Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 10, 1937, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature readings 7 ., april 9 10 ., april 9 1 a.m., april 10 4 a.m., april 10 for full report of meteorological office see Spaffo one. Vol 63--no. Pages. Sun sets. 19.13 Moon rises 5.05 Moon sets 19.03 Winnipeg saturday april 10, 1937. Rises sets Moon rises 5.33 Moon sets 20.32 published at 5.30 mild. City warned cannot continue pyramiding Relief debt says Bank officials of financial institution disturbed Over City what Steps Are being made to repay unfunded part of 1935 debt Winnipeg s overdraft with he Bank of Montreal incurred through unemployment Relief costs has resulted in a warning to civic officials that the trend of pyramiding Relief debts cannot continue indefinitely. Officials of the Bank have informed hip City treasurer that they Are considerably disturbed by the potion of the City. Copies of letters Between the Bank and the City treasurer Janie before the finance committee at their meeting Friday after noon. The letter from Harry c. Thomp of o son City treasurer pointed out that f i c Al d Elj. O ast monday the City asked the f Montreal for a line of credit for current account for 1937, for 00. In answer the Bank reminded the City of their three million Dollar overdraft of which related o 1935 expenditures and asked King meets Golf Champion Ain veterans live a Vimy Battle 500 celebrate anniversary of memorable Victory at festive Board Canada s citizen soldiers stormed through Snow rain and deep Slushy mud to a second capture of Vimy Ridge and once again established the Canadian corps As a first Clasi lighting organization when Over 500 veterans gathered Friday evening in the Royal Alexandra hotel on occasion of the 20th anniversary o the famous Victory in which the Canadian expeditionary Force ought for the first time As an circumstances were altered in this second Battle of Vimy when the entrenching tools were knives Teks and spoons the ammunition was Boeuf bully Grenay. Pomme Sony serving and pois Petit Vimy positions captured were Marke with the flashlights of pros photographers and the barrage a the Lively notes of the . Was col. The Hon Price Montague honorary presiden of the valour Road Memoria old soldiers continued on Page 2, column 6 warned of disaster King Leopold of the belgians who paid a visit to London for diplomatic conversations with the British foreign office is shown Here with miss Baton Golf Champion after playing a round of Golf with her on the Royal. Berkshire course at Ascot. That Steps the City proposed to Ake in regard to repaying the unfunded portion of the 1935 debt. It was suggested by the Bank that he City should not miss the oppor Unity to present its Case before he Royal commission during the hearings on the financial position of the provincial government in View of the fact that Winnipeg s financial position is so bound up with that of the province. The committee after Brief Dis Cussion referred the matter to Aid. E. D. Honeyman k.c., chairman of the finance committee and or. Thompson. The committee Learned that from the beginning of the year to March 31, motorists had paid the motor vehicle tax enriching the Treasury by an increase of Over 193b figures for the same time. A Resolution received from the North Winnipeg taxpayers association asking the City bylaws to provide exemption from tax sales of properties in which the owner is resident was referred to Aid. Gray and Aid. Sirri onite. Aid. Bardal and Aid. Flye were instructed to Confer with civic officials on the preparation of material for presentation by the Dominion conference of mayors before the Royal commission regarding the problem of the municipalities. To Aid jobless youth re election is. Deemed in plan authorized May pro rogue today Hope at Oshawa Auto strike settlement is held possible today by the Canadian press settlement today of the general motors strike at Oshawa is backed by the word of Premier Mitchell Hepburn he is hopeful of that achievement. The Premier s cheerful opinion voiced late Friday after a conference with representatives of the United automobile workers of America indicated a reaper pachment Between the Ontario government and negotiators representing the workers organization. In my opinion the men Are site he Premier said. Twenty four hours arlier he had declared the gov rement completely concurs in the attitude of the company that it is Aberhart could never Hope to be returned says opponent Edmonton april 10. Government William Aber Hart could never Hope to be re turned to the. House As conservative. Leader David m. Dug Gaii declared he sup ported a Resolution off Anderson . Calgary for introduction of a redistribution Bill at the next session of the Alberta the Resolution carried. Or. Duggan said the people want a and he added All there is for us to do is to set the Date of i Hope if the Premier remains at the head of the government that he will see that a report is brought in at the next said the conservative Leader. If he has any doubt about it that the report be submitted at our adjourned ses Sion or if there is any doubt about him being head of the government at the adjourned session then i suggest he might give us his views mrs. E. A Gostick . Calgary disagreed with the conservative Leader. She declared the govern ment had gained a new least of Alberta continued on. Page 5, column 4 Ottawa Gap . Bill Reich plans Trade offer to Belgium Berhn. April 10. Offer Belgium a much larger Ware of business for Antwerp har in return for badly needed raw materials from the belgian Congo Ell informed sources believed May night. Or Hjalmar Schacht Reich Bank president will seek some such it argement when he confers with Isa Ding financial experts at Brus next week these sources believed. Tiie impending visit to Brussels was described officially As purely coincidental with acceptance by easier Van. Zeeland of an assign to investigate International Jrade questions. This was regarded High German official circles however As of great importance. Government leaders in private conversations admitted or. Schacht s a sit has a greater significance now it would have had without Vernier Van Zeeland s projected Survey. Of them Woods Worth condemns Hepbur. It etude in Oshawa 2 essay Pian for scholars is de by school 16 novel cold air treatment of is 15. Canadian military contingents of donation sail april 1 racketeers sucker bait fails t flare 16. City postal a Ocoine tops in five 17. Aur a. B. Eaird urges students t world 17. School Board oppose saving Page 16. Gas for Winnipeg oing to remain Clear of the nomination of professional labor profiteers we believe the time or a showdown is at the Early Friday Hugh Thompson or Manizer for the committee for in us trial organization which Eon Rols the u.a.w., snapped Back the people will never stand for his introduction of fascist methods nto their democratic country and the say any violence or bloodshed Auto strike continued on Page 2, column 3 programme re habilitation of unemployed youth was disclosed in the House of commons Friday As prorogation of parliament sat urday seemed virtually certain announcement that efforts to Aid. Youth would be made through co operation of. The Dominion and provincial governments was made by Hon Norr Riah Rogers minister of labor. As. The House approved the appropriation. The minister said he could not outline in detail Money be but an Effort would be made to train Young men for various trades in which there commons continued on Page 5, column 2 Hitler on Volcano is Hitler leading Germany and the world into War what be the outcome of nazi policy., explosion or collapse what is the effect of Ger Many s frantic and economic regimentation on the democratic nations of the world Grant delete free press staff correspondent in London today begins a series of articles which attempt to Supply the answers As far As he is Able to determine them based on available information in whence h e has recently returned and in England. Today s article appears on Page 3. Senate accepts Compromise offered by trans port minister Ottawa april 10. Up one stumbling Block in the Way of eminent prorogation was removed Friday when the Senate accepted a by transport minister c. D. Howe in the Cana Dian National railways recapitalization Bill. Ottawa april 10. Pip ing of natural Gas from the Turner Valley in Alberta to Regina Saska Toon Winnipeg and other Prairie cities was urged in the House of commons Friday by Denton Massey cons and m. J. Coldwell c.c.f., Bose town or. Coldwell referred to the scores of millions feet of Gas escaping into the air every Day in Turner Valley. He said it would Cost to Lay pipes to be Gina and Saskatoon and he believed the Dominion might investigate some assistance As unemployment Relief. Differences be tween. The two houses were bridged. By an Amend ment that the ..r. Balance Sheet shall carry the following footnote the proprietor s equity is disclosed in the net debt of Canada and in the historical record of government assistance to railways As shown in the Public accounts of thursday the Senate had proposed the a footnote should state the proprietor s equity represented an aggregate indebtedness of 414." this amount was supposed to show the total of past sums put into the system by the Dominion. Or. Howe said Friday tin the House the amount was inaccurate How Ever and he declined to accept the footnote in that form. His version was approved in the commons and finally accepted in the Senate. A variety of other legislation was passed. And now awaits Royal As the unemployment Relief Bill was productive of some discussion but Senate continued on Page 5, column 1 wage tax abolition proposed Farmer would substitute imposts on turnover interest payments after charging that the province was losing thousands of dollars of taxes annually from wealthy tax dodgers s. J. Farmer Leader of the group in the legislature proposed a three fold taxation programme As a substitute for the two per cent wage tax in the budget debate Friday night. Or. Farmer proposed a two. Pei cent. Tax on All interest payments a turnover tax directed against Chain department and mail order houses and increases of from 50 to 125 per cent., in the regular income tax rates on the higher bracket incomes. The government , was losing Large sums of Money every year because it could not collect taxes from certain groups of tax dodgers. As evidence of this he cited the fact that while in 1932 the Dominion government had collected from Resi dents of Manitoba the province had Only got despite the fact that it levied against persons Manitoba he said levied against twice As Many taxpayers As the Dominion but collected 25 per cent less. In 1935, the Dominion got from people while the province was Only Able to be from 18.870. Admitting that these statistics were not fully comparable he Sale they at least showed _ that the Dominion was tapping certain tax sources in the province which. The provincial government had been unable to get and should try to ge1 would Kaise Kates increasing the rate of the income tax would yield the province be tween and or. Farmer said. On net taxable in comes of from to he would raise the rate from two to three per. Cent. taxable incomes Between arid the rate would be upped 75 per cent arid from. To it would be by wiping put the. Two per cent tax the new rate would mean in Many cases that persons earning less than a year would pay a much smaller tax he proposed that there be an exemption of for everybody with an allowance tit for each child. Under his scheme a married Man with three children earning a year would auditors letter filed As exhibit at Anderson trial evidence shows directors of general Grain co. And Anderson Greene co. In 1933 saw trouble ahead if Short position not rectified auditors of the general Grain company and of Anderson Greene and company As Early As 1933 could foresee Only Dis Aster for both firms if the Short position of the two concerns was not rectified. A letter dated August 13, 1933, and entered Friday afternoon As an exhibit at the preliminary hearing of t. Cuthbert Anderson who is charged with conspiracy to defraud tendered the Resigna that Date of Dunwoody Nicholl Saul and company As Tion on auditors to Anderson Greene and company. Further details of the trial appear on Page 26. Text of. The letter follows to directors and shareholders. General Grain company limited and Anderson Greene company Emited it is with sincere regret that we tender you herewith our Resigna Tion As auditors to the general Grain company limited and to an Derson and Greene company Limi Ted to. Take effect immediately. Our reasons for resigning from the audit of these companies arc those several matters to which we have already expressed our Strong disapproval and which we briefly outline As follows Short position of an Derson Greene and company Limi Ted. As you Are aware the situation in this regard has for some time Given us a considerable amount of worry. We were Given definite assurances of messes. Anderson Stew Art and Cathcart that they would personally contribute sufficient new monies before july 31. 1933, to enable the company to rectify its Short position. While some monies were contributed in july these were More than offset by extraordinary expenditures since. Foresaw Only disaster we have no hesitation in stat ing As we have repeatedly advised you verbally that we View with the gravest alarm the seriousness of the Short position of the Ander son Greene company and we disaster for both companies if the situation is not immediately remedied. That the position of the Ander son Greene company will adversely affect the general Grain com Pany if it has not already done so seems to us unquestionable. Execution orders. It has recently been brought to our attention that in a turn bar of Anderson trial continued on Page 5, column 3 costly marriage rumanian Prince expelled loses All Royalty s rights Bucharest Kumaniak april 10, a Prince Nicholas brother of King Carol has been read out of the rumanian Royal family Premier George tatar Sci announced Early today. King s songbirds Manitoban among those named to sing in Coronation choir Toronto april 10. Up sir Ernest Macmillan principal of the Toronto conservatory of music Fri Day announced the names of 24 Canadian singers who will join with representatives from other do educators to Lour great i Wilfred Page i. Minions and British colonies in a pre Coronation Empire broadcast from St. Paul s Cathedral in Lon members of the choir Ruth b. Macdonald Wolfville is mrs. B. G. Oxner Lunenberg is f Gordon wry Saint John or. T. Robins Charlottetown anti Shaughnessy Montreal g. Herbert Buzzell Abbottsford que. Mrs a Webster and w. A Stephen son Westmount que. Mrs. Moira gilding Toronto William Miller Angus a. Mackinnon Windsor ont mrs. Ward Cornell London. Ont t. H. Hoffman dash ont mrs. C. H. Diehl Poi Tase la Prairie Man or. And mrs. Winn Nesi Womersley Irene Bowman Hegman Marjone Hall Calgary Margaret e. All Jack Mcgibbon and Jacic Williams Edmonton Sidney Shaw new Westminster . Violet bar Low and mrs. Gordon Bell Van Over. The singers will take part m the service in Westminster Abbey Cor nation Day May 12 following Art All Day rehearsal May 10. They will also take part in another Empire broadcast May 24. Sir Ernest said that m selecting the singers the was to have every part of Canada represented. Choices were made on recommendations and information supplied by sir Ernest s representatives in other provinces since no funds were available for expenses he said Only those who could arrange their own expenses were considered. Sir Ernest took charge of the organising of tha Canadian choir members at the in quest of prime minister Mackenzie King acting for sir Waiford Davies master of the King s music. The Premier s statement which came after a three hour meeting of the Crown Council disclosed that the Gay 34-year-old Prince preferred to be banished from the Royal family and become a commoner rather than give up Blond Helen Dumitrescu whom he married in november 1931. She was a commoner the divorced wife of serve delete and their Union was in violation of the Royal family Law. King Carol did nol consent to the marriage and a few months after they eloped the Royal court declared it invalid. Nicholas never recognized the Royalty the rumanian Royal House s related to the former rulers of released him from his posts As Chie f of tha air Force inspector general of the and Nicholas continued on Page 4, column 4 annulment. He sought to have his wide made a Princess and introduced her As such in social circles to which they were admitted but Carol held to the letter of the fam ily Law which said that was in possible. Nicholas stated his wife rather than his Royal m a letter to the Crown Council which met at King Carol s Palace tatar Sci s statement said. I cannot renounce the woman with whom i have lived happily to Many years who is the Mother of my son and toward whom i wan to act As a Nicholas wrote taken at word the Council took him at his word it solemnly was n longer a member of Hohenzollern pay taxes. He now paid a Man with taxable income of. A year now pays legislature continued on Page.2, column 4 sees Chance for Revenue in Exchange Vancouver april 10 rising of a Means to draw govern ment Revenue from transactions on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange was urged by f. W. Rudolph of Van Couver when he appeared before the closing session of the Turgeon Grain commission Here Friday. The next session will open monday a Edmonton. A Grain exporter member of the Winnipeg Gram Exchange and owner of four Prairie farms or. Rudolph further urged a minimum wheat Price for producers of 75 cents a Bushel fort , and orderly and slow marketing of the Canadian wheat crop. _ saying the Independent Gram exporter was disappearing or Rudolph said the Grain Trade was be ing dominated by International companies and he suggested the Federal income tax Branch find Means of deriving Revenue from Canadian Export sales. Or. Rudolph thought it a Dis Grace no Revenue went to govern ments from Gram Exchange trading operations. The commission he said should consider this Point. H Grain probe continued on Page 40, column 6 rebels ousted Madrid defenders launch big Campaign to lift seige Madrid. April 10. Up havas government capture Cara Wanchel Bajo vital Village two Miles Southwest of Madrid. Was reported Early saturday. Insurgents immediately began evacuating Cara Wanchel Alto sister Village just Softli of Cara Bennett hits Bank report on Alberta Wanchel Bajo it was stated. The latter town fell a com Munique claimed after. Government rooms drove insurgents from their stronghold in the military Hospital buildings on the outskirts of Madrid and thus rendered caravan chel untenable by the enemy. Government troops have completely encircled the enemy University City Garrison and have Cut to last ties with the main insurgent forces general Jose Miaja announced Friday night. Insurgents still were entrenched n the Casa de Velasquez and the ruins of the clinical Hospital on the Campus grounds but their annihilation was now believed certain. Encirclement of University City was the latest development in a great government offensive which went Forward full Force Friday night to free Madrid from its five month siege. Enemy losses Are mounting High the defence Junta declared Friday night in a communique predicting imminent satisfactory results from the drive. Two insurgent infantry companies barricaded in fortified build Ings on the Estremadura Road were buried alive when airmen blew up their shelter it was stated. They asked for they re going to get exclaimed general Miaja. For the first time since the insurgents began the siege of. Madrid a Little Over five months ago government of oops launched an aggressive concerted smash. Fliers played a greater role than Ever before in paving the Way for the drive. I Durango suburbs i entered henday Franco Spanish Border april 10. Insurgent Ottawa april 10. Protest against the treatment of Alberta in r he recommendations of the Bank of Canada Wae made in the House of f commons Friday night by conserva Tive Leader r. B. Bennett who rep resents the Riding of West Calgary. T he claimed it was decided disc rim ination., the protest was Only the first i round of the incident which will a be renewed saturday when John i Blackmore. Leader of the social i credit party will speak. Finance i minister c. A. Dunning also prom ised to take part in the discussion. There was obviously s discrimination against Alberta or. Bennett said. That province was being treated entirely differently from Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Alberta defaulted on Bond inter est because the Dominion turned Down its application for assistance or. Bennett claimed. The application was turned Down because Al Berta refused to come under the loan Council proposal. Saskatchewan on the other hand was Able to borrow from the Bank of Canada which enabled it to pay full interest rates. This again he said was discrimination against Alberta because it was forced to pay 50 cents on the Dollar in interest rates while Saskatchewan with Federal cents. Assistance paid 100 Spanish continued on Page 5, column 1 pets the Nicholas missions attacked italian editor charges spy activity among ethiopians Rome april 10. Gayda authoritative fascist attacked activities in Ethiopia editorially Friday. Gayda in a Tont Page editorial in ii Gior Nale Ditalia said British and american missionaries were suspected of spying because of their association with a colonel Sanford former attache of the British legation at Addis Ababa whom Gayda accused of being the ringleader of an espionage ring in Ethiopia. The editorial was regarded As an authoritative statement of italian missionary policy in the East an Colony. The fascist editor cited the example of Fala shas ethiopian jews at Gondar for whom four one coptic another he brew another anglican and a fourth disrupted among themselves. Expulsion of three american women Gayda declared followed the ousting of seven British missionaries who he asserted were agents of spying or of Shady Ai fairs he ascribed the killing of a number of italian aviators at be Kermti last summer to ethiopian students in missionary schools. Balbo May be named borne april 10. Up marshal Italo Balbo governor of Libya will soon be named Viceroy of Ethiopia replacing marshal to the weather thursday h.30 To temperature at 8.30 a.m., 33 Maxi mum 43 minimum 33 barometer ?0. East wind Al it kit Miles per hour track of now sky Cloudy. Friday to Friday 0.30 temperature at 6.30 ., ;