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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1935
Page
3
Ottawa reports that prorogation before July 1 would require extraordinary speed as reform bills crowd the House of Commons order paper. Prime Minister Bennett spoke with renewed force amid the elections act amendment causing Liberal protests while a new committee prepares to study a Dominion grain board proposal.
A proposal to create a joint committee of both houses to hear divorce applications gains support from senate and house members. The upper house committee, led by Senator Lendrum McMeans, hears witnesses and reports findings, while the commons lacks a divorce panel and forwards bills to the private bills committee after senate passage.
A Peiping news agency report says nine or four northern Chinese provinces oppose the Nationalist government and support Japan and Manchukuo, hinting at possible steps toward establishing Japanese influence in Hopei. Buildup noted as a potential postwar shift amid regional powers.
Ottawa-Hope grows that members of parliament will coordinate to remedy unemployment among ex-service men through mutual action. A circular from the Dominion command to Canadian Legion branches urges early parliamentary committee action next session to develop and plan measures. In Montreal Quebec forest commission chairman A Daigle says export of Quebec lumber will be increased despite influences hindering broader timber use.
Premier T. D. Pattullo announced a plan using a bond issue to raise 1.5 million dollars for provincial road work and 0.5 million for loans to centers with the sharpest unemployment, funding aimed at employment led works. Local governments will implement the projects across the province.
Ottawa senate banking and commerce committee rejected the bill to amend the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act citing constitutional concerns and the risk of empowering ministers to appoint conciliation boards. The panel said passage would not serve the public interest and could disrupt peaceful settlement aims.
Ottawa announced loans totaling 1 018 000 to Saskatchewan and Manitoba for unemployment and drought relief. A 500 000 advance to Saskatchewan and 218 000 to Manitoba will be countersigned by the Dominion government representative. Loans are secured by provincial treasury bills at 4 percent until July 1, 1985, then four percent.
Roger W. Babson, a well known statistician, urged U S businessmen to prepare for rising prices. In a Boston chamber of commerce luncheon speech he urged people to stop worrying about Washington and focus on inflation ahead. He predicted that inflation of some kind is surely coming.
London reports a non partisan movement to bind candidates from all parties to peace and reconstruction. A council of action with figures like David Lloyd George Viscount Snowden and Sir Basil Blackett issued a manifesto signed by 33 delegates. A two day London July convention will invite delegates to launch a nationwide campaign. The manifesto': objective is to secure cross party support for bold reconstructions in foreign and domestic fields.
Bolivian and Paraguayan forces end the three year war in the Gran Chaco after a peace protocol is signed by their foreign ministers in Buenos Aires. Delegates from Argentina Brazil Chile Peru Uruguay and the United States witnessed the ceremony. A neutral military commission will assess troop positions at armistice and report findings. ceasefire orders were already issued and a relief flight will move the commission to the jungle front between the Ico Mayo and Paraguay rivers where about 100000 soldiers died.
Gracemore scores a sensational Mimi in La Boheme before Queen Mary and a glittering London society audience. She received 15 curtain calls after the final act, a historic Covent Garden record. The Queen briefly left then returned to applaud a third time as Miss Moore curtsied, the Queen bowing and smiling.
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe predicted a three to four year reunion of the Dionne quintuplets with their mother and the entire family living under one roof. He spoke at a women's luncheon and said the mother, Mrs Dionne, may visit and care for the babies as desired.
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended June 7 totaled 200,355,758 bushels, down 1,189,638 from the prior week and 10,265 lower than the same week last year. Canadian wheat in the United States rose by 232,613 bushels to 9,603,316, while United States wheat in Canada stood at 200,294 bushels. Wheat in transit on the lakes reached 3,100,258 bushels, up from 1,488,907 last week.
New York reports the arrival of the newly appointed Japanese minister to Canada and his wife aboard the liner Majestic. Mr and Mrs Kato travel by train to Ottawa. The envoy has long served in Japan's consular service in London and formerly Washington.
The war office announced eight battalions will be created immediately to form an anti-aircraft defence force for London. Five units will become search light battalions and three, including the Royal Fusiliers, will become anti-aircraft brigades of Royal Artillery. The force is to be ready for action on outbreak of war or earlier, and will operate on a war-time basis with emphasis on the London area.
Agnes MacPhail told the National Council of Women at their annual meeting to use the franchise and enter public life. She asked how long she would remain the lone woman in the House of Commons and urged women to take courage and join the political work despite others opinions. She noted she had been the only woman MP for thirteen years.
Prime Minister R B Bennett called the wheat situation Canada’s greatest problem as he moved second readings of the Grain Bill in the House. He said Canada, though not the world’s largest producer, is the major exporter and that crop size and quality affect Canada’s economy and global prices. He noted a large share of world wheat exports come from Canada and urged a fair price, challenging Liberal members to oppose the wheat operations.
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