Manitoba Treasurer Warns Confederation Plan Fails
Manitoba Treasurer Stuart Garson told a royal commission the financial plan of Confederation is failing western provinces. He argued for an alternative system to avoid insolvency in Manitoba and other Prairies, citing debt loads, reduced social services, and Ottawa’s dominance in income tax. He noted central Canada’s economic concentration and asked for reforms to spread fiscal support more evenly. The report also references U.S. tornado fatalities in 1925.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Confederation
Royal
Stuart Garson
Manitoba
Canada
Garson
Charles Dunning
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
Norman McL. Rogers
N. W. Rowell
Belgium defends Congo sovereignty against colonial carveup
Belga News Agency issues a semi official note rejecting any challenge to Belgium’s territorial integrity or sovereignty over its colonies. The statement cites British and French discussions of a proposed chartered company rule over the Congo and Portuguese Angola under a Reich controlled regime. It recalls Goebbels calling rumors of German Congo demands “stupid” and notes Britain’s ministers denying any third party solution.
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Congo
Belgium
Belgian Congo
Garnet Wheat Reclassified By Ottawa Wheat Board
Trade Minister Euler announced Garnet wheat will be removed from grade three northern. A bill to enact changes will be introduced as Parliament opens in January. The move follows a cabinet committee recommendation and Turgeon commission evidence to guide growers pricing and seed decisions. Garnet wheat currently appears in grade three only for red spring wheat quality.
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Ottawa
Euler
Board of Grain Commissioners
Turgeon Grain Commission
Posthumous Bronze Cross for Boy Scout Milne
Geoffrey R. Milne of Sorel Quebec drowned last spring while trying to save a companion and was awarded the bronze cross posthumously by the executive committee of the Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts Association.
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Ottawa
Geoffrey R. Milne
Sorel, Que
Canadian General Council
Boy Scouts Association
War Menace Speaker Contrasts Peaceful Canada and Europe
Sir Fabian Ware told the Canadian Club in Ottawa that England’s man in the street lives under constant war threat, while Canada enjoys a 30 year ago era of peace. Lord Tweedsmuir attended. Ware noted London air-attack precautions but cited counter currents shaping peace in Europe through the Imperial War Graves Commission and British Empire influence.
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Canada
Europe
Ottawa
England
Sir Fabian Ware
Imperial War Graves Commission
Lord Tweedsmuir
Fabian
London
Imperial War Traves Commission
Egg prices dip in Windsor after peak
Windsor Ontario egg prices have fallen from a peak of 45 cents a dozen to 36 to 40 cents a dozen for grade A eggs. Dealers attribute the decline to housewives resisting the high price, with similar sentiment reported in London Ontario.
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Windsor
Ont
London
Canadian trade aims to beat rising Irish competition
James Cormack the Canadian trade commissioner in Ireland warned Montreal exporters to improve marketing methods as competition from the Irish Free State grows. He noted Irish buyers are flooded with offers and tend not to convert Canadian dollars to pounds sterling. He urged shipments on a cif basis and cited less accurate Canadian timber cutting versus Scandinavian wood.
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Montreal
Irish Free State
Dominion
James Cormack
Ireland
Free State
Cormack
C.i.f
Flying Boats Carry Christmas Mail Between Britain and South Africa
Two Imperial Airways flying boats named Caledonia and Cambria will each make a round trip between Southampton and Durban under a post office agreement. This Christmas mail between Britain and South Africa marks the first time first class airmail is used for this route. Air carriage of all first class mail was begun last June.
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Britain
South Africa
London
Caledonia
Cambria
Imperial Airways
Great Britain
British Post Office
Southampton
Durban
Search Party Returns for Missing Trapper near Cormorant Lake
A one man search party for Wilfred Vickers 39 year old trapper son of Police Magistrate Hugh Vickers of Herb Lake returns to Mile 185 of the Hudson Bay Railway. Magistrate Vickers and RCMP Constable J Lee led the effort. Officials say no further searches can be attempted until spring when ice melts and waters near the Cormorant Lake cabin can be scanned.
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Wilfred Vickers
Hugh Vickers
Herb Lake
Hudson Bay Railway
Vickers
J. Lee
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ontario appoints Albert Matthews as Lieutenant Governor
Albert Matthews was sworn in quietly as Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario by Chief Justice F. R. Latchford in Premier Hepburn's office. The ceremony saw Ontario's cabinet present for the oaths of office and allegiance.
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Toronto
Albert Matthews
Ontario
F. R. Latchford
Hepburn
Paris Seeks New Pact as Delbos Tours Four Capitals
French Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos begins a 17 day mission visiting Warsaw Bucharest Belgrade and Praha to secure allegiance to France and deter a German eastern advance amid talks on a nine power pact backed by Britain. Daladier vows French armed forces will meet all obligations.
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Paris
Yvon Delbos
Frances
Warsaw
Bucharest
Belgrade
Praha
Poland
Rwumania
Yugoslvia
Czechoslovakia
France
Great Britain
London
Britain
Europe
Germany
Foreign Office
M. Delbos
Italy
Belgium
Russia
League of Nations
Delbos
Edouard Daladier
Army Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Losses Are Revealed Winnipeg
The Manitoba brief to the Royal Commission on Dominion Provincial relations details the West’s severe agricultural crisis since 1929 30. It cites total prairie production of 4 326 610 000 in 1925 30 and 1 997 066 000 in 1931 36 a drop of 2 329 555 000. The six year decline amounts to about two thirds of Canada’s national debt and exceeds the combined prairie provinces debt as of 1935.
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Winnipeg
Western
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Ayrshire Breeders Elect Directors for Manitoba Saskatchewan
The Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Association, after a mail vote, re elected William Brown of Deloraine Manitoba to direct Manitoba and Saskatchewan for a two year term. Sam H Shannon of Cloverdale BC named director for Alberta and British Columbia for two years, succeeding John Richards Jr of Red Deer Alberta.
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Ottawa
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
William Brown
Deloraine
Man
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Sam H. Shannon
Cloverdale
B.C
Alberta
British Columbia
Shannon
University of British Columbia
John Richards Jr
Red Deer
Alta
Exposure blamed in death of 72 year old Rudolph Haggblad
A coroner's jury ruled exposure caused the death of Rudolph Haggblad 72 whose body was found outside his shack near Crooked River about 1100 miles northwest of Prince Albert Saskatchewan. The verdict details the tragedy and the remote location of the deceased.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Rudolph Haggblad
Crooked River
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J. W. Dafoe
United States
A. 8. Wilcockson
North America
Johnston
Guild of Air Pilots
Trapper
RED Cross
Canadian Red Cross Society
Rideau Hall
Hull
Norman A. Todd
Juniors of
Royal Commission
Ayrshire
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