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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1939
Page
8
Ottawa reports that Rt Hon Ernest Lapointe seeks a bill consolidating 1911 and 1920 acts to update official secrets laws. It defines prohibited places and means of communication with foreign powers, including impersonation, forged documents, and harboring spies, expanding offences to protect state safety.
Fifty Sudeten refugee families sail from an English port in April for Canada bound for the Peace River district to settle in groups of 25 to 50. A further 80 sail April 22, with up to 300 to 400 families expected in coming months, led by Herr Jaksch and described by the British as a fine type of people under democratic leadership.
Caaries Dunning told the House of Commons that Canada's banking system under the central bank is the most stable in the country's history and that there is no possibility of Canadian banks failing to meet their obligations at any time.
In Ottawa the government defends an expansionist currency policy saying the Bank of Canada controls money supply to maintain balance. Minister of Finance Dunning cites ongoing Bank of Canada oversight of currency volume with year over year expansion data as proof of policy. John Black more and AA Heaps challenge previous currency issuance and inflation concerns while the government defends current flexibility under the Bank of Canada Act.
New York underwriters said they would withdraw war risk insurance quotations on shipments to from Italy or Germany and on shipments carried on Italian or German vessels. They cited the danger of a general European outbreak and announced rate advances from 100 to 200 percent for other ports with rates for Italian and German coverage available only on application.
S Kroussworth of the Co operative Commonwealth Federation confirms that Woodsworth will contest Winnipeg North Centre in the next federal election. He previously won the seat for his group in 1936 and accepted the nomination at a joint convention of CCF supporters and Independent Labour party members.
A diplomatic note exchange shows Argentina intent on a thorough inquiry into a purported German plot to annex Patagonia, a 267,000 square mile region in southern Argentina, reflecting tense border diplomacy.
Spanish envoy to Washington Juan De Cardenas enters the U S shrine area to lead continuous intercession for world peace during the Spanish Civil War. George T Summerlin, chief of the State Department protocol division, notes the public may enter day and night to join prayers for peace.
Mrs. Lauer wife of Judge Edgar A Lauer of the New York supreme court received three months in jail and a $2500 fine after pleading guilty to a four count indictment for conspiracy and smuggling. Albert Chaplan the go between in the Chaperau affair with George Burns and Jack Benny was later sentenced to five years in prison and a $5000 fine. The government earlier secured guilty pleas and fines totaling ten thousand and eight thousand dollars from Benny and Burns.
The initial Canadian wheat shipment to China departs Vancouver on April 23 aboard the steamship Darlington Court. About one thousand short tons or 33 333 bushels are loaded for Japanese buyers in Shanghai. Shipments to China had slowed due to the Sino Japanese conflict.
Sir Louis Beale, Britain's commissioner-general, says the Great Britain exhibit at the New York World's Fair will depict the British empire and the United States as springing from common roots and sharing a single "common purpose."
A 19 member delegation from the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities pressed Parliament for a national approach to unemployment relief. They urged federal action to fund material aid and proposed a joint consultative committee of mayors with both federal and provincial governments. Mayor Stanley Lewis of Ottawa backed the plan and offered mayoral cooperation.
The Bombay Chronicle accuses Ityaimar Schacht, former Reichsbank head, of trying to exploit India's economy during a so called vacation. The Times of India reports Schacht aiming to buy Indian cotton grower stocks both immediate and future. Indian merchants warned to recall Balkan bloc trading with Germany and the risk of blocked money flow.
In Ottawa a bill to extend Sir Lyman P. Duff’s tenure as chief justice of Canada for three years after his 75th birthday on January 7 next was introduced in the House of Commons by Rt. Hon. Ernest Lapointe and given first reading The Supreme Court Act requires retirement at 75 The measure would grant Sir Lyman a life annuity equal to his current salary of 19000 a year upon retirement.
Officials of Lunenburg Sea Products said the largest fish catch ever landed at their pier was brought in during a recent weekend by seven Lunenburg schooners. One schooner made two trips, and the total catch weighed slightly over 800000 pounds.
Alarm over rising conflict as Europe preps for war sees mass mobilization. Germany and Italy each field about a million troops while France and Britain increase forces toward demand levels. Soviet Russia totals around 2.5 million with Spain near 1 million, and alarms spread as many nations keep large ready reserves across 18 European countries.
Col Wilfrid Bovey of McGill University urged Canadian unity and a great education of public opinion at the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities convention. He warned of Britain or U S involvement in war and proposed stronger adult education through federal-provincial cooperation with the Canadian Association for Adult Education. He recommended targeting one percent of the population and engaging leading employers to support youth education initiatives.
Airplane factories in Los Angeles and county facilities are pushing to complete nearly 60,000 600 aircraft under European orders. Six Lockheed bombers at Hurbank air terminal await shakedown, including three 17 600 pound twin engined planes with orders from England Australia and the Netherlands. Northern American Aviation Inglewood holds 16 million for 400 fast low winged planes. Douglas at El Segundo works on 11 million worth of bombers for France. The Netherlands government has ordered 18 attack planes.
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