Sound farming basis urged to aid Canada recovery
J C Mitchell president of the Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association urged placing agriculture on a sound financial basis as key to economic recovery. He called for legislative grants and aids to rebuild farming, reduce unemployment, and support export quality grain, with emphasis on rust resistant wheat and standardization via the Wheat Board. He warned against hollow criticism without constructive programs.
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Saskaloon
Canada
J. C. Mitchell
Saskatchewan Field Husbandry
Saskatchewan
Mitchell
W. G. Street
British Isles
Sf.h.a
Wheat Board
Manley J. Champlin
International Crop Improvement Association
Chicago
S.F.H.A
Champlin
Commission hearings dates shifted for Dominion relations probe
The royal commission on Dominion of Canada relations announces schedule changes. The British Columbia hearing starts in Victoria on March 9, and the Alberta session begins in Edmonton on March 21.
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Ottawa
Alberta
British Columbia
Royal Commission On Dominion
Commission
Victoria
Edmonton
Refrigerated Automobiles Set to Enter Market
Detroit forecasts an automatic refrigerating automobile to ease summer driving as L. W. Child an air conditioning engineer discusses the concept in a paper for the Society of Automotive Engineers annual meeting.
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Detroit
L. W. Child
Society of Automotive Engineers
Ottawa Student Held by Italian Authorities Released in Athens
Ottawa and Prince Albert student Musk was jailed by Italian officials for two days between Naples and Brindisi in December and released after intervention by the British consul. Musk, a former Ashbury College and Lisgar student, said he arrived safely in Athens and attributed his detention to anti British sentiment. He left Canada last July aboard a grain boat.
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Itawa
Robert Musk
Ottawa
Prince Albert
Sask
Athens
H. J. Hillyer
Musk
Lindenlea
Ashbury College
Lisgar Collegiate
Naples
Brindisi
Canada
Search Ends For Missing Flyer in Riding Mountain Park
A nine day air and ground hunt for 22 year old Mike Sawdyn of Sifton Man ended as planes conclude wreckage may remain hidden under winter snow. Sawdyn disappeared Dec 30 while flying from Souris to his home 125 miles north. Ground search paused until spring as observers expect snow melt to reveal the buried wreckage. A Free-Press chartered plane returned to Winnipeg from Dauphin as RCMP declared the ground search ended for now.
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Winnipeg
Mike Sawdyn
Riding Mountain National Park
Sifton
Man
Flyer
Souris
Sawdyn
Dauphin
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Study Criminology Edmonton
Chief Constable Shute seeks enhanced training for Edmonton officers. He contacted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police commander in Regina for details on the Regina training school for police recruits and officers. Calgary police also attend instruction twice weekly from Sergt William Eager who trained at Regina.
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Edmonton
Shute
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Regina
R.C.M.P
Calgary
William Eager
Prince Albert stock yards set records in 1937 livestock sales
In 1937 the Prince Albert stock yards reported record volumes for livestock including cattle calves hogs sheep and horses. Manager G T Watson of the northern Saskatchewan Co operative Stock yards Limited cites receipts totaling 55 143 with 52 465 in 1928. Value of cattle and livestock marketed in 1937 estimated at 885 176 vs 1 231 404 in 1928 and 806 818 in 1936.
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Prince Albert
G. T. Watson
Northern Saskatchewan Co-operative Stockyards Limited
Opposition to State Medicine in Windsor Ontario
Dr Morris Fishbein editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association warned the Essex County Medical Association that state medicine would erode medical initiative and degrade care below Canadian and U S levels He opposed communistic or state controlled medicine and urged maintaining the democratic system with leadership from the medical profession.
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Windsor
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Essex County Medical Association
Fishbein
Canada
United States
North American
Feeding families with canned goods sparks advice in Canada
R W Arengo Jones of the central experimental farm urged housewives to use canned foods, arguing their nutrition surpasses imported produce. He proposed trained instructors tour the country to teach food values. N W Stacey, speaking at the Western Ontario Dairymen’s Association, noted 1937 Canadian dairy factory values at about 228 million dollars, up from 1936 and 1935.
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St. Catharines
United States
London
Ont
N. W. Stacey
Mitchell
Western Ontario Dairymen’s Association
Rhodes Fund Creates Canada Educational Trust For Students
W H Rhodes of Bradford and London, chairman of Allied Industrial Services, donates 125000 dollars to establish a trust enabling 50 secondary schoolboys to visit Canada each year for ten years. The scheme, backed by Earl Baldwin, will be the W H Rhodes Canada Educational Trust following last year's 30 boy trip as a coronation gift.
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London
W. H. Rhodes
Bradford
Allied Industrial Services
Canada
Rhodes
Earl Baldwin
Canada Educational Trust
British Soldiers Die in Jerusalem Attack
British soldiers, a number not disclosed, were killed when Arabs attacked a military patrol post near Jerusalem, in a clash that heightened tensions in the area.
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Jerusalem
U S Italy trade pact suspended amid Ethiopia dispute
Washington reports US Italy trade negotiations suspended after Rome demands preamble asserting Victor Emmanuel III as King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia. Officials say talks lapsed as Mussolini refuses acceptance of a neutral US signing clause. Ambassador Phillips, Rome, sought wording to avoid de facto recognition.
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Washington
United States
Victor Frane
Italy
Ethiopia
Victor Emmanuel
Hin
Mussolini
Count Galeaz
Ciano
Victor F Examanuel
Phillips I
Rome
Winnipeg Campaign to Send Books to Saskatchewan Drouth Areas
The Winnipeg board of trade with the Association of Canadian Bookmen plans a nation wide effort to supply Saskatchewan drouth districts. A. J. Wishart announced volumes will be sent to Winnipeg for sorting into libraries of one to seventy five books each. Libraries will be moved periodically to reach needy communities.
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Winnipeg
Vass
The
Association of Canada
Saskatchewan Drouth
Ontario Tightens Prosecutions For Traffic Violations
Ontario may tighten prosecutions for traffic violations with stricter court actions and lengthier sentences. The attorney general G D Conant directs Crown attorneys to target intoxicated reckless drivers and boost the motorcycle patrol force of the provincial police.
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Toronto
Ontario
G. D. Conant
Ths
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