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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1939
Page
3
Parliament considers a central mortgage bank bill aimed at reducing farm mortgage burdens. It proposes elimination of more than two years of interest arrears and extending terms to 20 years at five percent, with principal adjustments to not exceed 80 percent of appraisal. Non farm mortgages face similar changes by agreement.
At a state dinner with Prince Paul regent of Yugoslavia, Hitler pledged Yugoslavia’s borders and called for a frank exchange of views to benefit both nations. Prince Paul acknowledged Hitler’s expressed respect for Yugoslavia's border with the Reich, stressing friendship between Germany and Yugoslavia.
British authorities arrest a number of Jews and suspend all urban autobus services of the Jewish Common Transport Company after shots fired on Arab buses and disorders in the Tel Aviv district. Several Revisionist executives led by Dr. David Burkspan are taken into custody in Jerusalem. In Haifa a military court condemns Christian Khalil Ibrahim Khourry to death for killing a Jewish policeman on March 30.
The Arab High Committee rejected Britain's proposal to make Palestine independent within ten years. It urged immediate convening of a constituent assembly to draft a constitution for Palestine, not awaiting the full transition period.
A party of 20 Sudeten families from the former Czecho-Slovakia Republic arrived en route to establish new farm homes in the St. Walburg district of Saskatchewan. The group includes 51 adults and 21 children.
The Duke of Connaught, king’s great-uncle and former Canada governor general, lists Riviera residence Les Bruyeres at Cap Ferrat for sale, noting it was a winter retreat for years.
Across the United States Memorial Day rites included services at Gettysburg and Arlington National Cemetery plus a New York parade with the Coldstream Guards band. Off the New Hampshire coast a ceremony saluted 26 navy dead from the sunken submarine Squalus as a coast guard plane dropped wreaths. President Roosevelt relaxed at Hyde Park while hundreds of thousands watched coastal and inland observances.
A Heaps motion in the House of Commons proposed a nationwide Ottawa public exhibition of the royal train after the royal visit. D Howe noted no new equipment was needed, only repainting and refurnishing. arrangement for post trip use would be up to the railways.
John C. Winant of the international labor office warned that the armament race could cause actual starvation among lower income groups. He said rearmament cannot continue at the present acceleration rate without absorbing much of the national income of many countries. The Bank for International Settlements estimates world arms costs at one billion dollars per month.
An attempted imposition of segregation on East Indians in the Transvaal sparks a grave crisis affecting two British Commonwealth partners. Diplomatic relations between South Africa and India may be broken off over the incident.
Casualties surged during the Memorial Day period with hundreds killed in accidents across the United States. Highway crashes and drownings are reported, while in Canada Alberta’s first premier A C Rutherford is re elected as chancellor by acclamation after 12 years in the post.
The Fairbridge Farm School reports an anonymous member of parliament established a 23400 dollar trust for the Prince of Wales School near Duncan British Columbia to mark the King and Queen’s visit to Canada.
King George thanks RCMP Commissioner S T Wood for services during the royal visit. He praises the force as famous worldwide and expresses pride in being honorary commissioner. The king recalls visiting Regina and lauds the RCMP barracks as training grounds for the splendid body of men upholding Canada’s traditions.
The United States Navy and Coast Guard urge North Atlantic ships to steer well south of normal routes as icebergs move unusually far south. The hydrographic office reports a century low in iceberg positions due to a surprising shift in the cold air wall.
London reports that Premier Vyacheslav Molotov’s Moscow speech is interpreted as preparing the Soviet public for possible participation in an Anglo French Russian pact. The Daily Telegraph notes Moscow may seek an anti aggression front but questions earnestness of Western intent.
German authorities in Montreal sought the return of a Nazi film seized three weeks earlier by Quebec provincial police. Premier Duplessis said the request was blocked because court action was in progress and noted that Naziism and Bolshevism share persecution of religion.
Berlin celebrates 4500 soldiers welcomed home who aided Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Goering, acting for Hitler, greets Spaniards in Hamburg. Ribbentrop signs a non aggression pact with Denmark in Berlin with Danish minister Herluff Zahle present.
Eleven year old Ralph Wood saved Phyllis Batchelor ten by breaking a live electrical connection when she touched a charged conduit while burying a sparrow. Ralph knocked a box at her to free her but the strike hit the pipe and interrupted the circuit.
The Queen expressed interest in buying an island in the Straits of Juan de Fuca between Victoria and Vancouver. She asked Captain H. E. Nedden if she could own one of the fir-covered isles that dot the strait. Officials suggested that if any islands remain crown property the Canadian government might deed one to the Queen. Government heads were to consider the proposal if serious.
Crowds in Hyde Park New York vie for church seating at St James Episcopal to meet King George and Queen Elizabeth. Reverend Frank Wilson reportedly cut off phone service during meals to dine, as 250 eligible parishioners and hundreds more seek seats, while 200 seats are reserved for royal and presidential parties.
London reports Britain to raise military readiness by reviving the posts of inspector-general of the overseas forces and inspector-general of the territorial army. Sir Edmund Ironside to lead liaison with foreign staffs, with upcoming Anglo French maneuvers and contact with army chiefs from Poland Turkey and Russia. General Sir Walter Kirke named to coordinate air raid precautions. Gibraltar command passes to Sir Clive Liddell.
Queen Elizabeth and King stay in a luxury log cabin at Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta during a 24 hour visit. They, along with two personal servants, sleep in the cabin while attendants stay in other lodges. the private kitchen is rarely used and food arrives via heated carts from a central kitchen. The home overlooks Lac Beauvert with views of Whistler, Pyramid and Edith Cavell mountains.
Prime Minister Robert Menzies backs a Lyons era plan to create an Australian diplomatic service with a department handling relations in Washington and Tokyo. He announced on April 27 the aim to have the new agency functioning within the year.
Queen Mary sent thanks to H. L. Austin of Southfields Engineering Works and sales manager Norman L. Curgenven for assistance when her car overturned after a collision with a truck near Putney last week. Her condition continues to improve. Cadiz report notes nine troopships carrying Italian soldiers to Naples, marking most withdrawals of foreign troops aiding the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
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