Airplane Safe at Harbor Grace Despite Crash Nearby
Reports confirm one plane landed safely at Harbor Grace while another crashed 50 miles away. No injuries among the five Atlantic fliers. Thor Solberg and Carl Watersen’s craft left Floyd Bennett Field and suffered severe damage, forcing abandonment. Clyde Lee and John Bochkon reached Harbor Grace safely en route to Oslo. The Hutchinsons and other crews continued toward Europe with varying schedules and delays noted.
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Harbor Grace
Nild
Thor Solberg
Carl Watersen
Floyd Bennett Field
New York City
Clyde Lee
John Bochkon
Barre
Oslo
Norway
Solberg and Petersen
George’. Hutchinson
Saint Joan
London
New York
Saint John
William Wibrich
Leon M. Pisculli
Edna Newcomer
Rome
J. A. Mollison
Ireland
Britain
London Express
Amy Johnson
Wolfgang von Gronau
Germany
Cordova
Alaska
Europe
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Iarbor Grace
Hubert Huntington
Carl Peterson
George Hutchinson
Young Amery Plans French Marriage Amid Objections
John Amery and 22 year old actress Wiss Una Wing head to near Biarritz to wed, hoping for a Chelsea registry office ceremony in London. A noon Monday wedding was halted after Amery’s aunt and uncle Lord and Lady Greenwood telegrammed to forbid it, citing the groom’s underage status. Amery says the setback causes him distress and cites his father's cautious stance as Rt Hon L S Amery attends the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa.
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Paris
John Amery
Wiss Una Wing
Biarritz
Chelsea Registry Office
London
Amery
Greenwood
L. S. Amery
Mr. Amery
Ottawa
Amy Johnson abandons plan to fly Atlantic crossing
London reports Amy Johnson has reconsidered her plan to fly across the Atlantic in deference to her husband Captain J A Millison who completed a westward solo North Atlantic crossing last week and is now in New York preparing to fly back.
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London
Amy Johnson
Atlantic
J. A. Millison
North Atlantic
New York
Harsh Words for Bennett in British Review
The Truth magazine portrait labeled Ottawa Hucksters attacks Prime Minister R B Bennett claiming he dragged the imperial conference from lofty ideals to industrial lobby common ground. It cites The Times failing to gloss over Bennett methods and notes encouragement from Beaverbrook propaganda and figures like Amery.
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London
Ottawa Hucksterers
Truth
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Times
Béniett
Bennett
Beaverbrook
Amery
Cat o'nine Tails Wins York Ebor Handicap
Five year old bay horse Cat o'nine tails by Beresford out of Saxham Cat won the Ebor handicap at York today by a length at nine to one. Pickle and Sans Espeir dead heated for second place.
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York
Eng
Cato
Nine Tails
Beresford
Saxham Cat
Pickle
Sans Espeir
Charlie Chaplin Moves to Bar Sons From Film Roles
Charlie Chaplin plans legal action to stop his sons Charles Jr six and Sidney Earle five from entering movies. He may seek an injunction or modify the divorce agreement with former wife Liza Grey Chaplin who has custody and has contracted with a studio to feature the boys in pictures.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Liza Grey Chaplin
Charles, Jr
Sidney Earle
Dr. David Warnock Feared Suicide in Gulf Tragedy
Victoria BC Aug 24 former BC Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dr. David Warnock is believed drowned after missing from the Princess Elizabeth bound for Vancouver. A note in his stateroom claimed he jumped from the boat and witnesses saw him on deck at 2:30 am near Point Roberts.
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Victoria
B.C
David Warnock
British Columbia
Gulf of Georgia
Princess Elizabeth
Vancouver
Warnock
Point Roberts
Wheat Price Report From Ogilvie Grain Dept
Ogilvie grain department lists October 54 percent split and December 56 percent split. May 61 percent, No 1 November 53 percent, track 53 percent, street 95 percent.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
Detroit Colored Giants Miss Afternoon Baseball Doubleheader
The Detroit Colored Giants crossed into Canada at Sweet Grass and were detained on re entry. Wires later said they were allowed into Canada and would reach Medicine Hat by 3 p.m. to face the Royals. City officials then planned two games at 3 p.m. and 5 45 p.m. depending on their arrival.
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Detroit Colored Giants
Sweet Grass
Canada
Medicine Hat
Giants
Royals
Canadian government pushes farm settlement plan with railway backing
A letter outlines a coordinated Canadian campaign to settle urban families on farms. The Immigation and Colonization Department led by Hon W A Gordon seeks farm settlement with cooperation from the National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway. The piece notes a shift from encouraging outside immigration to placing Canadians on the land.
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Robert J. C. Stead
Department of Immigration and Colonization
W. A. Gordon
Canadian ‘National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Shortage disclosed in University of Manitoba funds
An audit by Manitoba Government authorities reports irregularities in the Bursar’s office of the University of Manitoba over several years. Endowment funds are believed depleted, with the endowment trust fund affected. exact losses to be determined after further inquiries. The Bursar and Board of Governors chairman is J. A. Machray. Total endowments and investments are listed at $1,661,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Ae University of Manitoba
Manitoba
Ias
Comptroller-General
J. A. Machray
K.C
Sanjurjo Faces Rebellion Charge Before Mixed Court
Madrid August 24 General Jose Sanjurjo the army’s top officer went on trial for rebellion over the Seville uprising earlier this month. A civil and military judge panel convened as hundreds of police guarded the Palace of Justice with no disorder reported.
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Madrid
Jose Sanjurjo
Seville
Supreme Court
Sanjurjo
Bar of Justice
Palace of Justice
Anglo-Canadian Treaty Expected to Boost Western Farms
Ottawa reports Premier J. E. Brownlee of Alberta argues the Anglo Canadian trade pact will aid Western wheat and cattle sectors. He cites a six cent British market preference and lifted cattle restrictions as gains, but stresses that wheat prices determine overall benefit for farmers and related industries. Brownlee urges nationwide support to lift grain prices.
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Ottawa
Western
Canada
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Brownlee
Red Element Must Go If Mines Are To Be Re-opened
Negotiations to settle the Blairmore and Bellevue mines strike in the Crow's Nest Pass have collapsed after Premier Brownlee's visit. The West Canadian Collieries management offers a two year contract at the 0% rate but insists on purging 50 leaders of the red element linked to the Workers' Unity League and the Third Internationale. All other Crow's Nest Pass mines operate. A Didsbury war memorial was unveiled by Alfred Speakman.
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Lethbridge
Blairmore
Bellevue
Crow's Nest Pass
Brownlee
Red
Workers’ Unity League
Third Internationale
Moscow
Estate of Victoria Man Valued Over a Million
The late J. W. Benning of Victoria British Columbia left an estate valued at more than a million dollars. He died recently, and the will outlines the distribution of his assets among heirs and beneficiaries.
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J. W. Benning
Victoria B.C
Promising British Explorer Lost in Greenland Kayak
H G Watkins a noted young British explorer aged 25 drowned when his one man Eskimo kayak overturned off Angmagsalik Greenland. He headed an Arctic expedition scouting air base sites on the Britain Canada route and had won the Royal Geographical Society medal. He was recently engaged to Miss Margaret Rose Graham.
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Angmagsalik
Greenland
H. G. Wakins
Watkins
Augustine Courtauld
Courtauld
de Watkin
Great Britain
Canada
Royal Geographic Society
Margaret Rose Graham
Ireland's Internal Troubles Look Bad
Dublin reports withdrawal of charges against George Gilmore T J Ryan and Bernard Lowe after gun battle injuries. Gilmore and Ryan, Civic Guards assault suspects, were hospitalized. A new National Guard volunteer force is created under Minister Frank Aiken to calm IRA activity and align with the Free State army.
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Dublin
George Gilmore
T. J. Ryan
Bernard Lowe
Gilmore
Ryan Utili Fle
Kilrush Hospital
Civic Guards
Republican Army
Cosgrave
Eamon de Valéra
Frank Aiken
National Guard
Irish ’Republican Army
Eamon de Valera
The
Free State
Irish Republican Army
Beuthen Faces Nazi Storm Over Five Death Sentences
Beuthen Germany Aug 24 hundreds of National Socialist storm troopers protested in front of the courthouse after five fascists were sentenced to death for political murder. In Berlin Hitler demanded harsh penalties for political violence and the government issued a manifesto defending the new emergency decree and promising to enforce the law.
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Beuthen
Germany
National Socialist
Tron
Ernst Boehm
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hitler
Reich
Prussia
von, Hindenburg
Bandits Foiled Bank Robbery In Nova Scotia Shootout
A Halifax speakeasy overheard talk led police to trap two bandits who robbed the Shubenacadie Royal Bank of Canada. One robber died and another was wounded in a gunfight as they tried to escape, with disguises and women's clothes found in their car.
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Shubenacadie
N.S
Halifax
Royal Bank of Canada
Grasshoppers Wreak Havoc in Gardens West and South of Exhibi tion Grounds
Farmer George Brown reports heavy grasshopper damage in his farm area with cabbage carrots beans and alfalfa destroyed though grain crops are largely saved. He urges fall egg-killing and spring controls to avert wider losses next season.
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Exhibition Grounds
George Brown
Mr. Brown
Awarded Road Contract To Kinnaird Cartage Co
A special City Council meeting opened tenders for the Lethbridge road connection. Two bids were reviewed from Kinnaird Cartage Co and E O Connor. On motion by Ald Watham the contract went to the lowest bidder Kinnaird Cartage Co at 3189 dollars versus 3343 from E O Connor.
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Kinnaird Cartage Co
Lethbridge
Kinnairdartage Co. Co
E. O'Connor
Thorouhy
Aris
Ald. Watham
Kinnaird Cartage .Co
O'Connor Co
New Northwest Territories find near Great Slave Lake hints at rich burial field
Rae August 24 A possible new piohield field is reported near Caribou Islands at the east end of Great Slave Lake. Veteran prospector Jack Guard from The Pas joined by the Girouard brothers of Detroit and Morris and Waganetz along with Tiny Peet and Olaf Burgstrom set out from Waterways in four canoes toward Great Bear Lake. Initial progress with fair winds gave way to hardships as the voyage neared the lake and drift ice trapped the party amid gales and starvation fears.
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Rae, N.W.T
Piohield
Caribou Islands
Great Slave
Flékte
Deck Hughes
Daya
Peet
Olaf Burgstrom
Great Bear
Lake
Anxioua
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Solberg
Petersen
Happy Family
Saint John, N.B
Port Menier
Anticosti Island
France
Amy
Ebor Handicap
Charlie
Dr. Warnock
Rteamer
Detroit
Terrill
University OF Maitoba
East
Didsbury
Alfred Speakman
M.P
Amous
Beubhen
Reubhen
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