Royal Levee at Palace of St James Celebrates Empire Leaders
In the Palace of St James a royal levee drew 50,000 to witness King George V and Queen Mary greet prime ministers from across the empire. Bennett lauded the king’s leadership as key to unity postwar, with leaders from South Africa Australia New Zealand Rhodesia India and Newfoundland, plus colonial officials, in attendance. The king appeared twice on the balcony, pledging continued devotion to duty as dignitaries presented a loyalty address from Canada.
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RB. Bennet
Empire
Palace of St. James
Mary
J. B. Hertzog
South Africa
J. A. Lyons
Australia
G. W. Forbes
New Zealand
G. M. Huggins
South Rhodesia
J. H .Thomas
Dominions
Newfoundland
Joseph Bhore
India
Philip Cunliffe-Lister
Buckingham Palace
Bennett
St. James's Palace
Canadian Senate
House of Commons
Missionaries Forced to Evacuate Stations in China
Letters to the United Church of Canada mission board report English missionaries in north and northeast Szechwan and western China compelled to abandon stations as Communist forces advance. Rev. Gerald Bell of Toronto notes fires at homes this year for furlough, with evacuation occurring weeks ahead of schedule.
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China
Toronto
Foreign Mission Board of the United Church of Canada
Szechwan
Bell
Gerald
Parachute Plane Nears Completion for Air Tests
Col Roscoe Lurner of Los Angeles announces a 90 foot parachute designed to lower a passenger plane safely. He plans to take the craft aloft within 60 days as part of a series of mid air safety tests.
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Los Angeles
Roscoe Lurner
Speed Fier
Canada Joins League Sanctions Committee
Sir George Perley announced Canada accepts a seat on a League of Nations committee to study sanctions for unilateral repudiation of international obligations. The body was formed after Germany repudiated parts of the Versailles treaty. Other invited nations include Great Britain France Chile Hungary Italy Netherlands Poland Portugal Spain Turkey Russia and Yugoslavia.
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Cepts League
Ottawa
Germany
Canada
Nateral
George Perley
WA. Riddell
Geneva
League of Canada
League Council
Great Britain
France
Chile
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
Russa
Yugoslavia
Council of the
League of Nations
Council
Life History Of Quintuplets By Dr Dafoe At AMA CMA Meeting
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe the Callander Ontario physician who helped bring the Dionne quintuplets will present a life history of the babies at the joint American Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association session in Atlantic City New Jersey. The June 10 to 14 meeting expected to attract about 8000 US and 2000 Canadian physicians will feature collaboration with Dr William A Dafoe and exhibit by Sir Frederick Banting. Dr John S McEacher of Calgary is CMA president.
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Dafoe
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
Allan Roy Dafoe
New York
Callander
Ont
Canadian Medical Association
United States
Canada
William A.,dafoe
Toronto
Frederick Banting
John S. McEacher
Calgary
Retired Astronomer L. Blake Dies at 81
Frank L. Blake, 81, retired astronomer of the meteorological service at the Toronto Observatory, died after a long illness. He supplied the correct time daily to many Dominion points and helped survey opening the Northwest for settlement, aiding in the subdivision of Moose Jaw Saskatoon and other western centers.
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L. Blake
Toronto
Frank L. Blake
Meteorological Service
Dominion
Northwest
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Western Canada
House committee supports blind newsstands in federal buildings
The United States House labor committee voted unanimously for a Randolph D. West Virginia measure to allow blind persons to operate news and related stands in federal buildings nationwide, aiming to assist the blind in public spaces.
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Bund
Washington
United States
House of Representatives Labor Committee
Uncle Sam
Randolph D
W.va
Western Canada optimism on crops after tour by Hanson
Hon. R B Hanson minister of trade and commerce reports widespread optimism in the west after a two week speaking tour. He notes strong sentiment in all communities and expects good crops in most localities.
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Ottawa
Canda
R. B. Hanson
Soviet Stratosphere Committee to study 35000 metre rocket plan
A Soviet stratosphere committee announced plans to study a rocket thought capable of reaching 35000 metres. The initiative, noted in 2008 records, signals ambitious aerospace ambitions by the Soviet research body.
Jubilee Honors List London June 3 Announces Large Awards
The Jubilee and King's birthday honors will be published June 3, with lengthy listings. Liberal opposition nominates Isaac Foot for privy councillor. Labour nominations expected for Clement Attlee and William Lunn, while George Lansbury declined to nominate.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
William Lunn
Dominions
Travels Incognito Of Princess Marina Arrives In Victoria
Princess Katharine of Greece sister to Princess Marina Duchess of Kent traveled as Catherine Constantine aboard the Empress of Canada arriving in Victoria from the Orient. She joined social life aboard and was praised as a good sport before continuing to Seattle and later boarding the Empress of Britain at Quebec for Europe in June.
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Marina
Victoria
Orient Victoria
Katharine
Greece
Duchess of Kent
Orient
Catherine Constantine
Canada
Seattle
United States
Quebec
Europe
Royal Canadian Mint to strike 20000 more silver dollars
The Ottawa Mint will issue 20000 additional silver dollars in a rapid release. Demand for the king's silver jubilee coin has been so high that the Bank of Canada requested more to be produced for public availability.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mint
Bank of Canada
German Penal Code to Enforce Severe "Living Death" Punishments
Reported plans for a future Reich penal code based on Nazi ideas would divide offenses into four categories attacking public safety, state safety, patriotism, and nationals. Death by headsman’s axe deemed too lenient for treason and other heinous crimes, with potential deprivation of all human rights and even death without trial.
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Bertin
Fundameas
Adolf Hitler
Mercy Fi Flight Goat's Lake Heroic Mercy Fight
Pilot Herb Seagrim of Wings Limited staged a historic mercy flight near Winnipeg. He relayed a request for a hospital operation to a husband at a lake north of here, using a triangular three-limb signal on the ice. The operation was performed successfully after clearance.
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Goat's Lake
Man
I Aviation
Herb Seagrim
Wings Limited
Winnipeg
Here
Seagrim
Air limits set for 1600 planes in Britain plan
The Daily Telegraph diplomatic correspondent reports Britain will demand 1600 planes as a minimum in air limitation talks. The figure emerges from deliberations toward an air Locarno separate from the five point proposal with Germany, and will be submitted to France and Italy. The situation since the February Geneva air commission has been noted as changed.
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London
Great Britain
Daily Telegraph
Locarno
Germany
France
Italy
Geneva Air Commission
Swans Shot by Hunter Near Town In Weekend Incident
Police seek man connected to a shooting of a tame swan named Erickson after a hunter wounded and killed a white swan during a weekend encounter as residents fed the birds on their route north and back.
Bennett Discusses Empire Trade Unity From London Broadcast
Ottawa reports Prime Minister RB Bennett urged unity in empire trade during an empire broadcast aimed at the United Kingdom. He praised Canada’s role in the king's jubilee and described the empire as a goodly fellowship, stressing peace over war and Canada’s shift to industrial prowess alongside agriculture.
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Ottawa
RB. Bennett
London
United Kingdom
Canada
Bennett
King George V Seeks Permanent Canada Cancer Fund
King George V in a cablegram to the governor general thanks Canadians for gifts to the jubilee cancer fund and expresses hope a permanent fund be established to ease suffering. The message notes generous support and calls the fund noble and humanitarian.
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Ottawa
Canada
King George
Governor-General
Jubilee Cancer Fund
Soviet navy port reported near Possiet Bay by Manchukuo border
The Japanese News Agency reported unconfirmed Soviet plans to establish a naval port at Possiet Bay near the Manchukuo border, southwest of Vladivostok. Japanese authorities in Manchukuo cited recovered reports from the Hsinking Rengo News Agency. The claim centers on a potential new Soviet naval facility in the Far East amid rising tensions in the region.
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Tokyo
Hsinksing
Rengo
Manchoukuo
Possiet Pay
Manchoukuan Borer
Vladivostok
Boundary Dispute Rome Prompts Mussolini Pushes Army Plans
In Rome authorities highlighted the long standing boundary tension between Italy and Ethiopia while Benito Mussolini pressed ahead with a militarily oriented preparedness program, signaling heightened regional strain.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Ferryboat Capsizes on Maros River Tragedy Near Nagylak
The Tagliatt dispatch from Budapest reports 20 people drowned after a ferryboat capsized on the Maros river near Nagylak on the Hungary Romania frontier.
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Vienna
Tagliatt
Budapest
Maros
Nagylak
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