King George and Queen Elizabeth Aim to Strengthen U S Ties
British ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay states the royal visit to the United States aims to improve friendship with the United States not as a political move. He notes conversations with Secretary Hull are possible and that the King will not give speeches but may toast at the White House dinner.
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Washington
Ronald Lindsay
United States
George
Elizabeth
Ronald
Canada
Hull
Sir Ronald
White House
Army Gunners Killed in Woolwich Arsenal Explosion
The War Office reports five army gunners killed and six injured at Woolwich arsenal during loading of a 3.7 inch anti aircraft gun. The deceased, all from the Woolwich scientific military school, died near the gun at the stop-butts. Two more were killed and two injured in the cartridge shop blast.
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War Office
Woolwich Arsenal
Woolwich Scientific Military School
H. H. Constantine
E. R. Brown
C. Shepherd
W Griffiths
J. Barron
Breeley Gardens
Eltham
P. McGill
P. W. Smith
Hartwell
Samuels
Hitler and Mussolini Forge Pact To Avoid War
A high diplomatic source says Mussolini secured a military agreement with Hitler contingent on avoiding war over Poland and France. The pact would trigger automatic military aid if either nation enters defensive or offensive hostilities, though previously it was viewed as limited to one-sided attack.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Purging Reich Army High Command in Paris Purge
Chancellor Hitler and Field Marshal Goering continue to purge the reich army high command who oppose the lightning war plan. Five prominent commanders have been dismissed in six weeks.
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Paris
Hitler
Goering
Reich
Welcome to Their Majesties King and Queen in Canada
Prime Minister King delivers a gracious welcome to King and Queen of the United Kingdom at a Dominion luncheon in Quebec. He celebrates Canada as home to a diverse, democratic nation and praises loyalty, hospitality, and the future leaders of the empire.
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Quebec
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Privy Council For
King’s tour shows concern for subjects at luncheon
A message to Dominion officials outlined the king’s request that all attendees sit at ease during his speech at the government lunch. The royal family will continue declining gifts for themselves and the little princesses on the Dominion tour.
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Quebec
German Polish Railways Debt Settlement Quietly Reached
Germany paid 12,500,000 zloty to Poland for use of Polish railways across the corridor. The Polish government accepted the payment in a calm accord, while press coverage in Germany continued to inflame Polish sentiment.
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Berlin
Poland
Germany
Royal Arrival in Quebec Traced by BBC Broadcasts
The BBC described King and Queen's arrival in Canada with a step by step narration from empire wide broadcasts. An English observer in Quebec reported good reception despite some atmospheric interference as guns greeted the royal party at 3 37 p m and the procession through Quebec streets unfolded.
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London
Canada
British Broadcasting Corporation
Quebec
BBC
Immigration Commissioner Dies in Winnipeg
John Bruce Walker 79 longtime Dominion immigration chief and noted eastern Canada newspaper figure died in Winnipeg after a lengthy illness. Born in Troon Scotland he came to Canada in 1881 and joined the Toronto Globe staff retiring in 1929.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Canada
John Bruce Walker
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Troon
Scotland
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Toronto Globe
Jews Riot in Palestine Over New British Policy
In Tel Aviv a 5000 strong Jewish youth mob stormed government offices raising the Zionist flag after the white paper was announced. Police fired into crowds wounding several as demonstrations continued across Jerusalem Haifa and Jaffa amid calls against British policy.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
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Ramallah
Jewish Agency
Chamberlain
MacDonald
Halifax
Haifa
Jaffa
Arab Supreme Committee
Beirut
Djemalel Husseini
London
Haj Amin el Husseini
Syria
Pressure and unrest ripple through Europe over autonomy and axis ties
Reports describe Italian German pressure on Yugoslavia amid Croatian autonomy talks while anti Romanian demonstrations swirl in Bulgaria. Observers note arrests in Bohemia Moravia and a German officer deserting to France, seeking to enlist in the Foreign Legion.
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Yugoslavia
Vladko Machek
Zagreb
Cveekovich
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London Daily Herald
Frontier Reports
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Moravia
Prague
Sekanina
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Valenciennes
France
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Heinrich Rothery
Hitler
French Foreign Legion
U S Rejects Japan Demand for Shanghai Representation
The United States refused to grant Japan's request for increased representation in Shanghai's international settlement for the time being. Ambassador Grew delivered the memorandum in Tokyo, noting conditions in the Shanghai area are far from normal and that there is no basis for a fair discussion of settlement.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Shanghai
State Department
Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Amoy
Allied Forces Tighten Grip on Kulangsu Invasion
In Amoy harbor Kulangsu Island Japanese force of 42 bluejackets is confined to a hospital as French marines and British American sailors total 84 men conduct a quiet pursuit of Hung Lih Soh slavers. The action follows a Japanese landing describing the slaver case as the motive.
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Amoy
China
Kulangsu
Amoy Harbor
Hung Lih- Soh
Emile Bertin
Birmingham
Marblehead
Federation backs Canadian duty plan for Ireland
The Federation of Irish Manufacturers endorses Canada’s import duty assessment system as ideal for Eire and has presented a petition to the government urging inclusion in the next Irish Finance Act. Japan aims to salvage some of 1006 sunken ships along its coastline.
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Federation of Irish Manufacturers
Canada
Eire
Japan
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