Supreme Court ruling on reform laws split verdicts
Ottawa reports the Supreme Court found two statutes constitutional two invalid and three tied or partly valid among eight reform laws. The decision upheld Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act and Section 498a of the criminal code, sided with invalid Employment and Social Insurance Act, and tied verdicts on Minimum Wages Act and related measures. The ruling awaits Privy Council appeal and does not instantly remove laws.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Dominion Trade and Industry Commission Act
Farmers
Price Spreads Commission
Dominion Trade and Industries Commission
International Labor Office
Geneva
Duff
Davis
Kerwin
Rinfret
Canon and Crockett
Privy Council
England
Dominion
Canada to Await New Session on Constitution Amendments
Hon. Ernest Lapointe told the House of Commons that amendments to the British North America Act to allow Canada to amend its own constitution must wait for another parliamentary session. Woodsworth pressed the issue as CCF leader.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
J. S. Woodsworth
C.C.F
Supplementary Estimates Highlight Public Works Boost Ottawa
Finance minister Charlies Dunning tabled supplementary estimates for the year ending March 31 1937 totaling 11 265 959 dollars. Largest items fund public works and harbor boards with 2 835 700 dollars for public buildings including a 250 000 Ottawa supreme court building. Militia and air services receive sizable boosts, agriculture gains 1 193 000 dollars, and a 74 866 provision addresses losses from the 1934 British immigration agreement. An inquiry into 1935 Regina riots yields 21 576 for legal fees.
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Ottawa
Charlies Dunning
British Columbia
Supreme Court
Air Force
Railway Bill Approved for Rouyn to Senneterre Link
The Ottawa house railway committee greenlights a 99 mile line from Rouyn to Senneterre in northern Quebec for the Canadian National at an estimated cost of 5.94 million dollars. The measure passed after heated debate with N E Lariviere voting to participate and supporting the broader mining belt connection.
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Ottawa
House
Canadian National
Rouyn
Senneterre
Quebec
Noranda
N. E. Lariviere
Temiscaming
Lariviere
Turner Valley Royalties Oil Well Becomes Empire's Deepest
A Calgary discovery, the Turner Valley Royalties, roared to life as a deep oil well more than a mile deep produced heavily. Crude surged after a mud and water column collapsed, with veteran driller Clarence E. Snyder estimating 700 to 1500 barrels per day. A flow-controlling device was installed immediately.
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Calgary
Turner Valley
British Empire
Clarence E. Snyder
Fragments Of Richthofen Plane To Be Shown In Germany
A fragment of Baron Manfred von Richthofen’s downed aircraft will tour Germany this summer via Canada’s Olympic team. Captain W R May of Edmonton, whose life Brown helped save, is donating the fragment after Richthofen pursued May’s crippled plane.
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Toronto
Mannfred von Richthofen
France
Roy Brown
Germany
Canada
W. R. “Wop” May
Edmonton Flyer
Brown
Richthofen
May
Manitoba Premier Seeks Lower Rates in Election Address
Premier John Bracken pledged every reasonable effort to lower interest rates on provincial, municipal, and private borrowings. He spoke in Winnipeg to the Municipal Secretary-Treasurers Association, outlining a six point unemployment relief plan and urging the Dominion to share more social service costs.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba
Bracken
Liberal-Progressive Party
Two Minutes of Silence Proposed for Vimy Ridge Memorial
Ottawa officials said they would study a Canadian Corps Association request to declare two minutes of silence across the Dominion on July 26 at the moment King Edward VIII unveils the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge.
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Ottawa
Canadian Corps Association Council
Dominion
Edward VIII
Vimy Ridge
Hopper Infestation Threat Looms Across Midwest
Des Moines reports a severe grasshopper plague the worst since 1931 32. Infestations spread through Iowa Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Montana and parts of Illinois Wisconsin Colorado with millions swarming grain fields. Iowa official H C Aaberg urged a $2 5 million federal grant over two years to supply poison brands for farmers. Nebraska entomologist O S Bare warned of a disastrous season without rapid control measures.
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United States
Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Montana
Miinois
Wisconsin
Colorado
H. C. Aaberg
Aaberg
O. S. Bare
University of Nebraska
RAF reorganizes home commands for peace and war
The Air Council announced a threefold reorganization of Royal Air Force home commands to mirror war structure. Bomber, fighter, and coastal commands will operate with one training command, while the air defence of Great Britain command disappears and coastal defence is reorganized. Close coordination between commands and the air ministry will continue in peace and war.
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London
Royal Air Force
Air Council
Great Britain
Air Ministry
Conference calls for broader federal health aid in Canada
The second annual meeting of provincial health ministers with the Dominion health department concluded with resolutions urging substantial federal assistance to tackle cancer and tuberculosis.
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Ottawa
Canada
Parliament of Health
Dominion Health Department
Italy Demands Recognition of Annexation
Rome demands recognition of its Ethiopian annexation beyond lifting sanctions. British policy favors lifting penalties with League reform and a new approach to European peace, signaling Eden to outline plans in the House of Commons.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Havas
London
League of Nations
Germany
Eden
House of Commons
Britain
League
London odds on King’s marriage and coronation plans rise
Lloyds Insurance Corporation offered 10 to 1 against changes in the King’s coronation plans. Brokers sold odds to souvenir makers betting the King will not marry before the ceremony or cause a postponement. Pottery and knickknacks flood the market as makers prepare coronation souvenirs. If the King marries, mugs plaques and trinkets would need two portraits instead of one.
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London
Lloyd's Insurance Corporation
Corporation
Youth Congress Ottawa delegates head to Geneva
Thirty young Canadians are set to depart for Geneva in mid August to attend the World Youth Congress opening August 31. Delegates will be drawn from across the Dominion by the League of Nations Society in Canada and selected from nominations by interested organizations.
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Ottawa
Geneva
World Youth Congress
League of Nations Society
Canada
Dominion
Gross Revenues Higher Ottawa
Canada railways report March gross revenues at 25,535,156, up from 23,867,501 a year earlier. It marks the ninth straight monthly year over year rise. For the quarter ended March 31, revenues climbed to 70,366,128 while operating income fell from 2,359,259 to 2,047,896.
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Ottawa
Canada Railways
Dominion Bureaus of Statistics
Tax Collections Show Ottawa May Income Jump
The Department of National Revenue reports May income tax receipts at 59,687,726, up from 50,804,860 a year earlier, marking an increase of nearly 9,000,000.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
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Natural Products Marketing Act
Farmers’ Creditors’ Arrangement Act
Regina
Inquiry Commission
Saskatchewan
C.N.R
Taschereau
Joseph Adelard Godbout
Mr. Godbout
W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore
Colonial Office
Colonies
J. H. Thomas
Lloyd's
Canadian Railways
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