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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1935
Page
7
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett outlined a reform agenda to voters, arguing government intervention and regulation were needed to end the economic low mood. He pledged to test and implement reforms if the public supported them, warning he would quit if polls show rejection of reform.
Ottawa hosts the annual New Year levee in the Hall of Fame at Parliament Buildings. This fourth reception since April 1931 marks Earl of Bessborough serving as representative of King George.
London reports the Prince of Wales was named admiral general and marshal of the Royal Air Force in the king's New Year honors list. The king bestowed three high ranks on His Royal Highness.
Britain will increase coal exports to the Irish Free State by over a million tons under a new Anglo-Irish accord. In return Ireland will gain 150000 additional cattle imports from Britain and suspend coal imports from Germany and Poland when current contracts end. Coal regions in South Wales Lancashire and southwest Scotland stand to benefit amid duties changes linked to the land annuities dispute.
The dominant Winnipeg Labor bloc seized key administration committees at the first city council meeting led by Mayor John Queen. Labor and allied candidates held nine of 18 council seats in November elections, signaling labor policies would guide finances, improvement, health, and utilities.
Prime Ministerial inquiry looming as Mercier proposes to question government on Canadians traveling to the Saar Basin to vote in the plebiscite. The Liberal member seeks details on government help, names and addresses of those assisted, and possible removal from Canadian voter lists.
Vancouver mayor G G McGeer issues a proclamation setting Sunday January 6 as a day of service humiliation and prayer. He urges aldermen civic department heads legislators judges and magistrates and all in authority to attend worship and join in a nationwide cry for pardon. He cites a belief that evil days and communal desolation stem from forgotten God.
In Riviere du Loup Laval Lapointe 11 dies after a snow fort tunnel collapses sealing him under the snow. His brother Jean Charles 13 escapes after being buried but resuscitated. neighbor frees him hours later. Alfred La pointe is the boys’ father.
Yeggmen blew the factory safe at Jacoby Bros. Ltd wholesale jewelers in Vancouver overnight stealing about $12000. Insurance covers the loss. The burglars forced entry by blowing the safe dial. A second safe in the office held a similar value but withstood the break in.
Paul A. Siple reports a wealth of Antarctica flora on ice slopes of Marie Byrd Land to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. The sledge party returns to Little America after the region's first scientific penetration.
Convicts will receive five cents a day for work starting next year, conditional on good conduct and absence of punishments. An extra two cents a day is allowed for each day of remission at release, with up to 72 days prior remission. Monthly remission and earlier release cases are outlined.
Aviator Wiley Post announced a Los Angeles to New York stratosphere flight within three weeks. He will wear his self designed oxygen suit and aim to keep the Winnie Mae at 30,000 feet or higher for about eight hours at speeds above 330 mph.
The nine month fiscal period ending December 31 shows income tax collections of 54,720,648, up from 54,511,087 the previous year. Toronto leads with 16,898,168 in total, while Vancouver, Charlottetown, Halifax, Winnipeg, Kingston, and Edmonton report varying totals. Net national increase cited at 209,561.
The Montreal Gazette documents a year of definite progress in Canada’s economy with higher exports in newsprint pig iron and steel and more revenue freight carried by railways. Business volume rose though the gains were uneven with optimism from leaders like E W Beatty and J Hungerford noting steady recovery and increased demand for minerals lumber bacon and manufactured goods.
Riots between Nazis and anti-Nazis marked the opening of the New Year in the Saar Territory. The League of Nations commission warned against political demonstrations. Wounded tally nears 100 with two dead. police reported 60 injuries among Germans. Fifty arrests were reported but not confirmed.
In Kent county a unidentified aeroplane pilot warned residents by circling the village three times to awaken them as a general store owned by Morley Shields caught fire. The store was destroyed but firefighters saved nearby structures and Shields escaped from the burning building through a ground leap.
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