Aberhart Hints Saskatchewan Bank Idea In Campaign Speech
Premier Aberhart of Alberta warned in Maidstone Saskatchewan that a Dominion Finance Minister should beware and that Social Credit could form a bank if needed. He urged Saskatche wan to back Social Credit to counter financier oppression and warned against dictatorship under the present system. G L MacLachlan criticized Liberal leafletting in Lloydminster and noted Alberta’s debt moratorium and halved interest rates.
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Maidstone
C.P
Aberhart
Alberta
C. A. Dunning
Dominion Finance
Saskatchewan
Social Credit
Dunning
Rowelf
Western Canada Social Credit Association
G. L. MacLachlan
Alberta Social Credit Board
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
Lloydminster
Sask
MacLachlan
Canadian Aircraft Firms Meet with British Mission
Ottawa May 17. Executives from several Canadian aircraft builders conferred with a mission from the British Air Ministry. Officials reviewed memoranda outlining plant equipment personnel capacity costs of operation and expansion possibilities.
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Ottawa
Air Ministry
New Brunswick Proposals to Commission Seek Grants Over Transfers
Fredericton May 18 The New Brunswick government told the Rowell Commission that any adjustments to the provinces finances should come from federal grants rather than shifting provincial responsibilities to Ottawa The submission urged maintaining provincial administration and assisting provinces to keep a uniform service standard under present constitutional provisions It called for closer cooperation between provinces and the Dominion to ease conflicting views Meanwhile in Bhanghai reports say Chinese forces began retreat from Suchow as Japanese artillery pounded the walls and a Chinese counter offensive was launched south of Tangshan with capture of Suchow deemed difficult.
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Fredericton
C.P
New Brunswick
Rowell Commission
Bhanghai
Suchow
Tangshan
Relief Strikers to Vote on Commission Offer Later Today
In Calgary on May 18 unemployed relief strikers will cast a secret ballot later today to decide whether to accept the commissioners' compromise proposal aimed at settling the dispute over relief payments.
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Calgary
C.P
Challenge to Alberta laws before Supreme Court sparks power debates
Calgary May 17 CP Fear that Orders in Council may nullify disallowance power under Governor General in Council was raised in a challenge to the Alberta Social Credit Act and Licensing of Trades and Businesses Act 1937. Moto Car Supply Company of Canada seeks license to operate wholesale business in Abbenta as Attorney General William Aberhart defends the acts. Nolan argues the Trades Act offloads legislative power to the lieutenant governor in council and improperly deprives a Dominion chartered company of its federal status.
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Calgary
H. G. Nolan
K.C
W. K. Lavson
Supreme Court
Alberta Social Credit, Act
Licensing of Trades and Businesses
Nolan
Moto Car
Supply Company of Canada
Dominion Chartered
William Aberhart
Attorney-General’s Department
Abbenta
Minister of Trade and Industry
Alberta
Dominion
Dominion Incorporated Company
Cars Needed to Transport Delegates for Public Service
A number of cars are requested to transport the delegates of the L. B. to Leffler and Be. to the reel blown off wast of the Stampede Grounds on Thursday. Anyone willing to assist should be in Granada Hall at nine o’clock Thursday night.
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le Ff
Ain
Granada Hall
Three Convicted Slayers Escape in South Carolina
Police report three inmates sentenced to death escaped from Richland county jail in Columbia during the night. George Wingard Herbert Moorman and Clayton Crans were among six convicted for the murder of Captain Olin Saunders, part of a sensational December 10 prison escape plot.
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Columbia
S.C
A.P
D. O. Spires
Olin Saunders
South Carolina
Richland
Spires
George Wingard
Herbert Moorman
New York State
Clayton Crans
Mississippi
Saunders
South Africans vote as May coldest in 33 years hits poll day
Johannesburg voters faced 38 degree weather and autumn winds as polls opened. The May chill marked the coldest election day in 33 years, with expectations favoring Prime Minister Hertzog's government.
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Johannesburg
May
C.P
Mercury
Hertzog
Export freight rate rise on flour questioned in Commons
Ottawa May 18. Gordon Grayech JC asked in the House of Commons about a six cents a barrel increase in flour export freight rates. He alleged millers reported the rise and asked Minister C D Howe to intervene. Howe said he had no knowledge of the increase and it is not his role to lobby railways. He urged interested parties to contact the railways directly.
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Ottawa
Gordon Grayech JC
Peel
House
of Commons
Millery
C. D. Howe
Alberta to launch oil and gas conservation board
Edmonton reports the new Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board will meet in Calgary to begin the Alberta oil and gas conservation program. Hon N Emer minister arrives from Edmonton, W F Knodeger of Christie Texas expected to join as chairman with C W Dingman and Fred G Cottle as other members. Board formalities to be completed by July 1 with meetings spanning two to three days.
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Edmonton
Iniia
Alberta
Calgary
Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board
N. Emer
Knode
C. W. Dingman
Petroleum and Gas Division
Department of Lands and Mines
Fred G. Cottle
Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Dingman
Cottle
Redler
Canada
Canada aims to boost beef trade with Britain via new plan
In the House of Commons Hon. James G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, announced an experimental plan to ship 25 beef carcasses weekly to Britain, aiming for 200,000 annually. Slaughter would occur in Toronto with talks of an Atlantic abbatoir to cut delays, while feeder cattle move eastward.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
James G. Gardiner
House of Commons
Toronto
Maritimes
United States
Harry Jeader
Anticosti Island Safeguarded by Canadian Government
Ottawa May 17 The prime minister told the House of Commons that rumors of Anticosti Island sale are being watched. The government will safeguard Canada’s interests as inquiries continue.
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Ottawa
Anticosti
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Woodsworth
C.C.F
Portland Island fortification shifts to western Channel defense
London reports a naval base is being built on Portland Island to guard the western mouth of the English Channel. The base reinforces defense against potential attacks via Spanish ports, reflecting changes driven by foreign intervention in the current war and the 1588 Armada era strategy. Harbor and dockyard modernization proceeds as part of this effort.
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London
C.P
Portland Island
English Channel
Portland
Dominion of Canada loan over-subscribed in half hour
Ottawa May 18 The Dominion of Canada loan of 140 million dollars went on the market today and was oversubscribed within 30 minutes after books opened The issue comprises 90 million in conversion and 50 million in cash subscriptions with six year two percent bonds due 1944 priced at 99 3875 yielding about 2 11 percent and 20 year three percent bonus due 1958 priced at 99 yielding about 3 07 percent to maturity
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion of Canada
Finance Department
Oil Prospecting in Medicine Hat District by Geophysical Team
A Geophysical Service Incorporated prospecting party from Dallas arrived in Medicine Hat to start seismic exploration for oil. The six trucks and 17 men pursue underground structures using geophones and dynamite shots to map oil-bearing formations up to 2000 feet deep, with housing hurdles and logistical delays noted.
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Medicine Hat
Geophysical Service Incorporated
Dallas
Texas
M. C. Kelsey
Edmonton Man Sentenced for Unlawful Entry and Theft
Anthony Morrison, captured in a boarding house by Joseph C. Dwyer of the Edmonton Journal repertorial staff, was sentenced to one year in jail in District Court for unlawfully entering premises and theft. Morrison was found ransacking Dwyer's trousers.
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Edmonton
C.P
Anthony Morrison
Joseph C. Dwyer
Edmonton Journal
Dwyer
Morrison
Baseball Scores and Standings From National and American Leagues
National League games featured Brooklyn 4 at St. Louis 13 with Welland Owen and Phelps securing the win while Presswell and Phelps batted for Chicago 4 at New York 24 led by French Hartnett Hubbell and Danning. Pittsburgh 0 Boston 1 as Ehinger Todd Singer Lopez earned the win. Cincinnati at Philadelphia postponed. American League Boston at Chicago postponed.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
Welland
Owen
Presswell
Phelps
Chicago
New York
French
Hartnett
Hubbell
Danning
Seeding Operations Delayed by Rain Across Southern Lands
Edmonton reports halting seeding in central and southern districts due to overnight and daytime rainfall. Light snow and overcast skies spread near Calgary and Cobbl 20 miles west of Calgary with rain forecast, reaching Red Deer and surrounding areas.
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Edmonton
Atbory
Lathbridge
Calgary
Cobh
Prospect
Red Deer
Canadian trust sues Doukhobors for land foreclosure
In Vancouver Justice A M Manson granted leave to the National Trust Company Ltd to foreclose on a 350000 debenture charge against 5600 acres in British Columbia 11000 in Alberta and 13000 in Saskatchewan owned by the Doukhobors. A receiver with restricted powers was appointed though the receiver’s name was not announced.
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Vancouver
C.P
A. M
Manson
Au Reme
National Trust Company Ltd
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Munity of
Universal Brotherss
Doukhobors
C.C.U.B
Doukholbers
Canada
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Justice Manson
Vancouver Churches Aid Prairie Drought Areas
Vancouver churches sent food and clothing to drought hit Alberta and Saskatchewan families last year. Rev. Gera Switzer said 45 carloads of goods, totaling thousands of pounds, were shipped in addition to used clothing. An influx of men seeking work burdens McMurray and Waterways.
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Vancouver
Alberta
Wreck of Lockheed airplane found with nine aboard
Sheriff officials report finding the charred wreckage of a Lockheed aircraft north of Saugus in the Sierra Pelona area. Walter Peterson, a rancher, located the site after a two day fogbound search. nine people aboard, including four women and two children, were killed. The plane had departed from Burbank en route to St Paul for delivery.
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Los Angles
Ny 18
C.P.1
Rick Sall
Sheriff's Office
Walter Peterson
Saugus
Mint Canyon
Sierra Pelona
Peterson
Lockheed Aircraft Corporating
Northwest Airlines
St. Paul
Lockheed Corporation
Pla
Burbank
Angtles
Ning
United States
Pacific Ocean
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Tan
J.G. Gardiner
G. I
Manitoba
Gardiner
University of Saskatchewan
Shesen
Anticosti Isle
Black Hardware Company
Tulsa
Okla
Kansas
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Boston
Ehinger
Todd
Singer
Lopez
Cincinnati
Phila
American League
McMurray
Waterways
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