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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1939
Page
3
Royal couple thank Canadians on return from tour across Canada and the United States. The King speaks in French and English praising hospitality and unity while the Queen praises the women and children and offers heartfelt farewell messages to the Dominion.
Dr Eduard Benes criticizes inefficient wheat harvesting near Newton Kansas describing a combine as wasting grain by trampling it and leaving grain uncollected. He recalls hand reaping and thrashing from his boyhood in Czecho Slovakia while discussing farming methods.
President Townley-Smith warned at the annual meeting that western Canada farmers face insolvency and distress due to poor crops low prices and high costs for purchases. He urged Canadians to address the prairie grain industry's persistent troubles and the seed sector’s stake in farmer stability.
Ottawa reports that on the eve of the King's departure from Canada the royal prerogative of mercy applies to all prisoners in Canada serving three months or more for criminal code offences. Under a Governor General's order, cited by Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe, sentences will be reduced by one month with potential further reductions for good conduct and clemency in long term or penitentiary cases. The order, signed by Sir Lyman Duff, Chief Justice and Acting Governor General, governs remission review and possible greater reductions.
The Agriculture Department, funded by a 1.75 million emergency appropriation, intensifies grasshopper control across the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest. Dry spring, neglected land, and an early hatch drive heavy damage fears. nearly 3 million dollars already spent on control this year in states including North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming.
The court of appeal quashed the conviction and erased the ten year sentence of Gerald Francis Wharton in connection with recent Irish Republican Army bombings. It ruled the sentencing judge had prejudiced Wharton by basing the term on his 1920 IRA association, which was irrelevant.
Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, leader of the opposition in the Canadian senate, urged reading Shakespeare as premier good literature and a profitable leisure pursuit. He was among seven honored with honorary degrees by Pittsburg university.
The steamship Sutherland arrived escorted by three other vessels as Nome’s waterfront welcomed the first ship in eight months breaking through heavy Bering Sea ice. Food supplies were low amid the icebound stretch.
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons he had asked the German government to withdraw Consul Herr Reinhardt from Liverpool after court records showed the Liverpool consulate implicated in an espionage case. Joseph Kelley was said to have assisted contacting foreign agents to whom factory plans were sold. The request was made two days ago.
Reports from Australian journalists travelling with the King and Queen say Their Majesties may later visit Australia. Federal officials do not deny the possibility but note the matter is delicate and forecasts are premature. The visit is seen as primarily a British matter, with no definite timeline in view of the international situation.
Paris reports Poland warned France and Western powers of possible forceful response to German troop concentrations on the Polish Slovak border. Despatches describe columns along the Vah river valley and passes in the White Carpathians as Warsaw fears rapid German reach toward Silesia. Bratislava notes rumors of a German Hungarian split of Slovakia and a hoped for visit by Hitler to Budapest amid economic decline.
Dr Grant Fleming of McGill criticized Canada’s health system as grossly inadequate and warned that unqualified personnel threaten public health. He cited infant and tuberculosis mortality and noted Western Canada’s move toward municipal physician service. Dr Sinai of Michigan said the profession shifted to support insurance but remains split on compulsory versus voluntary plans.
Defence officials said new war planes ordered by Ottawa will reach Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons this month with rapid deliveries over the next two months. Canadian Vickers in Montreal has built five Stranraer bombers and coastal patrol flying boats, three of which escorted the King and Queen over the Strait of Northumberland. Seven more Stranraers are planned under the 1937 1938 program.
The Imperial shipping committee announced that insurance rates on ships using the Hudson Bay route from British ports to Churchill Manitoba will stay the same this year. The joint hull committee noted eight cargoes of wheat at Churchill from 1938 and suggested that about 20 cargoes total being shipped in 1939 with no serious loss could lead to favorable consideration of a rate reduction in 1940.
King George and Queen Elizabeth express hope to visit Charlottetown again with their daughters. The writ ten address, handed to Premier Thane Campbell, thanks PEI for the warm welcome and notes affectionate references to the Queen. The Premier reads the official welcome, and the King thanks the province for its hospitality.
London reports cited informed sources saying Britain will not submit to the Japanese blockade of the British concession at Tientsin. The government weighs retaliation and rethinking of Far East policy to safeguard British rights and trade in China amid pressure from Tokyo. France and the United States coordinate, while Britain seeks to avoid broad economic retaliation.
Dominion meteorological records show prairie wheat areas totaling 28.89 million acres. 13.54 million and 11.35 million acres had above and below normal rainfall respectively from April 1 to June 12. Manitoba fared worse with only 800k of 3.2 million acres receiving above normal moisture. Saskatchewan showed stronger moisture with 8.7 million of 13.7 million acres above normal.
Prescott Ontario mayor John T. Horan said the Queen cannot accept his gift of a Thousand Island to mark her royal visit. He will pursue official channels in Ottawa to have one island in the St. Lawrence group bear her name.
Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha phoned Oslo from the home of Dr and Mrs Egil Boeckmann during a three day stay here. They spoke with two little girls and a boy nearly five thousand miles away and with King Haakon at the royal palace.
The committee endorsed a new United States government neutrality bill by a party line vote. The measure would allow U S resources to be made available to Great Britain France and their allies if war erupts in Europe.
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended June 9 totalled 113,116,782 bushels, compared with 115,863,252 the previous week and 29,174,692 bushels in the corresponding week last year, the Dominion bureau of statistics reports.
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