Prosperity certificate scam and Spanish Civil War updates
A taxi driver in Medicine Hat chased a Chinese gardener over a bogus prosperity certificate. The man recovers his 60 cents as the driver lectures him. In Madrid, royalists seize 13 rebel towns and factories as the war escalates with reports of 150 rebel deaths. Lisbon and London notes report territory falls and growing calls for neutrality agreements amid a tense international scene.
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Medicine Hat
London
C.P
Paris
Spain
Germany
Great Britain
France
Premier Aberhart defends registration plan at Edmonton talk
Alberta Premier Aberhart told a capacity crowd at the Prophetic Bible Conference that the government has no intention to take from anyone. He urged co operation, warned that non signers could lose relief from economic bondage, and attacked political opponents while defending registration for basic dividends. He compared critics to a mad dog and cited hydrophobia risks. Continued on page eight.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Aberhart
Mr. Aberhard
Aberyr
C. H. Douglas
Social Credit
Saya
Russian Aviators Are Forced Down in Canada
Sigismund Levansky and Victor Levchenko, Russian aviators on a California to Siberia flight, were forced to land at Bella Bella, British Columbia, due to poor visibility. They awaited weather improvement before resuming, with a planned continuation to Ketchikan and then Juneau after a stop at Bella Bella.
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B.C
C.P
California-Siberia
Sigismund Levansky
Victor Levchenko
Hella Bella
Vancancouver
Ketchikan
Alaska
Juneau
Cabinet Ministers Return From Europe With First Hand Europe Knowledge
Ottawa reports that four Dominion cabinet members will return from Europe at week’s end, with a fifth, Minister of Mines T A Crerar, due from the west. Drought relief plans and western conditions will be discussed upon their arrival, plus a Geneva League of Nations trip.
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Europe
Ottawa
C.P
Dominion
T. A. Crerar
Yon
J. G. Gardiner
Agive Ture
Saskatchewan
Charles Dunning
Finance
C. G. Power
Pensions
Ian Mackenzie
Defence
Gardiner
Ww. D. Euler
Trade and Commerce
Ernest Lapointe
Mackenzie King
Geneva
League of Nations
Raoul Dandurand
Canada
League
O. D. Skelton
Vatican protests Spain over church sacrilege acts
The Holy See issued energetic remonstrances to the Spanish government today protesting acts of sacrilege in Spanish churches, announced by Ossevatore Remano.
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Vatican City
C.P
Holy See
Ossevatore Remano
Fourteen Crew Desert German Ship Repatriation Operation
In Alicante Spain fourteen crew members fled the German merchant ship taking part in a repatriation mission for German nationals. The ship had been among several sent to repatriate Germans in the area.
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Alicante
Spain
C. P
Forest fires sweep into new stands in Alberta
Calgary reports fires in south western Alberta out of control as south west winds drive embers into tinder dry stands. Forestry headquarters requests 185 more men while crews rush to Kananaskis Valley Elk River area and near Banff. Smoke drifts toward Calgary as fires spread.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Forestry Headquarters
Gantle River
Banff
Kananaskis
Calatea Creek
Boundary Cabin
Banff National Park
Elk River
Crow's Nest Pass
Highwood River
Sheep Creek
King Edward
Canmore
Banff Highway
Plane Crashes Claim Six Lives in UK and England
In PAGHAM England Lieut Colonel Arthur Fawcus dies when a Royal Air Force plane crashes off the Sussex coast. Pilot Officer Michael Montague also dies. In London four aviators die when the Imperial Airways Vellox crashes into a house near Croydon five miles from the airfield. Capt J Orr Capt Miles Fergusson Radio Operators Arbuckle and Dear die. The incident follows another British airliner crash within ten days with Jersey Airways plane going down near Guernsey and Jersey killing ten.
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Pagham
England
Arthur Fawcus
Royal Air Force
Sussex
Michael Montague
London
Imperial Airways
Vellox
Wallington
Croydon
J. Orr
Miles Fergusson
Arbuckle and Dear
Paris
Jersey Airways
Guernsey
Jersey
Kiwanis Convention Set for Saskatoon Late August
The Western Canada Kiwanis district convention will meet in Saskatoon on August 30 31 and September 1. Dr H C Dixon president and C W Niblock past president were elected as official delegates with several other local club members planning to attend.
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Western Canada
Kiwanis International
Saskatoon
H. C. Dixon
And.c. W. Niblock
Pork Shortage Threat Emerges As Hogs Flood Markets
Western farmers hold corn for drought prices as hogs flood markets. Shippers report much larger hog numbers for the last month and higher prices for the coming winter or next year. Edward Wynne, a leading provisions specialist on the board of trade, says crop damage will be severe.
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Chicago
United States
Edward Wynne
Board of Trade
Hat Jobless Strike Continues Over Voucher Plan Demands
Medicine Hat jobless protesters who laid down relief work Saturday morning remain on strike to press four demands. They seek restoration of the former cash relief system, a wage increase from 0 to 40 cents per hour, and note past city actions that moved away from cash to vouchers. The dispute follows a month of council protests over relief suspensions.
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Medicine Hat
Shipping Merger Eyes Pacific Lines Under Beatty
London reports that empire shipping lines in the Pacific may unite under Sir Edward Beatty head of Canadian Pacific Railway to meet foreign competition. The Daily Mail editorial lauds Beatty as a premier empire business figure whose energy and initiative could drive the consolidation.
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London
C.P. Cable
Empire Shipping Lines
Pacific
Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Daily Mall Today
British ‘Empire
Registration of Citizens Opens in Medicine Hat Drive
Registration in Medicine Hat started briskly with about 570 people signing basic dividend forms by 3 45 p m. City and Redcliff headquarters operated under the Social Credit committee room with Dr John L Robinson and staff supervising 20 clerks. Registration runs daily 9 am to 9 pm through the week with several communities taking part. Citizens are urged to sign this week though the final deadline is September with June 1937 lists for next year.
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Medicine Hat
John L. Robinson
M.L.A
A. A. H. Reilly
A. J. Hatch
Social Credit Committee
Rooma
Third. Street
Robinson
S.C
Redcliff
Oddfellows’ Hall
Dunmore
Hat
Dr. Robinson
Arnold Lavaie
A. J.,hatch
W. Eliott
Finn's Lake
William Willis
Harry Dacre
Third Street
Firemen Handle Two Small Weekend Fires
Two small fires occupied Medicine Hat firefighters over the weekend. At 4 05 p m Saturday a blaze behind the Isolation hospital was doused with a hose, and on Crescent Heights a grass fire was beaten down with wet sacks after an 11 25 a m alarm Sunday.
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Medicine Hat
Crescent Heights
Frederick Bell Dies, Noted St. Thomas Industrial Leader
Frederick C. Bell, a prominent figure in St. Thomas Ont.’s municipal and industrial scene, has died. His work shaped local development and business. Funeral arrangements were not announced in the brief notice.
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Frederick C. Bell
St. Thomas, Ont
American League at New York baseball game recap
Some scores and player mentions from a Washington versus New York contest appear in this brief clippant record. Deshong and Millies, Ruffing and Jorgens are named among the participants in a sparsely filled summary.
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New York
Washington
Deshong
Millies
Ruffing
Jorgens
National League Game in Philadelphia Mets Rally Falls Short
In Philadelphia the National League game features Boston versus Philadelphia with limited readable lines showing score and players Murray Lopez Jorgens Wilson. The fragment hints at a 7 to 11 final or line score with errors.
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Philadelphia
R.H Boston
Murray and Lopez
Jorgens Wilson
Japanese Swim Team Sets Olympic Record in 800 Metre Relay
In Berlin on August 10, a Japanese quartet established an Olympic mark of 8 minutes 56.1 seconds in the 800 metre relay trials. Canada qualified for the final by finishing second in the first heat with a time of 9:40, while the French won that heat.
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Berlin
C.P
Jesse Owens
Larry Snyder
Ohio State
Six Die After Auto Is Hit By Train Near Bellevue
An automobile carrying six Blairmore residents was struck at a level crossing by a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train near Bellevue Alberta. The crash killed six aboard and left Lillian Marcial with a severe pelvis fracture. Panek, owner of the car, may have been driving.
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Bellevue
Blairmore
Alta
Lillian Hovas
Canadian Pacific Railway
Crow’s Nest ‘Pass
Katherine Kubie
Anna Kubie
Joseph Kubie Jr
Mike Panek
Angelica Hovas
Lillian Marcial
Panek
Green Hill
Local Men Take Radio Technician Exams
Hat men took their exams as radio technicians this morning Harold Dunn Carl Elvey Elmer Fleming Mervyn Read and John Sillak. G P Barber of Edmonton was the presiding examiner.
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Harold Dunn
Carl Elvey
Elmer Fleming
Mervyn Read
John Sillak
G. P. Barber
Edmonton
UK Group Invited to Saskatoon Conference on Family Settlements
London leaders of a UK group advocating migration to Saskatchewan have been invited to attend a Saskatoon conference September 23 to 28 to review plans for new family settlements in the province. The report notes cloudy, warm weather with a temperature around 98 to 64.
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Family Settlement
London
Cp-Havas
United Kingdom
Resia Alon
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
British protest over death of Captain Rupert Savile in Gijon harbor
A British protest was sent to Spanish insurgents after Captain Rupert Savile was killed by shellfire from the Almirante Cervera in Gijon harbor. Mrs Savile was wounded in the incident aboard the yacht Blue Shadow, which ran aground on a sand-bar as rebel gunners fired. The Comet brought the Saviles and 13 other foreigners to safety.
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Madrid
C.P
War Ministry
Lugones
Oviedo
Navelperai
Guadarrama
Teruel
Scaragoza
Ibiza
Balearics
Lisbon
Portugal
Santander
Bay of Biscay
Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
London
Great Britain
Rupert Savile
Almirante Qervera
Gijon Harbor
Savile
Saint Jean DE Liz
France
Almirante Cervera
Gijon
Lloyd’s Register
Blue ‘Shadow
Ant
Saviles
Comet
Bristons
Mrg
First shipment of Alberta prosperity scrip circulates in Medicine Hat
The first supply of Alberta prosperity certificates arrived Saturday afternoon in Medicine Hat district. The stamps totaled 730 dollars addressed to William McCaig, foreman on the Hilda-Schuler road project begun July 6. Certificates drew quick demand from souvenir hunters and merchants, who offered change or cracked slips. A later report from district engineer A Gardner put the total amount at 1,727 dollars, bringing overall receipts to 2,487 dollars. Some workers who received bonds as wages had no trouble moving them, with more shipments expected tonight and Tuesday.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
William McCaig
Gardner
Acrip
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