Cyclonic Storm Sweeps Southern Alberta Causing Damage
A late Saturday cyclonic storm moved from west of Gleichen toward the international boundary, bringing rain hail and strong winds that damaged crops buildings and trees in southern Alberta. Widespread debris blocked streets and toppled branches while telephone lines were disrupted. crews cleared debris as repairs continued through Sunday. The storm also produced a heavy hail event from Calgary eastward affecting 10 000 to 14 000 acres with significant damage on the Blackfoot reserve and nearby areas. A passenger train on CPR No 3 faced shattered windows and a fast-moving gust front near Langdon as the storm extended through Cheadle Strathmore Namaka Milo and other localidades.
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Gleichen
First Street
Lethbridge
Walsh
Manyberries
Calgary
Blackfoot Reserve
C.P.R
Langdon
Cheadle
Strathmore
Namaka
Stobart
Arrowwood
Shouldice
Queenstown
Milo
Evacuation Discussed for Rhine by Reparations Panel
The political committee of the reparations conference in The Hague began discussing a possible Rhine evacuation date. No date was set yet. before fixing it, French, German, Belgian, and British representatives will hold a private talks and then refer the matter to the technical committee.
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The
Hague
Rhine
France
Germany
Belgium
Great Britain
Army training for Russian scholars
Moscow Aug 12 Soviet government decides to give special army training to all students of normal special and high schools to be prepared for war contingencies. Sir Edward Kemp dead Boyceygeon Ont aged 71 Canadian Senate Minister of Militia and Defence in WWI died at his summer home. Fair and warm with a high of 88 and low of 64.
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Moscow
E. Kemp
Boycaygeon
Edward Kemp
Canadian Senate
Fousette Heads to San Francisco Trade Office
H R Fousette former Canadian government commissioner for India and Ceylon sails from Chateau Lake Louise to Vernon and Vancouver en route to open a trade commissioner office in San Francisco this autumn.
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Lake Louise
Alta
H. R. Fousette
India
Ceylon
San Francisco
Mautumn
Chateau Lake Louise
Vernon
Vancouver
Changes in High School Courses Decided Upon
Alberta high schools will implement a revised curriculum for the 1929 30 year with many units lightened or stiffened. A committee reviewed the present plan and recommended changes to minister Perrven Baker, including no change in junior matriculation units and adjustments across subjects such as geometry algebra chemistry biology and languages. Details will appear in the 1929 30 regulations distributing August 20.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Perrven Baker
University Senate
Ontario
Aviator Missing Over Vast Canadian Wilderness
Ottawa reports Pilot C. E. Troup, flying for Inter-provincial Airways, is missing nine days after vanish between Seven Islands Quebec and Ungava Bay on the St Lawrence north shore. Company planes have searched a week with no trace, yet no anxiety is felt as the aircraft carried emergency rations.
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Ottawa
Seven Islands
St. Lawrence River
Ungava Bay
C. E. Troup
Inter-provincial Airways
Fire Truck Turns Over In Winnipeg Tragedy
Aug 12 report says two firemen Fred Doulding and Alex Morrison died when a fire truck overturned in the St James district after speeding to a false alarm. Chief James Dickson and Duncan Dare were hospitalized in critical condition.
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Winnipeg
Fred Doulding
Alex Morrison
James Dickson
Duncan Dare
St. James
Doulding
Sabotage and Arson on Chinese Railway
London reports that saboteurs and arson have grown so severe on the seized Chinese Eastern Railway near Harbin that police and fire brigades cannot cope. Property valued over $500,000 burned on Saturday.
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London
Harbin
Manchuria
London Daily Mail Today
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg
Winnipeg grain inspection figures show this year 42 inspections to date, compared with 05 last year. Contract grades 27 recorded among the assessed lots.
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Winnipeg
Two Serious Auto Smashes In Sask
In Admiral Saskatchewan Carl Hicks of Seattle died from injuries after a crash three miles west of Admiral on the Provincial highway. In Moose Jaw a woman named Mrs W J Garter suffers a broken neck from an automobile crash northeast of the city with five others uninjured. Edmonton reports a quiet weekend with several minor accidents and variable weather.
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Admiral
Sask
Carl Hicks
Seattle
Wash
Admiral District
Hicks
Moose Jaw
W. J. Garter
Moose Taw
Edmonton
Invisible Noctovisor unveiled by John Baird in Surrey
In Box Hill, Surrey, John Baird demonstrated a device named Noctovisor that sees in the dark and detects ship lights two miles away. The system uses camera lenses and a television transmitter to project an infrared image onto a viewing disc for observers, with plans to trial on trans Atlantic liners.
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Box Hill
Surrey
Eng
John Baird
Baird
Dorking
Jewitt Re-elected in Preston By-Election by 6440 Vote Margin
British attorney general Sir William Jewitt wins the Preston by-election today with a majority of 6 440 over Conservative challenger Dr A B Tewitt.
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William Jewitt
Preston
A. B. Tewitt
Sunbeam Confection Takes Market by Storm in Medicine Hat
The Taberta Candy factory reports booming sales for its Sunbeam line after remodeling. Manager McQuarrie says quality remains the top priority and inventories cannot meet demand as orders exceed expectations. The Medicine Hat Medicine shows Sunbeam ranks with Canada's best sweets.
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Taberta
Sunbeam
McQuarrie
Medicine Hat
Canada
Prairie Fire Burns Forty Acres on Farm Roads
Sgt. Allen of the A P P reports last week's prairie fire burned about forty acres of rye on R Longton's farm and grazing land across sections 4 5 7 9 and parts of 8 10 township 12 range 7. Firefighters aided by women and girls beat flames with wet sacks and barrels of water from Seven Persons. Back firing occurred but limited. the blaze cleared weed-infested fields and ruined several abandoned farms, with heat and wind factors stressing crews.
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Sgt. Allen
R. Longton
Haing
Highway Completed Seven Persons to Orion
District engineer George MacMillan reports the Seven Persons to Orion highway is finished and the Orion to Manyberries section reconditioned. In a few days the Orion to Pend Orielle grade will be added to the finished list.
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George MacMillan
Seven, Persons
Orion
Manyberries
Pend Orielle
British Chancellor Snowden Presses Reparations Revision
At The Hague and London reports say Philip Snowden backs revising the Young plan to meet Britain’s just claims. Ramsay MacDonald endorsed the stand in a cable, as the reparations conference adjourned without action and sought to avert a crisis.
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Philip Snowden
Larbor
Bage
The
Hague
Ramsay- MacDonald
Paris
House of Commons
Europe
Arthur Henderson
Phillip Snowden
London
Ramsay MacDonald
1928 Canadian crop totals about 530 million bushels
Winnipeg reports indicate the 1928 Western Canada crop total reached about 530,616,515 bushels based on farm deliveries to country elevators from August 1, 1928, to August 9, 1929, with about 50 million bushels kept on farms for seed and feed and a small remainder ground at country mills.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Earth Tremors Reported Across Niagara District
Multiple tremors at 7:25 a m disturbed Niagara Falls and surrounding towns extending to the Canadian border. Homes shook, furniture displaced, dishes toppled, with rumbling sounds. no major damage reported though windows rattled in Toronto and Erie Front.
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Niagara . Falls
New
York
Niagara
Toronto
Erie
Lake Front
Lait Appointed Caretaker of Aviation Field
G H Lait a ranch manager at Medicine Hat Silver Fox Farm has been named caretaker of the aviation field with a city phone line installed in his home. Authorities note a field watch was needed after thefts of two beams of gasoline and oil were reported yesterday. Two infantile paralysis cases reported in Border Cities Ontario prompt Health Officer Dr Fred Adams to urge calm.
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Kir. GH. Lait
Medicine Hat
Silver
Fox Farm
Ont
Fred Adams
Prairie crops benefit from rain with ripening advancing
Winnipeg Aug 12 report says rain helped filling grain and fodder crops across the prairies while ripe crops advance. rye and barley cut. wheat and coarse grains resowings show good yield potential though some lands ruined or cut for feed. hail damage noted in Saskatchewan and Alberta. rust infections reported in Manitoba with limited overall damage expected.
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Winnipeg
Prairies
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Jackson
St. Louis
C. T. Troup
Victoria
Red Deer
Swift Current
Regina
Prince Albert
Port Arthur
Fair
Mrs. Garter
Taber Candy CO
Niagara’ Falls
Erie, PA
G. H. Lait
C. P. R. Crop Report
Saskatchewan
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