Britain ready to defend ships on Spanish coast
Britain warned that it will defend its merchants at sea and in Spanish waters if Nationalist attacks occur. Viscount Halifax said HMS ships will protect shipping and retaliate against submarines inside territorial waters. The Stangate delivered food to Valencia as Gibraltar-based ships moved away fromMediterranean maneuvers. Halifax rejected calls for amnesty for Spanish Republican leaders.
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Britain
Viscount’ Halifax
House of Lords
Royalavy
Shropshire
Hed
Imogen
Ivanhoe
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Stangate
Valencia
Lord Halifax
Optimistic London View on Planned Big Powers Conference
London newspapers share optimism about a conference of major powers to halt Europe arms race possibly before summer's end. The Daily Mail notes Mr Chamberlain plans to limit arms starting with aerial weapons and hopes disarmament talks may widen to include world powers, including the United States. The scope could include economic issues.
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London
Daily Mail Independent
Chamberlain
Europe
United States
Ottawa Bill Seeks Federal Tolerance for Sweepstakes
A bill to legalize sweepstakes in Canada for hospitals and schools was discussed on its second reading in the House of Commons. It would amend the criminal code to permit provincially run games with limits of one sweepstake per province per year, backed by Vita Mallette. The measure drops to the bottom of private member bills but is expected to be revisited this session.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Vita Mallette
Meighen Questions Food and Drugs Act Validity
Senator Arthur Meighen raises doubts about the constitutionality of the Food and Drugs Act as a bill to widen national health department supervision over drug manufacture and sale is debated. Ontario accounted for two-thirds of Canada’s iron and steel output in 1937.
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Ottawa
Senate
Arthur Meighen
National Health Department
Ontario
Canada
Sir Henry Pellatt Death Ends City Icon of Casa Loma
Sir Henry Pellatt noted as the man who built Casa Loma Toronto dies at his Mimico home at age 87. The financier and militia veteran started building the chateau in 1911, later losing it to taxes, with furnishings auctioned long ago and the estate serving visitors during recent years.
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Toronto
Henry Pellatt
Snander
Mimico
Sir Henry
Casa Loma
Europe
Northwest Land Company
Pipeline to Britain Across Atlantic Considered in Commons
Col John MacNamara proposes a wartime oil pipeline from Canada to Britain to ensure steady fuel supply. He notes Canada will produce large oil quantities and asks if a transatlantic line is possible, but War Secretary Hore-Belisha provides no reply.
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London
Canada
Great Britain
North Atlantic
House of Commons
John MacNamara
MacNamara
Britain
Hore-Belisha
Common Good Policies Urged by Montreal Gazette Chief
John Bassett president of the Montreal Gazette Printing Co. urged reshaping party policies to meet changing Dominion needs at the Dominion curling championships annual dinner. He praised George McCullagh publisher of the Toronto Globe and Mail for his patriotism and call to legislators to forget party advantage and cooperate for the common good.
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Toronto
Canada
Dominion
John Bassett
Montreal Gazette Printing Co., Ltd
Bassett
George McCullagh
Toronto Globe and Mail
McCullagh
Stabilization Fund For China Funded By Banks
London report says Sir John Simon announced in the House of Commons that China formed a 4 912 500 currency stabilization fund with two British banks contributing 23 450 000. He stated the Chinese dollar stability is crucial due to financial ties with China and that the British treasury would guarantee the banks’ 23 450 000 and seek parliamentary approval.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
China
Veterans to be hired as radio license collectors
Hon. C. D. Howe told the House that only returned soldiers would be employed as house-to-house collectors of radio licenses in the future. The shift to veterans came from an agreement between the Canadian Legion and the transport department, with radio stores selling licenses as before.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
House of Commons
Canadian Legion
Transport Department
Alleged Fascist Plans Outlined for 1939
Pierre Bernus reports in Journal des Debats that Hitler aims to strike at the Netherlands and Switzerland after manipulating events in Palestine and Syria. The plan includes creating Western powers’ difficulties, occupying Hainan, expanding Libyan garrisons, and a swift attack to force Britain and France to concede.
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Paris
Pierre Bernus
Journal
Des Debats
Hitler
Netherlands
Switzerland
Great Britain
France
Rome-Berlin
Hainan
Palestine
Mussolini
Gibraltar no longer impregnable says Tokyo correspondent
The Tokyo based Spanish correspondent reports Gibraltar is no longer impregnable as German Italian and Spanish Nationalist technicians build zig zag military lines around the British stronghold. Disappearing guns could unleash devastating fire on central Gibraltar according to the dispatch.
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Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Gibraltar
Ottawa Joins Watch Over American Wheat Influx
Minister of Trade W. D. Euler told the House the government is considering the impact of American wheat entering eastern Canada and displacing Ontario wheat. He noted some wheat is milled in Ontario and possibly exported under existing laws, while Conservative leader Manion cited Ontario’s difficulty selling wheat due to 600000 bushels of subsidized American wheat used by Ontario mills.
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Ottawa
W. D. Euler
House of Commons
Canada
United States
Ontario
Robert Manion
Spanish Nationalists Name Duke of Alba Ambassador to London
London reports that Great Britain accepts the appointment of the Duke of Alba as Spain's first ambassador to London for the Nationalists. Germany and Italy opposed the move fearing a British influence axis. The duke, a descendant of James XI, is a monarchist who supports a Spanish monarchy for the nation's future.
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London
Great Britain
Duke of Alba
Germany
Italy
Spain
James XI
Arabella Churchill
Bank Robbery at Montreal North End CN Banque Branch
Two armed bandits entered a Banque Canadienne Nationale branch in the north end of Montreal. They forced teller-manager Emile Gougeon into the cellar and escaped in a motor car with nearly $1,000.
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Montreal
Northend
Banque Canadienne Nationale
Emile Gougeon
Astonished German Foreign Office reacts to British plans
A high official from the German foreign office said he was astonished by Leslie Hore-Belisha’s announcement that Britain would send an expeditionary force to the continent if war breaks out. He claimed Hitler has declared Germany has no territorial demands on France and warned that Western fortifications would prevent any cross-Channel invasion.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Ing
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Great Britain
English Channel
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
France
Britain forms field force of 19 divisions for possible continental war
London reports a new field force of 19 divisions totalling 185000 to 195000 men, to be deployed to the continent at war outbreak. Hore-Belisha outlines reforms including expanded anti air defence, coastal protection, and strengthened imperial garrisons with mobilization speedups and larger training programs.
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London
Leslie Hore-Belisha
House of Commons
Britain
France
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Middle East
Palestine
Hore-Belisha
Chamberlain
Auxiliary Air Force
Territorial Army Observer Corps
Territorial Army
Moore-Belisha
Canada approves plan to admit Sudeten refugees for settlement
Ottawa reports government approval for admitting a limited number of refugees from Sudetenland to western Canada under the 1930 rule for farmers with means. Crerar says numbers are provisional and abroad funding will cover costs. each farm unit must have about four people and $1,500. He notes most refugees are agriculturalists and that about 95 percent of families are Roman Catholics.
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Ottawa
T. A. Crerar
House of Commons
Canada
London
Prague
Mr. Crerar
Crerar
Peace River District
Saskatchewan
Flyers Found Safe After Missing Flight Incident
Pilot Stanley Chandler and W. J. Herbert were found safe on the Lake Nipissing shore after a missing flight from North Bay to Wolseley Bay on the French river. The search used a plane chartered by the Sudbury Star.
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North Bay
Wolseley Bay
French River
Stanley Chandler
W. J. Herbert
Lake Nipissing
Sudbury Star
Leadership League Toronto announced by The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail launched a Leadership League to be run by public spirited citizens headed by Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. Herbert A. Brice. The paper plans to move league offices from its building while pledging 125000 members and continuing to host daily discussions to aid national social and governmental issues.
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Toronto
The
Globe and Mail
Leadership League
Frederick Banting
Herbert A. Brice
George McCullagh
League
Wiedemann Says Hitler Succession Arranged For New Consul Post
Captain Fritz Wiedemann, once a commander under Hitler and his personal adjutant, arrived in San Francisco saying the succession of the reichsfuehrer has been fully arranged though no names have been announced. He is to assume the post as German consul general.
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San Francisco
Adolf Hitler
Reichfuehrer
Fritz Wiedemann
Hitler
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