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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1938
Page
5
London Sir Herbert Robson president of the London Corn Trade Association says the world wheat advisory commission should drop export quotas and set a four shilling minimum world price.
A three day conference from Fort William to the Rocky Mountains unified federal seed branch inspectors in the four western provinces with Saskatchewan agriculture field staff. The meeting, led by Nelson Young and others, focused on cereal grain identification, variety purity, and disease, stressing the need to maintain pure seed strains amid cross pollination risks and environmental changes.
Heavy rains across southern Poland cause floods with at least 53 deaths. Tarnow, near conjoined rivers, becomes the latest city under danger. Sappers rush pontoons from Krakow to Stary Sacz as 17 youths seek refuge on a dry peak during an encroaching labor camp flood. Krakow to Lwow communications cut. over 12,000 feet of bridges swept away by swollen rivers.
Hon. George Hoadley minister of health and telephones will represent Alberta at the Dominion provincial conference on unemployment relief in Ottawa. The meeting is scheduled for July 30.
Edmonton will continue paying one third of direct relief despite Dominion cuts to 25 percent. Cabinet approved the rate, sent to Mayors Knott and Davison, with no time limit set. Premier Reid said the contribution will continue indefinitely. Ottawa loan request for $1,000,000 for Edmonton public works approved for federal application.
Major Victor Duclos Canadian trade commissioner in Hong Kong says China offers a growing market for Canadian goods though tariffs and exchange rates hinder trade. He arrived aboard the Empress of Canada and left for Ottawa and Montreal to advance Canada China relations.
Dominion bureau of statistics reports the wholesale prices index at 71.9 on the 1926 base for the week ending July 13, with grains rising sharply and livestock lifting, but flour hides eggs and copper falling. Since early June prices have tended to stay near current levels.
The government said conversations with Dominion governments about the 1935 naval conference proceed through normal channels. Acting prime minister Stanley Baldwin informed the House of Commons.
Ottawa reports 1933 automobile production at 65,852 units with f.o.b. plant sales value of 38,630,463 dollars. The year shows an 8.3 percent rise in quantity but only a 2 percent gain in value from 1932.
United States Australia and Canada moved to convene a London meeting on August 14 to seek a complete understanding of the international wheat agreement for next year. The group signaled a possible showdown with Argentina while withholding final domestic curtailment decisions until after talks.
Winter wheat cutting has begun on Frank Wentz’s Grassy Lake farm about 50 miles east of here. Warm weather has ripened the crop rapidly and will yield a fair average harvest. Rain would help as the spriny grains show a heavy stand.
Samuel Gillingham of Birkenhead aged 102 was presented to the king and queen at the formal opening of the new Mersey tunnel. He had lived in Canada for 40 years before returning home for the event.
Argentina's agriculture ministry proposed raising the wheat export quota at next month's international conference from 110 million to 150 million bushels citing crop abundance. Four stabilization proposals were rejected, including minimum price and export limits, with denaturalization deemed impractical due to U S and Canadian stockpiles.
London reports that Arthur Henderson faces pressure from Putney and Harrow committees to resign as Labour secretary at the party’s October convention. The committees say he has devoted himself to the disarmament conference of which he is president.
The British government to broaden relief for British settlers left destitute in Victoria Australia. The plan aims to allow those who have returned home to rejoin the colony and start anew with renewed assistance.
Maurice Wilson, a young British flying officer, set out from England to plant a Union Jack on Everest and climbed solo after his plan was vetoed. He established Camp No 3 on the slopes and continued with a small camp planned as No 5. Porters waited three weeks without word, returning to Darjeeling convinced he had perished.
The League of Nations reports 1933 world trade showed a bottoming of decline after five years of downturn. From 1932 to 1933 trade fell 10 percent by gold value, five percent by sterling value, with gains mainly in raw materials up eight percent and manufactured goods up two percent.
Toronto notices show the Ontario government removing two Toronto police commissioners and appointing Frank Denton and Judge W T J Lee to end a ban on hunger marchers. Mayor Stewart clashes with Hepburn as both sides spar over parade approval and civil liberties.
Berlin reports widespread rumors abroad about mass executions at Dachau and purges within Nazi ranks. Officials deny the claims while noting internal party reorganization and concerns over food, finance, unemployment relief, and heat waves as Chancellor Hitler is described as a “strange prisoner” amid Reichswehr influence.
Japanese spokesmen plan informal conferences in Washington next month to lay groundwork for a 1935 naval arms limitation treaty. Discussions are to cover Pacific aims, potential extensions to Britain, a bigger Japanese navy, and a non aggression pact with the United States.
Sir Ronald Storrs, long prominent in British diplomacy and retired governor and commander-in-chief of Cyprus, praises Canada as a land of attractions. An associate of Earl Kitchener, he played a key role in the Arab revolt and guided Lawrence to Arabia.
The government released its subsidy bill detailing aid for domestic cattle producers. It requires imported cattle to be in the United Kingdom for at least three months to qualify for the slaughter beef subsidy and sets aside 15.6 million dollars for subsidies.
Montreal mourns as George William Hill 72 dies July 17 at his Outremont home after a 19 day illness. He created the nurses memorial in Ottawa, Queen Victoria jubilee monument in Montreal's Victoria Square, and the Sir Georges Etienne Cartier statue on Fletcher's Field in Montreal.
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