Royal couple meet Deer Lodge veterans in Winnipeg
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth paused at Deer Lodge hospital in Winnipeg to mingle with more than 120 disabled veterans, nurses, and orderlies in a rotated rotunda visit. The royal pair then continued eastward by royal train toward Ontario.
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Sudbury
C.P
International Nickel Company
Winnipeg
Deer Lodge Military Hospital
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Wageain National Railway
Rotunda
George
J. P. Oliver
Charles Edwards
Ontario
Pacific
Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Saskatoon
Melville
United Church
Portage la Prairie
Canadian National Station
West
Sioux Lookout
Ont
Great
Patricia
Fastern Canada
Page
Fatalities Mark Royal Visit to Saskatoon
Three fatal accidents marred a royal visit to Saskatoon as crowds of up to 100000 traveled to the city. Madeline Des champs, 11, died after a track overturned en route to the event. Walter Joseph Vossen, hotel clerk, died from injuries after a truck crash carrying children toppled near Clarkborn. Louis Molle, a Romancé retiree, died in a separate incident near Tiepot as a switcher rammed a derailment.
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Saskatoon
C.P
Saskatony
Destlisle
Walter Joseph Vossen
Clarkborn
Lous Molle
Train accident claims life near Saskatoon
A man was struck by a train engine buffer and died after being placed on the train before it reached Saskatoon. The incident prompted authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatality.
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Saskatoon
Short Grass Stock Growers Assoc. Annual Meeting June 9
The Short Grass Growers Association directors met in Medicine Hat to plan the annual meeting at Howard Leslie’s Writing on Stone. A business session begins 11 am with a barbecue lunch for members from the eastern zones and an evening dance. Speakers address livestock industry issues including land policy, grazing leases, taxation, and rehabilitation plans to restore public lands for productive use. The route to Howard Leslie’s ranch is described via Foremost Lucky Strike Milk River and marks.
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Short Grass Grek Growers’ Association
Medicine Hat
The
Assoition
Howard Leslie Mid
Stone
Papa Association
Ross
Association
Roberta
Chambers of Commerce
Alberta
Howard Leslie
Foremost
Lucky Strike
Milk River
Parliament Prorogued as Canada Near Election
Canada’s 18th parliament closed its fourth session with a prorogation on Saturday night. The central mortgage bank bill passed the Commons and faced Senate scrutiny, while tensions over the Bren gun contract and public accounts persisted. Sir Lyman Duff led the prorogation ceremony in the Senate chamber.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
House of Commons
Senate
Commons
Red Chamber
C. H. Cahan
Montreal St. Lawrence-St. George
Public Accounts Committee
Lyman Duff
Governor General
Central Mortgage Bank
Arthur Meighen
Wet weekend moistens Alberta crops across the province
Alberta grain lands soaked up welcome moisture with general rain from Calgary to Swift Current and Lethbridge to Medicine Hat. Edmonton district measured 0.51 inch with lighter showers spreading across most areas as crops benefited from the timely rainfall.
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Alberta
C.P.R
Calgary
Swift Current
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
C.P
Unsatisfactory End To Bren Gun Inquiry
The Bren machine gun contract inquiry by the Commons public accounts committee ended abruptly with prorogation. Gerald McGeer was mid summation when Ralph Maybank announced parliament was dead, leaving the inquiry without adjournment or resolution.
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Ottawa
C.P
Commons Public Accounts Committee
Erald McGeer
Pittsburgh and Brooklyn Clash in Notable Baseball Twinbill
National League scores show Pittsburgh 27 2 Brooklyn 6 in a doubleheader with Sewell Berres Tamulis and Phelps contributing key hits while New York and Cincinnati deliver tight 8 16 0 lines. St Louis 4 Boston 10 and other results wrap the slate as cloudy and cool air gives way to a 72 48 temperature spread.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Sewell
Berres
Tamulis
Phelps
Cincinnati
New York
Walters
Lombardi
Schumacher
Danning
St. Louis
Boston
Cooper
Owen
Posedel
Lopez
Vancouver Coast Defences to Add Guns and Ships
Defence Minister Ian Mackenzie outlined plans to place a coastal battery on the Burrard Inlet north shore to guard Vancouver harbor. A destroyer flotilla leader will visit in August, joining four existing coast destroyers, and a Royal Canadian Navy training schooner is planned for the Pacific coast.
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Vancouver
C.P
Ian Mackenzie
Burrard Inlet
Royal Canadian Navy
Pacific
Mackenzie
Victoria
Gulf of George H
Vancouver Island
Mainland
Mexico Theatre Fire Takes Fifty Two Lives
Mexico City June 5 The Zacatepec theatre fire killed 52 people with rains later saving the village from total destruction. More than 150 business houses and huts were burned or destroyed in the blaze.
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Mexico Theatre
Mexico City
C. P
Zacatepec
Montreal Delegation to Meet Dr Hume on Alberta Oil
Financial representatives from Montreal including stock exchange members will fly to Ottawa tonight to confer with Dr. G S Hume government geologist about the Alberta oil situation. Hume has just returned from England where he discussed Canadian oil possibilities with the British government.
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Montreal
C.P
Montreal Stock Exchange
Ottawa
G. S. Hume
Alberta
Hume
England
Bank Robbers Hold Up Toronto Branch for 1710
Three men, two armed, robbed the Canadian Bank of Commerce east end branch in Toronto of 1710 dollars before escaping in a car.
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Toronto Bank
Toronto
C.P
Canadian Bank of Commerce
East End
Joint Consideration Is Required on Russian Note
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that the Soviet note calls for joint British French consultation before a reply. Informed sources say the note was addressed to Britain and France, necessitating mutual consultation prior to any formal response.
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London
C.P
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Russia
Britain
France
Fears of Metal Exports and Immigration Quotas in Canada
At an Alberta Canadian Legion meeting in Edmonton the council approved resolutions urging an immediate embargo on exporting scrap iron and nickel to unfriendly nations. The group also backed a plan to set immigration quotas, requiring at least 75 percent of newcomers to be French and British.
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Edmonton
Alberta Council of the Canadian Legion
Canada
Soviet Mutual Aid Terms Seen Not Likely to Cause Trouble
A Soviet note on a mutual aid pact with Britain and France reportedly strengthens the pledge of aid in case of any direct or indirect threat to the signatories. The reply condemns vagueness in the proposed wording and notes differences from the British Polish agreement. Prime Minister Chamberlain was due to address Parliament after the recess.
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London
C.P
Russia
Great Britain
France
Baltic
Europe
Foreign Office
Chamberlain
Toronto Broker Alec Carrick Injured in Head-On Crash
Alec C. Carrick head of a Toronto brokerage firm sustained serious injuries when his car collided head on with another vehicle. The accident details remain limited with authorities investigating the cause and condition of Carrick.
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Alec C. Carrick
Toronto
British U Boat Thetis Salvage Delayed by Flooded Compartments
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a full public inquiry into the Thetis disaster in which 99 men died. He said forward compartments flooded via a torpedo tube and that the watertight door could not be closed. Salvage at Birkenhead may take about 10 days as experts work to raise and move the submarine.
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Mersey
Davis
London
C.P
Chamberlain
House of Commons
R. S. Johnson
Gammell Laird, Limited
Trim Your Trees Warned Bylaw 7 Feet Over Walk
Chief Taylor warns residents to trim growing trees to seven feet above sidewalks to prevent accidents as rapid growth causes drooping branches over walkways.
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Taylor
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North Shore
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