Japanese Bombard Woosung as Shanghai War Drums Grow Louder
Japanese warships bombarded Woosung at dawn signaling a major push on Shanghai defenses. Woosung village fell under naval and air support while Chinese troops faced encirclement. Reports say bombs killed civilians near Hanghang and a mercy ship was bombed by an unknown air unit. US liner President Hoover attacked. US barred from Shanghai except warships. Anxiety grows for missing US missionaries in Shantung amid two Japanese columns. Chiang Kai-shek calls for international intervention to end Sino-Japanese tensions.
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Shanghai
C. P
Yangtze
Whangpoo
Woosung
Hanghang
Lung Shan
United States
Hoover
Elule Langt
Aubol
Shentung
Inswlate
Tsienan
Shantung
Hopeh
Peiping
Tientsin
Nanking
C.p.cable
Chiang ‘Kai-Sifek
China
Eightth infantile paralysis case reported in city
An additional infantile paralysis case was reported yesterday afternoon from the same neighborhood, bringing total cases for the month to eight. The illness appears from June to October, peaking in August and September, with earlier years showing sporadic cases in 1927 1928 1929 1930 and 1931.
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Theras
Lastzon Steel
Douglas endorses Alberta Social Credit policies
Douglas said he fully approved Premier Aberhart's banking legislation and noted the Alberta government's move to gain power over credit. He told The Canadian Press that Social Credit plans may gain momentum and that existing jobs and security for Alberta residents would improve as the government pushes its program.
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London
Nagiar
C.P. Cable
Douglas
A‘berhart
Social Credit
Alberta Social Credit
IHAY
Alberta
Goverment
Ste
Credit
Large Alberta Trusts Meet Over Premier's Policy
Red Deer Alberta August 30 The Red Deer Board of Trade held an emergency meeting after Premier Aberhart notified Prime Minister Mackenzie King that Alberta would implement bank control legislation the federation rejects The telegram to Mr King stated a large percentage of Alberta citizens support the Premier while the board plans mass meetings to counter Social Credit claims of wide public support.
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Red Deer
Alta
William Aberhart
Mackenzie King
Alberta
Board of Trade
King
Trade’. Board
Social Credit
Primates Call for Unity at Canada General Synod
Halifax August report on the 14th General Synod of the Church of England in Canada shows Most Rev. Owen urging unity amid internal conflicts and external pressure. He emphasizes education, foreign aid, and a united Restoration Fund while noting relations with other Christian branches and thanking Bishop J G Byday for attending sessions.
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Halifax
Det Owen
Toronto
General Synod
Engl
Canada
England
Jossary
Ireland
J. G
Walter. Burd
Prince ‘Alhea -Bishopy
Saskatchewan
Textile Strikers Return to Work in Canada Mills
In Montreal 3000 workers in four Dominion Textile mills returned to work today while five plants elsewhere began absorption, part of nearly 10 000 employees who struck at the month’s start. The National Catholic Federation of Textile Workers approved a plan for workers to revert to the old wage scale pending Fair Wage Board discussions.
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Montreal
C.P
Dominion Textile Company
National Catholic Federattion of Textile Workers
Fair Wage Board
Drumheller Strike Not General Says Secretary
Drumheller secretary denies miners in the Drumheller Valley have threatened a general strike. The brief release clarifies the situation amid local unrest and avoids broader labor action claims.
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Drumheller
Drumheller Valley
Rotary talk praises Canadian communications network
A Rotary Club address lauded Canada's telegraph and telephone networks as the longest and most complete in the world. The speaker highlighted the combined facilities used for radio broadcasting and general communications across the country.
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Gijublocal
Lan Pacific
Canada
Etzikom man found guilty on multiple driving charges
Walter Wright of Etzikom appeared in the city police court charged with reckless driving operating a car without a license defective brakes and illegal use of license plates. He was found guilty on all counts and fined a total of 29.75 dollars including court costs after crashing a car into a barricade near North Railway Street and CPR freight sheds around 10 20 p m. Authorities later located Wright and his vehicle about 40 minutes after the accident.
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Walter Wright
Etzikom
Wright
North Railway St
CPR
Allowance Ave
I Cafe
Employment improves across Dominion says report
Moderate improvement in Canada during July reported by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Payrolls from 10,320 firms show 1,148,109 persons employed on August 1, up from 1,134,466 in July, continuing a year long forward movement.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Strike Notice From District 18 Officials
Angus G Morrison secretary of District 18 of the United Mine Workers reports strikes at two mines in the district involving 150 men. No sympathy walkout has been considered, according to the union secretary.
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Werbergs of America
Igal
Unsuccessful Arctic Search for Soviet Fliers
Pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon landed the Soviet owned flying boat near Copper Mine at 9 p.m. MST after an unsuccessful Arctic search for missing Russian fliers last heard Aug. 13. Poor visibility hampered the search by Sir Hubert Wilkins's party into the north. Father Bernard Hubbard doubted the fliers survive and blamed freak weather from sunspots for the tragedy.
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Coppermine
C.P
Herbert
Hubert
Nome
Bernard Hubbard
Priest
Russia
Barrow
Wainwright
Nile
Shopping Festival Planned by Assiniboia Merchants
A meeting of retail merchants at the Assiniboia hotel decided to stage a Shopping Festival on September 23 to 25. Harry Matthews outlined last year’s program and the general setup while a district service plan was discussed. A committee with chairmen and secretaries including Moore, Hugsack, Butler, Cope and McGowan was appointed to organize details.
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Assiniboia
Harry
Matthews
Pone
Mnierd
Moore
Hugsack
Nein Oers
Butler
Roove Bok
Cope Mt McGowan
Nat-Botter
Alberta Social Credit clash nears federal disallowance action
Ottawa reports Premier Aberhart pressing banking legislation despite Dominion order in council disallowing it. Mackenzie King plans cabinet discussion as Alberta faces possible press act and press system reforms amid Douglas and MacLachlan views in England.
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Ottawa
William Aberhart
Social Credit
Mackenzie King
Aberhart
Cabinet
King
The
Gintinega Mills
Alberta
G. L. MacLachlan
Social Credit Board
Sie Poeta
Credit
Major Douglas
MacLachlan
Men I Killed author Brigadier General Crozier dies
London Aug 312 CP Cable Brigadier General Frank Rerey Crozier whose book The Men I Killed sparked an international controversy died today at his Walton on Thames home A South African and Great War veteran he was 58 Crozier claimed in the memoir he ordered troops to shoot Portuguese to clear a position and said he personally killed a British subaltern and a British soldier He said the book aimed to expose authority figures and hypocrisy rather than glorify war.
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London
Frank Rerey Crozke
Walton-on-Thames
Lisbon
Crozier
Baseball scores and lineups from National League games
In Cincinnati Boston Chicago Brooklyn St Louis New York Philadelphia and other teams, game scores and key pitchers are listed. Moody Lombardi MacFayden Miller Carleton Hartnett Krankhouse Phelps Welland Owen Castleman Danning Spitzeburg Brandt Walters Wilgon Tayes Hogsett Hemsley appear in the box scores.
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National
Cincinnati
Boston
Moody
Ee Lombardi
MacFayden
Miller
Chicago
Brooklyn Seimtejad
Carleton
Hartnett
Krankhouse
Phelps
St.Louie
iNew
York
Welland and
Owen
Castleman
Danning
Spitzeburg
Philadelphia
Brandt
Tota
Walters
Wilgon
United States Delegation Named for Salmon Commission
Charles E Jackson of South Carolina B M Brennan and Edward W Allen of Seattle will represent the United States on the International Salmon Fisheries Commission. The report notes light showers and a temperature around 80 to 50.
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Charles E Jackson
South Carolina
B. M. Brennan
Edward W. Allen
Seattle
United States
Col Hewgill to Manage Cecil Hotel in Medicine Hat
Col W Hewgill arrived from Calgary to take over management of the Cecil Hotel in Medicine Hat replacing D E Fraser who left for Calgary last week. Hewgill, a stranger to Medicine Hat, previously led Distributors Limited here until it was taken over by the Alberta government about a year ago.
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British North America
Alberta
Aberhart
Calgary
Cecil
D.'E. Fraser
Col. Hewgill
Medicine Hat
Distributors Limited
Labor leaders weigh response to revolt within unions
In Atlantic City Aug, American Federation leaders consider keeping channels open rather than expelling unions. The scope of the CLOs and Lewis revolt is debated as some view it as a phase in organizing workers across industries, challenging craft lines.
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Atlantic City
N.J
A.P
American Federation
John
Lewis
C.L
American Labor Movement
Wold ‘Cnat
Conlasiites
3 Leech
Civil Service Examinations for Stenographers Announced
Open competitive examinations are announced by the Civil Service Commission for stenographers grade 1. Subjects include shorthand typewriting spelling and English. Applicants must score at least 60 percent on each post and a 70 percent average. forms must be filed by Sept 18 at city post offices.
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D.ployment Service of
Canad
Refugees Describe Shanghai Bombing in Vancouver
Miss H Berglund of Minnesota aboard the Heian Maru recounts the August Shanghai bombing that struck the Palace Hotel, shattering rooms and sending shrapnel through corridors. Fifteen American girls traveling to safety witnessed devastation as they watched from the ship.
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Vancouver
Shanghai
H. Berglund
Minnesota
Shanghai Palace
States
A. Terribl C
Shirk
San-Br
Slp
Bucher
California
Surante
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