Empress of Australia Delayed by Fog and Icebergs
The Empress of Australia struggles with dense fog near Cape Race while surrounded by icebergs on the way to Quebec. King and Queen observe bergs from the bridge as Ottawa modifies plans for a shortened royal itinerary across Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
MacKenzie King
Ottawa
Australia
Canada
Cape Race
Newfoundland
C.P
The
Commons
Manion
Montreal
R. K. Carnegie
Empress OF
Glasgow
Southampton
United States
A. R. Meikle
Clean up campaign reports good citizen cooperation
District captains report private property in very good shape and citizens cooperate. Vacant lots reverted to city present trouble. authorities pledge help. Some lanes show reversion to littering. residents urged to stop. Chief Hatcher will supervise weed and dry rubbish burning Monday at designated points. Contact W T Bannan at Chamber of Commerce for missed rubbish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatcher
Chamber of Commerce
Marines Band from Plymouth to perform at Toronto Expo
Visitors at the Canadian National Exhibition will see the band of His Majesty's Royal Marines from Plymouth directed by Major F. J. Ricketts, composer of Colonel Bogey. The weather forecast calls for fair and warm conditions with temperatures around 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
C.P
His Majesty's Royal Marines
Plymouth
F. J. Ricketts
Bogey
Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Regina
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Fair Bees
Victoria
Ottawa
Montreal
Alberta
Maritimes
Prairie Provinces
Canada
British Diplomats Secure Turkish Agreement Against Nazis
London reports that Britain has soothed Turkey into joining the anti aggression bloc despite German efforts led by Franz Von Papen. Talks with the Soviet Union and France aim to bring Russia into the pact, with Turkey pledging to back Britain if the Mediterranean is threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mr. Chamberlain
Turkey
Germany
Britain
Franz von Papen
Ankara
von Papen
Moscow
Russia
Vadimir Potemkin
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
France
Geneva
Hatay Republic
Sanjak
Alexandretta
Mr Chamberlain
House
Balkans
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Dardenelles
Italy
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Palestine
Egypt
Fireworks Donations Record Amid Display Preparations
Fireworks for the May 26 display arrived today and setup for frames across the river is under way. Donations to cover expenses are still needed, with many local groups and businesses contributing small amounts to the fund managed by B. G. Ellerton and Robert Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Ellerton
Robert Allen
G. Greaves
Rex
Cosmopolitan
Beny's Garage
A. C. Hawthorne & Son L
Boyd Wholesale
Woolworth Co
Marshall Book Store
F. Blackburn
Medicine Hat
Central Garage
Taylor Bros
Black Hardware Ltd
Regent Billiard
Cinderella Shop
A. B. Cook
Pingle Drug Co
W. BE. Hatcher
R. Allan
Ald. E. Warham
Canadian Legion
W. Bannan
Taylor
W. H. Bis
H. Moore
A. D. Irvine
B. W. Wright
Royal Service
Royal Visit Lights Montreal Facsimile Link to London
Montreal records reveal a new Transatlantic Fascimile Service sending Royal visit images to London within twenty minutes of filing. Marconi engineers test a system using a selenium receiver, guiding light impulses through a rotating drum, across the Atlantic, to produce a near perfect photograph in Somerton and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
London
England
Marconi Company
St. Sacrament Street
Marconi
Somerton
Bell Telephone Company
Marconi Beam
Drummondville
Que
Atlantic
Trans-Canada Airlines orders six Lockheed 14 planes
Trans-Canada Air Lines has ordered six Lockheed 14 type aircraft. The first plane should arrive next week with the remaining five due by early August. The new planes will replace aircraft on the Vancouver-Seattle route and the Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton corridor.
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Montreal
C.P
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Vancouver-Seattle
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Royal Visit Program Outlined for May 26
The Committee on Arrangements for the Royal Visit has drawn up a detailed program for May 26. The full plan will be published in Monday's issue of The News.
Twinkle Toes shines in Miss Colter's grand dance revue
Forty two pupils of Miss Marjorie Colter staged Twinkle Toes at the Empress Theatre in a two and a half hour program praised for musical accompaniment costumes and scenery. Lloyd Macdonald lauded the teaching standard as parents and pupils received appreciation and gifts followed by prize acknowledgments for best salesmen Gloria Lawrence and Betty Anne Eck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Colter
Empress Theatre
Misa Colter
Lloyd Macdonald
Miss Colter
Macdonald
T. R.osborne
Gloria Lawrence
Betty Anne Eck
Twinkle Toes
Claga
Ita
Mace
Poland protests Danzig Senate over Pilsudski memorial ban
Poland protest to the Nazi controlled Danzig Senate over a ban on a memorial service for Joseph Pilsudski. The Senate blocked Polish assemble to honor the late Marshal claiming potential trouble. Poland asserts the Danzig government cannot guarantee peace. The text was described as very energetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danzig
C.P. Cable
Poland
Senate
Joseph Pilsudski
Robbers Strike United Bank in Willard Ohio
Three masked gunmen robbed the United Bank of Willard in Ohio, taking about $10,000 before fleeing. Police searched nearby streets for the suspects as customers sheltered during the heist.
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Willard, O., United Bank
Wells drilled as baroid flooding ends in Calgary
In Calgary on May 13 the Anglo Steveville well after pumping 500 bags of baroid halted gas pressure allowing stem removal. Tubing installation began and a test was expected soon, with circulating water to thin the baroid. Production will be delayed until safety rules lift, officials said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
F. P. Byrne
Hollywood publisher Putnam kidnapped and found unharmed
Bound and gagged George Palmer Putnam fifty two a Hollywood publisher and Amelia Earhart husband was located at an unfinished Kern County house hours after being kidnapped from his North Hollywood home Two men are sought in a statewide search for the pair and for Putnam’s car used in the abduction.
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Bakersfield
Calif
C.P
George Palmer Putnam
Hollywood
Amelia Earhart
North Hollywood
Putnam
Abe Hor
Hi ePranc
Demonstration Of Road Equipment Here Yesterday
A provincial government purchase, an Austin Western road grader and ditcher, was shown yesterday in Porters Hill before District Engineer A G Gardner and city officials. The machine, traveling fast and requiring only one operator, is said to be economical and capable of building new prairie roads. Representatives from the chamber of commerce and the road machine company attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Porters Hill
A. G. Gardner
Virgin Prairie
City
E. Ashburner
Ald
R. Glack
Charles Beny
Brillivant
W. T. Bannan
Chamber of Commerce
Aid. R. B. Pratt
BE. O’connor
Red” Amos
H. Bray
Joint Committee to Discuss Canada's Defence Policy
In Ottawa May 12 the Commons and Senate considered a proposal by Hon. R. J. Manion for a joint committee to study defence matters behind closed doors with National Defence officials. Manion urged stronger cooperation with the United Kingdom and dismissed the idea of limiting training to 50 British pilots in Canada, noting the British government set the figure. Minister Ian Mackenzie supported full cooperation and urged yielding real help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
R. J. Manion
Senate
House of Commons
National Defence Department
Ian Mackenzie
Commons
Canada
Mackenzie
United Kingdom
Manion
Gov
Supplementary Estimates Tabled on Ottawa Outlay
Ottawa May 13 reports further supplementary estimates for the current year totaling 9,500,0 00, tabled in the House. Hon C A Dunalt announces the department's budget figures with long term totals reaching 2,964,056 and other listed amounts including 686.
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Ottawa
C. A. Dunalt
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