Magnificent Montreal Welcome for King and Queen
Royal couple arrives in Montreal amid loud cheers as French Canadians extend a lavish welcome during the Canadian tour. King in admiral’s uniform and Queen in pale blue crepe greet Prime Minister King and Mayor Houde amid parade and guarded security measures.
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King & Queen
Montreal
C.P
Canada
Quebec
Three Rivers
Pitt
Schdule
D.T
Camillien Houde
Mra. Houde
Cis
Guard of Honor
King
King George Will Sign Trade Pact
Ottawa May 18 The King George VI will sign two ratifying instruments on behalf of Canada after royal assent to seven public bills in the Senate Chamber. The acts include the Canada United States trade agreement and a September 1938 convention on emergency boundary water controls in the Rainy Lake district west of the Great Lakes. His Majesty will personally affix the signatures, a historic exercise of the royal prerogative.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
George VI
Senate
Rec
Rainy Lake
Great Lakes
Local Holiday Closes Banks and Death Reported
May 20 marks a postal holiday and Medicine Hall banks close for the day. James D. Campbell, Calgary Regina engineer, died suddenly after being found unconscious in his room.
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Gatoridas
Medicine Hall
James D. Campbell
Flo
Regina
Arsenal Gunners Die In Woolwich Arsenal Explosion
The War Office reports five gunners killed and six injured at Woolwich arsenal during loading of a 3.7 inch anti aircraft gun. An investigation begins. This follows another Woolwich explosion a day earlier that killed two and injured two.
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London
C.P
War Office
Woolwich Arsenal
Woolwich
Fire Situation Central Alberta Faces Critical Blazes
Firefighters struggle across northern and central Alberta as drought and winds keep fires extremely hazardous. Crews battle blazes near Fort Assinaboine, Barrhead, Kinuso, Peace River, and Rocky Mountain House with rain hoped to quell ground fires and protect homes. A 19 year old, Flolen Brinson of Camp Creek, collapsed from heat and smoke but recovery followed at Barrhead hospital.
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Iedmonton
Alberta
Fadimonton
Barrhesad
Flolen Brinson
Camp Creek
Barrhead Hospital
Fort Assinaboine
Jatbush-Chishalm
Wabascaw
Kinuso, Peace River
Barrhead
Edmonton
Goisin
Rocky Mountain House
Winfield-Breton
Guards Ready to March into Harlan Coal Fields
Kentucky's National Guardsmen prepare to move toward Harlan as 400 more troops mobilize amid unrest in the coal region. Women from Verda march seven miles to seek removal of state troops, while a judge tells miners to return home. The union shop contract remains in force for most fields, with Harlan as the lone Kentucky dissent.
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Kentucky
Harlan Coal Fields
Harlan
Kentui
Las
Ewerbe Carter
Harlan County
Washington
Verda
C. EB. Ball
Southern Appalachian Goal Operators’ Association
Hazard Field
Harlan Field
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
New York
United States Rejects Japan's Shanghai Settlement Demands
Washington refuses to grant Japan increased representation in Shanghai's international settlement for now. A Grew memorandum to Tokyo cited the current Shanghai situation as far from normal and lacking a basis for fair discussion.
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Washington
C.P
United States
Japan
Shanghai
State Department
Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Amoy
Fascist States Cause Trouble In the Balkans
Budapest May 8. German attention to Bulgaria's territorial claims on Romania and Greece drives great power influence in the Balkans. Anti Romanian demonstrations sweep Bulgaria after Baron Von Richtofen says revisionist aims. Observers mark a Croatian autonomy turn as potential Italian German axis pressure on Yugoslavia.
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Budapest
C.P
Bulgaria
Rumania
Greece
Balkans
Baron von Richtofen
Sid
Yugoslavia
All Night Service For Medicine Hat Chamber
The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce offices will stay open all night Thursday May 25 to assist visitors. At least two men will staff the event one to direct guests to accommodations and another to escort to quarters. Secretary Bannan notes more listings and emergency lodging will be accepted for storm use.
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Medicine Hat
Encouragement Building Boosts Employment in Canada
Ottawa reports government incentives to the building sector, including tax exemptions and municipal tax subsidies, lifted about 6,217 men off unemployment relief rolls into work. For January to April, house building value rose to 18.204 million from 17.734 million last year, with labor accounting for roughly 5.18 million of the increase. Relief savings significantly outweigh program costs, yielding an estimated net national saving around 2.24 million.
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Ottawa
Hughes Cleaver
Lib
Halton
Commons Committee On Banking and Commerce
Cleaver
Old Timers vote day set for May 26 in Medicine Hat
More than 125 residents aged 70 or over who lived in Medicine Hat or nearby before 1894 are invited to the Old Timers event. Tickets are issued at Gonsins-Elliott Agencies 217 Sixth Ave during office hours, with arrival near 9 am at the east end of the CPR station.
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Aoge
Medicine
C.P.R
Gonsins-Elliott
Sixth Ave
Wright
Medicine Hat Prepares For Royal Visit Gala
Less than eight days remain before thousands visit Medicine Hat to see the King and Queen. Merchants decorate stores with flags bunting and banners as Monarch theatre displays a tri color crest. Newsreel cameras plan to film the royal visit, possibly shown to Medicine Hat on May 29.
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Medicine Hat
Monarch Theatre
Clearing House Weekly Returns Reported
This week’s total is 203217 with last week at 245779 and this week last year at 137682. The figures lay out weekly performance and year over year comparison for the Clearing House.
Jews Protest British Palestine Plan Riots Erupt in Tel Aviv
In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem serious clashes broke out as Jews across Palestine demonstrated against Britain's plan for an independent Arab Jewish state. At least 40 hospitalizations followed clashes in Tel Aviv. A separate Tel Aviv incident yesterday left 25 injured.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Palestine Arab High Committee
Great Britain
Holy Land
London
C.P
MacDonald
House of Commons
British House Approves Supplementary Credits for Conscription
The British House of Commons approved supplementary credits to cover conscription costs after defeating Labor MP Emmanuel Shinwell's £10 symbolic reduction bid. War Secretary Hore-Belisha said total costs would run about £10.5 million this year plus £30 million for housing and equipment, rising to £26.5 million with more recruitment. The initial credit was set at £100 with plans to adjust as costs clarify.
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London
C.P
House of Commons
Emmanuel Shinwell
Labor
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Cage
Japanese Marines Withdraw From Kulangsu Followed Allied Note
The report says most Japanese marines who landed in Kulangsu near Amoy withdrew to nearby warships after a joint show of force by Britain France and the United States. The withdrawal followed a British note indicating diplomatic pressure.
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Shanghai
C.P
Kulangsu
Amoy
Britain
France
United States
Scores from Today's Baseball Games Across the American League
Recaps show St Louis beating New York 6 to 8 with Mills and Sullivan pairing for the Cardinals. Chicago defeated Boston 7 to 5 behind Whitehead and Tresh. Cleveland topped Phila 7 to 4 as Allen drove in runs, while Phila edged Pittsburgh 6 to 4. Brooklyn beat Chicago 7 to 1 as Mungo and Phelps starred. Boston posted a 6 to 1 win over Cincinnati, with MacFayden Lopes contributing strong pitching and hits.
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St. Louis
New York
Mills and Sullivan
Donald
Dickey
Chicago
Boston
Whitehead
Tresh
Anker
Desautels
Cleveland
Phila
OO Allen
Pytlak
Caster
Brucker
Pittsburgh
Hollingsworth
Millies
Tobin and
MueHer
Brooklyn
Mungo and
Phelps
Lee and Hart
Cincinnati
MacFayden
Lopes
Vander Meer
Lombard
Britain Hints Shift in Soviet Alliance Plans
British proposals for European anti aggression front show modifications to satisfy Soviet reciprocity concerns. London hints at possible triple military alliance with the Soviet Union France and perhaps Poland while Moscow reports new British French ideas offering aid to Soviet Russia against western attacks.
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London
C.P
Great Britain
Europe
Britain
Russia
France
Poland
Moscow
A.P
West
Viscount Halifax
Prime Minster
Chamberlain
Vladimir P. Peterkin
Geneva
Commons Commends P F R A Plan In Prairie Rehab
Members of the House of Commons from across parties praised the prairie farm rehabilitation plan though some experts warned against politicizing it. The P F R A received another 23.25 million dollars, lifting total rehab and water storage outlays to about 10 million. Under Agriculture Minister J G Gardiner leadership the House approved the final 12 million dollars of 1939 40 agricultural estimates.
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Ottawa
C.P
House of Commons
A. H. Mitchell
S.C
Medicine Hat
P.F.R.A
J. G. Gardiner
Community Pastures May Boost Baby Beet and Beef Supply
Ottawa report notes committee work on agricultural measures as Hon. James Gardiner pushes livestock market regulation and estimates. Trial shipments of chilled baby beet to the United Kingdom sold well, with aims to expand future shipments. Western Canada develops about 30 community pastures to steady baby beef production for commercial exports and bacon trade. An extra $750,000 supports high grade cheese premiums and $1 million funds butter surplus distribution to the needy.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Home of Commons
James G. Gardiner
Gardiner
M. J. Coldwell
United Kingdom
Canada
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