Royal Commission Plans Hearings On Dominion Provincial Powers
Ottawa lawmakers announce a nine province schedule for hearings into Dominion provincial relations. Newton W Rowell says hearings start Nov 29 in Winnipeg with meetings to follow in Regina Ottawa and the Maritime provinces. The advisory body will gather input from governments public organizations experts and witnesses before a final Ottawa session likely by July 1 1938.
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Ottawa
Newton W. Rowell
Econotricate
Asin
Jr. Rowell
Winnipeg
Rowell
Bairman
Edmonton
Aberhart
Alberta
Regina
Maritime
British Columbia
Quebec
Onteria
Ottawa Aginning
Decrease In Bacon Exports Due To British Quotas
Canada struggles to sustain bacon shipments to Britain as higher British quotas press prices and reduce exports. May and June weekly hog exports fell from 42 408 to 21 513 in September and 25 513 in early October, with western drought cited as the main cause.
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Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
Britain
Fast Planes London Seaplane and Bombers Target Speed Records
Royal Air Force engineers are developing a new pursuit seaplane and two bombers to break speed and distance records in test flights next year. A Spitfire-type with a 1000 horsepower engine aims to beat 352 mph. A twin-motored Blenheim upgrade has topped 350 mph. A Vickers-Wellesley two-motored bomber plans a 7000 mile distance record from Cranwell or Mildenhall to Singapore and Sydney in about three days.
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London
Royal Air Force
RAF
Eiher
Cranwell
Mildenhall
Singapore
Sydney
New South Wales
Rescued From Dredge After Hours in Lashing Seas
Two Scarboro crew members Thomas Morris aged 19 and Clarence Glover aged 30 describe riding 30 to 40 foot seas as the dredge Scarboro broke from tow lines and drifted off Halifax. They were rescued by the Howard Donald and landed at Lunenburg after two other ships passed. Captain Morgan and Daniel Morris were also saved by the Florann, which towed the dredge.
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Halifax
Scarboro
Banscor
Montreal
Thomas Morris
Clarence Glover
Lickeport
N.S
Howard Donald
Lunenburg
George Morgan
Daniel Morris
Florann
Morris
New Bond Issue Allotment Rapid in Ottawa
Finance department and Bank of Canada officers rapidly analyze a new 100 million dollar government bond issue that was oversubscribed within two hours of opening. Subscriptions split 20 million in 1 year 1 percent bonds, 20 million in seven year 21 percent bonds, and 60 million in 14 year 3 percent bonds. Proceeds will redeem the 1917 Victory bonds maturing next December 1 with tax exempt status.
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Ottawa
Finance Department
Bank of Canada
Princess Royal Presents Gift to Baden-Powell on Scout Anniversary
The Princess Royal presented a silver plate inscribed gift to Lord Baden-Powell chief scout and Lady Baden-Powell head of the Girl Guides at a private dinner in London. The presentation marked the 25th wedding anniversary and was made on behalf of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations of Great Britain.
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London
Baden-Powell
Girl Guides
Princess Royal
Boy Scouts’ and
Girl Guides’ Associatons of
Great Britain
Exhibit Destroyed By Fire in Trades and Commission Building
Fire swept the Trades and Commission building on Maple street destroying an exhibit of grains and grasses valued at 3200 that were to be shipped to the London exhibition commission in England. Building damage was estimated at 10000.
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Winnipeg
Canada
London Exhibition Commission
England
Trades and Commission
Maple Street
Dr Thomas H Hogg Named Chairman of Ontario Hydro
Dr Thomas H Hogg chief hydraulic engineer of the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission becomes chairman in succession to T Stewart Lyon. He has served as consultant to the Dominion Government on power projects nationwide and hails from Chippewa in the Niagara district near the great cataract.
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Thomas H. Hogg
Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission
Chaiman
Commission
T. Stewart Lyon
Dominion Government
Canada
Chippewa
Niagara District
Great Cataract
Steady Increase in Ottawa Tax Revenues Reported
National Revenue Department figures show a rising trend in income tax collections for the first seven months of the fiscal year reaching $99,202,556, up from $84,072,599. Toronto led with $34,338,763 and Montreal followed at $26,465,463. Ottawa declined to 6,089,180. Other districts posted gains such as Edmonton 404,008 Calgary 1,058,305 Saskatoon 184,479 Regina 276,715 Winnipeg 2,427,561.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
Toronto
Montreal
London
Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Saskatoon
Regina
Winnipeg
Bachelor’s club organized in Angusville Manitoba
Fourteen men in Angusville Manitoba form a bachelor’s club. Quin ton Broadfoot is elected president. Patrons named include Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Conservative leaders Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett and Erris k F. Willis.
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Angusville
Man
Manitoba
Quinton Broadfoot
Prime Minster
Britain and Italy seek renewed friendship in Mediterranean
In Parliament Prime Minister Chamberlain cited July letters with Mussolini signaling a path to restored mutual confidence if misunderstandings are cleared by dialogue. In the Lords Lord Dufferin and Ava voiced peace aims and Mediterranean navigation as vital for world trade, noting the gentleman’s agreement failed to fully deliver. Chamberlain, back from gout, led the cabinet as he recounted events leading to the personal exchange of letters with Mussolini.
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London
Italy
Mediterranean
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Mussolini
House of Lords
Marquess of Dufferin and
Ava
Lord Dufferin
United Kingdom
Suez Canal
Insurgent Air Raids Kill and Injure in Spanish Front
Despatches from Barbastro report an estimated eighty killed and many injured in an insurgent air raid 100 miles west of Barcelona. Twelve tri motor bombers struck Barbastro briefly in a highly intense attack near Lerida where fifty schoolchildren died in a prior raid. Government fronts across Zaragoza, Aragon and Fuentes de Ebro saw recaptured positions with only desultory firing. Asturian troops arrived on the central front.
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Madrid
Barbastro
Barcelona
Lerida
Lerda
Zaragoza
Fuentes de Ebro
Aragon
Spain
Britain watches tone of Italian radio and Arab unrest
Viscount Cranborne told the House of Commons Britain monitors Italian broadcasts on Palestine Arabs and sees no need for further talks after improvement. Colonial Minister Ormsby-Gore denies seeking Haj Amin el Husseins extradition and notes efforts to resolve Jewish immigration under the League mandate. He blames the mufti and Arab Higher Committee for unrest following the September assassination of Lewis Yelland Andrews in Galilee.
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Watvnh
Chinese Murals to Shine at Royal Ontario Museum
Prof. C. T. Currelly, curator, said three of the murals are among the world’s greatest paintings and will soon be on display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
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Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
C. T. Currelly
Plot to Sever Abkhazia From Soviet Union Revealed
The Sukhumi trial exposes a two phase plan to topple Soviet control by sabotage and spying in Abkhazia. A 1933 assassination attempt aboard a boat in Pitsunda bay targeted Joseph Stalin while 13 ex officials face life terms.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Sukhumi
Black Sea
Tiflis
Dawn of the East
Germany
Abkhazian
Stalin
Pitsunda Bay
Edmonton Dean Alexander resigns to join Berkeley Latin chair
Dean W. H. Alexander, first appointee to the University of Alberta faculty, resigns to become senior professor of Latin at the University of California Berkeley. He joined Alberta in 1908 and will begin duties next fall. In other notes, Rabbi Eisendrath cites Nazi activity in Canada and a Swastika placard at his home. Queen Mary II extends to 2,400 passengers on the Clyde with hotel services expanded. Maclean Building Reports shows October contracts by province: Alberta 2,794,200. Manitoba 621,000. Saskatchewan 242,300.
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Edmonton
W. H. Alexander
University of Alberta
W. A. KR. Kerr
University
Alexander
Alberta
University of California
Berkley
Calif
California University
Glasgow
Clyde
Toronto
Maclean Building Reports, Limited
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
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