Medicine Hat Dropped From Air Mail Line on Western Circuit
Ottawa reports end of air mail contracts with three months into the phase of cancellation. Premier Bennett had signaled curtailment, with government yet to decide renewal, payment methods, or changes. Postmaster General Sauve absent. Prime Minister says economy drives cutback but air mails not abandoned. In Victoria, Italian correspondent Dr Vittorio Brocchiere praises Canadian aviators for opening vast northern areas and advancing aerial navigation.
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Ottawa
3. Bennett
Arthur Sauve
Victoria
B.C
Canada
Dr. Brocchieri
E .R. Skipwith
London Financial Times
Claude M. Bristol
Portland
Oregonian
B. P. Guild
Pacific Coast
Hearst Newspaper Group
Lady Swathling
London
T. Z. Koo
Y.M.C.A
Chifia
Shanghai
Alberta coal output drops from June last year
Alberta coal production for June fell to 235,944 tons from 354,910 a year earlier. Declines spread across all fields with domestic mines contributing 49,258 tons led by Drumheller at 14,712 tons and Edmonton at 11,320 tons. Bituminous and sub bituminous totals were 188,064 and 18,622 tons respectively.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R. G. Reid
Jrumheller
Nautilus Set for Trial Run Before Pole Cruise
Sir Hubert Wilkins plans a trial northward run aboard the submarine Nautilus assisted by a sealing ship. The craft arrived from Tomsoe and docked at its base in Long Year City ahead of a planned underwater voyage toward the North Pole.
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Spitebergen
Associated Press
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Tomsoe
Plane lands to save ill geologist in Edmonton
Edmonton report says W A Spence landed the plane at 5 p m to rescue John C Rogers of Sparrie Ontario manager of Ventures Limited and noted geologist after Rogers fell ill with a stomach ulcer at Hunter Bay. He was rushed to hospital and operated on with improving condition though still in danger.
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Edmonton
Alta
John C. Rogers
Sparrie
Ont
Ventures Limited
W. A. Spence
Rogers
Hunter Bay
Gandhi May Yield Point to London Round Table
Mediation efforts intensify to persuade Mahatma Gandhi to join delegates in London for the second Round Table conference on Indian affairs. Gandhi signals willingness to drop demands for an arbitration board or High Court inquiry if a civilian or government official is appointed to hear his complaints. Viceroy Willingdon and the London cabinet are informed as Benn considers favorable action.
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Bombay
India
Associated Press
Mahatma Gandhi
London
Delhi
Willingdon
Simla
Wedgwood Benn
Gandhi
China Charters Vessels To Convey U S Wheat
Shanghai reports the Chinese government asked if the United States Farm Board would sell substantial wheat on liberal terms for relief in the Yangtse Valley. Washington has not replied. The National Flood Relief Commission is negotiating cargo space and awaits Farm Board terms to enable large purchases as hunger and epidemics threaten Hankow Wuchang and Yanyang.
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Shanghai
Associated Press
United States Farm Board
Yangtse
Washington
United States
National Flood Relief Commission
China
Farm Board
Hankow
Wuchang
Yanyang
Calgary Killing Sparks Manslaughter Charge Near Princess Cafe
Gust Warberg 1208 Third St E is dead after a brawl outside the Princess Cafe on Ninth Ave W. Nels Berg 27 of Empress Rooms 134 Ninth Ave W is held by police on an alleged manslaughter charge. Witnesses say both men had been drinking and quarreled on the street around 10 40 p m Saturday as Warberg fell and struck his head on the sidewalk.
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Calgary
Gust Warberg
Third Street East
Nels Berg
Empress Rooms
Ninth Avenue West
Warberg
Relief Tax Bill Considered in Saskatchewan
Regina August 17 Premier J T M Anderson indicated a Provincial Relief Tax Bill will be introduced at the next Legislature session. The measure likely becomes an emergency tax to cover a three million dollar deficit, applying as a direct assessment on individual incomes.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
J. T. M. Anderson
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg On Aug 17
Grain inspectors report Saturday totals for new crop wheat with 50 cars including 3 of No 1 hard and 28 of No 1 Northern. Old crop wheat 136 cars, total contract wheat 154, with 6 cars rejected. Barley new crop 3, old crop 21. Flax old crop six, rye new crop 1, old crop 3. Mixed grains old crop one. Last year figures shown for comparison.
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Winnipeg
No. 1
Northern
No. 2 Northern
John R Dougall Celebrates 90th Birthday in Montreal
John Redpath Dougall editor of the Montreal Witness marks his 90th birthday at Meta Beach summer home. He began at the Witness in 1860 and edited the paper for 61 years. He is the doyen of Canadian weekly papers and McGill's oldest living graduate. He never drew dividends or salary from the publication.
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Montreal
Quc
John Redpath Dougall
Montreal Witness
Metia Beach
Dougall
The
Witness
McGill University
Four Murderers Hanged At Rockview Penitentiary
Four men died in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary in Bellefont, Pa, for a murder committed three years ago during a bootleg ring raid on a Cambria county farm. The condemned were Frank Cantilla alias Ace of Spades, Frank Wojt, Carl Crow, and Joseph Pars. a fifth member received life imprisonment for the Hoffman killing. The executions occurred in 28 minutes after trial testimony linked the group to a search for hidden liquor.
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Bellefont
Rockview
Louis Hoffman
Cambria County
Frank Cantilla
Frank Wpovll
Carl Crow
Joseph Pars
Hoffman Farm
Hoffman
CPR Tracks Trespass Warning at Timekeeper’s Office
Citizens warned against cutting across CPR tracks to the depot and through the timekeeper’s office. The CPR police are instructed to prosecute future trespassers at this location to prevent accidents.
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C.P.R
Greeks Ordered Out Of Bulgaria Amid Diplomatic Spat
Despatches from Sofia report Bulgaria ordered all Greek nationals to leave within thirty days. The move follows accusations that Greece expelled Bulgarians from Greece without notice, violating a tripartite agreement requiring three months notice.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Sophia Today
Greece
Brutal Knife Rampage in Brooklyn Speakeasy Murders
Police reveal an eye witness account of six men attacking three victims in a Brooklyn speakeasy cellar. Charles Maturo Charles Simminelli and Joseph Alberi were seated as knives and black jacks were used, ending in their deaths after assaulting two women earlier that night.
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New York
Brooklyn
Charles Maturo
Charles Simminelli
Joseph Alberi
Maturo
Simminelli
Barberi
Royal visitors still at Banff
Their Majesties the King and Queen of Siam are touring Banff with no formal entertainment arranged. They drove the district roads while their suite attended the Willingdon Cup golf event and enjoyed a Lake Minnewanka fishing trip. The royal party plans Lake Louise and Lake O Hara visits before returning to Banff.
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Banff
Siam
Canadian
Banff Springs
Lake Minnewanka
King
HE. de B. Panet
C.M.G
Lake Louise
Lake O'Hara
No More Soviet Rationing In Britain And Russia
British market sees Soviet butter invasion stall as Dominion supplies rise led by Australia and New Zealand. Rumors of ending rationing ripple through Moscow and Berlin with plans for abolishing wartime cards and easing exports while domestic demand rises. Stalin reportedly outlined the shift to co op leaders as rationing ends early next year.
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London
Geo. Hambleton
Dominions
Australia
New Zealand
Empire Dairy Council
Russia
United Press
Josef V. Stalin
Stalin
Soviet Russia
Stevens Sees Russian Trade Plain in Canada South Africa Talks
Vancouver Aug. 17 Hon H H Stevens minister of trade and commerce says Canada and South Africa seek a trade treaty while maintaining ties with New Zealand. He expects wheat prices to recover in eight to ten months and warns Russia will not dominate trade as once feared. He notes plans to build external trade on sound foundations and to expand inter empire links. He adds unemployment relief aims to provide basic needs while preparing for a quicker recovery and stresses Canada's bright future.
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Vancouver
Canada
South Africa
New Zealand
H. H. Stevens
Russia
Stevens
Tolmie
British Columbia
Victoria
Toronto Communists Arrested by Police Amid Party Leaders
Thomas A. Ewen, chief secretary of the Worker's Unity League, surrendered to local police today. With his surrender six prominent Communist leaders are in custody as warrants had been issued earlier by Attorney General W. H. Price in connection with arrests of Communist Party leaders in Canada.
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Toronto
Thomas A. Ewen
Worker's Unity League
Communist Party of Canada
W. H. Price
Communist Party In Canada
Ewent
Lindbergh Start for Japan From Kamchatka Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh prepared to fly 897 miles from Petropavlovsk to Nemuro Japan after landing Sunday. The couple were welcomed by 60 schoolchildren and local residents amid a festive harbor scene in Kamchatka.
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San Francisco
Calif
Gramet
Tokyo
Charles A. Lindbergh
Petropavlovisk
Kamchatka
Nemura
Japan
Grant
Tokio
Petropavlovsk
Siberia
Charles A
Manville man dies in bed in suspected self inflicted shooting
Kam Bartoshyk a 51 year old Manville Alberta farmer and father of five was found dead in bed early Sunday from a shotgun wound. authorities deem the death a suicide amid reports of despondency and melancholy.
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Alta
Manville
Kam Bartoshyk
Ville
Bartoshyk
Big Five Set to Shape British Budget Plan
London reports the Labor cabinet's Big Five reconvenes at No 10 Downing Street to craft concrete proposals for budget balance with full cabinet review planned midweek. Meanwhile trades unions and Labor executives discuss the national financial situation and party lines as opposition leaders return for input.
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London
No. 10
Downing Street
General Council
Trades Union Congress
National Executive
Labor Party
Neville Chamberlain
Herbert Samuel
Ramsay MacDonald
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