South Wales
Great Britain
Alberta Rivalry Over Liquor Charges Sparks Ottawa Protest
Alberta Premier J. E. Brownlee announced a protest to RCMP head in Ottawa over liquor case charges. The dispute centers on using the Dominion Excise Act versus the Alberta Liquor Control Act and the destination of fines and policing for the province.
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Edmonton
Royal
Canadia Mounted Police
Ottawa
R.C.M.P
J. E. Brownlee
R.C. M.P
Fractured Skull On Curb and Died
Georges Malenfant, 22, of Riviere Bleu Temiscouata county, lies dead in St. Gregoire morgue. Napoleon Merceir and Harry Vernette of St. Gregoire surrendered, held as material witnesses for the inquest after Malenfant was felled, striking his skull on the curb during a quarrel.
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Quebec
Georges Malenfant
Riveire Bleu
Temiscouata
St. Gregoire
Mont Morency
Napoleon Merceir
Harry Vernette
Malenfant
Free State Delegates Deny Boyle Story at Conference
Irish Free State delegates rejected Vincent Boyle’s Saint John dispatch claiming 700 Irishmen recalled by the Defence Ministry. They called the report complete fabrication and mocked Boyle’s claim of transportation payments and funds. Boyle said seven hundred Irishmen would sail from New York, with others recalling De Valera era mass arrivals. He noted a jail escape and a Toronto vagrancy charge tied to an alleged plan against Rt Hon J H Thomas.
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Ottawa
Vincent Boyle
Ireland
Cosgrave
Boyle
de Valera
Ulster
Minister of
Consecrated Bishop of Calgary Today
Amid pomp and ceremony in North Bay Ontario Rt. Rev. P. J. Monahan of Fort William was today consecrated Roman Catholic bishop of Calgary at St Marys Cathedral. The pontifical mass preceded by a procession from the Bishop's palace was celebrated by His Excellency the Most Rev Andrea Cassulo apostolic delegate to Canada and Newfoundland.
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North Bay
Ont
P. J. Monahan
Fort William
Calgary
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Andrea Cassulo
Canada
Newfoundland
Little Hope for Refrigeration Service From Churchill Port
Owing to the fates that would have to be charged little hope is held that a refrigeration service will be available from Churchill to carry butter and cheese to Great Britain this year. Thomas Harling & Company stated efforts by western Canadian interests to obtain steamship service from the northern port fail due to expected high rates. Vessels using the Hudson Bay route lack refrigeration facilities. Western Canada shipped barley to the United Kingdom last year when exports resumed. some eggs and poultry are also shipped overseas via Montreal.
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Churchill
Imiin
Great Britain
Thomas Harling & Company
Hudson Bay
Western Canada
United Kingdom
Montreal
May Send Workless To the Peace River
St. Catharines Ont August 10 The city council proposed sending ten unemployed families to the Peace River district as pioneers. Each family would receive up to 600 financed by municipal provincial and dominion governments. Two family representatives would visit the district before a final decision.
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St. Catharines
Ont
Peace River District
Peace River
Kaye Don Heads to Detroit Race in Harmsworth Clash
Kaye Don Britain’s speedboat idol sails from London to Detroit aboard the Majestic to race Gar Wood for the Harmsworth Trophy. Fans cheer as Don vows to do his best against Wood’s higher horsepower Miss England II, aiming for the famed two miles per minute Detroit pace.
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London
Kaye Don
Britain
Southampton
Majestic
Detroit
Gar Wood
Wood
Don
Loch Lomond
Montreal Swimmer Qualifies For Semi-Finals
Montreal swimmer Munro Bourne reached the semi finals in the men’s 100 metre backstroke after finishing second in the third heat at Los Angeles. Dennis Walker and Robert Harroran also exited after third-place finishes in their respective heats.
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Los Angeles
Munro Bourne
Montreal
Toshio Ire
Japan
Dennis Walker
Canada
Robert Harroran
Quebec
Somerville Beats Winnipeg Golfer For Canadian Am Title
Sandy Somerville of London Ontario won his fifth Canadian amateur golf title by defeating Bobby Reith of Winnipeg two and one in Toronto. Somerville led by two at the turn after a front nine of even par 34 and built on it with a birdie on the eighth and a half in the ninth to secure the margin.
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Toronto
Sandy Somerville
London
Ontario
Bobby Reith
Winnipeg
Lambton
Manitoba
Reith
Somerville
British and Canadian Delegates Rally at Empire Conference
Ottawa reports show British and Canadian delegations meeting at the Empire Conference with no definite conclusions yet. Both sides seek a mutually satisfactory result as discussions continue and experts work to bridge differences over Canada's offer to Great Britain.
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Great Britain
Ottawa
Bennett
Canada
Britain
Not a One Man Parley Not a One Man Parley
In Ottawa on Aug 10 Imperial Conference circles denied reports that Prime Minister Bennett dominates the Conference or his cabinet. Officials stressed it is not a one man conference and that Bennett does not dictate ministers or departments. The denial also rejects any cabinet split over preferences for Great Britain.
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Great Britain
India
Ottawa
Imperial Conference On Agriculture
Empire
George Hambleton
Canada
Iron and Steel
R. B. Bennett
Bennet
Baby Dies After Gas Relapse During Evacuation
A 12 week old infant died at Gallinger Hospital after parents said the child suffered a relapse from gas amid the evacuation of bonus-seekers in Washington.
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Washington
Gallinger Hospital
Hindenburg Weighs Hitler Cabinet Formation Report
Berlin reports President Hindenburg leans toward asking Adolf Hitler to form a cabinet amid Nazi power gains. Papen conveyed the situation as violence surges with emergency decrees granting broad powers to quell unrest and speed Courts.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists Party
von Hindenburg
Germany
Franz von Papen
Neudeck
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
von Papennes
Offendarg
von ‘Hindenburg
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Creek
Florence Campeau
O. Bruce
Sir F. K. Menzies
R.c.mlp
G. Malenfant
Defence Ministry
St. Catherines City
U.S.A
London Linksman
North Dakota
Blamark
Gost
Hindenburg
East Prussia
Adolph Hitler
Schleswig- Holstein
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