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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1936
Page
7
London reports that Japan walked out of the naval conference over parity demands while Britain United States France and Italy vow to pursue a limitation accord without Japan. American and British officials anticipate a four power route with an escape clause to cover any future build up.
Ottawa civil service commissions names Aaron B. Handler of Kingston Ont as leader of the English list of 62 candidates for Grade 4 government clerks. The open university graduate exam seeks a ready pool for executive posts. the first 15 on the English list were Edward A Bence Saskatoon Russell H Taber Regina Henry Fems and Gordon H Josie Winnipeg Solomon Milner Regina and Francis V Kinahan Calgary.
William Duff Liberal member for Antigonish Guysboro will travel to New York and Washington to conduct a survey of reactions to the Canada United States trade agreement. The trip aims to gauge business public and political sentiment ahead of further negotiations.
Three known underworld figures were arrested in the Powell Street branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce after a holdup in which two employees were shot. One, William H. Hobbs, 25, fatally wounded, paralyzed after a throat wound. another, Thomas Winsby, bank manager, wounded in the left arm. The bandits escaped with 1200 dollars. Police offer 5000 dollars for information. Hobbs formerly worked in Radisson, Saskatchewan. his parents live in Edmonton. Winsby was later hospitalized. officers continue the city-wide manhunt.
A natural gas incident sparks a massive blast in Wheatley causing $50,000 damage. The Oddfellows block and post office area were leveled. two women were knocked down but not seriously harmed. Fire consumed town records as four balls of flame shot through the roof before the building collapsed.
In Dingwall Scotland hecklers pressed Malcolm MacDonald at a farmers market about stopping Canadian oats imports. He replied as dominions secretary only a few weeks and urged producers to back his home-first policy amid laughter.
Anchorage joins seven quarantined cities with mild scarlet fever cases. Schools closed and public gatherings banned. Fairbanks and Palmer also quarantined for scarlet fever and smallpox. Dr Haverstock urged the Coast Guard cutter Morris to send aid from Cordova to Port Graham, where 15 people were ill. Port Graham lies on Cook Inlet near the Kenai Peninsula tip.
The annual survey from the Department of Agriculture finds farmers optimistic that Canada’s agricultural position is better than last year and may improve further next year. Wheat remains central, with Canada likely to produce a substantial crop though weak world demand may limit disposal of normal yields.
PD Mellon announces completion of gas storage in Bow Island field Canada marks first known underground storage. 8 000 000 000 cubic feet stored by Dec 31 1935 with 18 of 27 wells sealed and others reconditioned for reuse. Dominion government order withdrawn drill rights over surrounding lands.
The Soviet government announced a 1936 military budget over twice last year’s, with 1.3 million standing troops in 1935 and 1.8 billion rubles planned for armed forces under a new exchange rate. Construction funds of 28.7 billion rubles will fund Moscow and Leningrad reconstruction.
R A Carscallen, defending two Indians on an illegal hunting charge, produced a document claiming Governor Simcoe's 1792 treaty allowed hunting within 16 feet of creek banks in Canada. Magistrate S B Arnold reserved judgment for a month to study the treaty's authority and relevance to current conditions.
London reports say the cabinet will push a waiting policy at a Geneva meeting with Eden leading, aiming to sound out other delegations. Britain weighs oil sanctions amid Italy stocks, Ethiopia rains, and oil nation attitudes, as Labour opposition prepares if Commons reconvenes February 4.
During his first northern Ontario visit, Lord Tweedsmuir toured the Noranda mine at Kirkland Lake and met President J. Murdoch and General Manager H. L. Roscoe. He noted a machine seen in Rand gold mines 30 years earlier and recalled the South African inventor.
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that soldiers and civil servants paid by the federal government living in Manitoba are liable for the Manitoba income tax enacted in 1933. The decision impacts more than 3,500 Dominion government employees and militia members. London notes growing worries over UK stock-raising issues and calls for government assistance.
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