Alberta legislature debates production tax and home foreclosure limits
Alberta bills introduce a production tax to fund crop insurance and probate a court review. The measure would tax farm production and remove sum land taxes while shielding urban and farm homes from foreclosure with deposits and proceeds to owners. Lawmakers pass to second reading amid debate over the home owners tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dmonton
Alberta
Lucien Maynard
Soren Law
Gerald O'Connor
Lib
Edmonton
Smallpox scare hits Milk River amid outbreak panic
Milk River faces a week of confusion over measles to smallpox diagnoses. A government doctor from Edmonton confirms three smallpox cases including teacher Miss Betty Baldwin from Medicine Hat. Parents push to close schools while substitute Mrs. Tweedie teaches. Vaccination rush expands as Dr. Giles stays busy.
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Milk River
Edmonton
Betty Baldwin
Medicine Hat
Pigues
Tweedie
Miss Baldwin
Giles
Czech government urged to sever Soviet pact for peace
Diplomatic sources say Hitler demanded Czechoslovakia renounce its military alliance with Soviet Russia as the price of peace. Prague reportedly concedes to German demands and grants 3.5 million ethnic Germans greater political voice while Germany views the France mutual aid treaty as secondary. If Prague complies Hitler would offer favorable economic terms, otherwise Germany could economically choke Czechoslovakia.
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Europe
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
France
Great Britain
Poland
Italy
Prava
C.P
Hitler
Soviet Russia
Edward Benes
Alberta budget debate ends in House vote to go to committee
March 19 report from Edmonton says the Alberta Legislature with the House voting 40 to nine to send the 1938 budget estimates to a committee of the whole. Treasurer Solon Low defended finances while others attacked charges. debate touched on debt refunding, Bank of Canada stance, and provincial controls.
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C.P
Alberta
House
Motery
Solon. Low
Bank of Gangada
D. B. Mullen
Corporal Crump Transferred to Drumheller Detachment
CorPol Crump, head of the local R C M P detachment, has been transferred to Drumheller. He arrived from Blairmore several years ago and will be replaced by a new officer at the same post.
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Grump
R.C.M.P
Drumheller
Crump
Blairmore
Gharge
Mera
Et Socceinn
Articlans
Hera
Goep
W. B. Fyt
Ayatetian
Amendment extends Veterans Allowance to Canadians in South Africa
In Ottawa the War Pensions Amendment Bill, moved by Minister C G Power, expands the Veterans Allowance Act to cover Canadians who served with British units in the South African war and South African veterans in similar plight. The allowance remains 20 dollars for singles and 40 dollars per month for married veterans destitute and unemployable, and the measure was approved in committee and sent to third reading.
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Qitawa
C.G. Power
House of Common
South Africa
England
Edmonton Irrigation Delegation Sees Favorable Talks
A Edmonton group led by A P Burns and Dr F W Gershaw met federal Minister of Agriculture J G Gardiner in Ottawa to press the Redcliff Ronalane irrigation project. The discussions included M L A E L Gray and provincial ministers with all parties reportedly favorable to negotiation among the federal and provincial governments and the Canada Land and Irrigation Company.
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Edmonton
A. P. Burns
Burns
F. W. Gershaw
Chamber of Commerce
L. N. Laidlaw
K.C
J. G. Gardiner
Redcliff-Ronalane
E. L. Gray
M.L.A
Ben. J. G. Gardiner
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Gardiner
Mon
D. B. Mullen
J. L. Robinson
Social Credit Act Introduced in Alberta Legislature
Edmonton March 19 The Social Credit Act to Realize Alberta’s Social Credit was introduced with first reading in the Alberta Legislature. Hon E C Manning unveiled the bill which remains unprinted. Earlier reports said amendments might follow after Supreme Court of Canada rulings upholding federal disallowance and provincial reserve powers.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
E. C. Manning
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court
Privy Council
Kidnapper of Chas Ross Sentenced to Electric Chair
Chicago March 19 Henry Seadlund Minnesota mechanic was sentenced to die in the electric chair April 19 for the kidnapping of Chas S Ross retired greeting card manufacturer. Sentence followed denial of motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment.
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Chicago
C.P
Henry Seadlund
Minnesota
Mechanica
Chas. S. Ross
Royalite To Commission Six Inch Turner Valley Pipeline
A new six inch pipeline from Turner Valley to Calgary 45 miles, built by Royalite Oil Company Limited, is expected in operation May 1. The line will raise Turner Valley field capacity to 24,000 barrels daily.
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Thane Valley
Calgary
Royalite Oil Company Limited
Turner Valley
Germany Gets Taste Of Her Own Medicine
A German steamship named Bage was sunk by an explosion while en route to a large port in the North Sea. In a distress call, the ship went down and all 21 crew members perished, including the captain.
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Germany
Copenhagen
C.P
Irge
North Sea
Spain
Royal Bank Manager Explains Canadian Banking
E I Vickers manager of the Royal Bank spoke at the Asainiboia hotel on a regular club dinner meeting. He outlined bank functions and noted any group may organize a bank under federal rules while denying that banks are money men for other businesses. He presented figures on dividends and profits, taxes, employment, and regulatory safeguards in Canada.
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E. I. Vickers
The
Royal Bank
Asainiboia
Mr. Vickers
Peece
Canada
Dominion
Vickers
Inent
West
Illuminati
Aafeana ‘de Re
Four Toronto Mothers Win Millar Baby Derby Estate
Ontario Supreme Court judge Middleton rules the Charles Vance Millar estate of half a million dollars be divided among four Toronto mothers Annie Smith Kathed Nagle Isabel MacLean and Alice Timlock. Each registered nine births within ten years after Millars death October 31 1926 tying in the famed race.
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Toronto
C.P
Justice Middleton
Ontario Supreme Court
Charles Vance Millar
Annie Smith
Kathed Nagle
Isabel MacLean
Alice Timlock
Millar
Million Dollar Suit Filed Against Fly Culbertson
New York March 18 A P reports Willard Karn a top bridge expert files a 1 000 000 damage suit accusing Acely Culbertson Josephine Culbertson and five other bridge figures of ruining his career by spreading rumors of cheating The suit names Crockfords Jacoby Lunguon Malowan Muske and Von Zedtwitz Karn calls Culbertson’s group a psychic bid for revenge as Culbertson dismisses the claim.
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New York
A.P
Acely Culbertson
Culbertson
Josephine
Hig
Willard S. Karn
King
Karn
Sims
Four Horsemen
Culpertson
Bridge
Abandoned search for six Russian fliers in Alaska
Fairlanks Alaska March 18 The Russian government bureau declares the six trans polar fliers missing and abandoned in area near Akiavik N T while a Russian chartered search plane operates with Hubert Wilkins. Babakov will depart March 22 to report to the Russian embassy. Airmen will be restricted to Alaska border areas.
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Fairlanks
Alaska
Michael Beliakow
Hubert ™ Wilkins
Akiavik
N .T
Babakov
Lithuanian Poland border crisis edges toward war
Warsaw reports Poland and Lithuania looming toward conflict as Poland seeks Lithuania’s acceptance of an ultimatum over Wilno. Troop movements near Kaunas heighten tension while Paris and Moscow weigh pressure. Lithuania rejects a mixed commission to settle the border and calls for direct pacification.
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Bela
Poland
Wilnak
Baltic States
Warsaw
C.P
Lithuania
Kaunae
Kaunas
Wilno
Europe
Swift Current Radio Range Station Gets Calibration Tests
Equipment is being installed at the Swift Current radio range station on the western leg of Trans-Canada Air Lines. The unit will be ready for calibration tests in about two weeks, officials announced.
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Regina
C.P
Swift Current
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Medicine Hat And Redcliff Churches To Be United
The Memorial United Church in Medicine Hat and Gordon Memorial Church in Redcliff will amalgamate into one charge, effective July 1. Rev. Rowan Binning will lead, with a call to be issued. Rev. H. W. Ellison of Redcliff will serve as minister for both churches. Tentative plans place Rev. Ellison conducting morning services in Medicine Hat and evening services in Redcliff.
Canada Not Asked For Opinion
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King said Canada has not been asked by Britain for any expression of opinion on British foreign policy and has given no opinion. He stated there is no foundation for the claim that Canada is concerned and noted no public aid is served by comment during the holiday.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Mackenzie King
London
Dominions
BC would have no unemployment without transients says minister
British Columbia would face no job shortages if transients were not drawn by the mild coast climate, says Hon. George Pearson, provincial Labor Minister. He cites young arrivals from the prairies and eastward who take BC jobs or become provincial relief costs, and calls for expanded federal responsibility to address the transient issue. He estimates about 3,700 people moved to the Pacific provinces, impacting relief and economy.
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Carl Reinke
Victoria
B.C
C.P
British Columbia
Hon
George
Pearson
Rowell ‘Commission
Prairies
Sineta
Dominion
T. D. Pattullo
Columbia
Pacific Prairie Provinces
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Bulgaria
Betty
Baldwin
A.G. Barnes
Ind
Social Credit
Chas. Ross
Wickers
Kinsmen Club
Vance Will
Fly Culbertson
Wilkins
Puesines
Paris
Russia
Memel
Dangig
Latvia
Estonia
Swift Current Airport
Redcliff
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