Pacelli to be known as Pope Pius XII in Rome crowd cheers
Vatican announces Eugenio Pacelli as the new pope at St Peter's, with 50,000 to 150,000 Romans filling the square. The announcement comes at 6 08 p m after Te Deum and a balcony blessing, prompting celebrations and songs about the first Italian pope in two centuries.
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St Peter's Square
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Camillo Cardinal Caceia
Cardinal Pacelli
St. Peter's
Eugenio
Cardinal Caccia
Pacelli
Pius XII
Christ On Earth
Equipment Returned After Sudetenland Settlement
Berlin and Czecho Slovakia agreed to surrender a radium preparations laboratory and equipment removed to Prague from Sudetenland after the territory was ceded to the Reich. The laboratory will return to Joachimsthal, home to Europe’s major radium mine. Germany will allow Czecho Slovakia to take machinery and material belonging to Czech business firms in the ceded area.
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Berlin
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Prague
Sudetenland
Reich
Joachimsthal
Europe
Germany offers export protection under Reichsbank set rates
Berlin reports a new Reichsbank agreement shields German exporters from losses caused by abrupt changes in foreign exchange rates under the export or die policy. The measure aims to reduce risk and maintain Germany's competitive export drive.
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Berlin
Germany
New Democracy Movement Aims to Reform Parliament
Hon. W. D. Herridge announces a New Democracy to organize committees in every federal riding to back reform candidates and mobilize the progressive vote. He says the first task is political reform to pack the next parliament with independents free from the political machine and predicts Liberal and Conservative merger.
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Ottawa
New Democracy
W. D. Herridge
Washington
Canada
New Democracy Movement
Herridge
R. B. Bennett
Large Increase for Ottawa Exports Under New Trade Treaty
Canada reports January exports rose 75 percent to the United States to 36.277 million, lifting total exports to all nations to 51.046 million. UK shipments fell to 25.544 million from 33.57 million, while Australia exports were 3.054 million.
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United States
Ottawa
House of Commons
U.S
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Explosion at Army Arsenal Shocks Osaka Suburb
Police say about 200 killed or burned in the Hira kata arsenal blast near Osaka. Some 200 injured, 600 homes destroyed, 5,800 left homeless as flames swept miles from the source damaging windows and halting transport. Most victims believed to be women and children. Osaka lies 330 miles west of Tokyo.
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Osaka
Japan
Hirakata
Tokyo
King George V Body Moved to Permanent Sarcophagus
The body of King George V has been removed from the royal vault beneath St. George's chapel and placed in a permanent sarcophagus in the nave. The coffin was carried by Windsor Castle fire brigade to its new resting place after a temporary 1936 interment on January 28.
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Windsor
Eng
George V
St. George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
Special Flight Letters Reach Across Canada
More than 80 000 collectors letters were flown on March 1 when the royal air mail service between Montreal and Vancouver was formally inaugurated by Trans-Canada Airlines.
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Toronto
Canada
Royal Air Mail
Montreal
Vancouver
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Warning From King on Defence Contract Debate
Ottawa Prime Minister Mackenzie King warned Parliament it may face larger issues than defence contracts and urged rapid, clear work to avoid misinterpretation abroad. The debate centered on shell contracts to Montreal Construction Supply and Equipment and to John Inglis Co. for inquiry by the Public Accounts Committee.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
National Defence Department
Grant MacNeil
C.C.F
Vancouver North
Montreal Construction, Supply and Equipment Company, Limited
Public Accounts Committee
MacNeil
Bren Gan
John Inglis Co., Limited
House
Defence Department
Canada
Department of National Defence
Honlan Mackenzie
Defence
R. J. Manion
Manion
Manion Backs Defence Spending Citing Canada Prize
In Ottawa debate Dr. Manion urged action on munitions contracts and tabled defence plans arguing Canada is a prize for world conquerors. He criticized past spending as yielding little return and urged merit over patronage in contracts.
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Dr. Manion
Mr. Mackenzie
Canada
Royal visit plan outlines Ottawa schedule for King and Queen
The King and Queen will appear publicly eight times during a four day stay in Ottawa starting May 17. Events include a state dinner at Rideau Hall May 17, a parliamentary dinner May 18, the Queen laying the cornerstone of the new supreme court building May 19, visits to the Senate and House of Commons, and a garden party at Rideau Hall May 20.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Rideau Hall
Chateau Laurier
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Commons
Plan Medical Research Ottawa
The Associate Medical Research committee of the National Research Council announced after a two day meeting it would focus immediate attention on tuberculosis and rheumatic diseases as its first objects in the medical research field.
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Ottawa
National Research Council
Seek Orders From Spain In London Trade Effort
British and French industrialists sought to contact General Franco's Nationalist bankers and commercial agents in London to win large orders for Spain's rehabilitation after Anglo French recognition. Franco's main commercial representatives in London were approached by nearly all British industry branches. The British Federation of Industries, the London Chamber of Commerce, and the Institute formed committees to study expanding trade with Nationalist Spain.
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Franco
Spain
British Federation of Industries
London Chamber of Commerce
The
Institute
CBC Will Control Royal Visit Broadcasts in Canada
CBC chairman L. W. Brockington told Parliament's radio committee that all royal visit broadcasts in May and June will be controlled by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. A CBC commentator would air from the Saguenay as it met the Repulse off Newfoundland on May 13, with a daily summary of events broadcast each evening and relayed to the United Kingdom and empire.
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Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
L. W. Brockington
CBC
Parliamentary Radio Committee
H.M.C
United Kingdom
The
Empire
Request for Continued Operation of the Wheat Board
A western wheat committee urged Ottawa to keep the Canadian wheat board in operation to shield farmers from market despair. Premier Bracken said the delegation had a courteous cabinet meeting and backed Turgeon commission recommendations as the best practical aid for western agriculture amid a bumper 1932 crop and world price pressures.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
Turgeon Grain Commission
Dominion
Bracken
Wheat Board
Prairie Provinces
Canada
United States
Argentine
Russia
RCAF Hawker Hurricane crashes at Vancouver airport
A new Hawker Hurricane fighter of the RCAF crashed during takeoff at Sea Island airport in Vancouver. Sgt. R. L. Davis jumped clear and escaped unhurt as the aircraft struck a Yukon Southern Airlines plane, tearing off a wing and bursting into flames. The damaged fighter, one of six British-assembled planes, had been testing for days. Wing Commander McLeod and other officials offered explanations, praising Davis and noting no mechanical fault.
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VaNcouver
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sea Island Civic
Sergt. R. L. Davis
No. 1 Fighter Squadron
Calgary
Yukon Southern Airways
Hawker
Davis
Jericho Beach
R.C.A.F
E. L. McLeod
Jericho
Elmer Fullerton
Roosevelt Allocates Largest World Cattle Quota to Canada
The state department announced a proclamation granting Canada 86.2 percent of the world cattle import quota into the United States. The quarterly 60,000 head limit is split with Canada receiving 51,720 head this quarter and other nations 280. For the year starting April 1 Canada gets 42,230 head and other countries 22,770. The agreement sets 225,000 head per year at 11 cents per pound for heavy cattle and 60,000 per quarter. excess imports pay 3 cents per pound.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Canada
United States
U.S
Navy Opens Bids for First Dirigible in a Decade
The United States Navy starts a new airship program by inviting bids to build its first dirigible in over ten years. The craft will be limited to about 325 feet in length and under 1,000,000 cubic feet of volume, less than one sixth the size of the Akron and Macon ships.
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Washington
United States Navy
Akron
Macon
Italy to strengthen Libyan garrison for Britain
Italy informed Britain it will further reinforce its already heavy Libyan garrison. The notice was conveyed to Earl of Perth, the British ambassador in Rome, by Giuseppe Bastianini, Italian foreign under-secretary.
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London
Italy
Great Britain
Earl of Perth
Rome
Giuseppe Bastianini
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