King George and Queen Elizabeth arrive in Quebec on Canadian tour
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth landed at Quebec to begin their tour of Canada and the United States. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Quebec officials welcomed them as crowds cheered in a ceremony marking the first British reigning monarch to set foot on American soil.
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Quebec
George VI
America
British Commonwealth of Nations
Elizabeth
Canada
United States
W.L. Mackenzie King
Atlantic
W. L. Mackenzie King
Mackenzie King
Maurice Duplois
Legisle Council
King George
George
Raoul Dandurand
Senate
Ing
Australia
Wolfe
New France
North Atlantic
Former Huronite Newsman Joins King and Queen Tour
Ron Wheeler, former Evening Huronite staffer, earns top Times award and joins the Chicago Times to cover King George VII and Queen Elizabeth on their Canada United States North American tour. He and Times star photographer depart Chicago for Quebec aboard the special train, with daily signed stories through mid June.
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Ron Wheeler
Huronite
Chicago Times
Wheeler
Canada
United States
George VII
Queen Elizabeth
Star
Times
Chicago
Quebec
New Offer Made To Soviet Russia
A British cabinet meeting in London discussed a Russian British alliance promising aid to smaller neighbors in exchange for support, while Britain planned a Palestine settlement to ease Jewish Arab strife. Jewish leaders protested as Palestine Jewish institutions registered for service in the Jewish cause. Axis powers promoted colonial solidarity with Germany promising Italy's help to regain lost colonies. In Asia the Marblehead arrived near Amoy to observe Japanese demands for control, as Japan's air raids continued along the Chinese coast.
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Associated Press
Soviet
Russia
London
Britain
France
Palestine
Holy Land
Germany
Italy
Far East
United States
Marblehead
Ku- Tangsu
Amoy
Japan
Foochew
Denmark Nazi Talks Prompt Cautious Pact Conditions
Denmark cautiously accepts negotiations for a non aggression pact with Germany while Sweden Norway and Finland decline. Danish officials warn the pact hinges on whether Berlin would allow a plebiscite in North Schleswig and dictate treatment of Germans in Denmark. The issue stirs regional doubt as ministers meet in Berlin.
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Berlin
Denmark
Germany
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Hitler
Baron Ernst von Wietsaeckar
Foreign Office
Schleswig
Dane
Florida Pension Plan Falls to Senate Vote
In Tallahassee on May 17 the Florida Senate defeated a Townsend plan to fund $200-a-month pensions for the aged. Senator Spessard Holland read a telegram from Dr Francis E Townsend declaring state efforts doomed. The vote was 28 to 8 against the proposal financed by a 2 percent transactions tax.
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Fla
Florida
Senate
Spessard Holland
Francis E. Townsend
Backman Transatlantic Flight Status Unreported
Swedish aviator Carl Backman attempting a Newfoundland to Stockholm crossing saw no progress reports by mid afternoon local time. Weather favorable, but no radio contact reported. family unaware he had departed Newfoundland yesterday as search for sightings continued.
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Backman
Sweden
New York
Carl Backman
Newfoundland
Stockholm
Atlantic
Carl. Backman
Yesterder
Wallace Garner Clash Over Farm Aid Bill
Washington May 17 Members of President Roosevelt s official family split on signing or vetoing the 1 218 000 000 Agriculture Department bill. The Senate added 383 000 000 and parity payments 225 000 000 plus 113 000 000 for surplus disposal. Wallace urged approval while Garner favored veto and redrafting to fit budget aims. The President noted no new tax talks and Senate tax plans faced doubt.
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House
Senate
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Garner
Congress
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Contess
Vice Presient
Congressional
Treasury
Britain Moves To Halt Outflow Of Capital Abroad
London stock brokers agreed not to quote American securities until further notice after a Commons statement by Sir John Simon warning British investors against sending funds overseas. The Bank of England signaled an unofficial request to desist, aiming to curb capital export during national defense needs.
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London
United States
House of Commons
Sir John Simon
Transatlantic
Bank of England
Sir John
Exchequer
Commons
John
Arrest Suspect In Sea Death Case
A nationwide manhunt narrowed as Cleveland police arrested a man identified as Dominic Rodio Sr. in a deep sea fishing trip drowning linked to an eastern insurance murder ring. He admitted identity and will be returned to Philadelphia under a federal warrant while investigators widen the hunt for Mrs. Rowe Carina and other suspects. The case involves poison killings, drownings, and faked accidents with more than 100 potential victims across eastern states.
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Cleveland
Dominic
Redia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James Hogan
Hunt Rose Carina
Hunt
Rowe Carina
Rodio
Sea Isle City
WL J
Joseph Arena
Steve Crispino
Reading Hat Factory
Cape May County
N. J
Arena
Vincent P. McDevitt
Crispino
McDevitt
Gaettano
Bureau of Postal Inspectors
Two Men Wounded as Cream Can Bandits Flee
Sargeant Minnesota May 17 officers trapped the cream can bandit gang early today. Four officers wounded and two bandits captured on railroad tracks. Two other gang members killed. A farmer reported a man being moved from a car nine miles south of town. Deputy Lon Enochson fired an empty pistol to halt a robber, who surrendered.
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State Crime Bureau
Walter Morre
Johm Howard
Howard
St. Paul
Morel
Stillwater State Prison
State Bank of
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Pratt
Austin
Minn
Here
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Gan
Hilder Samuelson
Waltham Village
Lon Enoch
Enochson
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