Council Applies for Aid Under Dominion Provincial Agreement
The council decided to apply for federal municipal relief under a new agreement with the Dominion and province. Commissioners advised a resolution to participate in grant in aid, with relief recipients to be classified as unemployable partially employable or fully employable. A meeting will discuss six month needs and provincial help. Also Calgary telegram offered 900 for a standpipe. funds to Public Works. Edward Murray of Baltimore, president of Bromo Seltzer Co. Canada U.S., died in Toronto.
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Alberta Areats of Relief
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Another Head Falls Under the Axe
Edmonton report says Magistrate A H Gibson of the Hadmonton police court was dismissed by order of the Alberta attorney general. Premier Aberhart indicated the order had not yet been signed. Gibson, a Queen’s University graduate, practiced in Alberta since 19 07 and will be succeeded by Magistrate A J Millar at Sedgwick as senior provincial magistrate.
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Gibson
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Edmonton Special Areas Board Called Camouflage by Dismissed Official
John Gair of Killam, ousted administrator and board member, alleges in a letter to Premier Aberhart that the Special Areas Board is a camouflage or political football used by the government to cover indifference to residents. The Edmonton Journal reports Aug. 16 from Edmonton.
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Negrin Resigns in Spain Prompting Implicit Cabinet Shakeup
The Spanish cabinet headed by Premier Juan Negrin resigned early today in Barcelona with a reshuffle anticipated before midnight. Authorities said the reorganization would not bring major changes in key personnel.
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C.P
Juan Negrin
Battle of the Ebro Valley Rages in Spain
The Ebro valley fighting between the Spanish government and rebels continued into its 21st day with both sides claiming gains. Government air forces claimed 21 insurgent planes shot down on Sunday while losing only one of their own. rebels pressed toward Almaden as ground fighting intensified near Gandesa.
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Gandesa
Almaden
Cordoba
Eden’s political eclipse amid prewar tensions in Britain
Anthony Eden, former foreign secretary, sits on Westminster’s sidelines since resigning Feb 20 amid discord with Prime Minister Chamberlain over the Anglo Italian treaty. Observers say his star may rise again with a favorable opportunity, as he remains a Conservative.
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Anthony Eden
Great Britain
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Eden
League of Nations
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Tomorgyn
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Mussolini
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Lawyers Were Snappy
Vancouver August 16 W E Burns K C of Vancouver was elected treasurer of the Law Society of British Columbia in a 15 minute meeting one of the shortest on record He succeeds Senator J W deB Farris who has guided the association for years The treasurer acts as presiding officer in the society’s traditional English law practice
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C.P
W. E. Burns
K.C
The
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Burns
J. W. Deb. Farris
Baseball scores and a world tour note from 1930s era games
Baseball results across the National and American leagues show multiple games with team scores and pitchers listed. A separate note mentions Hon. W. D. Hitler sailing from Quebec to visit the Glasgow fair with a potential European tour. Record yields in Saskatchewan reach forty bushels per acre at Muenster east of Humboldt.
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Chinese massed forces surround Hankow as raids widen
General Chiang Kai-shek reportedly concentrates 1 060 000 troops near Hankow while Japanese probes advance up the Yangtse. Cholera rages at Kiukiang affecting Japanese troops and Chinese survivors. In Yangsin a Japanese raid drops bombs on a hospital and civilian targets causing heavy casualties and fires.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Hankow
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Yangtse
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Yangsin
Canton-Hankow
King and Queen to Visit Us in 1939
The Liverpool Post reports in its London letter that the King and Queen are likely to visit Canada and the United States during 1939. No plans or invitations have been issued yet. Lord Tweedsmuir and Lord Stanley are mentioned as possible discussants with Prime Minister King.
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Social Credit Plans Eastern Canada Dominion Candidates
Social Credit organizers from Quebec Ontario New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island decide to enter candidates in the Dominion election. Louis Even of St Hyacinthe Quebec is elected president of the new eastern Canada Social Credit association.
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Social Credit
Dodge Heir Drowned After Camp Explosion Near Little Current
Danny Dodge heir to a nine million dollar motor car fortune died after a dynamite stick exploded at a Canadian summer camp near Kagawong Manitoulin Island. He was rescued by speedboat but drowned in the north channel of Georgian Bay. Mrs Dodge and Lloyd Bryant were seriously injured with Bryant not expected to recover.
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Danny Dodge
Georgian Bay
Dodge
Kagawong
Lloyd Bryant
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Douge
Ann Laurine MacDonald
Gore Bay
Ont
Mindemoya
Manitoulin Island
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Here
Frank Dulliquette
King Needs No Invitation to Visit the Dominion
A brief note asserts the King could visit the Dominion without any invitation. The remark implies sovereign authority and informal access, underscoring royal prerogative in imperial relations.
Electron microscope opens unseen world at 100000x
Berlin report describes a new electron microscope built by Dr. Ernst Ruska and Bodo von Borke. The device uses a 100,000 volt cathode ray tube to focus electrons in vacuum, producing visible images from magnified objects.
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Berlin
Ernst Ruska
Bodo von Borke
Premier Aberhart Declares Rowell Commission Futile
Alberta Premier Aberhart denounces the Rowell commission as a national menace and political futility. He criticizes its terms and method while highlighting his government’s plan to publish a two part report on Alberta's economic and social reform within the Canadian system. The move follows Hepburn and Duplessis support and signals a broader stance against federal probing.
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Sapone
Aberhart
Prem Burn
Aberta
Alberta
Commigsion
Tre Ey Solon Low
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Canada
Oe Adele
Rawell Co
Hepburn
Mackenzie Re Et
Campe Tho
Teo
Rowell Commission
Premier Duplessis
Edmonton Reports Sixth Summer Paralysis Death
Edmonton confirms a sixth death from the summer paralysis outbreak with an eight year old boy among the victims in Alberta. The city notes the ongoing toll since July 1 as health officials monitor cases and advise precautions.
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Edmonton
Renee
Alberta
H Cuse
U S Plans Wheat Subsidy At 26 to 30 Cents Per Bushel
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced a wheat subsidy of 26 to 30 cents a bushel for compliance with a 31 percent acreage reduction next year. A total of 712 million dollars is expected for payments. The agency also outlined next year’s crop programs including quotas for cotton and marketing quotas for other products.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Duck Shooting Season Opens October 1 in Southern Alberta
The duck shooting season in Southern Alberta starts at 12 noon on October 1 and runs until sundown in November as a conservation measure.
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Edmonton to spend 3000 yearly on tram noise eliminators
Thomas Ferrier, superintendent of Edmonton street railways, announced that 3000 dollars a year will be spent to wipe out radio interference caused by street cars. Noise eliminators will be delivered next month and installed on each of the citys 75 trams.
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Thomas Ferrier
Edmonton Street Railways
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