Japan threatens action over interference in China affairs
A Japanese spokesman warned against any interference by other nations, signaling possible measures including detention or the death penalty. The threat followed a clash at a Shanghai cotton mill where a British employee, Tinkler, suffered severe wounds after Japanese forces intervened amid strikers. A London despatch noted Britain’s serious view of the incident. A separate report described a British cruiser firing on a Japanese airliner near Hong Kong, with the pilot reporting evasive action and no damage.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Rom
Tinkler
Pootung
London
Briish
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Comet Ported
Taihoku
Formosa
Swatow
China Waters
King George VI Maintains Royal Informality On Canadian Train
A sidelight from Niagara Falls notes King George VI and Queen Elizabeth travel in informal dress on the royal train. The last two cars serve as a rolling Buckingham Palace with early rises and tea breaks, while mail and official letters are handled as if at Windsor or Buckingham Palace.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
George VI
George
Canada
Buckingham Palace
Miniature
England
Palace
Windsor
Queen Elizabeth Meets Brantford Mother of Three War Losses
Mrs W. C. Livingstone of Brantford, a silver cross mother who lost three sons in the Great War, presented to the Queen. The Queen examined the cross and spoke softly, saying it was lovely of her, as the tearful moment moved the monarch.
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Queen Elizabeth
Brantford
W. C. Livingstone
Mrs. Livingsone
King's Birthday Honors Extend Titles to Canadian Figures
The King's birthday honors list includes baronets and knights for public and philanthropic service. It notes Sir Humphrey Walwyn and several officials, with Canada resisting new titles in recent years and highlighting roles in arranging the North America tour.
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Lonson Harry Axes
Lake Shoregow
Ontario
Oakes
Nassau
Bahamas
House of
Great Britain
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
United States
The
Order of the Bath
Alan Frederick Lascelles
Foreign Office
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
Ottawa House of Commons
H Majesty
Ottawa gears up for heavy work after royal visit
The Ottawa program resumes with nearly score of high posts to fill including nine senatorial appointments. Vacancies in the House of Commons arise in Calgary West Kent and Jacques Cartier. A three member commission to administer Canada's penal system and a defense purchasing board are to be appointed. The parliamentary library office is vacant. fisheries deputy minister to be named. The central mortgage bank and a royal commission on Pacific salmon traps are planned along with organizing new agricultural marketing schemes.
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Ottawa
Rime
Atacke
King
House of Commons
Calgary
R. B. Bennett
Kent
J. W. Rutherford
Jacques Cartier
Montreal
Vital Mallette
Canada
Defence Purchasing Board
Martin Burrel
W. A. Found
Central Mortgage Bank
Pacifi
Two surveyors drown in Kississing Lake
The Pas area reports the drowning of Mas Vafford Cochrane and Jim Dewart, surveyors from a party, when their canoe capsized on Kississing Lake about 100 miles north of The Pas. Their bodies were recovered within hours while returning to camp with a food supply.
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Pas
Mas Vafford Cochrane
Jim Dewart
Kississng Lake
Kississing Lake
West farmers petition king to withhold wheat legislation assent
The United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan section forwards a petition to Lord Tweedsmuir and His Majesty asking royal assent to wheat laws be withheld. Signed by UFC president George R. Bickerton the letter cites 1914 18 mobilization and urges equal sharing of wealth production to aid western farmers.
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Saskato
House of Commons
Ottawa
King George
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
His
George R. Bickerton
UFC
Attitude Criticized As BC Considers Withholding Relief
British Columbia may deny unemployment relief to single men who do not show willingness to work. Minister George S Pearson cited low response to mining and forestry training schemes with 543 of 800 forestry posts filled and 324 of 200 mine training places taken. He warned relief cuts could follow Ontario and other western provinces, and eastern transients would not receive aid.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Ork
George S Pearson
Pearson
Ontario
Sharp Depreciation Triggers Chinese Dollar Crisis
Sudden depreciation in Shanghai saw the Chinese national dollar lose value, dropping to 14 percent of a U S cent and curtailing foreign exchange purchases. Chinese British banks managing a 46 million dollar stabilization fund refused further grants, prompting fears the fund is exhausted and more stabilization capital may be unavailable.
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Shanghai
King and Queen Visit London Bridge City Scouts Parade
Twenty seven Boy Scouts from Kirbyville Texas traveled 2000 miles by bus to London Ontario to greet Their Majesties. They lined St James Street guiding the crowd while their leader W P Dowling said the trip was the great event of their lives.
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London
Ont
Kirbyville
Texas
St. James Street
W. P. Dowling
British Troops Rout Arab Rebels Near Kalkikyeh
British forces overran a group of Arab rebels near Kalkikyeh. Four British soldiers and three Jewish policemen were ambushed and killed. Early official counts set Arab fatalities at 14 with many wounded.
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Jerusalem
Kalkikyeh
London Boys to Sail for Montreal Tour Under Trust
British schoolboys from London depart in August for Montreal and an eastern Canada tour under the W H Rhodes Canada Educational Trust. The trust, established January 1938, aims to promote Anglo Canadian relations among senior secondary students.
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London
Montreal
Canada
W H. Rhodes Canada Educational Trust
Britain pledges full military aid to Russia
Prime Minister Cham announces unqualified promise of armed aid to Russia and adds a foreign office envoy will rush talks for a three power alliance with Britain and France. He says a new formula for indirect aggression protects Baltic states Latvia Estonia and Finland while avoiding territorial pledges.
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Cham
Russia
Foreign Office
Moscow
House of Commons
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
St Main
Paris
London
Europe
Germany
Baltic
Red Army
Czecho-Slovakia
Great Britain
Ealt
Chamberlain
Amberlain
St Louis Refuses Asylum For 907 German Jewish Refugees
The Cuban government refuses a second asylum request for 907 German Jewish refugees aboard the Hamburg America liner St. Louis. The ship heads back toward Europe after a noon deadline passed on a Cuban plan to shelter them on the Isle of Pines. London reports the air ministry will man a balloon barrage continuously for four months with the auxiliary forces aiding the effort.
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St. Louis
United States
Cuba
Compr
Isle of Pines
Tropical Radio
Europe
Germany
London
Air Ministry
London Areas
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Columbia
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Olympia
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