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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1936
Page
3
Berlin reports a mass rally where Bal dur Von Schirach announced a new Italo German youth leadership exchange to unite youth in cultural economic and political study. The plan aims to cement Rome Berlin relations and form an institute in Rome and Berlin for youth leadership collaboration.
Hon. T A Crerar minister of mines and resources stresses mining’s key role in Canada’s economic recovery after a western tour. He cites Central Patricia Red Lake districts in Ontario and Bridge River Trail in BC, noting transport costs hinder progress. He estimates this year’s gold production near 135 million dollars, about three times 1929 levels.
A detachment of 37 RCMP officers led by Inspector A T Belcher will reach New York November 2 to perform nightly exhibition rides at Madison Square Garden during the National Horse Show from November 4 to 10. Staff Sergeant H J Soame, chief riding instructor, has trained the group in Ottawa over two months.
Moscow signals readiness to quit the Spanish non intervention pact and send warplanes to support Madrid as insurgents advance. Kremlin officials warn of Europe at its gravest days in twenty years and fear a new rightist dictatorship akin to Italy and Germany. Stalin is said to believe Europe nears abyss. Russia must act decisively to assert influence.
Rev. A. J. Vining of Toronto told the Baptist convention of Ontario and Quebec that western Canada may be one of the world's richest areas. He cited new opportunities for economic expansion in northern sections of the prairie provinces and noted 52,000,000 acres of valuable agricultural land ready for cultivation.
Royal mourning for King George ends and society hostesses prepare a brilliant autumn whirl. For the first time since the king's death the royal family may attend theatres receptions and balls. Edward and the Duke of York have many engagements ahead. In mid November the king will visit Wales to speak with miners.
The Turksib, a Russian steamship, sails from Leningrad to Spain with a 3 000 tons of flour 1 000 tons of sugar 800 tons of cod fish 500 tons of candies 200 000 boxes of canned foods and 10 000 boxes of clothing. The cargo funded by subscriptions from Russian workers supports Spanish civil war victims.
Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society of Glasgow directors Robert Murray and R. W. Leckie, with D. Muir, arrived from Saskatoon on an annual Canadian tour. They said barter of goods for Alberta wheat would be acceptable with proper financial arrangements.
The British destroyer Gallant arrived from Malaga with 123 refugees from the civil war, most of them Spaniards. The destroyer Grafton debarked 22 more refugees from Cartagena.
Stranded crew of 24 aboard the motorship Silver Queen on Great Slave Lake face weeks of confinement as sub arctic conditions delay rescue. Fort Resolution, 675 air miles north of Edmonton, remains ice bound with two Edmonton ready pilots unable to reach the vessel until after the freeze up likely around November 21.
A blizzard sweeping Colorado and Wyoming caused three deaths. Mary Steadwell, 40, University of Colorado author and social director, died in a Denver crash. Two others, C. R. Garton 42 and Boni facio Vigil, died from injuries after a car overturned near Trinidad. A Toronto Beaches Legion branch condemned a New York Sunday paper for a derogatory king story and urged banning it in Canada.
Federal grant of 1 800 000 funds Dominion relief for feed and free freight to drought areas in Alberta until March 31 next. John Vallance, chair of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act committee, announced the aid after talks with provincial officials. Regina agronomist M Mann joins to supervise relief across the three prairie provinces.
Sixty years after the inaugural voyage from Winnipeg, Richard Speer then 72 received a walking stick from the Winnipeg Grain Exchange Trading in a jubilee. President W. J. Dowler presented the token as the big pit fell silent. The first shipment totaled 957 16 bushels at 85 cents a bushel from Red River valley farmers.
A Wingham Ontario farmer agreed to buy an insurance policy in exchange for a cow after a local agent offered a policy tied to the trade. The farmer was impressed by the agent’s gaudy red-broadcloth shirt and persuaded him to include the shirt in the deal before signing.
Dr Norman Bethune Montreal surgeon and head of the Canadian medical mission to Spain met Spanish loyalist leaders locally before leaving for Madrid with large medical and surgical supplies. He said he is answering the call of one million needy people and will enter Madrid by air despite the siege.
Ottawa reports that Prime Minister Mackenzie King will discuss broad national defence strategies upon return from Geneva. Cabinet plans call for stronger air force, expanded destroyer flotillas, submarines, cruisers, and coastal defenses on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, with about $5.0 million more allotted for services this year.
Three Bruce county youths Harold McArthur Harold Cannon and Alvin Boettger describe ample farm work in the Canadian west. They traveled from Port Elgin Ont to Rimbey Alta in May and worked five months earning $1.50 a day plus board for general farm work and $2.50 for threshing. They were paid in real coin and said the job was theirs for the asking.
A criminal court jury found Roland Munroe Jr. guilty of beating an elderly crippled widow to death with her own cane. He was sentenced to 199 years imprisonment after a trial lasting a little over three hours. The defense argued insanity due to his alleged abnormal tendencies and effeminate demeanor.
F W Field Britain's senior trade commissioner in Canada warned that a warring currency and trade manoeuvring threaten the economic recovery status quo since 1922. The remark came during an address in Montreal outlining risks to ongoing postwar growth.
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