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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1935
Page
3
Winnipeg officials propose delaying May delivery by transferring hedges to July with 10 cents per bushel storage, aiding bona fide cash wheat hedgers. The move accompanies a plan to retain some May contracts and potentially distribute wheat before May 31.
M N Campbell vice chairman of the tariff board said the panel will tour western Ontario visiting Windsor Tilbury and Oshawa as part of a nation wide inquiry into the automobile industry. The board will study price differences between Canadian and U S manufactured cars and examine oil industry tariffs and company finances. Departing around May 15 the hearings will occur in Vancouver May 20 Calgary May 27 and western Canada thereafter.
Two rebel generals Gen Papoulas and Gen Kimissis were executed at dawn for criminal sedition after court martial revealed an assassination plot tied to last month’s abortive revolt. Witnesses described their calm refusals of last wishes.
Police report recovery of bodies from the Taseko Mother Lode gold mines is unlikely for at least another month after a severe snowstorm. Constable R J Welsman and a party including Roland and Bill Allaire trekked 10 days to the site, finding 15 to 20 feet of snow blocking the search.
Predicts Canada and US harvests will be below normal with Canadian drought and US export limits. London wheat prices rise due to factors including smaller Australian and Argentinian crops, Canada's price maintenance success, and French export regulation. Heavy rainfall could alter outcomes though.
The Dionne family report their quintuplet daughters are recovering from head colds. Manager Leo Kervin says Dr. G W Smith of North Bay, appointed by the father, pronounced the infants in excellent physical condition. Dr. Smith consulted with Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe at the hospital and praised the care given to the children.
Sir George Perley spoke as the Canadian radio commission and British directors tested the trans Atlantic link for jubilee day programs to be broadcast May 6. London reports the voice carried clearly to broadcasting house and Ottawa engineers. Sir George called the test promising for a splendid jubilee day program.
M. A. MacPherson former Saskatchewan official spoke to the Canadian Club in Halifax. He said Western grain can finish pork by producing more animal feed and filling the UK bacon market, urging east and west to align freight rates for feasibility and mutual benefit.
Relief teams push toward quake zones as Tehran fears higher dead counts than initial reports. Current figures list 483 dead in Iran, all natives, while Taihoku Formosa reports 3,185 buried and over 10,000 injured with hospitals overwhelmed and first aid stations active.
Vancouver insurance reps from eighty companies announce a compulsory riot policy premium hike, tripling rates due to recent disturbances. A spokesman says the Dominion conference requires increases, with a 90 day limit before another meeting may adjust rates.
Lithuania plans to boost artillery, tank and air units and fully motorize its forces as Germany concentrates four divisions in East Prussia near Lithuania. The government extended military service by three months due to the tense border situation.
Unofficial complaints by manufacturers and grain traders accuse Canada of failing to meet Ottawa agreements. A British imperial conference is urged to discuss trade foreign policy and defence as Dominion leaders show reluctance to commit. The Daily Mail warns that dominion opposition could imperil Locarno obligations and imperial unity.
John Stanley Plaskett, ex-director of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, B C, is awarded the Henry Draper Medal by the National Academy of Sciences for nearly 30 years of work on stellar radial velocities and related studies. Dr Frank Dawson Adams of McGill University receives the medal as a foreign associate member of the academy.
General Manager E. L. Richardson announced higher prizes across all livestock classes at the Calgary exhibition and stampede after a livestock committee meeting. The boosts, some nearly doubling, result from the Dominion grant doubling from 2500 to 5000 and donations from breed societies.
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