Britain and France vow to defend Poland over Danzig
London and Paris warned Germany not to move on Danzig and pledged aid to Poland. Prime Minister Chamberlain said Britain would go to war to defend Polish independence if force threatened the Free City. France raised military readiness while seeking peace through negotiations.
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London
Germany
Free City of
Danzig
Europe
Chamberlain
Britain
Poland
Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Ivan Maisky
Viscount Halifax
Low
Russia
Moscow
Mr. Chamberlain
Free
Albert Hall
Roumania
Greece
Soviet
Royal Visit Draws Massive U S Crowd to Western Canada
Across the border invasion sees King George and Queen Elizabeth greeted by Manitobans and thousands from Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and Montana. Winnipeg Regina prepare vantage seats with tickets up to five dollars while Fort William and Port Arthur sell spots. A 150 strong Fort William school choir joins the royal procession as 250 blind residents receive accessible viewing arrangements.
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Winnipeg
Dominions Chain of
Great Lakes
Rockies
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Ontario
Prairie
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Minneapolis
St. Paul
C. W. Cox
Port Arthur
Regina
Fort William
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
King and
Lakehead
Duluth Symphony Orchestra
Court Etiquette Demand Grows at Edmonton Library
Edmonton library officials report a steady demand for court etiquette books and biographies of the King and Queen. Public figures preparing for a royal visit on June 2 are receiving private lessons.
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Edmonton
Edmonton Public Library
Dog Leads Police to Hidden Contraband Cache
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saulnierville Digby County search for a liquor cache. A local dog guided officers to the hiding place after the search was abandoned.
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Saulnierville
N.S
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Digby County
Time loss in Canada due to strikes dips in April
The Dominion department of labor reports 1361 man working days lost in Canada during April from six strikes and lockouts affecting 314 workers. This is the smallest monthly time loss since August 1930.
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Ottawa
Dominion Department of Labor
Canada
Immigration figures show rise in Canada arrivals in 1938 39
Ottawa reports that 17 128 immigrants entered Canada in the 1938 39 fiscal year ending March 31, up 9 5 percent from 16 645 the prior year. US immigration reached 5 663, British Isles 3 373, northern Europe 1 366, with other races totaling 6 726.
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Ottawa
Immigration Department
Canada
United States
British Isles
Anti Jewish Demonstrations Reported in Bratislava
Prague Prager Zeitung reports widespread anti Jewish protests in Bratislava Slovakia with 50 Jews arrested. The agency cites thousands of demonstrators angry at the “faint-hearted” treatment of Jews to date.
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Prague-Prager Zeitung
Bratislava
Slovakia
British Guiana survey flags refugee settlement plan
A government survey commission in New York recommended trial settlements in British Guiana for 3,000 to 5,000 carefully selected refugees. The proposal suggests establishing the settlements as soon as possible to house political refugees.
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New York
British Guiana Survey Commission
Dissolution Ordered of Knights of Mary Catholic Group
Berlin Heinrich Himmler, head of German police, ordered the dissolution of the Knights of Mary Catholic Organizations for activities deemed hostile to the state. The group is linked to international Catholic Action networks.
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Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Knights of Mary
Japan Adds Over Thirty Thousand Officials Since War
Japan reports an increase of 32 700 government officials since the war with China. The rise reflects postwar administrative expansion and restructuring within national and local agencies.
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Japan
China
Acreage Bonus Bill Moves in Canadian Wheat Policy
Debate in Ottawa centers on amendments to the Wheat Board Act and a companion acreage bonus measure aimed at equalizing western farm benefits. The bill expands special assistance for complete crop failure beyond droughts and hail, with regional adjustments in Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan and broader funding considerations.
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Ottawa
Canada
W. G. Weir
Lib. MacDonald
House of Commons
House
Mr. Weir
Australia
Argentina
Weir
J. G. Gardiner
Prairie farming shifts to soil type based aid
The discussion centers on not funding through a western farmers levy. Gardiner proposes acreage bonuses for crop failure could rely on soil type areas rather than townships. Canada lacks sufficient soil area data though US efforts exist. Alberta Manitoba surveys may enable change. Prairie fields are being aerially photographed to map soil boundaries.
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Gardiner
United States
Canada
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Bren machine guns to be manufactured in Canada and England
George Gillespie, chief engineer of John Inglis Company in Toronto, told the public accounts committee that Bren guns will be produced as efficiently in Canada as at Enfield England. He noted his move from Enfield to direct Canadian contracts for 7 000 guns to Canada and 5 000 to Britain and predicted similar rejection rates.
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Ottawa
John Inglis Company, Limited
Toronto
Royal Arsenal
Enfield
England
George Gillespie
Public Accounts Committee
Gillespie
Canada
Britain
Planes banned near royal party during May visit
Calgary police chief Col David Ritchie announced no aeroplane will land or fly within three miles of the royal party during Their Majesties visit on May 26. Visiting planes must avoid the city en route to the airport.
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Calgary
David Ritchie
Royal Party
Parliament Adjournment Planned During King's Ottawa Visit
Prime Minister King told the House of Commons that parliament will not prorogue during the King’s stay in Ottawa. He said lengthy sittings would allow business to be completed after the royal visit rather than a full adjournment for the entire stay.
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Ottawa
Canada
King
House of Commons
Alberta Oil Fields Calgary Prospect Claim
Thomas F. Lee a construction engineer from Scarsdale New York told a service club in Calgary that Alberta sits atop one of the greatest oil fields in the world and is poised to become a leading oil centre. He asserted Canada has unmatched potential in oil.
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Calgary
Thomas F. Lee
Scarsdale N.Y
Alberta
Canada
Radio Committee Finds No Commercial Sponsorship for Opinion Broadcasts
Ottawa report urges sustaining network broadcasts for political material during campaigns and calls for fair time division between parties. It also backs high power short wave station funded as a national project controlled by the CBC and recommends licensing changes for radio sets.
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Ottawa
Commons Committee On Radio
A. L. Beaubien
Lib
Provencher
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
C. George McCullagh
Toronto Globe and Mail
McCullagh
Transport Department
Canada
Dominion
Five grain elevators lost in Chicago fire
A massive blast and fire destroyed five Rosenbaum grain elevators in Chicago wounding and scrambling eight workers and causing property losses estimated at 30.1 million dollars while over 3.5 million bushels of grain were stored in the structures. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours as spectators watched the inferno.
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Chicago
Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Company
Michael Corrigan
Rosenbaum
102Nd Street
Calumet River
Norris Grain Company
Ernest Barge
Albert Horner
Linn M. Keefer
Henry Kriel
Louis Colburg
Charles Regashus
Joseph Wedigh
The
Rosenbaum Company
Ernest Luntgren
Chicago Board of
W. H. Gassler
Norris Company
Royal Train Montreal Sets Telephones On Board
Officials said the royal train will carry 16 telephone instruments on its 12 cars for car to car communications. A special switchboard will be in the baggage car and women operators will only be on duty during daytime stops.
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Canada
Conscription Bill Excludes Northern Ireland from Provisions
The House of Commons approved an amendment to the compulsory service bill excluding Northern Ireland. The vote stood 261 to 21. Government amendments exempt Canadians and other dominion and colonial subjects and authorize bringing back British subjects from abroad under the bill.
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London
House of Commons
Northern Ireland
Decoration For Prince Berlin Stirs Roumania Ties
Chancellor Hitler awards the German Eagle to Crown Prince Michael of Roumania, a move seen by political observers as boosting pro German sentiment in Roumania after a new trade pact with Germany.
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Berlin
Hitler
Michael of
Roumania
Germany
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West
Kbe Perley
Con. Qu'Appelle
Mr. Gardiner
John Blackmore
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Sigmund Hirschfield
Orville Watson
Watson
Euns
Bren
Sir John Simon
Sir John
Treasury
Simon
Sateen
Montreal
Dominions
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