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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1936
Page
3
London reports Japan walked out of the naval conference as four powers Britain the United States France and Italy refused to grant Japan parity. Delegates warned against a naval building race while hints of contingencies and potential four power talks lingered.
Aaron B. Handler of Kingston Ontario leads 62 successful candidates on the English list for Grade 4 clerks in the federal service. The open exam, for university graduates, will form an eligible pool for key executive posts. the first 15 include Edward A. Bence Saskatoon Russell H. Taber Regina Harry Sterns Gordon H. Josie Winnipeg Solomon Milner Regina and Francis V. Kinahan Calgary.
Liberal MP William Duff of Antigonish Guysboro will travel to New York and Washington to conduct a survey of reactions to the Canada United States trade agreement. The trip signals the party's plan to gauge public and political response.
Police arrest three known underworld figures in the Powell street branch holdup of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Two employees were shot. one, William H Hobbs, paralyzed by a throat wound. Bank manager Thomas Winsby hospitalized with a left arm wound. Reward of 5000 offered for information leading to gunmen. Hobbs formerly worked at Radisson Sask and moved to British Columbia in 1933.
Natural gas escaping from a heater is believed to have caused a terrific explosion in Wheatley Ontario. The blast demolished the Oddfellows block and damaged the town, with losses estimated at 50 000 dollars. Two women were knocked down by debris but escaped serious injury. Only a single wall remains of the building, which housed the post office village council chambers Gillies funeral parlors and lodge quarters. Mail and town records were destroyed as fire followed the blast. Villagers reported four balls of smoke and flame bursting through the roof before the structure collapsed.
In Dingwall at the Ross and Cromarty by election scene a heckler pressed Malcolm MacDonald on halting Canadian oats imports. MacDonald, new dominions secretary, said policy favors home producers first and domitions second, noting his tenure length depends on farmer support.
Anchorage joins quarantined cities as scarlet fever cases reach seven and schools close with bans on gatherings. Fairbanks Palmer and Seward also quarantined for scarlet fever and smallpox as Dr Haver requests the coast guard cutter Morris to Port Graham for 15 ill in a coastal village near the Kenai peninsula.
The Department of Agriculture reports that all factors show a better position for Canadian farming than a year ago with hope for further improvement. The wheat review notes Canada will continue to produce wheat at scale but reduced world demand may limit disposal of a normal yield. The report emphasizes maintaining quality while suggesting diverting wheat land in park belt areas to coarse grains and livestock where suitable.
Dr. Alvan L. Barch of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons announced a reclamation method that could greatly increase the availability of helium gas for asthma treatment.
P D Mellon of the Canadian Western Natural Gas Light Power and co reported successful gas storage in the Bow Island field Canada marking first known underground storage in the country. 18 wells sealed nine reconditioned for receiving and repressuring with 37 million feet injected raising rock pressure 30 psi.
Commissar of finance Gregory Grinko told the all Union central executive committee that the Soviet Union will spend 14.8 billion rubles on armed forces in 1936, more than double last year’s 6.5 billion rubles. The 1935 standing army reached about 1.3 million men. Funding will also allocate 28.7 billion rubles for construction, much for Moscow and Leningrad reconstruction.
In Wallaceburg Ontario two Indians faced illegal hunting charges after lawyer R A Carscallen produced a clause from the Jay treaty of 1792. Magistrate S B Arnold reserved judgment for one month to study the treaty authority and its applicability to current conditions.
London reports a London cabinet meeting on oil sanctions against Italy with Anthony Eden attending as foreign secretary. Britain weighs Geneva positions and possible broader reactions, noting Italy's stock and regional dynamics while fearing opposition after Parliament returns.
Lord Tweedsmuir toured the Noranda mining operation in Kirkland Lake Ontario during his northern Ontario trip. Guided by J. Y. Murdoch and H. L. Roscoe, he noted innovations in a gold mining machine and recalled a similar scene in the Rand thirty years earlier with a South African operator.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Canadian soldiers and Dominion civil servants paid by the federal government and living in Manitoba are liable for the Manitoba two per cent income tax enacted in 1933. The ruling affects more than 3,500 Dominion government employees and permanent militia members. London reports a National Farmers’ Union meeting adopted a resolution urging government aid to address the UK stock-raising crisis.
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