Social Credit Leaders Face Libel Trial Over Pamphlet
Edmonton report details George Powell and Joseph Unwin facing four charges each for defamatory libel and related counts arising from the pamphlet Gawkers Toadies. Bail set at 20 000, witnesses including Senator Griesbach and S W Field KC, with 15 000 copies seized from Alberta Social Credit League offices.
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Edmonton
C.P
George F. Powell
Social Credit Board of Alberta
Joseph H. Unwin
M.L.A
Edson
Powell
Mr. Unwin
A. N. Gibson
W. R. Howson
Mr. Powell
Toadies
Alberta Social Credit League
Enden
Unwin
Alberta
Griesbach
Field
George H. Steer
K.C
Steer
Hull speaks for world peace at Toronto address
United States Secretary of State Hull urged the world to pursue peace over war in a Toronto speech at the University of Toronto. He warned that mankind’s outraged conscience would mobilize forces to restore world peace while calling for international cooperation with Britain.
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Toronto
Cclbn
Cordell Hull
United States
University of Toronto
Hull
Cardston Robbery Near Lethbridge Reported
E G Graham a collector for a Regina John Deere firm was robbed of 700 dollars by two highwaymen near Cardston late last night. The incident was reported from Lethbridge on October 22.
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Lethbridge
C.P
E. G. Graham
Regina
John Deere Company
Cardston
Duke of Windsor Tours Mercedes-Benz Plant in Germany
The Duke of Windsor continued his German visit at Stuttgart touring the Mercedes-Benz factory and viewing a 1919 photo portrait of himself. He remarked on the image and requested a copy for his private collection while staff showed him the auto plant and the air plane motor division, normally closed to outsiders.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Duke of Windsor
Mercedes-Benz
Tye
Duke
Alberta Conservative Leader Sees Grim Financial Outlook
D M Duggan M L A led a joint meeting of service clubs at the Assiniboia hotel speaking on Alberta finances. He warned of a dark picture yet urged unity with the rest of Canada to ease the province’s troubles. The event, hosted by the Kinsmen Club with Rotary and Kiwanis guests, featured chorus and piano, and ended with applause for Duggan’s lucid, nonpartisan summary.
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Alberta
D- M_ Duggan
M.L.A
Alberta Conservative Party
Assiniboia
Iiking
Confederation
Dominion
Kinsmen Club
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Art Atkins
Bill Yuill
Rotary Club
Walter Sh Kevate
Kiwanians
Geordie Caliwell
Lorne Laidlaw
Bill Lakey
Mr. Duggan
Saskatchewan lifts duty on feed imports for relief aid
Saskatchewan announces no duty on feed corn and feed oats imported from the United States for relief and drought relief purchases. Government-purchased feed is to be distributed free to farmers on relief lists or sold at lowered prices in drought areas under provincial handling.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Ifo
United States
J. G. Gardiner
Federal Minimater of Agriculture
Saskatoon Board of Trade
Government of
Grouth
Prairie Wheat Crop Is the Lowest in Many Years
The 1937 wheat crop in the prairie provinces was the lowest in a string of poor years though grade and quality remained high. Manitoba averaged 18.5 bushels, Saskatchewan 2.5, Alberta 97 with 24,599,000 acres. Coarse grains rose slightly but winter feed was scarce. BC yields were below average. hay and fodder were strong. potatoes and roots were satisfactory. berries better. cherries poor.
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Montreal
Prairie Provinces
Bank of Montreal
Prairies
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Ottawa prepares Trans-Canada Airlines launch in 1938
Twenty pilots undergo an intensive training course in Winnipeg as Transport Minister C D O Howe announced preparations for the regular service by mid-summer 1938. Mail service may operate between Lethbridge and Winnipeg this fall, with passenger flights starting in the spring.
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Ottawa
C.P
Winnipeg
Trans-Canada Airlines
C. D O. Howe
Lethbridge
British Forces Repel India Tribesmen in Palestine and Waziristan Clashes
In Jerusalem an Arab was killed and both Jews and Muslims wounded amid Palestinian violence. Separately in Simla India an Indian officer and three soldiers died as British forces clashed with rebel tribesmen in Waziristan with several troopers wounded.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Simla
India
Cl.p.hayas
Waziristan
Spinvan
Mnzarmaria
Inzarmaria
Hibitani
Razmak
Piazharaghila
Churches Aid West with Carload Food Shipments
Toronto reports 663 carloads of food shipped or ready for shipment to drought stricken Saskatchewan via a joint church relief committee aimed at 500 carloads. London area adds nine carloads with multiple towns contributing one each and ongoing church collections.
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Toronto
Joint Committee of the Churches For Western Relief
Saskatchewan
Tne
London
Ont
Middlesex County
Fred Fuller
London Relief Committee
Whil Lucan
Userton
Ailsa Craig
Strathroy
Mount Bryeges
Glencooc
Bemment-Harrietsville
Mossley
Recruiting For Army In Britain Is Satisfactory
London Oct 21 War Secretary Hore-Belisha told the House of Commons he is satisfied with progress in army recruiting though regular and territorial forces remain under strength. Regulars face 894 officers and 2,231 men short, while territorial manpower is about 7,000 below the prior year on October 1.
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London
Cp-Havas
Hore-Belicha
House of Commcens
Reguar
Territorial Army
Symposium on Manyberries Experimental Range at Commerce Luncheon
H J Hargrave outlined ten years of work at Dominion Experimental Range Station Manyberries. He discussed weather cycles in southern Alberta and the balance of precipitation evaporation soil and vegetation in feed production. The talk covered range carrying capacity cattle feeding trials and native pasture surveys near Berry Creek and Milk River.
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IL. J. Hargrave
Chamber OF Commerce
Alberta
Dominion Experimental Range
Manyberries
H. J. Hargrave
Holt
Mr. Hargrave
Berry Creek
Milk River
F. W. Gershaw
J. McCorkle
L. Monkley
Hargrave
Dominion Minister of Agriculture
L. B. Thomson
W. H. Clarke
Gilchrist Brothers
Harprave
Britain Prorogues Parliament After Tumultuous Session
London October 22 King George VI prorogued Parliament ending a session opened last November 5 by King Edward VIII. The royal speech praised defence forces and ongoing efforts to isolate Spain while debate lingered on Japan and the League of Nations. Chamberlain and Eden defended government policy, Attlee and Sinclair pressed opposition lines.
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London
George
Edward VIII
China
Lords
Commons
Viscount Hailsham
Spain
House of Lords
House of Dominons
Chamberlain
Eden
Clement Attlee
Archibald Sinclair
League of Nations
Japan
Great
Italy threatens to bolt non intervention committee
A London despatch says Italy, via Ambassador Count Grandi, threatened to bolt the Spanish non intervention committee if Russia demands the full withdrawal of volunteers from Spain before belligerency rights are granted. The remark came at a sub committee meeting on withdrawing foreigners from the civil war.
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Paris
C.P
Havas
London
Italy
Russia
Spain
Count Grandi
Counterfeit George V Half-Dollar Traced to Source
Police report counterfeit George V half-dollars in Toronto. Det. Sgt. William McAllister holds two coins passed in a downtown store and seeks the issue source.
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Toronto
William McAllister
Madrid bombardment kills twenty in city raid
Madrid reports twenty persons fatally hurt after last night artillery bombardment. About 2,500 insurgent shells were fired into central Madrid, causing extensive damage and casualties.
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Madrid
C.P
Saint John Schools to Reopen After Polio Outbreak
As of noon no new infantile paralysis cases reported in Medicine Hat marking the twenty second day since the last case. In Fredericton New Brunswick Saint John area and parts of King's county schools will reopen next Monday and bans on public functions for children will be lifted.
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Medicine Hat
Fredericton
N.B
C.P
Saint John
King’s County
Japan delays nine power conference due to time need
Tokyo indicated a postponement request citing lack of time to prepare for the nine power conference on the Chinese Japanese situation. In Shanghai the front between Chinese and Japanese forces moved along a 65 mile line with active artillery and air raids. Both sides claimed gains as observers found it hard to assess the battle.
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Tokyo
C.P
Foreign Office
Japan
Shanghai
Canadian Draw In Irish Hospital Sweep Stakes
In Dublin on Oct 22 Canadian owner Gypsy with ticket LL 53627 drew Epigram the favorite in the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. The event relates to next Wednesday's Cesarewitch Stakes at Newmarket. By mid afternoon 37 Canadians had drawn horses.
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Dublin
C.P
Newmarket
England
Report Faults in Alberta Highway Costs Are Blamed on Public Works Minister
Premier Aberhart released Justice Lunney’s inquiry into the Edmonton Jasper and Edmonton Wetaskiwin highway projects. The report finds no graft but cites negligence and carelessness in road construction and high costs largely due to ministerial actions, noting the two routes totaled about 484 thousand dollars. It praises the roads as among the province’s best despite inspection gaps and policy shifts away from tendered contracts.
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Edmonton
C.P
Aberhart
Justice Lunnney
Alberta
W. A. Fallow
Justice Lunney
J. J. Bowlen
Liberal House
Edmonton-Wetaskiwin
Edmonton- Jasper
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Social Credit
S. J. Duggan
City
J. J. Duggan
Royal Commission On Finance and Taxation
Bullivant
Noble
Edson M.L.A
Armstrong and Cosans, Ltd
Alta
West
Britain
Brussels
J. T. Shaw
Calgary
M. Duggan
Alfred Spi
Akman
Red Deer
L. Cavanaugh
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