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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1932
Page
7
In Ottawa the federal government contemplates paying a five cent per bushel bonus to western Canada wheat growers for 1932. Prime Minister Bennett stated in the House of Commons that the matter is under consideration, with no decision date given. Liberal MP John Vallance noted telegrams urging action and warned of potential unrest if the bonus is not granted.
Miss Cora Hind, Winnipeg newspaperwoman, rode the Italian motorship Juven tus from Churchill to Avonmouth. The voyage covered 3,078 miles in 13 days and 21 hours with a two mile drop of pilot near Churchill. Steaming at nine to 10 knots, the ship met fog only once and sighted four icebergs early in the trip.
Two Toronto scientists Professors E F Burton and J C McLennan of the University of Toronto say experiments with liquified helium in glass vacuum bottles confirm deductions from analyses of radioactive rocks and place the earth’s age at three thousand million years.
In Summerside Prince Edward Island Liberal candidate Dr JF MacNeill won the fifth district seat by a single vote over Conservative H M Downing with 138 to 1386, prompting Downing to consider a recount.
Victoria British Columbia forms its first labor battalion to segregate non permanent militia men into a single camp near Pont Grey Vancouver on university endowment lands. The unit will carry four road works projects in the winter months amid military discipline. Tahiti Society Islands reportedly has only free motion picture theatres.
Edmonton seeks to move single unemployed men stranded by a freight riding ban. Vancouver and other BC cities resist Ottawa’s plan. RCMP officials propose affidavits of residence and federally requisitioned colonist passenger cars to transport men home. Mayor Taylor acts to block Edmonton’s push to remove the ban while Prime Minister weighs action.
President Eamon de Valera told the Dáil Direann that London negotiations failed over Britain demand for an empire only arbitration panel. He criticized Britain for miscasting relief from war debts and argued the Free State is not legally or morally bound to pay land annuities.
In London three hundred prominent Britons including Lord Ceci the Archbishop of York Dean Inge Sir Oliver Lodge Sir Norman Angell Maud Rayden John Drinkwater John Galsworthy and H G Wells back a nations memorial urging Prime Minister Remsa MacDonald to accept the United States proposal to reduce armaments by about one third and establish equal status in armaments.
Victoria British Columbia reacts to London’s announcement that the Anglo Soviet commercial treaty will be abrogated. Hon N S Lougheed calls the news most encouraging as British timber markets expect relief from postwar Russian lumber dumping in Britain.
The Vancouver Exhibition Association announced the annual winter fair in Vancouver, British Columbia, will not be held this year due to the expense involved.
Intermediaries in Mukden report a deal to free Mrs. Kenneth Pachey and Charles Corkran. British subjects long held by bandits receive 130000 yens about $92, 250 pounds opium and winter clothes. Moscow papers note British Russia trade agreement cancelled. Ottawa talks prompt Soviet threats and Britain weighs retaliation on Russian purchases.
In western Canada single unemployed workers face a knotty problem as officials seek federal relief. Mayor Louis D. Turner warned Vancouver would be their home if transport were granted. About 1,000 men in Farmington were jobless and 1,200 here, with efforts to aid them through winter or plan their return home. Civic officials said no relief for able-bodied singles is granted now, with future aid dependent on federal winter relief announcements.
The World Economic Conference schedule to England will be fixed in November with possible December or January dates. Agreement between the United Kingdom government and the other powers will set the timing for the gathering. Detroit firm Murray Corp of America announces rehiring 1,200 workers and boosting payroll as it prepares for new automobile body models.
After a long sleeping illness since February 24 Miss Patricia Mc Guire aged 27 in Oak Park shows signs of waking. Physicians and friends note unmistakable signs of awakening and wonder how she will react to events that occurred during her sleep.
London reports a 222 vote in the House of Commons on a procedural motion related to the Ottawa agreements. The vote signals party split over tariffs and duties to implement the trade pact, with 22 new UK duties contemplated on foreign goods and the Labor Party indicating it will not be bound by the agreement.
Ten thousand jobless men and women rioted across the Thames from Parliament Square. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald promised forthcoming House of Commons debate on unemployment as Home Secretary Sir John Gilmour said the demonstration was organized by a Communist group. Fifty men and four women were rounded up at Lambeth police court and fined 40 shillings or jailed 14 days to a month.
Ottawa Citizen despatch says a threat to set a fire at Kingston Prison arose before Red Ryan, once a feared bandit, addressed convicts and urged them not to burn or damage the penitentiary. His appeal reportedly calmed the mob and stopped the blaze.
Rhys Thomas, a Winnipeg choirmaster and musical director for 25 years and a noted ad judicator at Canadian musical festivals, has died in London, England, a report reaching Winnipeg states.
Princess Sibylie of Saxe Coburg Gotha wed Prince Gustaf Adolf Oscar eldest son of the Crown Prince of Sweden on Wednesday October 19 in Coburg Germany. Their marriage links the Coburg house with the Swedish royal family in a ceremony noted for its democratic manner and queenly dignity.
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