U.F.A. Rejects Social Credit Plan Embraces C C F Scheme
Stolen turkeys lead to a court case as Gottleib and Rebecca Schneider are fined $10 and costs or 30 days in jail for receiving stolen property. The Ritz farm turkeys from December 20 were found at the Schneiders’ farm amid defense claims of ownership. In Calgary, Alberta politics shift as the United Farmers reject the Social Credit plank and push for public ownership and cooperative measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C.M.P
Gottleib
Rebecca Schneider
R.C. Tmop
C. S. Blanchard
K.C
Sam G. Ross
Calgary
United Farmers of Alberta
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Alberta
William Aberhart
J. A. Johannsen
Woolford
Government of
Canada
Ling Lapdo Weee
Robert Gardiner
M.P
Acadia
Norman F. Priestley
Social Credit
C. H. Douglas
Aberhart
Gardner
William Trvine
Saar Crisis Shifts as Nazi Control Expands
Reports from Geneva and Saarbrucken note the League of Nations informally accepts a six week delay before official transfer of the Saar to Germany. The plebiscite showed 90 percent pro German support while violence and anti Nazi refugees flee toward France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Melvin K. Woitefeather
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Saar
League of Nations
League
Bluecoat
Nijtis
Socialist Welfare Centre
Saarbrucken
Reich
Berlin
Geneva
France
Germany
League of Nations Council
C.P
Sulzbach
Saaregue
Neunkirchen
Suar Basin
Prison Break Suspect Fled Captors in Antioch Dash
Clyde Stevens, named as alleged plotter of the San Quentin break, broke from guards in Antioch and ran up Main Street with hands manacled. A burst of bullets accompanied the pursuit but Stevens was captured unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
C.P
Clyde Stevens
San Quentin
Antioch
Main Street
Speech From the Throne Outlines Broad Policy Agenda
Ottawa reports the Speech from the Throne pledging Bennett government measures to expand Empire trade and world markets. Plans include unemployment insurance health care old age pensions credit regulation minimum wage work week limits taxation reform and consumer protections with an Economic Council to advise on national welfare. Also calls for penitentiary reform Borstal system and drought cooperation with Prairie provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bennett
England
Privy Council Dismisses West's Appeal
The Privy Council dismisses the appeal of Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. It holds the four western provinces liable for timber dues paid by homesteaders to the Dominion and refunded only after land patents were issued. The case concerns transfer of natural resources from Dominion to provincial jurisdiction and unresolved dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P
Privy Council
Supreme Court of Canada
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Fast Flight to Fort McMurray by Aeroplane
Walter Gilbert chief pilot for Canadian Airways Limited completes a rapid winter air mail run from Aklavik to Fort McMurray totaling about 1 462 miles in two and a half days. He flies via Fort Norman Fort Smith to McMurray carrying furs and mail. The mission marks one of the speediest winter air routes in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
C.P
Aklavik
Walter Gilbert
Canadian Airways Limited
McMurray
Edmonton Journal
Fort Norman
Fort Smith
Canada survey group installs Colin Macdonald as president
Ottawa January 17 Canadian Institute of Surveying formerly the Dominion Land Surveys Association installed Colin Macdonald of the Dominion Department of the Interior as president, succeeding J. L. Rannie of Ottawa. Alberta provincial councillor is George Macmillan of Medicine Hat.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canadian Institute of Surveying
Dominion Land Surveys Association
Colin Macdonald
Dominion Department of the Interior
J. L. Rannie
Alberta
George Macmillan
Medicine Hat
Snow plow clears Cumbres Pass to free stranded railcar
A large rotary snow plow worked through deep snow atop Cumbres Pass to reopen the Denver and Rio Grande line trapping 14 passengers and four crew for 40 hours in a Colorado blizzard.
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Alamosa
C.P
Cumbres Pass
Denver and
Rio Grande
Wheat in Canada Reported at Two Bushels for Seven Weeks
For seven weeks United States wheat in Canada has been shown as two bushels. Researchers note data inconsistencies and call for verification of the transborder grain figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
War on overcrowded tenements spreads across UK
London reports two government bills for England Wales and Scotland set national standards for room occupancy for the first time. The bills define overcrowding by sleeping arrangements and ages, with penalties for violations and subsidies to fund new affordable housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wales
Scotland
George Hambleton
London
Ene
Mean Street
Overerauwdine
Brownlee Seduction Appeal Hears Plea of Lover Claim
Edmonton January proceedings in the Alberta Supreme Court resumed with counsel for J K Brownlee arguing there was no case to support the jury verdict of seduction against the former premier. The appeal focuses on whether damages were warranted and whether a new trial could be ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Vivian MacMillan
Mur
W. C. Ives
Alberta Supreme Court
Horace Kiarvey
H.R. Alilmer
I.c
A. L
Milner
Ives
Court of Appeal
Brownlee
Ontario
Alberta
C.P.J
England
Canada
Hauptmann faces grim proof in Lindbergh baby murder trial
In Flemington New Jersey presiding officers press a strong case accusing Bruno Hauptmann as the kidnapper and killer of Charles A Lindbergh Jr. Prosecutors present experts who call the baby’s skull fracture violent death and identify notes and ransom bills as Hauptmann’s. A defense plan cites Isador Fisch as possible counterfeit suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
N.J
C. P
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
John J. Lyons
Walter Lyle
Lyons
Charles H. Mitchell
Mercer County
John Ferris
Associated Press
A.P
Bruno Hauptmann
Baby Lindbergh
Col
Bruno
Isador Fisch
Haupt
Mann
Fisch
Germany
Carpenter
New York City
Bronx
New York
Bank Clearings for This Week and Last Week
This report shows weekly bank clearings at 152000 dollars for this week and 207377 dollars for last week. The year ago figure is 170442 dollars.
U S Plans Five Point Social Security Programme
Washington January 17 Roosevelt administration presents Congress a five point plan to curb modern hazards. It includes compulsory unemployment insurance compulsory insurance against poverty aged 65 and over and old age pensions for the needy not covered by compulsory insurance a voluntary federal annuity system and large federal grants to states for aid to mothers and children. Also notes Canada crop acreages show little change in late sown crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C.P
Roosevelt
United States Congress
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Serenacers Orchestra
U.S
Dominion Govt
Assiniboa
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