Britain Tests Planes In War Demonstration Across Europe
Britain and France conducted a joint air strength display with over 200 French bombers over London as the Anglo French anti aggression front maintains readiness. Royal Navy training begins with HMS Formidable launch and 500 naval recruits reporting for duty in Southampton. Reports detail rising tensions in Europe with Poland detaining Nazi suspects and border clashes escalating near Romania and Hungary.
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London
Britain
Poland
C.P
France
Liverpool
Royal Air Force
Belfast
H.M.S. Formidable
Southampton
Ridatah Winanor
Elandar
Communists Withdraw Support From Alberta New Democracy
Alberta Communist leader Jan Lakeman said at a Edmonton nominating convention that the party will disassociate from the New Democracy movement. Lakeman was chosen as a candidate for the Edmonton riding while Communists had backed New Democracy to unite progressives. He argued Alberta’s New Democracy has become a federal Social Credit edition with nominations limited to Social Credit members.
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Eddmonton
Cpi
Jan Lakeman
Alberta
Communist Party
New Democracy
Lakeman
Edmonton
New Democracy Federation
W. D. Herridge
Carch
New Democracy Movement
Social Credit Party
Ocl
Social Credit
Danish industrialist plans Atlantic flight on 67th birthday
Hans Von Holt, escapee from the Hindenburg disaster, sails from Southampton to New York aboard the Pan American Dixie clipper to retry crossing the Atlantic. William McKay of Timming sustains 156 stitches after a car crash, closing wounds from a windshield impact.
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London
Hans von Holt
Lakehurst
Southampton
New York
William McKay
Timming
Cooling winds ease heat wave as temperatures fall
Cool northerly winds kept temperatures below 90 with highs of 89 on Tuesday and 86 yesterday. By noon the thermometer read 85 before a north wind drove the mercury down and a cool evening looked likely.
U S A to Assist Germany Return to Peaceful Economy
Washington outlines plans to aid Germany in a peaceful return to trade via credits for materials and goods, contingent on disarmament steps and liberalizing commerce. Proposed measures include export credits, subsidized wheat and cotton access, and a devaluation of the mark to foster open markets.
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Eign Exchange
Germany
Britain vows to fight Hitler to block European conquest
Rt. Hon. Lord Maugham told the Canadian Bar Association that Britain will fight Hitler rather than let him dominate Europe and force an unwanted regime on non German peoples. He said Hitler ignores warnings from Britain and Italy and that war will result.
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Quebec
C.P
Great Britain
Hitler
Europe
Lord Maugham
England
Bar Association
Dominion aids prairie feeder purchases again
Ottawa announces continuation of the feeder purchase plan for autumn 1945. Farmers may be reimbursed one-way travel costs when buying feeder cattle lambs or breeding ewes at designated sales and stockyards from Sept 1 to Dec 31. The policy covers eastern prairie British Columbia and Alberta Saskatchewan regions with specific sale dates and eligibility rules.
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C.P
Dominion
J. G. Gardiner
Canada
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Prairie
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Williams Lake
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Province of
Approve Road Work in Med. Hat District
Dr. J. L. Robinson announced government approval of road assistance in a provincial municipal program. Funding includes $2,000 for gravelling the Hilda Schuler road north of Medicine Hat, $2,000 for gravelling the Irvine Elk Water Lake road, and $1,200 for work north of Ranchville. Work starts immediately.
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Edmonton
C. P
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Medicine Hat
Hilda-Schuler
Irvine-Elkwater Lake
Ranchville
Mayor Telford Joins Vancouver Police Commission
Vancouver mayor Lyle Telford was sworn as chair of the police commission eight months after becoming chief magistrate. The commission includes the mayor, a police magistrate, and a county court judge as members. A special inquiry board was discussed to probe charges against Chief Constable Foster and other officers, amid debates over the mayor’s dual role as judge and prosecutor.
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Vancouver
C.P
Lyle Telford
Vancouver Police Commission
W. W .Foster
Police Commission
Telford
Foster
Woman Killed As Warship Formidable Is Launched
In Belfast Today the aircraft carrier Formidable burst its supporting cradle during launch, causing a runaway entry into Belfast Lough. One woman, Mrs Isabel Kirk, was killed by debris and about 20 spectators injured. Lady Wood christened the ship as it began to move. The Formidable carries over 60 planes and 16 4.5 inch guns.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
C.P
Formidable
Royal Navy
Isabel Kirk
Lady Wood
Kingsley Wood
U S Cotton Deal in Government Hands
Secretary Henry Wallace announced the government would take title to more than half of 11,000,000 bales of cotton held under loan to growers to support the cotton rubber exchange with Britain. The Commodity Credit Corporation will extend loans on a 1938 crop cotton for one year to July 1, 1940.
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Washington
C.P
Henry Wallace
Britain
Wallace
Commodity Credit Corporation
Alberta oil could find huge Britain market via feasible pipeline
Calgary August 17 Fred eric Hudd chief Canadian trade commissioner in the United Kingdom said there is an unlimited market for Alberta oil in Great Britain if a pipeline to Fort William Ontario or Vancouver is made accessible. He noted private British interests await the report by federal experts led by Dr. Charles Dain on a long distance Turner Valley pipeline and praised the oil delegation's impact in educating Britain about Canada's oilfield. He added Alberta sits strong in overseas wheat oil livestock and bacon trade and Canada’s advertising campaign Britain Canada Calling boosts demand.
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Frederic Hudd
United Kingdom
Alberta
Olu
Fort William
Ont
Vancouver
Charles Dainsell
Mines and Resources
Turner Valley
Hudd
Canada
England
N. E. Tanner
Tanner
United States
Britain
Artist Goldsmith Omar Ramsden Dies in London
Omar Ramsden aged 65, one of Britain’s last artist goldsmiths, died in London. He designed a Peace Bowl presented to Prime Minister Chamberlain last November by an anonymous Englishman to honor the Munich trip.
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London
Omar Ramsden
Goldsmiths
Chamberlain
Munich
Kidnapper Seen Across Western Canada in Hunt
Police chase a missing Toronto boy George Connor and suspect Arthur Armstrong across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Ontario as reports place them near Winnipeg Regina Gravenhurst Muskoka and Toronto. Witnesses including a Regina lawyer recall Armstrong and the boy from newspaper photos amid an expanding search.
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Regina
George Connor
Toronto
Canada
Arthur Armstrong
Winnipeg
Armstrong
Western Canada
Prairies
Gravenhurst
Ont
Muskoka
J. Cyril Malone
Malone
Germany prepares for war in unlikely calm build up
Berlin reports finishing touches to a broad preparedness program with the army on a war footing from the Tatras to the Baltic. Danzig and the Polish corridor are cited as key issues, with mid August as the target for completion and signals of new mobilization measures.
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Poland
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Pomorze
Hitler
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Red Cross
Reich
Hermann Goering
Oldenburg
Radi Hstener
Austro militia chief Gen Heulgerth dies in Carinthia
General Ludwig Heulgerth longtime commander of the Austrian militia and vice chancellor under Kurt Schudelmige died of a heart attack in Carinthia where he had retired.
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Ludwig Heulgerth
Kurt Schudelmige
Carinthia
Fritz Kuhn Testifies Before Dies Committee in Washington
Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Bund testifies before the Dies Committee on un American activities. He describes the Bund as 20 000 to 25 000 members with about 100 000 sympathizers and says records were destroyed on orders. He cites contributions and a 1936 interview with Hitler, while denying any connection to the German government.
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Dies Committee On
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Alabama
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Bund
Kuhn
Dies Committee
New York Legislative
New
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Hitler
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