Britain Stands Firm Over Danzig Question
London and Paris warned Germany against moving on Danzig and pledged aid to Poland, Roumania, and Greece. Prime Minister Chamberlain said Britain would go to war if Danzig threatened Polish independence, while seeking peace through negotiations with Germany. The talk highlighted Anglo French resolve and possible moves toward a Russia alliance.
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London
Amd
Germany
Free City of
Danzig
Europe
Chamberlain
Britain
Poland
Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Ivan Maisky
Viscount Halifax
Low
Russia
Moscow
Free
Albert Hall
Roumania
Greece
Soviet
Court Etiquette Rush Reaches Edmonton Library
Edmonton public library reports a rush for court etiquette and presentation books with none left on shelves. Officials say locals are curious to learn while civic leaders prepare private lessons for a June 2 royal visit and biographies of the King and Queen are in high demand.
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Edmonton
Edmonton Public Library
Dog Leads Police to Contraband Cache Near Digby Village
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Lauinierville Newfoundland searching for a liquor cache in Digby County were guided to the hiding place by the owner’s dog after police had terminated their search.
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Lauinierville
N.S
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Digby County
Dominion labor reports record low April time loss in Canada
The Dominion department of labor recorded 1 361 man working days lost in Canada in April due to six strikes and lockouts affecting 314 workers, the smallest monthly total since August 1930.
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Ottawa
Dominion Department of Labor
Canada
Royal Visit Draws Massive U S Attendance to Western Canada
Crowds from Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and Montana join Ontario and prairie towns as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth tour Winnipeg and Regina May 23 24. City officials seek vantage seats with tickets up to 5 dollars while special stands along routes prepare for about 15000 schoolchildren and 250 blind spectators accompanied by guides and transit.
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Winnipeg
Dominions
Great Lakes
Rockies
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Ontario
Prairie
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Minneapolis
St. Paul
C. W. Cox
Port Arthur
Regina
Fort William
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Lakehead
Immigration figures show rise in Canada 1938-39 intake
Ottawa reports 17,128 immigrants to Canada in the 1938-39 fiscal year ending March 31, up 9.5 percent from the prior year. Among entrants, 5,663 were from the United States, 3,373 from the British Isles, and 1,366 from northern Europe, with 6,726 from other races.
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Ottawa
Immigration Department
Canada
United States
British Isles
Widespread Bratislava Protests Target Jews in Slovakia
Prague’s Prager Zeitung reports large anti Jewish demonstrations in Bratislava with about 50 Jews arrested. The agency cites thousands of protesters condemning what they call faint hearted action toward Jews so far.
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Prague
Prager Zeitung
Bratislava
Slovakia
Survey advisers urge trial settlements in British Guiana
The British Guiana survey commission recommends starting trial settlements for 3 000 to 5 000 carefully selected young men and women as soon as possible to resettle political refugees in this colony.
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New York
British Guiana Survey Commission
Nazi edict dissolves Catholic group Knights of Macy
Heinrich Himmler, head of German police, orders the dissolution of the Catholic organization Knights of Macy for activities deemed hostile to the state. The group is connected to international Catholic Action networks.
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Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Knights of Macy
Catholic Action Groups
Japan Adds 32700 Government Officials Since War
Dispatch notes Japan has increased its government workforce by 32 700 officials since the conflict with China began, reflecting postwar bureaucratic expansion and administrative restructuring.
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Japan
China
Acreage bonus changes aim to aid western farmers
Debate in Ottawa on the acreage bonus bill links it to crop insurance and wheat board reform. Weir argues against bias toward wheat, Gardiner accepts amendments expanding relief to non hail losses and to areas in Manitoba and Alberta with low yields, while Dunning defends the west’s generous offer and others push for broader tax funding.
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Canada
Weir
Australia
Argentina
J. G. Gardiner
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Drough
West
Charles Dunning
Perley
Con
Qu'Appelle
Mr. Gardiner
Prairie soil type areas to determine crop aid in Canada
The discussion notes that crop failure aid could be linked to soil type areas rather than townships if soil surveys in Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan reach the same stage as Saskatchewan. Air photographs are being used to map soil boundaries across the prairie farming region, guiding potential policy changes.
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John Blackmore
Social Credit
Alberta
Canada
Gardiner
United States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Bren Machine Guns Ottawa Manufacturing Compare
George Gillespie, chief engineer of John Inglis Company Limited in Toronto, told the public accounts committee that Bren gun production will match Enfield in efficiency. He shifted from Enfield to direct Canada Britain contracts for 7 000 and 5 000 guns respectively, and stated rejection rates should be no higher here than at Enfield.
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Ottawa
John Inglis Company, Limited
Toronto
Royal Arsenal
Enfield
England
George Gillespie
Public Accounts Committee
Gillespie
Canada
Britain
Calgary bans planes near royal party during visit
Col. David Ritchie Calgary's chief of police announced a three mile no landing or no fly zone around the royal party during Their Majesties visit on May 26. Visiting planes must avoid the city on routes to the airport.
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Calgary
David Ritchie
Royal Party
House Will Not Prorogue Ottawa
Prime Minister King told the House of Commons the government intends a short adjournment during the King's Ottawa visit not a long shutdown. Parliament could complete business shortly after the King leaves Ottawa with limited breaks rather than a full prorogation.
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Ottawa
Canada
King
House of Commons
Alberta Oil Fields Calgary Prominent Engineer Forecasts Boom
Thomas F. Lee, construction engineer from Scarsdale NY, told a Calgary service club that Alberta sits atop one of the world’s greatest oil fields. He predicted Alberta could become a leading oil centre and said Canada has unmatched potential.
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Calgary
Thomas F. Lee
Scarsdale
Alberta
Canada
Radio Committee urges sustaining broadcasts over sponsorship
Ottawa reports the commons radio committee tabled its final findings urging opinion broadcasts remain on sustaining networks rather than commercial sponsorship. It backs equal time during elections, network sharing, and a national high power short wave station run by the CBC, with license and reporting reforms for set sales.
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Ottawa
Commons Committee On Radio
House
A. L. Beaubien
Lib
Provencher
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
C. George McCullagh
Toronto Globe and Mail
McCullagh
Transport Department
Canada
Dominion
Five Huge Grain Elevators Lost In Chicago Fire
A blast filled blaze destroyed five Rosenbaum grain elevators in Chicago’s grain district near 102nd street and the Calumet river. Eight workers were missing believed killed as 3.5 million bushels of wheat and corn burned or wrecked, with property losses over 3 million dollars. Firefighters fought the five hour blaze attracting 50,000 spectators as two Norris Grain Company elevators also caught.
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Chicago
Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Company
Michael Corrigan
Rosenbaum
102Nd Street
Calumet River
Norris Grain Company
Ernest Barge
Albert Horner
Linn M. Keefer
Henry Kriel
Louis Colburg
Charles Regashus
Joseph Wedigh
Rosenbaum Company
W. H. Gassler
Norris Company
Royal Train Montreal to Carry 16 Telephones Across Canada
Officials say the royal train will include 16 telephone instruments from modest sets to a gold-finished hand set. Locals numbered 1 to 12 and 14 will allow car to car calls. A switchboard will be in the baggage car and no women operators will be on duty except during daytime stopovers. The pilot train will carry six phones for journalists and officials.
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Canada
Commons approves conscription amendment exclude Northern Ireland
The House of Commons approved an amendment to the compulsory service bill excluding Northern Ireland from its provisions. The vote stood 261 to 21. Government amendments also exempt Canadians and other dominion and colonial citizens and reserve power to bring back British subjects from abroad under the bill.
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London
House of Commons
Northern Ireland
Hitler Honors Crown Prince Michael with German Eagle
Chancellor Hitler awards the German Eagle to Crown Prince Michael of Roumania. The decoration signals pro German sentiment in Roumania amid a new trade agreement with Germany.
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Berlin
Hitler
Michael of
Roumania
Germany
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