Britain France Russia Pact Seen As Triple Alliance Basis
London reports the government accepted in principle a mutual assistance pact linking the Soviet with Britain and France. Proposals foresee immediate mutual aid against direct aggression toward any signatory territory, with consultation among staffs and with guarantees to Germany Poland Greece Turkey possibly included.
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London
Rusa
Ant-Aggresaon Front
Scials
Russia
Japan
Regrmania
Poland
Greece
Britain
France
Turkey
Tory Elected President of Royal Society of Canada in Montreal
The Royal Society of Canada closed its three day meeting in Montreal with a unanimous loyalty vote to the King and Queen and congratulations on their Dominion visit. Dr. H. M. Tory of Ottawa was elected to lead the society, succeeding retiring president Dr. Victor Morin.
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Royal Society of Canada
Montreal
Dominion
H. M. Tory
Ottawa
Tory
National Research Council
Victor Morin
R. ©. Wallace
Queen's University At
Kingston, Ont
Arthur Beauchesne
House of Commons
H. ©. Cooke
G. A. Young
W. 8. Wallace
University of Toronto
Senate Chamber
Royal Air Force Crash Kills Five Near Newark England
Flying Officer Jack George McGrail a Canadian and four other RAF men died when a bomber crashed and burned near Newark. The victims included Pilot Officer Geoffrey Lloyd Sergeant Howard Trencham Aircraftsman Raymond Lumley and Aircraftsman Edward Brentnall. McGrail was the bomber pilot attached to Manton aerodrome.
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Newark
Eng
Jack George McGrail
Royal Air Force
Here
McGrail
Ontario
Canada
Geoffrey Lloyd
Howard Trencham
Raymond Lumley
Edward Brentnall
Manton Aerodrome
Will Sing For Royalty in White House Dinner
Marian Anderson, the negro contralto who sang at an open air Easter Sunday concert after a DAR hall ban, will perform for King George and Queen Elizabeth at a White House dinner in June. Lawrence Tibbett will join, as Mrs. Roosevelt disclosed, on a program tracing American music origins and heights.
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Washington
Marian Anderson
King George
Queen Elizabeth
White House
Roosevelt
Miss Anderson
Lawrence Tibbett
Metropolitan Opera
Royal train coal sparks scramble at Toronto arrival
At North Toronto station the King and Queen arrived and crew members tossed coal pieces into the crowd. Both young and old rushed to grab the prized souvenirs as the royal train departed.
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Toronto
North Toronto
Australia abandons plan to tax all cyclists
Australian officials drop proposals to tax every cyclist amid opposition and logistical concerns. The move shifts to explore targeted measures and incentives for bike use, leaving broader taxation off the table.
Garden Party Sparks Protests Over Invitations
Washington reports a garden party for King George and Queen Elizabeth drew discontent from many not on the guest list. Lady Lindsay defended the selection as representative, noting attendees included John L. Lewis, William Green, Henry Ford, Lindbergh, Rockefeller Jr. and others while the episode favored Anglo American goodwill.
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Lindsay
Washington
King George
Queen Felizabeth
Lady Lindsay
Lacy Lindsay
Ronald Lindsay
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Henry Ford
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
John D. Rockefeller
Pershing
Norman Davis
Red Cross
J. P. Morgan
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bill Opposed to Mail Ban on Communist Literature
In Ottawa the Liberal Malcolm McLean with Angus MacInnis and Paul Martin opposed Wilfrid Lacroix's bill to ban Communist literature in the mails. They argued censorship fuels underground activity and threatens freedom, insisting opposition to Communism and Fascism must be universal to protect liberty on all fronts.
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Ottawa
Canada
Malcolm McLean
Melfort
House of Commons
Angus MacInnis
C.C.F
Vancouver East
Paul Martin
Essex East
Wilfrid Lacroix
Quebec-Montmorency
McLean
MacInnis
Queen Mary Shaken in Royal Car Accident at Putney
Queen Mary suffered bruises after a royal car overturned in Putney during a Canada tour trip. Court physicians ordered rest for days while King and Queen were en route to Port Arthur. companions included Lady Constance Milnes-Gaskell and Lord Claud Hamilton. Witnesses described a broadside collision with a lorry and the car’s overturning.
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London
Putney
Queen Mary
Marborough House
Queen Mother
Port Arthur
Ont
Canada
Wimbledon Park Road
West Hill
Percy Hullis
Constance Milnes- Gaskell
Claud Hamilton
Oscar Humphrey
T. Housegate
Royal car and truck collision near Chiswick
Canadian veteran Lady Constance Hamilton and Lord Claud Hamilton sustained minor bruises in a crash that damaged the royal car and left a truck with minor damage. The truck driver was unarrested and drove away. the car was towed to a garage. The truck owner, H. Winter, called the driver his best, age about 25, unmarried, and declined to name him.
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Constance
Claud Hamilton
H. Winter
Chiswick
Travel by air in Canada marks first month of service
Trans- Canada Airlines reported 1 416 passenger trips in April the first month of official service George Wakeman general traffic manager announced most tickets were sold in Vancouver Calgary Edmonton and Winnipeg Vancouver accounted for 339 Winnipeg 123 Calgary 200 in outbound trips first month business described as most encouraging by Wakeman
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Montreal
Trans- Canada Airlines
George Wakeman
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Wakeman
Educational Facts Speaker Deplores Modern Subjects Move
Prof W H Alexander classics professor at the University of California condemns substituting modern subjects for Latin and Greek in secondary schools. At the Royal Society of Canada meeting he denounces efforts to force taxpayers to fund new equipment for so called modern subjects and to abandon Latin as an expensive fad.
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Montreal
W. H. Alexander
University of California, Tok
Royal Society of Canada
Alexander
University of Toronto
University of Alberta
Parliament Backed Arab Jewish State Plan for Palestine
The House of Commons approved the government plan for an independent Arab Jewish state in the Holy Land by 268 to 179 after a two day debate. Earlier Labour amendments to defer to the League of Nations mandates commission were defeated. In the Lords the motion passed after a Labour amendment was withdrawn. Winston Churchill opposed the policy, and the Archbishop of Canterbury criticized it, warning it would limit Jewish immigration to 75 000 over five years and leave Jews as a permanent minority in their ancestral homeland.
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London
House of Commons
Hoy Land
House
Mandates Commission
League of Nations
House of Lords
Lord Snell
Winston Churchill
Archbishop of Canterbury
Holy Land
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Defense chief blasts critics over Bren gun probe in Ottawa
Major General L R Lafleche deputy minister of national defence denounced critics as traitors to Canada and the empire as the public accounts committee probes the Bren gun contract with John Inglis Toronto workers faced mass layoff due to the inquiry. He said the inquiry harms rearmament and national defence while Grant MacNeill defended public servants against insults.
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Ottawa
National Defence Department
War Office
L. R. LaFleche
National Defence
Public Accounts Committee
John ©. Inglis
Toronto
Canada
Empire
LaFleche
British War Office
Statement on Currency Issue For Ottawa Commons Committee
Graham Towers governor of the Bank of Canada will present to the banking and commerce committee a statement on the effects of financing half of annual expenditures by currency issuance estimated at 250 million dollars. Hughes Cleaver Lib Halton urged the statement and proposed debt free money as a remedy, while Towers agreed that unemployment should be avoided only when needs are reasonably met under a proper setup.
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Ottawa
Commons Banking and Commerce Committee
Graham Towers
Bank of Canada
Hughes Cleaver
Lib
Halton
Towers
Cleaver
Mr. Towers
Mr. Cleaver
MacDonald defends Palestine policy in House debate
British colonial secretary Malcolm MacDonald told Parliament Britain would keep its Palestine mandate until Arab and Jewish interests are secured. He said no promises were broken by the new policy and the plan envisions an eventual independent Holy Land state with Arab majority. Labor MPs Williams and Wedgwood criticized the government after his remarks.
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London
Great Britain
Palestine
Malcolm MacDonald
House of Commons
Britain
Holy Land
Thomas Williams
Josiah Wedgwood
Labor
Winnipeg Porter Refuses Duty for King Comment
A Winnipeg railway porter declines on call duty and proclaims his loyalty to the King of Kings, claiming other kings are minnows. The remark was made to passengers aboard the head run, prompting questions about duty and decorum on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rhine Fortifications Flooded at Strasbourg
Floodwaters from the Rhine inundated Germany’s advanced underground fortifications along the Limes line near Strasbourg crowding soldiers to evacuate. French defenses higher up remained intact, avoiding damage as regional tensions rose on the river frontier.
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Strasbourg
France
Germany
Limes
Rhine
Reich
International Bridge
Dame
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