Labatt Kidnap Probe Fails To Pin Down Car Details
Police in Sarina Ontario say a wide local search failed to determine the make or direction of the abductor vehicle in the John Labatt kidnapping. Investigators questioned nearby farmers and located the transfer point on Egremont road near the Dewar farm, noting a gang's long-running activity in Windsor.
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Ont
C.P
John Labatt
Egrémont Road
London
Brewer
Egremont Road
Dewar
Archie Dewar
Willard, Anderson
Martin Burnley
Labatt
Camalachié
Hitler declares end of fifteen years Nazi struggle as vote totals mirror 1933
In Berlin on August 20 Adolph Hitler acknowledged the plebiscite showing strong Nazi dominance. He proclaimed the movement's fifteen year struggle for power complete and praised the leadership from Reich to local officials for delivering victory.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Reich
National Socialist Party
London Brewer John Labatt Kidnapped and Found Safe
London Ontario August reports Labatt, kidnapped last Tuesday, was released Friday and recuperating at a relative’s home. Police investigated a possible setup while a Detroit search linked a Windsor gang to the abduction. Authorities warned suspects and prepared to act if a solid case emerged.
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Detroit
John
Labatt
Ont
Fred W. Frahm
Windsor
Frahm
Belgian balloonists return safely after near 10 mile ascent
In Yugoslavia near Zinovlje Belgian stratosphere balloonists Prof Max Cosyns and Neree Vanderlist landed in a corn field after a perilous ascent from Hour Havenne Belgium. Instruments remained intact no new world height record achieved yet observers say they climbed near 10 miles. Farmers fled in terror as dusk fell and peasants presumed infernal origins.
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Maribor
Yugoslavia
Max Cosyns
Neree Vanderlist
Zinovlje
Pioneer Calgarian William Maloney Dies in Ottawa
William Maloney 78 a Calgary pioneer businessman who helped found the Alberta city died in Ottawa on Saturday His youth young man left Thorndale Ontario at 18 for the West and built a business career before retiring in 1900 He is survived by his widow and two sons no daughters
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Ottawa
William Maloney
Calgary
Will Falsified Claim About Hindenburg Will
Paris report alleges Paris Soir claims the will of von Hindenburg was forged to remove a Kaiser succession. It states the last section was written by Joseph Goebbels and that the original document urged Germany to restore the monarchy with Wilhelm on the throne and Franz von Papen as chancellor.
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Paris Soir
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Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Wilhelm
Franz von Papen
Forest fires rage across Canada and U S West
Fire reports described worsening forest fires in Nova Scotia and western regions. In Alberta near Pincher Creek crews battled stubborn blazes while old Pelletier saw mill and Goat Mountain fires subsided. Spokanes firefighters fought multiple fronts as Idaho Selway blazes prompted reinforcements from New Mexico. Nelson B C noted long burning fires across Kootenays, with alleged incendiarism, high heat and winds driving the devastation.
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Oregon
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C.P
Eas
West Kootenays
Enlarging British Air Force HQ Hong Kong Plans
Hong Kong naval authorities announce extensive enlargement of the Kowloon airfield doubling its size with new equipment sheds and hangars to host increased land and sea plane units. Plans also push extension of the London Singapore air service reducing mail and passenger travel from Singapore to England.
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India
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Mediterranean
Edwin Jackson Dies in Regina at 54
Edwin Jackson a prominent Regina barrister and philanthropist died at his home after a two month illness. He was 54 and a member of the firm MacKenzie Thor Bastedo and Jackson, a resident of Regina since 1904.
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Regina
C.P
Edwin Jackson
MacKenzie, Thor, Bastedo and Jackson
Alta Farmer Slain in Bed Near Flatlake
Mike Branchu 40 was shot in bed at his home four and a half miles south of Flatlake Alberta at 4 30 this morning Neighbors said an unidentified man entered the house while the slain man’s children spoke of the assault The coroner was called for an inquest and a post mortem was performed The widow was held in St Paul for questioning Neighbors doubted robbery as a motive since Branchu was poor
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Alta
Mike Branchu
Here
St. Paul
J. C -Gagnon
J. P. Decosse
Branchu
Strand of Port of Portland Violence After Coastal Strike
A waterfront clash in Portland Oregon left longshoreman James Conner dead and R A Griffin wounded. Both men belonged to the Columbia River Longshoremen's Association, linked to the International Longshoremen's Association during the recent coast maritime strike.
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James Conner
R. A. Griffin
Columbia River Longshoremen’s Association
Iternational
Longshoremen’s Association
Calgary Man Freed on Bail in Manslaughter Charge
Robert Clarence Phillips of Windsor Ont was freed on five thousand dollar bail after appearing in police court and remanded for a week on a manslaughter charge linked to a Sunday automobile collision in Calgary that killed Toronto’s Lorna Edith Stratton Warren Clemes and injured seven others. The crash involved Phillips allegedly driving Woodhouse’s car through a street intersection. Clemes was pinned under wreckage and rescued by fire department.
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Calgary
Robert Clarence “Phillips
Windsor
Ont
Lorna Edith Stratton
Warren Clemes
Toronto
Patrick Beach
Edmonton
Wilfred L. Parrish
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co
Wallace backs national economic council at Camp Grant
Henry Wallace, U S Secretary of Agriculture, called for a national economic council to coordinate NRA and AAA programs. He urged an economic democracy with farmer, laborer, banker and consumer representatives and government as referee before thousands of Illinois and Wisconsin workers at Camp Grant.
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Ill
Henry Wallace
U.S
National Economic Council
NRA
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Illinois
Wisconsin
Camp Grant
England Staves Off Australia In Test At The Oval
England trailing by 701 for four at stumps on day two reach 80 without loss, with Sutcliffe and Walters belting the Australians as W. H. Ponsford tops the visitors’ total with 266 and Bradman 244 earlier. Oldfield remains 42 not out as play nears tea. The match will be fought to a finish with no time limit.
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W. A. Oldfield
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Five Die In Columbia River Boat Swerve Near Portland
A sudden turn in a 15 foot outboard motor boat near Portland Oregon caused five people to drown in the Columbia River. The incident occurred as the craft capsized and all aboard were unable to reach safety. Lifesaving efforts followed but were unsuccessful.
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Flyers Crash On Mountain Near Newport in Ireland
Geo Pond and Cesare Sabelli were forced to land after a storm on the Irish sea route from Rome to Dublin. Pond suffered a rib dislocation from the crash but both men escaped serious injury and sought treatment at Cardiff. The pair, who began in New York last May, were near Balconnell airport Dublin when the crash ended their Atlantic attempt.
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Dublin
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New York
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Hitler plebiscite turnout trims opposition in Berlin
Berlin reports show 38,279,514 Yes and 4,278,808 No in the Hitler presidency plebiscite with 94.5 percent turnout. Crowds cheered Hitler into victory while about four million express dissent since the prior vote, and 871,056 ballots were invalid.
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League of Nations
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
Insull Must Stand Trial With 16 Co- defendants
Samuel Insull Sr was ordered to stand trial with 16 co defendants on September 18 for using the mails to fraudulently market corporation securities. He had asked to be tried separately citing health concerns and the burden of many defenses.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Corporation Securities Company
Insull
Farmer’s gate sign warns off visitors amid scarcities
A North Battleford farmer on a busy highway faced about ten unwanted callers daily last fall. As grain cutting peaks, his home runs smoothly with the front gate bearing a single word sign reading Smallpox, deterring visitors and guarding his family.
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Saskatoon
C.P
North Battleford
France outlines plan to curb wheat surplus and quotas
London dispatch says French government aims to disburse most of France surplus wheat stocks. Paul Wevart, French delegate, describes measures to raise milling percentage and divert wheat to animal feed. He proposes a reserve to resolve quota deadlock and allocate additional allotments to exporters.
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France
Paul Wevmat
Ontario proposes law to ward off kidnappings police powers
Ottawa Aug. 20 Ontario attorney general Arthur W Roebuck urged the legislature to enact a law giving police authority to close bank accounts seal deposit vaults and take protective control of those able to pay ransom while a unified force tracks kidnappers in future He declined to discuss the Labatt case further promising the press will receive the full story soon
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Ottawa
Ontario
Jin Future
Arthur W. Roebuck
Weather Outlook Forecast for Tonight and Tuesday
Fair and cool tonight with light local frost possible toward morning. Tuesday brings continued cool conditions with light frost in some areas as temperatures dip overnight and rise slowly during the day.
Plan to curb wide farm to retail price spreads
Washington officials outlined steps to prevent excessive farm to retail profit margins amid drought driven price rises. The Agriculture Department would warn consumers, curb speculation and profiteering, with backing from the National Food and Grocery Distributors. President Roosevelt declared an emergency to aid livestock feed imports from Canada and authorized regulations and public works measures to mobilize available forage.
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Agriculture Department
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United’ States
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