Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 08, 1937, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 temperature readings 7 p.m., april 7. 10 p.m., april 7 1 ., april 4 ., april 8 of. For full report of meteorological office see Page one. Sun rises 5.51 Sun sets 19.10. Moon Binaei 4.18 Moon. Sets. 16.24 Winnipeg aprils 1937. Published at 5jo Forecast Milder Rebuff for Alberta says Bank taxation. Can maintain services without assistance Ottawa is told t Ottawa april 8. Up Lerta does not require temper it financial assistance from tie Dominion pending the find jigs of the Royal commission on a the Federal govern w As advised wednesday right in a report from the Bank is Canada tabled in the House of commons by finance minister Charles Dunning. The Bank found that Alberta can maintain its government services on i favourable a basis As Manitoba or Saskatchewan without receipt of additional assistance and we there to see no basis for recommending Tat Tempe Rory financial Aid should be extended by the Dominion gov. the Bank investigated Alberta s Vencial position at the request of Premier William follow ing similar inquiries in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It recommended temporary assistance for both Manitoba and Saskatchewan Tanse different conditions were Ennd. It is expected the appropriations will be included in supplementary estimates to be introduced wore the session closes. A 50-per-cent. Cut in interest rates which went into effect june 1, -1936, Rathe main reason Why the Bank i commended no assistance. The report expressed regret at the re Pii dilatory tactics but found they placed Alberta in a budgetary Posita where it could continue with to help from Ottawa. Bank lists reasons the Bank gave the following realms for. Its recommendations in a tamary of the report we believe that of. Leation in proposed for he fiscal year approximately equal the scale of Taxa Tion in Saskatchewan and Manitoba during the same period. I believe that the budget appropriations for 1937-38 will enable the Alberta government to of sate their departments and provide Pii Blic services on a scale at least As that which will be in. Effect a the other Prairie provinces. The revenues and capital re. Kits anticipated for 1937-38 will be sufficient to cover All Ordinary open itunes All capital exp Ridi Taes and the province s share of in and Layment Relief costs. The do government of course has a tribute and will no doubt coh fee to contribute substantial mounts to cover its share of unemployment and agricultural budget visualizes a Cash deficit approximately due to proposed redemption of Provins certificates. Drive on debt social creditors open new attack Edmonton april 8. Renewed attempt by the social credit government to enforce the arbitrary reduction of debts was contained in legislation introduced wednesday by Hon Lucien Maynard minister of municipal affairs and Relief. His new act designed to replace the seven month old reduction and settlement of debts act that was declared Ultra Vires by or. Justice Ewing in Alberta supreme court provides a straight 50 per cent reduction on the amount of the debt As at july 1, 1932. The amount now recoverable will be this reduced amount plus accrued interest the rate not being affected plus any advances made to the debtor either before or since with interest on such advances after deducing All sums paid on account. The Aberhart government s adjustment programme for 1937 was completed with introduction at the same time by attorney general j. W. Hugill of amendments to the debt adjustment act. These Amend ments consist mainly of extending provisions for Compromise of debts and Protection allowed in restricting actions by permits to All debtors instead of Only Farmers and resident Home owners As formerly. The big blow to creditors and the main source of Contention lies in the Maynard measure. Rough passage ahead rough passage lies ahead of the not Only because the official opposition which fought arbitrary debt reduction a year ago is ready to wage the fight again but within the. Social credit party there is a revulsion against legislation Likely to fall foul of the courts again to Many observers such a Fate seems Likely Lor the maynard1 Bill. Politically social credit members Are under heavy pressure to enact drastic debt Relief but a Strong line of criticism has been directed in the speeches of insurgents recently Alberta debts continued on Page column 8 legislators perplexed in Alberta insurgent attempt to air grievance walked by speaker Edmonton april 8. Rules of the Alberta legislature were snarled wednesday afternoon As a Surprise attempt by insurgent social credit members to air their grievances against the government by invoking a rarely used motion was barred by speaker Peter i Dawson. A j. Hooke Young school Teache from red Deer moved adjournment of the House to discuss a matter o urgent importance. He furnished the speaker with a statement Alleg ing two ministers were guilty of a breach of Faith to government Mem Bers. After the government party agreed unanimously to support a motion for three months Supply said or. Hooke two ministers of the government with the knowledge of the Premier approached two Dif Ferent members of his party with intent to influence their vote against the said motion the speaker read the statement negotiations for interest slice asked wills urges bondholders conference with View to Savins charging that the provincial government was placing too much Faith in the Royal commission that will investigate provincial finances conservative Leader Errick Willis introduced a motion in the legis nature wednesday afternoon Palling upon the government to Institute negotiations with the bondholders with a View to reducing interest charges by annually. Strongly expressing the View that this saving could be obtained by equitable adjustment or Willis said that the history of the negotiations undertaken by the govern ment had been the history of inac Tion failure and talk about the necessity of interest reduction but no action. Emphasizing that his motion was not of want of Confidence m the government or Willis said the vote on the motion would indicate How every member of the House stood on this important subject. He was not he said sure that the Royal commission had the Power to investigate interest rates. The Way to get the rates reduced was for the government to act. The government he charged had not even tried to find out who the bondholders were. Bracken moves amendment following the tabling of the Willis motion Premier Bracken immediately moved the following britons captured by rebels Hooke motion continued on Page 11, column 2 loyalist forces Are massed on key Cordoba position Madrid april 8. Commanders reporting Iother Day in the Cordoba province offensive wed Les Day night massed their forces before Yilla Harta for a final assault on that key Point in the insurgents main line of communications about 170 Miles Southwest of Madrid. The government lines said Dis i i i f re 1 patches from the Southern Battle Tariff Board to continue Auto inquiry says cases differ with a scale of taxation no and a scale of expenditure than in Manitoba and Sas in 1937-38, Alberta sex balance its budget on. All founts and re with the exception of debt i ferment recommendation of Domin government assistance in the Ijan Toba and Saskatchewan on urgent needs of those for Cash during the time for the examination which a be conducted by the Royal Alberta were now paying full on its Ogle Gatins the proves in 1937-38 presumably it to borrow its full share of in Relief from the Dornin on the basis of budgetary not including debt re would have a Cash Short slip its position be a Little worse than that but distinctly better of Saskatchewan and a Tai for assistance would no be considered in the Light o k5se facts. Jle Case. However that Al budgetary position differ Rebuff need on Page 11, column 1 10. Press editorial is vigorously by Willis . Ready to pounce Here Are some of the 25 englishmen Cap tured by Spanish insurgents shown in a rebel prison Camp near Madrid receiving packages of cigarettes. The 25 Are the survivors of the regiment from London which was almost entirely wiped out during its baptism of fire. The men in London were unemployed and were enrolled by a group which promised Road work m Spain. When they arrived in Spain their passports were reportedly confiscated and they were Given rifles instead of shovels. Ottawa april 8. Tariff Hoard disclosed wednesday night t had received instructions from finance minister c. A. Dunning to continue its investigation the automotive Industry on which it rendered a report last month. The Board acting on the finance minister s instructions made an extensive investigation into the Auto motive schedules of the Tariff be Ore the 1936 budget with the result a Large number of reductions Wera recommended which that budget put effect. Following those reductions the Board was instructed by or. Dun Ning to continue its observations o ascertain How the lower schedule worked out. The Board made those observations during the past year and recommended further reduce ions contained in last month s re port which will be moved by the finance minister As amendments to he budget. Extension of the inquiry Lor a further year will give the Board an Opportunity to examine the Workings of the Industry tinder then new conditions and determine further reductions Are desirable. Front embraced the Heights of Chinori of stormed in one of the greatest tactical successes scored by any sector. With government troops within 3% Miles of Vula Harta the insurgents turned to fight delivering seven distinct counter attacks. Government dispatches said All were rolled Back. A graphic account of the attempted bombing by an insurgent plane of a British warship appears on Page on the Chamorro Battlefield the victors buried More than 500 enemy dead. V the Battle raged for several hours before the insurgents fled Down the Mountain. It was described a s a route which ended Only when the insurgents turned and stood close to Villa Harta. Proof demanded april 8. France and soviet Russia with violating the hands off Spain agreement the government con trolled press challenged those nations wednesday night to prove their adherence to the non intervention Accord. For a single Day since non intervention became effective has the influx of volunteers to Spain from France and Russia been halt Spanish War continued on Page 11, column 2 r 5 amendment to the motion and this House approves of the efforts that have already been made by the government to the end that an even greater reduction should be obtained and recommends a continuation of such stating that he expected the House with the exception of the conservative group to unanimously support his amendment or Bracken said the vote on it would be taken by the government As a Confidence vote. After detailing the Steps already taken by the government in negotiating with groups of creditors representing a Large proportion of bondholders the Premier said they were alive to Ihei merits of the province s position the situation was hid been before the government wished to save interest rates continued on Page 11, column 4 rail Bill revision Senate postpones third Reading pending com Promise attempt Ottawa april b. Senate wednesday postponed third read ing of the government Bill for re capitalization of the Canadian National railways to give senator Raoul Dandurand government Leader an Opportunity to seek a com Promise estimate acceptable to transport minister c. R. Howe and conservative Leader Arthur Meighen. The postponement was accompanied by senator Alert woman witness for More Sunshine statement he had been told sail around this building that the is very insistent that the balance Sheet of its rival the c.n.r., should be loaded with its past soon after the Bill subject to hot debate in the Senate railways com Mittee was reported to the. Upper House. Senator c. P. Beaubier. Cons., moved an Amend menetto attach to the railway s bal Ance Sheet a footnote stating the aggregate amount of the proprietor s equity and the Dominion s contribution As Wellch As a supplementary schedule of details of such amounts protests footnote senator Beaubien urged the foot note be accepted As a historical re Cord but senator Dandurant pro tested the amendment was the same As one proposed tuesday by senator Meighen and rejected by the trans port minister who held it would Kilt the Bill. Senator Dandurand said the Cana Dian Pacific railway produced a annual balance Sheet but did not Lis All the benefactions it had received from the Dominion government. Bonus plan is opposed by Power Grant to Aid rehabilitation of Job less veterans Ottawa april 8. C. G Power minister of pensions and National health wednesday told the House of commons he was personally opposed to. Bonuses for War veterans like those paid in the United states. He gave a re View of the whole system of pen Sions and veterans assistance Sirice the great War and for which this year he is asking after an All Day discussion the ast of or. Power s pension Esti mates were approved wednesday ight. At the end conservative eader r. B. Bennett made a plea or the unemployable War Veteran and or. Power said a permanent policy would be considered. During tie summer he would ask sex service men s associations to make Sugges Lons. Meanwhile he would have efficient Money and authority to Are for exceptional cases. A few years after the War need the Dominion paid out was bonuses continued on Page 19, column 5 civic committee asks Council to adopt Daylight saving 10, crusade against age drinking scenes. Traffic act amendments before legislature organization will take part on 1gv plan to do their bit the 10. Ous note to teacher is Page 9. Convocation will Page 17. Be increases on farm simple Are 16. Fears new Flag 9. Daylight saving t or Winnipeg commence sunday april 25, and end sunday sept. 26, was recon City Council wednesday afternoon by civic a health commit Teer after a number of delegations representing business and sport appeared in Hearty support of the proposal. N the recommendation carried 3.to 2 Aid. Mcwilliams Bardal and Morrison voting Tor and Simp Kin and Gray against. Air Gray because he had previously moved a motion refer the whole matter to coun cil without recommendation Ala. Five because he had been instructed to a so by the Weston shops men. A letter of protest was also received from Beaver would the Rhodd of k i Kobert Jacob . Who acted As spokesman for the delegations said fears had been expressed about the possible disturbing effect on child Dren but is should not be forgotten that they would be Ori holidays for two of the five months Daylight saving in operation. Aid. Simpkin asked if the delegation Ever thought of quitting work an hour earlier disturbing the clock and thus providing that much More Opportunity for employ ment of others now out of work. Day would Tje Benefi Cial , he that the referendum on Daylight saving submitted to 10 years ago had been Defeated by a Bare 250 Yotes. If Odd. Rejected ballots had been re counted there might have been Story to Teli do you the services of t Lif a j 5 t accountant Mechanic dressmaker Chimney professional person or do you want the name phone number and address of a druggist operator or any of the daily ser vices3-Equifedtin the keep my up of a Home if so consult the once a week directory published today and every fied sector ont by l r 1 former employee of Anderson firm quizzed Way through a of questions concerning Stock trades for House accounts and Allied miss Elaine Brabant Secretary treasurer of the defunct firm of Anderson Greene enlivened her testimony wednesday afternoon by finding in a few seconds records which Hugh Phillipps ., defence counsel declared were missing. Miss Brabant is testifying at the preliminary hearing of t. Cuthbert Anderson on charges of theft and conspiracy conducted by magistrate a. C. Campbell further details of the proceedings will be found on Page 9 Cross examination of miss Bra Bant continued at the afternoon session and was devoted for the first hour to tracing trades through the House accounts or accounts partly for the House and partly operated by others. Included in these accounts Werea. A. A and mrs. Eva the account in the name of a. K. Was miss Brabant s own account she said. Or. Phillipps started off with the a. Sproule account but after a question or two jumped to the account operated in the name of a. O he found out that the Anderson Case continued on Page 11, column 6 air agreement t i i arrangements completed for transatlantic route Washington april 8j United states completed three English speaking nations for commercial air service across the Atlantic Ocean. J. Monroe Johnson assistant Secretary of the Commerce department said agreement had been reached with Canada Ireland and great Britain funder which giant flying boats will Speed Pas sengers and mail Between new York and London with Stop overs v j Ireland. Said experimental probably wiil in a very Shorf air ways and t Aniam Eriean airways. Maa carrying a accepted later. Johnson said that names have teen tune begin experimental these Nave been Deta Jed outcome the1 governments. A l he that Clipper ships similar to the Pacific will be experimental Grain quiz to informed of mixing former port Arthur ele Vator employee Testi. Fies before probe Vancouver a Prii 8. Mixing practices and selection for protein Content were probed by the Turgeon Grain inquiry wednesday. Or. Justice w. F. A., Turgeon of i Regina conducting the inquiry ruled the evidence Given by John Glossup of. Santa j Monica Calif should be turned ave r the Board of Grain commissioners for any action which the1 Board might deem advisable. Former employee of Mccabe Brothers Grain company at port Arthur ont or. Glossup declared wheat was selected for protein Content to meet special r milling de mands and he feared such practice would injure the Canadian Export Trade although not a violation of the canada1 Grain act. Mixing of other than no. 3 hard and nos. 1, 2 and 3 Northern is permitted under the Canada Grain act. Or " Glossup mentioned in stances of mixing in loading boats at port Arthur and Isaac Pitblado ., Winnipeg counsel for the Winnipeg Grain Exchange suggested further evidence at Lake head ports might be necessary to clarify the whole situation. Recalls 1934 Cue or. Glossup said that a 1934 the freight Carrier Algonquin was supposed to be loaded with bushels of no. 1 Northern i nutty. He said bushels 1 smutty was with no. 2 smutty and the balance of the cargo was made ii of no. Stra igme Grade. Or Justice if a loss was not inevitable with no. 1 Northern being used. Or. Glossup said he believed the 1 was used to Complete the shipment and possibly because the top might have been he agreed the mating probably resulted in a loss when to lordship suggested no Grain probe Page 11, column 5 minister proposes big shift new Bill would wipe out 1 arbitrary Powers of i advisory Board i sweeping changes in the and ministration., of the policy of education in Manitoba Are provided in a Bill moved for second Reading in the legislature wednesday by Hon. Ivan Schultz ., minister of education. Wiping out arbitrary Powers now held by the advisory Board and providing for re Organiza Tion of the department of Educa Tion the Bill greatly enlarges the responsibility of the minis Ter making him directly answerable to the legislature for departmental policies and activities. Appointment of an entirely new departmental official a superintendent of with highly important duties is provided by the Bill. A Clear demarcation is de fined Between the responsibilities of the Deputy minister and the superintendent of education. The Bill sets up an entirely new department of education act debate on second Reading was adjourned by general. H. D. B. Ketchen conservative member for Winnipeg. Two general principles under lying the Bill were explained by or. Schultz. Firstly it gave the minister of education full subject to certain conditions of educational policy and control. The practice followed to Date and still advocated in certain was control by the advisory Board with the Par Trent of education acting merely As an administrative body carrying out the Board s. Regulations. The Board was supposed to be a Buffer Between the Public and the depart ment. The present practice was contrary to the British of responsible government the minister said. The advisory Board was not responsible to the minister and not even re i i k Sitters ejected Atlantic that _ he raid however planes Are being in f new Jorfe Anft As two have Aro reit Spon sible to the legislature. Yet the legislature More important matter to Deal with than the subject of education on wifi cd the future of the province depended. Separates duties a second departure in principle in the Bill from the present set up was that it separated the administrative and academic duties of the the past the ministrative functions of the department and whatever legislative functions that existed were Cen tred in the Deputy minister who acted As Secretary of the advisory Board and was largely in control of departmental administration. V the Bill provides for appoint ment of a superintendent to work out and apply a unified co Ordin ated plan of education for the prov Ince. This work would require a Man who by training and profession was fitted for a difficult task. He will be directly responsible to the minister and through the minis Ter to the legislature. This will result in the superintendent and Deputy minister hav ing separate responsibilities or. Schultz pointed out the superintendent will be responsible for the academic Side of the work tie Deputy minister for the administrative Side. The superintendent will have control of curriculum and examinations inspection of schools Normal and summer schools Cor Respondence technical arid in addition be will supervise All the sub depart ments whose work is incidental to legislature continued on Page 11, column 3 the weather today p.m., the setae our. At is Maxi mum 38 minimum 25 barometer 30.j3 North wind at Iven mlle per irate writ mraihi. A.m., to at p.m., 40 maximum. Minimum. 25 barometer. 30.30 North wind at 11 Miles per hour maximum humidity minimum i Dity Clear. Pressure waa Low in the Gulf of St. Lawrence wednesday and a moderate Date Urbance was moving eastward from Oklahoma while War High Over Manitoba and the Northwest Tsaio. Showers occurred in East and angry Farmers oust strikers in bloody Pennsylvania Battle Henh by. April. 8. A i several thousand angry Farmers and Loyat Sonen and women work ers of the Hershey chocolate corporation drove More than sit from the Vine Cov wednesday after a Twenty five combatants were at tended nearly Mari More were less seriously Hurt. Jhoil tie victims had battened or 8t stages wednesday to condemn both sit Down company unions or any other unfair labor practices of 1 1 Light time Tec in of Northern Quebec and. Ontario though in other Ali tricks the weather was mild in the West nth a Little higher temperature Ontario. Minimum and maximum temperatures my. A. Dawson 10 o Aklavik Buzz Simpson .20 it Smith. Zvir. Kupert. 3k Victoria Vancouver Jasper Edmonton. Binm Calgary Leth bridle. Med. After four hours of heated de Bate it adopted a Resolution sup ported by a Strong bloc of administration senators which sit Down strikes As illegal and contrary to sound Public the so called Industrial spy system for Breeding fear suspicion and anime qty and tending to cause strikes and Industrial warfare. It is likewise contrary to sound Public policy for any employer to deny the right of collective bargaining to Foster the Union or to engage in any other unfair labor practice As defined in the National labor he Latsons 40 30 42 Kamloops. 32 64 or George. 30 m it a 30 48 211 54 so. Currant 54 Battleford. Or. ,24 St so emf cartoon. J2 Star. 31 it Roxca n and beco mias . Rcd a a 44 Brandon 14 44 Winnipeg. 25 43 Kenora it. Arthur. M 46 Moo Ponce 26 Coeh Ranc 28 run Tarlue. 31 45 Parry sound 30 44 London 30 to Toronto 33 s3 Kingston 32 Ottawa 34 44 Montreal a 40 Quebec 35 40 St. John 3t 48 Halifax Chariot teen 40 49 Chicago .-38 St St Tui to 8 j i Milder. Skate Swan and Alk Sta a Ltd. 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