Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 07, 1937, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature readings 7 ., april 6. 39 10 ., april 6 1 ., april 7 4 ., april 7 for full report of meteorological office see Page one. Iii Paft Tot. 22 pages. ,1 Sun rises 5.53 Sun sets 19 08. Moon rises 3.54 Moon sets 15.06. Winnipeg wednesday april 7, 1937. Published at 5.30 Asks Aid strike . From Winnipeg demands new Deal for municipalities cities would be Well advised to take drastic action unless Ottawa assumes larger share of Cost Maybank asserts Ottawa april 7. New in sit Down strikes i strike by Canadian cities and towns against Relief costs was advocated in the House of commons tuesday when the new Elief Bill passed through All stages. The financial plight of municipalities was emphasized by Many members when Relief conditions were discussed. Ralph Maybank lib., Winnipeg South Centre said cities and towns would be Well advised to go on strike against unemployment costs until the Federal government assured them some measure of Relief. Otherwise bankruptcy was the Only alternative. Possibility of a new system of Relief distribution was indicated by labor minister Norman Rogers. He said when agreements were being negotiated with the provinces this year there was a possibility some percentage of the Grants might be earmarked for municipalities. The minister said there was a possibility Money would be advanced directly to the municipalities for Relief works As playgrounds and recreational facilities. Although slum clearance schemes would no1 be excluded it would be necessary to stay within the appropriations set by parliament. K. Esling cons., Kootenay West suggested the National employment commission Call a Confer ence of All Industrial employers with the idea of putting the five Day week into operation As widely As possible. Suggests you cannot create work where work does not he told the House suggesting the Jive Day week was the Only practical Way of Dis big deficit is budgeted in Quebec expenditures expected to exceed Ordinary Revenue by 31 millions Quebec april 7. Up the Jeven months old Union National government presented to the que legislature tuesday its first Complete budget providing for a deficit of in the fiscal year of 1937-1938. A favourable balance of however was shown by provincial treasurer Martin Fisher for the first eight months of the fiscal compared with the Corres period last year. And it fas estimated a surplus of would be shown at the end of the year in Ordinary revenues Over Ordinary expenditures. The favourable the min ister told the House consisted in reduction of the deficit for the first eight months of last year to a deficit for opening eight months of the cur rent fiscal year to enable the Public and legislators to get a Bird s Eye View of or. Fisher quoted from his address the following estimates for 1937-1938 estimated Ordinary Revenue estimated Ordinary expenditure estimated sur plus big extraordinary expenditures besides Ordinary id the minister we Are request i the House to vote extraordinary expenditures to cover direct Relief and Public charities Public works fisheries roads and colonization on capital account add to this Ordinary expenditure of and it brings Wai contemplated expenditure to with total estimated Revenue of there is left a total estimated Ordinary extra Ordinary and capital expenditures excess of Revenue of at present or. Fisher said it As impossible to state definitely the operations for the cur it fiscal year ending june 30, a will reveal. But i will in Tevor to give a Bird s Eye View Al financial operations of the prov Lor the first eight months of current fiscal year comparing them the corresponding Fig in brackets for the same Psid last year figures compared Tributino available employment. Ivor. Rogers said the time a Corning if it had not already arrived when Industry will have to recognize a very definite responsibility if this country is going to b Able to utilize its available working he made no direct reply to the suggestion of a Ference. Conservative Leader r. B. Ben Nett when the Relief Bill was Dis cussed in committee stage suggest i the provinces be assisted in technical education particularly in the West. If the system of splitting Relie costs Between the municipalities the provinces and the Dominion continued municipal bankruptcy was inevitable he said. Cities am towns were carrying intolerable to loads through Relief and., should press the provinces to Dominion for direct assistance. provinces wer increased in december 1935, with the express understanding. The in creases were to be passed on to the commons continued on Page 5, column 4 Ralph Maybank . For Winnipeg South Centre who tues Day in the House of commons handed that the Federal govern ment lift a greater share of the Relief Burden from the municipal ties. Cities would be Well advised o stage Relief strikes if assistance were not Given he said. Headed off amendments added to wage tax move Issue tied up by government in two Swift Bracken favors repeal As soon As House approves enough expenditure reductions to offset it Bracken government support for l. St. G. Stubbs motion for the legislature to record its opinion that the two per cent tax should be repealed was forthcoming tuesday under terms calling for a House vote on the question of continuing the tax until alter natives Are adopted. Calls vote the two per cent tax Issue was tied up by the government by two moves in Swift succession. Premier John Bracken moved an Amend ment to the Stubbs then no v. Bachynsky government Mem ber for Fisher moved an Amend ment to the Premier s amendment. House rules forbid introduction of a third amendment. Premier Bracken s amendment. Expresses the opinion that the two per cent tax ought to be repealed As soon As a majority of this House approves of sufficient reductions in expenditure to offset or. Bachynsky s amendment to fears Market diversion present Canadian wheat Price slowing Down sales says exporter Vancouver april 7. Up the present out of line position of Canadian wheat prices was slowing Down sales the Turgeon Grain in Quiry was told tuesday by Hobert m. Bryan Vancouver Export merchant who disclosed sidelights on the Oriental Grain Trade. Or. Bryan thought the higher prices for Canadian wheat was curbing sales but added Grain statistics were being some traders As showing that even if sales Are Slack now a demand for Canadian wheat is inevitable. Some of the Oriental agents with which his Export company had informed Hin Canadian prices were out of line in relation to Argentine and australian cheats. Dealing with Trade with zealand or. Bryan said there was now a Complete embargo in the Southern Dominion against flour imports. Purchases of Canadian no. 1 hard wheat were r being made for use in milling blends. F. E. Burke Vancouver Export merchant in Grain by products feared establishment of a govern ment wheat Board would bring about centralized shipping which he said would injure businesses Grain probe continued on Page 9, column 1 the Premier s amendment does not change simply or. Adds Bracken s wording to the opinion or As soon As. This House approves of another tax to take its if both the amendment and the amendment to the amendment Are accepted the House will record its Relief that the two per cent tax should be abolished As soon As expenditure is Cut by the amount collected by this or As soon As a substitute tax is voted by the House. An economic Survey of Manitoba carrying Forward the agreement Between the Bracken and social radio gag hit Howe defends censorship against Lawson s attack Ottawa april 7. Exercised by the Cana Dian broadcasting corporation on religious addresses containing attacks upon other religions and All other offensive forms of broadcasting will continue and is in Complete Accord with the radio act Hon. C. D. Howe transport minister told the House of Cretini forces was authorized by the legislature in a division vote of 36 to 16, the opponents being the conservative group and or. Stubbs. All other members in the House including independents sup porting it. The Survey will Call for setting up a. Directing Board assisted by. Numerous committees. Replies to charge before moving his amendment or. Bracken replied first to or. Stubbs attack on the government dealing firstly with the Independent member s charge that government had looted the deferred subsidy account of to produce a balanced budget. The Premier pointed out the deferred subsidy totalling was paid Manitoba by the Dominion upon the Transfer of natural resources. This Revenue owing the province under the natural re sources agreement. In 1930r the government decided to set it aside for paying debts and. A Bill was enacted for that purpose but. By the next year the eco nomic crash was taking its toll of provincial Revenue and so with the legislature continued on Page 9, column 2 Stillin line intervention stand is unchanged Rome asserts april 7. Attitude toward the 27 Power hands off Spain pact remains unchanged despite a mounting anti French newspaper Campaign authorized sources plane drops bomb near ult. Warship Gibraltar april Cap an Aerial bomb fell near the British destroyer Gallant tuesday Between Valencia and Alicante Spanish government held ports on the Eastern coast. Dispatches said possibly an in Ordinary receipts Ordinary disburse sets. Sex Jas of disbursements Over receipts therefore you will note that for we first eight months of this year have a favourable balance of compared with the first months of last said or. And i might also add that this period the present gov has assumed the Cost of age pensions to an extent of e than commons tuesday night. He was replying to protests launched by Hon. J. Earl Lawson cons. York South against deletions made by the corporation from an address prepared by Rev mor Rice Zeidman of Toronto whom or. Research Board in session in to decide on Grain tests. Page 2. Swindlers still plot tricks in mining be 8. Youth will play prominent part a Coronation 7. Former Poison principal testifies Caners lacked 7. Farmer reveals details of Stock 4. Urge drastic move against Dukti Obers Nelson b.c., april 7. Resolution calling for the boycotting of Dou Kobors throughout Slocan approved tuesday meeting of 175 Farmers at Winlaw 15 Miles Northwest of Here. The meeting was held to protest the wave of burning and. A bombing which destroyed or damaged 10 schools or Halls in this District Early sunday. The. Other demands ask enforce ment of a curfew Law against the Dou Kobors their exclusion from Public works and Relief Tion of their property by the government their isolation on govern ment reserves and seizure of their University students stage water with 4. Proposed terms in new College Ger 7. First Aid teams compete for 7. . Navies held peace in Southern Span error reigns service to be shorten chattels to pay for the damage caused in sunday s outrages., crash in Mill air san Diego. Cal., april 7. Four United states naval fliers plunged to death in the sea. Tues Day after two fast scout bombing planes collided head on during manoeuvres Over the Fleet dril1 40 Miles off Nava authorities reported. Howe described As a recent Vert to the protestant or Lawson also referred to refusal of the corporation to permit an address on voluntary St or Ibiza icon of the feeble pre pared by or. J. T. Hutton medical in Altai officer of Brantford. He could not understand Why addresses could not go on the radio when they were printed in the newspapers. Or. Lawson declared deletions had been made from the Zeidman speech at Ottawa and that major Gladstone Murray Csc general manager had indicated wrongly that they had been made in the station at Toronto. Are we going to permit an Auto Cracy that no Man advocate his religious beliefs because they differ with those of or. Lawson asked. Censorship was dangerous out when it rested in a Lif surgent plane had mistaken the de Stroyer for a government vessel. It was reported the Gallant had driven off the air plane with anti aircraft fire. St. Jean de Luz France april .7. Two. British destroyers sped tuesday to the Aid of the British steamship Thorpe Hall when insurgent Spanish warships fired across her bows seven Miles off the North Ern coast of Spain. The destroyers Brazen and Blanche reported the incident on returning to this port after., having escorted the Thorpe Hall inside the three mile limit on her Way to Bil Bao the Basque capital. The Thorpe Hall had a similar experience near Gibraltar last week when she was fired at by insurgent ships. Loyalists Advance Madrid april 7. Govern ment commanders extending the Cordoba province offensive which hey asserted already had gained 35 Miles in two weeks pushed their Ines ahead slowly tuesday night toward pen Arroya. The threat to the Basque cities of Bilbao and Durango by general Emilio Mola s insurgents advancing in the cant Abrian mountains Spanish War continued on Page 9, column the hands of a series of Little czars in every radio station across Canada there could be Little Hope of uniformity. Or. Howe said it was the duty of the corporation to determine the nature of the material for Broad casts and the first test of its fit Ness was whether or not it would give offence to any Section of the population. With respect to sterilization he continued i would ask the Honor Able member if he thinks it is proper for children of five or 10 years to listen to i do replied or. Lawson but the responsibility is on the parents to control the children s radio entertainment As they contro1 their retorted or. Howe the responsibility is on the corporation to keep offensive mater off the balk Premier t. D. Pattullo who announced tuesday that his British Columbia Liberal govern ment will go. To the country this Spring. Declared Here tuesday right. The. Corriere Padang accused France of trying under Standard non intervention to provoke a coalition War again Italy and the until tuesday the press h and merely printed foreign reports giving alleged., instances of French Ference on the Spanish govern tuesday it. Turned to editorial attack similar to those Tain during the ethiopian is said that the development of the situation a month after the Day when All doors should have been closed will impose a new Examina Tion of the question for maintenance of unilateral neutrality. Would result in favouring one of two parties. If communism is desired at any Price if this tragic trap the pathway of civilize Rome Stano continued on Page 9, column 3 end Auto strikes election called Date to be fixed before april 22, says Premier Pattullo Victoria april 7. Lib eral government of Premier t. D Pattullo will go to the British co Lumbia electorate this Spring the Premier announced tuesday. Stating the Date would be fixed before april. 22, or. Pattullo firmed Long Felt Assurance that an Early poll was in Prospect. A june Date is generally considered prob Able with late May a possibility. Tie actual Date of the polling has not said the Premier but i know the Public is Antici Pating an announcement shortly so i Tell you the Date will be fixed before april 22." British Columbia will enter., a general election Campaign with Thi Prospect of having even a Greate number of candidates than the 211 who contested for .47 seats at Thi last general election in november 1933. Parties which have announced they. Will contest All or a majority of constituencies Are the libera government party conservatives social constructive opposition co and the. Social. Credit league. In addition there Are in Prospect Vari Ous labor socialists communists1 and others. The competing parties in 1933 were the unionist government of or. S. F. Tolmie liberals . And Independent non partisans the liberals were into Power with the following standing the liberals 34, inde pendent non partisan two inde Pendents two. Unionists labor one. Total 47, Resolution seeking Premier s eviction ruled out of order speaker of Alberta House refuses to place insurgent supporter s proposal on order have declared premiership ministries vacant april 7. Up and unconstitutional by speaker Peter Dawson a Resolution moved by s. A. G. Barnes ind. S.c., Edmonton which would have declared the offices of Premier William Aberhart and credit Cabi net vacant will not be admitted to the order paper of the Alberta legislative Assembly. Supporter of the insurgents of the social credit party or. Barnes an Independent social credited since he was read out of the party caucus last july presented the Resolution to the clerk the Assembly Robert Andison late tuesday. He re Quested it be included in thursday s order paper. Lansing. Mich., april 7., governor Frank Murphy announced tuesday night an agreement had been reached ending the Chrysler automotive strikes and that it pro Vides for recognition by the corporation of the United automobile workers of America As the collective bargain Agency of its Mem Bers employed by the firm. The terms also provided the governor said that the corporation will not Aid promote or finance any labor group or organization or any other Union which might undermine the . In return the Union pledged that it would not Call any sit Down strikes or permit its members to engage in any in Chrysler plants for the duration of which extends to March 31, 1938. Dishonesty prize senator raps administration of creditors arrangement act Ottawa april 7. Of administration of the Farmers creditors arrangement act in Prince Edward Island was voiced tuesday in the Senate by Hon. J. J. Hughes Prince Edward the legislation designed to assist honest Farmers lie declared but was to encourage dishonesty on the part of the of the act in Prince Jedward Island within the last 12 months had not shown any Conception of the mind Jot Parlia ment in enacting common sense he said. He had heard or. Justice Albert c. Saunders chairman of the Board of review state at a hearing that the government was cutting the obligations of All Farmers of Western Canada in whether the farm lers were Able to pay their obligations or not. He had afterwards spoken to or. Justice Saunders the maritime senator stated and the judge had said his statement had reference to the Aberhart govern ment of Alberta. The administering the ac1 was tremendous in each Case Anc the administration had been likened to a senator Hughes said there were 927 acres under in Prince Edward Island in the last two years As compared to 113 in Nova Scotia. Conservative Leader Arthur Meighen said he had received four or five complaints. He was afraid some of the complaints of senator Hughes were Only too True. Senator Raoul Dandurand gov Ern Merit Leader said he would bring the representations to the attention of the minister of the government concerned. I have refused admission of the Resolution to the order said speaker Dawson shortly after the legislature adjourned tuesday night. It would interfere with the functions of the lieutenant gov he said and is in constr he said it would have no effect even if passed in the legislature. The Resolution would have declared the right of the Alberta Legisla debt measure Beady Edmonton april 7. Cup debt legislation understood to provide for a 50 per cent reduction in principal of All Al Berta debt is b believed ready for presentation to the Legisla Ture wednesday. Final consideration was Given at a caucus attended by Premier Aberhart his Cabinet members and 21 private members tues Day night. The caucus it was also understood discussed new social credit legislation which is expected to be presented to the legislature soon. Tive Assembly to elect by. Majority vote a Premier and members of the shown a copy of the Resolution Prennier Aberhart refused comment. W. J. Lampley s.c., peace prominent member of the insurgent movement seconded the Resolution text Resolution text of the Barnes Resolution follows whereas this government has admittedly be ii unable to take the first Steps to introduce the principles of social credit in this province and whereas we earnestly de sire to deplorable Fin Ancial conditions existing in this and whereas it is incumbent upon the members of this Assembly to Pat Forth every Effort to this end and whereas the delay in this matters. Creating much dissension among us and whereas it is evident that Alberta continued on Page 9, column 5 tension eased Senate railway committee decides to report . Bill Ottawa april 7. A few tense moments on the question of the balance Sheet the Senate railways committee tuesday night decided to report the measure for Mancial re of the Canadian National railways Structure to the upper vision House for third Reading. Suggestion by conservative Leader Arthur Meighen that there should be a footnote to the balance Sheet of the system stating the aggregate amount of the proprietor s equity and of the Dominion government s contribution developed into a Exchange with transport minister c. D. Howe. Attached would be a supplementary schedule of details of amounts. The minister refused to accept the suggested change. The effect would be to kill Bis Bill or. Howe said and he had consulted the Deputy ministers of finance and transport on the matter. The Canadian Cham ber of Commerce in getting the in Dorsa Tion of various Chambers in opposition to the Bill before com Senate. Continued on Page 9. Column 5 rapid clearance Toronto april 7. Little bottle containing an ounce and a half of Nitro Glycerine passed Casu ally from hand to band in police court tuesday until professor Jos Lyn Rogers Ontario government analyst remarked the contents could produce a tremendous explosion enough to blow this courtroom and everything in Smither asked Crown attorney f. I Malone. Prof. Rogers agreed. Within a minute the courtroom was virtually empty of spectators even a few reporters remembered elsewhere. Small Loans interest rate is approved Ottawa april 7. Maxi cum Flat rate of two a month on Small Loans allocated one half of one per cent to interest and 1% per cent to service charges and fees was finally approved tuesday night by the banking and com Merce committee of the House of commons for the Central finance corporation. Explaining his Compromise amendment in which interest and service charges were segregated w. A. Tucker l in. Rosthern said while not consider support a thigh rate the aia end ment had the advantage of enabling the provinces to regu Latti the amount of service charges and fees As they saw interest being exclusively within the Federal Juris diction. G. G. Mcgeer left. Vancouver Jurrard contended the Ameni men Sirr ply fixed the charges at w per cent a month As. Originally intended since the company could charge 1 a per cent for service charges whether service was performed or not. Or. Stevens the situation was certain a no i a minor amendment by War. Me Geer was 12-6, after which the tucked amendment Wols car ried 13-5. Move made to increase seed Loans Saskatchewan legislature urges action within ability to finance Regina sask., april 7. The extent that the government is Able to arrange Tor additional Finan cing the Saskatchewan legislature voted tuesday for a Resolution urging the government to increase seed Grain and seeding Supply advances to drought area Farmers. Federal government guarantees of for seeding supplies is the limitation within provincial government has to keep in making distribution of seed and seeding supplies., according to figures Given by horus. G. Tagabi to minister of Agri culture this will take care of the supplying of bushels of seed wheat bushels of feed Grain bushels of seed osts. And in tractor fuel and in machinery repairs. The original motion was sponsored by the . Opposition and called for an increase in the seed distribution. This was modified by a government amendment which read to the extent govern ment May be. Abie to negotiate or arrange additional financial assist it was with this amending clause that the Resolution was adopted unanimously. Storm of protest a storm of protesting telegrams and Telephone Calls Farmers and their representatives of the drought areas of the province Northwest to Southwest in the major portion of the Grain growing area has reached the offices of the Saskatchewan association of Rural municipalities against the 30 per cent reduction in seed allowances made by the provincial government. I have never seen a storm of protest in the province As said j. J. My Gerrari Secretary of the municipal association. If the government insists on maintaining its present said r. W. Hanham Lafleche presi Dent of the association the of the Farmers to rehabilitate them selves this year Are doomed to Dis Shaunavon Farmers numbering 160, at a meeting saturday resolved to refrain from seeding an acre unless provided with seed and supplies for All summer allow. The original schedule provided for of per acre to , for a maximum of 120 acres to on a Quarter Section of land for 200 acres on a farm up to 300 acres for 240 acres to on a farm of 300 to 400 acres and for 300 acres of on a farm of More than 400 acres. The weather monday ., la Tuet my At b.30 ., 28 Maxi mum 39 minimum 28 barometer 28.80 Southeast wind at 14 Miles per hour sky Cloudy. The Day to tuesday fl.3f At 8.30 3b Maxi mum 42 minimum a barometer 28.88 cast wind at five Miles per hour Trace precipitation maximum Wum laity 8654 minimum. Sky Cloudy. A deep Low area Waff passing North eastward across Ungava tuesday with trough of Low southward along the aunt la const. Another Low area was centred Over the states with High pressure Over tile Hud son Bay Region and to the southward the great rain fell tuesday in Northern Ontario Quebec and the maritime provinces. Except for Light Snow in some Section Mankota the weather in the Western was fair and comparatively mild. Dawson Aklavik Simpson it. Smith or. Rupert. Victoria Vancouver. Kamloops or George Jasper Edmonton Calgary Mcd. Hat s current Battleford or Albert Saskatoon Moose my a. 24 34 .-14 1o 14 30 44 38 5tf 40 Fez 38 w 36 30 so w 24 43 28 43 26 52 48 53 30 44 30 42 in 42 30 42 by Gina Brandon Winnipeg Knorn it. Arthur Moosonee Cochrane Hunta Jisc. Par. Sound 32 Toronto Kingston Ottawa Montreal Quebec St. John Halifax Clott town Chicago i. A. .32 30 34 .26 20 26 42 45 44 32 34 30 32 34 32 38 38 42 38 40 34 50 w so 44 3ff 46 34. 44 32 "48 3s 28 fair not much Chance in Tern pc Mattiro Saskatchewan and mostly air and mild. Lave Superior moderate winds mostly fair a Little cooler Over West portion. Kenora Kalny mostly fair not much change in Teni Pesature. 1 i i ;