Alberta Laws Referred to Supreme Court for Opinion
Prime Minister Mackenzie King asked Alberta Premier William Aberhart to consider a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada on the validity of three Alberta laws. The measures include bank licensing for managers and employees, a license requirement enforcement, and a Judicature Act amendment prohibiting constitutional tests without provincial permission. The action seeks a court opinion before any enforcement steps.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Supreme Court of Canada
Mackenzie King
William Aberhart
King
Willam Aberhart
Famonton
Supreme Court Act
Kngs
Aberhart
Ernest Lapointe
Sailors Train at Hudson Bay Port in Bright Scenery
Bluejackets from His Majesty's Loop Scar borough conducted landing party manoeuvres and rifle practice near Churchill Church in Hudson Bay. The Jack Tars, aboard ships Nascopie and Wentworth, arrived by railway flat cars and spent the forenoon in vigorous exercises under clear skies with a crisp north wind. A port dance entertained sailors, officials, and residents after loading grain at Church MM.
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Nascopie
Wentworth
Church MM
Regulations Adopted To Curb Waterfowl Depletion
The department of mines and resources imposes migratory bird rules for 1937 with bag limits across provinces and open season dates. Ducks may be 124 day or 150 season in some regions, geese five day with regional seasonal caps, baiting and live decoys banned nationwide. Saskatchewan and Alberta open seasons run late Sept to late Oct or early Nov with variations by river sections.
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Ottawa
Department of Mines and Resources
Washington
United States
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Township
Wilson
Athabaska
Clearwater
Clearwater Rivers
Four Sioux Chiefs Threaten Canada Over Grievances
Four aging Dakota leaders who witnessed the 1876 Custer massacre accuse the U.S. government of treaty violations and threaten to seek asylum in Canada if federal officials ignore their pleas. They plan a Standing Rock council at Fort Yates to present grievances, with two Sitting Bull nephews among them.
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Rapid City
United States
South Dakota
Canada
Standing Rock
Fort Yates
N.C
Sitting Bull
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
Oscar One Bull
Turgeon Led Grain Mission Ends European Fittings
The mission on grain marketing headed by Mr Justice W. F. A. Turgeon of Regina has completed its European fittings. Hearings resume in Winnipeg on Sept. 22. Commission members return to England after brief visits to Antwerp Brussels Paris and Rotterdam. Justice Turgeon plans to sail for Canada before month’s end. J. L. Ralston KC counsel for the commission will leave next week.
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W. F. A. Turgeon
Regina
Winnipeg
England
Antwerp
Brussels
Paris
Rotterdam
Justice Turgeon
Canada
J. L. Ralston, KC
Norway Glacier Collapse Triggers 160 Foot Tidal Wave
In Norway a massive glacier section from Hardangr broke away under heat and crashed into Demme Lake. The resulting 160 foot wave swept away 12 houses and damaged fields and crops, though no casualties were reported.
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Norway
Hardangr
Demme Lake
Zeppelins to Resume Passenger Service by Next Year
Captain Max Pruss, commander of the Hindenburg, predicted revival of Germanys trans Atlantic Zeppelins by next year. He said new airships now under construction would use non inflammable helium. Pruss, who was critically burned in the Lakehurst crash, will leave his hospital bed to return to Germany.
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New York
Germany
Max Pruss
Lakehurst
Pruss
Hindenburg
Drouth Resistant Wheat Progress Report
Archibald director of experimental farms reports studies to develop wheat varieties that grow under low precipitation conditions. He describes recent Saskatchewan drouth field work and optimism that lines adaptable to semi arid areas may be ready for future testing.
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Ottawa
Archibald
National Association of Local Government Omcers
Great Britain
Sas ‘Tatchewan
Drouth
Shanghai village barricaded as Japanese threat grows
Militaried Chinese police sealed Kiangnan village north of Shanghai to block possible attacks from a reinforced Japanese garrison. The United States consul pressed Mayor K Yui for evacuation access for stranded Americans but faced refusal. The move, framed as Chinese defense against Japanese forces, risks drawing the foreigners into a nearby danger zone.
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Shanghai
Kiangnan
United States
K. Yui
Mussolini Urges Sicily to Ready for Military Life
Premier Mussolini addressed about 100,000 Sicilians on the eve of Sicily's annual war games. He declared that Italy must intensify preparations for military life and warned that a people unwilling to bear its own farms must bear arms for others, framing a choice between war and misery.
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Catania
Sicily
Mussolini
Duce
Manitoba Hay Market Outlook In Saskatchewan 1937
Manitoba officials estimate Saskatchewan demand will reach at least 2.5 million dollars as Manitoba wild hay tonnage totals between 1.0 and 1.25 million tons with additional hay around 0.5 million tons. Prices in Manitoba range from 5 to 8 dollars per ton by grade No. 1 to No. 3. Edison descendant L Eat wins Wilmington vet race. Edison patents linked to radio tube uses noted.
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Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Manitoba Farmtra
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
Wilmington, Vet
Alberta Wheat Crop Seen At High Value This Year
Alberta farmers expect a record year with wheat and other products valued between 170000 and 180000 thousand dollars. Rainy July boosted crops and pasture, Edmonton area saw heavy rainfall, and officials project wheat output near last year’s 67 million bushels with higher prices lifting total farm returns. Estimates vary from 67 to 75 million bushels for wheat, with potential gains over 1936 values.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R. Mullen
Financial Post of
Toronto
H. G. L. Strange
Searle Grain Company
John Gillespie
Gillespie Grain Company
Ace at Moscow Arctic Flight Plan Proposed by Pravda
The Soviet plan, led by Pilot Mishail Sheveleff, would trace a 12,000 mile route along the Arctic from Alaska through Hudson Bay and Baffinland to Greenland Iceland and the northeastern Russian coast. Sheveleff was the assistant head of the recent north pole expedition.
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Moscow
Arctic Circle
Mishail Sheveleff
Pravda
Alaska
Hudson Bay
Baffinland
Greenland
Ieenland
Sheveleff
North Pole
Executions Reported in Siberia Purge of Spies and Wreckers
Irkutsk paper East Siberia Pravda says 72 alleged spies and wreckers were executed in a large Soviet purge in eastern Russia tied to collaboration with the Japanese secret service. The total executed in this campaign grows as authorities continue the crackdown.
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Stalin
Russia
Paris
le Jour
Litvinoff
Irkutsk
East Siberia
Pravda
Soviet
Rusia
Siberian
Far Eastern
Officials Inspect Dana Canguan Panel After Criticism
Department of Transport officers defended yearly inspections of the Dana Canguan panel and stated all planes will receive routine checks by certified air engine inspectors before each flight. Coroner J P Wifat of Toronto commented on the Inspe voiced concerns.
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Dana
Department of Transport
J. P. Wi
Toronto
Donation Boosts Aid for Blind in London
Lord Numerg, an industrial philanthropist, donated 35000 pounds to support blind care in London. This contribution raises his total philanthropy to over 5 million pounds, reflecting sustained charitable activity across decades.
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London
Lord Numerg
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Jack Tars
Matt
Maxim Litvinoff
Zep
Shen
China
Hay
Cardiff
Wales
Hanes
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