Manitoba School Question Sparks Rowell Commission Hearing
The Manitoba school issue was raised before the Rowell Commission with a plea from Catholic leaders for equal school maintenance rights. The brief warned of Dominion-wide repercussions if ignored, urging Saskatchewan-style separate Catholic schools and fair financial treatment across Manitoba. Ministers urged deletion of a protest line, and the commission prepared to study the petition with other inputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Dee
C.P
Manitoba
Rowell
Joseph Sirois
Saskatchewan
F. W. Russell
Dr. Sirois
Mr. Russell
N. W. Russell
Tne Sane
Dominion
Russell
Creed and Race Cries Distrubing in Canadian Politics
In Toronto on December 8, Hon Dr R F Manton warned that both Liberals in Quebec and Conservatives in Ontario use race and creed cries in elections. He stated that any man stirring race or creed antagonisms cannot be a true friend or loyal citizen. He reminded that foundations of Canada were laid by French and English speaking people and by Roman Catholics and Protestants who both have rights.
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Toronto
C.P
Liberals
Quebec
Conservatives
Ontario
Manton
Conservative
Canada
Beatty Urges Rail Unification in Canada
Windsor reports Sir Edward Beatty CPR president declared in a speech that unification of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways is inevitable. He argued transportation costs are too high in Canada and could be reduced, but he did not say CPR would seek a takeover with or without debt.
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Windsor
Dec
Canae
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railway
Etwad Beatty
Rural air raids devastate Spain coastal towns
Nec. 8 (C.P.) reports heavy casualties from insurgent bombing of Barcelona and other coastal towns and major damage from government raids on Palma. Survivors search debris as hundreds are reported killed or wounded.
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Madrid
Nec
C.P
Barcelona
Palma
Social Services in Manitoba Seen Costly and Underfunded
Carl Reinke reports that Manitoba education and social services costs burden the province and municipalities. Briefs from the Manitoba Teachers' Federation Winnipeg school district and the Manitoba School Trustees Association argued provincial aid should rise to restore education to a proper standard. Rural one room teachers mostly earn under 300 to 500 dollars, with average rural pay around 500 dollars and grade school staff around 600 dollars.
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Carl Reinke
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Roweh
Manitoba Teachers’ Federation
Winnipeg School District
Manitoba School Trustees Association Ao
Iesthay
Cettine SP
Florence Lipsett
Federation
Commission
Avecge Faige
STZ
Runak
Oil Trade Improves but is Behind Last Year
Calgary December report shows November oil shares on the Calgary Stock Exchange totaling 1,500,307. One quarter of activity occurred in the last two days of the month with an average value of 7,635 dollars, down from 579,430 dollars the prior November when 2,621,735 shares traded. After market sessions, oil shares rose in late November and remained heavy through the first week of December.
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Calgary
C.P
Calgary Stock Exchange
Alberta Refuses Federal Land Control for Community Pastures
Monton Dec 7. Hon D B Mullen minister of agriculture says there is no delay due to government as of Oct 18 no agreement with Saskatchewan and no final proposal until Nov 4. He says land control is provincial and explains Alberta would risk rehab work if it followed federal proposals.
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Monton
D. B. Mullen
J. G. Gardiner
Agricuture
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Mullen
Alberta
Auto Plunges From Bridge Drowning Three in Quebec
A car slid from a bridge on the Hull Montreal highway near Plaisance Quebec killing Mr and Mrs Amdrieult of St Eugene Da Prisecott and a man named Ovinet bank manager at St Eugene. Bartholemew swam to safety.
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Plaisance
Que
Sifety
Hull-Montreal
Amdrieult
St. Eugene
Inspector explains Alberta Male Minimum Wage Act meeting
About 36 merchants and manufacturers attended a city hall briefing by F S Cope Calgary Inspector for the Board of Industrial Relations of Alberta. He outlined the Act and Hours of Labor now in effect, how it applies to groceries garages and restaurants, and answered questions to clear up difficulties.
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F. S. Cope
Calgary
Board of Industrial Relations of Alberta
Cope
Evacuation urged as Nanking bombarded near fall
Chinese and Japanese reports describe refugees piling in Nanking’s refugee district while bridges and village walls are razed to block a Japanese assault. Authorities warn hostilities may engulf the city and a new government may seek peace with Japan.
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Shanghai
C.P
Nanking
C.P. Cable
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Tokyo
C.P. Cabiei
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Italy
Orient
Unity member-elect calls for cross-party co-operation in Alberta
Dr. Campbell of Unity for Lethbridge urges opposing party leaders to bury differences and join a representative group to defeat the Social Credit government. He says rank and file will continue to cooperate and that Lethbridge has shown the way to harmony and unified effort across constituencies. Alberta people are determined to be rid of the present government.
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Lethbridge
C.P
Alberta
Campbell
FE. L. Gray
Calgary
Social Credit
Bank Bandits Foiled In Ontario
Bank payroll worth 30000 dollars at the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Coniston Ontario was halted when manager John Graham and Rev A P Addison were forced from the bank. They escaped with the robbers firing twice but no injuries were reported. Coniston is seven miles east of Sudbury.
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Coniston
Ont
C.P
International Nickel Company
Canadian Bank of Commerce
John Graham
A. P. Addison
Graham
Addison
Sudbury
Russian Scientists Study Arctic Conditions from Drifting Floe
Four Soviet explorers drift from the North Pole toward the Atlantic say they are ready for rescue as their ice floe nears danger. They report 745 miles covered in 200 days and detail life aboard the arctic camp with magnetic, wireless, and data-recording efforts.
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Moscow
A.P
North Pole
Atlantic
Greenland
Otto Schmidt
Arctic Venturers
Spitsbergen
Ivan Papanin
Peter Shirshoff
Eugene Fedoroff
Ernest Krenkel
Polar
Pole
Papanin
Fedoroff
Krenkel
Supreme Court Sitting A Night Session Review in Cooper vs Conran
The Supreme Court held a night session to review evidence in the case of G. H Cooper versus Milton Conran Sr. Judge Hewson considered whether to accept written or oral arguments. Milton Cemach Jr. testified about a contract related to feeding Cooper's horses and a wintering arrangement.
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G. H Cooper
Milton Conran Sr
Justice Hewson
Court House
Milton Cemach
Okotoks Storekeeper Charged With Bank Arson
Okotoks storekeeper Donald Overand 27 was charged with arson after an early Tuesday fire at the Royal Bank of Canada building in Okotoks. He was arraigned and detained awaiting transfer for further court action. police put the loss at about 400 dollars. Overand gave no explanation but asked forgiveness for his family and wife who was expecting a child.
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Okotoks
Donald Overand
Overand
Royal Bank of Canada
Bank
Calgary
Dec
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Okotoka
Tech
R Kpowles
Severe cold lingers across prairies with subzero readings
The morning record fell to 1 below with noon at 6 below in Winnipeg as North winds drive subzero temperatures across the prairies. Blizzards roughen Saskatchewan while Edmonton hits 32 below zero and Calgary 12 below with forecasts for colder conditions ahead.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Bracken Pushes Prairie Amalgamation Study
Manitoba Premier John Bracken urged the Rovell commission to study economies from amalgamating the three prairie provinces. He said prairies and all Canada should know whether such a step is wise in the long run and that Western Canada would gain.
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Winnipeg
C.P
John Bracken
Manitoba
Rovell Commission
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Bracken
Canada
Hackney Case Before the Court in Rare Plea
David Hackney faced a crown case at the Supreme Court with no jury, trial held in camera under Justice Howson. Witness Bertra Elliot testified about meeting Hackney at a dance hall and a failed plan to take her home, with the case continuing as details unfold.
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David Hackney
Supreme Court
Justice Howson
Justice Hewean
Alex MacGregor
G M. Blackstock K
Wlothe
Accéused
Rctun
Bertra F Elliot
Medicine Hat
Alie
Accu
Anu
Hidney
Hackney
Second Street
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Creed
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E. W. Beatty
Spain
Alta
US State Department
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N.M
Vancouver
Dr. Campbell
Brenkel
Eugen
Arctic
Shirari
Cote
Cooper
Ars Pasturage
Bertha Elliott
Hector Lang Mevor
Phonton
Elm Street
Blackburn
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