Craigavon Unionists gain two seats in Irish elections
Belfast counts show Viscount Craigavon’s Unionist government strengthening with no seat loss and two gains for a total of 35 seats amid a Belfast celebration. Leaders of opposition toppled. Dawson Bates won in Victoria while Cromac saw Harry Midgley defeated by Unionist J Maynard Sinclair.
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Queen's University
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Northern Ireland
Eire
Belfast
Stormont Castle
Lord Craigavon
United Kingdom
Sir Dawson Bates
Victoria
William J. Stewart
W. M. Wilton
Harry Midigley
Labor Party
Mr. Stewart
Cromac
J. Maynard Sinclair
German Army Shakeup in Berlin Reported
Berlin reports say three generals offered resignations in protest against Nazi fication of the army as Hitler moves to consolidate control. Observers note precautions were taken before the shakeup while Himmler’s bloc plans a Nazification order removing chaplains and imposing party loyalty on officers.
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Berlin
Hitler
Army High Command
Foreign Office
Nazi Party
Heinrich Himmler
First Dark Flight Breaks Air Speed Record
Squadron Leader John W. Gillan piloted a Hurricanes from Turnhouse Edinburgh to Northolt near London at 409 mph. The 48 minute flight in darkness marks the first dark crossing over 300 mph and sets a new world land plane speed record, surpassing Germany’s 379.17 mph.
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London
Royal Air Force
Edinburgh
John W. Gillan
Turnhouse
Northolt
Gillan
Germany
Alaskan Mountains Sought in Soviet Flyers Search
Sir Hubert Wilkins said the next area to be covered in the hunt for six Soviet flyers missing after a Moscow to North America flight will be the Alaskan mountain ranges. He spoke to a service club as commander of the search plane.
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Edmonton
Moscow
North America
Alaskan
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Navy Recruits Average 1154 Monthly in 1937
Alfred Duff Cooper, first lord of the admiralty, announced in a House of Commons reply that Royal Navy recruit averages last year reached 1,154 per month, up from 871 in 1936 and 624 in 1935.
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London
Royal Navy
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
House of Commons
Eden Plans New Spain Policy Including Volunteer Withdrawal
Foreign Secretary Eden reportedly set a new course to withdraw foreign volunteers from Spain while seeking a warmer tie with Italy. Britain and France would pause on Spain belligerency rights to push talks with Mussolini, arguing a victory would not bring Bolshevism to Spain and that Mussolini could claim a constructive outcome. Alfred Duff Cooper said measures against pirate attacks on British shipping in the Mediterranean should succeed.
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London
Eden
Spain
Italy
Britain
France
Mussolini
Juan Negrin
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Commons
Mediterranean
Anarchy In China Shanghai Describes Worsening Disorder
Despatches from Tientsin report that after Japanese forces ousted Chinese officials in northern provinces, lawlessness rose in captured areas along the Shanghai rail line. Banditry and civic disorder spread as peasants stayed home, with rewards offered for the heads of outlaw leaders and for firearms.
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Shanghai
China
Sunghai
Tientsin
North China
Paotingfu
French Cheer King’s Visit to Britain Aims at Peace
The French press praises the coming state visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as a sign of peace and strength. Plans include a June ceremony dedicating the Australian war memorial at Villers-Bretonneux and a Paris reception with President Lebrun. A possible secret meeting with the Duke of Windsor is noted.
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Paris
Great Britain
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
George
Villers-Brettoneux
Albert Lebrun
France
Duke of Windsor
French Flying Boat Wrecks at Marseille Breakwater
Air France flying boat crashed into the Marseille breakwater during takeoff for Corsica on the Marseille Tunis route. Eight people died and four injured, all fatalities French including five passengers and three crew. Officials attribute possible pilot vision failure in morning fog.
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Marseille
France
Air France
Corsica
North Bay Council Orders Slot Machines Removed
North Bay Ontario city council directs the police to remove all slot machines by March 1. Last year license fees from the machines totaled 1500 dollars, but the council prefers the fight against gambling influence to the revenue.
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North Bay
Ont
Police Commission
United States pilots aid China’s air defense effort
Chinese sources claim US volunteer pilots play a key role in rebuilding China's air defences amid Japanese raids on Hankow. Aerial combat and a Chinese advance along the Hwai river are noted with Americans in highspeed bombers delivering heavy blows to Japanese positions.
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Hankow
China
United States
Foreign Legion
Hwai River
Ottawa announces plans for cheap low cost homes
Plans under the Dominion Housing Act call for cost efficient houses not exceeding 2500 in British Columbia and 3000 elsewhere. Ten winning designs from architects in Quebec Ontario and British Columbia will be developed into complete working plans priced at 10 dollars for prospective builders. Winners receive 250 dollars each when plans are turned over to the government.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Forsey
Page and Steele
Greensides
Langley
Douglas E. Kirtland
Toronto
Paul Rousseau
A. H. Tremblay
Edward Cecil Cox
T. H. Mace
Montreal
Alvin Ronald Prack
Hamilton
Ont
Harold Cullerne
Vancouver
Inskip Opposes Two Year Food Stock Plans
Britain's Food Supply debate sees Sir Thomas Inskip oppose Labor calls for storing two years of national food. He argues for periodic secret purchases based on need and warns against storing goods in attackable port areas. House defeats Labor plan 195 to 130.
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London
Thomas Inskip
Thomas
House
Miinister
Debate Power Export Ottawa
A bill to amend the Electricity and Fluid Exportation Act was placed on the House of Commons agenda in Prime Minister King’s name. It seeks to limit export licenses to Parliament, shifting from the governor-in-council. The move follows King’s pledge and Hepburn’s earlier request for Ontario power exports to the United States.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
King
Governor-In Council
Hepburn
Ontario
Dominion
United States
Storm Rips Cape Breton in Five-Year Record Gale
Sydney Cape Breton Island endures the fiercest storm in five years as a 42 mile per hour gale pounds snow into massive drifts.
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Sydney
N.S
Cape Breton Island
Invitation Accepted for King and Queen's Paris Visit
The king and queen will visit France for four days from June 28 to July 1 in a state visit to Paris. During the stay the king will unveil the Australian national war memorial at Villers-Bretonneux. The announcement notes the royal couple’s prior visits to Paris and their fluency in French.
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London
France
French Republic
Paris
Villers-Bretonneux
Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
Vimy Ridge
Farmers face drought risk in northwest Dakota
North Dakota farmers across five counties risk another poor yield without government aid. Farm Security Administration supervisor Cc. H. Lockrem estimates four of five farmers would need about $300 each for seed fuel and feed to weather a bad season. If moisture returns and pests stay away, a crop is possible.
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Crosby
N.D
North Dakota
Cc. H. Lockrem
Farm Security Administration
Return of good crops with normal rainfall in prairie debate
In Ottawa Saskatchewan drought conditions are blamed on lack of rain not farming methods. Dr Thomas Donnelly urges government to aid old settlers staying on land while encouraging young farmers to seek better prospects elsewhere. Debates also reference feed shortages and calls for a western grain control board.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan Brouth
Thomas Donnelly
Wood Mountain
House of Commons
Prairies
Drouth
Canada
American Union
Mexico
Donnelly
Dr. Donnelly
Saskatchewan
E E. Perley
Cons
Qu’Appelle
Romania under virtual dictatorship after Cristea takes premier post
Dr. Miron Cristea, aged 68, becomes Roumania's premier after Octavian Goga resigns his anti Semitic cabinet. His center liberal coalition rules by decree, suspending parliament and delaying a new constitution. Special elections were canceled and the king pledged support as ministries were formed from former premiers.
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Bucharest
Miron Cristea
Roumania
Octavian Goga
Carols
Dr. Cristea
George Mironescu
National Peasant Party
George Tatarescu
Liberal Party
Alexander Vaidavoeved
Nationalist Party
Alexandru Averescu
People’s Party
Nicholas Iorga
Viatoianu
3Oga
Julius Manin
Carol
Cristea
Mironescu
Goga
Roumana
Fighting Ice And Storms Moscow Rescue Effort
Soviet rescuers battled ice and storms to aid four scientists stranded on a drifting Arctic floe after the dirigible V6 crash. Despite disaster, officials pressed plans for air relief if ice breakers fail to reach them in time, with eight planes aboard four rescue ships ready for action.
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Moscow
Arctic
Greenland
British to Install American Design Heavy Machine Gun in Planes
Inskip told the House of Commons that a heavy machine gun of American design is being installed in British aircraft under the replacement program. An interim order had been placed in the United States. Production of the guns is now proceeding satisfactorily in British factories as arrangements for domestic manufacture are completed. In Le Bourget a plane attempting a London Cape Town record crashed on landing. one Italian flyer and his crew escaped unharmed though the aircraft was wrecked.
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London
Thomas Inskip
House of Commons
United States
Sir Thomas
le Bourget
France
Cape Town
Piet Gianni Albertini
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Grosvenor House
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