French Troops Break Through Near Verdun and Lens
Reports from Paris and London detail French gains around Verdun and Lens with success at Le Morte Homme and surrounding heights while British lines hold and Canadian forces push toward Lens. Italian advances force Austrian retreat at Selo as Italian and Russian fronts see action. An ex-mayor candidate for anti conscription is noted alongside a Canadian shooting death in Chilliwack.
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France
A. P
Verdun
le Morte Homme
London
Lens
War Office
Vienna
Londen
Selo
Carso Plateau
Belgium
Ypres
Langemarck
Freezenbure
Belgian
A. P.y
South of Ireland
Paris
Meuse
Petrograd
Tiral
Salonika
Cadorna
Godlata
Germain
Lamogneux
Lons
Cermar Crown Prince
Petrin
Enter
Kitchener
Commons
North
Waterloo
Crerar and Wood Decline Ottawa Portfolios in Union Government
Ottawa wires report T A Crerar of the Grain Growers' Grain Company Winnipeg and J W Wood of Calgary presidents of the United Farmers of Alberta left Ottawa after declining to accept portfolios in a projected union government under Sir Robert Borden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atte
Ottawa
Winnipeg Telegram
T. A. Crefar
Grain Griwers’ Grain Company
Winnipeg
J. W. Ww ‘Ool
Calgary
Tulled Farmers of
Alberta
Hugh
Sir Robert Borden
Messrs. Crerar
Wood
Redcliff and Medicine Hat Prepare Grand Labor Day
Medicine Hat and Redcliff communities unite for an expanded Labor Day program with city council and local merchants funding festivities. The inter-city event will feature a five-a-side football tournament horse races and more, with cross-town support from Trades and Labor and Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Unions
Red Cross and
Citizens Co-Operating
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Organization of Labor
Red Cross
Trades and Labor Council
Winnipeg Liberals Call for National Government and Conscription
Aug 21 Winnipeg Liberals rally in South Winnipeg with Premier Norris, Hudson, and Isaac Pitblado denouncing the western Liberal convention and Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Four resolutions press compulsory military service, urge national unity, and demand explicit consent for conscription amid war efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Norris
Hudson
Isaac Pitblado
K.C
Wilfrid‘Laurier
Canada
Canada to cease most munitions production
The Imperial Munitions Board announced that Canada will discontinue most munitions output, with limited lines still active. Some plants will resume peacetime work or shift to ship equipment, while Britain’s increased wartime capacity drives the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
A. P
Imperial Munitions Board
Canada
Great Britain
Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Outline War Policy
Montreal dispatch reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier preparing a manifesto on war policy. He will advocate a non-partisan trial of the voluntary recruitment system, seek a conference with Britain on aid to the war, and call for a national, absolutely non-partisan government embracing all classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Wilfrid Laurier
de Star
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Wilfrid
Hail Storm Damage Hits Alderson District vrouw
A severe hail storm caused shattered windows torn roofing and crop damage in the Alderson district near Medicine Hat. Local reports cite $1,008 in property loss at the Martin Stubbs hotel and broken plate glass at Dr McKeown’s store while nearby towns report heavy hail across Suffield Hatton and Kinkorth areas with horses and driving teams injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Hall
High River
Alderson
Martin Stubbs
Hatton
Kinkorth Hall
Unclear Local Dispatch Notes Publicization Delay
Fragmentary Washington dated dispatches indicate a delay in publishing details of a local situation. Officials plan to withhold specific content while broader discussions continue.
Deserter from 63rd Battalion Summoned in Court
L. E. Anderson, reported to have deserted from the 63rd Battalion about two years ago, was arrested by police and brought before Magistrate Rae at the Police Court yesterday afternoon. He was found guilty and handed over to military authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Anderson
63Rd Battalion
Rae
Patriotic Fund appeals for overdue subscriptions
The Patriotic Fund Executive requests all subscribers not up to date to turn in payments to the Dominion Bank before August 1, end of the financial year. A separate incident in Grey county involved a three year old girl who lost a leg in a binder accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Patriotic Fund
Dominion Bank
Grey County
Wen
Air Raid Failures Over Kent As German Planes Drop Bombs
London reports ten German aircraft reached the English coast in Kent. Two bombers were shot down. An air raid warning sounded in London and the all clear followed about an hour later. Bombs fell on Dover and Margate injuring three. Raiders did not penetrate far inland.
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London
Kent
British War Office
Dover
Margate
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le Mort Homme
Dept
Langemarele
Freezenburg
Austria
Italy
Rome
Thely
Berlin
Avecourt Wood
Alexander Toney
Chilliwack, B.C
A. d. Balbour
Rt. Hon
A. J. Galfour
Tikan'ag
House of Crimons
Orearar OR
GOVT
Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Union
Alderson Bistrict
Washington
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