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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1931
Page
3
London reports Britain signaled willingness to convene a powers conference if Paris talks fail over Hoover moratorium plan. Britain objects to the French Young Plan changes on guarantees, urging an urgent solution and stating willingness to hold an early meeting of the main powers if needed.
Vancouver Island fruit growers, led by Captain F Livesey, adopt a new packing method to export frozen strawberries and other berries to the United Kingdom. A new company capitalized at 75000 dollars will handle at least 30 tons this season and aims to establish a London market after samples drew attention.
In London Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons that Britain has nearly reached its disarmament limit. He compared naval spending with other powers and urged international agreement to push further disarmament. He warned one nation cannot act alone.
Hon. D M Sutherland says sufficient permanent force at Camp Hughes will conduct instructional classes. The rest of the artillery and the Princess Patricia’s are being brought back to Winnipeg, considered better to station troops there.
Rouen France Lady Douglas Haig offers a $2000 purse gathered from English supporters to support the memorial chapel for Joan of Arc to be built in Rouen's market square. Archbishop de la Villerabel receives the gift in his Rouen archbishopric office.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police superintendent Richard Field arrived in Winnipeg from Dawson to take over the Manitoba and western on train command. He succeeds Supt. A B Allard who has been transferred to the Yukon post. Pedestine’s population has just been estimated at 900000.
A Travelair monoplane crashed after the left wing fabric tore during a maneuver to avoid a crowded field. Five aboard were killed Captain Robert Sterling of Montreal Harold Raine of Toronto J H Maher Jr of Toronto Charles L Daly Jr of Toronto Alfred Rogers of Hamilton. The craft had just helped stage a rat chase to draw crowds for an opening of a trans-Canada air tour.
In Ottawa the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that radio broadcasting jurisdiction lies with the Dominion parliament, not the provinces, by majority. Chief Justice Anglin and Justices Smith and Newcombe supported Dominion control on convenience grounds, while Justices Rinfret and Lamont dissented, arguing provinces retain some regulatory power over receiving operations.
Ruth Nichols the Rye aviatrix, hurt in a Saint John New Brunswick crash that interrupted her trans Atlantic flight, returned to Armonk New York by ambulance aircraft piloted by Clarence Chamberlain. Her representatives said she expected to resume the interrupted flight in about six weeks once her plane is rebuilt.
Commander Sir Lionel Fletcher retired from the RNR is captain of the British team to shoot in Ottawa under Bisley conditions, accepted invitation from the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association. The team sails from England on July 24 aboard the Cunarder Ascania, arrives Montreal August 2, then returns aboard the SS Aurania around August 29.
Ottawa explains how Appendix XII, a chart from the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, was added to the Stamp Commission report on grain futures trading. Prime Minister Bennett says Evans and Pearson presented a copy on May 2 and printing proceeded, with 10,126 copies issued minus Appendix XII. The appendix has been removed from government copies and correspondents are being asked to remove it.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty completed a around the world voyage starting July 1 at Roosevelt Field Long Island after covering a 16000 mile route in under nine days with 13 stops. The return to earth drew a cheering crowd of about 2000 as Post conducted celebratory loops before landing. In air time totaled four days ten hours eight minutes. Police guarded the plane and officers struggled to control a near riot as fans mobbed the crew and officers.
Col Handford MacNider United States minister to Canada returned from Washington and praised Major W D Herridge Canada’s new minister to the United States declaring that everybody was tremendously impressed with him after the ten day visit and his work in Washington.
The United States warns France that if President Hoover's moratorium plan fails, Germany will likely declare an $8 moratorium of reparations under the Young plan. The state department says France has received the US re-expression of its stance on debt moratorium.
Sergeant Herve Martin faces court martial in Chateauroux for the accidental deaths of two civilians and injuries to two others when his aircraft, flying low over a car, struck occupants and decapitated one person. The incident prompted military inquiry into his conduct during the mission.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favor of exclusive radio jurisdiction. Minister Alfred Durantera says the decision guides policy, and his Marine Ministry will proceed with plans once the appeal status by Premier Taschereau is settled. If Quebec does not appeal, the government will pursue the issue after the appeal deadline.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Dunphy versus Croft that Canadian revenue officers may seize vessels only within a three mile coastal limit, upending the act allowing seizures within a 12 mile zone. The decision narrows federal maritime enforcement and affects Captain Sylvester Dunphy of North Sydney.
Prime Minister Bennett announced plans in the Commons to aid drought ravaged western provinces Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba. He proposed measures for relief and unemployment funding with a national relief board possibly, noting Halifax disaster precedents and constitutional issues under the BNA Act.
Kansas City report quotes Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde predicting the coming year's world wheat output will fall at least 350 million bushels short of last season. He notes shortfalls from Russia and Canada and Argentina and Australia, plus a Danube basin carryover drastically reduced from 28 million to 7 million bushels.
Ottawa reports that several Budget tax measures take effect July 1 under Finance Minister Bennett. Penny postage ends for out of town letters with a three cent minimum rate for such mail. A two cent stamp tax on all cheques becomes effective Dominion Day. Income tax amendments, excluding the non-resident 2 percent shareholding tax, also go into effect.
A preliminary draft of a new Spanish constitution proposes universal suffrage and abolition of nobility titles. It sets a six year presidential term, with the president elected by a joint session of senate and lower house. The 240-senator body is divided among cultural, social, and labor factions. Monarchists hold few deputies, while communists have none.
In Ottawa Premier Bennet announced that postage stamps may be used to pay the two cent tax on cheques and money orders. Opposing the levy, Fernand Rinfret noted the nuisance of obtaining special excise stamps outside banking hours. Bennet said collection methods were changed years ago to allow stamp usage.
Edmonton Liberal MLA W. R. Howson called for a public inquiry into the Alberta wheat pool and its elevator system, citing a Manitoba inquiry as a model. The statement was issued in Edmonton.
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