Labor wins East Hamilton seat amid long Conservative hold
In a tight by election Labor candidate Alderman Humphreys S. Mitchell defeated Conservative M. M. Robinson in East Hamilton with 10 866 to 6 710 votes as 161 of 166 polls reported. The seat had been Conservative since 1905, with Mitchell a longtime Trades and Labor figure.
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Three Rivers
Charles Bourgeois
K.C
Wilfrid Gariepy
Dominion
Bourgeois
Que
St. Maurice
Wv. Bourgeois
Hamilton
Cont
Labor
Ast
House of Commons
Humphreys S. Mitchell
Trades and Labor Congress
M. M. Robinson
W. H. Connor
Mitchell
Robinson
Connor
Col. G. S. Rennie
Rennie
Treleaven
Cobden
Dominiot House
A. T. Woods
T. H. McPherson
Dominion House
Mr. Mitchell
Lindberghs Land After Fogbound Flight Near Seward Nome Alaska
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed on the north coast of Seward peninsula near Kotzebue Sound about 11 p m local time after leaving Point Barrow. They aimed to reach Nome by daylight but fog and radio reports suggested a landing near the coast and preparations were made for a midnight beach landing.
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Nome
Alaska
Charles A. Lindbergh
Seward Peninsula
Point Barrow
Kotzebue Sound
Seven Killed When Train Hits Car At Suburban Crossing
At a Chicago suburb, a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific passenger train struck an automobile carrying seven people. Bruno Woods and Helen Woods with infant David, all of Chicago, perished alongside James Rutowski and Martha Rutowski of Milwaukee and their children Henry and Dolores.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Bruno Woods
Helen
David
James J. Rutowski
Martha
Woods
Rutowski
Alberta Ready to Start New Relief Program
Alberta prepares to launch a relief program on short notice with a memorandum filed with the Dominion Government. Premier Brownlee, after meetings in Ottawa with Premier Bennett and Minister Robertson, notes federal plans are hoped but not yet disclosed. Relief work may include drought relief road projects and park and railway ballasting. data requests from Minister Robertson prompt rapid data collection by Walter Smitten.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dominion
J. E. Brownlee
Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Gideon Robertson
Sphic
Define
Dominion House
Brownlee
Pemier J. E. Brownlee
Walter Smitten
Accident victim dies after eight days in coma
Mrs. A. Novak died in hospital eight days after an automobile crash left her unconscious with a fractured skull. The Aug. 2 collision between the car she rode in and a street car left her in a coma until her death today.
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Winnipeg
A. Novak
Canadian aviator John C. Webster dies in crash
Montreal Aug 11 Canadian Press John C Webster an aviator who finished 13th in the King's Cup race around England died from injuries after a crash at St Hubert airport yesterday He was the son of Dr J Clarence Webster of Shediac New Brunswick.
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Montreal
Que
John C. Webster
England
St. Hubert
Webster
J. Clarence Webster
Shediac
N.B
Bourgeois Elected in Three Rivers St Maurice Race
In Three Rivers Quebec the Conservative Charles Bourgeois won the Federal seat by 251 votes over Liberal Wilfrid Gariepy. The contest drew over 10,000 votes each, with the Rural and Shawinigan Falls results shifting late. The riding had been Liberal since 1900.
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Three Rivers
Que
St. Maurice
Charles Bourgeois
K.C
Wilfrid Gariepy
Mr. Bourgeois
Bourgeois
Hree Rivers
Shawn
Arthur Butter
Maurice Dupre
Alfred Duranleau
Marine
Fernand Rinfret
King
Nautilus Adrift in Arctic With Engine Trouble
The submarine Nautilus, used by Sir Hubert Wilkins to attempt a North Pole under ice voyage, was reported adrift off Tromsoe with a mechanical fault that could not be repaired by the crew. The vessel drifted with the current after leaving Tromsoe for Spitzbergen as the crew worked through the night to fix it.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Associated Press
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Arctic
Spitzbergen
Jinks
Wilkins Polar
H.M.S
Plymouth
Bergen
Premier Brownlee Addresses Unemployment and Wheat Pool Plans
Premier Brownlee state in Edmonton today that no employment program can be worked out until Ottawa clarifies its stance. He warned that continued bad conditions will limit western provinces’ capital for highways, and Alberta favors a comparative study with other provinces. A joint release with Saskatchewan and Manitoba leaders confirms ample credit lines for the 1931 wheat crop and outlines a voluntary pooling system with an initial 40 cent per bushel payment for farmers who join.
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Edmonton
Brownlee
Ottawa
Alberta
Prairie
John J. Brownlee
J. T. M. Anderson
Saskatchewan
John Bracken
Manitoba
R. B. Bennett
Hoover reparations holiday plan finalized in London
An international experts committee announces full agreement to implement the Hoover debt moratorium. Participants will sign at the treasury office this evening. Debtor governments will repay all suspended payments over ten years from July 1, 1933 at 3 percent interest.
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London
Associated Press
Treasury
Washington
D.C
State Department
Sisters of Providence Visit Lacombe Home Fund Drive
The Sisters of Providence are in the city this week to collect funds for the Lacombe Home. The News hopes for a cordial reception to support the cause amid ongoing need.
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Sisters of Providence
Lacombe
Wee Lads Suffocated by Gravel Pit Landslide
Harold Wanamaker aged 10 of Stirling and Christie Loney aged 10 of Niagara Falls were killed in a gravel pit on the Wanamaker Farm near Stirling. They were found late last night under fifteen feet of gravel after a spot showed a slide. both suffocated. Arnold Wanamaker organized the search after they did not return for supper.
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Belleville
Ont
Harold Wanamaker
Stirling
Christie Loney
Niagara Falls
Fires Burn Across Western North America Amid Strong Winds
Fire crews battled spreading wildfires in multiple regions including Fernie British Columbia where Lizard range blazes threaten timber stands and smoke chokes the area. On Vancouver Island slash fires near Courtenay again ran beyond control while Boise Idaho reports 20 000 acres burned with 200 firefighters facing a long fight ahead as Irondyke Mine buildings burn.
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Fernle
B.C
Lizard Mountain
Vanor
Lizard Range
Fernie
Sand Creek
Michael Dumont
Galloway
Lizard Creek
South Fork
Wekend
Vancouver
Comox, Logging Company
Courtenay
Vancouver Island
Quinsam River
Bell River
Forbes Landing
Boise
Idaho
Southern Idaho Timber Protective Association
Clear Creek
Irondyke
Holcombe
Timber Protective Association
Four Unknown Islands Found in Franz Josef Archipelago
Soviet ice breaker Maligin reports August 7 discovery of four unrecorded islands in the Franz Josef Land region southwest of Alexander Island. A later message notes arrival at Aldier, finds a 1902 Baldwin letter, and traces a granite cache. The voyage also retrieved packing‑case hut remains and two polar bears.
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Moscow
Maligin
Franz Josef Archipelago
Alexander Island
Straits
Baxa
Soviet Russia
Arctic Institute
Aldier
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Baldwin
Italia
Alexander Land
America
Baldwin- Ziegler
Teplitz Bay
Honduran Flier Captured After Long Overdue Flight
Captain Lisandro Garay, a Honduran flyer, vanished after a Sunday takeoff from Floyd Bennett Airport in Brooklyn for Tegucigalpa. A coast guard message indicates he was picked up at 10 a.m. aboard the steamship Gicco, 20 miles east of Cape Lookout, after a 2400 mile non stop leg with fuel for about thirty hours.
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Norfolk
Lisandro Garay
Rooklyn
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Gicco
Cape Lookout
Coast Guard
New York
Lisanray
Floyd Bennett
Brooklyn
Lady Mountbatten Narrow Escape Off Cap Antibes
Paris report says Lady Louis Mountbatten narrowly escaped drowning when cramps struck during a swim off Cap Antibes France. Rescued ashore by Robert Cunningham Reid and Stephen Sanford she was brought ashore in collapse and not revived for some time. Former Edwina Ashley she was once England's richest heiress before her 1922 marriage.
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Paris
Associated Press
Chicago Tribune
Louis Mountbatten
Cap Antibes
France
Robert Cunningham Reid
Stephen Sanford
New York
Lady Mountbatten
Edwina Ashley
England
Miner fined for drink influence while driving in Cardiff
Silas Evan Miles, an unemployed miner on the dole, was fined five pounds at Cardiff for being under the influence of drink when in charge of a motor car. He was said to keep four cars.
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Silas Evan Miles
Cardiff
Wales
Hope Abandoned Of Rescuing The Fliers
A US airman Cramer and his radio operator Pacquette, lost since Sunday on a flight from Shetland to Copenhagen, were still missing with waning hopes. Danish and Norwegian searches by seaplanes found no sign of the missing plane amid stormy North Sea conditions and weather suspending regular air mail service on the route.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Associated Press
Parker
Cramer
United States
Shetland Islands
Pera
Oliver Pacquette
Detroit
Mich
Canada
Greenland
America
Europe
Bergen
Norway
Pacquette
Wheat Becomes Feed For Livestock And Poultry
Washington Aug 11 Wheat prices at market lows spur farmers to use wheat as live stock and poultry feed in place of corn and mixed rations. The Agricultural Department and Farm Board have no estimates of how much wheat will be fed this year but it will likely exceed last year’s 182 million bushel estimate.
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Washington, D.C
Associated Press
Agricultural Department and
Farm Board
Grain inspections for Winnipeg crops show mixed yields
Winnipeg grain inspectors report this year totals for wheat at 286 units including two new cars of Northern grade, with last year at 186 for wheat, 29 for oats, 27 for barley and 67 for flax. Other grains recorded as nil.
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Winnipeg
Viscount Kato Visits Banff To Discuss Parks Policy
Viscount Kato of Japan and Baronee of Tokyo are visiting Banff on August 11 seeking first hand information on Canada’s national parks and the use of mountain areas for public benefit. The discussion centers on preserving beauty and historical interest while considering park expansion in Japan and Canada.
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Banff
Canadd
National Parka
Viscount Kato
Baronee
Tokyo
Japan
Systen
Katosa
Ldga
Publih National” Parka
Sasatina
Parks
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Lindbergs
Seward
Peninsula
Sterling
Frag A
Peace Harbor
L. Garay
Depen An
Apett
Kato
Eden Mastep
Ceromen
Sabes
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