Royal Levee At Palace Of St James Celebrates Empire Ties
London reports a royal levee in the Palace of St James with King and Queen Mary on thrones, as overseas prime ministers and dominion leaders pledge loyalty and praise His Majesty. Leaders from Australia New Zealand South Africa India and Newfoundland spoke, while Prime Minister Bennett commended the king for leadership and unity amid postwar stress. The event featured a balcony appearance by the royals and a ceremonial gift of a gold casket bearing a loyalty address from Canada.
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London
R. B. Bennett
Empire
Palace of St. James
Mary
J. B. Hertzog
South Africa
J. A. Lyons
Australia
G. W. Forbes
New Zealand
G. M. Huggins
South Rhodesia
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Newfoundland
Joseph Bhore
India
Philip Cunliffe-Lister
Buckingham Palace
St. James’s Palace
Bennett
Canadian Senate
House of Commons
Missionaries in Danger in China Drive Evacuations
Letters to the United Church of Canada mission board report English missionaries in north and northeast Szechwan were forced to evacuate as Communist forces advanced. Chengtu captured as objective but drive failed. Rev. Gerald S. Bell of Toronto noted some Canadian missionaries returned home early from furlough.
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Toronto
Foreign Mission Board of the
United Church of Canada
Szechwan Province
China
Chengtu
Gerald S. Bell
Parachute Plane Tests Planned by Roscoe Turner
Col. Roscoe Turner says a 90 foot parachute is being completed to safely lower a passenger plane. He expects to test it aloft within 60 days as part of mid air safety experiments.
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Los Angeles
Roscoe Turner
Speed Flier
Canada Joins League Committee To Study Treaty Repudiation
Sir George Perley, acting prime minister, announced Canada accepts a seat on the League of Nations committee to examine sanctions against unilateral repudiation of international obligations. Dr. W. A. Riddell has notified the league secretary-general of Canada's acceptance and reservation. Other invitees include Great Britain France Chile Hungary Italy the Netherlands Poland Portugal Spain Turkey Russia and Yugoslavia.
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League
Ottawa
Germany
Canada
League of Nations Committee
George Perley
W. A. Riddell
Geneva
League of Canada
League Council
Great Britain
France
Chile
Hungary
Italy
The
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
Russia
Yugoslavia
Council of the
League of Nations
Council
Dafoe to Speak on Quintuplets at AMA CMA Session
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe renowned for the Callander Quintuplets will present a life history of the five babies at the joint American and Canadian Medical Association meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey June 10 to 14. Attendance expected 8000 US and 2000 Canadian physicians. His brother Dr William Dafoe and Sir Frederick Banting will contribute to exhibits. Dr John S McEacher of Calgary is CMA president.
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Dafoe
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
N.J
Allan Roy Dafoe
New York
Callander
Ont
Canadian Medical Association
United States
Canada
William A. Dafoe
Toronto
Frederick Banting
John S. McEacher
Calgary
Retired Toronto Astronomer Frank L. Blake Dies
Frank L. Blake, 81, longtime meteorological service astronomer at the Toronto Observatory, died after a long illness. He contributed time signals daily across the Dominion and helped survey western Canada towns including Moose Jaw and Saskatoon early in his career.
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Toronto
Frank L. Blake
Meteorological Service
Toronto Observatory
Dominion
Northwest
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Western Canada
Congress backs blind aid for newsstands in federal buildings
The House labor committee approved unanimously a Randolph backed bill to permit blind persons to operate news and similar stands in federal buildings nationwide.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives Labor Committee
Uncle Sam
Randolph
W.va
West Optimistic Ottawa Says Strong Western Confidence
Hon. R. B. Hanson reports optimism after a two week speaking tour in western Canada. He notes good crop prospects in most communities and a strong general feeling of optimism across the region.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Hanson
Soviet stratosphere plan eyed for rocket ascent
The Soviet stratosphere committee will study plans for a rocket believed capable of reaching 35 000 metres 113 162 feet. The announcement notes the project aims at high altitude research and potential flight testing.
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Moscow
Jubilee Honors List to Be Published June 3
The Jubilee and king birthday honors lists will be published June 3. Liberal opposition nominates Isaac Foot for privy councillor, while Labor’s Clement Attlee and William Lunn are expected to receive honors with Ramsay MacDonald authoring any Labour nominations.
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London
Isaac Foot
Indian Select Committee
George Lansbury
Ramsay MacDonald
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
William Lunn
Dominions
Princess Katharine of Greece Travels Incognito Aboard Empress of Canada
Victoria reports Princess Katharine of Greece sister to Princess Marina traveled incognito on the Empress of Canada from the Orient. She used the name Catherine Constantine among fellow passengers and joined shipboard social life before heading to Seattle then boarding the Empress of Britain at Quebec for Europe in June.
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Victoria
Katharine
Greece
Marina
Duchess of Kent
Canada
Catherine Constantine
Seattle
United States
Quebec
Europe
Demand for Silver Dollar Ottawa Coin Jubilee Demand
The royal Canadian mint will strike 20 000 more silver dollars and the public will receive them at once. Demand for the coin issued for the king's silver jubilee has been so strong that the Bank of Canada has asked for additional coins to be circulated.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mint
Bank of Canada
Nazi Penal Code Divides Crimes Into Four Categories
Berlin reports that the future Reich penal code will classify offenses into four groups: attacks on public safety, attacks on state and government safety, attacks on national patriotism, and attacks on nationals. Some Nazis favor harsher penalties including death without trial, with treason as a leading offense.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Mercy Flight Ends With Triangle Signal Rescue
Pilot Herb Seagrim of Wings Limited conducted a historic mercy flight to Winnipeg where a seriously ill woman needed immediate surgery. Communication with the husband on a remote lake was impossible until he sent a wireless request and the husband signaled three- limb triangles on the ice. The operation proceeded successfully after Seagrim relayed the consent.
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Herb Seagrim
Wings Limited
Winnipeg
Here
Seagrim
Britain Sets 1600 Aircraft Minimum for Air Limitation Talks
The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent reports Britain plans to press for a 1600 plane minimum as an independent air limitation item, separate from the five‑point German proposal in the Anglo French accord of February 3. The plan will be sent to France and Italy, reflecting a shift since the 1933 Geneva air commission.
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London
Great Britain
Daily Telegraph
Locarno
Germany
France
Italy
Geneva Air Commission
Tame Swan Shot By Hunter In Man
A hunter shot a tame swan in Man, killing the bird after it wandered from its regular route from the north. Police seek the shooter in the incident linked to a local flock of white swans fed by residents.
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Erickson
Premier Bennett Speaks on Empire Trade Matters
Ottawa reports Prime Minister R B Bennett delivering an empire radio address from London. He urged stronger empire trade ties to ease economic problems, lauded Canada’s role at the king’s jubilee, and stressed loyalty to the crown while Canada shifts to a balanced economy and greater exports to Britain.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
London
United Kingdom
Canada
King George V Urges Canada Cancer Fund
King George V called for a permanent cancer fund in Canada in a cablegram to the governor general. He thanked Canadians for gifts to the silver jubilee cancer fund and urged establishment of a lasting fund to ease suffering.
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Ottawa
Canada
King George
Governor-General
Jubilee Cancer Fund
Soviet naval port reported near Possiet Bay in Manchoukuo
Despatches to the Rengo News Agency said Japanese authorities in Manchoukuo received unconfirmed reports that the Soviet Union is establishing a naval port at Possiet Bay near the Manchoukuo border southwest of Vladivostok.
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Tokyo
Hsinkeing
Rengo
Manchoukuo
Possiet Bay
Manchoukuan
Vladivostok
Boundary dispute with Ethiopia tests Mussolini stance
Rome reports authoritative circles see potential conciliation in the Italy Ethiopia boundary dispute but Benito Mussolini presses ahead with military preparedness, signaling a hard line despite talks.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Ferryboat Capsized on Maros River Near Nagylak
The Tagblatt despatched from Budapest reports 20 people drowned when a ferry boat capsized on the Maros river near Nagylak on the Hungary Romania frontier.
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Vienna
The
Tagblatt
Budapest
Maros
Nagylak
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