Kaye Don Loses First Heat in Harmsworth Trophy
In Detroit on Lake St Clair Kaye Don driving Miss England led early but Miss America X piloted by Wood overtook, winning the first Harmsworth heat. Wood posted 76.024 mph over 35 nautical miles while Don faded after lap three amid engine trouble and heavy rain.
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Kaye Don
Rse
Detroit
Gar Waoe
Lake St. Clair
Kaye Dou
Wood
Miss England
Woods
Don
Woo
Geomans Water
Missingland
Reindeer Herd Advances Toward Mackenzie River Crossing
A 3,000 head herd of Alaskan reindeer is being driven eastward from Alaska toward the Mackenzie river to supply natives with food and skins. The team has reached a point between Canning and Sadlerochit rivers, under 100 miles from the Alaska Yukon border, with progress slowed by varied terrain and harsh conditions. The voyage began two years ago, and the exact timeline remains uncertain due to unknown expedition difficulties.
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Otiawa
Mackenzie River
Canning
Sadlerochit
Alaska- Yukon
Alaska
Mollison Completes Westward Atlantic Solo Flight
Captain James A. Mollison completes a westward solo Atlantic crossing aboard the Empire of Britain. The famed British aviator, noted for the first westward solo crossing, initially planned a return by air.
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Quebec
James A. Mollison
British Columbia Government Replies to Kidd Committee Report
Victoria September 2 The government’s reply to the Kidd report is expected early next week. It says $500,000 added capital loans are used for bridge work and irrigation and other loans refunding. It forecasts $50,000,000 of loans over ten years and claims no need for Dominion assistance for ordinary expenses. It notes plans to reduce taxes as conditions normalize and outlines lands department salaries and revenues. Public works argues many suggestions were already in effect before the report.
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Victoria
theKidd
Kidd
Lands Department
Public Accounts
Department of Lands
Public Works
Airman Falls From Plane Lands in Cabbage Patch
Sergt Lionel Edwardes fell from a plane at 1500 feet when the ship went into a stow roll. He opened his parachute and landed safely in a cabbage patch, with only the cabbage sustaining damage.
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Mt. Clemens
Mich
Lionel Edwardes
Edwardes
Holiday Weekend Sports Lineup in Southern Alberta
A busy holiday weekend brings lawn bowling on Legion greens through Monday with a closing Granada Hall dance. Baseball features four games: Royals vs Moose Jaw All-Stars at Ath etic Park Sunday 2 p.m. and 5:15 p.m., plus Monday same times. Lacrosse shows Calgary Altemahs vs local All-Star at Arena Monday 8:13 p.m. City tennis finals finish Monday on CPR and Medicine Hat grounds. Golf events include mixed foursomes at Golf and Country Club and Connaught Club starting 1 p.m. Monday, Medicine Hat Golf Club singles. Rifle Association holds a speer shoot at its new range Monday opening 1 p.m.
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Southern Alberta
Legion Greens
Granada Hall
Athetic Park
Royals
Moose Jaw All-Stars
Calgary Altemahs
C.P.R
Medicine
Golf and Country Club
Connaught Club
Medicine Hat Golf Club
S.A.R. Rifle Association
Speer
Redcliff School Notes New Paper Monthly Print
C J Buchholz left for Regina on business. Paterson and Moore return from brief excursion. Literary Society held a strict business meeting deciding on fees meeting frequency and admission rules. School paper to be printed monthly with Sam Fulton Pociestind Larson to manage distribution with staff. Cadet corps reorganized under W King with new officers to be appointed. Ward couple returns from Edmonton vacation.
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Literary Society
Redcliff High School
Sam Fulton
Albert Pociesti
Redcliff
W. King
Flying Hutchinsons Fly toward London from Labrador
An eight member flight crew including two children started from Hopedale Labrador on a 700 mile Arctic crossing to Godthaab Greenland. Danish authorities warned they may confiscate the plane for lack of proper papers.
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Copenhagen
Godthaab
Greenland
Hopedale
Labrador
Davis Strait
New York
London
Arctic
Hutchinson
Hutchinson May
Hutchinsons
M. Oldenow
Greenland Administration Board
Pixchange Telegraphy Agency
Ottawa
Radio
The
Marine Department
Goodbhaab
Godtheab
Schul er Boy Killed by Cascading Wheat Near Schuler
A ten year old son of G. Enslen died in a granary on his father's farm five miles east of Schuler. Constable Bayly reported the tragedy after reaching the farm. The boy was playing in a granary half filled with grain when boards gave way and he became buried and suffocated.
Fire Traps 150 Miners at Republic Mine in Uniontown
Fire at Republic mine of Republic Steel Company in Uniontown Pennsylvania traps more than 150 workers. Reported to have started in a shed atop the tipple, with one escape route via an auxiliary shaft believed to be large enough for escape one by one.
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Uniontown
Republic
Republic Steel Company
Nash-Symington Company Changes Hands in West Canada
Winnipeg dispatch says the Nash-Symington Company controlled wholesale grocery and fruit interests in Western Canada passed to the Western Grocers of Winnipeg. The deal involves several hundred thousand dollars. W. P. Riley remains president and managing director. The Nash-Symington holdings included Rogers Fruit Company Stirling Fruit and Bright-Emery with branches across prairie centres.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Nash- Symington Company
St. Paul
Western Grocers
W. P. Riley
Nash-Symington Company
Rogers Fruit Company
Stirling Fruit
Bright-Emery Companies
Winnipes
Britain and Canada react to new British import duties
London reports new UK tariffs to start September 6, boosting protection for home industries including poultry in Canada. Ottawa notes Canada may gain market preference in Britain as poultry sales rise. Washington cites broader duty increases and a 25 percent ad valorem rate on non-British imports.
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London
Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Washington
United States Commerce Department
Australia
Germany
William L. Cooper
United States
Young girl witnesses father’s suicide in Ontario ranch home
Victoria reports Amy Cawley, daughter of Roger Brian Cawley, witnessed him level a .22 rifle at his head and shoot himself after being refused the rifle by his wife. The coroner ruled death by own action in the case of the Albert Head rancher who died in hospital after the Tuesday night incident.
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Victoria
Amy Cawley
Roger Brian Cawley
Albert Head
Cawley
Unions Seek Financial Aid Amid Cotton Weavers Strike
The first week of the cotton weavers strike ends with no settlement in sight as leaders travel to Newcastle for Trades Union Congress pledges. About 150000 to 200000 weavers are idle after walking out last Monday over wages and conditions. MPs from Lancashire seek arbitration with owners and unions, while mediation efforts face rejection but ministry of labor may pursue a restart.
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Manchester
Newcastle
Trades Union Congress
General Trades Union Organization
Lancashers
Ministry of Labor
Alberta Wheat Yield Higher Than Last Year
Edmonton reports a Fortnight crop bulletin notes Alberta wheat yields likely exceed last year’s total despite some districts suffering from a hot spell. Threshing records show local yields from ten to twenty bushels, with cool weather and occasional frost in parts of the province.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Department of Agriculture
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Mr. D. Moore
Leonard Larson
Mrs
A. F. Ward
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Oldenow
Schuler
Britain
Southern Alta
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Granada
Labor
Calgary
Medicine Hat Arena
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