Welcome to Their Majesties King and Queen in Canada
Prime Minister King delivers a warm reception address welcoming the King and Queen to Canada. He recalls the country’s history, the voyage of explorers, and the unity of the commonwealth while praising the royal couple’s qualities and the future generation. The King expresses gratitude and looks forward to meeting Canadians and seeing the nation’s vast landscapes.
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British Commonwealth of Nations
Privy Council
Saint Lawrence
Arctic
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Reception Good For BBC Canadian Royal Visit Broadcast
British radio audience heard a step by step description of the sovereigns arrival in Canada on a BBC program broadcast across empire wavelengths. Announcers including an English observer in Quebec reported good reception with occasional atmospheric interference. At 3 37 pm the King and Queen ashore after their voyage and guns saluted them as they entered the streets of Quebec.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Quebec
BBC
Canadian
Purges Hit Reich Army High Command Over Lightning War
Paris reports Chancellor mauer and Field Marshal Goering pressing a purge of the Reich Army high command. Five prominent commanders have been dismissed in six weeks for opposing the rapid war strategy, removing senior officers from key posts.
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Mauer
Goering
US Grows Silent on Japan Representation Demand at Shanghai
The United States refused for now to increase Japan’s representation in the Shanghai international settlement. Ambassador Grew delivered the memo at the Japanese foreign office while American forces landed at Amoy. Washington cites unsettled conditions in the Shanghai area and no fair basis for talks on revised land regulations. Japan may seek to salvage some of its 1000 sunken ships along its coast.
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Shanghai
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Joseph C. Grew
Amoy
Keep Out Of War Rome Amid Hitler Mussolini Pact Silence
A high diplomatic source says Mussolini will join Hitler in a military pact only if no war is pursued over Poland or France Italy and Germany reportedly assure no war over French or Polish claims The pact would trigger automatic military aid if either is attacked or involved in hostilities Also notes the death of John Bruce Walker 79 a former Dominion immigration chief and Toronto Globe staffer born in Troon Scotland.
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Italy
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Germany
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Canada
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Jews Riot in Tel Aviv Over British Palestine Policy
Massive unrest erupts as Jewish youths riot against the British white paper plan to limit Jewish statehood. Police fire into crowds, offices are stormed, and symbols burned while Arab leaders reassess action from Beirut and Damascus.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
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Beirut
Djemalel Husseini
King and Queen Decline Gifts on Dominion Tour
A message to Dominion officials details the royal tour plan. The King asks that all stand during his speech yet feel at ease during the luncheon. The royal family will again refuse gifts for themselves and the princesses on the Dominion-wide tour.
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Dominion
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