Alberta proposes sweeping license power bill in Legislature
Edmonton report notes Aberhart government introduces a bill granting power to license all trades businesses industries and occupations in Alberta. It would require registration and could prohibit unfair practices with licenses per branch. The bill blends existing laws and aims to cover broader economic activity. Legislature adjourns to allow budget estimates next Friday.
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Edmonton
J. F. ‘Sanderson
Alberta
Aberhart
Ustry
Theerson
Bremieer Aberhart
Credit
John Irvin
Calgary
Night of Attacks on Aranjuez Shocks Madrid Front
March 6 dispatches report Aranjuez bombarded for eight hours with many feared dead after over 60 blasts. Insurgent strikes disrupted government rail lines amid heavy fighting on central Spain front near Madrid and Aranjuez.
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Madrid
Aranjuez
Manés
Antander
C.P
Baqué
Robledo de Chavela
Bayonne
Canarias
C.p.havas
Toledo
Alcazar
University City
Jarama
University
Servie
Valencia
Morate da ,Tajuna
Perales da Tajuna
Oviedo
Estramadura
Avila
Albertans Spending More Money For Their Liquor
Edmonton reports nine months of fiscal year 1936 37 liquor revenue total 1 914 381 35 up 531 411 over 1935 36. Treasury department notes profits may exceed the 2 200 000 forecast for 1936 37 with December 31 1936 figures contributing. Beer sales partly drive the increased net revenue.
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Edmonton
Lquor
Treasury Department
Liquor Control Branch
Correction on Cause of March Fire in Local District
A Thursday evening fire on March 4 originated from a pile of dry goods boxes gathered for fuel by Mr G Lantz who lives on Fifth street between the Corona hotel and Hartley block. Earlier reports to the Medicine Hat News stated rubbish behind the Hartley block as the source. J H Nichol.
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G. Lantz
Fifth Street
Corona Hotel
Hartley Block
Medicine Hat News
J. H. Nichol
Noted British Actor Vanishes From Paris Aboard liner
Frank Vosper, 37, famed British actor and dramatist, disappeared two hours out of Plymouth aboard the French liner Paris. He had been returning from Hollywood after a gay farewell party in the cabin of Muriel Oxford Miss Great Britain last year. A passenger heard a threat to jump if not married. Oxford denied any such remark.
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Plymouth
C.P
Frank Vosper
Paris
Hollywood
Muriel Oxford
Great Britain
Miss Oxford
Oxford
Social Credit Plan Stalls in Alberta Assembly Debate
Alberta's social credit scheme remained in discussion only through August 1936. E C Manning, provincial secretary, told the House that no written plan existed and all proposals were verbal discussions. A general survey was noted for potential placement of credit handling facilities in the province.
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Social Credit
Social
Alberta
E. C. Manning
G. H. van Allen
van Allen
Manning
Social Credit Measures Act
C. Manning
Archit
Credit
Inskip Warns Britain May Pause Industry for Arms Drive
Sir Thomas Inskip, defence co-ordinations minister, said Britain may need to stand still for up to three years to perfect armaments. He noted steel shortages delaying new construction and that government orders could postpone some contracts for two to three years. He cited intentions to acquire Scotswood locomotive works for conversion to an armaments factory.
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Niewcastle-On-Tyne
A.P
Thomas Inskip
Britain
Thomas
New Machinery Arrives for National Fruit Bottling Works
An expert drink man will arrive soon and production is expected to start in the latter part of the month. The machinery has arrived from the East and is now installed, signaling the launch of the new industry in the area.
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Bel G
Australia Votes on Constitutional Amendments in Early Returns
Early returns from Melbourne indicate Australia likely rejected proposed constitutional amendments affecting interstate commerce and air transport regulation. Across South Wales Tasmania and South Australia the measures to prohibit cross border transit and revise free trade faced broad opposition and appear to fail.
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Melbourne
Grasshopper Plague Threat Looms in Western Canada
The Department of Agriculture reports Saskatchewan faces a grashopper plague more serious than last year and Alberta could see comparable infestation. Estimated infested areas total about 53 million acres with 3.86 million in Saskatchewan and 4.06 million in Alberta likely affected. Organized control will be necessary.
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Oteawa
C.P
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Alberta
Factory contract awarded to Durex Abrasives in Brantford
The Canadian Press reports a 75,000 dollar contract for a factory building awarded to Durex Abrasives Ltd in Brantford Ontario. Customs collections in Toronto and outports totalled 4,440,432 dollars in February, up 26 percent from February 1936. An addition to the American Can Company plant will be erected in Simcoe this spring. In Chatham Ontario, aid will back a 130,000 dollar lumber mill project. Lumber carloadings for the week ended Feb 13 rose 244. BB percent over 1936. In British Columbia January lumbering continued active with log scale reaching 172,000 board feet, up about 50 percent from January 1936.
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Brantford
Chatham
N.B
Oria—Lumbering
British Columbia
Pertinent Questions Filed by Liberal Leader Bowlen
J J Bowlen Liberal leader filed a new list of questions with the assembly clerk at noon. The queries seek total travelling expenses for 1936 and to date for all departments boards commissions sub-departments including public debt executive councils legislation agriculture attorney general education municipal affairs provincial secretary public health public works railways and telephones treasury lands and mines unemployment relief University of Alberta workmen's compensation board public utility board old age pension liquor control gas conservation research RCMP travel automobile allowances Canadian farm loan board and any other department or board with traveling costs.
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Edmonton
Assembly
J. J. Bowlen
Treasury, Lands and Mines
University of Alberta
Workmen's Compensation Board
Public Utility Board
Old Age Pension Board
Liquor Control Board
Gas Conservation Board
Research Council
R.C.M.P
Canadian Farm, Loan Board
Alberta motorists told to limit loads amid heavy snow
The Alberta Motor Association advises car owners and truck drivers that extra snow has made roads very soft, especially shoulders and sandy areas. Light loads are recommended for passenger cars and half loads for trucks to prevent road damage. Cooperation from all motorists is requested.
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The
Alberta Motor Association
British Columbia sells $3 million three year bonds
Premier T. D. Pattullo announces that British Columbia has sold 3 million dollars of three year bonds at 3 percent interest through a Toronto syndicate. Proceeds to be used mainly for road construction. The sale costs 3 1/2 percent in Canadian funds. Syndicate includes Wood Gundy Dominion Securities Ames Canadian Bank of Commerce and Royal Bank of Canada. Hon John Hart Finance Minister accompanied Pattullo to Montreal.
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Toronto
Premeir T. D. Pattullo
British Columbo
British Columbia
Wood, Gundy & Company, Ltd
Dominion Securities Corporation, Ltd
A. R. Ames & Company, Ltd
German Field Marshal Mackensen Foresees Sometime War With Russia
In Naumberg Germany on March 5 1915 Field Marshal August von Mackensen predicted Germany would fight Russia sometime. He spoke at the opening of a Hitler Youth home telling the youth they will have to serve in the new army and that Germans may clash with the East. He added only God knows when that clash will occur.
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Naumberg
Germany
August’ von Mackensen
Russia
Hitler
Lost man found after leaving hostel in Edmonton
Henry Wilson, a 75 year old Black man from Wildwood Alberta, reported missing February 9 after leaving a hostel for a hospital, was found today by police in a hospital. Friends alerted authorities yesterday to locate him.
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Edmonton
C.P
Henry Wilson
Wildwood
Alta
Tigers Play Moveed to Next Tuesday at Drumheller Arena
Advised by the Drumheller Club the Tuesday game was cancelled due to unsuit able ice at the Arena. The latest arrangement has the two teams meeting next Tuesday at Drumheller if there is ice. otherwise in Calgary.
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Drumheller
Tigers
Thesday
Calgary
Stirling Defends Camps and Wheat Board Policy
Ottawa reports Hon. Grote Stirling criticizing Liberal policy on defence camps and praising Conservative guidance on renewals. He says camps arose from careful study with provinces under Defence Department oversight. Rev. Hansell questions wheat board repeal and cites farmer protests, defending Western growers against government actions.
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Ottawa
C.P
Grote Stirling
Yale
House of Comm
United Kingdom
Stirling
Ent
Garful
Defence’ Department
T Départment
Senate
British Columbia
E.G. Hansell
S.C
Macleod
Togement
Wheat Board
Zithers
Oard
Hansell
EB. Perley
Qu’Appelle
Settlement Reached in Western Ontario Furniture Strike
In Toronto a settlement ended the western Ontario furniture workers strike after talks between the union and area reps. More than 1000 strikers will return to work Monday. Labor Minister Croll announced details would be released later and wage increases granted. A conference will begin next week to align the industry with the Industrial Standards Act.
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Toronto
C.P
Western Ontario
Kale
Croll
Lone gunman robs bank courier on Vancouver street
A robber seized $3240 from a bank firm's courier on a downtown Vancouver street and fled toward the waterfront with part of the loot while a bystander was confronted. The Winnipeg and Edmonton items note guilty pleas and jail terms for related offenses.
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Vancouver
Ltd
Branc
Royal Bank of Canada
Reney
Acrosaythedian Pacific Railway
Union Steamships Company
Death of Vancouver resident ends Calgary contact
Word from H Colley of Calgary reports Mrs BE Uberrhein said her husband died suddenly at his Vancouver home on March 4. Uberrhein, once a Medicine Hat citizen linked to Rosery Flower and Seed Company, built a thriving greenhouse business after moving to Medicine Hat in 1908. The firm later became Medicine Hat Greenhouses Ltd. The Rosary Flower Company and Rosary Seed merged in 1907, shaping local business life.
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H. Colley
Calgary
BE. Uberrhein
Vancouver
Uberrhein
Medicine
Roseries
Winnipeg
Trust Company of
Canada
R.’C. Carlile
O. C. Arnott
R.B. Davidson
Medicine Hat
Whic
Medicine ‘Hat Greenhouses ‘Ltd
Rosary Flower Company
Threatened Edmontons Decision An Nation Which Would Mean
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Edmonton
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