Halifax Warns That Britain Will Repel Aggression
Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax told the Lords that any aggression in Europe would meet with wide and resolute resistance. He warned that nations misreading the resolve could misjudge the effects of any unilateral action while confirming Britain’s openness to discuss economic living space concerns with all European nations once mutual confidence is restored.
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London
Viscount Halifax
Europe
Germany
Lord Halifax
Deportation of Polish Jews Stir Berlin Warsaw Tensions
Berlin acknowledged actions against Polish Jews as friction with Warsaw over the Danzig issue grows. Reports say Jews are being rounded up and sent toward the border daily. A Krakow paper claims 214% Jews were moved to a Silesian border point with only about 580 reaching Poland. More than 16 000 Polish Jews reside in Germany.
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Warsaw
Danzig
Germany
Poland
Krakow
Silesian
St Louis Heads Back to Germany With 907 Refugees
The Cuban government refused a second time to grant asylum to 907 German Jewish refugees aboard the Hamburg America liner St Louis. Efforts to reach a compromise failed when a noon deadline passed without Cuban refugee representatives accepting a plan for a temporary haven on the Isle of Pines. The St Louis set course for Europe bearing the refugees back to Germany.
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St. Louis
United States
Cuba
Isle of Pines
New St. Louis
Tropical
Europe
Germany
King's Birthday Honors Bestow Sir Harry Oakes Baronetcy
The King's birthday honors list includes mining magnate Harry Oakes made a baronet for public and philanthropic services. He resides in Nassau and serves in the Bahamas house of representatives. The list also names three other Canadians honored, plus five peerages, 34 Knights Bachelor, and key royal appointments for Sir Ronald Lindsay Alan Lascelles and George Steward.
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London
Harry Oakes
Lake Shore
Ontario
Oakes
Nassau
Bahamas
House of Representatives
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
Order of the Bath
Alan Frederick Lascelles
North America
George Steward
Foreign Office
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
Ottawa House of Commons
Big Work Program for Mackenzie King in Ottawa
Prime Minister Mackenzie King and his cabinet face a heavy Ottawa agenda after the royal visit. Nearly a score of high posts await, including nine senatorial appointments, plus organizational work from late parliament. Vacant Commons seats sit for Calgary West Kent Ont and Jacques Cartier Montreal due to resignations and deaths. A three member penal system commission and a three member defence purchasing board are to be appointed. The parliamentary librarian post remains vacant, a fisheries deputy minister will be named, and the central mortgage bank organized. A royal Commission on Pacific salmon traps is to be formed and agricultural marketing schemes organized.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Calgary West
R. B. Bennett
Kent
Ont
J. W. Rutherford
Jacques Cartier
Montreal
Vital Mallette
Canada
Defence Purchasing Board
Martin Burrell
W. A. Found
Pacific
Sharp Depreciation Hits Chinese Dollar Stability
Sudden sharp depreciation of the Chinese national dollar nearly halted its use in foreign exchanges. The currency fell to 14 cents in Canadian terms. The $46 million Chinese-British stabilizing fund faced refusals for further grants as banks control the fund. Some businessmen suspected exhaustion of funds and the absence of additional stabilization sources.
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Shanghai
British Troops Eliminate Rebel Band Near Kalkikyeh
British forces overpower Arab rebels near Kalkikyeh in a clash that left four British soldiers and three Jewish policemen dead after an ambush. Early reports list Arab fatalities at fourteen with several wounded.
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Jerusalem
Kalkikyeh
Queen Elizabeth consoles Brantford mother with silver cross
In Brantford a World War I silver cross mother, Mrs. W. O. Livingstone, spoke to the Queen about her three sons lost in the war. The Queen, touched, replied softly that the gesture was lovely as she leaned in and listened.
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Queen Elizabeth
Brantford
W. O. Livingstone
Two Surveyors Die After Canoe Capsizes on Kississing Lake
Kis miss ing lake near The Pas sees survey party member The bodies of Man-Clifford Cochrane and Jim Dewart recovered within hours after their canoe capsized while returning to camp with food supplies. Kississing lake lies about 100 miles north of The Pas.
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Pas
Clifford Cochrane
Jim Dewart
Kis Missing Lake
Kississing Lake
Japan warns of action for interference in China
A Japanese spokesman threatened summary action against foreigners deemed dangerous to Japanese forces in occupied Chinese areas. He cited the killing of R M Tinkler at a Shanghai cotton mill and described possible measures up to detention or death. A British cruiser allegedly fired on a Japanese airliner near Hong Kong, with the plane reporting it escaped damage after shots were fired within 100 yards.
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China
Japan
R. M. Tinkler
Pootung
London
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Domei
Taihoku
Formosa
Swatow
South China
Farmers petition King George over wheat law
The United Farmers of Canada Sas katchewan section forwarded a loyalist petition to Lord Tweedsmuir and His Majesty asking royal assent be withheld from recent wheat legislation passed in Ottawa. President George R. Bickerton signed both documents noting western farmers’ wartime defense pledge and demanding equitable share of national wealth.
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House of Commons
Ottawa
King George
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
George R. Bickerton
U.F.C
Boy Scouts Welcome King in London Ontario
Twenty seven Kirbyville Texas Boy Scouts rode 2006 miles by bus with district scouts to London to greet the King and Queen. Their faces shone as they helped control the crowd along St James Street while their leader W P Dowling praised the experience as the greatest event of their lives.
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Ont
Kirbyville
Texas
St. James Street
W. P. Dowling
Royal Train Shows Informality in King George VI Canada Visit
Niagara Falls reports that on the royal train King George VI and Queen Elizabeth maintain casual dress aboard, reserving uniforms for banquets and processions. The last two cars house the royal couple, with staff and entourage in the remaining cars, while letters arrive daily from Canadians offering support and greetings.
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Niagara Falls
George VI
George
Britain pledges full military aid to Russia in pact talks
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced an unqualified promise of armed assistance to the Soviet Union and said a Foreign Office representative would go to Moscow to speed up talks for an Anglo French Soviet alliance. The plan covers indirect aggression and aims to gain cooperation among Britain France and Russia without pledging Baltic territories.
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Chamberlain
Russia
Foreign Office
Moscow
House of Commons
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
Paris
Europe
Germany
Red Army
Czecho-Slovakia
Rassia
Great Britain
France
Baltic States
Mr. Chamberlain
Objective Achieved claims on Italy in Spain
Berlain told the House of Commons that Britain's aim of denying Italy a foothold in Spain was met by the withdrawal of Italian troops from Spanish soil.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Italy
Spain
Royal State Dinner Marked US Britain Friendship
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth joined President Roosevelt for a state dinner in Washington marking cordial ties between the United States and Britain. Roosevelt praised peaceful dispute settlement as the path to a world of peace while the King and Queen expressed goodwill and gratitude for the welcome. about 80 guests attended in the East Room as protocol oriented guests were presented.
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Washington
George VI
Roosevelt
United States
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Pacific
Mr. Roosevelt
Canada
United Kingdom
State Department
Attitude Is Criticized In British Columbia Relief Talks
Victoria reports Labor Minister George Pearson warns the province may cut unemployment relief for single men who do not show willingness to take work. He cites low interest in forestry camp and mine training programs and notes Ontario and other western provinces have cut relief to journeying youths. No relief for eastern transients.
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Victoria
British Columbia
George S. Pearson
Pearson
Ontario
Air raid balloon barrage to be manned continuously in London
The air ministry announced that part of London's balloon barrage for protection against air raids will be staffed around the clock. The auxiliary air force will be mobilized for four months to manage duties before the regular air force assumes control.
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London
Air Ministry
Auxiliary Air Force
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