Prairie farmers receipts rise despite drought in 11 months
Prairie provinces show higher farm income in 11 months of 1937 with Manitoba up 75 percent from 1936, Alberta leading with 103.8 million in income. Saskatchewan and drought-hit regions report mixed crop and livestock gains amid drought. The Dominion Bureau notes total receipts reaching 254.371 million for wheat, livestock and other products, up 28.891 million from 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dan
C.P
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Alb
al- Levta
Royal Bank Held Up at Langley Prairie
Two masked bandits robbed the Royal Bank of Canada in Langley Prairie British Columbia, escaping in a blue sedan with an estimated loss of up to 3 000 dollars. Manager W A Butchard described the scene and said one bandit forced him to raise his hands. no shots were fired and police pursued a stolen car description from New Westminster to Vancouver area. A separate coroner's jury ruled structural failure as the cause of Pilot J H McCoy's death near Sioux Lookout Ontario.
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Langley Prairie
B.C
Ane Armen
Royal Bank of Canada
W. A. Butchard
Butchard
Lingley Prairie
Vepcoenver
Coast
British Columbia
New Westminster
Hfe
Vancouver
Regulation Tightens Short Selling In Falling Markets
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued rules to ban most short selling in a declining market effective February 8. Shorts must sell at least 1/8 point above the last sale, limiting activity in falling markets while allowing rising market short selling. S.E.C. officials say shorts stabilize rising markets and prevent further routs. F Busby, former Nanaimo mayor, is dead.
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Washington
A.P
United States Securities Commission
Shorts
S.E.C. Officals
Vancouver Plot Not Discussed Between Japan and Dominion
Ottawa reports no communications between Canada and Japan over an alleged Vancouver plot to destroy a Japanese ship on the Pacific coast. Tokyo had denied any request for Canadian action to protect Japanese shipping. U.S. reports describe involvement of Vancouver scholar-adventurer Rolphe Forsyth and a failed bomb attempt on the Hiye Maru, with Seattle authorities pursuing leads.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Japan
Vancouver
Pacific
O. D. Skelton
Tokyo
Canadian
Seattle
Wash
George Partridge
Hiyo
Mary Ber
A . Ef. Boyd
United States
Partridge
Tacoma
Forsyth
Seattle Times
Victoria
B.C
Rolphe Forsyth
Teruel Battle Continues As Spanish Front Flare
Insurgent airmen bomb Barcelona in two raids with heavy casualties. In Teruel sector fighting intensifies as France strengthens border defenses against shell fire and insurgent observers report life signs suggesting possible withdrawal.
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Barcelona
C.P
Cerebere
France
C. P
Teruel
Spain
la Pourtsuivante
Paris
C.p.-Hayes
Albert Sarraut
Perpignan
A.P
Cold Wave Sweeps Across United States
A severe cold wave and snow storm hit the midwest and beyond, flooding rivers and forcing hundreds of families to flee. Two persons drowned as floods inundated thousands of acres, damaging winter wheat crops in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C.R
United States
Fire toll rises in St Hyacinthe college blaze death count grows
In St Hyacinthe Quebec a Catholic college fire killed at least 30 with 16 still missing after 5,000 mourners packed a funeral at the cathedral. Eight bodies identified include Brother Xavier Vincent Letourneau. debris searches continued as authorities questioned witnesses and pursued the investigation.
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Louis V. Hunter
ST. Hyacinthe
Que
St Hyacinthe
Bodiex
Sacred Heart College
St. Hyacinthe Cathedral
Paul Morin
Brother Xavier
Vincent Letourneau
Pawtucket
John Letourneau
CPR Liner Reaches Shanghai With Passengers
The Canadian Pacific liner Em presse of Asia arrived from Vancouver with 453 passengers, disembarking 163 at Shanghai after restoring service interrupted by the Sino-Japanese war. It carried 650 tons of Canadian and American fruits and foods for war refugees. weather cloudy and warmer, temperature 22.
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Shanghai
C.P
Ita
Vancouver
Passenger Plane Lands Safely After Stormy Run Newark to Washington
A 14 passenger Eastern Airlines plane with five aboard landed safely at Rentschler Field Hartford after seven hours of rain and fog on a Newark to Washington trip. The crew of three and two passengers rode out the storm, the pilot feared to have overshot the radio beacon.
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Hartford
Hong Kong Prepares For Jap Attack
Hongkong bristles with fortifications as labor crews rush 24 hour work on harbor land and air defenses. Officials fear Japan may extend military activity toward the British colony and compare Hongkong to Gibraltar of the East in scale of defense investment heading toward 40 million dollars.
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Hongkong
C.P
Japan
China
Sise
Gibraltar
Alberta Conservatives to Meet on Organization Plans
A provincial convention of Conservatives will be held within the next month to consider organization plans for the next election. Edmonton Conservative Association executives met last night and empowered W. S. Kane, president, to call a special meeting to finalize recommendations for submission to the provincial convention.
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Edmonton
Dan
C.P
Edmonton Conseervative Association
W. S. Kane
Provinces Could Get Subsidies Based on Fiscal Need
Ottawa reports outline proposals from the National-Corporatist movement and the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities. They advocate abolishing Parliament in favor of nine autonomous provincial states with per capita grants funded by provincial revenues. A federal unemployment relief and municipal debt plan is also urged, plus formalized relations among Dominion, Provinces, and municipalities.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Rowell Commission
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Dominion
J. W. Dafoe
Royal Commission On
Investment Deals’ Association
Dafoe
Courtland Elliott
Toronto
Prairie Provinces Talk On Highway Regulations
Regina conference to study uniform commercial traffic rules among Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta boards. Topics include inter provincial rates insurance commissions COD orders and truck classifications with aim of harmonizing highway regulations.
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Regina
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Alex MacGregor on Burns Draws Global Interest at Kiwanis
Alex MacGregor spoke to Kiwanis about Robert Burns birthplace attracting over 15,000 visitors yearly from around the world. He said Burns’ patriotism enriches Scottish history and inspired hope, urging that his songs foster brotherhood and unity beyond nations.
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Robert Burns
Scotland
Alex MacGregor
Burns
League of Nations
Attempted Murder Charge Before The Court
Stanley Stable of Coalspur stands trial before Justice Tweedie and a jury in Edmonton on a November 6 attempted murder charge involving a shooting through a bunkhouse window at Cogigpur. He testified about a prior fight with Scoble and a near-miss bullet. The trial continues.
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Edmonton
Stanley Stable
Coalspur
T. M. Tweedie
Supreme Court
A. PB. Rogers
Cogigpur
Scoble
S Coble
Canadian farmers form sub committee for Empire Producers Conference
Australia Ottawa Jan 25 J F Desmans general manager Co operative Federation of Quebec W O McKenzie manager Southern Alberta Co operative Association and R J Scott president United Farmers of Ontario named today by the Canadian Live stock Producers Conference to act as a sub committee for the Empire Producers Conference to be held at Sydney Australia this year
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Ottawa
J. F. Desmans
Co-operative Federation of Quebec
W. O. McKenzie
Southern Alberta Co-operative Association
R. J. Scott
United Farmers of Ontario
Canadian Livestock Producer's Conference
Empire Producers
Sydney
Australia
Dormitory planned for Oliver mental hospital in Alberta
Edmonton officials announced a farm dormitory for the Oliver mental hospital with an estimated cost of 100000 dollars. An extension of the Red Deer training school for children who are mentally defective is planned at about 50000 dollars.
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Edmonton
C.P
Oliver Mental Hospital
W. W. Cross
Red Deer
Beane
Local teachers seek restoration of wage schedule
A delegation from the local teachers association appeared before the school board at night to request restoration of maximum salaries and a basis for a new schedule. They urged partial restoration of salary cuts by adjusting base pay to a stated annual rate, and the issue was sent to the full Board for consideration.
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Teachers’ Association
Scheel
TCA to Start Pilot Training With Daily Vancouver Lethbridge Flights
Trans Canada Airlines will start a pilot training service this week with one flight each way daily between Vancouver and Lethbridge. Chief instructor W A Straith outlined a schedule: Vancouver to Lethbridge at 7.45 p.m., arriving 10.37 a.m., then Lethbridge to Vancouver at 12.26 p.m., arriving 4 p.m. Pacific time.
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Vancouver
C.P
Trans-Canada Airlines
Lethbrig
Bridge
Lethnipeg
M.S.T
Lethbridge
Cpa
T.C.A
W. A. Straith
Lebridge
Petes
Pacific Times
Miners in Ebbw Valley refuse to return to pits after storm
Four thousand Monmouthshire miners refused to return to the pits as heavy weather battered the region. Beaufort residents watched weather repairs while engineers called the unrest a riot without cause for alarm and noted water was being controlled.
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Ebbw Vale
England
Cpp
Manmouthshire
Beaufort
Ebbw Valley
Italian Armada Sets Course to Rio in Dakar Flight
Italian planes launch from Dakar toward Rio de Janeiro for the second leg of a long range aerial experiment. Bruno Muscetini pilots one of three aircraft in the voyage.
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Rio de Janeiro
Dakar
French West Africa
C.P
Bruno Muscetini
Middle aged man and woman criticised for health neglect
London dispatch reports Dr. Leonard Williams a leading expert on healthy living warns middle age brings health risks from excess weight, smoking and drinking. He paints men as rotund gluttons and women as stylish but unhealthy, urging moderation and self control to avoid disease and early death.
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Edwin S. Johnson
London
Leonard Williams
Williams
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