Beacon site chosen and highway plan sent for Ottawa review
Officials discussed the new T C A beacon location near Salt's Fox Farm west of the old airport and the Medicine Hat Lethbridge highway diversion around the flying school. Federal engineers reviewed the route, with approval pending Ottawa. Plans for the altered highway have been forwarded to Ottawa for acceptance or rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity
T.C.A
Lethbridge Medicine Hat
Service Flying Training School No
A. L. Homerville
Cisto Aviation Branch
Departent of Transport
Bill Lawson
The
Flying Corps
A. V. Cook
Department of Transport
Mee
Hector Lang
Edward Ashburner
I. O. Davis
Ald. R. C. Black
Salt
Fox Farm
City of
Medicine Hat
Ottawa
Seven Women Row Lifeboat to Aid Bomber Crew
Seven women at Folkestone including a 63 year old grandmother launched a lifeboat to reach a German bomber crew forced down in the Sneheh Channel. They rowed through heavy seas for about half an hour before being recalled as the men were at sea with a fishing fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folkestone
C.P
Sneheh
U S A to Sign Peace Pacts With Four Nations
Washington reports that the United States will sign separate peace treaties with Canada Britain Australia and New Zealand to peacefully settle disputes. The pacts replace the 1914 Treaty for the Advancement of Peace between the U S and Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A.P
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
State Department
Nazi Invasion Begun Report Confirms Air Attacks
British report claims German fliers say invasion has started as ground forces supposedly enter England. An 18 year old German pilot wounded in northeast England asks a nurse about nearby German troops, but is told none exist. The BBC relayed the exchange as part of ongoing coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P. Cable
England
Greman
British Broadcasting Corporation
Loans on stored wheat rejected by bankers and cabinet
Ottawa reports bankers and the Wheat Board Cabinet committee reject loans to prairie farmers backed by a 15 percent government guarantee on stored wheat. Instead bankers suggest advancing part of the guaranteed wheat payments and paying the rest when delivery to elevators occurs. Continued talks aim to ease cash needs until storage space and delivery become possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Cabinet Wheat Committee
Wheat Committee
Wheat Board
Backdoor Attack Agreement Reported For Indo China
An preliminary agreement grants Japan a limited right to land troops and supplies at Haiphong in French Indo China to enable a backdoor strike on China. Tokyo and Vichy France are negotiating details as Nishihara faces French resistance and Tokyo pressure. Britain has sought to preserve Indo China’s integrity.
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Hong Kong
Japan
Indo- China
China
Hanoi
Haiphong
Tokyo
France
Isaku Nisihara
Ing
Vichy
Nishihara
Britain
London
Ontario box firms found guilty of restraint of trade
Nineteen Ontario paper box companies and one individual were found guilty of restraint of trade in a Supreme Court of Ontario judgment by Justice J. A. Hope. Fines ranged from two thousand five hundred to ten thousand dollars with thirteen companies each fined ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
C.P
Ontario
J. A. Hope
Supreme Court of Ontario
Escort Route Sparks Vancouver Police Clarification
Vancouver police acknowledged a police escort is en route to possibly assist a city event. The fragment mentions Edward Mellings, 82, related to Alberta, with unclear timing and details amid a disrupted report on August 29 and bomber resting at a location.
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Vancouver
CCP
Escor
Gary
Nlg
Edward Mellings
Alberta
Wec
City Glances Highlight School Beginings and Local Permits
Miss Winnie Henderson comments on Earl Kitchener school's eager new learners as August 1940 building permits total 6540 dollars, with 1933 and 1938 comparisons. Downtown rooms eyed by Junior Board of Trade for airmen visitors. City Market remains small. Showers across southeastern Alberta do not disrupt harvests. An odd note mentions Zeigler at 937 Queen St weighing 1 lb 11 oz.
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Junior Board of Trade
Service
Port of East Coast guards destroyers for Britain amid fog
A group of U S destroyers arrived in port under the destroyer defence base exchange amid dense fog. In Europe Petain's new cabinet formed with Laval as vice premier and Huntziger as war minister. Horthy’s regency marks stage of Transylvania occupation. Duchess of Kent visits Canadian hospital. Draft call for Alberta men set. October quota 2,250. Dutch sporting events canceled in German-occupied Netherlands. Uruguay negotiating for three U S destroyers. Japan-G French Indo China facility agreement discussed with Decoux and Nishihara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
VICHY
Petain
Pierre Laval
Charles Huntziger
Marshal Petain
Canadian War View From Sir Edward Beatty in Vancouver
Sir Edward Beatty outlines a Canadian view of World War II insisting Canada remains in perpetual alliance with Great Britain and the United States. He praises defense ties with the U S and says the British empire must be ready to restore order worldwide with democracy. The address urged optimism and resolve in a war fought by ordinary people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Ed. Beatty
Vancouver
Canada
Great Britain
United States
British North America
Edward Beatty
G.B.E
Canadian Pacific Railway
British Ministry of Shipping
Vancouver Board of Trade
Canadian Club
The
Bar Association
Sir Edward
Britain
Robot Airplane Fights Bombers in New Defense Plan
New York CP dispatch reports Edward Chandler unveils a flying Bumblebee robot plane for bomber defense. Launched from a defense station, the autonomous craft would follow bomber noise, intercept within range, then switch to sound guided control to release bombs while avoiding direct strikes on the big ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Chandler
Combine
Anglo French Forces Increase Drive in Asia Minor
Twenty five years ago on September 6 1915 Anglo French forces operating against Turkey received heavy reinforcements for a major drive in Asia Minor amid fears of reprisals against Christians. Airplanes and destroyers bombarded Belgium.
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Turkey
Asia Minor
Belgium
London Blitz Night Raids Widened Damage and Fatalities
A dawn London raid damaged forty houses and killed a woman by flying splinters. Reports describe a rosy glow and a deafening explosion as incendiary bread baskets dropped for the first time in the capital. A hospital in Kent was struck, killing several patients and two nurses while debris trapped others.
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London
Churchill
Press Association
Kent
Polish officer lauds RAF crew for Gotha factory raid
A high ranking Polish Air Force officer, part of the RAF bombing crew, praised the British for precision and teamwork during the Gotha aircraft factory raid. He noted exact navigation, calm execution despite bad weather, and the fires started by both the raid and a preceding bomber.
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London
C.P
Royal Air Force
Gotha
R.A.F
Messerschmitt
Honor Airmen Graduates Honored At Vancouver Luncheon
Twenty three young airmen, first graduates of the Elementary Empire Air Training School in Vancouver, were honored at a luncheon. Premier T. D. Pattullo presented each with a silver identification disk and Captain L. F. Stevenson of Regina, commander of No. 4 training command, praised their responsibility.
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Vancouver
C.P
Empire Air Training School
T. D. Pattullo
L. F. Stevenson
Regina
No. 4 Training Command
38 Nazis Shot Down Today Over England
The Air Ministry reports 38 enemy aircraft destroyed in air battles over England by 5 p.m. London time today. Fifteen British fighters were lost, but at least six pilots were saved. In one Nazi thrust, British fighters reportedly destroyed attacking planes at a rate of one every two minutes.
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London
C.P
Air Ministry
England
Ministry
Truant Rescues British Crew From German Prize Ship
The British submarine Truant rescued 14 crew of the 5207-ton Haxby and a group of Norwegian sailors from a German prize crew off Cape Finisterre. The Haxby had been torpedoed and sunk, Tropic Sea captured, and the German raider unnamed. Most rescued Britons and some Norwegians were brought to England, others remained in lifeboats as the Tropic Sea was scuttled.
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London
C.P
Admiralty
Truant
Cape Finisterre
Haxby
Tropic Sea
Britons Return Tell Thrilling Trek Across Norway
A 125 strong British trekking party recounts crossing 200 miles of Norway into Sweden during the Norway campaign era. Sergt G H S W Frank of the York and Lancaster led 70 men through ambushes and snow bound retreats, with some men left in caves. The group was later repatriated to Britain while German internees were sent back from Sweden.
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Scandinavia
Sweden
United Kingdom
Norway
Sergt
W. Frank
York and Lancaster
Sjot
Narvik
Frank
Gaves
Sergt. Frank
Arctic
Joan T. McCarthy
Britain
Petsany
Finland
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Carol
Antonescu
King Carol
Michael
Egypt
Iron Guard
Bucharest
Helen
Greece
U.S.A
Indo - China
C. Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
Winnie Henderson
Earl Kitchener School
C.P.R
Am Zeigler
Queen St
He Smate
Hioh
Budapest
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Oradea
Transylvania
Romania
Magszatonta
Duchess of Kent
Fifth General Military Hospital
Edmonton
Harvey
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Buenos Aires
Jean Decoux
Issaku Nishihara
Martha
American Legion
Hyde Park
N.Y
Ragnnhild
Princess Astrid
Prince Harald
Canadian Press
Ralf
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