Opposition Objects to Provisions of Asia Credit House Act
Rome reports opposition objections to provisions of the Asia Credit House Act and critiques a section granting cabinet power to vary or add provisions. Edmonton notes swift passage of the Alberta Credit House Act with 31 clauses approved, four held over, questions raised by Independent Social Credit members about cabinet authority to alter the act.
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Asia
Edmonton
C.P
Alberta Credit House
Alberta Credit
General Revenue Fund
Credit House
O'Connor
van Allen
S. A. G. Barnes
Social Credit
Manning
Lucien Maynard
Wheat pools disappointed by minimum price hold firm
Western Canadian wheat pools expressed bitter disappointment over the 87 1 2 cent a bushel minimum price for the 1936 37 crop after world prices slid. United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan urged farmers to hold grain while Ottawa kept the floor only if No 1 Northern Fort William closes below 90 cents. Wheat futures on the Winnipeg exchange fell, with declines also felt in Chicago and Liverpool amid hedging and weak export demand.
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AGINA
C.P
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Saskatoon
United Farmers of Canada
George Bickerton
Frank Eliason
Ottawa
Liverpool
Broomhall
Winnipeg Exchange
Chicago
Buenos Jres
The Vauxhall Project Meeting Discusses Land Deal Reforms
A large turnout of contract holders at Vauxhall considers a committee report and plans a united case for the federal commission. The group seeks land price reductions contract readjustments lower interest rates re-location of the Vauxhall office and broader community development.
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Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Vauxhall
Special Commission
Alexandra High School Plans New Grade IX Course Changes
The Alexandra high school announces August 31 as a date to begin new year changes for Medicine Hat students. Beginning September 1937 grade XII will be required for entrance to provincial normal schools and the University of Alberta. Grade IX will follow a new five compulsory subjects plus three electives plan with options including art, French, music, dramatics, junior business and typing. Examinations and enrollment limits depend on facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
P. L. F. Riches
Alexandra High School
Riches
University of Alberta
A.H.S
Soviet Demands The Expulsion Of Trotzky
Moscow demands Norway expel Leon Trotzky the exiled Bolshevist leader. Oslo reports Trotzky under police guard but says expulsion depends on another nation accepting him. Authorities question whether Trotzky has a return visa after arriving from France. Moscow notes arrests of officials tied to the alleged Trotzky Zinoviev plot raise panic in party circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Norway
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Oslo
Trotzky
France
C.P
Cork Industry Hit by Spanish Insurrection
Albert A. Brooks president of Ontario Cork Company Limited says the Canadian cork industry is seriously affected by the insurrection in Spain. The company runs a plant at Cassa de la Selva in Spain. The report comes from Toronto dated August 28.
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Toronto
C.P
Albert A. Brooks
Ontario Cork Company Limited
Cassa de la Selva
Spain
Arab Ambush Kills Two British Soldiers Near Jerusalem
Two British soldiers died when Arab raiders ambushed a troop detachment outside Jerusalem on August 29. Local reports say the attack occurred during ongoing hostilities in the area.
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Jerusalem
C.P
Alberta lays debt reform bill in Legislature
Edmonton Aug 29 The Alberta Legislature will take up in detail Monday a sweeping debt reform bill sponsored by Attorney General Hugill titled An Act for the Reduction and Settlement of Certain Indebtedness. The measure provides that debts contracted before July 1 1932 will be reduced by payments since that date and spread over 10 years without interest. remaining balance after credits to be paid in 10 annual installments without interest.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Hugill
Alberta Highway Conditions Improve After Rain Favors Gravel Routes
Recent rains have upgraded gravel highways across Alberta with most routes in good to fair condition. Key segments include No 1 from Carway to Calgary largely good, No 2 from Saskatchewan to Banff partly rough to good, and Banff Park roads excellent. A new 25 mile gravel led highway from Lethbridge to Iron Springs is now open.
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U.S. No. 89
Carway North
Calgary
Carway
Cardston
Macleod
Stavely
trans-Canada
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Banff
Walsh
Medicine. Hat
Banff Park
Lethbridge
Crow's Nest Pass
B.C
Crow’s Nest
Crow's Nest
Fernle
U.S
Coutts
Mulean
Waterton Park
Chief Mountain
Waterton
Glacier
Picture ‘Butte
Iron Springs
Mussolini to Meet Hitler on Anti Communist Front plan
Berlin reports say Premier Mussolini will visit Chancellor Hitler in late September to discuss forming a common anti Communist front. Widespread predictions link Germany and Italy with Austria and Hungary in a new Central European bloc.
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Berlin
C.P
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Titulescu Dropped From Romanian Cabinet
In Bucharest Premier Tatarescu announced the resignations of the Romanian cabinet and formation of a new government excluding Foreign Minister Nicolas Titulescu after a conference with King Carol. Unverified reports claimed Titulescu’s name appeared on the Iron Guards list for assassination.
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Bucharest
C. P
George Tatarescu
Nicolas Titulescu
Titulescu
Carol
Iron Guards
Liberals Plan Short-Term Cabinet Shuffle After Manitoba Election
Winnipeg leaders say Premier Bracken's Liberal-Progressives will carry on with a cabinet reorganization and an early session in the new year after losing their clear majority in July elections. M.L.A.-elect Robert Hawkins said no coalition with Conservatives. Social Credit support remains uncertain. Bracken to Ottawa for unemployment relief talks with Dominion government.
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Winnipeg
C.P
John Bracken
Manitoba
Robert Hawkins
M.L.A
Dauphin
Bracken
Ottawa
Dominion
Hawkins
Social Credit
Mussolini Creates Permanent Volunteer Army in East Africa
Premier Mussolini establishes a standing colonial volunteer force in East Africa as part of his expansionist policy. The move formalizes local recruitment and training amid ongoing Imperial ambitions. Italy aims to project power and secure strategic footholds in the region.
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Mussolini
East Africa
Medicine Hat Plans Certificate Exchange Network
The Medicine Hat Certificate Exchange will open early next week at the Social Credit committee rooms with A. J. Hatch as manager and secretary treasurer. The association unites business men merchants and consumers in Medicine Hat and surrounding district to support Prosperity Certificates issued by the Alberta Government. Members will fund administration and stamps with a weekly levy and keep a cash reserve to back exchanges. Members deposit cash between ten and one hundred dollars and must give 40 days notice before drawing loans, with deposits held at the Dominion Bank of Canada until further notice.
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Medicine Hat
Social Credit Committee
Third Street
A. J. Hatch
Medicine
Hat
Alberta
Board of Trustees
Dominion Bank of Canada
Hitler moves to raise funds for enlarged war machine
The chancellor announced steps to raise additional funds after a 50 percent corporate tax increase and reports of an all-inclusive religions tax. The communique said the new taxes were dictated by financial and political necessity.
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Berlin
C.P
Hitler
Rebels Reach Oropesa and Bomb Madrid as War Expands
Rebel troops moved toward Madrid and occupied Oropesa about 60 miles from the capital after a battle that killed over 200 government troops. Bombing of central Madrid wounded several and damaged government buildings in what authorities called the fourth strike of the week. Government reports claimed mutinies in the Spanish Foreign Legion and heavy casualties in Iran’s fort San Marcial as foreign powers moved to impose arms embargoes on Spain.
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Seville
Spain
C.P
Madrid
Ministry of War
Spanish Foreign Legion
Legionnaires
Iran
San ‘Marcial
Key
London
Denmark
Belgium
Turkey
Great Britain
International Committee For the
Camden Patrolman Quizzed Over Flirtatious Remark
In Camden New Jersey Patrolman Joseph Boyd searched a restaurant crowd but Edith Humle 24 said she heard him call her "puss" then joked she could wear a false face. The police judge Lewis Liberman fined the woman $5 after she claimed he was flirting.
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Gamden
N.J
Joseph Boyd
Edith Humle
Lewis Liberman
Liberman
No Rentals Collected From Tenants For Ten-Year Period
In Chicago an 81-year-old man admitted tenants in his six flat lived rent free for at least a decade because no one knew who owned the building. Delphina Lance posed as the owner and sought eviction for nonpayment. Judge McCarthy fined Thde $100 and ordered a property ownership investigation.
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Chicago
C.P
William Shde
Organization of the Short Grass Stock Growers elects executive
Directors at the Assiniboia Hotel approved a permanent executive committee led by George Ross with R P Gilchrist B Jenkinson T Sandal E Bedard and others. The meeting confirms provisional directors from zones and discusses issues in the short grain country with a resolution sent to Hon. C C Robe.
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Grass Stock Growers’association
Assiniboia
Ternoon
George Ross
St. Kilda
R. P. Gilchrist
Wild Horse
B. Jenkinson
Schuler
T. Sandal
Ta ‘Ber
E. Bedard
Medicine
Odorizing Gas Unit Near Central Park and River
The gas department plans to operate its first unit of the consulting area next week between Central Park and the river. Citizens should report any unfamiliar odors detected nearby.
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Gas Department
Tihe
Nettween
Alberta ministers in Ottawa outline drought relief plan
In Ottawa, Premier Aberhart's ministers Charles Cockroft and W N Chant work with federal and Saskatchewan officials to draft emergency drought relief measures. Plans include moving cattle from drought zones, feeding livestock, and slaughtering low grade animals to support farmers left without income.
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Ottawa
C.P
Alberta
Aberhart
Charles Cockroft
W. N
Chant
Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
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Rome
Canada Wheat Board
Alta
Provincial Motors Association
Manitoba Conservatives
Isi
Regina
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Vancouver
Victoria
Medicine Hat Certificate Exchange
Oropesa
Foreign Legion
San Marcial
Perm
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