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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1937
Page
7
British insurance firms halt war risk coverage as modern aircraft expand destructive reach. Amid Spain and China air campaigns, insurers warn premiums cannot reflect true danger and pledge new policies excluding war or civil conflict liability, hoping to pressure peace by shifting risk to policyholders.
Trans Canada Air Lines Winnipeg plans test flights within about three weeks on the western section starting from Winnipeg westward with eastern lines to follow. VP Philip Johnson said operations aim for next spring, with Canadian pilots and ground crew. Route coverage spans from Winnipeg to Lethbridge and Kapuskasing, about 790 miles each way, plus emergency fields planned at intervals including Winnipeg and Calgary areas.
Hon M A MacPherson of Regina former attorney general and provincial treasurer urged Britain’s social reform model and amending the British North America Act to enable Canada to enact unemployment insurance and other social security laws. He spoke at an Empire club meeting noting Canada faces jobs loss for workers aged around 50 and called for swift legal amendments to prevent moral decline.
Prince and Princess Chichibu, siblings of the Japanese emperor, visited Winnipeg while returning home from London and traveling via Vancouver, sharing a brief halt during their journey.
The Cambria flying boat arrives from Botwood Newfoundland and establishes a new trans Atlantic trial flight record in ten hours three minutes. It surpasses its prior best of eleven hours thirty seven minutes set last August and already holds the down and return records. The Aug twenty seventh crossing from Foynes to Botwood took fourteen hours twenty four minutes.
Italy signals Premier Mussolini invited Adolf Hitler to visit Rome. Italian circles say the trip could occur soon, though no date is fixed. The invitation was personally extended by Mussolini before he left for Rome.
Dr J A Allen of Winnipeg and University of Manitoba confirmed after testing 1100 Alberta fox farms that only six were infected with distemper. His study for the Alberta government concludes a widespread outbreak is false.
Swift Current becomes a key link in the trans-Canada air service project with plans to establish a landing field and radio beam station. Inspector Robertson negotiates municipal property near Emngod Golf Club for a beam tower and attendant quarters. The government has also acquired land five miles southeast for a landing field and tender calls issued for a meteorological building.
A Chicago report notes traffic accidents across the United States claim 24,520 lives in the first eight months, up 11 percent from the prior year’s 22,160 and toward the all-time high of 36,500. The National Safety Council cites rising fatalities on streets and roads.
British authorities posted a reward of £10000 for information leading to the arrest of those who killed Lewis Yell and Andrews the district commissioner for Galilee and his bodyguard as they left the Vatican church at Nazareth.
Diplomatic observers note Mussolini’s visit to Berlin produced a close working understanding with Hitler without a signed military alliance. The two leaders claim broad cooperation while preserving freedom to diverge if needed. The Rome Berlin axis remains open to others, and military chiefs know joint actions may be taken if necessary.
Freight rates for casing-head gas from Turner Valley to Regina are halved from 60 to 30 cents per 100 pounds. The cut advances Turner Valley oilmen’s push to expand markets in Saskatchewan. Casing-head gas, a refined blend component from naptha wells, is used to produce commercial gasoline grades.
Industrialists and labor leaders in separate meetings condemn Japanese mass killings in China and urge Britain's government to ban war material sales and loans to Japan. A joint resolution seeks League of Nations support for embargoes, with Britain pressing for compensation and United States unions urged to join the boycott. The foreign office plans a £5,000 grant to Sir Hugh Knatchbull-Hugessen, wounded ambassador to China.
The Canadian Seamen's Union withdraws a threat to tie up Great Lakes navigation as 22 lake shipping firms agree to wage hikes for seamen. J A Sullivan says about 300 Canadian ships will be set up and 6000 crew members will receive increases from 15 to 25 percent. Recognition of the union was granted and future grievances will be discussed.
Polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins arrived in Los Angeles to purchase an airplane capable of Arctic travel for a new hunt to locate missing Russian aviators. He noted the Russians left Moscow with six weeks of food and may stretch to two months, stressing the need for funding from Russian sources.
Prairie Rehabilitation Board to build two reinforced concrete dams this fall on the Souris river near Melita Manitoba. One dam upstream will create six feet deep water for 12 miles to the border, the downstream dam will be five feet and extend further toward the river. John Vallance notes the project aims to stabilize water levels and support irrigation.
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