Canada Bets on Reclaiming Drought Hit Prairies
Ottawa reports four governments unite to reclaim millions of drought stricken prairie acres in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Plans include relief aid seed for next year and cattle support while experiments test grasses to bind wind blown soil and revive wheat production. Officials expect possible irrigation and reforestation in the long term with drought relief funding projected between 15 and 20 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Sanderson
Ottawa
Canada
Federal
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairies
Dominion Department of Agriculture
West
Dominion
United States
Washington
Strike Plan Extends to Silk Woollen Textiles
The United Textile Workers strike committee announced a general walkout in the cotton textile industry for September 4. Preparations begin to extend the same action to silk, rayon and woollen sectors. About 600,000 cotton mill workers would be affected, with potentially many more from other mills. Washington report notes the move as one of the largest strikes to face the administration outside San Francisco upheaval.
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San Francisco
Washington
United Textile Workers
Associated Press
U.S
Predict Nazi Insurrection Predicted After Dollfuss Death
VIDNNA Aug 27 A high Nazi leader warned the next insurrection would be bloodier than the last as Austria’s government vows to wipe out opposition following Chancellor Dollfuss assassination. He said German orders from Hitler would start a new revolution with fierce reprisals for Nazi hangings. One month earlier Nazis stormed Vienna’s chancery. Dollfuss died. a dozen conspirators were hanged and thousands jailed with heavy fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Mills
Asso. Press
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Adolph Hitler
Vienna
Dollfuss
Trainers suspended by Canadian Racing Association
Three trainers received 30 day suspensions and three horses were ruled off the tracks after saliva tests at Hamilton and Stamford Park in Niagara Falls. The tests by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police checked whether the horses had been doped.
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Toronto
Incorporated
Canadian Racing Association Today
Hamilton
Stamford Park
Niagara Falls
Royal Canadia Mounted Police
BC Marketing Board Called Unconstitutional
Ottawa observers note legal officials declined comment as British Columbia questions the Marketing Act. The dispute centers on the Dominion and provincial powers under the British North America Act with the act creating a central board and provincial boards as a possible voluntary option. Justice Minister Hugh Guthrie had stated the act is constitutional, while BC advisers argue Dominion authority cannot delegate provincial control over intra provincial trade.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion
British Columbia
Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
Privy Council
Hugh Guthrie
House
Byrd to Be Brought Back by Monoplane From Antarctica
A monoplane is ready to fly from Little America to the advance weather base to bring back Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, recovering from illness after a five month vigil. If the flight proceeds, Byrd would return by plane and resumes duties at the weather observation post.
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Little America
Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
Five men drown after cable cage ride on Columbia River
Revelstoke witnesses say five men vanished after a cable cage ride across the Columbia River broke loose. Blondie Mason survived reaching shore while two others were seen downstream. The six worked at a relief camp near 10 Mile on the Big Bend highway. missing are C McDonald, G Bailey, H Davis, A W Morrow, and Joseph Wall.
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Revelstoke
B.C
Columbia River
Blondie Mason
Big Bend
British Columbia Forestry Department
Eh, C. McDonald
Chatham
N.B
George Bailey
Hold-up on Toronto Street Robs Clerk of $100
Norman Gar diner and drug store clerk was slugged and knocked semi conscious on Toronto Street as two assailants robbed him of $100 on Aug 27. The men fled to a waiting automobile before bystanders could pursue.
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Toronto
Norman
Gardiner
Jail Break at Chatanooga Stuns Hamilton County Jail
Eleven prisoners seized control of the Hamilton county jail in Chatanooga and escaped amid gunfire from officers. Three inmates were recaptured as guards and trustees were overpowered during the breakout.
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Chatanooga
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hamilton County
Collegeville
Graterford
Hitler urges Saar vote return to Germany in January
Adolf Hitler addressed about 300000 people at Erenbreitstein urging France to accept the Saar's return to Germany when it votes next January. He said the Saar is the main hurdle between Paris and Berlin and asserted both nations should end hostility on this issue.
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John A. Bouman
Associated Press
Ehrenbreitstein
Germany
A.P
Adolf Hitler
France
Saar
Hitler
Canada Approves Over Million for National Parks Projects
The dominion government authorized expenditures totaling more than 1 million dollars for projects in Canada's national parks. In Alberta, Banff and Jasper see major funding including highway continuations, widenings, and camp ground improvements. Other parks receive contracts and day labor for road work, shelter facilities, and site development.
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Ottawa
Canada
Alberta
Banff National Park
Stoney Squad
Banff-Jasper
Banff Park
Tunnel Mountain
Jasper National Park
Jasper Park
Miette Hot Springs
Jasper Yellowhead
Patricia Lake Area
Waterton Lakes National Park
Elk Island National Park
Sandy Beach
Returning Officer Named for Medicine Hat Riding
Official announcement at the weekend appoints Returning Officer W. W. Parrish a well known local business man and former city council member for the Medicine Hat riding during the next federal election. It notes Prime Minister Bennett and his government are expected to go to the polls in October 1935 a full five years after taking office.
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W. W. Parrish
Medicine Hat
Bennett
Bread Price War in Great Britain and Canada
Toronto dispatch reports a five year plan in Britain to boost bread variety and seek price regulation. National Association members say a bread price war hit Manchester and Liverpool for two years with bread once sold for a penny a pound delivered. They expect higher quality flour from Canada if prices rise and note Canadian wheat in bread is below desired levels.
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Toronto
C.P
Great Britain
J. H. Merrett
Cardiff
National Association of Master Ealers and Confectioners
Canada
Merrett
William Colier
Leigh
Britain
Manchester
Liverpool
Northern Ireland Bans Blue Shirt Movement
The government of Northern Ireland officially bans the Blue Shirt movement led by General Eoin O'Duffy in the Irish Free State. The interior minister announced the ban and O'Duffy’s plan to appoint a party high commissioner for Ulster and organize a Northern section. A. S. Haines, an Alymer Ontario lawyer, died recently.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Free State
Eoin O'Duffy
O’duffy
Ulster
Northern Counties
New Deal Report Quantifies Wage Gains Under NRA
President Roosevelt received a council report noting a 37.5 percent rise in manufacturing wages from June 1933 to June 1934, with living costs up 9.6 percent, leaving a net 25 percent gain in purchasing power for wage earners. Donald R. Richberg presented the findings detailing the administration's early accomplishments and the link to NRA codification.
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Washington
A.P
Roosevelt
Executive Council
Donald R. Richberg
Labor walkout set for September 4 at cotton mills
The order affecting about 600000 cotton-mill workers will be announced this week with a potential 300000 more from silk rayon and woollen mills. The strike aims to pressure the Roosevelt administration and is the largest against it since San Francisco. Conciliation efforts by the federal government seek to avert the walkout.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
Gove
Refusal of Hospital Operation for Dying Boy Ends in Return
In Fort Payne Alabama on August 27 parents of Wallace Doyle Sharp age eight refused to let a physician take the child to a hospital for an infected leg. Sheriff and father reached an agreement that charges would be dropped if medical care was provided. The boy may be hospitalized in Gadsden if necessary.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Wallace Doyle Sharp
Lad
Port Payne
A. l
Wallace Doyle Sharp, Jr
S. W. Fope
Gadsden Hospital
Plane leaves Cartwright for Nunarsu pit Island flight
Dr. R W Light and Robert Wilson departed Cartwright Labrador at 7 25 p m S T for Nunarsu it Island on Greenland’s west side. An hour later they reported position 55 5 N 55 25 W as fog banks were encountered. Air distance is about 600 miles.
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Ottawa
R. W. Light
Robert Wilson
Cartwright
Labrador
Hartford Doctor Aids in Cartwright Lifesaving Air Aid
Dr Richard Upjohn Light of Hartford, now in Cartwright Labrador, extended his air trip to England by assisting in five emergency operations at the local hospital. An anaesthetist and five patients arriving by tail boat received urgent care, with two surgeries Friday and three Saturday, shared via a special amateur radio link.
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Hartford
Riichard Upjohn Light
Cartwright
Labrador
England
I. Flartford
Fliers Mackie and Blackwell Dead in Lake Winnipeg Crash
Winnipeg reports say George Mackie and Len Blackwell of Northwest Aero Marine Service were found dead in morgue after a ten day search. Inquest at Pine Falls adjourned a week as wreckage and identities confirmed. Earlier searches recovered Scarr, Smith, May, Fair, and others from Pine Falls. cause of crash remains undisclosed.
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Winnipeg
George Mackie
Len Blackwell
Northwest Aero -Marine Service
Here
Lake Winnipeg
Pine Falls
Man
Northwest Aero Marine
Charles Scarr
E. L.smith
Scarr
Smith
Bill May
Wilfred Fair
Pine Fall
Mackie
Blackwell
NRA troubles rock Johnson resignation over reorganization
Washington reports reveal General Hugh S. Johnson angered by a White House meeting last Monday and briefly resigned in writing over the NRA reorganization. President Roosevelt pressed him to reconsider, with NRA counsel and Frances Petrine Labor involved in the dispute.
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Washington
N.r.as
Hugh S. Johnson
White House
Roosevelt
N.R.A
Donald, Richhern
NLA
Frances
Petrine
Johnson
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Alymer (Ont
Boy
Newport
R.I
Harold
Vanderbilt
Charles Francis Adams
DR. Light
The
Manitoba Government Air Service
Harry
Sigurdson
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