Alberta pauses three orders to test provincial laws
Premier Aberhart said three orders issued by the Alberta government pause actions that challenge provincial legislation. The orders bar clerks and registrars of the Alberta Supreme Court from filing statements of claim or notices seeking constitutional testing without the lieutenant governor in council consent. Actions questioning statutes’ validity now require a flat from the executive council.
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Oners
Alberta Supreme Court
J.C. Bowen
Leutenant-Governortn
Britain and Japan settle over ambassador wounding in China
London says friction with Tokyo is closed after Japan's final note on the assault that gravely wounded Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen. Britain had demanded apology and guarantees. Japan's assurances were accepted as sufficient. Also reported, Canada’s wheat in store for week ending Sept 17 totals 68,240,900 bushels, up from prior week.
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London
Great Britain
China
Foreign Office
Tokyo
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Britain
Nanking
Shanghai
Thme
Robert Craigie
Koki Hirota
Craigie
Hirota
United Kingdom
Great
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Relief grants spark debate on moral fibre and work
A.B. Purva chairman of the National Em Commission argues relief must be scientifically classified separating employable from nonworking recipients. He warns relief policy could worsen as another depression looms, noting Saskatchewan faces a severe situation and urging national action. He cites the Growth area disaster as a contrast and suggests prosperity could return to 1920 levels.
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Young
Peg Board
Saskatchewan
Purvis
Spanish City in Flames as Cordoba Offensive Rages
Madna and Gran Ja de Torrhermosa in southern Spain faced a siege as government forces say they crossed the Cordoba Badajoz border. The air force bombarded the city while insurgent gunners attacked government troops near the central cathedral. Civilians fled, with troops taking cover in a cemetery.
Father of Patent Office Ottawa Dies at 84
William Joseph Lynch longtime chief of the Dominion patent office and author of patent law books died in Ottawa at 84. A Quebec City native, he joined the patent office at 13 and rose through the ranks to lead the office from 1908 to 1921 before retiring due to ill health. He spoke at patent law conferences in Washington and London and earned the title father of the patent office for more than six decades of service.
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Ottawa
William Joseph Lynch
Dominion Patent Office
Quebec City
Patent Office
Washington
London
England
Department of Agriculture
Sessions Dominion-provincial Relations Inquiry May Start in Winnipeg
Winnipeg hosts speculation that the first royal commission session on Dominion-provincial relations could open there. Hon Newton Rowell Ontario chief justice and commission chairman, arriving to confer with provincial officials, noted western provinces face acute problems and hearings may begin in Winnipeg. He travels to Regina, Edmonton and Victoria to finalize preliminary arrangements with provincial heads.
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Newton Rowell
Ontario
Chaiman
Justice Rowell
Regina
Edmonton
Victoria
New York Aviatrix Clocks Speed Record Over Four Laps
Detroit recora Claima Speed Recora pilots an aeroplane to an average of 293.05 miles per hour across a three kilometre course. She surpasses Helene Boucher’s 1934 women’s land plane speed record of 2765.27 miles per hour set in France.
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Detroit
British Aircraft Makers Meet Challenge From Abroad
In response to rising United States and German civil aircraft competition Briton manufacturers push a new liner. Viscount Swiston attends an airline operators meeting signaling ministry concern and possible financial support. Talks to unify action with dominions and expand intra empire service are planned. A separate note reports 45,000 lumbermen to be employed in Quebec forests this winter, up from 35,000 last year.
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United States
Dominions
Viscount Swiston
Air Minister
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Air Ministry
Quebec
Jon
Johnny Bourque
Line To Goldfields Hinted for No Immediate Action
Sir Edward Beatty said a railway to Goldfields is under consideration with three possible routes surveyed. No decision yet on entry from Lake Athabaska district, North Battleford area, or Prince Albert. He spoke in Edmonton after arriving from Calgary and then proceeded to Dawson Creek to inspect NAR lines.
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Gee
Canadian Pacific Rail
Edmonton
Lake Athabaska
Nar
North Battleford
Prince Albert
Sir Edward
Calgary
Government House
J. C. Bowen
Dawson Creek
Turner Valley Producers Discuss Oil Imports and Pipelines
Alberta crude oil import questions were raised at a Turner Valley Petroleum Producers Association meeting. J J Frawley said the tariff board showed interest and could report to the Dominion government with recommendations. Members explored a Pacific coast pipeline option and voted a one cent per barrel fee to fund association activities.
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Canada
Federal Tariff Board
Turner Valley Petroleum Producers’ Association
Tariff Board
J. J Frawley
Attorney-General's Department
Pacific Coast
Turner Valley
Lost Flyers Quest Drops Two Russian Planes In Arctic Search
In Barrow Alaska reports say two Russian planes remain active in the pursuit of Soviet transpolar flyers. One amphibian craft piloted by Alexsei Gratciansky searches hundreds of miles north for a 2000 mile flight. Basil Zadoff leads the other plane undergoing repairs east of Barrow after a minor crash. Four Russian planes reportedly await weather at Rudolph Island in Northern Siberia for a pole crossing. No Moscow updates have been received.
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Barrow
Alaska
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Rudolph Island
Russian Arctic
Siberia
Pole
Moscow
League Talks Plan End Sino Japanese Conflict
British spokesman signaled revival of the Washington power treaty to press a conference of the Nine-Power Pact signatories on China’s territorial integrity. The United States would be invited to help craft a united plan to halt Japan’s assault on China.
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Great Britain
Washington
China
Far East
Japan
League of Nations
Yvon Delbos
Renato Bovascopa
Italy
Geneva
Mediterranean
Spain
Delbos
Bovascopa
France
Scoppa
Nyon
Bombing of Nanking and Canton Reported by London
Britain and allies protest unrestrict ed bombing of a great city as over 50 Japanese planes strike Nanking killing and wounding hundreds of civilians. In Canton more than 300 feared dead in four raids. observers note stacks of bodies and panic at stations amid a four hour raid. London reports four raiders shot down and Chinese planes downed.
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China
Yangtze River
Canton
Yangtze
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