06 Aug 1932
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1932
Page
1
The notice lists periodical advertising rates and mailing options for a Medicine Hat edition. It mentions year and half year mailings with prices, a phone contact, and a publication date of Saturday August 6, 1932. It reads like a classifieds or circulation notice for advertisers and readers.
The city faces partial potato crop failure with theories varying on causes. Dr J C Hargrave sent samples to J B Sanford of the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology and University of Alberta cooperation. Sanford identifies black leg as the bacterial soft rot in stalks and sometimes tubers, transmitted by diseased seed tubers or soil. Seed treatment is less emphasized. focus shifts to tuber treatment due to soil origin of the disease.
Magrath correspondent denounces the growing list of paid inspectors and officials funded by taxpayers. He notes inspectors from weighers to weed and boiler inspectors drain funds, urging consolidation or elimination of redundant roles while referencing remarks on Irish policy and past tyranny.
The Alberta government faces a syndicate seeking hunting and fishing rights over a 10000 acre tract east of Red Deer. The plan would grant privileges to members and rent access to others, conflicting with the Fish and Game Association’s public access policy. President A. P. Burns leads opposition, stressing protection for all province residents.
Hon George Hoadley pledges active cooperation in protecting public rights and says legislation will be introduced next session to prevent special privileges. Residents near Olds Didsbury Innisfail and Red Deer applaud the prompt action. The Alberta Association, with 2500 members led by A P Burns, stands alone among Canadian branches mentioned in The Labour Gazette.
The group’s platform seeks socialization of banks and the Dominion’s financial system, utilities including railways, socialized health services, security of tenure for workers and farmers, and an emphasis that production should be for use rather than profit.
Dr. Wellington Koo urges Powers to aid China or face mutual death grips. He argues nations act on self interest, Western pacifism remains, and Moscow and Tokyo may inflame war fever while Europe will distance itself if Japan and China reject the Lytton Commission Report.
The Dublin view compares Ottawa to Geneva and Lausanne as a complex issue. Britain and the Dominions are nations with own interests, sometimes clashing with Empire aims. Ottawa must be treated like a Central Europe economic union, with delicate balancing of Dominion interests and patient handling.
The Calcutta Englishman argues against Indian merchants and politicians imposing high duties on British cloth and boycotting British goods. It suggests a possible bargain but notes Britain’s leverage over India through pig iron exports and self government as competing objectives.
Train service connects Toronto Winnipeg Nelson Lethbridge Vancouver Calgary Montreal and Moose Jaw with through connections. Departures run daily with multiple times and special notes for Thursdays Saturdays and Sundays. Sleeper cars and through trains operate to key northern and western Canadian routes.
A literary exchange features a speaker claiming beauty is divine and intelligence irrelevant, countered by Milton with skeptical skepticism. The dialogue includes B. B. asserting beauty attracts men and dumbness aids loving them.
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