King's Visit to U S Aims to Strengthen Ties
Ambassador Sir Ronald Liredisay Ennnh outlined the King and Queen's trip as primarily political to reprove ties with the United States and to foster friendship. He noted no press conference and that the King would avoid speeches, but may offer a short toast at the White Hills state dinner.
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Washington
Renahi Liredisay
Hefid
Lfe
George
Fitzabeth
United States
Konald
Ay Canala
Canada
Horsevelt Cabinet
Ronald
White Hills
Sir Ronald
Explosion at Woolwich Arsenal Kills Five Gunners
The war office reports five army gunners killed and six injured in a Woolwich arsenal blast during loading of a 3.7 inch anti air craft gun. Victims were from the Woolwich scientific military school near Breeley Gardens Eltham. An investigation begins.
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Woolwich Arsenal
London
War Office
Woolwich Scientific Military School
H. H. Constantine
E. R. Brown
C. Shepherd
W. Griffiths
J. Barron
Breeley Gardens
Eltham
P. McGill
P. W. Smith
Hartwell
Samuels
Mussolini and Hitler Agree Peaceful settlement of disputes
A high diplomatic source says Mussolini demands Poland and France quarrels be settled without war. The pact reportedly binds both nations to automatic military resistance if either is attacked, though previously it was to trigger only on attack.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Purging Reich Army High Command Ahead of Lightning War
Paria Chancellor Hitler and Field Marshal Gosling continue a purge of the reich army high command. Five prominent commanders have been dismissed in the past six weeks amid opposition to the new lightning war strategy.
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Paria
Hitler
Gosling
Reich
Royal Welcome Speech Brings Canadian Pride Across Atlantic
Prime Minister King presents a warm welcome to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa. He praises Canada as a growing, free nation with diverse peoples and vast landscapes. The King replies with humility, noting this historic first visit by a British sovereign to a dominion and eagerness to explore Canada’s future.
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King
Dominion
Dominion of
Canada
Commonwealth
Atlantic
North America
British Commonwealth of Nations
Privy Council For
Saint Lawrence
Arctic
Percival Price
Aeen
Peace Tower
Ottawa
Reception Was Good Broadcast Of Sovereigns Arrival In Canada
The BBC radio description of the King and Queen arriving in Canada was well received across the nation with announcers including an English observer in Quebec. The broadcast noted the royal salute as they landed and the procession through Quebec streets at 3 37 pm.
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Canada
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Quebec
BBC
Obituary of John Bruce Walker Former Dominion Commissioner
Winnipeg reports the death of John Bruce Walker 49 a former Dominion commissioner of immigration and noted eastern Canada newspaper figure He died after a lengthy illness born in Troon Scotland and came to Canada in 1881 joining the Toronto Globe staff He retired in Igza.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Canada
John Bruce Walker
Mr. Wallker
Troon
Scotland
The
Toronto Globe
Igza
Riots Erupt in Palestine Over British Policy
Thousands of Jewish youths march on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem offices in protest against the British white paper plan. Police fire on crowds as fires and explosions damage government buildings and the Jewish Agency, with Arabs fearing reprisals and increasing tensions across Haifa Jaffa and Ramallah.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Immigration Department
Ramallah
Jewish Agency
Chamberlain
MacDonald
Halifax
Haifa
Jaffa
London
Haj Amin E Husseini
King’s tour guidance favors comfort and modest gifts
A message from His Majesty to Dominion officials accompanying the royal tour requests subjects remain seated during the king’s address and to relax throughout the luncheon. It also states that royal family members will continue declining personal gifts for themselves and the little princesses on the Dominion-wide journey.
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Quebec
Dominion
Poland and Germany Reach Rail Corridor Settlement
Germany pays 12.5 million zloty to Poland for use of railways across the Polish corridor. Poland accepts the debt settlement, covering railway use and medical supplies.
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Berlin
Poland
Germany
Autonomy moves draw Italian German pressure across Europe
The report notes Italian German pressure aimed at Bulgaria Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia as unrest grows. It cites statements by officials and arrests including a Prague lawyer Sekanina and three deputies accused of plotting Hitler's death. A German officer Heinrich Rothery in France deserted to join the Foreign Legion.
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Budapest
Bulgaria
Sefia
Reg Joniet
Yugoslavia
Rcme
Vike Machek
Zagreb
Cveekovich
British
United Press
Warsaw
London Daily Herald
Frontier Reports
Bohemia
Moravia
Prague
Sekanina
Germany
Lfe
Adolf Hitler
Valenciennes
France
Polit
Plang
Berlin
Koenigsbrueck
Heinrich Rothery
Hitler
Tiem
French Foreign Legion
U S Responds To Japan Over Shanghai Settlement Rights
The United States rejects Japan's bid for greater representation in Shanghai's international settlement. Ambassador Grew delivered a memorandum from Washington stating readiness for orderly negotiations on land regulations, but cites abnormal Shanghai conditions preventing fair discussion. American naval forces also land at Amoy as part of the action.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Shanghai
State Department
Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Amoy
Restrict Activities Amoy After Kulangsu Landing
In Amoy Harbor Kulangsu Island a Japanese landing party of 42 bluejackets at the Kulangsu hospital faced outnumbering forces of British United States and French troops. A separate force of 42 French marines and 42 British and American sailors were put ashore from Emile Bertin Birmingham and Marblehead to pursue the same objective.
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Amoy
China
Kulangan
Kulangsu
Amoy Harbor
Hung Lih- Soh
Emile Wertin
Juin
Birmingham
Marblehead
Kulingsu
Irish Federation backs Canadian duty plan for Ireland
Representatives of the Federation of Irish Manufacturers petitioned the government to adopt Canada’s import duty assessment system in Ireland’s next Finance Act. The move aims to streamline duties and align with Canadian practices.
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Dublin
Federation of Irish Manufacturers
Canada
Eire
Japan Eyes Salvage Of Up To One Thousand Sunken Vessels
Report notes Japan may attempt salvage projects on as many as 1000 sunken ships along its coast and waterways. Details on locations and methods were not fully disclosed.
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Japan
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