Prime Minister King's Unemployment Insurance Proposal Made Public
Ottawa reports Premier Mackenzie King will seek Federal power to enact a national unemployment insurance system via a simple amendment to the British North America Act. He sent the proposed address to premiers, with Alberta, Quebec, and New Brunswick awaiting details. A joint address to the King, backed by two‑thirds of provinces, could secure the amendment. Quebec opposes yielding autonomy. New Brunswick and Alberta await more information.
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Ottawa
C.P
Alberta
Quebec
New Brunswick
United Kingdom
Duplessis
Dysart
Mackenzie Ixing
Canada
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Northern Ireland
British North America
Unity of Churches Considered by Anglican and Free Sects
Toronto figures comment on a draft plan uniting Anglicans and Non Conformists in England. Dr Peter Bryce of the United Church of Canada calls for a larger organic church in Canada while Archbishop Dermyn Owen notes interest in any tentative proposals. The Canadian General Synod is seen as the future action body.
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Toronto
Anglican and
Free Churches of England
Canada
Peter Bryce
United Church of Canada
London
United Church of England
Uniting Church
Bryce
Dermyn T. Owen
All Canada
Taghaind
Anglican Church of Canada
General Synod
Yorkton Airways Pilot Rescues Farmer Hospitalized
A Yorkton Airways pilot named Mea ferries Josiah Hughes aged 46 to a Yorkton hospital. Hughes has been appointed inspector of mines at Nelson. Gall graduate started at Anyox in INT as a mucker.
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Yorkton Airways
Josiah Hughes
Yorkton
Cheve. Hughes
Nelson
A. Me
Produce association leader calls for agriculture co ordination
W A Landreth of Winnipeg urged federal and provincial agriculture departments to coordinate their activities at the Canadian Produce Association meeting. He stressed trade as essential to secure aggressive efforts for profitable domestic and export markets.
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Winipeg
C.P
Departments of Agriculture
W. A. Landreth
Winnipeg
Canadian Produce Association
Money links questioned in Seattle blast bid on Hiye Maru
Seattle detectives said Rolphe Forsyth of Vancouver had powerful backing for the attempted bombing of the Japanese liner Hiye Maru. Investigators traced funding from Vancouver and Tacoma dynamite seizures as they pursued leads to possible backers and the source of money.
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Seattle
C.P
Rolphe Forsyth
Vancouver
W. J. O’brien
F. A. Himes
Tokyo
Japan
British Columbia
Tacoma
Here
BH. Hines Oui Rolphe Forsyth
George Patridge
Hines
Partridge
Forsyth
United States Customs
Puyallup
Banks Might Withdraw From Alberta Banks Might Withdraw From Alberta
Ottawa January 24 Canadian Bankers Association president S G Dobson warned that if Alberta bank legislation is upheld by the courts banks may be unable to operate in the province He noted Alberta taxes on capital and the proposed tax increase are not equitable or efficient Dobson cited tax increases across Canada and a reduction in bank branches since 1930 Alberta alone taxes capital banks continue to face constitutional questions with a decision due next month
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Ottawa
C.P
S. G. Dobson
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Alberta
Supreme Court of Canada
Dobson
Dominion
Italian Airplanes Launch Experimental Flight to South America
Three large Italian tri motored planes began an experimental group flight from Guidinia to Dakar and then across the Atlantic to Natal Brazil. Colonel Attilio Bisco and Major Nino Mascatelli piloted two ships while Bruno Mussoli led the third.
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Dakar
French West Africa
C.P. Cable
Bruno Mussoli
Attilio Bisco
Nino Mecscatelli
Guidenia
Italy
South America
Rome
C.P
Mussolini
Bruno
Glidonia
Hait
Senegal
Natal
Brazil
Attileo Bisco
Nino Mascatelli
Robbie Burns Tribute From Scotland’s Ploughman Poet
A verse tribute extols Robbie Burns as a native Scot and poet of the people. It recalls his poverty driven life and defense of justice, praising his love of nature, his songs, and loyalty to Scotland while abroad. It urges Scots to honor his birthday and remember his memory.
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Robbie
Scotland
Aberhart urges Edmonton address probing questions in talk
Premier William Aberhart urged Sunday that older citizens ask questions to advance democracy at the Prophesic Bible Conference in Edmonton. He urged investigating poverty and work issues, saying child questions push progress and that questions reveal mysteries behind poverty and resource development.
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Edmonton
Aberhart
Socrates
Auto Production In Canada Rises 28 Percent in 1937
Ottawa reports 1937 Canadian automobile output at 207000 units, up from 162150 in 1936. Exports reach 66125, up 18 percent from 55837, while imports rise to 20049 from 9903. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes the stronger domestic production driven by higher demand.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Wales Threatened With Floods In Beaufort Dam
In Beaufort Wales calm returned after air raid wardens warned of a potential dam breach holding 200 million cubic feet of water. Engineers from London relieved the strain by partly emptying the reservoir, and repair work began as coal miners planned to return to pits tomorrow.
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Ebbw. Wale
Wales
C.P
Beaufort
London
Broadway Actress Rosmond Pinchot Found Dead in Car
Police reported Rosmond Pinchot 33 prominent Broadway actress found dead in an automobile at Harry Alexander’s estate Old Brockville New York. Authorities say death likely caused by automobile exhaust fumes. Miss Pinchot was a niece of former Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot.
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New York
Rosmond Pinchot
Harry Alexander
Old
Brockville
N.Y
Miss Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Bombing of Cities From Both Sides in Spain
Aerial bombardments kill at least eighty and wound hundreds across a dozen Spanish cities. Insurgents press Teruel offensive as government forces hit Seville and Valencia with gunboat shelling and air attacks. Civil casualties mount in Puigcerda and Figueras.
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Perpignan
France
C.p. Cable
Teruel
Aragon
Spain
Valencia
Seville
Puigcerda
Figueras
Foreign Agitators Not Residents Spark Arab Jew Trouble
A J Freiman president of the Zionist organization of Canada told the 25th annual meeting that Arabs and Jews can live together in peace once foreign agitators are removed. He defended the League of Nations mandate as workable and noted the aid to German Jewish refugees, while urging protection for European Jews amid Britain’s Palestine policy.
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Ottawa
C.P
A. J. Freiman
Zionist Organization of Canada
Palestine
Friends of the
Jewish National Home
League of Nations
Mr. Freiman
Great Britain
Near East
Europe
Full Information On Dams and Dugouts Available
Secretary T Bannan of the Chamber of Commerce has received from Regina the P F R A information on stock watering dams dugouts storage dams and ditch schemes for irrigation. F and Grindley the local P F R A engineer is away in Edmonton for about six weeks and will be unavailable. inquiries should go to the Chamber of Commerce office.
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T. Bannan
Chamber of Commerce
Regina
P.F.R.A
F. &. Grindley
Edmonton
Radio Interference Notice From Transport Department
A Calgary bulletin from the Department of Transport radio inspector urges local Chamber of Commerce cooperation to reduce interference. It states one million listeners can help by not operating equipment that disturbs neighbors and notes 34 offices nationwide investigate and suppress interference, especially on power lines where sources are hard to locate.
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Department of Transport
Chamber of Commerce
Calgary
Radio Division
Dominion
Powé
Canada Should Align Defence Policy With United States
Edmonton speech by Dr. W. H. Alexander urges Canada to settle defence policy in Washington not London, noting North American proximity and U S influence. He leaves Alberta for a California post and says Canada should avoid big League of Nations ambitions, criticizing Britain and France for Mediterranean intrigues.
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Edmonton
C.P
Canada
Washington
London
W. H. Alexander
University of Alberta
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
North America
United States
Alexander
Alberta
University of California
U.S
Family of Nations
Britain
France
League of Nations
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Akylark
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Wm. Aberhart
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Peel Royal Commission
Parliament Hill
Tufts Terriers
Lethbridge Aces
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