China and Japan battle on multiple fronts amid heavy clashes
Reports from Peiping Shanghai and Woosung describe Chinese advances near Peiping halting 30 000 Japanese troops as Japanese forces struggle to move supplies amid floods and road blockades. A White Band of Death assault lands at Woosung with a spike in fighting as flames sweep Shanghai.
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Peiping
Tokyo
Lientsin
Ae Oo
Changsintient
Marco Polo Bridge
Tientsin
Shanghai
C.P
Woosung
Asahi
Japan
China
Canada US beef quota exhausted deepened duty rise
Ottawa Aug 23 Canada United States trade treaty quota of beef cattle over 700 pounds is exhausted for the year. Effective Aug 12 a three cent duty per pound applies instead of two cents. The quota of 155 799 head was filled with Aug 19 exports at 139 690 head. shippers paid the extra cent and rebates will be issued for pre exhaustion payments.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Mexico
Infant girl found alive after downtown Chicago kidnapping
An infant three months old matching Diana Carol Altoas was found alive at the rear of an apartment three miles from where she was abducted in a busy uptown shopping district. The baby had been snatched from a stroller in plain view of hundreds of shoppers while the mother shopped in a grocery store.
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Chicago
C.P
Diana Carol 4Ltoas
Fall Rye For Seed Supplies Delayed in Drought Areas
Secretary W Huckvale reports Jos Ficht replies to the chamber on fall rye seed aid. Provincial government plans to supply fall rye to the most affected drought districts as seed becomes available while purchases from grain trades are considered. Deliveries are delayed due to harvests being used for feed and limited stock.
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W. Huckvale
Chamber of Commerce
Jos. Ficht
Chamber
D. B. Mullen
Es Ficht
Medicina Hat
Emissary Leaves Alberta with C Douglas Message
Major C H Douglas's ex pert arrives in Alberta with a report to Major Douglas just before departure. L D Byrne says the Alberta government and Premier Aberhart have the situation in hand and that Alberta will triumph in its battle against financial tyranny. Byrne remains on the Social Credit commission and asserts the report could not be better.
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Edmonton
Alug
C.P
Aberhart
Alberta
L. D. Byrne
C. H. Douglas
England
Byrne
Douglas
Alperta
Social ‘Credit
Aberharty
Ney
Fomnain
Wilfed
Wilkins Reported Flying North Pole Search
A message intercepted by Pacific Alaska Airways radio reports Sir Hubert Wilkins has flown over the North Pole in a search for six missing Russian transpolar fliers who vanished a week ago on a Moscow to United States flight. Wilkins left Coppermine, N.W.T., Sunday and was expected to base at Aklavik at the mouth of the Mackenzie River.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
A. P
Pacific Alaska Airways
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Moscow
United States
Wilkins
N.W.T
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Italy Charged With Bombing Spanish Ships
Geneva August 24 The Spanish government appealed to the League of Nations against the alleged actions of Italy whose warships reportedly sank several Spanish merchant vessels in the Mediterranean. The protest cites the tanker Campeador near Toulon August 12 and notes crew members drowned. The appeal names the warship Faetta as involved.
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Geneva
A.P
League of Nations
Italy
Council
Mediterranean
Tullis
Factta
Most Prosperous Year for U S Farmers Since 1929
Government economists predict this season's crop profits will push cash farm income to about 9.0 billion dollars, the most since 1928 and more than double the 1932 low. 1986 cash farm income stood at 7.865 billion, with 1929 total at 10.479 billion.
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Washingyvon
United States
Train and Auto Meet At Purple Springs Fatal Collision
A collision at Purple Springs near Grassy Lake left two men dead when a truck was struck by a Canadian Pacific Railway train. One victim, William Bh Pr 60, and his companion Holdlein were seriously injured. Police report the incident occurred at a level crossing as the truck rear end was struck by the train during early hours.
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Lethbridg
William
Yer“ Holdlein
Purple
Rev M G Blackburn to lead Vegreville Boys Home School
Rev M S Blackburn popular St John’s Church pastor from Medicine Hat selected by Toronto church officers to become principal of the Boys' School Home in Vegreville Alberta. He will depart about September 15 for new duties. He will meet former Medicine Hat resident Miss Annie McPherson matron of hospital connected to the home. He leaves after ten years in Medicine Hat, noted for civic involvement and service to child welfare.
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M. S. Blackburn
Annié
McPherson
M.S. Blackburn
Hays
Al‘most
Cranbrop Pbc
Presbyterian Church
Albé
Papurtinant
Gardiner's House Broken Into In Ottawa Break-in
Thieves entered the residence of Hon. W. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, in Ottawa and ransacked it. Considerable jewelry and silverware were stolen. Value to be determined after the family returns.
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Ottawa
Ijn
Vu. G. Gardiner
Fam
Ily
Social Credit address draws crowd at Empress Theatre
Hon Solon Low and others urged Social Credit as the cure for poverty with promises no one would lose. The Alberta government and Premier King were urged to challenge bankers, as about 1 000 people packed the Empress Theatre and streets outside.
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Solon
Empress Theatre
Eegg
Alberta
King
Aberhart
J. Lorraine
R. H. Kent
Alberta Free Of Deadly Disease Among Horses
Alberta reports many suspected cases of encephalomyelitis in horses but none confirmed. Province minister D B Mullen released a statement noting prior US Manitoba Saskatchewan sleep sickness concerns and clarifying that suspected cases were due to botulism symptoms.
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Alberta
Bedmonton
Auug
C.P
Aimiong
D. B. Mullen
United States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Mullen
Assassination Plot Targeting Salazar Reported
A Lisbon dispatch says a new plot to assassinate Portuguese Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar has been uncovered and several suspects have been arrested.
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London
C.P
Reguters. News
Lisbon
Antonio ‘de Oliveira
Salazar
Beekeeper’s Bees Said To Kill Boy In Wyoming
In Lander Wyoming a six year old boy Clifford Fabricius died after being stung by thousands of angry honey bees near his Hudson area farm home. His ten year old brother Harry first alerted adults as the boy screamed in pain. A doctor removed about two thousand stings and hospital staff later more than five thousand.
Alberta announces second debt moratorium this year
Premier Aberhart announced a cabinet plan to pass a second debt moratorium in Alberta. Unlike the July 4 suspension of private debt collection, this moratorium is expected to apply to financial corporations including banks mortgage and insurance companies.
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G.P
Aberhart
Alberta
Edmonton
Forest fires pound northern Saskatchewan toll rises
Albert Saskatchewan August reports heavy property damage from northern fires. Heath Park northeast of here suffered about 1000,000 dollars in losses while thousands of bushels of grain and telegraph poles burned. Fire crews gain speed with air reinforcements to protect timber tracts as flames threaten communities.
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Cote Princ
Albert
Sask
Saskatchewan
Heath Park
Etaii
Hement
Occupants of Coupe Killed When Hit By Train
An Edmonton report states Norman Sorensen 21 was killed instantly and Otto Stein injured after the coupe they rode in was struck by the southbound CP Rail Chinook at Navarre Crossing near Wetaskiwin. An eye witness said Sorensen, driving, attempted to cross the tracks as wheels slipped, sending the car onto the rails.
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Edmonton
Norman
Sorensens
Otto Stein
Canadian Pacific Railway
Navarre Crossing
Wetaskiwin
Sorensen
Local Hay Fever Relief From Ice Packs Disclosed
Joe Vesso of 210 Marshall Ave reports his wife suffered hay fever for more than three weeks. He applied ice packs to the wrists for three minutes on each wrist and continued for two hours, yielding relief and enabling her to move about again. She uses the method during attacks with repeated success.
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Joe Vesso
Marshall Ave
Joe
Alberta road inquiry cites unqualified statements delay
Edmonton Aug 24 CP A provincial testimony says the Dominion Government failed to disburse 162 275 of 403 515 offered for road relief work as the Alberta Government could not submit unqualified statements The commission heard C A Davidson former Highway Commissioner explain the agreement needed 50 percent relief workers.
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Az Ere Pe
Ge Oy Tlans
Edmonton
Herta
Dominic
Royal Commission
Alberta
C. A. Davidson
Baseball Scores Weather Affected NL Docket
Chicago at New York rained out. St Louis at Brooklyn also rained. Cincinnati at Philadelphia game delayed. American League opener Philadelphia blank Detroit 9 to 6 after nine innings with Kelley Hayes Bridges York contributing for Philadelphia.
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Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Detroit
Kelley
Hayes
Bridges
York
Economic Professors Amused by Solon Low Quotations
Two Toronto scholars, M.A. Braden and V. F. Coe, visiting Alberta on economic survey work, discussed Solon Low’s speech and debt figures. They praised Alberta hospitality and showed interest in Brooks and Vauxhall irrigation projects while commenting on central bank ideas and university economists.
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Roosevelt Perémic Advisory Councl
Brain Trust
Solon Low
Low
University of Toronto
Solon
Social Credit
Viner
Chicago
Alberta
Ontario
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Mr. Low
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