Britain ready to defend ships on Spanish coast
London reports that Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax warned the House of Lords Britain will protect merchant ships on high seas and inside Spanish waters against Nationalist submarine attacks backed by Franco. Royal Navy orders vessels to defend shipping and retaliate if necessary. The Shropshire and destroyers arrived at Gibraltar after Mediterranean maneuvers. The Stangate delivered foodstuffs to Valencia. Halifax dismissed calls for amnesty for Republican leaders as improper for foreign governments outside Spain.
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London
Franco
Spain
Great Britain
Waters
Viscount Halifax
House of Jords
Royal Navy
Shropshire
Hed
Imogen
Ivanhoe
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Stangate
Valencia
Lord Halifax
Britain
Optimistic London View on Global Tensions
London newspapers favored a brighter international outlook with discussions reportedly underway in high government circles. The Daily Mail cites Prime Minister Chamberlain planning a conference of major powers to halt the arms race in Europe possibly by summer's end, starting with aerial weapons. The plan could widen to disarmament talks including the United States and address economic issues.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Independent
Chamberlain
Europe
United States
Bill to legalize sweepstakes in Canada for public purposes
Ottawa discussion on a private member bill to amend the criminal code to permit provincial sweepstakes run by government or under provincial law. The measure would allow at most one sweepstakes per province per year and is expected to be reconsidered this session.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Lst
Vital Mailette
Jacques Cartier
Senate Questioning Act Constitutionality Of Food And Drugs Bill
In Ottawa Senator Arthur Meighen voiced doubt on the constitutionality of the Food and Drugs Act as a bill to amend it to give the national health department broader supervision over drug manufacture and sale was discussed in the senate.
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Ottawa
Senate
Arthur Meighen
National Health Department
Ontario Leads Canadian Iron and Steel Output in 1937
Ontario produced two thirds of Canada's goss value of iron and steel output in 1937, signaling the province as the dominant industrial hub. The report highlights Ontario's key role in national metal production and economy.
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Ontario
Canada
Sir Henry Pellatt Dead After Casa Loma Legacy
Sir Henry Pellatt, Toronto financier and builder of Casa Loma, died at his modest Mimico home. Noted for founding the private chateau atop a city hill, he was knighted in 1905 for militia service and left a storied mark on Toronto finance and real estate.
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Toronto
Sir Henry Pellatt
Modert
Mimico
Sir Henry
Casa Loma
Eral
Europe
IAT
Northwest Land Company
Pipeline to Britain Across North Atlantic Rumored in Commons
Col John Mac Namara proposed a wartime oil pipeline from Canada to Britain as a future possibility. He noted Canada would produce oil in large quantities and questioned feasibility despite no engineering difficulties being cited. War Secretary Hore Belisha gave no reply.
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London
Canada
Great Britain
North Atlantic
House of Commons
John MacNamara
Britain
Hore-Belisha
Common Good Call Shapes Party Policy
John Bassett president of the Montreal Gazette Printing Co addresses the Dominion curling championships annual dinner. He congratulates C George McCullagh publisher of the Toronto Globe and Mail for patriotism and singleness of purpose urging Canadian legislators to forget party advantage and cooperate for the common good.
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Toronto
Canada
Dominion
John Bassett
Montreal Gazette Printing Co., Ltd
Bassett
C. George McCullagh
Toronto Globe and Mail
McCullagh
Stabilization Fund For China Announced In Commons
Sir John Simon announced in the House of Commons that China formed a currency stabilization fund of 46 million plus dollars. Two British banks contributed 23.45 million dollars and the British treasury may guarantee that sum, with parliament approval sought.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
China
Veterans to Collect Radio Licenses in Canada
Ottawa reports that only returned soldiers will be employed as house-to-house collectors of radio licenses in future while no change yet in selection methods. The shift to veterans followed an agreement between the Canadian Legion and the transport department officials. Licenses will also be sold by radio stores.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
House of Commons
Canadian Legion
Transport Department
French Journal Tells Alleged Fascist Plans For 1939
Pierre Bernus cites documents in Journal des Debats outlining a Rome Berlin axis plan for 1939. The plan reportedly starts with political pressure and Hainan occupation, moves to an Italian campaign against France, and culminates in a sudden attack on Holland and possibly Switzerland to force Britain and France to concede.
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Hitler
Hainan
France
Italy
Libya
Somaliland
Palestine
Syria
Spain
Fuehrer
Holland
Switzerland
Great Britain
Germany
Gibraltar in danger due to new zig zag bases
The Nichi Nichi correspondent reports Gibraltar is no longer impregnable as a line of zig zag military bases is being completed near the British stronghold. German Italian technicians and Spanish Nationalists cooperate on the construction with powerful disappearing guns poised to unleash devastating fire on central Gibraltar.
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Tokyos
Nichi Nichi
Gibraltar
Ottawa Mps Debate US Wheat Flows Into Ontario
Hon W D Euler stated the government considers the influx of American wheat into eastern Canada displacing Ontario wheat. He noted some wheat milled in Ontario and possibly exported, entering under current law. Dr Robert Manion cited Ontario’s difficulty selling grain due to 600000 bushels of subsidized US wheat used by Ontario flour mills.
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Ottawa
W. D. Euler
House of Commons
Canada
United States
Ontario
Robert Manion
Agreement Honors Duke of Alba as First Spanish Ambassador to London
London reports confirm Great Britain agrees to appoint the Duke of Alba as Spain's first ambassador to London for the nationalist government. Germany and Italy opposed the move fearing alignment with Britain. The Duke, a descendant of James XI, is a firm monarchist who supports a royal restoration for Spain.
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Marshal Henri Petain
Verdun
France
Spain
Marshal Petain
Britain
Duke of Alba
London
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
James XI
Arabella Churchill
Bank Robbery Hits Montreal North End Branch
Two armed bandits entered a north end Banque Canadienne Nationale branch and forced teller-manager Emile Gougeon into the cellar before fleeing in a car with nearly $1,000.
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Montreal
Northend
Banque Canadienne Nationale
Emile Gougeon
German official doubts British expedition plans to France
A high German foreign office representative said he was astonished by Britain's talk of sending an expeditionary force to the continent if war breaks out. He cited Adolf Hitler's repeated declarations that Germany has no territorial demands on France and claimed Germany's western fortifications would keep out French and British divisions.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Leslie Rore-Belisha
Great Britain
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
France
British force could be sent to the continent in war
London reports a field force of 19 divisions formed in the British army that could be dispatched to the continent at war outbreak. Leslie Hore-Belisha announces the plan in Parliament, detailing 185,000 to 195,000 men and changes to defense, mobilization, and empire garrisons with reforms led by Prime Minister Chamberlain.
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London
Leslie Hore-Belisha
House of Commons
Britain
France
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Middle East
Palestine
Mr. Hore-Belisha
Chamberlain
Auxiliary Air Force
Territorial Army Observer Corps
Territorial Army
Ottawa approves plan to admit refugees for settlement
Hon T A Crerar informs the House of Commons government approval was given to admit a limited number of refugees from German Sudetenland for settlement in western Canada. The plan aims for small groups with farmers of means, under 1930 rules, and funds from abroad. About 95 percent of the prospective refugees are said to be Roman Catholics.
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Ottawa
T. A. Crerar
Hous of Commons
Canada
London
Prague
Mr. Crerar
Dominion
Peace River
Saskatchewan
Crerar
Harry Clark
Toronto- Rosedale
Flyers Found Safe After Plane Missing on French River Flight
Pilot Stanley Chandler and W. J. Herbert were found safe on the shore of Lake Nipissing after a missing voyage from North Bay to Wolseley Bay on the French river. The discovery was made by a plane chartered by the Sudbury Star.
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North Bay
Wolseley Bay
French River
Stanley Chandler
W. J. Herbert
Lake Nipissing
Sudbury Star
Leadership League Toronto Announcement by Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail announces the Leadership League to be taken over by a body of public spirited citizens led by Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. Herbert A Bruce. The league plans a pledged membership of 125 000 and aims to address national social and governmental problems.
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Toronto
Globe and Mail
Leadership League
Frederick Banting
Herbert A. Bruce
George McCullagh
Seague
Successor Chosen for German Consul General
Captain Fritz Wiedemann, Hitler's former adjutant, arrived to take the post as German consul-general and said the succession has been fully arranged but no names have been announced.
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San Francisco
Adolf Hitler
Reichfuehrer
Fritz Wiedemann
Hitler
Gereman
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Food and Drugs Act
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Stabilization Fund For China
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McDougall
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