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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1937
Page
1
Reports from Hendaye and Madrid describe insurgent forces aided by German planes closing on Santander and striking a hospital stronghold in Madrid’s University City. The battle intensifies as insurgent units push within 25 miles of Santander while a government hospital sustains blast damage.
Premier Nisihari denounces the Dominion Commission on Dominion Provincial relations as biased and a tool of big government linking to anti social finance. Ottawa Justice Minister Lapointe disallows three Alberta laws as invasions of Dominion powers, warning they conflict with federal authority and could disrupt trade.
London reports the British government authorized warships to counter attack any submarine attacking a British merchant ship. The move, tied to rising Mediterranean shipping losses, follows a ministers meeting on the Far East and Civil War spillover.
Douglas declares Alberta banking legislation a constitutional crisis tool favoring reform and says Premier Aberhart is competent to handle the situation. He supports provincial property and civil rights over banking laws but declines to outline any next steps, citing no intent to prejudice Aberhart.
Arrangements call for a Liberal mass meeting at the Empress theatre in Medicine Hat on Friday August 27 to be addressed by Hon Jd G Gardiner federal Minister of Agriculture and E L Gray of Brooks Liberal leader. Gray will speak on any date locally and Gardiner has agreed to attend August 27.
Japanese aircraft bombed Chinese positions in a moonlit raid as Chinese forces pressed the attackers toward the sea. Japanese warships shelled targets near Shanghai while the day saw intense bombardment of outlying areas. Evacuations of foreigners sped as mobs looted and killed in the streets.
Alberta Premier Aberhart pledges to fight the Dominion government’s disallowance of three bank Acts on constitutional grounds. Speaking at a Social Credit picnic near Edmonton, he urged supporters not to seek violence but to pursue legal means to resolve the dispute. He emphasized staying within Canada and solving issues in their “own real home.”
Toronto August 18 Hon Ernest Lapointe Minister of Justice urged governments to set an example in law observance at the Canadian Bar Association meeting. He cited the need for citizens to respect the constitution as the supreme law and for governments to model respect for the courts to preserve liberty.
The Prime Minister’s telegram warns Alberta against enforcing recent banking and currency measures and urges submission to federal authority. He states only the Dominion has jurisdiction over money and lending and rejects provincial disruption of the currency system.
Local RCMP, advised by CLASP, captured Edward Fremark and Gottlieb Freimark after a bicycle theft in Tilley Saturday night. They pleaded guilty and each received six months in prison. Additional details reveal prior offences and past sentences.
James McIntyre, 79, longtime partner in the minstrel duo McIntyre and Heath, died today in Southampton. News of his death was withheld from partner Thomas K. Heath, 84, who lay stricken with paralysis at his home nearby.
In Manteo North Carolina on August 18 Governor Roosevelt urged democracy as the answer to Tory calls for power in a select class. He said no change in American government form is needed and that republican rule must be preserved to safeguard liberty and civilization.
Twenty three men were detained after a clash at a race course in Kingston Jamaica. Police said the incident disrupted events and led to multiple arrests as officers restored order.
Sir Edward Beatty told the Board of Trade that three-quarters of Canada showed excellent recovery while the remaining quarter needed help. He cited Maritimes prosperity, Ontario labor mild, Manitoba crops good, Saskatchewan poor, Alberta spotty, and British Columbia strong, urging Eastern support for the West and fairness in fiscal redistribution between federal and provincial governments amid rumors of Royal Commission reforms.
Premier Aberhart said the Alberta cabinet did not meet today to discuss Ottawa's disallowance of provincial banking legislation. He planned to address a Social Credit meeting in Colinton and gave no reply from Ottawa on the Dominion move. The cabinet sat five and a half hours last night.
London ministers at emergency session consider all possible steps to peace and a full solution of the Shanghai situation. They pledge measures to protect British lives and interests in the war torn region while keeping in close touch with Washington and Paris. Observers note aims include isolating Shanghai's international concession and guiding troop movements as the struggle complicates the area.
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