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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1936
Page
3
London reports from Gibraltar state General Franco will receive German and Italian air support. Observers claim 20 Junkers transports, five German fighters, seven Caproni bombers, plus German trained gunners and several instructional flights near Seville. Four multi engine airliners reportedly head to Lisbon and Barcelona to aid rebels.
Lord Tweedsmuir Governor General of Canada becomes Chief Okemow Otataowkew in a Cree ceremony before 5000 spectators at Carlton Saskatchewan marking Treaty No 6s 60th anniversary. Chief Sam Swimmer places feather headdress on the governor general and gifts a beaded robe while Prime Minister Mackenzie King is named honorary chief.
G A D Ogilvie Forbes counsellor at the Madrid embassy now in England will travel to Madrid as Britain’s diplomatic representative. He will go by Marseilles overland then by destroyer to Valencia. The British ambassador Sir Henry Chilton stays at Hendaye on the Franco Spanish frontier. Madrid embassy currently runs with an acting consul and a 25 member staff.
Canada reports July wheat exports surged to nearly three times the volume and over triple the value of July 1935. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes a substantial year over year increase in both volume and value for exports in the same month.
Report say Japanese forces ready for fresh action in Suiyuan inner Mongolia with two Jehol companies alleged to have joined at Dolonor. Spokesman denies planned participation while observers warn of rising tensions and possible escalation beyond Manchoukuo border.
Oswald Pirow, South Africa defence minister, declares no scenario where South Africa or Britain would return Tanganyika or Southwest Africa to Germany. He says diplomacy should address German colonial aims and asserts South Africa as an elder brother within a common empire defence policy.
A Northwestern University professor from Chicago drowned in rapids near Aklavik during a northern canoe trip with two sons and two friends. A Canadian Airways plane stood by at Akla vik to fly his body to civilization. Officials said the body might be flown to Dawson City, about 500 air miles away, instead of Edmonton, as originally planned.
Ottawa reports Latin inscription on Canadian coins may disappear by year end. New designs will follow King George's death, with coins bearing King Edward’s head expected in three to four months after Finance Minister Dunning returns from Europe. No decision yet on removing Latin phrases dating to historical Europe.
The Canada Uruguay trade agreement signed in Ottawa provides for most favored nation treatment in tariff matters. Prime Minister Mackenzie King signed on behalf of Canada and Senor Mateo Marques Castro represented Uruguay.
In British Columbia the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation faced a split as house leader Rev. Robert Connell and two others were expelled from the provincial party. The trio say they will keep their seats and uphold CCF principles despite the rift over the July convention platform. Dr. Lyle Telford was nominated to contest Vancouver Burrard as the party seeks a by election.
Emperor Haile Selassie rests at a Bath resort hoping to reestablish his Ethiopian kingdom. His spokesman says remnant forces operate in western Ethiopia as he plans a program of action. He is not seeking sympathy in America and awaits developments while remaining several weeks.
Manitoba government in cabinet session adopts quarantine regulations for infantile paralysis. Under the plan premises must be placarded when a patient remains on site. Food handlers are barred from work for 14 days after last exposure to the infection.
King Edward and His Majesty’s yacht Nahlin sail the Dalmatian coast as Rab shores reveal the royal visit. Officials rename Kuki Otok King Edward Island and Tejar harbor bears the King’s name while he shops for dogs and chats with locals. He plans a deer hunt at Jarigrad in the Velebits as crowds cheer. fishermen mistake him for a naval officer, and he fished until midnight catching two eight pound dentalfish.
The steamer Wentworth arrived at Churchill on August 10 with 3,000 tons of general cargo including coal, castings, steel grinding balls, glass, and other goods for northern Manitoba and prairie centers. Captain L Graves reported a smooth sailing from England but one day fog delay as loading began for 310,000 bushels of wheat bound for Europe.
Hector K. Carruthers Ottawa Board of Trade secretary says preparations are under way for two Canadian motorcades to tour the United Kingdom next year, each limited to 25 cars, with one leaving London around King Edward's coronation. Canadian motorists will reciprocate after British tours this year, one of which has finished its itinerary.
The national employment commission outlines two main paths for reducing joblessness in Canada. Short term measures target seasonal winter losses while long term plans focus on stimulating work across many sectors with provincial and federal cooperation.
An interim injunction prevents Edmonton from signing any agreement with the Alberta government to accept prosperity certificates in place of an $85 000 relief grant until trial or further order. The move targets city officials and the province while allowing residents to keep certificates. Mayor Clarke condemns the action as scandalous and vows a council meeting to decide next steps.
The Revelstoke area, a famed Rocky Mountain site used recently for the Gaumont British film The Great Barrier, was scorched by a forest fire. Flames consumed timber slopes toward Mount Revelstoke as fire crews battled the blaze near Silver Tip Falls eight miles from town, after a smoker’s discarded cigarette is believed to have started it. A viewing platform was destroyed and the fire threatened a powerful Great Western locomotive named after King Edward with royal consent.
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