Britain Hopes for Restraint as Tientsin Tensions Rise
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain urging Japan to restrain subordinates in Tientsin after insults to Britons. Talks in Tokyo hoped to yield a settlement as British shipping faces delay. milk deliveries halted and lighters searched. Admiral Noble delays departure to finish defense talks. British and American ships monitor the situation.
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Tientsin
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House of Commons
Hong Kong
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Barriera
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Pokya
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Foroen
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Suman
Wimbledon Opens With Seeded Wins In First Round
Wimbledon at London reports no upsets as all seeds advance in the men's singles first round on center court with Queen Mary watching. Results include Riges defeating Exumija 0 8 6 0 6 4 and Weatherall beating Howe 6 4 6 3 7 5 among others.
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Queen Mary
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Riges
U.S.A
Exumija
India
Weatherall
Britain
Howe
Australia
Cliffts
Green
Calder
Tuckett
Stefani
Italy
Borrowman
Empire Defence Increase In Air Squadrons
London reports plans to permanently increase overseas air squadrons as part of Empire air defence. Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood outlined development to allow rapid reinforcement of any Empire region in hours. The Times leader echoed improved security and stronger arms as critical for empire safety.
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London
Empire Air Defence
Kingsley Wood
Empire Press Union
Times
Britain
NSW Labour Unity Conference Divisions Prompt Change in Basis
Labour unions in New South Wales debate representation for the unity conference set for July 2a. Powerful Lang groups push the executive to adopt an equitable basis of union representation aligned with AFL branches, while vowing no victimisation as unity is pursued.
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Sydney
New ‘South Wales
INI Lang
Lang ‘Gradp
N.S.W
Lang
Aul.py
Sabotage Feared After Albert Canal Breach Near Hassels
The Albert Canal burst in several places near Hassels flooding land for two miles. Authorities fear about 10 deaths. The canal costing 15 million pounds opened in July last. Sabotage is being investigated.
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Brussels
Jalbert Canal
Hassels
Soviet and Japanese Air Clash On Manchurian Front
Soviet and Japanese air forces clashed on the Manchurian frontier near Lake Bukhara. Moscow reports 59 Soviet planes repulsed 60 Japanese fighters, with 25 Japanese aircraft destroyed and three Soviet planes downed. Tokyo claims 30 Japanese planes fought and repelled 60 Soviet attackers.
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London
Bukhara
Moscow
Chasace
Tokyo
Refugee Figures Reported by Home Secretary Hoare
The Home Secretary disclosed that between February 20 and May 20, 1939, 7 177 German Austrian and Czech refugees entered the United Kingdom along with 6 482 women and 2 197 children under 18. During the same period 517 men and 0 women left. By May 20 the total refugee tally in Britain stood at 15 648 men 2 760 women and 6 001 children.
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London
Sir Samuel Hoare
United Kingdom
United,Kingdom
Roosevelt aides drop three clauses from Bloom Neutrality Bill
Secret prelude to the Bloom Neutrality Bill saw Roosevelt aides remove three controversial clauses. They also oppose reintroducing arms embargos and seek to curb the President’s war time combat area powers. Debate looms as foreign policy tensions mount. Portugal credit approved for railway materials and possible British troop movements via Portuguese ports noted.
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Roosevelt
Hfrst
Portugal
The
New York
Herald “Tribune
Britain
United States
Cwill
Soviet Peace Talks Delay Europe Tenses As War Fears Grow
A London session reports Prime Minister Chamberlain facing questions over Soviet negotiations. Dalton and others press that Soviet delays may boost Berlin’s war plans. The Premier warns delays could hinder peace prospects and fuel aggression in Europe.
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London
Neville
Missing launch search fails amid heavy seas
Newcastle Tuesday reports unsuccessful search for a launch missing since yesterday with Victor Carmody aged 32 of Mayfield and Edward Butler aged 5 of Carrington. Heavy seas and gale winds hinder operations as port authorities fear the craft was swamped. The pilot steamer stayed away from the search due to the hazardous conditions.
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Newcastle
Victor Carmody
Mayfield
Edward Butler
Carrington
England in command as Hutton Compton lead 248 partnership
London reports a brilliant fourth wicket stand of 248 by Hutton and Compton, placing England in a strong position in the First Test against the West Indies. At stumps England 404 for 4 declared. Hutton 106 and Compton 120. West Indies 117 for 3 in their second innings by lunch. Also brief note: German Admiral Coch dies in Berlin.
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London
Hutton
Compton
England
West Indies
Louis Galento Fight Expected to Be Rough at Stadium
New York officials prepare for a rough Louia Galento bout on Wednesday night with 2000 extra police and mounted units at Yankee Stadium and Harlem. The fight may draw heavy crowds and as much as 400000 dollars at the gate. Expectations center on Galento’s pressure style and Louis’s readiness to respond.
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Harlem
Tony
Louis
O.K. H
Galento
Joe Jacobs
Snowbound at Kosciusko as Storm Strands Forty-Two
Heavy snowstorms cut communications between Charlotte Pass and the Kosciusko Hotel. Snowfall continues with visibility reduced to a few yards marooning forty two people at the chalety.
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Sydney
Charlotte Pass
Kosciusko
Irish Republicans Tension Grows After London Bomb Attacks
London police in urgent follow up after weekend bomb explosions injuring 70. Five men detained for questioning with over twenty questioned in total. Report says IRA members seized Portsmouth Royal Engineers Survey Corps sentry, one rifle missing, as other sentries approached.
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Scotland Yard
Oes
Irish Republican Army
Portsmouth
Royal Engineers Survey Corps
New Deal Rebuff in Senate Causes Monetary Setback
Senate quarreled over a proposal to raise domestic prices and challenge presidential powers to value the dollar after June 30. Roosevelt faces a deflating setback as the administration risks losing key New Deal emergency leverage while Treasury warns of changes to U.S. monetary law amid European unrest and potential market flexibility.
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Aekday
Senate
Roosevelt
Treasury
United States
England
France
Alao
BRITISH MARKETS SEEN IDLE AS PRICES STAY STEADY
A digest of foreign wires notes London markets idle with prices mostly unchanged. Also reported: Count Constanzo Ciano, father of Italy’s foreign secretary, dies. Thermion in Greece evacuated after earthquake. Fog delays the Coogee voyage from Sydney to Rose Bay, wrestlers Jensen and Kangen collide in Newcastle draw, and Florence Hanley, 55, found dead at Forest Lodge home.
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Coogee
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Leo. Jensen
Bily Kangen
Mat
Ira
Florence Hanley
Forest Lodge
Hanley
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