Food Shortages and Political Turmoil Hit Madrid
In Madrid acute food shortages worsen as bread supplies fail and the Socialist government faces arrests of figures tied to the former Royal Family. Fires burn in Malaga amid the civil war while loyalist forces attack San Ildefonso. British French talks seek to ease hostilities at Hendaye.
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Royal Family
San IT
Defonso
Seville
Spain
Madrid
Malaga
C.P
Jose Fernandez Montana
People’s
San Il Defonso
London
Hendaye
Relief Workers Strike Meeting Sets Return to Work Plans
A delegation from the relief workers met the council's relief committee and after full discussion agreed the strikers would return to work. They also considered a three day work requirement for continued relief and noted plans to draft a winter relief schedule effective October 1 amid rising living costs.
Detroit and Boston Clash in 20-2 Baseball Losses
Detroit beats Boston 20 to 2 as Rowe and Myatt along with Wilson and R Ferrell propel the offense. St Louis plates 2 runs while New York tallies 1 8 2 2 2 2 2 in a high scoring afternoon featuring Thomas Vanatta Guillant Gomez and Dickey.
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Detroit
Boston
Rowe
Myatt
Wilson
R. Ferrell
St. Louis
New York
Thomas
Vanatta
Guillant
Gomez
Dickey
Cana dian Manufacturers' Association meeting tonight in hotel
The focal branch of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association meets this evening at 8 30 in the Assiniboia Hotel.
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Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Assinibola Hotel
Communists March Back Into Kansu With 50,000 Reds
From Shanghai a report says Chinese Communist forces of about fifty thousand, driven westward last year, regrouped into Kansu with modern equipment. They advance toward Minhsein and threaten Lanchow as provincial and foreign residents flee.
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Shanghai
Kansu
Chiang Kai- Shek
Central Asia
Minhsein
Lanchow
China
Dominion Housing Act to Aid Moderate Income Builders
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Charles Dunning will push to make the Dominion Housing Act more accessible to low income Canadians seeking home loans. After talks with major lending institutions, a finance department committee will study standards to lower barriers, noting current loans cover about 650 families since the act began, with over half issued since June 1.
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Ottawa
C.P
Charles Dunning
Finance Department
Trotzky declares duty to revenge Moscow executions
Hoenefoss Norway reports Leon Trotzky pledging revenge for the execution of 16 men in Moscow. The Soviet government accuses Trotzky, a famed Bolshevik exile, of masterminding the anti Stalin conspiracy.
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Hoenefoss
Norway
C.P
Leon Trotzky
Moscow
Trotzky
Child Regains Lost Copper After Hospital Return
Five year old Tommy Shaughnessy of Peterborough retrieved his copper earnings after an operation at the Hospital for Sick Children. He had swallowed the coin but recovered it during his weekend hospital stay in Toronto.
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Toronto
C.P
Tommy Shaughnessy
Peterborough
Tommy
Alberta Premier Praises Federal Relief Plan
Premier Aberhart of Alberta welcomed Ottawa’s relief measures for drought areas in southern Saskatchewan and Alberta. He praised the declaration of a national emergency and urged early cattle movement north and rapid feed shipments for working animals and dairy stock. He anticipated provincial ministers Cockroft and Chant coordinating East arrangements for upcoming legislative action.
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Edmonton
Aberhart
Alberta
Cockroft
Charles Cockroft
Chant
W. N. Chant
Educational Driving Campaign Visits City by Johnsville Truck
A large yellow Johnsville Company truck, part of four in Canada, toured the city as safety engineer A D Wilcox led lectures on vehicle safety. The unit, working with provincial traffic boards, promotes safer auto operation across Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia with a longer spring stop planned.
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Johnns Manville Company
Canada
A.D. Wilcox
Wilcox
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Medicine
Spider Defeats Garter Snake In Bristol Cellar Battle
In Bristol Comn on August 24 Arthur L Krasenics reports a black house spider appears to win a two day contest against a six inch garter snake. The snake’s head is caught in the spider’s web and raised about two inches from the basement floor.
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Bristol
Comn
C.P
Arthur L. Krasenics
Cattle Exports Jump Under New Canada US Trade Rules
Washington reports the U S department of agriculture says imports of cattle in the first half of the year neared the 1936 quotas for reduced duty. Calves under 175 pounds filled their 52 000 quota by Aug 8 and overall imports under MFN pacts rose while Mexican arrivals fell. Dairy cows eligible for reduced duty showed only a fraction entering.
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Washington
A.P
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Ganatah
Mexico
China blames Japan for China’s troubles at Pacific Relations
Dr. Hu Shih of Peiping accused Japan of creating the warlike climate by seizing Manchuria and blocking China’s peaceful reconstruction. He warned Japan would tolerate any regime to unify and consolidate China and urged readiness to fight for existence.
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Yosemite
Calif
Institute of Pacific Relations
Japan
China
Hu Shih
National University of Peiping
Manchuria
Rain Attains Peak In Medicine Hat Showers
Rain in Medicine Hat reached its peak last night with a .24 inch fall. Total precipitation since the rain began rises to .82 inch.
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Medicine Hat
World Wheat King Not To Defend His Title
STAVELY Alta Aug 25 Frelan Wilford winner of the world's wheat king title at Chicago in 1935 will not defend his crown this year because he says he will not thresh any wheat good enough for show purposes. His wheat probably will grade only No 2 Northern.
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Stavely
Alta
C.P
Frelan Wilford
Chicago
Dunning Outlines Relief Plan for Canadian Provinces
Ottawa announces a national emergency due to long droughts in southern Saskatchewan and Alberta. Finance Minister Dunning says federal provincial cooperation will salvage herds, provide standard relief, and aid farm rehabilitation with Red Cross help, while moving families to productive soil areas.
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Ottawa
Canada
RED Cross
C.P
Saskatchewan
Alberta
France
Charles’ Dunning
Yeserday
Dunning
Cana
Réd’ Cross ‘Society
United States
Island may aid drought areas by selling cattle
Prince Edward Island could help western Canada hit by drought by selling cattle. Premier B. W. LePage said there is strong demand on the island and if transport rates are kept attractive, farmers would buy stock to ease feeding burdens faced by western farmers.
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Charlottetown
C.P
Prince “Edward Island
B. W. ‘LePage
Island
Missing aviators Coleman and Forty hailed in Ottawa
Flight-Lieutenant Coleman and Leading Aircraftman Forty, missing Arctic aviators, are well known in Ottawa. Coleman served at Ottawa air station before transfer to Dartmouth for Atlantic patrol duties. Forty was also based at Ottawa air station.
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Ottawa
C.P
Coleman
J. Forty
Arctic
Ottawa Air Station
Here
Dartmouth
N.S
Atlantic ’ Seaboard
Forty
Ottawa Air
Debt Adjustment Act Extended in Alberta to Aid Drought Areas
Premier Aberhart announced a broad extension of the Debt Adjustment Act to apply to debts contracted up to July 1 1935, offering relief to farmers and homeowners as drought persists. The special session opens with caucus discussions on social credit dividends and potential deputy speaker appointment as Maynard departure looms.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Aberhart
Social Credit
Lucien Maynard
Social Credit and debt legislation outlined for Alberta
Edmonton August 25. Lieutenant-Governor Walsh announces in the throne speech opening a special Alberta legislature session that Social Credit measures and debt adjustment laws will be introduced. The session aims to address drought conditions and welfare needs, with further action on interest reduction and related reforms for the province.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
W. L.walsh
Legislative Assembly
Social Credit
Lived For 20 Years With Bullet in His Heart
John Russell Makinson, hotel owner in Ripley Surrey, lived twenty years with a bullet in his heart after Gallipoli action in 1916. He died on return from a pleasure cruise with his wife when the bullet shifted during the voyage. Mrs Makinson brought his body to Southampton.
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Southampton
John Russell Makinson
Ripley
Surrey
Gallipoli
Makinson
Zeppelin stunts draw protest on coast near Pratt’s Island
William Atkin of Pratt's Island near Here protests to the U S Bureau of Aeronautics against a Zeppelins low flying along the coast. He says the craft on its latest trip skimmed about 50 feet above treetops, calling it a show-off stunt.
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Darien
Conn
C.P
William Atkin
Pratt
United States Bureau
Atkin Iid
Wester Ethiopians Seek British Mandate Intervention
In London on August 25, sixty Gaza chiefs led a revolt against Italian rule and urged Britain to take a League of Nations mandate over western Ethiopia. Britain declined to intervene or accept the petition.
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London
C.P
Great Britain
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Gaza
Social Credit Legislature Opens In Edmonton
The Social Credit government began its second Alberta session in Edmonton on Aug 25 facing drought relief and granting executive power to implement principles. Premier Aberhart opened with a Mothers’ Allowance Act amendment proposal before adjourning after the throne speech was set for consideration.
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Edmonton
Social Credit
Alberta
Social ‘Credit
Social’* Credit Caucus
S. A. G. Barnes
S.C
Beac
Aberhart
Ini
Vase
Dowager Countess of Bradford Dies in London
The dowager Countess of Bradford aged 77, a longtime confidante of Queen Mary, died today. She resided at Castle Bromwich near Birmingham.
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London
Bradford
Queen Mary
Castle Bromwich
Birmingham
Chinese Fire On British Soldiers Near Peiping Car Attack
Three British soldiers were fired upon while returning to their barracks from a moving automobile near Peiping. One soldier was wounded in the leg as the incident caused anxious scenes in the city.
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Peiping
C.P
Hitler’s Military Decree Sparks French Diplomatic Suspicion
Berlin reports Hitler plans to convoke the reichstag to approve a major decision doubling military service to two years and expanding the German army to 1,000,000 men. Paris notes the extension follows an arms embargo against Spain and cites Soviet pressure as a factor. France remains wary of a wider European pact as tensions over neutrality and German arms policy rise.
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Berlin
Hitler
Reichstag
Paris
Germany
France
Spain
Soviet
Russia
Red Army
Japan
Ard Socialist Party
Europe
Great Britain
Kamerun
Madrid
Tng
Ge Rinanty Kamerun
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Associated Press
San Sebastian
Jesus Larranaga
Miliamen
Larran
Manufacturers’ Assn
Kansi
Dominion Housing Act
Trotsky
Spider Vs
Snake
Canada Beach
C.A. Dunning
Sion
Eight Legislative Assembly
Tweedsmuir
Govénor
Zeppelin
Britain
Itler
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