Famine Threatens Austria as Food Shortage Grows
Rome reports from Vatican sources that Austria faces severe food shortages with rising prices and scarce staples. Schools may close as children suffer malnutrition and fat, pork, and flour become scarce. nuns wear simple head coverings due to starch shortages. General famine seems inevitable.
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Rome
London
Vatican
Austria
Empire
Petrograd
Gen- Worniloff
Kerensky
Roumanian
Moscow
Paris
Aisne
Hurtebise
Palestine
Gaza
President's Note Interpreted Amid War Purpose
In an interview with the Associated Press, George Bernard Shaw discusses President Wil and a reply to the Pope. He says the note signals Germany must become a republic and that the Allies will continue their resistance until terms are met.
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Wil
Germany
George Ernard
Shaw
Associated Press
Grain trade pact with Netherlands and Yeod Administration
Fragmentary report indicates a 1945 agreement between the Netherlands government and the Yeod Administration governing the shipment of grain carbon held at port. The text notes conditions set by an expert board and mentions possible abandonment of cargo under certain terms.
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Washington
Netherlands
Yeod Administration
St -Porty
Canadians Hold Front at Lens Amid Gas Attacks
Canadian forces cling to cellars in Lens as heavy bombardment and gas projections press the advance. Early yesterday large gas canisters were hurled into the town’s cellar-heavy sector, with prisoners reporting serious gas casualties and continued shelling.
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France
Lens
Working Agreement On Food Control Reached
Ottawa reports a two day conference between F C Walcott and Canadian food administration officials has produced a working agreement on the food problem. The U S food administrator Herbert Hoover team and Canadian representatives announced from the food controller's office.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
F.C. Walcott
Herbert €. Hoover
Canadian Food Administration
Food Controller’s
Medicines Hat Heroes Killed In Action In August
Official notices report three Medicine Hat soldiers killed or wounded in August. Lance Corporal H G MacDonnell of the Crown Lands Office family is confirmed killed in action on August 21 after serving with the 196th Battalion. Private W Brotherton, formerly with 1751 Nutrition and later transferred, fell on August 19. Private Oswald Arthur Rimmer, admitted August 21 to casualty clearing station, wounded in left leg after prior wounds in right leg plus a return to the trenches.
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Medicine Hat
H. G. MacDonnell
MacDonnell
Crown Lands Office
L.corps
Lands Office
Pte
W. Brotherton
Nutriiton
Brotherton
Vancouver
A. Rimmer
A. Rimmer Has Received the Information That His Son, Pte
Oswald Arthur Rimner
Staion
Rimmer
Bot
Riverside Gets New Four Room School Building
Medicine Hat’s Riverside district awaits a formal opening of its modern four room school. The ceremony includes inspection, speeches by Dr. Gershaw and Mayor Crulkahank, flag presentation to the school, student choir, and reports from school board members, ending with God Save the King.
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Medicine Hat
Dlana
Riverside
Behool
Pingle
Crulkahank
God Save the King
Agreement With CPR In Effect Details Unknown
Fragmented OCR notes mention a new agreement with CPR in effect starting September 1 but lack clear context or specifics. The text includes garbled phrases about agreements, rates, and a religious or fraternal group, with unreadable names and dates.
Horticultural Show Exhibits Impress in Medicine Hat
The Horticultural Exhibition drew large crowds as Medicine Hat showcased flowers vegetables and fruit. Local growers led by B Oxley impressed amateur and professional entrants with high quality stock and education on homegrown sustenance amid wartime shortages.
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Medicine Hat
B. Oxley
Oxley
North American
A. W. Smith
Calgary
Nelson
Canada
Agricultural Dept
Ottawa
Cruikshank
Horticultural Society
J. Brooks
Fifth Street
G. M. Johnston
First Street
Second Street
Wlibberly
Braemar Street
Rosery
Canadian Council of Agriculture backs immediate federal formation
The executive of the Canadian Council of Agriculture meeting in Winnipeg passes a resolution urging immediate formation of federal authorities. The document calls for prompt action on key agricultural policies and national coordination.
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Winnipes
Canadian’ Council of Agriculture
Winnipeg
Canadian Council of Agrisqiture
Labor Day Celebration Sets Stage in Redcliff
Big Labor Day event in Redcliff Monday under local and Medicine Hat unions with about forty contests including juvenile baseball, football, tug of war, horse and bicycle races. Medicine Hat and Redcliff vie for supremacy in senior baseball at six, proceeds to Red Cross, with free entry and on-site signups.
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Redcliff
Labor Unions
Medicine Hat
Red Cross
C.P.R
Fire devastates Kasan city on Kananka river
Petrograd reports several thousand killed or injured as a massive fire rages through Kasan on the Kananka river near Moscow. The blaze burned for 86 hours forcing most residents to flee the city this week.
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Petrograd
Kasan
Kananka River
Moscow
Pro Germans Still at Work Across Border
Police dispersed a meeting of the People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace after a several hour session in Chicago. Governor Lawes ordered the action citing security concerns as antiwar sentiment spread across Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois with no arrests reported.
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Chicago
Organization Committee
People’s Council of ‘America
For Democracy and Peace
Frank O . Lawes
I. Pabitihs
Wisconsin
West Side
Angitopium
Préseftt
Montreal Raid Reveals Dynamite and Armory at Premises
Morning raid in Montreal uncovers several boxes of the latest model equipment and a quantity of dynamite. Erie Lalumiere is arrested in connection with an anti conscription case. In another report Elie Lagumerar is held by the registrar of aliens on a murder attempt charge.
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Montreal
Erie Lalumiere
Lalumiere
Elie Lagumerar
Enemie
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Aneaside
Dr. Gershaw
Chatr
Williamson
Ren
Widelpeas
Wey
Bretherkend
Military Advisory Council
K. L. Newcombe
Toronto
Machin
M.P.P
Kenora
Montius Clearings
Eire
Minnesota
Hubert Davies
Atiet
Dun
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