Disaster at level crossing kills twenty two in Quebec town
In Louiseville Quebec police and investigators probe a fiery 60 car freight crash into a farm truck carrying Friday rally participants. Twenty two people died and nearly a score were injured in a disaster described as the worst in the town's history. Survivors recount cries and sight of bodies along the tracks as recovery continues in rain and medical teams rush to Three Rivers hospital.
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Louiseville
Que
C.P
Montreal
St. Mason
Anon
Ley le Pene
Feipiand
Albert ‘Ricard
Edmond Houle
Three Rivers
London Lord Mayor seeks real cowboy during Western tour
Calgary reports Sir Percy Mingent, Lord Mayor of London, traveling to Vancouver. He expressed a desire to visit King Edward’s ranch at Pekisko and meet a real cowboy, joking about appointment if he did not see one.
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Calgary
C.P
London
Vancouver
Percy Mingent
King Edward
Pekisko
Typhoon Strikes Northern Luzon Killing and Leaving Homeless
A powerful typhoon hit Northern Luzon Island causing casualties and creating a wave of homelessness. Officials report widespread damage and fear famine among affected natives as rescue teams scramble to aid survivors.
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Manila
Luzon
Trains Delayed by Cloudburst Hits Vancouver Schedule
Westbound trains of the Canadian Pacific Railway were eight to nine hours late into Vancouver after a cloudburst east of Spence's Bridge. Train No 1 arrived 3:40 p.m. today instead of 10:30 p.m. yesterday. Eastbound Canadian National trains also delayed with detours and late arrivals.
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Vancouver
C.P
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Spence's
Basque
Calgary
Lytton
Canadian National
Canadian National Transcontinental, Limited
Registrations Rise for Social Credit Dividends in Medicine Hat
Registration totals for Social Credit dividends in the Medicine Hat provincial riding reached 3435 with today’s counts by divisions Medicine Hat city 2924 Redcliff 449 Finch's Lake 33 Dunmore 29. Registration continues through September end with staff at the Social Credit committee rooms to assist. Dr J L Robinson urges citizens to register before next Saturday if possible as he will be away for about three weeks.
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Social Credit
Medicine Hat
J. L. Robinson
Medicine
Hat City
Redcliff
Finch’s Lake
Dunmoré
Robinson
Social Credit in Eleven Months Not Eighteen
Premier Aberhart told the Prophetic Bible Institute in Calgary that Social Credit in Alberta took 11 months, not 18, as conditions spurred action. He denied reports that signing covenants forces farmers to give crops or wages to the government and attacked Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade for opposing the movement.
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Calgary
C.P
Social Credit
Alberta
Jennier’ Aberhart
Prophetic Bible ‘Institute
Ontario
Quebec
United States
Great
Britain
Chambers of Commerce
Rta
Aberhart
Douglas
Major C. H. Douglas
Alberta Gov
Firanglers
Adamonton Chamber of Commerce
Dominion
Boards of Trade
Fur Looters Committed For Trial In Fort Nelson Robbery
Bert Sheffield and Henry Courvoisier were committed for trial in Victoria on charges of robbing the Hudsons Bay Company warehouse at Fort Nelson of furs valued at $32,000. Magistrate Abbott ordered the commitment after brief testimony. the robbery occurred after staff were trussed and imprisoned. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment with the lash, and the fur loot remains unrecovered.
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Victoria
C.P
Bert Sheffield
Henry Courvoisier
Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Nelson
Fort Berch
Abbott
Fishing Fatality Near Qualicum Falls Hides Tragedy
In Nanaimo Aug 16 Lewis Symons of Montclare Ned slipped and fell 75 feet from a ledge at Little Qualicum Falls during a fishing trip with his Vancouver brother in law Vance Macdonald. The body could not be recovered immediately.
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Nanaimo
C.P
Lewis Symons
Montclare
Ned
Little Qualicum Falls
Symons
Vance Macdonald
Vancouver
500 Burned Alive Prisoners Reported in Bilbao Fire
German sailors reported that 500 prisoners held by government forces in Bilbao were burned alive when rebel shells set fire to a prison warehouse. The claim cited by the cable service described the incident as occurring under the siege of Bilbao on August 17.
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SAINT JEAN _DE
Luz
France
G.P
Bilbao
Veterans Affairs Tour Canada to Aid Re employment Plan
The veterans' assistance commission announced a tour of Canada from Sept 15 to Dec 1 to interview local veterans groups and employers about starting a re employment scheme. Honorary local committees will be organized to assist.
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Ottawa
C.P
Veterans’ ‘Assistance Commission
Canada
New Gold Strike Near Jungo Nevada Attracts Big Offers
San Francisco Chronicle reports a Nevada gold mine near Jungo is active with owner rejecting offers totaling about ten million dollars including a bid from former President Herbert Hoover. George Austin, Jungo storekeeper, has mined gold valued at roughly five hundred dollars daily for the past year.
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San Francisco
C.P
The
Chronicle Today
Jungo
Herbert Hoover
United States
George Austin
Spain's Bloodiest Battle In Estremadura War Frontier
Madrid dispatch reports a fierce clash in Estremadura as 20,000 government troops and militia attack rebels blocking the Portuguese frontier. Rebels said to have executed 1,500 government supporters after taking Badajoz, prompting a brutal government drive to exterminate rebel forces in the west.
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Madrid
C.P
Spain
Estremadura
Badajoz
Prosperity Highways Funds Exhausted as Work Stalls
District Engineer A C Gardner says funds allotted for road work in the district are exhausted and projects pause awaiting supplies. Some highways in the area have begun grading and gravelling only after rain, with specific sections near Porter’s Hill Irvine Duchess Empress Patricia and Elkwater roadwork outlined as ongoing or nearly finished.
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A.C. Gardner
Porter’s Hill
Irvine
Schuler Road
Elkwater
Patricia
Surge of Arab Terrorism Slays Eleven Jews
In Jerusalem during the weekend a fresh wave of Arab terrorism claimed eleven Jewish lives, lifting the total Jewish deaths in the ongoing racial conflict to sixty six.
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Jerusalem
C.P. Cable
A .New
Voters to Decide Quebec Legislature Tomorrow
Quebec voters go to the polls tomorrow to elect the 90 seats of the Legislative Assembly after a closing round of Sunday rallies. Premier Adelard Godbout seeks endorsement for his Liberal government and its revised program as L A Taschereau hands over the leadership after 39 years.
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Quebec
C.P
Legislative Assembly
Adelard Godbout
L. A. Taschereau
Liberal
Italian Forces Seize Haile Selassie Property in Exile
Italian invaders confiscated all of Emperor Haile Selassie's property and possessions in Addis Ababa today. Most private holdings including the royal jewels were taken with him into exile.
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Addis Ababa
C.P. Gable
Haile Selassie
Selassie
Empress Highway Route Draws Community Discussion
A meeting in Hilda attracted reps from Hilda Schuler and surrounding districts where the proposed eight mile all weather highway would run west of Hilda bypassing longer links. Gardner and chamber officials clarified connections to standard grade linking Hilda Schuler and Medicine Hat, easing fears of neglect.
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Empress
Hilda
Schuler
D. A. Lush
GA. Hoover
W. Huckyale
Medicine ,Hat Chamber, of Commerce
A.C. Gardner
Gardner
Settlement
Hilla
Medicine Hat
Rebel and Loyalist Actions Across Spain Telegraph War News
Dispatches from Hendaye Madrid and Burgo report heavy rebel bombardments of Irun and San Sebastian with alleged hostage executions. Loyalists claim key gains in Mallorca and Palma, and government seizures from church vaults. Franco arrives to coordinate northern operations as battles rage in Badajoz and Zaragoza.
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Hendaye
France
C.P
Irun
San Sebastian
Espana
Fort Guadalupe
Madrid
Gijon
Mallorca
Palma
Huesca
Alberobajo
Taller
San Daniel
Badajoz
St.Vincent de Paul
Liberal Elected by Acclamation in Gloucester Division
Bathurst New Brunswick Aug 17 Liberal Dr C J Veniot was acclaimed as Gloucester’s member in the House of Commons to succeed his late father Hon P J Veniot with no other candidates on the list. The returning officer closed nominations at the time of the declaration.
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Bathurst
N.B
C.P
C.J. Venlot
Gloucester
House of Commons
Venlot
P. J. Veniot
Foreigners Evacuated from Ibiza by German Marines
German marines evacuated about 90 foreigners of various nationalities from Ibiza island in the Balearic group. A German radio contact guided destroyers to the scene to assist the operation.
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Naples
C.P. Cable
Ibiza
Kirkland Lake Miners Recovered From Cave-In
Rescue crews recovered the bodies of Roy Warwick and two others after a rock fall at the 2,700 foot level of Lake Shore mine in Kirkland Lake Ontario. Warwick, 25, was pulled out last night as teams continued to search the rubble where Jack Bottrill and James Morden died in the same accident.
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Kirkland Lake
Jack
Bottrill
James Morden
Roy Warwick
Warwick
Lake Shire
Election arrests reported on Quebec election day
Montreal police at noon report the first arrests of the day with about 60 men detained on charges of impersonation attempted intimidation and illegal possession of weapons.
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Montreal
C.P
Quebec
Carrier pigeon captured near Thelma ranch home
On August 10 a carrier pigeon banded 1934 T 187 appeared at the ranch home of James Mitchell near Thelma LA. It flew to the door and was picked up. Local citizens interested in tracing ownership may pursue the bird.
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James Mitchell
Thelma
Eastend finds 25 million year old triceratops remains
Eastend editor George Beane and town officer Corkey Jones uncovered the head of a three horned dinosaur in the Black Tilt Coulee about 20 miles southeast of Eastend. They describe a massive six foot diameter crest and bones in good preservation while partial remains await full excavation.
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Eastend
Sask
C.P
Eastend Hills
George Beane
Corkey Jones
Mr. Jones
Mr. Beane
Jones
Beane
Paris
the Coulee
United States
Cale Creek
Arime
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Ebridge
Prem. Aberhart
Veterans’ Assistance Commission
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Seine
Porte de St. Cloud
Poor Selassie
Medicine‘Hat
Boeree
Isle
Maleorca
Balearic
Burgos
Zaragoza
Francisco Franco
Rehé
Barajas
Kirkland ‘Lake
Lake Shore
Cypress Hill
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