Alberta Acts Disallowed By Ottawa Ruling
Ottawa disallowed two Alberta 1938 acts: home owners security to curb foreclosures and a securities tax. Mackenzie King said the measures invade federal jurisdiction and threaten public credit. The Lapointe report criticizes the acts as shifting burden beyond Alberta and harming Canadians nationwide.
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Ontawa
Alberta
Social Credit
Dominion
Securite
Mackenzie King
Ernest Laponte
Canada
William Aberhart
Supreme Court of Canada
Privy Council
Lapointe
Insurance, Loan and Trust Companies
Reith for Imperial Airways Chairman Role in Civil Aviation Drive
Sir John Reith, 48, director general of the BBC, was named chairman of Imperial Airways to accelerate Britain's civil aviation growth. A Scottish born engineer and World War I major, he joined BBC in 1922. Rumors floated Major W E Gladstone Murray of the CBC as a possible BBC successor.
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London
John Reith
British Broadcasting Corporation
Imperial Airways
Great Britain
Glasgow
BBC
The
Star
W. E. Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sir John Reith
Ceremony Interrupted at Brotherhood Wood Tribute
An irate farmer with a shotgun interrupted a midnight ceremony near Aylmer Quebec honoring Archibald Lampman. Poets from the Canadian Authors' Association in Ottawa were assembled under pines at Brotherhood Wood when the man burst in demanding trespassers leave his property. The gathering resumed with the weapon still present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylmer
Canada
European Wheat Crop Seen Shrinking in Europe
The USDA reports Europe likely will harvest 100 million bushels less wheat than last year. Wallace notes unknown impact on U S purchases, while officials canvass the market. The survey excludes Russia, with Italy and Spain most affected, and a U S surplus of 450 to 500 million bushels expected.
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Washington
United States Agriculture Department
United States
Europe
Agriculture
Wallace
Agriculture and
State Department
Russia
Italy
Spain
Ice cream and champagne carried to launch tug boat
Five gallons of ice cream and one bottle of champagne were carried north by air from Edmonton. Pilot Don Farrell, with a standing order for three five gallon shipments weekly from Goldfields Saskatchewan Lake Athabasca mining centre, ferried the ice cream. Pilot North Lawle took the champagne for Waterways Alberta to be used at the launch of a new tug boat.
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Edmonton
Don Farrell
Goldfields
Sask
Lake Athabasca
North Lawle
Waterways
Alta
Cholera Death Toll Rises in United Provinces India
A severe cholera outbreak in Lucknow and the United Provinces has claimed about 12,000 lives in seven weeks with two thousand fatalities in a single week. British and Indian authorities have mobilized hundreds of doctors to combat the epidemic.
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Lucknow
India
United Provinces
Mining Claim Sales Fueled by Provincial Training Program
Victoria reports that four young men received training in British Columbia government mining camps on Vancouver Island in 1936. Grubstaked by the government, they staked claims and later sold them for thirty five thousand dollars. Labor Minister George Pearson cited the proceeds but did not name the individuals.
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Victoria
George Pearson
British Columbia
Pearson
Vancouver Island
Winnipeg Bond Theft at Grain Exchange Office
Police investigate missing bonds worth 10000 from a Winnipeg Grain Exchange office. Bond stash includes 9000 dollars in negotiable papers. office name withheld.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Appointment of Sir Arthur Richards as Jamaica Governor
Sir Arthur Richards, a veteran administrator with Far East experience, was named governor of Jamaica just hours after Malcolm MacDonald announced a royal commission to study social and economic conditions across the West Indies. The inquiry will cover Jamaica Trinidad Barbados British Guiana British Honduras and the Windward and Leeward Islands.
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London
Arthur Richards
Far East
Jamaica
Malcolm MacDonald
House of Commons
West Indies
David Lloyd George
Sir Arthur
Fiji
Western Pacific
Campaign to Popularize Eggs Urged in Commons
Harry J. Barber urged a publicity drive to boost egg consumption in Canada. Poultrymen’s associations asked the government to spend 100000 dollars. He noted a drop of 45 carloads per week in egg consumption. Agriculture Minister Gardiner said the matter is under consideration.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Harry J. Barber
Fraser Valley
Canada
Gardiner
Sudeten Demands Shape Sudeten German Talks in Prague
Cabinet ministers review a revised list of Sudeten German demands as Premier Hodza meets with Sudeten leaders and Nazi-backed negotiator Konrad Henlein. Key issues include equal status, legal entity for 3.5 million Germans, self-government for German territories, and German officials for German areas. Additional demands cover minority protections outside recognized zones and reparations dating to 1918. The talks follow 24 hours of intense discussions on the national question.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
Konrad Henlein
Hodza
Czech
Henlein
War Debt Payments Delay Pushes U S Default Total
Washington warned that unless an unexpected cheque arrives the United States will record an additional 211 million dollars as overdue war debt. The total defaulted instalments rise to 1.8905 billion. Great Britain says its 85.67 million half year payment is not due but will discuss settlement when conditions warrant hope for a satisfactory deal.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Empire Exhibition Attendance At Glasgow Declared
Lieut Colonel John Colville announced in the House of Commons that 2 945 752 visitors from around the world have attended the empire exposition which opened in May at Glasgow.
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London
Glasgow
John Colville
Scotland
House of Commons
Four British Ships Sunk by Insurgent Air Bombs
Insurgent air raiders sank four foreign ships in Valencia harbor and along the eastern coast, including two British vessels the Thurston and Lea pharer, with two French ships also lost. No one aboard was killed as crews escaped. Paris reports mobilization posters ready but stresses ongoing non intervention and diplomatic action with Britain.
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Madrid
Valencia
Thurston
Leapharer
Lloyd’s
Marseille
Lucky
Mediterranean
Paris
France
Premie
Edouard Daladier
Radical Socialist Party
Great Britain
Spain
el Grao
Daladier
Vancouver seeks full explanation on air mail contract
Alderman H. D. Wilson, chair of the Vancouver civic airport committee, demands an Ottawa full explanation after Vancouver and British Columbia were left in the dark about a new all mail contract. Ottawa's George C. Herring announced a three week old contract with Ginger Coote Airways Ltd, a United Air Transport subsidiary, routing mail to the Yukon via Fort St. John. Vancouver interests preferred a coastal route via Prince George, Hazelton and Atlin.
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Vancouver
H. D. Wilson
Ottawa
British Columbia
Yukon
George C. Herring
Air Mail Services
Ginger Coote Airways, Limited
United Air Transport
Edmonton
Fort St. John
B.C
Prince George
Hazelton
Atlin
Opposition to Hospital Lottery Bill in House of Commons
Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, Conservative leader, told the House of Commons he opposed the bill to legalize lotteries for hospital and university benefit. The measure was briefly debated at the end of the private bills hour.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
House
Poole Construction wins Ottawa school contract
The public works department announced Foam Lake Sask public building awarded to Poole Construction Company Limited of Regina Sask for 19 thousand 400 dollars.
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Ottawa
Public Works Department
Foam Lake
Sask
Public Building
Poole Construction Company, Limited
Regina
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Earl of Egmont
Prairies
West
Southampton
Sudeten Demands
U.S
Lloyd George
Britain
England
Mr. Lloyd George
Dame Lloyd George
Air Mail
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