King and Queen Bid Farewell to Our Dominion
King and Queen say goodbye to Canada during their tour. Messages of thanks aired via CBC and Empire network as they reflect on the trip's memories and the warmth of Canadian hospitality. The King emphasizes peace, unity, and the empire's responsibilities, while the Queen addresses Canadian women and children, thanking all for their affection.
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Halifax
Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Dominion
Quebec
United States
Benisse
Plight of Western Canadian farmers worsens debt risk
Townley-Smith of Lashburn warns the Canadian Seed Growers Association delegates that Western Canada's grain sector faces no real improvement from last year due to poor crops, low prices, and high purchase costs. He says the triple squeeze drives farmers toward insolvency and distress, urging action to support seed buyers and preserve markets.
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Victoria
Western Canada
F. W. Townley-Smith
Lashburn, Lask
Canadian Seed Growers Association Annual
Wasteful Methods Warned By Benes On Wheat Farm
Dr Eduard Benes former Czecho Slovakian president criticizes grain waste as a combine lifts wheat on a farm near Newton He recalls hand reaping and thrashing in his boyhood saying every head of grain should be salvaged to avoid waste.
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Newton
Eduard Benes
Mercy remission eases sentences for Canadian prisoners
On the eve of the King's departure from Canada the prerogative of mercy extends to all prisoners with criminal code offences serving four months or more. Sentences will be cut by one month, with possible further reductions for long term or penitentiary cases under review. The order, signed by Sir Lyman Duff, Acting Governor-General, was issued by Hon. Ernest Lapointe.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Lyman P. Duff
U S Fighting Hoppers Farm Aid Expands Across Plains
The United States Agriculture Department uses emergency funds of 1 750 000 to fight a grasshopper outbreak threatening the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest. Hot dry spring and neglected land boosted early swarms in North and South Dakota Montana Nebraska and Wyoming as nearly 3 000 000 dollars has already been spent on control efforts.
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Washington
United States Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
North
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Wyoming
Agriculture Department
Court of Appeal Quashes Wharton Conviction in IRA Case
The court of appeal quashed Gerald Francis Wharton’s conviction and cancelled his ten year sentence for IRA bombing connections. It ruled the sentencing judge showed prejudice by basing the punishment on Wharton’s 1920 IRA association, an irrelevant factor.
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London
Court of Appeal
Gerald Francis Wharton
Wharton
The
R.A
Literature Pittsburg Urges Shakespeare Reading
In a speech at Hon. Arthur Meighen in the Canadian senate the advocate urged reading William Shakespeare as good literature remains our finest possession and the most profitable leisure activity. Meighen was among seven honored with honorary degrees by the university.
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Pittsburg
Wiliam Shakespeare
Arthur Meighen
Canadian Senate
Meighen
University
First Ship Reaches Nome After Eight Months Amid Ice
The steamship Sutherland arrived at Nome Alaska to begin resupply after breaking through heavy ice in the Bering Sea. Three other ships battled ice for a week as Nome faced dwindling food stocks and gave a warm waterfront greeting.
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Nome
Alaska
Sutherland
Bering Sea
British PM Demands German Consul Withdrawn Over Espionage
Prime Minister Chamberlain told Parliament he asked Germany to withdraw Consul Herr Reinhardt from Liverpool after court records showed the Liverpool German consulate was implicated in an espionage case. The inquiry traced a man named Joseph Kelley aiding contact with foreign agents who sold plans of a government ordnance factory. The request was made two days earlier.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Liverpool
Joseph Kelley
Herr Reinhardt
Visit Being Considered Canberra Australia
Australian reporters with the King and Queen in Canada say Their Majesties may visit Australia later. Federal officials do not deny the possibility but warn the matter is delicate and forecast of timing is premature. The visit is seen as more a British than an Australian government matter amid the international situation.
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Canada
England
Atlantic
Pacific
Tropics
Arctic
Canberra
Australia
German Troops Move On Polish Slovak Border
Paris reports indicate German troop concentrations near the Polish Slovak border with Warsaw anxious for Western aid if aggression erupts Brussels notes Slovakia sees troop movements as potentially invited by Bratislava and fears a German Hungarian agreement to divide the region amid economic strain and rumored July visit to Budapest.
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Paris
Poland
France
Danzig
Vah
Slovakia
Dukla
Jablunkau
White Carpathians
Germany
Warsaw
Bratislava
Hitler
Budapest
McGill Principal Resigns. Board Sees New U.S. Engagement
Dr. Lewis W. Douglas, named McGill University principal less than two years ago, resigns to pursue a new post in the United States. He returns to Montreal to fill the vacancy created by Arthur E. Morgan who left McGill after disagreeing with the Board of Governors.
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Lewis W. Douglas
McGill University
United States
Montreal
Arthur E. Morgan
McGill
Board of Governors
Health Insurance in Canada: Calls for Reform and Debate
Dr Grant Fleming of McGill warned Canadian health care is grossly inadequate and urged a national insurance scheme. He cited infant and tuberculosis mortality and noted western Canada has led in municipal physician service. Dr Sinai of Michigan said profession shifted to support insurance but split on compulsory versus voluntary plans.
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Toronto
Canada
Grant Fleming
Montreal
Canadian Public Health Association
Fleming
Faculty of
McGill University
United States
Great Britain
Arthur MacNalty
Britain
Nathan Sinai
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Western Canada
Dr. Sinai
Canadian War Planes Move to Royal Air Force Squadrons
The Canadian government plans to place new war planes with Royal Canadian Air Force units this month as deliveries rise in the next two months. Canadian Vickers in Montreal has built five Stranraer flying boats for bombing and coastal patrol, with three serving as aerial escorts for the King and Queen over the Strait of Northumberland. The 1937 and 1938 program calls for seven more Stranraers.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Defence Department
Canadian Vickers Limited
Montreal
Strait of Northumberland
Dartmouth
N.B
Churchill Insurance Rates Hold Steady For 1939 Ships
The Imperial Shipping Committee announced no change in insurance rates for ships using the Hudson Bay route from British ports to Churchill Manitoba this year. They noted eight cargoes of wheat already at Churchill for the 1938 season and signaled that about 20 total cargoes moved out in 1939 with no major losses could lead to considering a premium reduction for 1940.
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London
Hudson Bay
British
Churchill
Man
Imperial Shipping Committee
Shipping Committee
Joint Hull Committee
Growing Crops Benefit in West by June Rains
Dominion meteorological records show April 1 to June 12 rainfall boosted wheat growth across western Canada. Of 28.89 million acres seeded in the three prairie provinces, about 13.54 million had above normal rain and 11.35 million below. Manitoba fared poorly with only 800k above average and 240k below. Saskatchewan reports a better year with large areas above normal and drought areas improving in the southwest. Alberta shows 4.404 million acres above average and 3.99 million below, with southern Cardston Foremost and Lethbridge under below par moisture.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Praine
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Shaunavon
Cardston
Foremost
Lethbridge
King George Expresses Hope to Revisit Canada
In a written address signed by His Majesty the King the monarch expresses the hope that he and his daughters may visit Charlottetown again. King George receives the address from Premier Thane Campbell who reads the official welcome to Their Majesties as Prince Edward Island offers gratitude for the warm reception and affectionate references to the Queen.
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Charlottetown
George
Queen Elizabeth
Thane Campbell
Prince Edward Island
King George
Britain Resists Japanese Blockade Over Tientsin Concession
British officials warn of full revision to Far East policy if Japan persists in blocking the Tientsin concession. London cites aims to protect British rights and trade in China while opposing a Japanese economic stranglehold. France and the United States coordinate closely with Britain on the dispute amid protests over four alleged terrorists used as pretext for broader control.
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London
Japan
Tientsin
Richard Butler
House of Commons
Britain
China
France
Great Britain
United States
Foreign Office
New Order
Mayor Declines Gift to Queen for Thousand Islands
Brockville Ontario Mayor John T Horan said the Queen sincerely appreciates but cannot accept the offer of one Thousand Islands island to commemorate her visit. He sent a second note proposing naming an island after her via the Canadian government and plans to travel to Ottawa to pursue the request through official channels.
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Elizabeth
Thousand Islands
Brockville
Ont
John T Horan
Prescott
Horan
St. Lawrence
The
Crown Prince Olaf and Princess Martha Call Oslo From Here
Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha spoke by telephone with two young girls and a boy in Oslo as they visited the area. The call connected from the home of Dr and Mrs Egil Boeckmann where the royals stayed during their three day visit, enabling chats with the children and with King Haakon.
Neutrality Bill Advances in House Foreign Affairs Committee
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a new United States neutrality bill on a strictly party line vote. The measure would permit U S resources to be available to Great Britain and France and their allies if war reaches Europe.
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Washington
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Europe
America
Great Britain
France
Canadian Wheat In Store In Ottawa for Week Ended June
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended June totalled 113,116,782 bushels, compared with 115,863,252 the previous week and 29,174,692 in the corresponding week last year, the Dominion bureau of statistics reported.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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