Ethiopians Press Front in Ethiopian War Amid Heavy Rains
Rome Jan 15 The general battle continues on the southern front of Ethiopia. General Rodolfo Graziani’s troops clash with Ras Desta Demtu for three days with light reported losses and ongoing combat along the line. Intense aviation activity is noted on the Eritrean front as European diplomats weigh Rhineland fortification fears.
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Ras Delta
Demta
Graziani
Rome
Duce
C.P
Ethiopia
Rodolfo Graziani
Ras Desta Demtu
Haile Selassie
London
Paris
Hitler
Rhineland
Germany
France
Sweden
Italy
Constitutional Appeal Heard by Supreme Court of Canada
Ottawa January 15 The Supreme Court of Canada began hearing a major constitutional appeal reviewing eight Dominion laws from 1934–35. Dominion counsel argued the criminal care fines and unfair trading provisions fall under Parliament’s criminal code and trade and commerce powers. Alberta’s W Gray assisted in the afternoon session.
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Ottawa
C.P
Supreme Court of Canada
Dominion
Bennett
N. W. Rowell
K.C
Howell
Gray
Alberta
Hoffman undecided on Hauptmann reprieve
Governor Hoffman said he had reached no decision on granting a reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann. The statement was released through press aide William Conklin in Trenton.
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Trenton
C.P
Hoffman
William Conklin
Prieve
Bruno Hauptmann
Soldiers and Civil Servants Subject To Income Tax
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Canadian soldiers and Dominion civil servants paid by the federal government and living in Manitoba owe the Manitoba two per cent income tax imposed in 1933. The decision affects more than 3,900 Dominion government employees and members of the permanent militia in Manitoba.
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Ottawa
C.P
Supreme Court of Canada
Dominion
Manitoba
Miliia
Premier Mackenzie King considers labor, housing, pensions plan
In Ottawa on January 15, Prime Minister Mackenzie King told a trades and labor delegation that most recommendations of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada are under government review. Proposals include more public works, housing expansion, 30 hour week, higher old age pensions, and unemployment insurance. He rejected a plan to set a 60 year retirement age as a personal affront to himself.
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Ottawa
C.P
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Mackenzie King
Trades and Labor Congress
Ontario’s New Income Tax Set At Half Dominion Rate
Acting Premier Nixon unveils provincial income tax plan to be introduced Jan 21. Tax applies to 1685 incomes, replacing municipal levies and matched to federal exemptions. Rates range from 1.5 to 28 percent, with $400 exemptions per child or dependent. Municipalities lose their personal tax and bear revenue impact.
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Toronto
Nixon
Ontario
Dominion
Plane Crash Kills 17 on American Airlines Flight
Goodwin Ark January 14 A trans continental American Airlines plane crashes in swamp near Goodwin killing 14 passengers and crew of three. The plane on a 55 minute Memphis Tennessee to Little Rock Arkansas flight found in water with four feet depth. Pilot Jerry Marshall 40 and relief pilot Glen Freeland 32. Stewardess Pearl Gasparini Wort Worth Texas. Flight from New York via Douglas twin motor. No cause yet given.
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Jerry Marshall
Glen Freeland
Miss Pearl Gasparini
Wort Worth
Tex
Memphis
Ed Hurlburt
New York
Calgary Albertan Taken Over by Social Credit Move
Alberta premier Aberhart denied involvement as he announced that negotiations are complete for the purchase of the Calgary Albertan and its associated radio station CJCJ. The paper will continue as a morning publication and serve as the official organ of the Alberta Social Credit party with current management remaining.
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Calgary Albertan
Social Credit Chronicle
Alberta Social Credit Party
CJCJ
Albertan Publishing Company, Limited
Edmonton
C.P
Social Credit Party
Aberhart
Kipling Improves After Emergency Operation
London Jan 15 Rudyard Kipling showed further improvement after a second restful night following an emergency operation Monday. Physicians remained in great anxiety for the health of the famous author as his condition was reassessed.
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Kipling
London
C.P
Rudyard Kipling
Fatal railway crash near Shrivenham England
An engineer and a woman passenger died of injuries after a passenger train from Penzance crashed into five cars left by a freight train. Twenty one others injured, seven seriously, in Berks on January 15.
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Shrivenham
Berks
England
C.P
Pensance
No Strings Tied To Alta Loan From Ottawa
Ottawa reports a direct federal loan to Alberta to cover a 2 million dollar bond maturity with no strings attached. Finance Minister Dunning said the loan’s size was not disclosed but Alberta contributed a portion and the move reflected national interest and provincial co operation.
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Alta
Ottawa
C.P
Alberta
Dunning
Engineer Scotty Law Killed In Train Crash
Jan 15 report from Drumheller says Scotty Law veteran CNR engineer was killed when the freight train he was driving rammed the rear of stationary cars on a siding at Sheerness late Tuesday.
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Drumheller
C.P
Sheerness
Scotty” Law
C.N.R
Bennett brings good tidings of better business
In Calgary on January 15, Conservative leader Hon. R. B. Bennett said reports from financial houses show general improvement. He noted eastern Canada looks to the future with confidence and predicted the mood would spread across the Dominion.
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Calgary
C.P
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Dominion
Canadian 31 4 percent bonds floated in US market
A banking group offered 48 million Canadian government 31 4 percent bonds in New York marking the first long term Dominion flotation in the United States since 1930. The 25 year maturity bonds are redeemable after 20 years and priced at 95.86. The selling group includes over twenty local and Canadian investment and banking firms. First Boston Corp. said the operation within the syndicate is complete and no further allotments remain.
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New York
C.P
United States
First Boston Corp
Rioters Discussed Hotel Attack During Regina Riots
Seven additional witnesses testified in Regina's riot inquiry about incidents on July 1. They described overheard remarks claiming an attack on Hotel Saskatchewan and compared modern Mounties to the old force while recounting personal experiences during the unrest and a gas-tinged broadcast from CJRM.
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Regina
C.P
Saskatchewan
R. G. Hamilton
Twelfth Avenue
Lincoln EH. Weaver
Hamilton
George Trehas
Victor F. Nielsen
CJRM
Frank T. Parker
David H. Parker
James Williams
Northwest Mounted Police
Williams
Frank J. G. Cunningham
Ottawa
Old Northwest Mounted Police
Justice Brown
Trehas
Nielson
Bank of Montreal
Cynthia Stockley Found Dead in London Home
London authorities say novelist Cynthia Stockley died of coal gas poisoning at her residence. A friend found her body near a gas fire with a tube connected to a gas pipe in her mouth, confirming an apparent suicide.
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Cynthia Stockley
London
C.P
Alberta premier intempts supervision of finances by Ottawa
Alberta seeks Dominion aid to cover a $2,000,000 bond maturity as of today with a possible loan guarantee under a loan council plan. Finance officials declined to detail the arrangement while Social Credit leader Aberhart prepares further remarks. Alberta faces additional maturities of $3,200,000 on April 1 and $1,250,000 on November 1.
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Aberhart
Ottawa
Alberta
Chas. R. Cockroft
Cockroft
Charles Dunning
Social Credit
Dominion Provincial Committee
Dominion
Dominion Treasury
Edmonton
Labor Urges Minimum Wage Legislation in Alberta
Calgary Jan 15. A resolution at the Alberta Federation of Labor convention urges the provincial government to enact a male minimum wage act modeled on British Columbia. It cites limited current protection and asks for representation on the Alberta Compensation Board. Proposals also seek higher widows' and children's allowances.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
British Columbia
Alberta Federation of Labor
Alberta Compensation Board
Young Alberta Girl Perishes In Farmhouse Fire
Calgary reports two separate farmhouse fires claim lives of children Ceaserene Ostrey six in Mast Coulee district and Roger Offrey three from Rosendale. Mother Mrs Paul Ostrey and two sons Paul five and Roger three burned. Fire origin unknown in first blaze. second victim dies in Drumheller hospital.
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Calgary
C.I
Ceaserene Ostrey
Mast Coulee District
Paul Ostrey
Paul
Roger
C.P
Roger Offrey
Rosedale
Drumheller
Tariff Board hearing on automobile duties nears end
Ottawa January 14 CPT The tariff board’s automobile hearing neared closure as parties debated duties on parts and cars. Ford urged lower parts duties while preserving pre treaty car duties. Prairie provinces and British Columbia proposed uniform national car prices via freight equalization. A three-region plan and regional freight adjustments drew discussion.
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Ottawa
C.P
Tariff Board
Ford Motor Company
Canada
R. T. Graham
Prairie Provinces
C. H. O'Halloran
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Graham
Charles Hebert
Winnipeg
West
New Scheme to Tie Provinces to Ottawa Financing
Ottawa outlines a constitutional framework to place provincial borrowing under federal control. A loan council would back future guarantees and require provincial borrowings to receive Dominion assent. The plan seeks to clarify taxing rights and permit Ottawa to call in provincial income taxes when requested.
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Ottawa
Daminion
Dominion
Charles Dunning
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Addis Ababa
Albertan
Big Saskatchewan
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