Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 15, 1937, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature readings 1 ., april 14 10 p.rn., april 14. 1 a.m., april 15.4 a.m., april 15 for full report of meteorological office see Page one. Pages. Sun 5.36 Sun sets 19.20. Moon rises 8.42 Moon sets 0.15. Winnipeg thursday a1rril 15, 1937. Hurricane hockey Allan cup play off a tied a Jorth Battleford rallies in third to beat Sud Bury 3-2 Calgary april 15. Up Battleford beavers in led a Brilliant third period so to Edge out Sudbury fakers 3-2, Here wednesday Gitt in the fourth game of the Allan cup hockey final and deadlock the series at two Vic tories apiece. The rubber in will be played Here Friday night. Duplicating the rally that saw Ihan break from the shadows of elimination in the third game the battling Beaver brigade overcame one goal Lead with a Trio of barkers in the third period before Jigers retaliated with a Lone t circus goal from the stick of con Grosso Midway in the first canadians keen on hockey Mary Ramsay admits it new York april 15. On the eve of their departure for England after a y tour of Canada Mary Ramsay scottish pianist and Anders Timberg swedish Tenor wednesday night applauded Canadian audiences As appreciative and responsive to however i must say we had one great rival and that was added miss Ramsay whimsically. We had to Post Pone one concert in a Western town As there was a big game the same we finally went to the game ourselves and. Held our concert the. Next she said. Monarchs beat East in Junior Winnipeg team now favored to take memorial trophy will protest Sudbury officials will pro test the Beaver Victory be cause of a debatable decision to a referee in the last minutes of the game. See Page 18 for details. Free state finances improving finishes year with surplus wheat Tariff removed by George Hambleton Dublin april 15. Up Cable Macentee finance minister submitting to the Irish free. State Dail the sixth budget of the de Valera government wednesday showed a surplus of he made concessions in taxes. He struck at the rising session seemed to have decided the until Clarence Shillington speedy North Battleford right Winger ended the Jinx that pursue him All during the series. His firs against Sudbury came after six and j half minutes of the final period while Frank Lavigne diminutive Maple Leaf gardens Toronto april 15. Monarchs wednesday night established themselves As favourites to win the memorial cup when they Defeated Copper Cliff red Man 2-1, in the third game of a Best of five series. Each team had previously won one game. Monarchs took a Lead with Only two seconds to go in the first period but redmen came to tie it up in the Middle Frame. The winning goal came from the stick of Alf Pike Rangy Centre on a pass from Little Dick Kowcinak with four minutes to go in the Sec Ond session. For most of the Way it was a Battle of Zeke Ferley in the Winni Eggers Cage holding a slight Edge although he had less work to do. Monarchs kept pressing even when in front and hits cowardice charge rebutted by Eden London april 15. Up House of commons wednesday night Defeated labor s motion to censure the government s Spanish policy. The vote was 345 to 130, indicating approval of an attitude of rigid in Spain including the Cabinet s decision in regard to the insurgent blockade of Bilbao in Northern pain. Foreign Secretary Eden wind us up the debate for the govern Lent after a fiery opposition attack us it is our conviction that this on intervention policy is the Only leans at our disposal of preventing Lis conflict from spreading beyond in Borders of opposition leaders including lament Attlee labor Leader sir Archibald Sinclair Liberal and called Cost of living. When his taxation. Changes and adjustments Are Complete he Esti mated that with a total Revenue of he would have a surplus at the end of the 1937-38 financial year from thursday the duty of six Pence a hundredweight on imported wheat is wiped out estimated Cost of other tax reductions Are Sudbury defence Man rested in the penalty Box. Increase Lead less than three minutes later Eddie o Keefe punched in his own rebound to Send North Battleford ahead and Shillington increased the margin two minutes later while two Sudbury forwards Jules a Pound in Tea duties costing reduction in sugar duties costing improved Post office services with a reduction in certain charges to Cost reduction in the stamp duty on consolidated Bank notes to Cost minor income tax concessions to Cost senior game continued on Page 19, column i m i it a government now pledged to consider alternatives lingering Hopes that the Bracken government will sacrifice in sure fire Revenue from the two per cent tax this year flickered out in the legislature wednesday. The two per cent tax remains in Force although increased exemptions enacted this session make the total collection s400.000 less for the coming year. In the meantime the govern ment is pledged to consideration of alternative sources of Revenue. These matters were definitely Mel Albright had to out 20 shots against 17 stopped by Ferley. Just As it looked like a scoreless first period Pete Langue took a pass from Lucien Martel outside Copper. Cliff s crease and banged the puck Home. They set up a Stout for checking system Early in the second and seemed to have red men baffled until Alf Webster Sank the. Equalizer. The goal by Copper Cliff s second string Centre was the Best earned of the night. Checked four tunes in the Westerner s goal zone he held to the. when his shot away Ferley never saw it until he raked the net. The goal seemed to. Inspire the North Erners and for a while they threat ened to take the Lead. But monarchs refused to stay checking relentlessly in Cen tre ice. The winning Marker came on a sparkling play. Kowcinak rushed in. Behind red Neil s net to pick up a pass from. Pike and neatly relayed it Pike fired As the puck touched his. Stick. Although the boys started to rough in the closing minutes the game was cleanly fought. Only three penalties were handed out by referees Clarence Campbell and babe Dye two going to big Jack Shewchuck Copper Cliff de Fence Man. Ted Dent took Winni Peg s the the first. Period. For play by play account of the game along with line ups and sum Mary see Page 18. Rev. W. G. Martin who a been pastor of several churches i Ontario and was minister of pub lie welfare in the Ontario govern ment from 1930 to 1934, received unanimous Call to the pastorate Grace United Church at a Congo National meeting wednesday eve Ning. The Call was presented a g. Harold Aikins k.c., on Beha of the official Board. Or. Marti who has. Been supplying at Grai Church for the past few month will announce his decision Sunda morning. Ames Maxton Independent labor haunted the government with larges of cowardice and fear of remier Mussolini and Reichs Chancellor Hitler. Eden answered by expressing the government s readiness to con tribute in bringing the Spanish civil War to an end. Replying to a state ment by Sinclair Eden said that if British ships held up in French oorts with food for Bilbao decided o proceed to Bilbao despite warn nos the Navy would afford Protection up to the three mile limit. He expressed the Hope however the ships would riot do. So. The opposition attacked the government for its policy of refusing to Convoy foodstuffs through the blockade to the capital of the autonomous Basque province. Unmoved by charges i am not. Greatly moved by charges of cowardice and White Feather made upon this government. The foreign Secretary of plus country is responsible not for his censure motion continued on Page 11, column 1 Reich co operation offers Aid in drive to rebuild world s economic Structure or. Hahn a Schacht German minister of economics declares nation prepared to negotiate with All for disarmament in Field of Trade Brussels april 15. Is ready to co operate with other nations for economic reconstruction and monetary stabilization or. Hjalmar Schacht German minister of economics told interviewers wednesday night after conferences with belgian Premier Van Zeeland. Great Britain and France recently asked Van. Zeeland to study the possibility of reducing Tariff barriers to world Trade. Declaring that political agreement w. B. Simpson one of the vet eran. Members of the Independent labor party and an. Alderman for Many years tendered his Regina Tion As a member of the North Winnipeg Branch of the . At a meeting of the Branch wednesday evening. Consideration of the resignation was deferred. Committed for trial court sets bail at at end of Anderson hearing t c ande Sori was committed for trial wednesday after noon by magistrate a. C. Campbell who presided at the preliminary hearing in connection with charges of conspiracy to defraud and theft preferred by. The Crown against the former head of the now defunct firm of Anderson Greene and company. Bail was set at comprising three sureties of each. The Bondsmen Are Montague Anderson and w. S. Anderson. Or. Through Hugh Phillipps k.c., defence served his defence and will be later tried by jury. The trial came to an end on its 14th Day and after 384 exhibits comprising thousands of documents had been entered by the Crown and defence. During the closing moments of the trial or. Anderson neatly settled by adoption wednesday of a motion by s. J. Farmer . Labor Leader and amendments thereto moved by Hon. Stuart Gar son k.c., provincial treasurer. On the basis of or. Farmer s motion the government will study the possibilities of three sources of Rev Enue to replace tax. The two per cent. They Are graduated increases in present income tax rates a special lax on interest a ail turnover direct tax on re substantial due with toward ending Manitoba s financial dilemma. Debate preceded the House on the Farmer motion and Garson amendment. Attacked by Sexsmith opposing the provincial treasurer s amendment w. R. Sexsmith cons., Portage la Prairie declared the House and the Public had cited that the wage tax should be repealed and it was now the government s duty to effect repeal. The amendment was an attempt kempt ions. Doubt already has by the government to misrepresent a thrown by the attorney-1 the position of the conservative party. If the amendment went through the government would try to claim that the House approved the retention of the tax at the present time but he would not per Mit the conservative party to be placed in that position. He was opposed to taxes on neral on the constitutionality of Fie two last mentioned levies. Or. Carson s amendment extend a the scope of the government s a venue Hunting pledge Calls for study of sources of Revenue in addition to those specified by or. Armer. And also of possible reductions if any in expenditure. In the meantime the government also will be Busy preparing its Case for submission to the coming Royal commission to be appointed by Ottawa with High Hopes of result is adjustments that will go far interest and on turnover. If the government desired to place and legislature continued on Page 7, column 5 tear Gas evacuates Sitters Detroit april 15. Teart Gas. Bombs police i aided the Yale Towne manufacturing co. Plant Here wednesday and began the eviction of 150 sit Down strikers most of them women. The entire neighbor Hool was hazy with smoke and tear Gas fumes. Some 6t the 200 police and sheriff s deputies fell for a time and then approached the factory from the rear. After a few minutes police smarted leading out strikers and placing them in patrol wagons. Some strikers caught tear Gas bombs before they exploded and tossed them at the police. Women who had barricaded doors on the second floor one Pound weights at the deputies and officers kept up a steady fire of tear Gas. Dressed in a striped Grey suit striped Blue shirt with a Blue and White tie a handkerchief in his breast pocket Fawn spats Over Blue and Grey socks sat attentively bul at ease with Knees crossed Aizic fingers lightly locked together. At times he tilted his chair rocking it slightly. His face was composed and in worried at times he smiled gently when his counsel Hugh Phillipps his Point from the. Witness. His smile was even broader when magistrate Campbell refused to admit questions put by or. Phillipps. At such times he appeared to take the sending Quick glances toward the magistrate the witness. And the counsel As each spoke. Seeking to establish the whereabouts of shares of. Gold Anderson Case continued on Page 11, column 3 King says Ottawa not to step in no intervention at Oshawa except on Hepburn re quest says Premier Ottawa april 15. Ing belief that Premie Hepburn of Ontario had misunderstood the attitude of labor minister Norman Rogers toward the Oshawa. General motors strike prime minister Mac Kenzie King declared wednesday night the Dominion government had no intention of intervening unless there was reason to Hope such intervention would be of value. It would be no help to the situation if done against the wishes of the Ontario government he said. Strike has produced a cab inet break up in Ontario. Details appear on Page 3. Even if the labor department were requested by both parties to the dispute ,.to intervene its course of action would be considered in the Light of the stand taken by the Ontario the prime min ister said. Both he and or. Rogers however intimated they believed if a joint request were made by the parties for Dominion govern ment intervention the Ontario gov. Ern ment would make it Nam is a necessary preliminary to eco nomic negotiations Schacht said German rearmament has changed the situation. Now we can negotiate because we Are All on the same he said. No country would be excluded from economic negotiations he added. He asserted that lasting improve ment in International economic re lations is possible Only after establishment of political Accord including Large and Small observers attached significance to the German Reich Bank presi Dent s statement As possibly mean ing Germany does not exclude Oviet Russia from any future european Trade pact. Referring to Belgium s recent move to free herself from Locarno Reaty obligations Schacht assert d Belgium s initiative to Stab ish Independence in the political Field May be the starting Point of a new period in history founded upon Mutual respect Between the Lowers which is the first condition o make peace says All seek peace nobody in Europe wishes said All the nations wish is lasting permanent guaranteed peace. By what Means this peace is to assured i Don t know but the solution is perhaps nearer than recently. In this connection i wish Eull Success to the new Mission accepted by Premier Van Zeeland. To improve the economic Situa Tion something needs to be achieved in the political Schacht declared he had engaged in any political discussions during his two Days in adding that my views personal views May not be those of any aut Archy self sufficiency is not Ideal for Germany but is s said Schacht who Des Pite his close government connection has been known to differ with Reich fuehrer Hitler on some political issues in the past. We Are anxious to buy abroad what we now produce at a heavy Cost because we Lack Money to buy cheaper from other Schact said. He denied however that Germany is seeking foreign Loans. Wants stabilized Exchange when other Powers have taken. The Lead Germany will be ready to co operate in seeking International stability of Exchange he said. The Gold Standard As in the past is insufficient. It is necessary c Institute an International Mone from the Stab will. This will tary contract not allowing the parties to depart ii shed parity at enable Long term monetary arrange ments As against the present Short the United states being Richer than other countries should be Able term ones. Schacht said part m the to play world s a leading economic if reconstruction Reform added. Necessitates a Germany is that is Why monetary he she maintains a stable Mark. The object of the Reich is a stable International in admitting he Hao distils cd Germany s demand for. Colonies with Van Zeeland. The German minister said this arid political matters had been discussed Only to the extent they were connected with the economic problem. Judge s Praise children s singing wins plaudits of adjudicator i do not say we have not As Good children s sections in the British Isles As you have Here but i know of no festival where this we re is so consistently Good. You have a reputation through out the Empire for it. Be e that you keep it this is what or Steafon said when he adjudicated the sunday school cd o irs wednesday evening at the Manitoba musical Competition news of them maps from sky tired of flying Over dry areas was of geese find rest near Wood 9. Changes in insurance act approved by Law amendments com 8. Roosevelt stresses democracy Mutual Confidence As bulwarks of 9. Whole Empire must co operate in save prof. L. Moffit. Page 8. Employment of male teachers in schools favored. Page h. Prominent britishers assert Al Faith in league not 5 schoolboys of 80 s and 90 s hold pow pow 14 Japan s Lucky Day marked a a Waters of Many 5. Milk Wagon Mare selects Portage for 2. Teachers1 Point of View is aired a 5chool 9. By to spend on Roa 5. Aerial photography to Aid farm rehabilitation plan Ottawa april 15. Photography will be used in the drought rehabilitation work in the. Prairie provinces. Instructions have been issued Lor an Aerial Survey of two areas in Saskatchewan one South and South West of Moose jaw comprising about Square Miles and the other along the Frenchman River m the South West Corner of the prov Ince photographs of the land taken from the air give a Good idea of the nature of the soil and also reveal All water features. When Hon. J. G. Gardiner min ister of agriculture arrives in the West next week he expects the drought rehabilitation work for the coming season will be mapped out. For some time the rehabilitation organization under John Vallance has been working on an ownership Survey of in the drought areas with this Survey completed or. Sardines expects a meeting of All interests affected by the drought condition land companies Mort Gage companies railways municipalities and Farmer organizations can be called for the purpose of arranging the removal of Farmers from the worst afflicted lands to better properties in the same Dis tie plan mapped out during the festival in four other choirs were pitted against Augustine Warto won the Joyce Johnsoa shield last year but they failed to shake its supremacy. Augustine was awarded 9q and b8 Marks along with the shield. St. John s United was next with a total of three Points fewer then came Crescent fort Houge spar Ling Westminster. The test pieces were Harry Brook s Carol the Little King and dabbling m the a with descant Bys Dunhill. We have been Here three Days and in that time have you Ever heard a really Nasty sound from the children s choirs such As we used to make in sunday school when we Ang about hold the fort or some or. The smiling audience. I have seen an improvement and 1 Aid not come at the beginning of your festival. There is More uniformity. Those who have not come out on top have said wisely going to profit by everything i be Learned. I do want you to guard against too must restraint. There s nothing More thrilling than a real fortissimo if you can retain Beauty of the tone Crary Beauty. The Brooks Carol needed buoyant tone. It needed to move easily and be a simple thing in keeping with the event that induced the first Carol the singers musical festival continued on Page 7, column 3 or. King said or. Hepburn apparently under the. Impression tha the labor department intended to intervene Clea Auto strike continued on Page column 4 casualties nearing Madrid april 15. Up havas government planes tanks and artillery blasted insurgent positions West of the capital wednesday night As tile struggle to break the five month siege of Madrid neared the end of its seventh Day with total casualties estimated As exceeding the Headquarters at Ville said More than govern ment troops had been killed or injured in the Savage fighting m the Casa de City sector government reports indicated approximately the same num Ber of insurgents bad been killed has most fighting planes available for emergency new York april 15. British Empire leads the world in the number of combat air planes available Foi an the 1937 edition of year Book published wednesday stated the ranking an estimate because of official secrecy placed the great nations in the following order of combat plane strength at the end of 1937 the Bri Tish Empire. France 3600 Russia Germany United states Japan the term combat planes explains the annual published by the aeronautical chamber " of com Merce of America All armed planes such As Dorri Brig armed scout and observation armed patrol and transport. And Reserve s. Largest increase in recent years has been in Germany which advanced from seventh place with 600 units in 1935, to. Fifth place. Ger Many s air Force the Book comments has eur Ope to the dangers of unprepared Ness in aviation. The result has been that Britain France and rus Sia have expanded their pro Winter Calls for As Little interference with property interests As possible. It is Felt Farmers on completely dry lands or on poor soil can be moved to better lands in the same areas favored with natural Mois Ture in River valleys and Given pasturage rights on dry lands or perhaps an acreage of dry land on which to grow favourable years. You teachers have got the tone so you can risk letting he had never judged at festivals where they had such Jarge sunday school choirs As Winnipeg a said Staton the festival movement bad done a tremendous lot department. Instead of the Chil Dren being Given the old hymn with sentimental words and tunes they were now getting hymns with real musical value and texts of festival events following Are the events for thursday in the Manitoba musical Competition festival. 9.30 Hall intermediate piano Solo prel. 11 a.m., Small vocal prel. 10 and arts Hall boys and girls trios prel. 2 finals Small vocal ensembles intermediate piano Manitoba music teachers association trophy for the dinners of Junior piano piano Grade and Junior violin classes boys chorus. 4.30 concert Hall b Bass Solo. 5 ., b Tenor Solo. 5.30 ., oratorio Solo any 5 and arts Hall piano Grade a. 8 Sun Day of oratorio Solo and Grade a piano classes Grade a Chil Dren s choirs suburban choirs voluntary Church choirs Fra be or wounded Ion of aircraft after a declaration Man Power of some the nations is Given. As great personnel with Active qualified pilots France with pilots Haly. Personnel with pilots Japan. Personnel with pilots. Firebug clean up the Book says that German Sec cannot conceal the fact the lacks Many of the raw materials necessary to continued and prolonged production and opera Recy Reich King s message members of overseas league greeted by British Monarch London april 15. Greet ing from the King to members of the overseas league in the Domin ions and India was broadcast wednesday by the Duke of Gloucester at a ceremony opening a new Wing of the league s London Headquarters. The King s message said am very glad to Island a special through you today to the 49 000 members of the overseas _ i a league in convey to foreign lands. Please All the Niebes of the every country on their now 0 this wonderful site for devoted service to the Empire and its people. I sincerely Trust that in overseas league in my congratulations possessing the years to come the society will grow in after Reading the message the distinctions o or. Kupert seeks to real-1 Duke of Kent great in ahead of you. I rejoice to think that the overseas league in no recognizing any distinctions Creed color or class ize the Ideal set before us by father of becoming one great fam Ify in All sincerity i wish you every Success in your work of promoting the welfare of ibs majesty s subjects in every Erm Ottawa Canada s governor general. Baron Tweedsmuir. Said the new and spacious Headquarters of the league will be a staff Al lege for the study of the Empire problems and a Power House common he United with the Viceroy of India and the governors general of Australia South Africa and new zealand in sending greetings and congratulations to the league. Grand Forks b.c., april 15. Up Vergili the younger spiritual Leader of British Colum Bia s Dou Kobors wednesday warned his must rid themselves of the firebug trouble makers among them. Verigin said he had. Told his followers they must undertake to she who had been responsible for recent bombings and burnings. The weather tuesday 0.30 To wednesday fi.3ft at 0.30 a.m., 32 Maxi mum 42 minimum. 32 barometer. 29.72 East wind at 12 Miles per hour .14 precipitation Snow. Wednesday fl.30 o-ro., to weaned try at 6.30 ., 37 Maxi mum. 38 minimum 311 barometer. 28.94 North wind St 17 Miles per precipitation maximum humidity minimum humidity sky partly Cloudy. Pressure was Low Over North Abt que also to the immediate Southwest and West of the great lakes wednes Day while High pressure and Cool Wea ther covered Manitoba and Northern Ontario. Light to moderate showers with Ano flurries in the or North occurred in Many Eastern and it was quite Roll in the lower ukr Region. Snow or rain occurred in Mani Toba and Northeast Saskatchewan but it was fair and mild to Alberta and South West Saskatchewan. . 30 48 12 28 40 Dawson Aklavik sympton Smith Rupert or. George Jasper j Edmonton. Banff Calgary Lether Lasc. Mcd. Hat s. Current. Bat Lyford or. Albert a Saskatoon of 26 34 44 44 40 30 34 " 36 42 42 38 32 4b" so w m 50 41 52 in 00 a 52 b 23 42 Brandon Wynn pcs Kenora it. Arthur Moosonee. Cochrane Sou Ivov. London Toronto Kingston Ottawa Montreal Quebec St. John Halifax Chicago St. Paul my. I 34 30 is 28 32 16 in 38 36 36 41 33 30 44 38 38 34 54 42 34 42 43 28 i 43 40 56 in 54 so 4r, 41 46 44 30 forecasts partly Cloudy and copt a some Light Snow Moose jaw Cloudy a few scat erect showers or Cloud with cold ;