Alberta acts disallowed by Ottawa ruling
Ottawa flatly disallowed Alberta's 1938 acts on mortgage foreclosures and a securities tax, terms the move as an intrusion on federal jurisdiction. Prime Minister Mackenzie King cited the acts as undermining Confederation and stated the public interest favors federal oversight. An Ernest Lapointe report summarized the disallowances and noted appeals and further measures pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Alberta
Dominion
Mackenzie King
Ernest Lapointe
Canada
William Aberhart
Social Credit
Gov
Mnister
of Canada
National
Privy Courit
Lay
Bertana
Insurance, Loan and Trust Companies
Mining Claims Sold For Large Sum In BC Training Camps
Labor minister George Pearson stated four unemployed youths trained in a Vancouver Island government mining camp in 1936 sold mining claims they staked for 35 000 dollars. The grubstaked group later amassed 835 000 dollars from the sale. The minister did not identify the individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
George Pearson
British Columbia
Pearson
Vancouver Island
Fong to chair Imperial Airways as BBC chief role hinted
The text notes Fong nena, director general of the British Broadcasting ration, appointed chairman of Imperial Airways to speed up Britain’s civil service reforms. It recalls Sir John Reith’s era, Reith’s Scottish origins, career path, wartime service, and BBC ties since 1922. It also mentions gossip about Major W E Gladstone Murray of CBC potential successor to Reith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fong Nena
British Broadcasting Ration
Imperial Airways
Great Britain
John Reith
Glasgow
London
BBC
Gosip
The
Star
W. E. Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
British Broadcasting Corporation
Ceremony Interrupted by Farmer at Lampman Memorial
Leading Canadian poets gathered under pines at Brotherhood Wood near Ottawa to honor Archibald Lampman. A farmer with a shotgun burst in after midnight demanding trespassers leave his property. The meeting resumed after the disruption, though tensions remained with gun at hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayumer
Canada
European Wheat Crop Seen 100 Million Bushels Smaller
Washington reports Europe’s wheat crop may fall by about 100 million bushels from last year. Agriculture Secretary Wallace says effect on U S wheat purchases is not yet determined as officials canvass the situation. He notes shortages in Italy and Russia not surveyed, with a U S surplus estimated around 450 to 500 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Agriculture Department
United States
Europe
Agriculture
Wallace
Agriculture and
State Department
Russia
Italy
Ice cream and champagne en route to northern Alberta tug launch
Air cargoes carried ten five gallon drums of ice cream and one bottle of champagne on planes from Edmonton. Pilot Farrell, head of a company with a standing three times weekly order from Goldfields Salt Lake Athabasca mining centre, ferried the items. The champagne, by Pilot North Sawle, will be used at Waterways, Alta, for a new tug boat launching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Nn Air
Edmonton
Farrell
Goldfields
Salk Lake Athabasca
Pulot North Sawle
Waterways
Alta
Cholera Epidemic Strikes Lucknow Region in India
A brutal cholera outbreak in the United Provinces of northern India has killed about 12,000 people in seven weeks with 2,000 deaths in a single week. British and Indian medical authorities have mobilized hundreds of doctors to combat the disease across the 4 million square mile area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Lucknow
United Provinces
Winnipeg Bond Theft Reported In Exchange Office
Police investigate loss of about $10,000 in registered government bonds from a Winnipeg grain exchange office. Investigators would not disclose the exact office name, noting $9,000 of the missing items are negotiable papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Appointment of Sir Arthur Richards as Jamaica Governor
London announces Sir Arthur Richards, a veteran colonial administrator, will become governor of Jamaica amid a planned royal commission to investigate social and economic issues across the West Indies. Malcolm MacDonald says the inquiry will cover Jamaica Trinidad Barbados British Guiana British Honduras and Windward and Leeward Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Richards
Far East
Jamaica
Malcolm MacDonald
House of Commons
West Indies
MacDonald
Trinidad
Barbados
British Guiana
British Honduras
Windward
Leeward Islands
David Lloyd George
Sir Arthur
Fiji
Weste
Campaign Aims to Promote Egg Consumption in Canada
In the House of Commons Harry J Barber urged a publicity drive to boost egg eating. Poultrymen groups asked for 100000 dollars to fund the campaign while egg consumption had fallen by 45 carloads weekly in recent years. Agriculture Minister Gardiner said the matter was being considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
Harry J. Barber
Fraser Valley
Canada
Gardiner
Czech Premier Considers Measures Over Sudeten Demands
Czechoslovakia ministers review revised list of Sudeten German rights demands after 24 hours of talks led by Milan Hodza. The session, amid Nazi-backed pressure, focused on equality of status, legal entity recognition for 3.5 million Sudeten Germans, self-government, minority protections, reparations, German officials, and loyalty to German nationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praba
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
Konrad Henlein
Hodza
Czech
Henein
War Debt Payments Rise as US Faces New Defaulted Installments
The United States may add 211 million dollars to the overdue war debt ledger, bringing total defaulted installments to 1.89 billion. Great Britain says its 85.67 million half-yearly payment is not due now but would discuss settlement when circumstances warrant hope of a satisfactory outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Washington
United States
Great Britain
Empire Exhibition Attendance Figures Announced in Glasgow
A total of 2 945 752 visitors from around the world attended the empire exposition which opened in May at Glasgow. Lieut Col John Colville secretary of state for Scotland disclosed the figure in the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Glasgow
John Colville
Scotland
House of Commons
British Ships Sunk by Air Bombs in Valencia Harbor Raid
Insurgent air attacks wreck four ships including two British freighters near Valencia and Grau Valencia. The Thurston and Sea gharer reported damaged or sinking while Lucky and Gaulois also struck. No crew casualties aboard port-bound ships. Daladier pledges preventive diplomacy with Britain to avert wider catastrophe while stressing joint non intervention in Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucky
Paris
France
Premnie
Edouard Daladier
Radical Socialist Party
Great Britain
Spain
Daladir
FL Grau
Valencia
Daladier
Vancouver Seeks Answers Over Air Mail Contract
D Wile ton of the Vancouver civic Airport committee demands full explanation from Ottawa as to why Vancouver and British Columbia were kept in the dark about an air mail contract awarded to Yukon. Ottawa's George C. Herring announced a three week old contract with Ginger Coote Airways Limited, a United Air Transport subsidiary, routing planes to the Yukon via Fort St John. Vancouver forests favored a coast route via Prince George Hazelton and Athab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Allerman
D. Wileton
Ottawa
British Columbia
Yukon
George C. Herring
Air Mail Services
Ginger Coote
B.C
Prince Gorge
Hazelton
Athi
Bills Oppose Lottery Bill in House of Commons
Rt Hon R B Bennett Conservative leader argued against a private bill to legalize lotteries for hospital and university funds. He claimed sweepstakes harm the nation and individuals, and the measure was discussed only briefly at the end of the private bills hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
House
Public Works awards contract to Poole Construction
Ottawa announced the contract for a Foam Lake public building was awarded to Poole Construction Company Limited of Regina at nineteen thousand four hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Public Works Deparment
Foam Lake
Sask
Public Building
Poole Construction Company, Limited
Regina
Also Mentioned on This Page
N John Reith
Lloyd George
INSTA
Britain
England
Mr. Lloyd George
Dame Lloyd George
Air Mail
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!