Graf Zeppelin completes perilous global flight toward Tokio
Reports from multiple cities recount the Graf Zeppelin nearing Kasumigaura airport near Tokio after a 7,000 mile, 102 hour journey from Friedrichshafen Germany. Weather caused course changes and late arrival predictions. cold air and fuel for about 100 hours noted as it covers roughly half the route.
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Tokio
Kasumigaura
Brea Rien
Spe *Ival
Muroan
Hokkaido
Japan
Volcano Bay
Hakodate
Murcan Moscow
Kizel
Urals
Johann C. Karlin
Eckener
Moscow
New York
Hearst
Orlin
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin
E.S.T
Siberia
Tosk
Eizel
Plane crashes near Scotts Bluff in tail spin
Scotts Bluff Neb Aug 19 Charles Schaefer pilot for the Bluff Airways Company and two passengers were killed when the airplane went into a tail spin while descending for landing at the airport three miles east of Scotts Bluff.
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Scotts Bluff, Neb
Charles Schaefer
Tts Bluff Airways Company
Here
Guardsmen Mobilized as Marion Cotton Mills Strike
Asheville National Guardsmen were ordered mobilized to Marion North Carolina to handle 1600 striking workers at Clinch field cotton mills who refused to let 400 non union men return to work this morning.
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Asheville
WN. C
Body of Young Man Cut In Two Found on Track
A man about 19 years old was found dead on the track between Suffield station and a water tank after an apparent fall from a moving train. The body was brought to Medicine Hat. no papers, one signet ring B.G.C., and a cap marked Echlen Winnipeg were found. Coroner Dr. Boyd ruled no inquest was needed.
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Lisbon
Oscar Kaesar
Kurtlaescher
Juncal
Here
Atlantic
New York
Halifax
Azores
Portugal
Gerfer
Werra
Afterson
Switzerland
trans-Canada
Suffield
A.P.P
O. Boyd Feft
Spone
Rait
Nott’s Chapel
Krigne
B.G.C
Echlen
Winnipeg
Nott
Will
Boyd
British Labour Minister Denies Dumping Unemployed to Canada
Ottawa reports Mr Thomas, the British Labour Minister, stating Britain has no plan to ship unemployed workers to Canada. He outlines openness to pioneer work for Britons and emphasizes dialogue with Canada on trade and disarmament while planning visits to Saint John and Toronto.
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Ottawa
Flepper
Great Brivero
J. H
Phomagsy
Thomas
Government House
Willingdon
Canada
Thor
Montreal
Henry Thornton
Mr. Thomas
Great Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Empire
Canda
Dominion
Snowdon
the Hague
Saint John
Trades and Labor Congress
Toronto
Eingland
Early Dissolution Hinted For Japanese Government
Viscount K Mushalmoji Japanese minister to Sweden Norway Finland and Denmark predicts dissolution of the present Japanese government and a new one within a year as the premier remains in minority control of the Diet. He arrived in Vancouver aboard the Empress of France en route to Stockholm after a holiday in Japan.
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Vancouver
Viscount K. Mushalmoji
Stockholm
Japan
Viscount Mushalmosi
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Denmark
Bucharest
Roumania
Family massacre and house fire in Royal Oak
Royal Oak Michigan August 19 Hans Peter Nielson killed his wife and four children with gas fumes and then poisoned himself after setting fire to his home. Firefighters found Mrs Magdalene Nielson age 35 and the children Nell 9 Bertha 8 Paul 6 Bodell 2 dead in a bedroom as all gas jets in the house were opened.
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H. P. Nielson
Royal : Oak
Mich
Hans
Peter ‘Nielson
Royal Oak
Magdalen
Nielson
Nells Hans
Bertha
Paul
Bodell
Appointment of Wales as Professor at University of New Brunswick
Wales has been appointed Professor of Latin and Greek at the University of New Brunswick. He is an Honor Graduate of Cambridge, Scholar and Prize man of St Catharine's College, and for the past year has served as Classical Master at Sherborne Preparatory School in Dorset, England.
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Diff
Wales
University of New Brunswick
University of Cambridge
St. Catharine’s College
Sherbourne Preparatory School
Dorset
England
Thornton Heads Inspection Tour of Canadian National Railways
Sir Henry Thornton chairman and president of Canadian National Railways begins annual inspection of Western lines from Jasper Park Lodge to Vancouver and beyond. Accompanying officials include A A Tisdale H A Dixon G M Hair and Abana district superintendents as the tour covers Vancouver Victoria Prince Rupert Edmonton Calgary Saskatoon Winnipeg and other points.
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Jasper
Alta
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Jasper Park Lodge
Vancouver
Sir Henry
A. A. Tisdale
H. A. Dixon
G. M. Hair
Abana
Lulu Island
New Westminster
Sir ‘Henry
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Prince Rupert
Prince George
Edmonton
Calgary
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Berina
Ne ’Prigice
Albert
Winnip
Fort William
Port Arthur
A J McLean Hurt In Auto Accident
Calgary August 19 Archibald J McLean formerly a member of the Alberta cabinet lies in General Hospital with a broken kneecap from a four car collision on the Macleod trail four miles north of Okotoks about 10 45 Sunday morning. Elmer Beal 13 had a hand injured and others escaped serious injury as all four cars were badly damaged Detectives F Russell and G Harvey investigated.
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Calgary
Archibald J. McLean
Macleod
Alberta
General Hospital
Macleod Trail
Okotoks
Elmer Beal
McLean
A. E. Archel
L. S. Mackid
F. Russell
G.harvey
S&s. K
Bennett
Simpson
Beal
Rush Troops to the Manchurian Front
Tokyo reports that the first large Chinese reinforcement army arrived at the Western Manchurian border equipped with machine guns and field guns. Mukden dispatch notes Governor Chang Hsueh Liang appointed General Wang Shu Chong to command Manchurian forces en route to Siberia and convened a military council at Mukden. Twenty three thousand Mexican agrarian soldiers, enrolled when the March revolution began, have been mustered out.
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Tokio
Renge
Manchuri
Manchuria
Manchurian
Mukden
Chang Hsueh Liang
Wang Shu Chong
Siberian
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Lloydminster East Side
A devastating blaze in Lloydminster gutting the eastern business district caused about 1 million dollars in damage. Firefighters battled intense flames across Main Street destroying Boyd’s pool hall, Paliente barber shop, the Royal Bank and many stores while the Royal George Hotel burned, impacting hotels, offices, and the curling rink with water supply running out.
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Saskatoon
Lloydminster
Attes
Saskatchewan
Boyds
Boyd
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Sid Solly
N. J. Nichol
W. Harris
W. A. Miner
Culver
Anderson and Morden
Barier
C. H. Trumbull
McCabe
C. H. Moxley
Royal George
H. Stevens Land
Tevor H. Huxley
Turner and Gurest
Cameron Dry Goods
McLaughlin
Salmon Block
W. L. Cameron
Main Street
C.N.R
Royal George Hotel
Britannia Hotel
Co-Operative
H. S. Hall
Hall
Co-Operative Harness Shop
T. A. Wright and Son
Pulley and Weight Tame Wild Broncos
Martinsdale Montana residents describe a simple method to break wild broncos. A rope tied to the halter runs through a pulley atop a high point and a 100 pound weight hangs at the end. The horse backs away, tires of the weight, and gradually moves forward, making the animal easier to lead.
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Martinsdale
Mont
Fires Threaten Nelson Area as Winds Ease in British Columbia
Aug 18 19 Coal Creek evacuation at Fernie as bush fires driven by high winds threaten towns in British Columbia. Relief came with cooler weather and calmer winds. Revelstoke reports reduced danger and fire lines manned by skeleton patrols as crews fight remaining hotspots.
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Nelson
Atte
Sala City
Dari Can City
Johnson
Big Child
Revelstoke
Briitigh Columbia
Fernie
B.C
Coal Creek
Five Die In Rooming-House Fire At Little Rock
Five persons were burned to death and several others injured in a fire at a rooming house in Little Rock Arkansas. An explosion from a gas cooking stove started the blaze, trapping victims in upstairs rooms.
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Little Rock
Ark
Western Canada harvest outlook and varied yields reported
The Canadian Pacific Agricultural Department reports ideal harvest weather across Western Canada with light to heavy showers aiding late coarse grain and pastures. Wheat cutting proceeds, summerfallow prospects look better than fall and spring plowed land, but yields are spotty across provinces with hail damage and drought stressing water for stock and well depths.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian Pacific Agricultural Department
Prairies
Calgary
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Graf Zeppelin
Friederichshafen
Scott’s Bluff
Holy Land
London
Boy Scouts
J Pnindv
Buckingham Palace
N.B
Thornton
CNR
A. J. McLean
Neak Okotoks
East Side
Slocan City
C. P. R. Crop Report
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