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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 03, 1936
Page
3
Madrid enacts food rationing to feed about 1.5 million people amid war refugee flows and looting fears. Officials struggle to mobilize resources while fascist forces shell areas near the capital and plan a push from Navalcarnero and El Escorial.
London youths aged 14 to 18 must receive military training, said War Secretary Alfred Duff Cooper at a luncheon. He urged action against opponents of new defence plans, arguing the policy would compel the country to yield to stronger powers and that obtaining men is the most urgent need.
Frank Bell United States fisheries commissioner warns that Japanese fishermen in sampans near six large floating canneries threaten Alaska salmon. British Columbia fisheries authorities have recently voiced similar concerns about Japanese operations off the British Columbia coast.
Obed Smith former Canadian emigration chief in London is recovering from two serious operations. He is reported to be doing well.
Quebec's legislature adopted a measure sponsored by Provincial Treasurer Martin B. Fisher to permit conversion of debt forms without increasing principal. The premier, Maurice Duplessis, said the bill allows action if needed to secure lower rates, with substitutions limited to securities and holder consent, loans not to exceed 50 years and interest under four percent.
H. J. Child of the Montreal Stock Exchange defends capitalism as best for human progress and living standards in a Canadian Club address in Saskatoon. He argues democracy and individual freedom, with business recognizing rights and duties, enable expansion and abundance while other systems bring misery.
Regina selected J. G. Diefenbaker KC a 40 year old Prince Albert barrister as provincial Conservative leader replacing former premier J. T. M. Anderson whose resignation was accepted at Regina city hall.
Judge Amedee Monet advocates Criminal Code amendments noting trial law often supersedes judges in some cases. The code prescribes at least three years for stealing 25 cents from a letter and up to three years for defrauding a widow of her last 10 000.
Officials estimate 3,500,000 bushels of grain, mainly wheat, valued at about $2,500,000, have already been marketed this season by farmers in northern Alberta.
In a joint session the Labour party and the trades union council agreed to aid the Spanish government in its civil war against the Fascist insurgents. They urged the British and French governments to secure an international arrangement restoring Spain’s full commercial rights and the means to enforce law, including munitions purchases.
Three former Eastern Film Trust executives in Moscow received prison terms ranging from one to four years after being convicted of frittering away state funds on film production. The manager got four years the director two years and the bookkeeper one year.
Belgian fascist groupings led by the Rexists and Flemish Nationalists urged Belgium to withdraw from the League of Nations after Foreign Minister Spaak outlined a policy of complete independence with no return to prewar neutrality. They accused Spaak of abandoning the king’s neutrality stance and called for extraordinary military funding to support a standalone defense.
General Frank Parker, retired after 46 years in the U S Army, rejects air power as the decisive factor in the next war. He argues that wars are won by capturing and holding territory and that infantry supported by artillery remains supreme, dismissing death rays and poison gases as unproven.
Alberta government employment service reports 11,306 unemployed in the province, a 32 percent rise from a year earlier. Calgary leads with 5,054 unemployed, followed by Edmonton 4,462 and Lethbridge 465.
Hon. R. B. Bennett Canadian Conservative leader urged developing trade between Canada and Australia to the greatest extent at a Commonwealth Club Juncheon toast. He voiced strong support for closer commercial ties and mutual economic growth.
The London based hands off Spain committee acquitted Italy and Portugal of violations of the non intervention pact in three votes. Russia dissented on all charges while Portugal declined a Russia backed port control plan and diplomats will refer proposals to their governments.
Dominion bureau of statistics reports Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta combined retail sales reached about 385 million dollars in 1935, a six percent gain over 1934 and sixteen percent higher than 1933. Manitoba posted 137.5 million, Saskatchewan 119.1 million, and Alberta 128.2 million, all up from 1934.
Canadian donors contributed to the Moose River rescue fund and the final tally distributes 78 544 44 dollars to 346 miners who aided in the April rescue of two trapped men. Norman Sommerville, K.C., chairs the fund committee and notes contributions came from across the country and the fund was administered without expense.
An Alberta writ orders a by election in the Grouard provincial constituency for November 30 with nominations due November 20. The contest follows the September death of Liberal member L. A. Giroux K.C. who had held the seat since 1924.
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