Debtors to Use Legal Tender for Gold Clause Debts
Ottawa plans new Dominion measure to shield debtors from gold premium by allowing payment of face value in legal tender. Finance minister C A Dunning cites British Court of Appeal ruling in the International Trustee case and notes Canadian bonds could be redeemed at a premium if paid in gold. The bill would apply to obligations governed by Canadian law with gold clauses.
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Ottawa
Jan
G.P
Canada
British Court of Appeal
International Trustee
Dunning
Dominion
Goaltechers Welo
Mr. Dunning
New York
United States
Court of Appeal
Medicine Hat Clears Snow By Hand Placing Snow To River Bank
Medicine Hat adopts a new snow clearing method replacing edge pushing with manual shoveling. Public Works trucks load snow and dump it near the river bank by the railway bridge. Snow is cleared from sidewalks after each snowfall and moved to empty lots to prevent spring trouble.
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Public Works Department
Spain asks League to curb interference in Madrid war
The Valencia government protests to the League of Nations over alleged Italy and Germany violations of Spanish sovereignty. It seeks action on the German fleet's seizure of merchant ships and the dispatch of more Italian volunteers to support the Madrid attack.
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Geneva
C.P
Valencia
League of Nations
Italy
Germany
League
Madrid
Evans urges selling wheat promptly as safe policy
Winnipeg wheat expert W Sanford Evans told the Turgeon Royal Grain Commission that withholding grain from markets is futile and urged a government campaign to sell wheat quickly and build demand for bread. He warned holding policies hurt the country and noted hunger cannot be carried over. Continued discussion expected on page four.
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Sam G. Ross
Pprpéss
Winnipeg
W. Sanford Evans
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
Evans
Jus
Wlfp. A
Turgeon
Regina
Isaac ‘Pitblado
K.C
Winnipeg” Grain’ Exchange
Ji. Hz. Coyne
Agaistant
J. L. Ralston
Ore
Commission
Coyne
Jaffray Named General Manager of Imperial Bank of Canada
Toronto January 6 J T Jaffray appointed general manager of the Imperial Bank of Canada succeeding A E Phipps recently elected president Jaffray has served as assistant general manager since 1928 and moves into the top banking post.
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Toronto
C.P
J. T. Jaffray
Imperial Bank of Canada
A .E. Phipps
Jaffray
President Roosevelt Urges Courts Aid to Democracy
Roosevelt told Congress that courts must help democracy under the constitution as militarism grows abroad. He urged extending neutrality laws to cover the Spanish civil war and requested deficiency appropriations for U S relief efforts, while outlining future challenges.
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Washington
C.P
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Spain
Manitoba to Abolish Two Per Cent Wages Tax
Manitoba cabinet in Winnipeg discusses ending the two per cent wages tax implicated in 1933 emergency legislation. Bracken’s government weighs replacing revenue methods to balance the budget while avoiding service cuts. Ottawa threat rumors cited as denied. The tax hits workers earning $50 monthly, deducted by employers as provincial revenue.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba
Bracken
The
Free Press
Winnipeg Tribune
Ottawa
Privy Council
British Fleet Re shuffled Off Spain
Britain pressed Germany and Italy to answer a proposal to ban volunteers from Spain by Saturday. The Admiralty ordered a reshuffle of British naval strength in Spanish waters as part of the same dispatch.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Spain
Admiralty
Berlin
C.P
Palos
Moscow
Hitler
Britain
France
New York
Mai Cantabrico
Cartagena
United States
Congress
Washington
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Pope Pius XI Battle With Sinking Spells Reported
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI has suffered from sinking spells for the last 48 hours with frequent drift toward unconsciousness.
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Vatican City
C.P
Pius XI
18000 Nazi Soldiers at Madrid Siege
Jan 6 Madrid reports government forces reinforcing Las Rozas area to protect the El Escorial highway as insurgents push a western wedge. Heavy cannonading and air bombardment hit central Madrid. 100 prisoners executed in Malaga after insurgent raids. General Jose Ninja accuses eighteen thousand Germans of participating in the siege.
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Madrid
C.P
Las Roza
el Escorial
Malaga
Jose Ninja
Defence Junta
Canadian National Railways Revenue Jump For 10 Days
Gross revenues for the Canadian National Railways for the 10 day period ending December 31, 1936 were 5 110 624 dollars, up from 4 222 384 dollars for the same period in 1935 an increase of 888 240 dollars.
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Montreal
C.P
Canadian National Railways
Western Farmers to Sow A Rust-Resistant Wheat
Saskatoon January 5. Western farmers enter 1938 with rust protection as a key advantage. J E Blakeman notes rust resistant varieties Thatcher Apex Renown will shift sown acreage. Thatcher most distributed in Saskatchewan with 40,260 bushels from 3,650 acres in 1936. Manitoba plans release Renown and Apex distribution licensed.
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Saskatoon
J. E. Blakeman
Dominion Seed
Winnipeg
Blakeman
University of Saskatchewan
Thatcher
Apex
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Renown
Alberte
Alberta Social Credit plan would create debt free money
A planning committee appointed by Alberta Premier Aberhart recommends a Douglas Social Credit system for Alberta. It outlines eleven principles including debt free money issued within the province, a central credit house, price discounts for retailers, dividends to citizens, and a provincial wheat buying/selling bureau to support local industry. If approved, the plan would move to caucus January 11 and, if approved there, into law by mid February.
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F. Sanderson
Edmonton
Alberta
Social Credit
C. H. Douglas
Aberhart
Social, Credit
Henere
Douglas
John Hargrave
Social Credit Party
United Kingdom
Pete Knight Named Champion Bronc Rider of 1936
Salinas Calif AP Fred McCargar announces Pete Knight of Crossfield Alberta has been ranked champion bronc rider for 1936. John Bowman of Oakdale California won the cowboy national championship with 10 887 official points, defeating Leo Murray of Castle Hot Springs Arizona and Everett Bowman of Fort Thomas Arizona. Bowman also took first in single roping and second in calf roping and was proclaimed California champion.
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Salinas
Calif
Jan. G
A.P
Fred McCargar
Rodeo Association of America
Pete Knight
Crossfield
Alta
John Bowman
Oakdale
McCargar
Bowman
Leo Murray
Castle Hot Springs
Ariz
Everett Bowman
Fort
Federal agents close on kidnapers in Shelton lead
Federal agents learned from a Shelton merchant that two men, described as tough in a coupe, bought warm clothing sized for kidnapped 10 year old Charles Mattson. Mill watchman G R Grubbe corroborated that the men ordered him to tell the boy’s father Dr W W Mattson that "everything is well." Temperature 61-26.
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Tacoma
Jan
C.P
Shelton
Wash
Charles Mattson
G. R. Grubbe
W. W. Mattson
Manitoba Officials Told to Pay Two Percent Tax
Government workers in Manitoba were notified today that 3,000 Dominion employees must immediately pay all amounts owed under the two per cent wage tax. The liability was affirmed by the Privy Council after protests.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Manitoba
Dominion
Privy Council
Chang Hsueh-liang rebellion reports vast deaths in Sian-fu
In Sian-fu China between five thousand and ten thousand people were killed in the Shensi military uprising. Marshall Chang Hsueh-liang held Chiang Kai-shek prisoner as hundreds of residents were slain in the aftermath of the rebel capture.
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Sian-Fu
China
C. P
Shensi
Chang Hsueh-liang
Chiang Kai-shek
Walter G. Lynch Dies in Montreal at 57
Walter G. Lynch, vice president of Industrial Acceptance Company Limited and former Canadian Bank of Commerce manager, died at St Mary's Hospital in Montreal Monday night at age 57. Born September 9, 1879 in Winnipeg, he came from a family active in western history and his father Dr James S. Lynch was a pioneer prairie physician.
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Bernine
Montreal
Que
Jaf
Walten
Gouinlock Lynch
Industrial Acceptance, Corporation, Limited
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Dominion
St. Mary's’ Hospital
Winnipeg
James S. Lynch
Prairies
Riel
Fort Garry
Walter G. Lynch
St. John's College
Bank of Commerce
Ottawa
Influenza Deaths Rise in Denver Area Says Official
Denver health manager Carl P. Schwalb estimates at least 20 000 influenza cases in the city with about one death per 15 inhabitants amid a Rocky Mountain outbreak. The report notes the flu spread across the region as January reports mount.
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Denver
Peur. Mouit
Rocky Mountain States
Carl .P. Schwalb
Resignation of C C Ross Accepted in Alberta
Calgary dispatch reports Hon C C Ross resigned as Minister of Mines with Premier Aberhart accepting the move. Nathan Be Tanner of Cardston was sworn in as Minister of Lands and Mines shortly after. Ross did not detail reasons and left his seat, with no official press statement tonight.
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Calgary
C.P
C. C. Ross
Aberhart
Edmonton
J. F. ‘Sanderson
Nathan BE
Tanner
Cardston
Alta
Alberta
William Aberhart
Ross
Dracuns
Ask
Rossi
Aberhak
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C. A. Dunning
Medicine Hat
Seige
C.N.R. Revenues
Douglas Social Credit
British Social Credit Party
Rodeo Asso OF America
Brong
Chang
Canadian
C.C. Ross
N.E. Tann
Rathbone ‘Lodge
Knights of
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