Big Offensive In Canada For Wheat Returns Rise Beyond Expectation
Crop reports from the Irvine-Walsh and Medicine Hat districts show wheat yields improving sharply since August despite hot winds. Yields range from 12 to 40 bushels per acre with many No. 1 grades, and total western wheat deliveries since Aug 1 reach 93.83 million bushels versus 66.45 million a year ago.
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Vield
Irvine-Walsh
Acre
P.R
Cypress Hills
Hilda-Schuler
Suffield
Vauxhall
Brooks
Medicine Hat
Crow's Nest
Bow Island
Whitla
Irvine
Bingville
Aircraft Attacks Reported As War Rages Across Europe
Multiple European fronts report air and ground actions on Sept 8. German anti aircraft fortifications on Sylt face raids while RAF reconnaissance notes drop 3.5 million anti German notes. Warsaw offensive claims and German entry replies appear, with French advances into German territory and naval movements near Nantucket Sound. New Zealand to raise a military force. Belligerent rights to inspect ships noted.
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Copenhagen
C.P
Sylt
Denmark
Roemée
London
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
Germany
Budapest
Warsaw
Paris
Berlin
Basle
Switzerland
Siegfried Line
Amoh
Boston
Pollock Rip
Nantucket Sound
Coast Guard
New York
Statenham
Auckland
New Zealand
Dominion
Public Utilities Guarded in Grul- Rary Amid Sabotage Alerts
Commissioner Tweedle announced anti sabotage guards and patrols were posted on all public utilities in Grul Rary to deter damage and ensure safety. The plan involves commissionaire guards and police patrolmen patrolling facilities.
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Grul- Rary
Tweedle
Canada Wheat and Oat Crops Hit New Highs in 1939
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada's total wheat crop for 1939 at 449,058,000 bushels, up 99,048,000 from 1938. Alberta accounts for 145,000,000 bushels. the oat crop is estimated at 99,209,000 bushels.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta
Godspeed to Calgary contingent departing for Calpary
A large crowd gathered at the station last night to bid farewell to Medicine Hal's first contingent marching to Calpary. Under guidance of Capp Jack McQueen the 1st S A R band led the Calgary Piphhunckers as they formed at the Armouries and proceeded to the station. Recruits, a neat, soldierly group, queued their baggage for train No. 3 and prepared to depart, sharing a sober recognition of the duties ahead.
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Medicine Hal
Wood
Calpary
S.A.R
Capp
Jack McQueen
Calgary Piphhunckers
Third Street
Military to seize Willows grounds after fair ends
Victoria authorities will take over the Willows exhibition grounds after the fall fair closes next week, announced by Mayor Andrew McGagin. The move shifts control of the site to the military, following the conclusion of the annual event.
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Victoria
Willows Exhibition Grounds
Andrew McGagin
Social Credit Presses for General Conscription in Canada
In Ottawa the Social Credit group in Parliament, allied with New Democracy, vows universal conscription of finance industry and manpower during the current special session. A caucus statement calls for equality of service and sacrifice to ensure Canada’s maximum wartime effectiveness.
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Ottawa
CP1
Spend Credit Group
House of Commons
Canada
New Democracy Movement
W. D. Herridge
Washington
Social Credit
John Blackmore
Wader
Eour
A. H. Mitchell
Medicine Hat
Blackmore
Alberta Act Sustained by Courts
Justice Ewing in a Supreme Court ruling dismissed the challenge by Motor Car Supply Company of Calgary to the Alberta Social Credit Realization Act and Licensing of Trades and Industry Act. The company had sought to have both acts declared ultra vires after being required to obtain a license under the 1937 Licensing of Trades and Industry Act.
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Edmonton
C. P
Ewing
Supreme Court
Motor Car Supply Company of
Calgary
Alberta Social Credit Realization Act
Alberta
Survivors describe German submarine attack on Mannar
Lisbon dispatch reports the 7242 ton British ship Mannar was sunk by a German submarine after the crew of 88 abandoned ship. Forty six rescued, two dead, forty missing, including Thomas Jones of Carnarvon North Wales wounded with two legs. The master ordered abandon ship after the first torpedo as four lifeboats were launched.
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Lisbon
A.P
Thomas Jones
Carnavon
North Wales
Big Committee Seeks Return of Original Three Trustees
In Brooks the Eastern Irrigation District’s 21 members of the early “Big Committee” endorsed preserving only three trustees. They urged no costly election, praising Carl Anderson Robert Scott and Henry Dahl for acclamation, and proposed dividing the district into 12 sub districts with a designated contact man for regular board meetings.
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Brooks
Eastern Irrigation District
Gém
Tilley
Duchess
Rolling Hills
Astern
Eastern
Carl Anderson
Robert Scott
Henry
R. Burrows
C. W. Archibald
A. P. Miller
Nels Benson
Jens Block
J. P. Rover
Phil Duby
M. Purcell
G. P. Hughes
P. J. Stuhlisatz
A. Erickson
W. Tait White
East
Keep the Air Clear Of Smoke For R C A Flights
The British Columbia forest service requested logging operators in the coast district not to burn logging slash this year to keep air clear for Royal Canadian Air Force reconnaissance flights. Normally slash burning is required in autumn to cut fire risk for next summer, but this year the coast area slash burning is extended to next season.
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Victoria
Sept
G.P
British Columbia Forest Service
Coast
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alberta to form Price Spreads Board to regulate staples
Premier Aberhart announced Edmonton that Alberta may set up a Price Spreads Board under the Department of Trade and Industry Act to cooperate with the federal government in regulating orderly purchase of commodities. He said Alberta stands ready to cooperate with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and noted staple prices rise faster than raw goods.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Department of Trade and Industry Act
Aberhart
Mackenzie King
King Opposes Conscription as War Debate Continues
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons Canada would not adopt conscription and warned neutrality would be a myth if Germany won. He said wartime defence requires Canada’s armed cooperation with Britain and France to protect the Atlantic coast and Newfoundland.
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Ottawa
C.P
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Canada
Manion
The
Commons
Germany
United Kingdom
Britain
France
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Europe
House
French Relay Reinforcements Reported On Western Front
Paris reports German reinforcements moving toward the western front as French troops press along the Suar basin fringe. Observers note fighting expanding from Bitche toward Bienwald forest and Lauter river with heavy actions near the Siegfried line and in German territory to divert eastern front pressures.
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Taylor Henry
Associated Press
Paris
A.P
Germany
Suar Basin
No Man’s Land
Reich
Rhine
Moselle
Bitche
France
Bienwald
Lauterbourg
Lauter
Siegfried Line
Wiessertbourg
Trade Minister Rules Winnipeg Wheat Market Open
Trade Minister Euler announced the government will keep the Winnipeg wheat market open for now. He said closing the market would not serve producers interests or national interests.
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Ottawa
C.P
Euler Today
Winnipeg
Roosevelt Proclaims Limited National Emergency
President Roosevelt announces a limited national emergency to strengthen defense. He stresses the U S will not be placed on a wartime footing and the move will mobilize both ground and naval forces to full peace time strength. The State Department will use up to 500000 to aid U S citizens returning from the European war zone.
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Washington
C.P
Roosevelt
United States
States Department
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Island of Sylt
C.P. Cable
Sarcee
R.C.A
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