King and Queen Met with Warm Canadian and American Welcomes
Members of Parliament and peers praised the royal tour as a triumph of the Crown. The King and Queen saluted crowds in London and were hailed in Canada, Newfoundland, and the United States for its display of loyalty and friendship. Prime Minister Chamberlain and leaders in both houses stressed the tour’s significance for the Commonwealth and democracies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Greenwood
Roosevelt
United Kingdom
Chamberlain
Greenwood
Archibald Sinclair
Liberal Party
Canada
Lord Snell
Mr. Chamberlain
House of Commons
Earl Stanhope
Admiralty
House of Lords
Newfoundland
Nazi move to secularize church welfare in Germany
Reports indicate plans to place Catholic Caritas and Protestant Evangelical welfare groups under Nazi control through the National Socialist Volkswohlfahrt. Catholic bishops protest while Emmy Goering and pressure on Church Minister Kerr shape responses. Both Caritas and Evangelical societies run hospital and welfare work nationwide and had bans on street collections lifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Wuerttemberg
National Socialist Public Welfare Organization
Ministry of Interior
Caritas Society
Evangelical Home Mission
National Socialistische Volkswohlfahrt
Emmy Goering
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Kans Kerr
Ministry of the Interior
Kerr
Caritas
Germany
RCAF pilots escape injury in Trenton plane crash
Three Royal Canadian Air Force pilots escaped injury when a new bombing aircraft crashed on landing at Trenton air base. Officials offered few details though witnesses said the landing gear failed and the plane was badly damaged. The report notes a broader stat that over one third of 18 million people recently brought under German jurisdiction are not German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
Trenton
Air Force
Medical Association Stresses Caution on National Health Plan
Halifax CMA president warns constitutional hurdles block an immediate Canadian national health insurance scheme. He notes the problem is vast and complex, requiring government leadership and medical profession input. CMA favors further study and has hired actuary H. Wolfenden to advise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
Royal Commission On Dominion-provincial Relations
K. A. MacKenzie
Halifax
Canadian Medical Association
C.M.A
H. H. Wolfenden
Toronto Consulting Actuary
French Liner He de France Guarded in New York Dock
Police guarded the French liner He de France at the New York dock amid fears sparked by fires that damaged sister ships in France. Fifteen French line police boarded the ship, joined by about 50 police and firemen and 30 private guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
He de France
France
Line
French Line
Roosevelt Rebuffs 1940 Question With Blunt Reply
President Roosevelt dodged a reporter question on a possible 1940 candidacy. He curtly told the reporter to go stand in a corner as the debate over a third term raged in the inner circles of the New Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
McGill Study Finds Healthier Young Montreal Women
New measurements of McGill University students show young women are taller heavier and physically fitter than 35 years ago. The findings indicate improved health in the Montreal area based on records dating back to 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
McGill University
Militia Training Camp Plan for Ottawa This Summer
About 32 000 non permanent active militia members will attend camp training this summer under a schedule issued by national defence headquarters. The plan outlines training camps across regions with focus on readiness and discipline for the militia units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters
English Art Exhibit Opens in Ottawa National Gallery
The English Art Club marks its first Ottawa showing with 118 oils watercolors and drawings to tour major Canadian cities. King George and Queen Elizabeth viewed the Paris collection during their state visit last year and the group, seen as London impressionists, welcomes outsiders and remains distinct from the Royal Academy. More than 40 members have since joined the Royal Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
New English Art Club
National Gallery of Canada
George
Queen Elizabeth
Paris
London
England
Royal Academy
United States Sells War Material to Allies and Neighbors
Washington reports U S arms sales reach near 10 million dollars a month in 1939 with major buyers including France Great Britain Canada Australia Netherlands Indies and the Netherlands. Orders cover aircraft machine guns shells explosives and bombs as war tensions rise globally.
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Washington
Hitler
United States
France
Great Britain
Germany
Canada
Australia
Japan
Netherlands Indies
Indies
Netherlands
The
Reich
Roumania
China
Decree Curbs Jewish Role in Prague Protectorate
Baron von Neurath issues a decree tightening Jewish participation in Bohemia and Moravia’s commerce. Jews face real estate limits, barred stock ownership, and restricted business rights without written consent. They must report gold silver platinum stones to the national bank by July 31 and cannot buy sell or pawn these items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Konstantin von Neurath
Bohemia and
Moravia
Protectorate
National Bank
Germans Beg Refugees Pass Through London Waterloo Station
Flags and bunting greet 287 German Jewish refugees arriving in England from the liner St. Louis at Waterloo station. Children returning from Cuba and back feel honored as families express relief and tears of thanks.
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London
Waterloo Station
England
St. Louis
Cuba
Statue of Marshal Foch toppled in Prague by German troops
German soldiers pulled down a statue of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander in chief of allied forces in the Great War, before a Cassao barracks. The barracks housed a Czech infantry regiment recruited in France from Czech refugees amid Austrian rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Cassao
France
Special Manitoba Legislature Session To Fast-Track Mortgage Plan
Premier Bracken announced a special Manitoba session will be called at the earliest opportunity to implement the central mortgage bank plan aimed at lowering urban and rural mortgage rates. He addressed a farm convention urging the new farm organization to demand a square deal and unite farmers to influence national policy. He praised a non political, non sectarian draft constitution plank and urged agriculture to adopt the best parts of various platforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Brandon
Man
Bracken
Special Farm
New Farm Organization
Canada
Hopeful settlement seen for Tientsin incident
London reports Viscount Halifax expresses hope that the Tientsin incident can be settled if Japan proves it does not seek to destroy British interests in the Far East. He urges Britain, France, and Russia toward a mutual assistance pact, while Churchill calls for an Anglo Russian alliance for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Viscount Halifax
Far East
Lord Halifax
Tokyo
Great Britain
Britain
Tientsin
Japan
France
Russia
Winston Churchill
Europe
Chamberlain
Richard Butler
House of Commons
Moscow
Butler
Expansion of Youth Training Plan Approved
Ottawa reports approval of three year youth training agreements with eight provinces to expand the program. Quebec delays, others take full share of 1.5 million. Ontario may use about 60 percent. Forestry projects add to the plan. about 10 000 youths expected to gain forestry training this year. Since start 117 912 Canadians trained including 70 442 men and 47 470 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Norman Rogers
Dominion
Quebec
Rogers
Ontario
Federal
Department of Labor
German Troop Build Up Opposite French Frontier Reported
British dispatch says about 100000 German troops move into the Limes fortifications facing France with 50000 to 60000 in first lines and 30000 to 40000 in second. Condor unit to be stationed at Sarduduk for training. Poland asks France and Britain to hasten weapons deliveries amid frontier tightening and eastern moves toward Slovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Limes
British United Press
Slovakia
Polish Silesia
Poland
France
Great Britain
British frontier line defined as faith over force, Campbell says
Sir Gerald Campbell British high commissioner to Canada told the Canadian Club that Britain's frontier lies not on maps but between freedom and naked power. He described democracy as not equality but faith that every person is worthwhile and urged courage in defending liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Salisbury MacNally
K.C.B. F.R.C.P
H.M
Ministry of Health
Canada
Canadian Medical Association
Montreal
Saint John
N.B
Great Britain
Rhine
Gerald Campbell
Canadian Club
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Dij
Empire
American Republic
Lord Stanhope
Nazi
National Health Plan
National Gallery
Bohemia and Moravia
Foch
Cambridge
Cambridge University
Lord Chatfield
Soniord
Joseph Kennedy
Kennedy
Express
Churchill
Air Secretary
Lord Londonderry
Great Britain’s Frontier
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