Polar search expands as Levaneffsky escape flight is traced
Soviet embassy reports faint, irregular transmitter signals from Levaneffsky’s missing plane near Irkutsk while Arctic search intensifies. Airmen from both nations mobilize. Joe Mattern and Joe Crosson join extended efforts from California to Alaska as eight planes and two ice breakers scour the polar route toward Fairbanks.
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Washington
C.P
Irkutsk
Siberia
Sigigmound
Levaneffsky
Moscow
Kairbanks
Alaska
North Pole
Arctic
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Polar
Fairbanks
California
Russia
Oakland
Calif
Jimmie Mattern
United States
Siberian
Joe Mattern
Mercy Flier
Joe Crosson
Rudolph Island
Polar Cap
Ridolph
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Anchorage
Alberta Cabinet Holds Session on Dominion Request
Premier Aberhart opened a cabinet meeting in Edmonton as Alberta prepared only a rough outline of its reply to the Dominion government's co operation request. The agenda included banking legislation reference to the Supreme Court of Canada with a tentative outline to be finalized later. G. I. Mackachlan, chair of the Social Credit board, and British experts G. F. Powell and L. D. Byrne attended the meeting.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Dominion
Inia
Supreme Court
Canada
Aberhart
Mackachlan
Social Credit Board
G. F. Powell
L. D. Byrne
Rebels push into Reinosa in fierce Franco battle
In Aug 16 dispatches insurgent troops pushed into the northern manufacturing belt of Reinosa in a brutal battle as government forces retreated. General Franco's men advanced toward Santander's northern area and fought door to door, claiming an entire battalion captured while five government battalions fled. Santander, about 40 miles southeast, remains the north coast’s last major stronghold.
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Hendaye
C.P
Reinosa
Franco
Santander
Medicine Hat People’s League Telegram Demands Alberta Disallowance
The Medicine Hat branch of the People’s League of Alberta forwards a telegram to Prime Minister Mackenzie King urging the Dominion government to disallow recent Alberta legislation that destroys British freedoms and blocks access to courts. If not disallowed, an early reference to the Supreme Court is anticipated.
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Medicine Hat
People’s League of Alberta
Mackenzie King
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Alberta
Supreme Court
Great Fleet of Chinese Planes Attack Near Shanghai
A massed fleet of 43 Chinese warplanes bombed the Japanese headquarters and waterfront near Shanghai as Britain and the United States ordered evacuation of women and children. Japanese and Chinese forces fought along a 15 mile front around the metropolis as diplomacy shifted with China’s capital under threat.
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Shanghai
C.P
Jhe
Tweedsmuirs Modified Program in British Columbia Visit
Lord Tweedsmuir and party adjust the itinerary during a tour of Tweedsmuir Park. Officials report no landings at Tanya Lake, opting for Intata Lake camp and air, horseback, and canoe trips. The group will fly to Bella Coola to board a steamer to Prince Rupert.
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Guy Rhoades
Burns
Lake
B.C
British Columbia
Lord Tweedsmuir
Alexander Mackenzie
Tanya Lake
Intata Lake
Here
Borg Tweedsmuir
Tweedsmuir Park
Wells Gray
Columbia
T. W. S. Parsons
W. J. H. Holmes
E. T. Kenney
Skeena
M. M. Connelly
Omineva M.L.A
Louis Lebourdais
Cariboo
E. Ac. ‘McEwan
H. Sullivan
K.C
T. Trapp
New Westminster
I. W
Burns Lake Hospital
Burns Lake
Mayor Bullivant Receives King Coronation Medal
Mayor Bullivant was awarded the King’s coronation medal on Saturday. The decoration, with red white and blue ribbon, bears side profiles of King George and Queen Elizabeth and the inscription G.R.I. with the coronation date. It complements the jubilee medal as a keepsake of notable royal events.
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Canada
Bullivant
George
Elizabeth
G.R.L
Anna Hahn Indicted for Double Murder in Cincinnati
Hamilton County grand jury charged Anna Hahn 31 with two counts of murder in the deaths of George Sellman 67 and Jacob Wagner 78. Police linked her to eleven deaths over eight years amid findings she bought poison.
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Cincinnati
C.P
Dudley Miller
Hamilton County
Anna Hahn
George G. Sellman
Jacob Wagner
Teamster
Patrick Hayes
Premier Aberhart Denounces Federal Support for Banks
Alberta premier Arthur E. Aberhart accuses Ottawa of backing bank money interests and vows Alberta will resist Bank of Canada influence. He emphasizes Alberta’s loyalty to Canada, asserts provincial control of property and civil rights, and hints at a firm response to Ottawa’s telegram.
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Aberhart
Canada
Alberta
Pilot Waagen Landed Forcedly Near Dawson Creek Safe
Edmonton August 15 uninjured pilot Leonard Waagen aged 24 was forced to land his air mail plane in rough terrain ten miles south of Dawson Creek B C after a 33 hour disappearance. He was found by British Columbia police and brought to Dawson Creek. The plane was badly damaged and 50 pounds of mail survived. Storms across the Northland halted most aviation as search plans, including Ralphi Oakes, were canceled after Waagen's recovery.
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Edmonton
British Columbia
Leonard Waagen
Dawson Creek
B.C
Waagen
Daweson Creek
Northland
Fort St. John
Edmoniton
United Air Transport
Ralphi Oakes
Fort Nelson
Oakes
Pouce Coupe
Northland Aviation
Ernest Kubrick
United Air
Grand Prairie
Alberta
Kublick
Grande Prairie
First annual Horticultural Show set for Friday and Saturday
The revived Horticultural Society announces its first annual show of flowers and vegetables for Friday and Saturday at the Glasgow House on Second Street. Prize lists and entry forms available from J. S. Jordan and Medicine Hat Greenhouses, Mills Greenhouses, and listed local figures. Exhibitors urged to enter promptly to promote a worthwhile display despite limited planning time.
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Revived Horticultural Society
Glasgow
Second St
J. S. Jordan
Rockyford Burglars Sentenced In Calgary
In Calgary on August 14, Wesley Biz card, released after a year, was sent to Prince Albert penitentiary for two years after robbery in Rockyford. Douglas McNair of Calgary got one year. Charles Young of Toronto, nicknamed the softy, was freed but must report to police monthly for two years.
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Calgary
C.P
Wesley Bizcard
Prince Albert
A. I. Millar
Rockyford
Douglas McNair
Charles Young
Toronto
Edmonton Man Killed in Spanish Civil War
Edmonton reports the first local fatality in the Spanish Civil War. Jack Bloom, 24, a worker with the Edmonton Single Unemployed Protective Association, was killed by machine-gun fire while fighting for government forces near Albacete in early July.
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Edmonton
Jack Bloom
Edmonton Single Unemployed Protective Association
Albacete
Guillotine Working Overtime In Germany
Berlin reports three people were guillotined today for espionage. Erich John age 24 and Germann John age 25 were convicted of selling military secrets while Wilhelm Firl, 43, faced charges of subversive activities on behalf of the Communist International.
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Berlin
C.P
Erich’ John
Germann John
Wilhelm Firl
International
Alberta minister blocks access to road project correspondence
The Royal Commission into Alberta road costs opened as Campbell McLaurin urged access to minister W A Fallon's correspondence with federal officials. Justice Lunney refused stating the rule is confidential and not before him. The session adjourned to 2 pm with exhibits filed and next hearing expected Monday.
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Edmonton
C.P
W. A. Fallow
Alberta
Campbell McLaurin
K.C
Calgary
Royal Commission
McLaurin
J. J. Bowlen
Liberal Party
H. W. Lunney
Justice Lunney
Lo Cairns
Fallon
Department of Public Works
Cairns
UAW plans Windsor Ford plant union drive next week
United Automobile Workers of America will start a unionization push in Windsor Ford Motor Co of Canada plants. William Emery and James Napier said a wave of strikes could sweep the city within three weeks as the CSA signs up many Windsor Ford employees. The meeting protested alleged police brutality at the Peterborough textile strike.
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Windsor
C.P
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Co. of Canada Limited
William Emery
James Napier
Committee For Industrial Organization
Emery
C.l.co
Ford
Napier
C.so
Windsor Ford
Peterborough
Ont
Royal commission named on Dominion provincial ties
Ottawa announces a royal commission to study Canada's economic and financial basis since Confederation. Five commissioners include Newton Rowell Thibaudeau Rinfret John Dafoe R A MacKay and H F Angus. Work begins soon with a broad review of constitutional and financial relations affecting Dominion provincial powers since 1867.
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Ottawa
C.P
Royal
Confederation
Mackenzie King
Newton W. Rowell
Ontario
Toronto
Thibaudeau Rinfret
Supreme Court of Canada
John W. Dafoe
Winnipeg Free Press
Canada
Dominion
Kingsa
House of Commons
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U.S
Jimmy Mattern
Aree
People’s League For
Savoy Hotel
Yangtze Valley
China
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Koki ‘Hirota
Nanking
Foreign ‘Office
Canton
Chefoo
Tsiwan
Shanghat
Japan
Sen
Tweedsmuir
Inlata Lake
Interior B.C
Germany
Bowlen
Fallow
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