Council Hikes Grant For Royal Visit Two Day Celebration
City council boosted the royal visit budget to over 1500 dollars as the two day celebration grew larger than expected. The body approved a resolution supporting London Ont registration of transients and ongoing rubbish removal for four months at a cost of about 100 dollars per month. A union letter protested a breach of agreement over vacancy bulletins and postings while Commissioner Davis clarified remarks on engineer qualifications and fault in the prior conduct.
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City of London
Ont
Renahimbawad
SEO
Civic Employees Union
Ings
Cdl
Ko Oin
Davis
Currency Ideas Discussed In Committee
In Ottawa on May 17 the Bank of Canada governor Graham Towers faced questions from the Commons banking and commerce committee. Proposals discussed include using government issued currency to cover lending costs and relief payments, along with plans to fund unemployment relief through currency schemes and need based issues.
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Oputawa
Yasminee
Camda
Graham Towers Goovernor
Bank of Canada
Commerce Committee
Pastor Tind
Nae Nina
Mo Taylor
Hilo Chan Bine
Powers
Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
National League results show Ltoston beating to 610 600 and Cincinnati defeating, while Pittsburgh and Chicago clashed with home runs. In the American League, St Louis and New York posted decisive wins as Boston and Washington also secured victories with strong pitching and timely hitting.
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Ltoston
FC Cincinnati
Turner
Lopez
Grissom
Lombardi
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Passenu
Wavis
Bowman
St. Louis
New York
Kramer
Glenn
Findley
Dickey
Chicago
Boston
Rigney
Wresh
Rich
Dena
Cook
Detroit
Washington
Bridges
York
Krakauskas
Inflation fears echoed by Dr Manion in Commons debate
In Ottawa May 16 during a Commons session the government faced calls to borrow 750 million dollars for postwar spending while Liberal and Social Credit factions pressed alternatives. Conservative leader R B Manion warned inflation would follow certain issue plans while others argued for monetary reform and limited yearly borrowing.
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Charles Dunning
Bank of Canada
Manion
Social Credit Group
Jeader
Coldwell
O.C
Social Credit
John Blackmore
Mussolini Opens New Military Airport at Caselle
Premier Mussolini inaugurated a new military airport at Caselle near Turin and reviewed a Fascist militiamen parade after returning to Turin. He urged peace while warning Europe’s problems near the French frontier must be solved and planned to inspect 25 Piedmont communities in the coming days, many tied to the House of Savoy.
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Turen
Italy
A.P
Mussolini
Caselle
France
Turin
I Duce
Piedmont
House of Savoy
City Urges Clean and Tidy Streets Ahead of Royal Visit
Citizens urged to stop tossing litter over fences into laneways and to maintain tidy streets. Businesses along Railway Street adopt a five cent per pint initiative to improve appearance as Hirewike dyeing slows. contractors began rubbish removal yesterday and Qismet captains must conduct final district tours to report piles not cleared.
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South Railway Street
Qismet
Pla cards bearing RA letters found in Quebec City
Police probe prank placards spotted on Laval Street and other buildings in Quebec City. Investigators treat incident as routine mischief and do not link it to the outlawed Irish Republican Army.
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Quebec
C.P
Quebec City
Laval
City to remove scattered tree trunks and debris
The city plans a contract to remove all tree trunks and auto parts left in streets and yards. If these remnants are not cleared promptly a complaint will be filed with the police department.
Soviet Envoy to Represent Russia at League Council Session
The Soviet government informed the League of Nations secretariat that Ivan Maisky ambassador to London would represent Russia at the League council opening Monday in Geneva. The decision surprised observers who expected Vladimir Potemkin to travel to meet Viscount Halifax and Bonnet to pursue an anti aggression front.
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Geneva
C.P
League of Nations Secretariat
Ivan Maisky
London
Russia
League Council
Vladimir Potemkin
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Bonnet
France
Poland Ready To Resist Any Sudden Coup
WARSAW May 16. Poland keeps a virtual army in Danzig by moving troops in trains across the Free City. Trains halt for repairs as Poland readies for a direct Danzig invasion from East Prussia or a Nazi insurrection. Nazi command plans economic severance of Danzig from Poland ahead of Reich return. Nazis order Polish stores picketed and 24 Polish newspapers confiscated in four days by Navi authorities.
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Warsaw
C.P
Poland
Danzig
Free City
East Prussia
Reich
Navi
Protest Japanese Encroachments In Amoy Zone
London reports Britain has instructed Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie to protest to Japan over occupation by Japanese naval forces of Kulangsu near Amoy. Foreign Under-Secretary Richard Butler said Tokyo interference with Kulangsu’s municipal administration is being protested. He noted 38 opium dens in Shanghai licensed by the monopoly and paying monthly fees, signaling wider tensions.
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C.P
Robert Craigle
Kuiangsu
Amoy
House of Commons
Tokyo
Kulangsu
Richard Butler
J. Butler
Britain
Japan
Shanghai
Opium Monopoly Bureau
Germany Hails Impregnable Western Defences on Tour
Chancellor Hitler and top officers touring western fortifications declared Germany's frontier the strongest and safest in the world. Nazi leaders from all regions including Austria and the Sudeten area gathered in Vienna to show unity and readiness to defend against invasion. Major figures like Von Brauchitsch accompanied Hitler as German writers praised a “wall of steel and concrete” protecting every German city.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Foreign Staff
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Vienna
Aachen
Walther von Braucnitsch
Greater
Austria
Sudetenland
Danzig
Walter Steding
Deutsche Wehr-Beitrange
Europe
Fuehrer
Mussolini
Rome-Berlin
Turin
Poland
Technique For Skin Grafting Demonstrated In St Louis
A Kansas City surgeon Dr Earl C Padgett demonstrated a skinning device in St Louis that speeds grafting by removing skin from a body with a vibrating knife and applying it to burns. The machine acts like an electric razor and can harvest patches quickly for immediate grafting, shown as an improvement over traditional flat-surface skin removal.
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T. Louis
Kansas City
Earl Cc. Padgett
Padgett
King and Queen welcomed as Empress of Australia sails to Quebec
Bonfires along the St. Lawrence welcome the royal party aboard the Empress of Australia. May 16 reports describe cheers from port officials sailors and reporters as the king reviews Canadian destroyers Skeena and Saguenay and the fleet leads toward Quebec for disembarkation Wednesday morning. He sends a wireless message of thanks praising the Canadian navy.
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St. Lawrence
King & Queen
Canada
Australia
C.P
St. Lawrence River
Father Point
Quebec
Québec
King
Queer
Royal Party
Skeena
Saguenay
Gaspe Bay
M.S.T
Cape Ray
Newfoundland
Empresa
Georgie R. I
St. Lawrence Gulf
Citizens urged to list available lodging space for visitors
The billeting committee seeks homeowners to register all vacant rooms for paying guests. With an expected influx of visitors needing one or two nights’ stay, contact W. T. Bannan at the Chamber of Commerce to list available accommodation.
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W. T. Bannan
Chamber of Commerce
Britain to change Palestine policy 1944 immigration plan
A reliable source reports Britain will end obligations to facilitate Jewish immigration to Palestine starting in 1944. The White Paper would set a decade path to a new state with Jews 40 percent, Arabs 60 percent, with 50 000 Jewish immigrants and 25 000 refugees initially, then strict limits thereafter. The plan also rejects Palestine as a Jewish state and rescinds Arab claims per McMahon interpretation.
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London
C.P
Great Britain
Palestine
Chamberlain
British Officials Expect Russian Backing for Anti-Aggression Bloc
London reports say Russia declined to join a European peace bloc on Britain's terms but British officials remain confident Moscow will support the anti aggression front. A note to Britain criticized reciprocal terms and Baltic state guarantees while talks with Soviet officials in Geneva may occur next Monday.
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London
Russia
Britain
Foreign Office
Geneva
Viscount Halifax
Vladimir Potemkin
Baltic
Liithuania
Estonia
Latvia
France
Parliament approves 70 cent wheat price bid for Northern No.1
In Ottawa on May 16 Social Credit pressed for a higher price as the House of Commons gave third reading to a bill setting the initial wheat price at 70 cents a bushel Basis No. 1 Northern at Fort William.
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Ottawa
C.P
Social Credit
House of Commons
Fort William
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