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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1938
Page
5
Hon. C A Dunning outlined a three year fiscal plan emphasizing a reduced deficit. He projected a 1937 38 deficit of 35 million dollars with a balanced budget target for 1938 39 while keeping the tax structure unchanged and promising relief to civil servants.
In Ottawa Defence Minister Ian Mackenzie outlined three new airfields under the national defence vote for air services. One site is to be at Dartmouth Nova Scotia with two others undecided and at least one on Vancouver Island. Total air force strength would reach 513 officers and 2,444 men with 195 officers and 1,498 airmen in the permanent force. London Queen Mary may be the Empire’s earliest Christmas shopper selecting cards at the British Industries Fair opening White City. She chose a garden.
Relief swept Italy after Ras Desta Demtu son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie was captured and executed by firing squad near the region west of the southern Ethiopian lakes. Viceroy Graziani announced the move as removing the last resistance to Italian rule while detailing efforts to urge peace.
Great Bear Lake hosts the inaugural Arctic dog derby with at least eight teams on a 15 mile ice course starting at the Eldorado mine. A 50 mile south rule limits entrants, making Morimoto the only Northwest Territories Japanese racer with seven huskies.
The Chamber of Princes sent a formal loyalty message to King George VI from all Indian rulers. Marquess of Linlithgow, new viceroy, spoke to the gathering on federation talks and urged early, decisive progress. He noted talks with princes offered new insights and hoped for satisfactory conclusions soon.
Italian forces reinforced Dessye outposts to curb anti Italian activity while Ethiopians found with arms were executed in Addis Ababa. Colonial officials boasted of firm control over most of Ethiopia as Ras Desta Demtu led a 3000 strong column toward the capital and was repelled near the city.
John Kent a 14 year old from Chatham will be awarded a thoroughbred wirehaired fox terrier and a medal by the Toronto Humane Society for risking his life February 9 to try to save his dog Snooty from the Thames river. The society praises his rescue attempt and will present the prizes.
In the Lords a Labor peer urges plain speaking with the United States over pending neutrality legislation. He warns excessive Europe focus and calls for a keystone realists approach, backing a potential mutual guarantee treaty and continued League of Nations commitments amid questions about American export policies.
Lord Arnold argues the League of Nations cannot enforce its obligations and Britain must rethink ties with France. He criticizes the Franco Soviet pact as a threat and urges Germany be treated better. He claims removing the pact could improve Anglo German relations and yield decades of peace.
The Canadian Postal Employees' Association protested Saturday afternoon and holiday mail deliveries during its three day Ottawa convention. It called for a return to the pre 1932 night shift hours with seven hour nightly work.
The king presided over his first investiture naming 150 recipients from the New Year honors list at Buckingham Palace. After the ceremony he received Hon. Vincent Massey Canadian high commissioner and Captain H F C Brookshank secretary for mines in audience.
Oklahoma City agriculturists facing wind erosion warn the dust problem is too large for any one state to handle as the dust bowl spreads southwestward and creeks eastward at about 30 miles a year. Kansas State College expert Umberger calls claims of wheat loss farcical while erosion specialist Tarrant says 7,000,000 acres in western Oklahoma suffer serious wind damage and about 2,000,000 acres were ruined in 1935.
Two-way voice wireless equipment will be installed early this spring by the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals at Chipewyan Alta and Goldfields Sask to boost safety and accuracy in northern commercial flying Major J Genet announces. Chipewyan lies about 375 miles northeast of Edmonton and Edmonton area planes and RCCS stations at Fort McMurray Alto Fort Smith NWT and Fort Norman NWT already use the gear.
Ontario official David A. Croll announces he will relinquish his role as special guardian of the Dionne quintuplets to Percy D. Wilson on April 30. Oliva Dionne, the quintuplets' father, now supports the guardianship, with other board members remaining in place.
The Daily Herald reports the new Anglo Canadian trade treaty will span at least four years and be renewable after that period. The Financial Times notes British exporters anticipate tariff cuts on finished goods and highlights Yorkshire woollen industry gains from 1935 budget concessions.
London reports Chancellor Neville Chamberlain moving the defence loans bill in the House of Commons. He condemns armament races while noting Britain’s solid credit, annual surpluses, and the need to balance safety with international obligations. He contrasts UK finances with US debt growth and argues a £1.5 million five year defense outlay won’t destabilize the economy.
A Spanish anti-aircraft shell exploded on the quarterdeck of the British battleship Royal Oak near Valencia harbor, injuring four officers and a seaman with splinters. The ship sailed again after the incident, which authorities called accidental and not an act of protestable aggression.
The national employment commission says most provinces approve that ordinary home improvements under the home improvement plan should not raise property assessments. Chairman Arthur B. Purvis sent letters to premiers noting success and suggesting lines of assistance to prevent tax increases from home improvements. Ontario New Brunswick Saskatchewan Manitoba and British Columbia replied favorably. others undecided.
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