21 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1939
Page
1
British embassy warns nationals in Warsaw to depart amid deteriorating Polish German relations. Italy signals caution on intervention as Mussolini refrains from pledging action. Hungary stresses independence as key in central Europe. Britain emphasizes high defense alertness while Canadian visitors tour armament factories.
Moscow reports Pravda hails the pact as the Soviet press signals improved political relations. Berlin announces the agreement amid stalled talks with Britain and France, with Germany granting 80 million marks in credit and Russia pledging 72 million dollars in merchandise over two years.
Fire department responded to a Crescent Heights alarm around midnight but the alert proved false with no fire detected and no damage reported.
Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve spoke at Sunday ceremonies marking the blessing of a new agricultural orphanage at Lac Sergent Quebec. The event drew local clergy and community members to inaugurate the facility serving rural families and orphans with farming training.
Floodwaters from the Hai river inundate Tientsin and surrounding areas, cutting electricity, disrupting rail and communications, and forcing refugees into the British concession. Officials warn of heavy loss of life beyond the city as steady rain and breached dikes worsen the disaster.
Lloyd McLarty aged 24 drowned yesterday in the Battle river near Wainwright Alta after trouble while swimming. His body was recovered five hours later.
In Toronto on August 21 police questioned three men over the weekend slaying near Branchton Ontario of John Milroy 77 and his sister Annie Milroy 73. Richard McGuigan 20 Reginald Hanlon 20 and Charles Tavagnet 25 were remanded to August 29 on vagrancy charges after investigators found a blood stained pair of trousers in a carried package and detained the trio who gave no home addresses.
Hong Kong reports from Canton say Japan may sever Chinese transport routes even if it isolates Hong Kong. A Canton army press spokesman warned Britain that continuing support for Chiang Kai-Shek could trigger a blockade of the Hong Kong perimeter. Navy notes said no blockade was intended.
Reuters from Chungking reports the Canadian mission church and clinic at Klating in western Szechwan were destroyed in a Japanese air raid. The event underscores wartime devastation in China as forces clash in the Szechwan theatre.
North Alberta fire situation worsened as several blazes broke away and new outbreaks were reported amid continuing dry weather. Calgary crews sent 20 men toward the Red Deer river district 40 miles northwest of Cochrane to combat a three day old fire started likely by lightning.
Peter Simpson rescued 14 year old Annie Belzberg from the South Saskatchewan after a boat carrying four children capsized near an ice house. Annie and her 16 year old brother Louis were visiting in the city with Manuel Rabinovitch and Audrey Silver when the craft overturned at midnight. Manuel and Audrey swam to safety. Annie sank twice but was saved by Simpson who brought her to shore. The group was taken to the Simpson home where they received blankets and hot lemonade.
Vancouver Island and lower mainland forests placed under a total closure due to extreme hazard from a month long dry spell. Travel camping fishing hunting prospecting and logging are prohibited in closed districts. Officials say humidity and fire danger now require strict precautions amid a year with no serious fires.
More than 200 taxpayers in Gibbons Alberta voted to stop paying school taxes to the Sturgeon municipality until taxes are decreased. They claim school taxes were doubled by the divisional board without a corresponding rise in services. No action will be taken until after the harvest.
Britain reaffirmed its policy of resisting aggression as Belgium seeks a joint peace plea with Oslo powers Holland Belgium Luxembourg Sweden Norway Denmark and Finland. A cabinet meeting was set for Tuesday to discuss the international situation and deteriorating China conduct as Prime Minister Chamberlain returns from Scotland.
About 150 farmers and residents chased out Alberta Communist party leaders who planned an open air meeting opposite a Roman Catholic church in Girouxville. Eggs were thrown as the crowd demanded cancellation. the Communists left town quickly. Girouxville lies roughly 250 miles southwest of Edmonton.
Toronto notes the death of Senator O Connor aged 54 after more than a year of illness. The candy magnate and philanthropist rose from obscurity to prominence in Canada, supporting charity and the Roman Catholic church. Pope Pius XI named him Knight Commander of St Gregory in gratitude for his church work. His passing opens the 10th Senate vacancy and shifts Liberal representation to 32 from 54 Conservative.
W J R Squance, secretary general of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, claimed a near 175 union units favor a strike to win a 50 shillings a week minimum wage. Directors of major lines reportedly reject raising the 45 shillings minimum.
Baseball scores from a compact daily recap show Chicago and New York battling to a 7 to 0 finish. St Louis defeated Brooklyn 7 to 4 as Cincinnati, Philadelphia and others posted varying results.
Dr. Y A Curtis of Queen's University told the Canadian Institute of Economics and Politics that long term planning by administrative technicians would be incompatible with democracy. He argued such planning fails popular control and must reflect what people want, noting widespread agreement only in recent armaments expenditure.
Wheat futures on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange closed with gains up to 3 38 cents as European political nerves and strong export demand for Canadian wheat spurred broad buying. October futures led with a 3 8 point rise to 56 1 8. The rally boosted coarse grains and other commodities.
Britain and France led large wartime purchases since 1938 with export licences totalling 121.4 million dollars and 800 and 650 planes ordered respectively, but actual exports and deliveries remain about 30 percent of orders while Australia and Canada report minimal shipments.
Four United Church of Canada women missionaries sailed on the Empress of Asia for six years at mission stations in Korea and Tokio. The travelers are Beaulah Bourns of Kamloops, Misa Cass of Chelsey, Misa Rorke of Port Hope, and Isobel Leith of Winnipeg. Rev Isaac Snell, a veteran minister, died in Toronto.
New York City faced severe milk shortages as upstate dairy farmers went on strike. The Metropolit an Distributors Bargaining Agency estimated a halving of supply from 4,400,000 quarts, with shortages growing through the weekend and an emergency meeting called by Mayor LaGuardia to resolve the crisis.
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