Britain plans insurance for all war risks
The British government is preparing a large war risk insurance scheme that treats civilians and front-line troops on equal terms. It would cover life and property with state compensation for injuries and deaths, while property losses would be assessed after the war and rebuilt or compensated by the state.
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London
Treasury
John Simon
Exchequer
House of Commons
Elecison
Goernment Board
Plan to Boost Wheat Acreage Bonus In Commons
Dominion Agriculture Minister Jamen Gardiner considers a wheat acreage bonus to replace the 80 cent per bushel pegged price. Dr T F Donnelly from Wood Mountain Sask to present the scheme, proposing acreage bonuses extendable to all grains. Under a scheduled plan, two dollars per acre would be paid up to 100 acres for half sections, same rate for 200 acres per section, and a $400 flat rate for larger holdings.
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Mamer
Dominion Agriculture
Jamen Gardiner
House of Commons
Gardiner
Wood Mountain
Sask
T. F. Donnelly
Ottawa House
Connelly
Toronto Candidate Entering Simcoe East By Election
Col Drew Coomaces announces he will enter Simcoe East provincial by election as a Conservative candidate challenging Lieut Col George Drew. Drew has the party’s unanimous support from its Ontario Conservative executive for the riding.
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Coomaces
Eapewe
J. Osborne Dempster
Toronto
Simcoe East
George Drew
Ontario Conservative Party
New Fast Monoplane for Royal Air Force
A new fast combat monoplane with underslung wings and sideload bomb racks joins the United Kingdom air force. The craft, named the De fant, carries machine guns alongside the fuselage and will replace older fighting planes in UK squadrons.
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Air Force
United Kingdom
Armistice talks opened as French move troops to border
Paris has begun international negotiations to seek an armistice in Catalonia while boosting border forces to 80 000 men. Daladier ordered 30 000 French troops on the frontier to stop a Francoist advance that could push 254 000 Spanish militiamen into France. Negotiations with General Franco were said to be handled through British channels for Burgos where Franco governs. Germany and Italy have been informed and asked to press Franco for favorable terms and safe transfer of government fighters.
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Paris
France
Catalonia
Daladier
Franco
Burgos
Air Mal Service Busines Developed Had Doubled Ex pectations Of Postal Authorities Ottawa
Public response to the new trans Canada airmail service was described as 100 percent beyond expectations by Hon. C D Howe minister of transport in Ottawa. The service started across the prairies last summer and extended to Winnipeg Toronto North Bay Ottawa and Montreal by December 1. Mail volume doubled postal officials expectations and the service may become paying within a year instead of three. The operation had 9% percent efficiency with five percent of scheduled flights not completed.
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Ottawa
trans-Canada
Post Office Department
T.C.A
Howe
Radio License Cost Ottawa Caucus Debate
The Liberal parliamentary caucus discussed the annual radio license fee of $2.50 amid criticism of the current assessment. New cabinet members Norman McLarty and J A MacKinnon spoke briefly, with former postmaster general J C Elliott and Prime Minister King also addressing the gathering. The session lasted about ninety minutes.
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Ottawa
Norman McLarty
J. A. MacKinnon
J. C. Elliott
King
World shipyards launch totals and British share report
A historical shipping report notes shipyards at Lostones Careere 19 and 1088 launched tonnage of 8188.00 tons. It cites world shipyards output in 1088 and claims Great Britain and Ireland built around 1030,375 tons with foreign yards contributing a smaller share.
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Verchant Vende
Great Britain
Ireland
Cue Tone
British Naval Expert Demands Explanation of Saint Vincent de Paul Seizure
A British naval author questions Japan over the seizure of the freighter Saint Vincent de Paul in Shanghai. He seeks an immediate explanation from Japanese authorities, highlighting tensions in the region.
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Shanghai
Ties
Saint Vincent de Paul
Hunger Sparks Near Riot in Barcelona Amid Bread Siege
Hunger caused a near riot as crowds surrounded social service centers seeking bread from insurgent forces controlling Spain's largest city. The tense scene reflected mounting strain on civilians amid ongoing conflict and shortages.
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Barcelona
Spain
Trans Atlantic Air Service to start June 1 in Commons
Captain Harold Balfour announced in the House of Commons that Trans Atlantic Air Service will begin June 1 under the Impera program. London authorities and the under secretary for air outlined the plan to launch the service with Imperial support.
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London
Impera
Pope
Harold Balfour
Air
House of Commons
Hoare Warns Dictators on Britain’s Invincible Will
Sir Samuel Hoare of the tower cabinet warned dictators that Britain remains strong and unweakened by age. He spoke at Swansea asserting the British Empire is invincible and that any blow would not crush the people's will to resist.
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Samuel Hoare
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Swansea
Noal
Royal visit medallions to Canada for schoolchildren
Government to hand out about 2,250,000 bronze medallions to school children next summer to mark the King and Queen’s visit to Canada. Medallions will be free through provincial educational authorities with sizes varying. silver and bronze copies will be sold at post offices as keepsakes. The design features Their Majesties on the obverse and a Canada map on the reverse with a route, arms near the top, and Latin inscriptions. An official limited issue will also include gold, silver, and tombac options.
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Uuawa
Chilren
Canada
Mackenzie King
BBC to ignore Hitler warning on German news bulletins
The British Broadcasting Corporation will continue its nightly German language news bulletin despite Chancellor Hitler threatening to end broadcasts from certain foreign countries to Germany. Official circles say there is no intention to discontinue the BBC program.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Hitler
Germany
Conkdece ba Negra nd Governance. Carry On Civil War
The fragment mentions governance amid a civil conflict with a focus on continuing the struggle. It references leadership and ongoing efforts within a divide, highlighting unresolved power and authority during a prolonged internal war.
Spain’s Cortes meet in caverns near Figueras for confidence vote
In a subterranean vault of an ancient castle, 62 of 420 deputies met in Figueras to pass a wartime confidence vote for Premier Juan Negrin. The assembly, the fourth held in war, heard Negrin vow to press the Catalonia campaign while addressing civilian and military panic blamed on insurgent rumor and organized lies.
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Figueras
Spain
Spanisb
Juan Neria
Cortes
Negrin
Catalonia
Madrid-Valencia
Barcelona
Bruce Opposes Return of New Guinea to Germany
Sydney. Stanley Bruce the Australian high commissioner in London warns against restoring New Guinea to Germany. He says it would endanger Australia and urges readiness to safeguard security despite Prime Minister Lyons ban on comments on Hitler’s Reichstag speech.
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Ley Bruce
New Guinea
Germany
Sydney
Stanley Bruce
London
Australia
Lyons
Hitler
AFL considers revised charter policy for Canadian bodies
William Green of the American Federation of Labor said the AFL executive sound may stop issuing charters to central labor bodies in Canada. The move aims to grant Canadian centers more freedom in legislative activity, as Canadian bodies now hold AFL and Trades and Labor Congress charters, which they viewed as limiting autonomy.
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Miami
Rm. R
William Green
American Federation of Labor
A.F.L
Canada
Green
AFL
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
U S Attitude Condemned by Fascist Nations
London reports Roosevelt’s willingness to aid Great Britain and France in rearmament drew praise from London and Paris and sharp condemnation from Nazi and Fascist capitals. German press accused him of pressuring democracies into war, while DNB suggested American business interests fueled the push. Italian papers charged war mongering. British and French headlines hailed Roosevelt’s stance amid cautious Paris markets.
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London
Roosevelt
Dri Fais
Londo
Paria
Senate
France
Great Briain
DNB
Americana
White House
USA
America
William C. Bulls
United States
Henry Morgenthal, Jr
United States Treasury
Furmer
Chamberlain
Hitler
Paris
National Registration Urged by Ontario Attorney General
In St Thomas Ontario Gordon Conant the Ontario attorney general proposed that Canada adopt national registration of all citizens similar to Britain's service enrolment. He warned that fast long range bombing planes heighten coast vulnerability and urged a nationwide war registry to marshal manpower and create unemployment records.
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Mario
Canada
Ottawa
St .Thomas
Ont
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Dominion
Britain
Conant
Decrees Target Jews and Immigrants in Czecho-Slovakia
Two decrees linked to the 1938 Munich partition aim to strip Jews of Czecho-Slovak citizenship and force all immigrants to leave within six months. A government commentary says native workers must be protected, justifying expulsion of immigrants. Nearby, tremors and storms in Chile raise fears among disaster survivors after a deadly earthquake.
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Munich
Pilot from 33rd Pursuit Squadron dies in Palestine crash
Air Ministry reports Sergeant Joseph Poynton of the 33rd Pursuit Squadron was killed in Palestine when his single seater aircraft crashed. The loss is confirmed by official defense records.
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Tien Tenia Omeh Marcus Joseph Poynton
Palestine
Air Ministry
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