King and Queen Visit Westminster Hall in Loyal Addresses
The king and queen travelled to Westminster Hall to receive loyal addresses from lords and commoners in the presence of empire premiers and representatives. The monarch spoke of the crown uniting the empire and praised the parliamentary system amid postwar hardship and unemployment, with reflections on fellowship and peace.
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London
Westminster Hall
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Commons
Westminster
McGill Honors Four With Doctor of Laws Degrees
McGill University announces four recipients for the degree Doctor of Laws honoris causa at the May 30 convocation. Honorees include Dr. A S Eve of McGill, Hon J A Godbout Quebec agriculture minister, Hon W J P MacMillan PEI premier, and Dr Oswald T Avery NYC bacteriologist.
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Montreal
United States
Canada
McGill University
A. S. Eve
McGill
J. A. Godbout
Quebec
W. J. P. MacMillan
Prince Edward Island
Oswald T. Avery
New York City
Demand for silver dollar coins in Ottawa rises
The royal Canadian mint will strike 20 000 more silver dollars and place them on sale immediately. Demand for the king's silver jubilee coin has been so high that the Bank of Canada has asked for additional issues to be circulated.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mint
Bank of Canada
Canada Accepts League Sanctions Committee Seat
Acting prime minister Sir George Perley announced Canada joins a League of Nations committee studying sanctions for unilateral repudiation of international obligations. Dr. W A Riddell has notified the secretary-general. other invited nations include Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Yugoslavia. The committee was formed after Germany repudiated parts of Versailles.
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Ottawa
Germany
Canada
League of Nations Committee
George Perley
W. A. Riddell
Geneva
League of Canada
League Council
Great Britain
France
Chile
Hungary
Italy
The
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
Russia
Yugoslavia
Council of the
League of Nations
Council
Life History Of Quintuplets Attracts Medical Leaders
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe will chart the life of the Dionne quintuplets in a life history exhibit at the joint American Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association meeting in Atlantic City June 10 to 14. About 6000 physicians from the US and Canada are expected. Dafoe and his Toronto colleague Dr William A Dafoe will present the exhibit with Sir Frederick Banting taking part. Dr John S McEacher of Calgary is CMA president.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Allan Roy Dafoe
New York
Callander
Ont
American Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association
United States
Canada
Dafoe
William A. Dafoe
Toronto
Frederick Banting
John S. McEacher
Calgary
Mercy Flight God Sakes Man Heroic Air Rescue
A remarkable mercy flight story from the north credits Pilot Herb Seagrim of Wings Limited with arranging a life saving operation. A Winnipeg patient 350 miles away required surgery, but consent depended on her husband’s approval signaled by a three limb triangle on ice. Seagrim decoded the signal, returned home, and the operation succeeded.
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North
Herb Seagrim
Wings Limited
Winnipeg
Here
Seagrim
Congress backs blind aid for newsstands in federal buildings
The House labor committee voted unanimously to permit blind persons to operate news and similar stands in federal buildings nationwide. The plan, sponsored by Representative Randolph of West Virginia, aims to expand employment opportunities for the blind through direct self employment in public spaces.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives Labor Committee
Uncle Sam
Randolph
W.va
Optimism Reported Across Western Canada Tour
Hon. R. B. Hanson, minister of trade and commerce, returned from a two week speaking tour in western Canada, reporting strong optimism in all communities and expectations of good crops in most localities.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Hanson
Soviet stratosphere committee to study 35000 metre rocket plan
The Soviet stratosphere committee announced plans to study a rocket believed capable of reaching 35 000 metres 113 162 feet. The announcement notes the project aims to advance high altitude research and potential aerospace applications.
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Moscow
King George Proposes Canada Cancer Fund
In a cablegram to the governor general the king thanks Canadians for gifts to the King George V silver jubilee cancer fund and urges a permanent national fund to relieve suffering. The message stresses humanitarian aims and widespread participation.
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Canada
Ottawa
King George
Governor-General
Jubilee Cancer Fund
University of Saskatchewan Senate Appoints New Member
Thomas Rowles of Empress was appointed to the senate to succeed Hon J W Estey who now serves ex officio as minister of education. Andrew Knox Colleston J W Hair Saskatoon and Dr J W Sifton Moose Jaw were reappointed. Other business was routine, President W C Murray announced.
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Saskatoon
Thomas Rowles
Empress
The
University of Saskatchewan
J. W. Estey
Andrew Knox
Colleston
J. W. Hair
J. W. Sifton
Moose Jaw
W. C. Murray
Bennett Voices Empire Trade Unity Amid Postwar Challenges
Ottawa broadcast by Prime Minister R. B. Bennett stresses empire cooperation in trade to solve economic problems. He lauds Canada’s role in the king’s jubilee, loyalty to the crown, and a shift to peace over war plus a balanced, more independent economy driven by national nationalism and debt considerations.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
London
United Kingdom
Canada
Jubilee Honors List to Publish With King’s Birthday
The Jubilee and king’s birthday honors lists will be published June 3. Liberal opposition nominates include Isaac Foot for privy councillor. Labor nominees expected: Clement Attlee and William Lunn, with Lansbury declining to nominate.
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London
Isaac Foot
Indian Select Com
George Lansbury
Ramsay MacDonald
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
William Lunn
Dominions
Nazi drafted Reich Penal Code aims for living death penalties
Berlin reports that a future Nazi penal code will harshly punish crimes against the people state patriotism and nationals. The plan subdivides offences into four classes with death without trial possible for heinous acts, treason listed first.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Boundary Dispute Outlook Amid Mussolini Military Push
Rome reports cautious talks on reconciling the boundary dispute with Ethiopia while Mussolini presses ahead with a robust military buildup.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Ferryboat Capsize Tragedy at Hungary Roumanian Frontier
The Tagblatt despatch from Budapest reports 20 drowned after a ferry capsized on the Maros river near Nagylak on the Hungary Romania frontier.
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Vienna
The
Tagblatt
Budapest
Maros
Nagylak
Britain Sets 1600 Plane Air Limit as Minimum
The Daily Telegraph reports Britain will demand 1600 aircraft as its minimum for air limitations. The figure stems from British talks on an air Locarno separate from the five point plan tied to Germany. France and Italy are to receive the plan next. Geneva 1933 had raised minimum needs.
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London
Great Britain
Daily Telegraph
Locarno
Germany
France
Italy
Geneva Air Commission
Retired Astronomer Blake Dies in Toronto
Frank L. Blake, 1, a retired astronomer with the meteorological service at the Toronto observatory, died after a long illness. He provided the correct time daily to many points in the Dominion and helped survey western Canada, including Moose Jaw and Saskatoon, early in his career.
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Toronto
Frank L. Blake
Meteorological Service
Toronto Observatory
Dominion
Northwest
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Western Canada
Royal levee at Palace of St James honors empire unity
London report on the royal levee in the Palace of St James with King George V and Queen Mary receiving prime ministers from abroad. Leaders from South Africa Australia New Zealand and other dominions spoke of loyalty as 50 000 spectators cheered on the balcony. Bennett praised the king's leadership amid postwar stress. Bennett presented a gold casket containing the loyalty address from Canada.
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London
R. B. Bennett
Empire
Palace of St. James
Mary
J. B. Hertzog
South Africa
J. A. Lyons
Australia
G. W. Forbes
New Zealand
G. M. Huggins
South Rhodesia
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Newfoundland
Joseph Bhore
India
Philip Cunliffe-Lister
Buckingham Palace
Bennett
St. James's Palace
Canadian Senate
House of Commons
Canadian Aviators Named for Wilkins Antarctic Trip
Reports state H. Hollick-Kenyon of Winnipeg and J. H. Lymburner will join the Wilkins Ellsworth Antarctic expedition planned to depart New York in October. The aim includes a 2900 mile non stop flight to test if Antarctica is a single continent. Sir Hubert Wilkins seeks pilots with Arctic experience for the voyage.
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New York
Canada
H. Hollick- Kenyon
J. H. Lymburner
Wikins-Ellsworth
Hollick-Kenyon
Winnipeg
Lymburner
Antarctica
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Lincoln Ellsworth
Antarctic
South Pole
North America
Sir Hubert
Japan Applies Trade Protections Against Canada
A foreign office spokesman said Japan will enforce its trade protection law against Canada. The date and affected products are undecided. Japan sent a cable to Australia urging quicker trade treaty negotiations while a protracted press campaign highlights Canada's favorable trade balance with Japan. Canada exported 16.5 million dollars to Japan last year in wheat fish lumber paper and automobiles while importing 4.4 million dollars of Japanese goods.
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Tokyo
Japan
Foreign Office
Canada
Australia
Princess Katharine of Greece Aboard Empress of Canada
The Princess Katharine of Greece, sister of Princess Marina, sailed aboard the Empress of Canada arriving from the Orient. She traveled incognito as Catherine Constantine, enjoyed shipboard social life, and plans to visit Seattle before boarding the Empress of Britain at Quebec for Europe in June.
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Victoria
Katharine
Greece
Marina
Duchess of Kent
Canada
Catherine Constantine
Seattle
United States
Quebec
Europe
Soviet Port Report Near Manchukuo Border News
Despatches from the Hong Kong based Rengo News Agency report unconfirmed Soviet plans to establish a naval port at Possiet Bay near the Manchukuo border southwest of Vladivostok, according to Japanese military authorities in Manchoukuo.
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Tokyo
Hsinking
Rengo
Manchoukuo
Possiet Bay
Manchoukuan
Vladivostok
Swan Shot in Man.- Police Seek Shooter of Swan
Police pursue a hunter who killed one of two white swans known to visit the area from the north. The wounded bird died after the weekend shooting, ending years of citizen fed migratory visits.
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Erickson
Parachute Plane Tests Planned by Col Roscoe Turner
Col Roscoe Turner states a 90 foot parachute is being completed to lower a passenger plane safely to earth. He expects to take the craft aloft within 60 days for a series of mid air safety tests in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Roscoe Turner
Speed Flier
Calgary Hospital Gains From Perley Estate
Calgary hospital board receives $131 000 from the estate of H A Perley a pioneer hotelman enriching the institution.
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Calgary
Calgary Hospital Board
H. A. Perley
Pioneer
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E. A. Fitzroy
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Dr. Dafoe
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Premier Bennett
Arthur Gibson
Department of Agriculture
Queen's University
Srd
Mittee
British Isles
British Post Office
F. L. Blake
Wilkins
Princess Marina
Orient
Tame Swan
Calgary Hospital
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