Premier Aberhart derides bank charter opposition
The Alberta Premier expresses regret over federal opposition to Alberta's bank charter bid. The Ottawa banking committee rejected the bill after a thorough hearing, with critics noting the move protects Albertans from a financially risky institution run by current treasury leadership.
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William Aberhart
Alberta
Ralston
Aberhart
Commons Committee On Banking and Commerce
Ottawa
Alberta Bank
War fronts widen as Axis and Allies clash across Africa and Europe
This week sees Italian and British clashes in Somaliland and the Libyan desert with gains by Italy not threatening Suez control. The Royal Navy blocks supplies, while Nazi air raids on English Channel convoys fail. Japan’s role remains unsettled, and Balkans and US actions hint at broader global maneuvering.
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British Somaliland
Libyan
Te Vital
Suez Canal
North Africa
Royal Navy
N Duce
Italy
English Channel
Isles
Japan
Engand
Balkans
United States
Germany
Russia
Joe Clump
Canadian Soldier on Freight Fails to Reach Home
A young Alberta soldier on leave rides freight westward to visit family but falls under moving wheels in darkness. He travelled because of lack of money, not as a bum, and critics urge the Department of National Defence to offer better leave transport. Canada’s vast distances compound the problem for C A S F troops far from home.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Canada
Camp Shilo
Shilo
Calgary
C.A.S.F
Dunkerque
Eight Sweet Pea Classes At Medicine Hat Flower Show
The Medicine Hat Horticultural Society lays out eight sweet pea classes for the wartime show opening in two weeks at the Arena. Proceeds go to the Red Cross. no entry fee, with several special prizes offered. The exhibit features many cut flowers and vegetables from local gardens.
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Medicine Hat
Red Cross Society
Medicine Haut Gardens
The
Horticultural Society
Cosmos
Ohlox
Petunia
Canadian awarded DFC Tells of air fight over channel
A Canadian flight lieutenant awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross described shooting down two Messerschmitt 109 fighters in a Channel patrol. He reported watching one German craft explode after a burst of fire and seeing flaming fragments fall into the sea as his squadron attacked off the southeast coast at 20 000 feet.
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London
Oday
Air Ministry
D.F.C
Channel
Mys Efitire
Messerschmitt
American veteran aims for more Nazi air battles with RCAF
An American veteran of the French air force says German flyers relied on inexperienced youths in the Battle of France while older pilots led skilled missions. He describes training, blackouts near Paris, and his move from French uniforms to joining the Royal Canadian Air Force after visiting Dallas.
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Ottawa
C.P
France
Bordeaux
Royal Canadian Air Force
Italy
Paris
Rouen
Cty
United Kingdom
Canada
Dallas
Tex
Canadian university students face August training decision
Toronto reports a possible September choice for university men. They may lose a month of studies for compulsory military training if drafted, or train with the Canadian Officers’ Training Corps. Toronto officials seek permission to join the COTC as the university reopens September 24. Ottawa announces Willa David Adamson as private secretary to Postmaster General Mulock. he was editor at the Ottawa Journal and Morning Journal.
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Toronto
C.P
Ottawa
Cpi
Mulock
Willa David Adamson
Adamson
Ottawa Journal
Morning Journal
Auto Jumps Ferry Tragedy Claims Seven in Quebec
VALIVOR Quebec August 12 CP A family of seven perished when their car jumped a ferry gangway and overturned in six feet of water at Le Moyne Lake three miles from Val D Or The dead include Joseph Jean and his wife and their five children aged 13 7 6 3 and nine months A coroner's jury ruled accidental death as the car entered the ferry in second gear and suddenly accelerated Witnesses said the driver may have hit the accelerator instead of the brake.
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Valivor
Que
Joseph Jean
Malartic
Leon
Yvette
Paul
Roper
Claude
Lemoyne Lake
Andre Bigue
Amos, Gue
Jean
Brooks Horticultural Show and Tours Highlight Brooks Community
The Brooks Horticultural Society held a Gladioli Show on August 10 at Ingram's store with over 100 blooms and a public sale raising $10 for the Red Cross. The following day about thirty members toured Brooks gardens while a Handicraft demo by Miss M. McIntyre drew twenty ladies at Sutherland school.
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Brooks Horticultural Society
Ingram
Red Cross
Horticultural Society
Brooks
M. L. Freng
P. D. Hargrave
C. T. Schon
A. Emslie
FE. B. Maabee
A. Manson
Wm. Manson
N. RF. Marcy
A. L. Young
N. F. Marcy
Brooks U.F.W.A
M. McIntyre
Olds
Sutherland School
Albers
Miss McIntyre
J. S. Bruce
Calgary
G.W.V.A. Hall
Summerhell
C. F. Anderson
Two Robbers Take 87,000 in Quick Silver Heist
In Cal Stoga two men bound a watchman at the Oat Hill mine and fled in a car with three quarters of a ton of quick silver valued at 87 000 dollars. Authorities seek the thieves and recover the metals.
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Cal
Stoga
Calif
Oat Hill
Fere
Alberta selects Camrose Red Deer Grande Prairie for military camps
Local militia officials said draftees aged 18 to 21 will receive one month of training at the three Alberta sites Camrose Red Deer and Grande Prairie. Officials expect thousands to complete training within ten months, citing government buildings as camp nuclei and Grande Prairie as a remote yet convenient location.
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Camrose
Red Deer
Grande Prairie
Alberta
Aristocratic Gladiolus to Head 1940 Flower Show
The Medicine Hat Flower Show opens Friday August 23 at the Arena with aristocratic gladiolus as a major feature. The Horticultural Society display will showcase gladiolus collections of at least 25 spikes on a five foot bench, arranged in up to three tiers with 60 percent weight for display and 60 percent for quality. Classes split into novice and open sections.
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Horticultural Society
Crison
New Zealand
Alberta
Medicis Hat
Three By-Elections To Be Held Aug 19
By elections set for August 19 in Kingston Waterloo North Carleton County and Saskatoon. Macdonald wins Kingston seat after Rogers death. contests loom in Waterloo North Carleton County and a sixway race in Saskatoon featuring Agnes Macphail. Voting rules note soldier vote restrictions and campaign themes focus on war effort.
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Angus L. Macdonald
National Defence
House of Commons
Kingston
Waterloo North
Carleton County
Ontario
Sastatoon
Macdonald
Nova Scotia
Naval Affairs Department
Norman Rogers
L. O. Breithaupt
S. F. Leavine
Nelson McCracken
New Democracy
G. Russell Boucher
Saskatoon
Agnes Macphail
Grey-Bruce
Dominion
Miss Macphail
United Reform Movement
Sid W. Johns
Libral
Michale P. Hayes
Wilna Moore
Alfred I. Bence
GG. HL. Bradbrooke
Canada
Mackenzie King
W. G. Brown
Euler
Senate
Carleton
A. B. Hyndman
War inventions board official cites practical armor untested
An official at the war inventions board in Citit notes that no breastplate or bulletproof vest examined yet has proven practical.
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War Inventions Board
Citit
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