Oiling of Unpaved Streets Sparks City Council Debate
The council debated oiling unpaved streets to curb dust while balancing costs against paving plans. Aldermen noted Brandon’s success with oil as a dust reducer but warned that grading and leveling must come first. The mayor and council also condemned colonies of non assimilable minorities and urged federal steps to break up settlements and repeal war service exemptions.
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Medicine Hat
Bell
Alderman Warham
Public Works Committee
Alderman Bell
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Warham
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Churchill lays out postwar food aid for occupied Europe
Churchill argues Germany must feed the occupied regions while Britain will prearrange food reserves for an area cleared of German forces. He says Britain is stronger with larger army and navy and hopes timely U S reinforcements to bridge wartime fleets. He references requests for destroyers to aid convoys.
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Britain
Giermany
Austria
Churchill
United States
Britain and United States Could Form Union, Hore-Belisha Says
London August 20 Leslie Hore-Belisha former war secretary raised the possibility of a union between Britain and the United States during a House address after Churchill spoke of improving Anglo American relations. He argued that if such a trend led to mutual citizenship the war's evils might be worth while.
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London
Leslie Hore-Belisha
British Empire
United States
House
Churchill
Mississippi
More Children Arrive Safely on East Coast Port
A convoy of British government sponsored children arrived at a Canadian east coast port after foggy Atlantic transit. About 1000 children and some invalided Canadian troops were aboard, with officials planning disembarkation of a portion overnight. Soldiers aboard the Canadian ship began exchanging coins with officers and bystanders.
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Canadian
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Adolf Hitler
Hudson's Bay Company Chief Named Acting Master General
Big Joe P. A. Chester of Hudson's Bay Company is appointed Acting Master General of Ordnance for Canada. A Great War veteran, he serves without remuneration and takes no military rank. The Ordnance Department handles equipment and clothing for the fighting forces.
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P. A. Chester
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Chester
Ordnance Department
British steamship torpedoed near Ireland with refugees
The 5000 ton British liner bound for the Americas with war refugees was sunk by two torpedoes two days after departing a British port. Seven people died and survivors endured 44 hours in open boats before rescue near northwestern Ireland. The ship’s name and Jamaica as destination were noted.
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Dublin
Americas
United States
Ireland
Jamaica
Big Bertha Bangs Away At Britain
British military circles disclosed a German four inch gun in France shelling the southeast coast with possible cross channel fire toward London the reports said such bombardment would have nuisance value and be inaccurate. A meeting of the Medicine Hat Junior Band executive was called for Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Central Garage with full attendance requested.
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London
France
Channel
Britain
Medicine Hat
RAF raids dent Nazi industry as Britain endures
London reports say mass Nazi raids have made a dent in Britain’s industrial life while RAF bombardment targets German and Italian industries. Despite thousands of bombs, official sources note minimal damage to UK vital points, with defenses intact and pilot losses skewed toward Germany.
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J. F. Sanderson
London
Royal Air Force
Asia
Britain
Hamburg
Rhineland
Amt
R.A.F
United Kingdom
Germany
Rnida
Poland
France
Damugen
British airmen sink German submarine off Ostend coast
British airmen destroyed a German submarine off Ostend while French forces gained ground in Artois and made limited progress in the Vosges. British troops on the Western Front held about 100 miles of the front line.
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Ostend
Belgium
Artois
Vosges
Western Front
Splendid Grain Yield From Maple Creek Flats
The Maple Creek flats area of 3 600 acres is being harvested with about 1 000 acres in cats and the rest in wheat and barley. The crop yields are excellent with wheat weighing 63 to 66 pounds per bushel, the heaviest since 1909, according to Carl Beny.
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Maple Creek Flats
P.F.R.A
Carl Beny
Irvine
No Relief for iEmployables in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat mayor and council vote unanimously to end relief for employable persons by September 1st as provincial and federal contributions run out. They warn continued relief risks attracting out-of-town workers and creating new charges to taxpayers, urging local labor to fill airport construction jobs.
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Medicine Hat
A A MacKenzie
Alberta
Calder
Warham
Black
Saskatchewan
Edmonton Fusiliers Recruiting Opens at Armories
Recruiting began yesterday at the Third Street armories for men to join the Edmonton Fusiliers. Captain Adjutant N A White announced many vacancies remain, with Medicine Hat listed at 130 positions. Office hours run 9 am to noon and 2 to 5 pm daily this week, medical board convenes at 5 pm each day.
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Third St. Armories
Edmonton Fusiliers
C.A.S.F
N. A. White
Medicine Hat
Rail traffic in France halted by German order
Late bulletins report that all rail traffic between occupied and unoccupied France is suspended by order of German authorities without given reason. Also RAF bombarded Derna in Libya and Italian air bases. British planes hit two German transports near Haugesund Norway and attacked oil tanks. House of Commons committee hears Ramsay detention case. Australian general election set for September 21 with Labor distancing from all party government.
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Britain
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Ifty
Vichy
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Unocupied
France
London
Haugesand
Norway
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Canberra
House of Representatives
Labor Party
John Curtin
Unit Recruits Over Strength in Alberta District
Lieut.-Col. E. D. Strickland and Lieut.-Col. G. G. Elder inspected A Company in Brooks led by Major Tait White. Elder praised 610 volunteers from multiple towns as total signups neared 753 with 210 on parade, signaling high enlistment for non permanent service and strained SAR training facilities.
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E. D. Strickland
Calgary
E.ld
S.A.R
Tilley
Rainier
Rolling Hills
Vauxhall
Duchess and
Bassano
Elder
O. C
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Girl Hosts At GM Canada Tour
Florence Br. 'Trotter of Medicine Hat toured Eastern Canada with fellow essay contest winners. GM Canada hosted lunch at Oshawa plant for the group, entertained by Colonel McLaughlin. The previous day they attended a yacht ing and dinner party in Toronto hosted by auto parts manufacturers.
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Toronto
General Motors of Canada
Florence BR. ‘Trotter
Medicine Hat
Canada
Automotive Industries
G.M.C
Oshawa
McLaughlin
Blast Delays Registration At Quebec Schoolhouse
A blast damaged a small bridge to a Drummondville area school used for national registration. Police said the building avoided major damage, but the delay postponed registration, with RCMP and provincial police aiding the investigation. The bridge was a pontoon structure over a ditch and was blocked by stones.
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Drummondville
Que
C.P
St. Nicephore
Drummondville-Sherbrooke- Richmond
Start Inquiry
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Quebec
Antoine Simard
Victorians Host Business Visitor Bill Taylor
Bill Taylor, longtime Family Grocery proprietor and current apartment manager in Victoria, spoke of heavy tourist business on the Pacific Coast. He noted 100 people in Victoria lacked lodging on Saturday August 10 and renewed friendships during a Kiwanis Club visit.
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Bill” Taylor
W. N
Bill) Taylor
Victoria
Taylor
Pacific
Mr. Taylor
Kiwanis Club
Royal Navy launches inland river flotillas for fast defense
London Aug 20 The Royal Navy has a new fleet of motor launch flotillas patrolling inland waterways to guard against German incursions. These 20 knot craft operate on rivers and streams with army gun teams aboard and naval officers supplying the vessels. A wartime river network excludes civilian craft to ensure swift response and reinforcements as needed.
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Argus
London
Cpi
Royal Navy
Great Britain
Reedy
ARMY
NAVY
Admiralty
War Office
Whse
Sida
Home Guard
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