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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
5
The Commons debated extending a bank cheque relief bill for one year to continue direct relief with provinces and municipalities. Labor and Liberal members criticized the plan as insufficient to solve unemployment, noting no mechanism to monitor funds, while ministers promised further measures to create work for citizens.
Premier J G Gardiner told the University Club of Ottawa that with federal help banks governments and the church the problems of the west could be solved if western wealth returns and debt trimmed Saskatchewan could pay off remaining costs and resume normal prices and earnings. He called for provincial effort to restore prosperity. A separate Shanghai note mentions a rising anti Japanese group beating shops in front of Chinese stores. A German devised an automatic painting machine for walls and ceilings.
Ottawa Hon WD Herridge Canadian minister to Washington has received 96470 from June 1 1621 to the present for expenses of upkeep of the legation at Washington. The total cost of the Canada legation at Washington in that period was 338,089. The high commission cost in London from August 1900 to February 1935 was 3. Another return said Hon G Howard Ferguson received 164,803 in that period with expenditures for entertainment. Additional sums totaling around 5,000 were advanced to cover Dominion Day receipts.
Rioters wreck shops and injure many as 100 prisoners are booked after Harlem clashes sparked by false report a store killed a boy for stealing a pocketknife. Police deploy 700 officers to quell violence across Manhattan and surrounding boroughs.
A 13 year old Burgess Township boy admitted setting a barn fire on Michael McFarland’s farm and claimed responsibility for the odd happenings at John Quinn’s shore home on Black Lake. The Ontario police hold him on arson charges and he is to be arraigned in juvenile court.
The Presbyterian Church in Canada announced 329 carloads of relief foodstuffs sent to western trouth stricken areas, with 21 000 pounds of clothing and 1050 families aided. East collection, prairie provinces, and Peace River district shipments accompanied by 14 cases of Christmas gifts. Mrs W H Fletcher of Toronto led the collection and Mrs H R Horne of Regina directed item distribution. One instance funded care for an entire community.
Minister of Labor Wesley Gordon told the House of Commons that government building programs to ease unemployment have drawbacks. He described a county town project drawing workers from across the country, some with no jobs or lower wages than the project offered, a pattern he has observed repeatedly.
A proposed legislature would bar towns where radicals control councils or boards from declaring civic or school holidays without ministerial permits. Blairmore faced a similar issue when Tim Buck visit celebrations were stopped pending approval. Arrests in Russia tallied 1,074 aristocrats facing trials or exile for alleged acts against the state.
In an address in the west, Entomologist Seclated R. Painter of the department of agriculture forecast a rainy season and drought relief. He described grasshopper outbreaks in western regions, noting two species as primary pests. A single bait mix of bran and sawdust could kill about eight percent. He cited 1834 expenditures of $708,000 in prairie provinces for extermination efforts.
Ottawa reports discussed at Conservative caucus touched on franchise rules and a possible waiver of annual voter list revision under the Franchise Act. Government officials denied any such proposal. The current basic list is prepared in winter and ready for distribution, with revisions to occur between May 15 and July 1 each year thereafter.
Government supporters in the House and senate were assured by George Perley that Prime Minister R. B. Bennett has every reason to be hopeful. Best medical opinion says he will return to parliament within a few weeks and lead the party in the general election campaign. He will be confined to bed about another week and then seek recuperation at a health resort for about a fortnight.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace announced the removal of plantings restrictions for spring wheat to prevent a possible wheat shortage amid drought across the western states. The action estimates a 900 000 to 1 290 000 acre increase in plantings, with harvests potentially 16 to 30 million additional bushels, and stores any surplus in the ever normal granary plan.
A bill by Hon George Hoadley minister of health requires health certificates from prospective bridal couples before marriage. A year after a similar bill drew interest and was withdrawn. An educational campaign supported by Local Civic clubs Women’s groups UFA UFWA and doctors backs the proposal.
Dominion bureau of statistics reports January gold output at 249,029 ounces, up from 231,288 in 1934. Ontario led with 179,054 ounces, followed by Quebec 32,102 and British Columbia 25,28? ounces. All provinces show varied totals, with Yukon at 23 ounces. Average January gold price $34.05 per ounce, value about $8.7 million. Legislative proposal for compulsory coal quota discussed.
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