League signals possible Danzig protection withdrawal
League of Nations may abandon protection of Danzig if Poland accepts a compromise with Germany ahead of a broader peace plan. Dr. Carl Burckhardt met Adolf Hitler. details are not yet official, and Polish distrust of settlement plans remains high. Britain would back a European peace formula only if Poland approves a workable settlement.
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Geneva
C.P
League of Nations
Danzig
Poland
Germany
League
Carl Burckhardt
Free City
Hitler
Corviny
London
Burckhardt
Salvation Army Elects Leader As General Booth Retires
The Salvation Army high council in London opens sessions to elect a successor to 93 year old General Evangeline Booth. Booth had been urged to retire last year but remained due to global tensions. She spoke of a difficult past and joy on retirement, saying she will spread her wings as a retired officer.
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London
Salvation Army High Council
Evangeline Booth
Mem
General Booth
Tam
Hunger Riots Threaten Chinese Regions Amid War Strain
In Shanghai and surrounding provinces a food shortage grows into a looming hunger crisis. Floods drought and transport disruption plus Japanese trade policies squeeze rice supplies for about four million people under the international settlement's care. Tokyo signals awaiting international developments before any shift in foreign policy or Axis alliance moves.
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Shanghai
C.P
China
Shantung
Hopen
Anhwei
Tokyo
C.po
Japan
Italy
Germany
English MP Dies in Airliner Crash near Copenhagen
Anthony C. Crossley 36 a Conservative MP and four others perished when a British Airways airliner en route London Hamburg Copenhagen Stockholm crashed 60 miles south of Copenhagen. The pilot survived. Crossley had sat in Parliament since 1931.
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Copenhagen
C.P
Anthony C. Crossley
House of Commons
Here
British Airways
London
Hamburg
Stockholm
Crossley
Russian artist steals Louvre painting to restore it
Serge Bogousslavsky, a 26 year old Russian youth, stole the Watteau portrait L Indifferent from the Louvre to restore it to its original glory. He admitted removing a toy from the figure’s hand and replacing the ornate frame. He was arrested after surrendering the artwork wrapped in a newspaper.
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Paris
A.P
Louvre
Serge Rogousslavaky
Civalic
Preteh
Henri Verne
Jacques Jaujard
Assnstant
Atolen
Iyssawsky
Moslim
oWittern
Bogousslavsky
Jonge
Watteau
Bougousslavsky
Death toll rises in City of San Francisco wreck
Deaths mounted to 24 after the crash of the City of San Francisco as police widened a roundup of railroad yard characters in search of the mass murderer blamed for Saturday's tragedy. Rescue crews found two women and a man among the wreckage. two more died in an Elko hospital.
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Reno
San Francisco
Elko
Boy Killed In Auto Accident Near Edmonton
A Calgary Edmonton highway crash near Edmonton killed 12 year old Richard Newman and wounded four others from Lacombe. The eight occupant car overturned four times. inquest planned and injured rushed to hospital. Two other cars involved nearby.
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Edmonton
C.P
Calgary-Edmonton
Lacombe
Richard
Newman
T. K. Newman
Alexander Millis
Marjorie
Whitney
Frances Grimes
Mr. Whitney
Buster Whitney
T. Fr. Newman
Bombings in England Hit Hotels at Southport and Fleetwood
Police attributed the explosions to Irish Republican terrorists. Both strikes damaged hotels at Southport in Lancashire and Fleetwood nearby, with only slight damage reported.
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London
Southport
Lancashire
Fleetwood
Fight and Half Million Men Under Arms
London dispatch reports Europe’s land forces excluding naval and air power total eight and a half million, with a roughly even balance between Rome Berlin axis and British French allied fronts. France leads with 1,000,000. Britain 600,000. Poland 500,000. Turkey 300,000. Romania 274,000. Greece 200,000. Axis totals 2,700,000 to 2,900,000 including Hungary. Spain 150,000 and Yugoslavia 300,000 are listed separately.
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London
C.P
Europe
Reuters
France
Britain
Poland
Turkey
Romania
Greece
Rome-Berlin
Italy
Germany
Hungary
Spain
Yugoslavia
Interesting Account Of Trip To New York
At this week’s Rotary Club meeting Charles Beny described a recent trip to the United States headed for the New York World’s Fair. En route they visited the Black Hills National Memorial, noted highways near Medicine Hat, and humorously recounted traffic near New York City. He praised the fair’s free shows from Ford and General Motors and admired the architecture lighting and fireworks. The return path included the Hudson River and Thousand Island country.
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Rotary Club
Charles Beny
United States
New York
New York City
Mr. Beny
Ford
General Motors
Hudson
Thousand Island
No Farm Permit Plan Scrapped This Year
The Canadian Wheat Board will not implement its farm permit system for the 70 cents a bushel guarantee on the first 5,000 bushels. Officials cited a reduced crop and rapid harvest tightening time for distributing permits. The 5,000 bushel per farm limit remains mandatory and enforcement continues.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Canadian Wheat Board
City Relies on Province to Extend Redcliff Road Surfacing
Medicine Hat city officials accepted a provincial plan to extend hard surfacing from Redcliff hill to Premises brick plant about 2.96 miles, using roughly 310,000 for materials and labor. The project will start in four weeks and take about three weeks, while city streets work continues. The program aims to provide local labor through a work-for-wages setup amid harvest shortages.
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Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Canada
Edmonton
Redecliff Hill
Premies
Dunmore Hill
Dietrich-Musica Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud Case
George Dietrich-Musica, brother of the late McLixerson and Robbins drug firm leader, pleaded guilty in federal court to a 14 count mail fraud and conspiracy indictment related to reports about the drug company. Dietrich-Musica faces sentencing after securities and exchange act violations are charged. his brother F Donald Coster-Musica is said to have died amid exposure as a swindler.
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New York
C.P
George Dietrich-Musica
MclXesson and Robbins
Rebhente
Relief aid discussed at Alberta conference in Edmonton and Calgary
Edmonton officials meet Calgary leaders and Alberta Bureau of Relief officials to review a new relief agreement. It sets 40 percent federal and 40 percent provincial support for relief projects, with 20 percent municipal share. The federal cap for Alberta projects is 525000 dollars. Labor costs are shared 50 50 while municipalities cover materials.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Alberta Bureau of Relief and Public Welfare
Andrew Davison
G. A. Campbell
J. Hodgson
A. A. Mackenzie
Provincial
Bureau of Relief and Public Welfare
Alberta
Dominion
New Wheat Moving Through Medicine Hat Mills Report
Two local mills report arrival of new wheat shipments. W. Gill, farmer south of the fairgrounds, delivered a No 4 special wheat at 54 pounds per bushel to Maple Leaf mill. Lake of the Woods area brings several loads. samples grade No 3 to No 6 special. farmer from 10 miles southwest first shipment.
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Medicine Hat
W. Gill
Fair Grounds
Lake of the Woods
British War Office orders field guns from Sorel firm
The British War Office ordered a twenty two pound field gun supply from Marine Industries of Sorel Quebec. The contract is believed to exceed one million dollars and is described as educational.
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Montreal
British War Office
Marine Industries
Sorel
Quebec
Ungrateful Lad Is Given Prison Term
David Keith Maclean an 18 year old from Prince Edward Island pleaded guilty in the city police court to theft after taking $3.07 from a Vancouver man who had helped him. Magistrate W H Ellis sentenced him to 60 days in jail noting the boy’s upbringing.
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David Keith Maclean
Prince Edward Island
Maclean
Winnipeg
Calgary
George Macdonald
Vancouver
W. H. Ellis
Horticultural Show Entries Thursday
Entries for the horticultural show must be made Thursday at HY M. Ironside City Flower Shop Third Street or with secretary W Moore 312 Aberdeen Street. The show and industrial exhibit open Friday in the Arena with many outside entries expected including a large display from the Experimental Range Station at Manyberries.
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HY. M. Ironside
City Flower Shop
Third St
W. Moore
Aberdeen St
Manyberries
Lands Friendly Relations with Great Britain
In Pretoria on August 15, Antonio Oscar Fragosa de Carmona, president of Portugal, spoke at a banquet citing goodwill as the basis for effective policy with Great Britain. He stressed Portugal as a world power and highlighted Windsor’s historic 1373 handshake as foreshadowing close African ties with Britain. Sir Patrick Duncan, the Governor-General, echoed Portugal’s aim to preserve colonial empire integrity.
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Pretoria
C.P
Reuters
Great Britain
Portugal
Antonio Oscar Fragosa de Carmona
Patrick Duncan
South Africa
Windsor
Africa
Cooler Today Brings 80 Degree Noon Reading
After a sticky day and 96 degree heat yesterday a refreshing breeze moves through the district. The noon temperature reached 80 degrees and harvesting work is already underway in the area.
State Dept weighs moral embargo on Japan trade
The United States contemplates a moral embargo to halt shipments of raw materials useful for war to Japan. Senator Schwellenbach proposed extending the airplane embargo to general raw materials, noting past aviation sales to Japan and citing the prior licensing stance as justification.
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U.S. State Dept
Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Washington
A.P
State Department
United States
Japan
Schwellenbach
Dem.Washington
Cordeh Hull
Hull
Sumner Welles
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