Royal Air Force Ready To Meet The Test Of War
Prime Minister Chamberlain voiced confidence that the Royal Air Force would meet the test tomorrow if needed. Labor demanded a probe into air rearmament progress, but the government rejected the motion, citing censorship risks and plans for a ministry of supply. Discussions with Canada and U S aircraft firms were announced, with Viscount Nuffield to lead large scale production of aircraft bodies.
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London
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Debote
Hugh Dalton
Canada
Dominions
Kingsley Wood
Viscount Nufield
North America
Kingsley
United States
England
Britain
Ottawa House of Commons
Ian Mackenzie
Defence
Ministry of Supply
Probable Date For Appeal To Privy Council In London
Ottawa reports the appeal against Supreme Court of Canada judgments on three Alberta statutes taxing banks regulating credits and newspapers unconstitutional will likely be heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London on July 4. The decision hinges on constitutional references.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Supreme Court of Canada
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
London
Justice Department
Royal Albert Hall concert opens Empire Day with crowd surge
King and Queen arrive at Albert Hall to hear a 2 000 voice choir from across the empire. The event, broadcast widely, celebrates Empire Day under royal command. Meanwhile in God’s Lake mine James Henry Law dies instantly when four tons of rock crushes him underground. An inquest will be held. Kingston reports three more labor riot deaths near Caymanas estates, raising total to six. Surviving family includes widow and two children.
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Albert Hall
Scotland
Eire
Wales
Dominions
Empire
God's Lake
Man
James Henry Law
Prairie River
Winnipeg
Kingston
Jamaica
Caymanas
Royal Visit To France Plans For King George VI Arrival
Details of France’s reception for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their June 28 visit were released. A French fleet squadron will escort the royal yacht Victoria and Albert into Boulogne as guards and officers coordinate ceremonies with Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, Ambassador Sir Eric Phipps, and representatives of President Lebrun.
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Paris
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
France
Victoria and Albert
North Sea
Bonors
Boulogne
Georges Bonnet
Eric Phipps
Albert Lebrun
Gen‘armes
Guard Mobile
Attempted Kidnapping Casts Shadow Over Lord Nuffield
Police charged 50-year-old John Bruce Thornton with carrying two automatic pistols after an alleged plot to kidnap Viscount Nuffield motor magnate. Authorities guarded his home at Huntercombe near Henley and Thornton was arrested at Morris Motors Cowley works. Police seized the 11-ton yacht Piette tied to Thornton as a possible escape vessel.
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Oxford
Eng
John Bruce Thornton
Viscount Nuffield
Lord Nuffield
Huntercombe
Henley
Thornton
Lord Nufiel
Cowley
Morris Motor Company
Thames
Pinmill
Ipswich
Egmonts Face Choice On Avon Castle Stay
Mont Albert rancher and his countess arrived aboard the Empress of Britain and weigh whether to reside at Avon Castle in Hampshire. Lord Egmont may claim a seat in the Lords if they settle, but the countess longs to see the castle and they plan several months in the United Kingdom before a possible return to Canada.
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Southampton
Mont
Alberta
Avonragtle
Egmont
Hampshire
Fgmont
United Kingdom
House of Lords
Avon Castle
Canada
Budget Delay in Ottawa Tied to Trade Treaty
In Ottawa the budget presentation is delayed while government seeks to include a revised trade treaty with the United States if possible. Finance Minister Charles Dunning told the House of Commons that there is uncertainty about achieving this objective. Opposition member H A Stewart asked if the budget would come before the Saskatchewan election on June 8. Dunning said the election has nothing to do with the budget.
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Ottawa
United States
Charles Dunning
House of Commons
H. A. Stewart
Con
Leeds
Saskatchewan
Dunning
Dominion provincial partnership urged for social services
Ottawa authors urge a Dominion provincial partnership in social services with coordinated action on settlement, employment linking vocational training to job placement, and advisory welfare supervision. Miss Charlotte Whitton for the Canadian Welfare Council calls for a Dominion-administered insurance system covering old age, widowhood, orphanhood, sickness costs, and loss of income. A Dominion social insurance board is proposed to run the scheme.
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Dominion
Charlotte Whitton
Canadian Welfare Council
Commission
Miss Whitton
Prairies
Ottawa
Dominion Social Insurance Board
Garages Employ 750000 People in the United States
A government or trade estimate shows garages and servicing shops providing work for about 750 thousand people across the United States. The figure highlights the scale of auto maintenance and related services within the economy.
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United States
Fishermen Plan Arms to Counter Japanese Invasion
Pacific Coast Codfish Co officials said two dozen high powered rifles and ammunition would be dispatched to Captain E Shields aboard the Sophie Christensen and to the Charles R Wilson in Bering Sea to deter alleged Japanese incursions. The Alaskan Fishermen's Union promised reinforcements aboard Mt McKinley and La Merced as tensions rise with 15 Japanese boats reported near the US coast.
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Seattle
George W. Imierus
Pacific Coast Codfish Co
E. Shields
Bering Sea
Shields
Sophie Christensen
Charles R. Wilson
Alaskan Fishermen's Union
Mt McKinley
la Merced
William Hicker
Union
United States
British Freighter Thorpehall Bombedin Valencia Harbor
The British freighter Thorpehall was hit by insurgent bombs near El Grao port and sank after two direct hits. An officer and one crewman were rescued before sinking. The ship had previously taken part in Bilbao blockade runs and required aid from British warships on several occasions amid ongoing insurgent aerial attacks in Spanish harbors.
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Valencia
Spain
el Grao
Bilbao
Mine accident in Kirkland Lake claims Ivan Booth
Ivan Booth aged 38, a native of Biggar Saskatchewan, was killed at the Wright-Hargreaves gold mine when rock fell on him while mucking at the 2700 foot level. He leaves a widow and two children. Field Marshal Sir Claud Jacob received the keys of the Tower of London and assumed responsibility for the crown jewels.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Ivan Booth
Biggar
Sask
Wright-Hargreaves
Booth
Crown Jewels
London
Tower of London
Claud Jacob
Great Britain
Old Tower
Japanese envoy Tomii presents credentials in Canada
Baron Shah Tomii, newly named Lebanese minister to Canada, presented his credentials to Lord Tweedsmuir the governor general. The Emperor of Japan has accredited him as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Canada.
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Yeenenens
Ottawa
Baron Shah Tomii
Canada
Lord ‘Tweedsmuir
Japan
Toronto conference weighs Fingard respiratory cure claims
Ontario Health Minister Hon Darold J. Kirby chaired a Toronto meeting inviting physicians and hospital officials to review Winnipeg chemist David Fingard s claimed cure for respiratory diseases. Fingard s English introduction in 1984 reportedly treated about 10 000 people, with ex Mayor Ralph Webb in attendance backing the treatment in Winnipeg.
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Toronto
Hondarold J. Kirby
Right
Ontario
David Fingard
Winnipeg
Fingard
England
Ralph Webb
Le‘t
Conference of Livestock Ministers Postponed Until June
Manitoba agriculture minister D L Campbell announced a conference of livestock ministers from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta will be held shortly after the Saskatchewan election in June. The parley, initially set for last week, aims to discuss all phases of the livestock industry and has been postponed.
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Winnipeg
D. L. Campbell
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Czech Front Violations Worsen Tense Berlin Warns
Berlin reports border violations by Czech military planes have intensified fear of a dangerous crisis near the Czechoslovak frontier. German officials protest to Praha amid massing Sudeten troops, with Berlin warning against any act that could trigger an explosion.
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Berlin
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Berliner Tageblatt
Ernest Eisenlohr
Praha
Seech
Kamil Kro
Sudeten
Chinese Stand By Suchow Soldiers Brace For Resistance
Shanghai reports ten thousand Chinese troops who escaped the Suchow pocket are converging near Mengcheng in Anhwei to resist the Japanese advance inland via the Lunghai railway. A Japanese spokesman said the detachment would be obliterated by intensive bombardment as both sides report divergent progress along the Lunghai toward Hankow and a counter offensive inland near Kaifeng checks the Japanese drive.
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Shanghai
Japan
Suchow
China
Mengcheng
Anhwei
Lunghai
Hankow
Kaifeng
Forest Fire Trapped Crew in creek refuge near Heron Bay
Helme Olafson, foreman of a five man logging crew, recounts being trapped for about half an hour in a creek eighteen feet wide as a forest fire raged near Heron Bay. Ole Swanson died in the flames after delaying to hurry with his companions and became unrecognizable from the burn injuries. The crew sheltered and awaited rescue while fearing Swanson’s fate.
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Port Arthur
Helme Olafson
Olafson
Heron Bay
Ole ‘Swanson
Swanson
Tokyo approves budget for 1940 Olympic facilities
The Tokyo municipal assembly authorized a 6,649,700 dollar budget to host the 1940 Olympic Games. Plans include a main stadium, Olympic village for athletes, a cycling stadium, indoor sports hall, and swimming stadium.
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Tokyo
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