Labour Opposition Attacks Government In Parliament
In Calgary and London reports, the Labour opposition denounces the government’s handling of policy. Alberta seeks to appeal the Reduction and Settlement Act as constitutional after prior rulings. In Britain, Chamberlain defends foreign policy and discusses France Spain and mediation prospects amid no immediate talks on ending the Spanish conflict.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Supreme Court
Ppeal
Chamberlain
Italy
Spain
Wis
London
House of Commons
Czechoslovakia
France
Paris
Viscount Halifax
Irrigation project discussed by local chamber and officials
The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce and allied groups are pressing irrigation plans. John Vallance and George Spence report talks with the P F R A after Ottawa discussions on southwestern Alberta irrigation. Turin Alberta aims to join Turin Retlaw area to the Hat project, possibly shifting support toward Redcliff Rondlain project via the federal government.
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Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Estes Development
W. T. Bannall
John Vallance
Plplala Water Development Committee
Vallance
George Spence
P.F.R.A
Ottawa
Alberta
Turin
Spence
C. Redcliff-Rondlane
Anglo-Nazi Pact Hails Chamberlain Move on Talks
Berlin dispatch says Nazi newspapers praise Chamberlain for saying an accord with Germany is not impossible. Most papers stay cautious on solving the Czechoslovak problem via Viscount Runciman mediation.
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Berlin
C.P
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Viscount Runciman
Baseball doubleheader ends with split in Boston series
In a two game set Cincinnati defeated Boston 2 to 0 in the first game while Boston won 15 to 3 in the second. Walters and Lombardi led Cincinnati hitters. In other scores Warneke and Brewer kept Philadelphia from tallying, while St. Louis beat New York 7 to 4.
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Cincinnati
Boston
Weaver
Schott
Hershberger
MacFayden
Lopez
Walters
Lombardi
Fette
Mueller
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
Warneke and Brewer
Castleman and Mancuso
Baseball score report from St Louis and Detroit games
At St Louis New York 11 runs 0 7 11 0 innings. St Louis 5 runs 13 3. Vance and Dickey Johnson and Heath pitched. At Detroit Washington 4 runs 1 0 1 9 11 3 Weaver and R Ferrell Lawson and Tebbetts.
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St. Louis
New York
Vance
Dickey
Johnson
Heath
Detroit
Washington
Weaver
R. Ferrell
Lawson
Tebbetts
Designer of election poster commits suicide in South Africa
Rup B F Vanniekirk, who produced a poster showing a white woman and a colored husband with mixed children, shot himself after claiming he insulted South African womanhood. His death comes amid controversy during the May election campaign in which Afrikander women protested and Nationalists gained seats in Parliament.
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Durban
South Africa
B. F. Vanniekirk
Vanniekirk
Heilbron
Orange Free State
Afrikander
Nationalists
Forest Fire Threatens Beaver Rivers Timber Areas
Firefighters rushed to the Beaver Rivers region southeast of Prince George British Columbia as a blaze expanding over 60 000 acres wiped out eight timber limits and menaced 30 Mihara officials reported.
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Prince George
B.C
C.P
Beaver Rivers
Here
Mihara
Britain's New RAF Training School Opens Sept 1
Sir Kingsley Wood announced the new Royal Air Force training school at St Athan Glamorganshire would open Sept 1. It will be the largest and best equipped aviation centre with about one thousand apprentices at the outset and three thousand by December.
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London
C.p.havas
Kingsley Wood
Air
Royal Air Force Training School
St. Athan
Glamorganshire
Great Britain
Kingsley
Fanatic Wrecks Power Plant of Govt in Edmonton
A man broke into the Public Works Department shops in south Edmonton and grappled with night watchman S. S. Magee before escaping as police searched the area. Sabotage at the Alberta legislative buildings caused power failures. three suspects were under surveillance with no arrests. The Alberta public works minister called the incident fanatic work. Also noted are deaths of Charles Lindsay Cruikshank, 84, Calgary, and James J. Allan of Alan's Mills, Ontario.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Public Works Department
S. S. Magee
Legislative
Port Alberni
B.C
C. P
W. A. Fallon
Fallon
Privy Council Rules BC Natural Products Marketing Act Valid
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council upheld the British Columbia Natural Products Marketing Act. It dismissed an appeal by independent dairymen from the British Columbia Court of Appeal, ruling the act governs transactions wholly within the province under section 92 of the British North America Act.
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London
Daly
Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council
West wind threatens Vancouver Island forest fire spread
A new west wind raises concern for the large forest fire on Vancouver Island. Officials warn flames could reach three towns on the fire's southeastern front unless guards hold. Bevan Courtenay and Cumberland are at risk, though containment aims to prevent encroachment.
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Courtenay
B.C
C.P
Vancouver Island
Bevan
Cumberland
Temperature Rebounds to Near Ninety in Alberta
After a cool spell the mercury climbs toward the 90s with noon readings at 82 and yesterday's high around 83.7 at 4 30 pm. The overnight low dropped to 58 as no rain fell in southern Alberta.
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Alberta
Red Mite Kills Grasshoppers in Eastern Irrigation District
Heavy weekend showers spared Brooks while crops stay strong in the Eastern Irrigation District. Fail rye cut and stocked, alfalfa first cut averaged 11 tons per acre, grasshoppers damaged fields mainly south of Brooks, but a tiny red mite parasite reduced them rapidly. Hail damage noted across the district.
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Brooks
Irrigation District
Still Another British Ship Is Sunk in Spain
The British cargo ship Dellwyn was sunk in the port of Gandia by a sea plane in a second attack in three days. Two bombs hit the ship, one creating a hole below the water line. There were no casualties amid continued bombings of British vessels in Spanish waters.
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Madrid
C.P
Gandia
Alicante
London
Spain
Assassination Sparks Terror in Acre Holy Land
The head of the Acre mosque was killed today in Haifa area violence. The Arab religious leader's death triggered panic among Jews who fled Acre amid fears of renewed guerrilla warfare.
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Haifa
Palestine
Holy Land
Acre
Fire Danger in Berry Creek Area Discussed by Dr W G Anderson
Special to the News Brooks July 27 The Berry Creek district faces drought conditions but shows favorable crop prospects according to Dr W G Anderson the country doctor and farmer. He notes government efforts to reorganize abandoned lands for stock raising and cites support from the Dominion and provincial authorities including the P F R A funding dugouts dams and small irrigation projects to aid feed production and water.
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Cessford
Dominion
Atock
P.F.R.A
McCarthy objects to coroner inquest over Sidney death
McCarthy argues Supreme Court lack of jurisdiction as body missing after Sidney’s death in Racine Wisconsin. He claims inquest seeks ulterior goals and questions mental capacity of the deceased. Witnesses John Moore and Thomas Bull testify regarding Sidney’s odd behavior prior to her death.
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McCarthy
John Moore
W. Perkins Bull
Wheat price decision delayed to next week in Canada
Ottawa July 27 The Canadian Wheat Board has not yet recommended a fixed minimum price for wheat for the coming crop year and the matter will be taken up at the next cabinet meeting on August 4. Premier King said he expects the recommendation ready for government consideration.
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Ottawa
C.P
King
Government troops push toward Gandesa in southern Cai lonia
Dispatches from Hendaye report government forces advancing on Gandesa from three fronts on a 16 mile front. The offensive aims to seize the town as insurgent positions retreat toward the Ebro valley amid aerial counterattacks.
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Hendaye
C.P
Gandesa
Cailonia
Todey
Outadirts
Ab Aboyentis
Ebro
Spain
Inta
Jag Jagt
Chamberlains Courageous Stroke in Czechoslovak Dispute
London reports praise and criticism greet Viscount Runciman mission to ease minority rights tensions in Czechoslovakia. The unofficial mediation is hailed as a bold foreign policy move and likened to Britain’s earlier League of Nations sanctions stance during the Ethiopian crisis.
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London
C.P
Viscount Runciman
League of Nations
Italy
No Fall Session and No Election This Year Says Canada's Prime Minister
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King says no fall session or election this year barring unforeseen events. He dismisses talk of a poll on the US trade agreement and notes only two scenarios would trigger Parliament: a new international issue or a new US trade deal deemed urgent. He plans to attend Fort Henry celebration and returns to Ottawa by Aug 4.
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Canada
Ottawa
C.P
Mackenzie King
United States
Paridmanrth
Rane Nee
Washington
Mackenzie
Porento
Fort Henry
Kingston
N. W. Rowell
Royal Compige Dominion-provindial ‘Relatigiin
Toronto
Neat
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Britain
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Ontario
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