26 Dec 1935
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 26, 1935
Page
1
Hon C G Power reassures veterans he will represent their views in the cabinet as head of the Department of Pensions. He vows frank talk with ex soldiers and requests their counsel to share the burden of addressing the claims of five to six hundred thousand dependents and veterans.
The 200 inch glass disc from Corning New York was removed from the oven after a year and a day cooling. Holes and roughness from oven contact and July floods prompted delays but the piece passed inspection. It will be ground in Pasadena to an 11 000 000th inch precision and used as the telescope eye.
The Winnipeg Free Press argues against strict limits on motor transport and minimum rates. It claims railways enjoy subsidies, land grants, and tax exemptions, costing Winnipeg over 400000 dollars yearly, and urges railways to compete with trucks and buses rather than seek repression of road transport.
The discussion centers on the Franchise Act amid strong criticism of the war and federal election legislation. Proponents argue for necessary reforms, while opponents question scope and impact on voting rights and governance.
The piece argues the new election act largely removes fraudulent last minute swearing in of voters in major centres like Montreal and Toronto. It notes errors in lists were fixable later, but inadequate advertising of rectification points undermines the act. It singles out Medicine Hat where Wm. McLaws lacked government-funded notices, urging better administration to realize the reform’s benefits.
The third edition of Gold in Canada from Ottawa’s Mines Branch lists six Canadian producers surpassing 200,000 fine ounces in 1934 led by Lake Shore Mines at 472,800 ounces and Hollinger at 434,300. It details 22 properties exceeding 20,000 ounces and provides historical production data and analysis of recovery methods.
The text notes a comparatively young man, Mr. King, with 35 years in Canadian public life. It cites 1900 as when he became deputy minister of Labor in Ottawa and 1908 as the year he first entered the House of Commons.
The Toronto Star notes eight diphtheria deaths this year with only one vaccinated person among them. Among over 100000 immunized since 1929 this is the sole fatal case, and authorities cite unexplained circumstances. It questions whether any other disease has a preventive measure so reliably preventing death.
Edmonton reports Alberta will implement retailer codes on January 15 aimed at establishing just prices. The piece notes the clash among manufacturers dealers and consumers over price fairness and warns of potential harms from artificial price fixing under Social Credit plans.
Canada’s November export data detail nickel in matte and nickel oxide sent to multiple nations including the United States United Kingdom and Japan with total nickel values far exceeding the prior year’s. Aluminum copper gold silver and zinc shipments also rise with United States and United Kingdom as major destinations.
A famous ancient Greek adventurer notes people collect possessions from experiences. Colors carry vibration numbers and emotional values with green for comfort, red for ambition, gold for mirth. Prairie homes can feature striking color spots through seasons, using spruce and fir to create individual surroundings in November to March.
The piece describes diverse plant colors and textures from Cainacian yew and Japanese yew to mountain-ash hawthorn buffalo-berry and Siberian crat wahoo. It notes red from various berries, yellow from sea-buckthorn, and whites from birch and maples, with willows and snowberries adding contrasts in a prairie landscape.
The Water development committee reports 52 large projects studied in Swift Current, five proceeding, 14 under the Supplementary Public Works Construction Act, seven rejected, with others under consideration. Key 1935 works include dams in Edward and Souris Manitoba, Val Marie irrigation, Middle Creek dam, Wildhorse Alberta, and an Eastern irrigation extension. Total private project applications to Nov 20 1935 reach 1 7540, with 125 community jobs involving 3 000 applicants, totaling 4 615 applicants.
The 1935 estimated value of Canada’s principal field crops is 510,835,600 dollars, down 338,551,000 or seven percent from the 1934 value.
The weekly note explains wintering methods for eighty bee colonies, weighing practice since 1921, and a detailed method to stop robbing. It advises using a strong colony to curb robbers, excluders with newspaper between, moving the robbed hive, and requeening weak colonies, with a seasonal Christmas greeting.
Los Angeles December inquiry weighs death by own action in Thelma Todd death. Deputy District Attorney George Jonnesen says he doubts poisoning theory. coroner’s jury noted possible accidental death from car fumes. Grand jury proceedings to hear witnesses begin Monday.
Diplomatic sources say a special League council session may be held around January 10 to authorize a League of Nations police force. The session would demonstrate the Covenant's enforcement power against violators.
Eleven people were injured when the Puerto Rico Clipper nosed over on approach to Port of Spain Trinidad. Eight passengers and a seven member crew were aboard bound from Miami to South America. Victims include Abraham Haile and Robert McKie with several Americans among the injured. Officials said the plane nosed over in shallow water and an investigation is under way.
Quo warranto proceedings challenging Judge Ellis presiding over the Vancouver Burrard recount are rejected. Mayor G G McGeer, Liberal, is affirmed as elected with a six vote margin after a prior four vote result for Arnol Webster. Justice Fisher rules on eligibility.
Ottawa officials worked to locate a mysterious constant signal heard globally on short wave receivers. The drone like sound, likened to a mower, disrupted traffic and was detected from India to Labrador and the North American Atlantic coast. Officials traced the source to a westerly direction from Ottawa in high latitudes, troubling Atlantic stations especially from nine a.m. to sundown in Louisburg Newfoundland.
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