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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1934
Page
3
In Glasgow Scotland King George and the Prince of Wales witnessed the christening of the Queen Mary. The ship’s naming honored a living queen amid a nation’s revival of transatlantic trade and friendship between lands.
George Reanson 55 was found dead in his Cortez Island cabin by Warden Roy E Allen of Powell River B C. A white distress flag hung from the front door and the body was found September 21. he had been dead over a month from natural causes.
The Endeavour, T O M Sopwith’s trim sloop, rebuffed sale rumors after failing to defeat Rainbow for the America’s Cup. Sopwith plans to sail her in England next year and rejects a future challenge, while yachting circles debate the Cup’s turbulent 1934 races and Britain’s potential comeback.
King Victor Emmanuel signs amnesty decree in Rome to release prisoners with sentences two years or less and to cut two years from longer terms. Political offenses and certain crimes are excluded, but thousands may be freed, including military offenders. The birth of Maria Pia noted in the royal celebration.
The national minority committee of White Russians lodged a protest with the League of Nations assembly against Soviet entry into the league, according to the government newspaper Kuryet Proanny.
The 28th North West Battalion Association holds its annual reunion at the Kitchener hotel in Regina on Saturday November 3 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of overseas mobilization. A committee led by Colonel J A Cross will organize arrangements with Brigadier General Embury associating with sub committees for finance dinner program ticket attendance publicity and church parade. Members are urged to respond to secretarys F Cretney at 4004 Dewdney Avenue Regina or J W Douglas at 3239 Eighteenth Avenue to confirm attendance.
Warsaw hosts the 22nd Gordon Bennett balloon race with Polish crews possibly winning. The Barszawa crew Z Burzynski and J Zakrzewski landed near Ryazan, Russia after about 750 miles, likely first. Kosciuszko skippered by Francisczek Hynek landed near Voronezh, Russia for second. Polonia burst and sank near a lake north of Helsingfors, Finland, hindering third place. All 16 starters reported safe.
The freighter City of Evansville sails from Montreal on October 6 as the port’s first ship to complete a full world voyage. It will transit the Panama Canal to the Far East then return via the Suez Canal and across the Atlantic.
The Ontario department of education plans to reduce the number of annual exams to lower costs and save students work. Deputy minister Duncan McArthur announced the measure.
Hon. Arthur Roebuck urged United States and Canadian authorities to prohibit ransom payments and deploy a unified mobile police unit. He called for centralized command in a single investigative department and powers to supervise relatives' accounts to prevent ransom. He acknowledged hardship but said preventing payment deters kidnappers.
Premier Ramsay MacDonald delivered a farewell address in St. John’s Newfoundland before sailing to Great Britain aboard the liner Nova Scotia on Sept 28 with his daughter Ishbel. Health improved after a Canadian holiday preceding the return to power.
Geneva reports stir as Russia asks the League to seek a report on resuming the disarmament conference. Foreign Minister Litvinoff’s request risks shifting blame to Germany’s withdrawal and rearming concerns, drawing pushback from states wary of Versailles Treaty violations. The letter to Richard Sander sparked a council showdown.
Hon G S Pearson minister of labor warns BC would resist Dominion control of wage scales citing higher provincial standards and ongoing wage legislation. Pattullo estimates payrolls rose 500000 monthly due to BC minimum wage rules this year. Pearson supports nationwide wage legislation but not Dominion imposition on BC terms. BC favors talks on national standards but preserves provincial authority.
Dominion marketing board weighs schemes to regulate sale of poultry and eggs from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Potential poultry scheme may be adopted for fall marketing. West-originated proposal also under review, presented by R. P. Roblin G H Barr and W A Landreth.
Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen will attend Melbourne centennial celebrations as representative of the Empire Parliamentary Association and the Dominion government. He sails from Vancouver on October 20.
A British engineering firm connected its Sydney Johannesburg Bombay New York and London branches via a wireless telephone network for last week’s conference. The voices were clear and the gathering was declared a success.
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