Board Concludes Investigation of Auto Tariffs
The tariff board wraps up hearings on Canadian automobile protection arguing for broad outlook. Wallace Campbell urged protection akin to other industries while Dr. Carruthers claimed the industry could thrive without duties with adjustments ahead. British Columbia pressed for lower tariffs to aid remote provinces and Nova Scotia’s Wishart Robertson urged price reductions.
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Ottawa
Isa
Tariff Board
Canada
W. A. Carruthers
British Columbia
Carruthers
Ontario
Wishart Robertson
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Maritime Provinces
Robertson
Cananda
United States
Mr. Robertson
Miners Probe Opens in Lethbridge Feb 3
Attorney general Hugil announces a thorough disaster investigation into the Coathurst mine. Witnesses will be subpoenaed and all evidence demanded as the inquiry begins at the Lethbridge courthouse on February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Hugil
Coathurst
Lethbridge
Predicts Socialist Government in Britain Within Five Years
The Marquis of Lothian, a British political authority, told the Canadian Club in Toronto that within four or five years a moderate form of socialist government may be in power in Great Britain. He warned of political shifts and the possible reshaping of policy in the near term.
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Toronto
Socialistice
Great Britain
Marquis of Lothian
Canadian Agriculture Prospects Improve Says 1935 Outlook
The annual survey by the department of agriculture states Canadian farming is in a better position than last year and should improve further in the coming year. It notes Canada will continue to produce wheat, but reduced world demand may make disposal difficult at normal yields. Wheat quality remains strong, though some western park belt areas may yield below average and could shift to other crops or coarse grains and livestock.
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Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Park Belt
Bank Employees Shot in Vancouver Bank Heist
Police arrested three known underworld figures tied to the Powell Street Canadian Bank of Commerce holdup where two employees were shot. One, 25 year old William H Hobbs, likely fatally, paralyzed after a throat wound. Bank manager Thomas Winsby wounded in the left arm. A $5,000 reward offered. Hobbs formerly worked in Radisson Saskatchewan and moved to British Columbia in 1933. Others pursue gunmen across the city.
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Vancouver
Powell Street
Canadian Bank of Commerce
W. W. Foster
Canadian Bankers’ Association
William H. Hobbs
Radisson, Sask
Thomas Wins
British Columbia
Edmonton
Kingston man tops English list in civil service exams
Ottawa reports Aaron B. Handler of Kingston Ontario headed the English list of 62 successful candidates for Grade 4 clerks in the government service. The open to graduates exam aims to build a trained executive pool. Among the first 15 are Edward A. Bence Saskatoon Russell H. Taber Regina Henry Ferns Gordon H. Josie Winnipeg Solomon Milner Regina and Francis V. Kinahan Calgary.
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Ottawa
Civil Service Commission
Aaron B. Handler
Kingston
Ont
Edward A. Bence
Saskatoon
Russell H. Taber
Regina
Henry& Ferns
Gordon H. Josie
Winnipeg
Tax ruling affects Manitoba workers and militia members
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Canadian soldiers and Dominion civil servants paid by the federal government and residing in Manitoba must pay the two percent income tax imposed by Manitoba in 1933. The decision impacts more than 3,500 Dominion government employees and permanent militia members.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Dominion
Manitoba
First Canadian underground gas storage in Bow Island field
P D Mellon of Canadian Western Natural Gas announces the first known gas storage in Canada in a depleted Bow Island field. By Dec 31 1935 about 8 000 000 000 cubic feet stored in 18 sealed wells while nine wells were reconditioned for receiving and repressuring. Experiments increased pressure by injecting 37 000 000 feet of gas into eight wells raising rock pressure 30 psi. Dominion government Issued order in council withdrawing drilling rights over about 20 square miles.
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Canada
Calgary
Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat and Power Company
Bow Island
Mellon Maid
Dominion
Oil sanctions proposals held in abeyance in Britain
London reports say the cabinet met with Anthony Eden as foreign secretary to discuss oil sanctions against Italy. Britain may seek Geneva guidance and align its position with the league, weighing Italian stocks, Ethiopia’s rainy season, and oil producer reactions while facing potential opposition when Parliament resumes.
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London
Italy
Anthony Eden
Eden
League Council
Geneva
League
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Anglo- Persian Oil Company
House of Commons
Manchester Guardian
The
Guardian
Army Budget Doubled as USSR Plans Large Military Spend
The Soviet government announced a 1936 military budget more than double 1935. The standing army reached about 1.3 million in 1935, and 14.8 billion rubles will be spent on armed forces this year. Commissar Gregory Grinko told the all Union central executive committee that last year’s war outlays exceeded 8.5 billion rubles and 28.7 billion rubles will be used for construction, mainly rebuilding Moscow and Leningrad.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Gregory Grinko
all-Union Central Executive Committee
Grinko
Leningrad
Heckler Questions Dingwall Candidate in Ross and Cromarty
A farmer meeting at Dingwall cattle market heard Malcolm MacDonald, the dominions secretary, faced a heckler asking why Canada’s cattle imports aren’t halted. MacDonald replied he has served only weeks and tied his stay to voters deciding his fate, stressing a home producer first policy over dominions interests.
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Dingwall
Scotland
Ross
Cromarty
Dominions
Malcolm MacDonald
MacDonald
Mac Donald
Sale of Canada Match Company to Eddy Match for 250000
The Canada Match Company Hull has manufactured there for about six years with around 100 employees The sale to Eddy Match Corporation for 250 000 was reported Here Manufacture of matches in Hull was to continue under the new ownership.
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Hull
Que
Canada Match Company
Eddy Match Corporation
Canadian Match Company
Tweedsmuir Visits Noranda Mine in Northern Ontario
Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir toured the Noranda mining complex in Kirkland Lake Ontario during his first northern Ontario visit. Guided by J. Y. Murdoch and H. L. Rascoe, he learned about mineral extraction methods and noted a gold mining machine he had seen thirty years earlier in the Rand.
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Tard Tweedsemir
Kirkland Lake
Ont
Noranda
Ontario
Lord Tweedsmuir
J. Y. Murdoch
H. L. Rascoe
May Protect Indians Old Treaty Question In Ontario Court
In Wallaceburg Ontario a clause from a Jay treaty believed to have been imposed by Governor Simcoe in 1792, allowing Indians to hunt within 16 feet of creek banks in Canada, was presented in court by lawyer R A Carscalien defending two Indians on illegal hunting charges. Magistrate S B Arnold reserved judgment for a month to study the treaty’s authority under current conditions.
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Ontario
Wallaceburg
Ont
Simcoe
Canada
R. A. Carscalien
S. B. Arnold
Naval parley clouds future of naval arms talks
London reports that Japan walked out of the international naval conference, casting doubt on 130 years of armament limitation. Britain, the United States, France and Italy moved to continue talks without Tokyo, while hopes linger that Japan might return and avert a naval race with safeguards for contingencies. An American spokesman signaled joining a four power conference with an escape clause to cover any power starting a build up.
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London
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Osam! Nagano
Tokyo
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Hauptmann Granted Thirty Day Reprieve by Governor
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, convicted in the Lindbergh baby case, receives a 30 day reprieve from Governor Hoffman just hours before execution. The stay delays the electric chair for up to eight weeks, with a possible extension only if new evidence prompts clemency or a new trial. Further moves depend on potential discoveries and actions by Justice Trenchard and the pardons court.
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Trenton
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hoffman
Hauptmann
United States Supreme Court
Hughes
Thomas Trenchard
Flemington
Anna Hauptmann
Ontario Town Wrecked by Terrific Explosion
Natural gas escaping from a heater likely caused a blast in Wheatley Ontario that demolished the Oddfellows block, with estimated damages of 50 000 dollars. Two women hurt mildly, only a wall remains, and post office council chambers funeral parlors and judge quarters were obliterated as fire followed the explosion. Residents reported four balls of smoke and flame before the building collapsed.
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Wheatley
Ont
Gillies
Alaskan Cities Quarantined Over Scarlet Fever Outbreak
Anchorage joins quarantined cities as seven scarlet fever cases are reported and schools close while public gatherings are banned. Fairbanks and Palmer are quarantined for scarlet fever and smallpox. Dr Haverstock requests the coast guard cutter Morris send aid from Cordova to Port Graham where 15 persons are reported for an undetermined illness in a Cook Inlet fishing village.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Fairbanks
Palmer Alan
Seward
A. D. Haverstock
Public Health Service
Coast Guard
Morris
Cordova
Port Graham
Cook Inlet
Kenai Peninsula
Duff to survey reaction to Canada US trade pact
William Duff Liberal member of parliament for Antigonish Guyboro will travel to New York and Washington to gauge reactions to the Canada United States trade agreement. The trip aims to collect opinions from key stakeholders and assess bipartisan sentiment.
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Halifax
William Duff
Antigonish-Guy
Boro
New York
Washington
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