City Considers Ashton Place Site for Air Base
City Council approves reserving fifty acres near the Fair Grounds Ashton Place for an air base as a municipal venture. Captain R Collis inspected sites and recommended the Ashton Place area adjacent land for the project with a potential toll on flying machines. Storm damage prompts discussions on drainage and road repairs as Public Works strains under heavy workload.
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R. Collis
High River
Fair Grounds
Ashton Place
Crow
Ald. Hole
W. R. Hull Co., Ltd
G. Schmidt
W. G. Shannon
Shannon
Dunmore Hill
Seven Persons Creek
Ald King
Public Works Department
Montgomery
Committee of Public Works With
Tom Bassett
Calder
N. M. Lean
Vancouver
Belfast Street
Epidemic on British Ship Sutlej Claims Immigrant Lives
London reports sixteen deaths from pneumonia aboard the British steamer Sutlej carrying 800 Trinidad to Calcutta immigrants. Captain at Durban notes most fatalities occurred after two days illness.
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London
Sutlej
Trinidad
Calcutta
Captown
Ariving
Durban
South Africa
Land at Fort Churchill Declared Not for Sale
Winnipeg August 15 Major Graham Bell deputy minister of railways Ottawa warns prospective buyers no land or town lots near the proposed Hudson Bay Railway harbor at Churchill are for sale. Officials file expropriation plans vesting titles in the crown to prevent speculation as the terminal project proceeds with minimal landholding available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Fort Churchill
Hudson's Bay Railway
Churchill
Graham Bell
Ottawa
Hudson’s Bay Railway
Bell
Department of Justice
Col
R. H. Fraser
Department
P. M. Anderson
Legal Department
Major
Anderson
Neepawa
Man
Charles Dunning
Charchill
Idaho Studies Plans for Heavy Oil on Highways
Idaho considers applying heavy oil on major highways to improve road durability and reduce maintenance. Officials note cost, traffic impact, and long term durability as key factors in proposed plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Chief Justice Mathers Dies After Operation
Chief Justice T. G. Mathers of the Court of King's Bench died this morning at Mayo Hospital Rochester Minnesota after a recent operation. He had been improving when a sudden decline occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathers
Winnipeg
T. G. Mathers
Court of King’s Bench
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Guarding Against Sudden Gas Attack in Leningrad
In Leningrad, residents are instructed by Gesdaviachin and the Society of Defence Aviation and Chemical Research to buy seven fables gas masks for 3.50 each and to stock dry stores in empty buildings. Committees oversee protection planning and instruct households on gas warfare protection measures and shelter cellars with sealed doors and ventilation to be supplied after filtration through coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leningrad
Russia
Gesdaviachin
Defence, Aviation and Chemical Research
Griffin First Starter In Trans Pacific Race
At Oakland Municipal Airport a non stop Oakland to Honolulu air derby begins with Bennet Griffin in the Oklahoma leading nine entrants toward Wheeler Field Hawaii for a 2500 prize. Norman Goddard's El Encanto crashes but crew uninjured as the long distance race underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goddard
Lieut. K. C. Hawkins
Municipal Airport
Oakland
Calif
Dallas Spirit
William Erwin
Oklahoma
Bennet Griffin
A. L. Henley
Norman Goddard
San Diego
E. Encanto
Lieut
K. C. Hawkins
Livingstone G. Irving
Jack Frost
San Fancisco Examiner
Gordon Scott
Santa Monica
J. A. Pedlar
Detroit
W. R. Knorpe
Mildred Doran
Chas. W. Parkhurst
Air King
Peoria
Tus
St. ©. Lowes, Jr
Kansas City
Martin Jensen
Hawaiian Islands
Paul Schuster
Honolulu
Arthur Goebel
Hollywood
Lieut. W.©. Davis
U.S.N
W. Erwin
Dallas
A. H. Bhichwaldt
Here
Oahu
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek resigns from Nationalist leadership
General Chiang Kai-Shek severs ties with the Nationalist revolution and retires to private life. He arrives at his birthplace Fenghwa in Kiangsu province near Ningpo with his family. He issues a statement resigning as commander in chief and all leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fenghwa
Kianshu
Ningpo
Chiang Kai- Shek
People of China
Mgr. O. E. Mathieu Seriously Ill in Regina Hospital
A private message from Quebec reports Archbishop O E Mathieu of Regina is seriously ill in a Regina hospital. His sister Mrs J M B Couette of Quebec left today for Regina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Mgr. O. FE. Mathieu
Regina
J. M. B. Couette
False Alarm Fire Call Sparks Panic As Engine Responds
The old tale of Wolf Wolf repeats as a red streak and a crew of firemen rushing up the hill answer a 2 a.m. fire call. Box 61 had no report when they arrived, revealing no blaze and a false alarm.
Silence by Coolidge Stresses Longstanding Pals Bond
London August 15 President Coolidge's silence is cited by Congressman E W Gibson of Vermont as a sign of his even tempered nature from school days at Black River academy Ludlow Vermont Gibson a former WWI captain now en route to France for the American Legion convention recalls Coolidge as a prankful youth not perpetually serious The anecdote of a jackass vandalizing a classroom shows Coolidge and fellow students resisting disclosure Gibson says Coolidge would accept a renomination if offered but would not run himself
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London
Coolidge
Dama
E. W. Gibson
Vermont
Gibson
France
American Legion
Black River Academy
Ludlow
Academy
Cal. Coolidge
Repubiican
Order Survey For New Motor Road From Prince George
Victoria August 16 surveys of a road route between the Prince George area and the Alberta boundary have been ordered by the Public Works Department. The North Thompson route is already under survey and the roads would join at Tete Jaune Cache to form a single pass route for growing travel.
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Victoria
Prince George
Alberta
Public Works Department
North Thompson
Tete Jaune Cache
Dlowhead’ Pass
Laborite non confidence motion defeated in Irish Dail by single vote
In Dublin on August 16 the Free State government survived a Labor party motion with a 70 70 tie decided by the Speaker's vote. Captain William Redmondsaid his National League group would support the motion, placing Cosgrave's government at risk as Fianna Fail controls the balance of power. The session amid rain saw Sinn Fein pickets outside and ministers entering to hear Tom Johnson move for no confidence. Johnson argued unemployment relief had been inadequate and promised questions and debate on public policy.
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Penedhe Ow
Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Dail Eireann
Laborites
Dublin
Laborite
Free State
Dail
William Redindnd
National League
National
Sinn Flen
William T. Cosgrave
Executive Council
Dall
Tom Johnson
Labor
Aften
Earthquakes Strikes Ferghana Region Noting Losses
Tremors felt across Ferghana Tarkerten and Namangan leave 34 dead and 72 injured. New town suffer damage to 500 houses and a railroad bridge. A government relief commission is deployed to search and assist in the quake aftermath. First tremor recorded Saturday near Keen 91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ferghana
Tarkerten
Namangan
Motor Bus Upset Injures Seventeen Near Toledo
Seventeen persons were injured, two seriously, when an eastbound Cleveland Detroit bus struck a horse and overturned three miles east of Toledo early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Community praise for Olympic Trials fundraising effort
The Medicine Hat Athletic Association thanks supporters for raising 100 to send two representatives to the Olympic Trials. Donors contributed in a fine spirit, achieving the objective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat Athletic Association
Bomb destroys McHardy home in East Milton
The home of juror Lewis McHardy from the Sacco-Vanzetti trial was wrecked by a 3:30 am explosion. McHardy wife and three children were injured but escaped with neighbors assisting. Police suspect a bomb and no threats had been reported to McHardy.
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East Milton
Mass
Lewis McHardy
Sacco-Vanzetti
McHardy
Viccinity
Theodore
Jack
Helen
Heavy selling wipes out wheat market gains
Winnipeg reports a session where wheat fell with October down to 1.61 3-8, December 1.48 1-8, and May 1.52 3-8 as bears led the market. Trading activity was limited with cash wheat held by cautious holders while rye and barley saw solid demand amid a warm showery spell.
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Winnipeg
Grain Flattened in the Hilda Area
Heavy rains Saturday and Sunday caused substantial crop damage in the Hilda area. Farmers report many sheaves lying flat in Jilda and Schuler with the worst in crops near maturity. Recovery varies by crop age and location, with green crops likely to recover and ripe grain more likely to stay down. Harvesting will be delayed in affected fields.
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Jilda
Schuler
Iidy
Hilda
Cypress Hills
Attempted Lynching in Panama Tragedy Reports Eight Dead
Aug 16 Panama reports eight killed and many injured after a mob tried to storm Buenaventura jail. Police and soldiers fought the crowd using rocks and sticks. Reinforcements were summoned from Call as authorities struggled to halt the assault on a policeman seen as responsible for a prominent citizen’s death.
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Panama
Buenaventura
Call
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A. B. Gillen
Toronto
W. G. Ross
Griffin
Chang Kai-Shek
Boltwood
Hancock
Point
Bertram Borden Boltwood
Yale
Professor Hammond
Mount Holyoke College
Mgr. O. E. Mathieu
Cal
B.C. Public Works Dept
W. Redmond
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