Splendor Marks Coronation of King and Queen
London reports a grand coronation day with King George and Queen Elizabeth entering Westminster Abbey amid mass enthusiasm. Crowds cheered from Buckingham Palace to the abbey as Canadian mounted police and empire contingents received a thunderous welcome.
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Mackenzie King
Canada
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J. E. L. Streight
Royal Canadian Air Force
Queen Mary
Floe
Margaret
Jubilation as royal procession appears on palace balcony
A milling crowd chants for their king as their majesties and the princesses appear on the palace balcony. Queen Mary joins the happy group and cheers erupt anew.
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Beacon to Mankind Capetown Coronation Speech
General Jan Smuts lauded the British Empire as a beacon to mankind at a coronation day gathering in Capetown. He described the commonwealth as the largest peaceful unit and argued that it embodies world peace and a global league of nations amid post abdication turmoil.
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Jan Smuts
Commonwealth of British Nations
South Africa
League of Nations
Coronation honors list highlights cross section of society
The King’s coronation honors names thirteen new peerages and many privy councillors, baronets, and knights. Across dominions no titles for Canada, South Africa, or the Irish Free State, but Lord Tweedsmuir and Ernest Lapointe gain privy council membership. The Earl of Bessborough becomes UK Earl while serving as Canada’s former governor-general.
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Canada
South Africa
Irish Free State
Lord Tweedsmuir
Ernest Lapointe
Privy Council
Earl of Bessborough
United Kingdom
Imperial Privy Council
Dominion
Prince Friedrich of Prussia Attends Coronation Private Invitation
The 26 year old Prince Friedrich of Prussia, youngest grandson of the exiled Kaiser, attended Queen Mary's Coronation in a private capacity on her invitation. He previously represented the exiled Doorn regime at King George V's funeral and has sometimes been mistaken for the Duke of Kent during visits to England.
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Prince Freidrich
Prussia
Exkaiser
Mary
George V
Doorn
Duke of Kent
England
Fatal RCMP members among five hurt in Rockcliffe crash
Three men died and one man with two women were injured when their car plunged over a 100-foot embankment near Rockcliffe four miles east of Ottawa. Dead are Constable E L C Lindsay 22 and Constable L R Bartlett 26 and ex-Constable Ken Murray 26. in hospital are Constable A Tilley and Dorothy Hind 21 and Dorothy McKinnon 24 all with shock. The group had attended a coronation dance at the RCMP barracks and were returning when the crash occurred.
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Rockcliffe
Here
E. L. C. Lindsay
L. R. Bartlett
St. Andrews
N.B
Ken Murray
A. Tilley
Halifax
Dorothy Hind
Dorothy McKinnon
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Murray
Royal Guards Parade To Welcome Coronation Visitors
A two week daily spectacle at Horse Guards Parade begins May 18. Over 500 troops from Westminster Guards battalions will march from Chelsea and Wellington barracks to the parade ground. They will troop the color in rotation facing the Horse Guards after band steps.
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King’s Guard
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West End
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Wellington Barracks
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Broadcast of the coronation across oceans sets record
The air recital of the British coronation drew hundreds of millions worldwide with 85 million in North America. Trans Atlantic reception was near ideal as Westminster Abbey coverage reached the Pacific coast and midwest listeners. About 270 US stations linked to three networks via short wave for a six hour nonstop broadcast.
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Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
Pacific Coast
London
Middle West
Chicago
Broadway
United States
British Broadcasting Corporation
Canada
Pilot Stull Lands Damaged Plane Safely Near The Pas
Airman E W Stull of Winnipeg saved four passengers when his plane with a damaged ski landed on Moosenose Lake, 200 miles south of Churchill. The Pas passengers were uninjured and were later transported by rail to The Pas. the aircraft was repaired.
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E W
Ted) Stull
Winnipeg
Moosenose Lake
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Hudson Bay
Stull
Manitoba
Little Lake
Ilford
Wheat Exports Fall In Week Ended May 7
Dominion bureau of statistics reports 2,241,324 bushels exported in the week ending May 7 down 402,994 from the prior week. Year over year totals show a drop of 6,790,263 bushels from 1936. From Aug 1 to May 7 exports total 153,611,303 bushels vs 157,623,624 a year earlier.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
King speaks to empire on coronation day
King addresses the United Kingdom and Dominions from Westminster Abbey, thanking the empire for tributes and urging unity and peace. He notes the coronation as a symbol of shared heritage, vows service to others, and congratulates Baden-Powell for the Order of Merit among coronation honors.
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British Empire
United Kingdom
Dominions
Lord Baden-Powell
Boy Scouts
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