Rotary Carnival Opens for First of Three Big Nights
Large arena crowd enjoys the Rotary Carnival opening the first of three big nights. Four of five $5 door prizes were claimed last night with winners Ralph Johnson Phyllis Osborne Clarence Schauffle and Mrs G Milburn. An additional five prizes will be awarded tonight to those present with lucky numbers.
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Ralph Johnson
Phyllis Osborne
Clarence Schauffle
G. Milburn
Europe
Geordie Caldwell
Geordie
Nahas
Westminster
Rotarians
Boy Scouts St. Bar
Coastal Defence Plans for British Columbia and Atlantic Coast
Ottawa reports preliminary coastal fortification work in Vancouver and Saint John and on the Strait of Canso and Sydney. Additional Atlantic coast work may begin while Pacific projects continue this fall. The Vancouver defense program includes Fist Narrows and related works already planned and authorized.
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Ottawa
C.P
Vancouver
Saint John
N.B
Strait of Canso
Sydney
N.S
Defence Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Fist Narrows
British Colum
Three R.A.F. Fliers Killed In Plane Crash
Ipswich dispatch reports three Royal Air Force fliers died yesterday when a bombing plane from Squadron 148 at Stradishal Newmarket Suffolk crashed at Keding ton. Victims named as Sgt Ronald Ashley Cowan Sgt Harry Newby and Private Peter Squith.
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Ipswich
England
C.p.havas
Royal Air Force
Stradishal
Newmarket
Suffolk
Kedington
Ronald Ashley Cowan
Harry Newby
Peter Squith
Czech Premier Accepts Four Power Munich Pact
Prague broadcast quotes General Jan Syrovy saying Czechoslovakia accepted the Munich settlement on the Sudeten problem to save life and the nation. He cites superior force and duty as a soldier to pursue peace and unity, while Sudeten German leader Jaksch seeks British appeal for resettlement.
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Prague
C.P
Czechoslovakia
Jan Syrovy
Munich
Wenceslas Jaksch
Sudeten German Social Democratic Party
Britain
Canada
General Syrovy
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
France
France and Germany Promise Peace After Munich Pact
Field Marshal Goering and Premier Daladier expressed hope that France Germany and the other Munich participants can live side by side in durable peace following the pact signed in Munich. Both leaders voiced satisfaction with the results of the meeting and the agreement.
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Munich
C.P
France
Germany
Field Marshal
Goering
Daladier
Oil refinery proposed for Medicine Hat
Secretary W. T. Bannan of the Chamber of Commerce reported an inquiry from Hydro Pete Oils Limited about a $30,000 refinery here. The industrial committee was asked to investigate and report on the proposal.
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W. T. Bannan
Chamber of Commerce
Hydro Pete Oils Limited
Industrial Committee For
Czechs Willing to Cede German–inhabited Territory
Prague states before the Munich conference it will concede more than half of the German populated areas while preserving borders that allow a viable Czechoslovak state. It rejects plebiscite plans, seeking only defenses and existence for the new state.
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London
A.P
Prague
Germany
Jap Bombing Planes Kill 40 At Yunnanfu
Reports from Hanoi say nine Japanese aircraft bombed Yunnanfu the capital of Yunnan province, killing forty people. One bomber, likely from a carrier near Hainan, was reported to have crashed in flames after the raid.
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Yunnanfu
Hanoi
Indo-China
Yunnan
Hainan
Election dispute in Athabaska court case
The Athabaska electoral contest moved to court as W. J. Windrum filed a petition to void the election. Jules Marlon won the seat 643 to 628, with Windrum alleging seven illegal vote classes and improper polling and counting.
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Athabaska
Regina
C.P
Saskatchewan
W. J. Windrum
Prince Albert Flier
Jules Marlon
Meadow Lake
Windrum
Poland Warns Prague on Territorial Claims Deadline
Reports from Warsaw say Poland set midnight as the deadline for Czechoslovakia to respond to Polish territorial claims. If Prague fails to answer or the reply is unsatisfactory, an important action may follow. Warsaw broadcasts stressed independence from the Munich four power agreement.
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Warsaw
C.P
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Prague
curb grain freight rate on the lakes
The Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners set a seven cent per bushel maximum rate for wheat shipped by boat from Fort William or Port Arthur to St Lawrence points. The move follows inland shipping rates rising to 7.45 cents per bushel amid boat space shortages tied to heavy wheat movement eastward and ore traffic.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners
Fort William
Port Arthur
St. Lawrence
United States
Bren Gun Contract Query Is Under Way in Ottawa
Ottawa reports that Canada could meet its Bren gun needs only by domestic manufacture. Lt. Col. Dewar said Britain would require years to supply and a draft contract would buy 5 000 guns if produced in Canada. Major Hahn of John Inglis Co. negotiated data in England for two years of preparatory work with potential compensation and a 7.56 net profit.
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Ottawa
C.P
Great Britain
Canada
D. E. Dewar
National Defence Department
Davis Commission
J. L. Ralston
Commission
James E. Hahn
John Inglis Co
Toronto
England
War Office
Major Hahn
Enfield
French government summons parliament after Munich accord report
Paris reports that after Premier Daladier presented his account of the four power Munich accord the government has called parliament to convene next Tuesday.
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Paris
C.P
Daladier
Munich
Chamberlain and Hitler Sign A New European Pact
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain returning to cheering crowds with a Czech Slovakia settlement seen as a prelude to a broad peace. He read the joint declaration with Hitler pledging that both nations never to go to war again, and then met the King and Buckingham Palace, with a cabinet meeting called for tonight.
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London
C.P
Chamberlain
Europe
Hitler
Buckingham Palace
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati split baseball doubleheader
First game saw Cincinnati top Pittsburgh 7 to 1 with 12 hits to 1 error as Derringer and Lombardi held the Pirates. Second game Cincinnati won 2 to 4 after Bauers and Todd combined on the mound for Pittsburgh. In the American League St Louis defeated Chicago 7 to 5 behind a 13 hit attack and timely hitting.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Tobin
Todd
Derringer
Lombardi
Bauers
Moore
St. Louis
Chicago
Trotter
Sullivan
Lyons
Tresh
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