Britain Extends Warm Welcome To King and Queen
Members of Parliament and peers lined Westminster streets to cheer the King and Queen from open landau as they acknowledged greetings from both houses. Lawmakers praised the Canadian American tour and the royal reception in the United States, predicting stronger ties within the British Commonwealth and enduring public affection for Their Majesties.
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Arthur Greenwood
Roosevelt
United Kingdom
Chamberlain
Greenwood
Archibald Sinclair
Liberal Party
Canada
British Commonwealth of Nations
House of Lords
Earl Stanhope
Lord Snell
Marquess of Crewe
Mr. Chamberlain
House of Commons
Admiralty
Newfoundland
Nazi Move to Put Churches Under State Welfare Control
Berlin reports a planned Nazi drive to secularize church welfare groups and place them under the National Socialist public welfare organization. Dissolution of Evangelical parish societies in Wuerttemberg is announced, while the Caritas Society and Evangelical home mission face transfer to Nazi authority. Catholic bishops protest to Hitler, and Frau Emmy Goering is said to oppose the measure. Church minister Kerr is pressured to resign but declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Wuerttemberg
National Socialist Public Welfare
Ministry of Interior
Catholic
Caritas Society
Evangelical Home Mission
National Socialistische Volkswohlfahrt
Hitler
Emmy Goering
Hermann Goering
Kans Kerr
The
Pilots Escape Injury In RCAF Plane Crash At Trenton
Three Royal Canadian Air Force pilots escaped injury when a bombing aircraft crashed on landing at Trenton air base. Officials provided few details while witnesses reported landing gear failure and severe damage. The report also notes that over 18 million people were brought under German jurisdiction, with more than a third not German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
Trenton
Air Force
National Health Plan in Canada Faces Constitutional Hurdles
Dr. K A MacKenzie, Halifax retiring CMA president, warned that a national health insurance scheme runs into constitutional difficulties under study by the royal commission. He said Canada must weigh the problem carefully, with the medical profession providing advice but not endorsing compulsory coverage at this stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
Royal Commission On Dominion
K. A. MacKenzie
Halifax
Canadian Medical Association
Committee On Economics
C.M.A
H. H. Wolfenden
Toronto Consulting Actuary
Fire damaged French liner Ie de France at New York dock
Police guarded the Ie de France as fumes and fires damaged sister ships in France and crews denied incendiary causes. About 95 officials and private guards watched the ship at the New York dock amid third term talk and Roosevelts reply to a candid 1940 question. Montreal study finds women 16 percent fitter than 35 years ago based on McGill tests and records.
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New York
Ie de France
France
The
Line
French Line
Washington
Roosevelt
Montreal
McGill University
Militia Camps Ottawa Schedule Sets Training for 32 000
About 32 000 members of the non permanent active militia will take part in camp training this summer under a schedule issued by national defence headquarters. The plan outlines locations and dates for the training camps across the country.
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Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters
English Art Club exhibition opens in National Gallery Ottawa
The English Art Club is premiering its first Atlantic crossing show in Ottawa at the National Gallery of Canada. The selection of 118 oils watercolors and drawings seeks wider Canadian display this year. The collection known as London impressionists drew mixed praise for its early revolutionary pursuit of the ugly. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saw the Paris version during a state visit last year. More than 40 members have joined the Royal Academy since the club began, signaling influence beyond its critics.
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Ottawa
New English Art Club
National Gallery of Canada
George
Elizabeth
Paris
London
England
Royal Academy
United States Sells Armaments to War-Torn Nations in 1939
The United States has a booming arms trade led by Hitler’s regime aided by Japan, with exports totaling about 130 million dollars in the first five months of 1939. France and Britain are major buyers, while Canada Australia the Netherlands Indies and Romania also place substantial orders for warplanes shells and explosives. China’s purchases have fallen as guerrilla warfare dominates.
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Washington
Hitler
United States
France
Great Britain
Germany
Canada
Australia
Japan
Netherlands Indies
Indies
Netherlands
The
Reich
Roumania
China
Decree Curbs Jewish Business Role in Bohemia and Moravia
Baron von Neurath issued a decree sharply restricting Jewish participation in the protectorate economy. Jews are forbidden to acquire real estate or rights in such, barred from business undertakings or stock ownership, and must report all precious metals and stones to the national bank by July 31. Only with special written approval can Jews or Jewish firms hold real estate or carry on business.
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Prague
Konstantin von Neurath
Bohemia and
Moravia
Protectorate
National Bank
Refugees Welcome at Waterloo Station as King and Queen Arrive
English flags and bunting greet 287 German Jewish refugees signed in from the liner St Louis at Waterloo Station. Children returning from Cuba saw the decorations as a tribute to them, and many wanderers felt secure and wept with relief.
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London
Waterloo Station
England
Cuba
Foch Statue Torn Down Before Caslav Barracks
Prague Garrison reports Czech infantry regiment tied to French war effort from refugees torn down the statue of Marshal Ferdinand Foch that stood before the Caslav barracks. The action involved Prague German soldiers and tied to anti Austrian rule sentiment during the Great War era.
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Prague
Ferdinand Foch
Caslav
France
Special Session Planned to Implement Central Mortgage Bank
Premier Bracken announced a special Manitoba legislature session at the earliest opportunity to enact the central mortgage bank plan designed to cut urban and rural mortgage interest rates. He urged the new farm organization to demand a square deal and unite farmers to influence national policy, praising a non political non sectarian draft constitution plank and urging agriculture to draw from multiple political platforms.
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Brandon
Man
Bracken
Manitoba
Canada
Halifax hopes Tientsin incident can be settled
London report says Viscount Halifax expressed hope the Tientsin dispute could be settled if Japan proves it does not seek to destroy British interests in the Far East. He argued Tokyo must show no intent to challenge Britain, while praising Anglo Russian efforts for a mutual assistance pact. Churchill backed wider Anglo Russian alignment as essential for European stability.
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London
Viscount Halifax
Tientsin
Far East
Lord Halifax
Tokyo
Great Britain
Britain
Japan
France
Russia
Winston Churchill
Europe
Chamberlain
Richard Butler
House of Commons
Far Eastern
Moscow
Butler
Mr. Churchill
The
Admiralty
Air Secretary
Lord Londonderry
Churchill
Bohemia
Moravia
Expansion of Youth Training Plan Announced
Ottawa approves a three year expansion of the Dominion Provincial youth training program with eight provinces signing. Quebec pending. Ontario to take about 60 percent of the 1.5 million federal allocation. Forestry components add to the program. about 1000 youths expected to gain forestry training this year. Since start, 117,912 Canadians have received training across wage earning, agricultural, rural, and physical programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion
Norman Rogers
Quebec
Rogers
Ontario
Federal
Department of Labor
German Troop Movements Readied for Fortifications
Reports from British dispatch say about 100000 German troops move into the Limes fortifications facing France. The Condor legion will train at Seredduk frontier zone as flood repairs finish the line. Another 30000 to 40000 men expected in the second line with patrols and tightened frontier control. Poland appeals to France and Britain for faster aircraft artillery and munitions deliveries.
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Paris
Germany
Limes
British United Press
Condor
Sarreduck
Frontier
Slovakia
Polish Silesia
Poland
France
Great Britain
British frontier line defined as freedom vs force
Sir Gerald Campbell the British high commissioner to Canada told the Canadian Club that Britain’s frontier lies not on rivers but on the line between freedom and naked force. He said democracy is not equality but the faith that every man and woman is worth while.
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Saint John
N.B
Great Britain
Rhine
Gerald Campbell
Canada
Canadian Club
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Eign
Empire
American Republic
Lord Stanhope
Nazi
Terior
Kerry
Caritas
National Health Plan
Ile de France
National Gallery
Arthur Salisbury MacNally
K.C.B. F.R.C.P
Ministry of Health
Bohemia and Moravia
Foch
Cambridge
Cambridge University
Lord Chatfield
Joseph Kennedy
Kennedy
Express
Great Britain’s Frontier
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