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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1937
Page
7
London outlines a communique after a conference with Prime Minister Chamberlain and key ministers. It says Britain will keep 11 warships and destroyers in the western Mediterranean to guard shipping and will continue efforts to secure Shanghai from hostilities, denying any evacuation plan.
Naval court of inquiry findings disclose trouble aboard the battleship Warspite on June 30. The court urges removal of nine or ten ratings to other ships, discharge of three ratings, and relief of three officers from their appointments. Details were limited, noting a weekend misunderstanding at Portsmouth and a breach of discipline mishandled unsuccessfully.
The Berlin press expresses pleasure at reported Japanese successes in North China. It says Tokyo's military strength confronts the world with a new political situation and lauds the motorized army. Goebbels' Der Angriff accuses the Soviet Union of intervening in China by supplying Chinese forces.
Leningradskaya Pravda reports a purge in Leningrad province with seven collective farm officials on trial for sabotage and nine executed as terrorists after their conviction. All confessed to attempts to discredit Soviet farming to restore capitalism.
Solon Low provincial treasurer released a quarterly statement showing Edmonton Alberta's net funded and unfunded debt decreased by 174. The period spans March 31 to June 30, 1937, with the total funded and unfunded debt standing at 158,556,281 as of June 30.
Ottawa W A Brown head of the poultry services division in the department of agriculture is named a fellow of the Poultry Science Association of North America at the regular meeting held in Madison Wisconsin.
London based Salvation Army officials deny Star, London papers claim officers threaten to depose General Evangeline Booth. MacMillan from Canada says rumours of unrest lack evidence. notes Booth’s 73rd birthday retirement questions and earlier Bramwell Booth ousting in 1929. General Booth’s retirement age policy dates to General Higgins.
Odette Letourneau, 20 months old, rode on her father's car by hanging onto the running board as he drove eight miles along rough roads. Her mother pursued in a neighbor's car. The car neared the farm region 124 miles below Quebec. Mrs Letourneau then caught up. the baby was unhurt.
Hamilton Ont board of health approves updated anti noise clause with fines for news boys. owners may be hauled before court for noisy selling. Restrictions include car radios not blaring beyond 25 feet and horse drawn wagons limited to walking pace to curb disturb.
Seventeen days from Halifax toward Preston England the crew aboard the four masted Lunenburg schooner James E Newsom faced a medical episode. Mate Archie Geldert sustained a leg fracture and Captain Dawson Geldert performed rough splints and bone setting.
Thieves broke into the home of Hon. J. G. Gardiner minister of agriculture in Ottawa, ransacking the residence. A substantial quantity of jewelry was taken but the total value cannot yet be determined until the family returns.
Toronto-Hon Farr Rowe, MP and Ontario Conservative leader, will leave Duffern after 14 years to contest Simcoe Centre against Hon. L J Simpson. Rowe said electors will endorse his stand as he tests public opinion in his own riding.
United States postal officials said a new rate to Europe may be 25 cents per letter, though an initial goal was 20 cents. Harllee Branch, second assistant postmaster general, indicated the plan could be inaugurated this fall. Simultaneously British Imperial Airway and American Airlines are finishing test flights over trans Atlantic routes with hopes to start operations by November.
Gilbert Goff climbed the Towers on the upper town cliffside and saw his motor car slip from a barred window, tumbling 150 feet to a lower town street after brakes failed. He witnessed the dramatic descent and the aftermath.
A large bush fire at Meath Park 32 miles northeast of here damaged ten thousand dollars worth of grain buildings 25 telegraph poles and 900 ties on the Canadian Pacific Railway roadbed plus feed hay and timber. Officials report new breaks near Sto Lake and Smoothstone Lake as 60 Prince Albert workers assist east Fort a la Come reserve fire. Two planes shuttle crews from Big River while Torch River residents battle flames near Nipawin. Royal Canadian Mounted Police probe cause as wind drives the blaze toward the rail line.
Foreign residents fear isolation as a squad of twenty Japanese operatives raid Peiping central post office to impose mail censorship. The Peiping Chronicle is closed, leaving locals with pro Japanese outlets and a French paper as limited news sources. Japan seizes the radio station of the Chinese ministry of communications.
Manitoba department of agriculture releases semi official estimates of sleeping sickness among horses in southern Manitoba. Available records indicate between 1000 and 2000 cases in the region as reported from Winnipeg.
Basque capital Santander yielded to General Franco's troops amid a collapsing Basque government. Reports from the front describe a 75 mile curved line. Valencia warns of renewed campaigns against ships as the Nationalist flag state seeks to clear seas of bandits. Officials stress security for civilians and munitions, condemning arms smuggling and neutrality treaties as futile.
Since November the loan program has issued 8,249,685 for house repairs across Canada. By August 23, 21,647 loans have been approved, averaging 384 each. Alberta and British Columbia lead in totals and counts, with BC slightly ahead in amount and loans.
Tokyo reports a Japanese blockade of all Chinese shipping along the Chinese coast proclaimed by Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa of the third fleet. The order applies to Chinese vessels but exempts ships from other nations, effective immediately.
Hon. Duncan Marshall announces a two year program for farmers sons who cannot pay expenses at Ontario Agricultural College. Board rates drop from $5.50 to $3.50 per week with no tuition fees. Dominion Rifle Association sweepstake awards announced with Lawrence Beachin of Montreal winning second prize and other regional winners.
The German embassy announced the death of Rear Admiral Erwin Wasser, its naval attaché and noted U-boat commander, in The Hague after he fell ill while en route to London to resume duties.
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