France Seeks Neutrality Pact Amid Spanish Rising
France invites England and Italy to join in a pact not to export arms to either side in Spain as tensions rise. Reports detail mysterious Italian planes flying from Morocco and suspected involvement by Italian officers bound for Madrid. Juan March, a Spanish financier, is linked to the alleged arms purchases and insurrection support.
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Tide of Battle in Spain
The Spanish Government reports multiple rebel defeats near Cietano and Alfudevar as troops advance toward Saragossa with air support. Government forces say rebels at San Roque and Algeciras are being hemmed in by a Malaca column, while a fleet bombards Huelva. Insurgents claim a victory at the Guadarrama passes and vow to press on the capital, whose fate remains uncertain.
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Germany and Italy Join Five Power Conference Opinion
Mr Menzies arrives in Melbourne and says Germany holds the key to world peace. He urges frank discussion of grievances via the League of Nations and warns Germany must honour agreements while other powers prepare to engage on grievances. Rebels claim advances around Madrid as Franco mobilises forces. British refugees report executions by Communists.
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Powers Accept Invite to Five Power Conference
Locarno Berlin and Rome inform London Paris and Rome that Germany and Italy accept the July invitation to a five power conference to replace the Rhine pact and resolve the March 7 crisis. Preparations will take time as diplomatic exchanges form groundwork for a peaceful outcome. Mussolini is said to have held a secret talk with Dr Schuach and the German representative in Paris.
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Missing Channel air liner may have landed in France
A French flying boat found an aluminium float likely from a Jersey Airways DH S G air liner that disappeared in the English Channel with 11 aboard. The Jersey to Guernsey flight departed in bad weather at 7 pm, eight passengers two pilots and a radio operator on board. An air search is under way amid fears of a possible crash near the French coast. Jersey Airways operates similar aircraft on Brisbane Singapore and Sydney Melbourne routes.
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Olympic Games Opened in Berlin Under Rain
The Berlin ceremony opened with Hitler present as competitors from many nations entered the stadium. Heavy rain forced officials to wear mackintoshes while 130,000 spectators packed the arena. Nazi displays and salutes accompanied the parade with Greece as the first nation, Australia and New Zealand among participants, and a artillery salute marking the start.
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Canada’s Crop Year Opens With Record Low Carry-Over
Ottawa reports Canada starts the new crop year with the smallest wheat carry-over in eight years and the harvest seen as leanest in 12 years. Authorities estimate about 11 million bushels carried over and a crop under 250 million bushels, with some estimates near 21 million.
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League proposes unified air fleets under League control
Captain P. H. Mumford told the Liberal Summer School at Oxford that civil aviation in Europe serves only as a reserve for bombing and that an efficient service requires all air powers to be placed under a reorganised League of Nations.
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Poland Seeks Colonies Through League of Nations
Poland announces it will seek colonial claims via the League of Nations, arguing its population growth and frontiers risk. It proposes uninhabited lands in Africa and South America for settlement with English and French capital under League guarantees, and foresees Italian support.
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Bitter fighting in Abyssinia. Ras Seyoum blamed for massacres
Ras Seyoum reportedly massacred thousands of Italian and native troops as fighting rages in Abyssinia. Areas around Addis Ababa and Dessye remain contested with Ras Kaasa’s sons said to be re occupying parts of the capital.
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Unions Push Garden Readmission At Labor Conference
A NSW Labour Council conference, including 33 unions and four state MPs, voted to readmit J S Garden to the Labour movement and condemned attacks on trade union officials by the Labor Daily. The meeting, chaired by J E Pullin, saw Lang caucus members and ACTU secretary C Crofts in attendance. The conference also decided to reopen the Garden case and delay Cook electorate preselection until a master conference rules.
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Cup match thriller ends with Canberra win and injuries
Tommy Gribble dislocated his knee after ten minutes in his first cup appearance this season. E Johnston stepped in at right wing and sparked the move that led to Canberra's goal as Burrows pressed hard. Canberra held on in Defence with strong showings from Cranston Killiby and Bradshaw, with Canberra set to meet Goulburn in the Matsy Cup on Sunday.
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