New Border Incident Sparks Japan Russia Tension
Reports from Sakhalin Island say a border incident occurred involving a Japanese inspection party member shot by a Soviet secret police agent. Tokyo press expresses doubt that the Siberian frontier truce will end the Japan Russia dispute, noting lasting fundamental differences in their views.
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Tokyo
C.P
Japan
Russia
Sakhalin Island
Oo. Ty
Siberian
Hochi
Airlines Wil L be Controlled by Govt Board
Canada will place airlines under the Board of Transport Commissioners within six weeks. Passenger and freight rates will be regulated like railways, with a forum for operators to raise difficulties. The move follows Parliament's transfer of railway authority to a unified transport board.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canadian Airlines
Board of Transport Commissioners
C. D. Howe
Pacific Coast
Canada
Mr. Howe
Board of Railway Commissioners
Transport Board
Civil Aviation Branch
Transport Department
Oi A. Wlaon
Pass Through War Crisis In Next 30 Days
U S Secretary Daniel Roper says high level English confidants warn Europe may face a war threats crisis within the next 30 days. He notes Britons favor rearmament to command peace and predicts no general European war for at least a year if a sale through the month succeeds. Viscount Incholme of Nelson foresees brief respite as he travels to Vancouver for a bar association convention.
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Washington
C.P
Daniel Roper
United States
Commarca
Europe
Roper
Great Britain
Winnipeg
Viscount Iinlay
Nelen
Vancouver
Canadian Bar Association
High Court
Og Juatloc
King's Bench
England
Hankow Bombed in Major Japanese Raid on Key Base
Japanese naval communique reports more than 100 planes carried out a raid on Hankow the headquarters of Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek claiming 100 percent effectiveness and 500 casualties. Fires raged as oil tanks thought to belong to Shell Standard Oil or Texaco burned in a second attack.
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Shanghai
C. P
Hankow
Chang Kai-shek
C.P
Shell
Standard Oil
Texaco
Dafoe Monitors Quintuplets Health in Ontario
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe keeps close watch on the Dionne quintuplets at Colllander Ontario to prevent heart complications from throat infections that have kept the five sisters in bed since Friday Emilie shows the only normal temperature among them Keith Munro manager for the Quints reported the update and cautioned about a dangerous blood toxin buildup.
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Collander
Allan
Roy Dafoe
Emilie
Keith Munro
The
Quints
Dr. Dafoe
Meyer Named Assistant Sales Manager at Wheat Board
Aug 12 Winnipeg announces Eric N. Meyer of Winnipeg as assistant sales manager of the Canadian Wheat Board.
Arctic Mercy Flight Brings Father Schulte Back to Chesterfield
Father Schulte prepares for another Arctic mercy mission after guiding Father Chowchard to Arctic Bay. The rescue involved Dr. Melling, Brother Beaudoin, and a 2000 mile air relay from Chesterfield to Igloolik, amid fog and rain.
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Father Schulte
Arctic
Chesterfield
N.W.T
Mercy
Paul Schulte
Therese
Iglooik
Chasteriauld
N.wt
Department Radio
Mercy and Courage
Canada
Far North
Arctic Bay
Baffin Island
Arctic Circle
Father Chochara
Robert Meling
Hudson Bay
J?an Schulte
Father Chowchard
Churchill
Beaudoin
Cheaterfield
Melling
Father Chochard
Hudson May
Chesterfeld
Meiling
Igloolik
Melville Peninsula
Pole
Father Chochard Wag
Father Schulter
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Fraher Schulter
Anglo French friendship hailed by Baxter in Quebec
Beverley Baxter, Canadian born writer and member of Parliament, arrived in Quebec aboard the liner with Mrs. Baxter. He praised the Anglo French understanding as an enduring friendship and said it would never be broken.
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Quebec
Aug
C.2
Beverley Baxter
Britain
Baxter
Brooklyn and Boston NL tilt ends in high scoring loss
In a baseball doubleheader, Brooklyn trailed Boston 17 to 2 after a rough start and could not recover, hampered by early runs and late defensive miscues. New York managed a narrow win over Philadelphia, while Chicago defeated Pittsburgh 9 to 7 with a late surge.
Baseball scores from a doubleheader and nine-inning game
In the American League Boston and Washington split with Washington winning 18 to 16 in ten innings. Philadelphia defeated New York 6 to 1 behind strong pitching. Cleveland outscored Chicago 12 to 3 in a nine inning game after a earlier 9 inning tie.
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Boston
Washington
Wilson
Desartels
Leonard
Guillann
Philadelphia
New York
Nelston
Hayes
Ruffing
Dickey
Cleveland
Chicago
Harder
Pytiak
Lyons
Renga
Franco Faces Pressure Over Spain War Withdrawal
Britain pressures Mussolini and Franco to speed foreign troop withdrawal in Spain. Daladier faces leftist attack over arms shipments from France. Franco risks losing help or triggering a French border arms flow, with a likely time-killing delay before decision. Contained on page five.
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London
Grea
Britain
Mussolini
Franco
Spain
Edouard Daladier
France
trans-Pyrenees
Italy
Barcelona
Refuse to Give any Details Of Credit Plan
EDMONTON Aug 12 Premier Aberhart refused to divulge details of the plan for issuing credit certificates tied to a tax remission scheme. He said there would be no fall session of the provincial legislature. The cabinet had considered issuing revenue certificates and using farmer labor on road projects to offset taxes.
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Edmonton
C.P
Aberhart
Alberta
C. Manning
Bashaw
Germany Prepares for Autumn Manoeuvres Amid War Footing
Paris reports foreign office briefings on German military preparations. Berlin confirms near war footing with new reserve units. conscript extension and horses mobilization cited. London notes diplomatic circles track the moves as three schools of thought weigh whether it signals extensive maneuvers, psychological pressure, or rapid mobilization upon Czechoslovakia. Bavarians uneasy over mounting military activity.
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Paras
C.P
France
Paris
Germany
Foreign Office
Berlin
London
Hayas
Manchester Guardian
Liberal
Nuremberg-Ula
Shopping Festival Set for October 13 14 15
At a meeting of the Shopping Festival committee the annual event was scheduled for Thursday Friday and Saturday October 13 14 and 15. A general merchants meeting will be held Monday August 29 to discuss details with further announcements to follow.
Press Front Defence Line Against Radical Social Changes
Vancouver August 12 The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association convention opened with Harry L. Gage of New York praising newspapers as the front line against radical change. He lauded Edmonton Journal for resisting disruptive forces and noted drought era prairie resilience. George W. James Bowmanville Statesman urged constructive ideas for rural publishers and national problems. About 150 editors attended with one Newfoundland delegate and 16 silver trophies planned for editorial honors.
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H.L. Gage
Vancouver
C.P
Harry L. Gage
New York
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
United States
Canada
Prairies
George W. James
Bowmanville, Ont
Statesman
Newfoundland
Ann. Barret
Curling
Horse disease hits Red Deer district with horse toll rising
A sleeping sickness epidemic in the Red Deer district has over 15 horses under treatment. Reports indicate several farms suffered fatalities including six deaths at Rosslind, about 70 miles southeast of Camrose, as of yesterday.
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Edmonton
Red Deer
Rosslind
Camrose
Government and Ontario clash over gift tax amendments
Ottawa Aug 12 Prime Minister King told Ontario's Brams Hepburn that two amendments to the gift tax in the last budget protect the seventies for both Dominions and provinces. The release covers a row with Hepburn after Ontario withdrew from Rowe commission talks.
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Ottawa
King
Bramier Hepburn
Ontario
Hepburn
Rowe Commission
Alberta Government Buildings Tax Exempt in Alberta
Edmonton August 12 Judge A A Carpenter of the provincial assessment commission ruled that Alberta government buildings are exempt from municipal tax The decision upheld the Alberta Liquor Control Board appeal against Vermilion store taxation after the revision court had dismissed it The ruling reflects debates over taxing provincial government properties and liquor board stores across Alberta.
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Edmonton
C.E
Alberta
A. A. Carpenter
Commisasion
Alberta Liquor Control Board
Vermilion Ny
Vermilion Revision Court
Liquor Board
Heavier Purchases Of Farm Machinery In West
Western farmers are buying farm machinery in larger quantities in 1938, says James Duncan of Massey Harris. Prairie provinces expect better prosperity despite lower wheat prices, with sales fueled by tractors and small contrivances and a shift toward gate motive gear.
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Toronto
James Duncan
Massey-Harris Company, Limited
Prairie Provinces
Duncan
Saskatchewan
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No- Man's-Land
Manchoukuo
Japanese War Office
Moscow
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Maxim Litvinoff
Changkufeng
Trentier
China
D. Roper
Brooklyn
Hamlin
Campbell
Turner
Mueller
Gumbert
Pittsburgh
Lee and
Hartnett
Tobin
Todd
Trail Riders President
Dan McCowan
Banff, Alta
Trail Riders of the
Canadian Rockies
Yoho Lodge
Ghost River Valley
Alia
Reich
Alberta Govt
Redcliff Community
Is Vagy
Cliff Hall
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