Transatlantic route flight halted by rain in Ontario
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer delaying the next leg of their Greater Rockford flight due to heavy rain after starting from Rockford. The trio of stops planned includes Mount Evans Greenland and Reykjavik Iceland with a long water hop to Norway to complete the Stockholm route.
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Cochrane
Ont
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Greater Rockford
Mount Evans
Greenland
Bert R. J. Haesell
Rockford
Ills
Europe
North Atlantic
Iceland
Hassell
Parker D. Cramer
Greater
Cramer
Greenl
Stockholm
Sweden
Iis
Reykjavik
Norway
Giant Mongolian fossil unearthed by Dr. Andrews on expedition
Roy Chapman Andrews reports primitive man traces 150000 years old and fossils of a colossal land mammal six million years old from Mongolia. He describes the creature as the largest ever found with a 25 to 30 foot tall head, 18 to 20 tons weight, and two skulls. contínued on Page Wired.
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Peking
Roy Chapman Andrews
Mongolia
Fie
Wired
Army and Navy Veterans Postpone Quebec Convention
Edmonton reports Major General W A Griesbach announces the Army and Navy Veterans convention planned for September 25 to 29 in Quebec is postponed to next year due to insufficient business to bring delegates from across Canada. Dominion officers will continue operations until the next gathering.
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ARMY
Edmonton
W. A. Griesbach
G.B
C.M.G
D.S.O
Dominion
Army and Navy Veterans In
Canada
Army and Navy Veterans
Qenebc
Griesbach
No Change in Conditions at Wayne Mines
Drumheller Aug 16 All remains quiet at Wayne with both sides firm. A miners meeting is slated for Sunday after an attempted Tuesday meeting failed to draw turnout. Some mines progress with screen bars while others wait. Workers question the proposed wage, noting Wayne seams differ from Midland and fear losses from screening reducing pay by about four cents per ton.
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Drumheller
Wayne
Ideal
Wayne m
Midland
Pioneer Railroaders Deaths Mark Canadian Railway History
Michael J. Fenntl, one of Canada's oldest railway engineers, died in Toronto. James G. Millar of Medicine Hat recalls working with Fenntl in 1874 75 and notes his own long career from 1875 with York Simcoe and Huron Railway and later CPR, where he achieved an unblemished safety record as an engineer.
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Toronto
Michael J. Fenntl
Canada
Old Northern Railway
James G. Millar
Medicine Hat
Millar
Old
York, Simcoe and Huron
Bill Jackson
C.P.R
Sunburst Family Killed in Okotoks Crossing Tragedy
Ada Clarke sole survivor dies from shock after Okotoks level crossing crash that killed A Clarke 48 deputy sheriff and his wife plus two sons Garry 10 and Lloyd 5. Ada 15 injured, Mrs Clarke dies in High River Hospital. Casualties occurred when car blinded by sun struck CPR train, car crushed and carried on cowcatcher. Deputy Clarke had entered Canada at Coutts on August 15 with permit extended to Lethbridge and Calgary trip.
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Calgary
Alto
Ada Clarke
Okotoks
Sunburst
Montana
High River Hospital
A. Clarke
Garry Clarke
Lloyd Clarke
Clarke
Wrere
C.P.R
High Rives
Garry Lloyd
A. J. Clarke
High River
Ada
Uae
R. E. Buswell
Armstrong
Canada
Coutts
Lethbridge
Small Wheat Market Slips Slightly As Trade Dwindles
Winning Aug 17 report shows trading on Gay's grain market was quiet with small volume. Wheat moved within a two cent range and closed about 1 8 to 1 8 lower to higher, export demand nearly dormant while shipping concerns stayed quiet. Rye and barley showed good demand, oats held steady, cash wheat unchanged.
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Gay
Nant
Directors Meeting Postponed Until President Returns
Eaglebutte Oil Co Ltd notes the directors meeting scheduled for this evening is postponed until the return of President C. E. Roth.
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Eaglebutte Oil Cov. Ltd
C. EK. Roth
Earthquakes Rock Johannesburg Amid Rising Tremor Count
Residents report constant tremors in Johannesburg with twenty nine recorded this month. A severe quake this morning caused swaying motion and fear, while the year totals reach 426 with deadly mine collapses linked to several tremors.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Labor Holds North Aberdeen Seat After By election
In Aberdeen Scotland on August 17 the Labor Party retained North Aberdeen seat after the death of Frank Rose former Labor Minister. Capt Wedgewood Benn led Labor with 10 646 votes and rival totals were Conservative 4696 Communist 2618 Liberal 2337. Benn had been a Liberal earlier.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Labor Party
North
Frank Rose
Wedgewood Benn
Capt. Benn
Laura Bandeman
Aitken Ferguson
J. R. Rutherford
Liberal Party
Officers Killed in RAF Training School Crash
Three officers died in Digby Lincolnshire after two Royal Air Force planes collided at the training school. The crash occurred today during routine operations causing multiple fatalities among the service personnel.
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Digby
Lincolnshire
Eng
Royal Air Force
Mongolians Attack Chinese Armored Train in North Harbin
In North Harbin Manchuria Aug 17 Mongolian uprisings in Heilungkiang Province clash with a Chinese armored train killing eight Chinese soldiers. Rebels led by White Russian Zubkovsky move toward Challamor mines and Khailar as foreign merchants flee. Chinese troops deploy from Harbin and Khailar to suppress the dissidents seeking independence.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Heilungkiang
Challamor
Khailar
Zubkovsky
Semenoff
Nanking
Alberta considers two year nurse training plan
Edmonton reports Hon. George Hoadley outlines a two year nurse training path for country nursing with optional third year for specialized work. The plan aims to widen access, maintain public service quality, and support traveling clinics while addressing hospital rules and health centre needs.
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Edmonton
George Hoadley
Headley
Hoadley
Bank Of Toronto Increases Stock
The Bank of Toronto will raise its capital stock and rest account by 1.1 million dollars each via 10 000 new shares at 200 dollars. Shareholders of record today may subscribe one new share for every five held. After the issue, capital will total 6 million and rest account 8 million. The stock trades near 300 dollars, making the new allotment a roughly 20 dollar per share bonus.
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Toronto
C.P
Bank of Toronto
Influenza Worsens Toll Among Mackenzie Indians
Edmonton reports an influenza outbreak along the Mackenzie River has killed about 275 native people in a few weeks, with 53 deaths at Fort Simpson and high totals at Fort Resolution Fort Rae Fort Norman Fort Good Hope and Fort McPherson. Only one white death reported.
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Edmonton
Mackenzie
Edmond
Fort Simpson
Jack Stewart
Sherwin
Barrens
Fort Resolution
Fort Rae
Fort Nornan
Fort Good Hope
Fort McPherson
Tragic boat blaze claims five on Ontario lake voyage
Albert Lafreniere and Rev. Pathe J B Dubuc survived a lake accident on Lake Lafire when gasoline aboard a pleasure craft ignited after an engine backfire. Five drowned including Father Dubuc and his sister Leonie Sylvestre, Mrs Albert Lafreniere, and her two children. Rescue efforts spanned the night as survivors reached a nearby island.
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North Bay
Father Dubne
Leonie Sylvestre
Sturgeon
Falls
Father Dubue
Persian Women May Be Permitted To Leave Off Veils
Persian newspapers report steady progress in women emancipation in Persia and Turkey. The coming National Assembly at Teheran may approve more official steps to emancipate women and end veiling on grounds that veils harm morality. Geo Hately of the Brantford Board of Trade is cited in the report.
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Baara
Irak
Persia
Turkey
Teheran
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Gen. Griesbach
Wayne Mines
James Grant Millar
J. Fennell
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Mackenzie River
Geo. Hately
Brantford Board of Trade
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