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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 01, 1939
Page
7
Premier Daladier told the French chamber that Franco Italian tensions were racing toward a climax as Britain and France agreed to stand firm over Italy and Spain. He vowed not to yield any land or rights while praising Anglo American support and urging unity against potential forceful measures.
Anthony Eden, making his second speech to constituents in 24 hours, warned that national unity may become vital at any moment. He criticized Fascist intervention in Spain and urged a firm Anglo-French stand in the Mediterranean, arguing that war is not desired by any party. He noted reduced party divisions as Britons focus on foreign policy.
Professor G W Simpson of the University of Saskatchewan urged that solving the Ukrainian national question is essential to achieving European peace during a livestock breeders banquet in Saskatoon.
Amid Chile quake chaos reports from Lima Buenos Aires and Santiago describe Chillan in ruins and fires. Eyewitness Byron Rickards says 4 000 dead and city in flames while Lieut. Yanez reports 5 000 dead with 10 000 injured and massive fissures in the streets. Cauquenes also damaged as authorities fear large loss of life.
Britain contributes an unspecified sum to aid child refugees in Spain and sends a £20000 cheque to the International Refugee Commission led by Michael Hansson to buy powdered milk for delivery at Gerona Catalonia. The United States agrees to send $300,000 in wheat monthly for six months and other nations pledge $425,000 in relief including Sweden $250,000 Norway $50,000 Belgium $75,000 and Denmark $50,000.
Hon. George Spence, director in Saskatchewan, told the Canadian Club that soil drifting is halted and wind erosion controlled in the west. He said there is no longer a dust bowl threat and that the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act rests on actual farming and ranching realities, not theory.
A 12 year old boy composer from St George de Beauce named Cler Mont Pepin guest conductors the Quebec symphony. After a triumph he returns home for skating and a family welcome from his barber father and 15 siblings. His mother watches as the 50 piece orchestra plays his Menuet to a packed audience.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Walt Disney will be represented among its great masters collections. Curator Harry B. Wehle called Disney a great historical figure in the development of American art.
A bill allowing dental mechanics to take impressions and supply false teeth may be introduced at the Alberta legislature when ses sion opens on February 9. 2292
Ottawa. Finance minister Charles Dunning tables defence estimates totaling 63.44 million for the next fiscal year, up from 34 million. The plan classifies capital and ordinary accounts, with 29.41 million in capital outlays to be borrowed. The Royal Canadian Air Force accounts gain the largest share, including funds for 83 new planes and pilot training, plus building and equipment spending across Nova Scotia and British Columbia.
Europe braces for a potential diplomatic shock as Franco’s insurgents advance on Barcelona. The conflict deepens the clash between democratic and totalitarian powers in the Mediterranean, with Italian and German forces aiding the insurgents and fears mounting over postwar aims in Spain and beyond.
The report notes six destroyers and four minesweepers with flotilla leader cost unavailable. R.C.N. personnel will rise by 21 officers and 363 ratings to 140 officers and 1,825 ratings. A Royal Canadian Fleet reserve is being formed to allow five year reserve eligibility after discharge.
London reports the National Executive votes to expel Sir Stafford Cripps, the militant socialist leader, for leading a popular front campaign against Prime Minister Chamberlain. Ellen Wilkinson alone votes to retain Cripps. Cripps was formerly on the party executive.
Hon. W. D. Herridge spoke to the Men's Association of Chalmers United Church outlining a Canadian movement he called the new democracy. He urged internal prosperity and external unity within the Empire to combat fascism, stressing security justice and freedom as core aims. He said the movement aims to raise living standards and distribute production to lift the whole Empire.
Ottawa reports Hon. W. D. Euler defending trade agreements as essential for Canada to maintain export markets. He cites Canada’s status as a top four exporter and a 1938 favorable world balance of trade of 280 million dollars, while noting an $758 million U.S. trade deficit and smaller deficits with Italy.
Swansea report quotes Sir Samuel Hoare declaring the British Empire invincible amid fears of war. He lauds Britain's navy and economy as key assets, rebukes panic about a world war, and urges domestic unity and preparedness under democracy. He praises Prime Minister Chamberlain as Europe’s lifebuoy.
Ralph Stevenson British minister of government in Spain escaped death when insurgent planes bombed near Calderos and Barcelona. He slept at Calderos and spent days in Barcelona before being ordered aboard the Devonshire to serve as his official home, while D. J. Rogers remains in Barcelona.
Sir Gerald Campbell, Britain’s high commissioner in Ottawa, told the Board of Trade that the empire’s center might move to Canada if a great catastrophe strikes the United Kingdom. He warned Britons are nearing the end of patience with dictatorships and will not allow Germany and Italy to dominate Europe.
United Air Lines announces research engineers have developed a special printing cartridge to discharge static electricity buildup aboard aircraft, potentially reducing static related aviation incidents and improving radio communication reliability.
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