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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
7
Queen Mary was badly shaken after a car collision with a two ton truck near Marlborough House. She was helped from the wreck, given tea, and taken home for rest as court physicians advised several days of recovery.
Rising Rhine water flooded the underground fortifications of Germany’s Limes line, prompting evacuation reports from Kehl on the Reich side of the international bridge. French fortifications on higher ground escaped damage.
A Winnipeg passenger report quotes a Canadian Pacific Railway porter who asserts he will not be on call, claiming senior status on the head run. He states he will serve this time to meet the king of kings, while others are lesser in comparison.
Sir John Simon told the House of Commons there is no indication Britain or Germany plan repudiation of Czech Slovak government debts. Talks on Czech assets in London proceed between the treasury and German representatives, with groundwork for formal discussions. The treasury notes Germany seeks an undisclosed sum of Czech gold held by the Bank of England for the BIS and that nothing can be done to block its transfer.
Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll, great-aunt of the King, is indisposed and did not attend the Brighton planting of two purple maple trees donated to Preston Park. The 91 year old daughter of Queen Victoria remains in her room at Kensington Palace, not seriously ill but unwell for some time. She formerly chatelaine at Rideau Hall from 1878 to 1883 while her husband the Marquess of Lorne, later Duke of Argyll, was governor general of Canada.
Prof W H Alexander of the University of Oregon warned at the 58th Royal Society of Canada meeting that secondary schools are caving to fads by discarding Latin and Greek. He denounced efforts to fund costly new equipment for modern subjects and urged taxpayers not to burden schools by replacing classical studies with alleged trendy subjects.
George Wakeman, general traffic manager, announced that Trans-Canada Airlines carried 1,416 passengers in April, the first month of official service. Most tickets sold in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg, with 330 trips from Vancouver, 123 from Winnipeg, and 200 from Calgary. He called the first month’s business “most encouraging.”
North Vancouver witnesses a veteran of the Volunteer Force Alfred Stephens aged 80, who began service in 1870 under Queen Victoria, standing at attention as King and Queen pass along the north shore route. He proudly holds a long service medal awarded by Queen Victoria.
Captain W. P. Grant, 78, a Halifax enlisted veteran who joined the 237th Battalion at age 54 and served as quartermaster, participated in the Royal Visit to the Canadian capital. He wore a special beret during the event.
A Royal Air Force bomber crashed near Newark killing five crew members including Canadian pilot Officer Jack George McGrail and fellow airmen Pilot Officer Geoffrey Lloyd Sergeant Howard Trencham Aircraftsman Raymond Lumley and Aircraftsman Edward Brentnall McGrail, the aircraft attached to Manton aerodrome. Ontario, Canada listed as McGrail's address.
Washingtons Marian Anderson, barred from Constitution Hall by the Daughters of American Revolution, will sing for King George and Queen Elizabeth at a White House dinner in June. Mrs Roosevelt announced Anderson and Metropolitan Opera tenor Lawrence Tibbett would headline a program tracing American musical origins and heights.
At a garden party for King George and Queen Elizabeth in Washington critics plus congressional wives faulted invitation choices. Lady Lindsay said she aimed for broad representation including John L. Lewis Henry Ford Col Charles A Lindbergh and others. The gathering included Alice Roosevelt Longworth J P Morgan and the Roosevelt children amid a generally heart warming reception.
In the Commons Malcolm McLean Angus MacInnis and Paul Martin opposed Wilfrid Lacroix’s bill to bar Communist literature from the mails. They argued censorship undermines liberty and that suppressing one idea threatens all freedom, noting Canada must guard against totalitarianism on every front.
London reports that the House of Commons voted 268 to 179 to approve a government plan for an independent Arab Jewish state in the Holy Land after a two day debate. A Labor amendment to send proposals to the League of Nations was defeated 281 to 181. In the Lords the motion passed without division after an amendment was withdrawn. Archbishop Cosmo Lang challenged the policy arguing it would deny Jews a future in their homeland and reduce them to a permanent minority.
In Ottawa the debate centers on financing half of annual expenditures by currency issue. Graham Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada, and Hughes Cleaver of Halton, an opponent of debt free money, urge cautious policy. Cleaver’s remedy calls for hard work, prudent spending, and debt repayment. Towers agrees that until basic needs are met there should be no un tent.
The colonial secretary opened a two day Commons debate on a white paper outlining a pathway to a later independent polity in the Holy Land. He argued Britain would not break promises while Arab and Jewish interests would be considered, with Arabs potentially holding a majority under a future settlement. Labor members Tomas Williams and Josiah Wedgwood urged the government to clarify policy after the speech.
King and Queen depart North Toronto station amid a fuel toss as crewmen fling coal pieces. Both young and old rush to claim the prized keepsakes, turning the arrival into a spirited, informal souvenir frenzy.
More than 5 000 visitors were estimated unofficially to cross the Canadian border from Minnesota Wisconsin and other neighboring states to glimpse the king and queen.
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