British King and Queen Visit Westminster Hall Emblem of Empire
The king and queen received loyal addresses at Westminster Hall in the presence of empire premiers and representatives. The monarch called the crown the historic symbol uniting nations across the empire. He praised Parliament, noted wartime sacrifices, and urged continued freedom and progress in peace.
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Landon
Westminster Hall
Simon de Montfort
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Commons
Westminster
Viscount Sankey
BE. A. Fitzroy
Honors From McGill Montreal
Three outstanding United States bacteriologists born in Canada will be honored with the degree of Doctor of Laws at McGill University in Montreal at its May convocation. The recipients are Dr. A. J. Eve of McGill, Hon. J. A. Godbout Quebec agriculture minister, Hon. W. J. P. MacMillan PEI premier, and Dr. Oswald T. Avery New York City bacteriologist.
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Montreal
United States
Canada
McGill University
A. 3
Eve
McGill
J. A. Godbout
Quebec
W. J. P. MacMillan
Prince Edward Island
Oswald T. Avery
New York City
Demand for Silver Dollar Rises Prompt Mint Output
The Royal Canadian Mint will strike 20 000 more silver dollars and place them in public circulation. Demand for the coin honoring the king's silver jubilee is so high that the Bank of Canada asked for increased supply.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mint
Bank of Canada
Canada Joins League of Nations Committee on Sanctions
Acting PM Sir George Perley announced Canada accepts a seat on the League of Nations committee studying sanctions against unilateral repudiation of international obligations. Dr W A Riddell notified the secretary-general. Britain France and others also invited to participate as part of the council resolution of April 17.
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Ottawa
Germany
Canada
League of Natons
George Perley
W. A. Riddell
Geneva
League of Canada
League Council
Great Britain
France
Chile
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
Russia
Yugoslavia
Council of the
League of Nations
Council
Life History Of Quintuplets At US-Canada Medical Meeting
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe will chart the life history of the quintuplets at the American Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association joint meeting in June. About 8,000 US and 2,000 Canadian physicians expected. Dafoe and his Toronto colleague brother William A. Dafoe will present the exhibit. Sir Frederick Banting will participate in a special display. Dr John S McEacher of Calgary is current Canadian Medical Association president.
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Atlantic City
N.Y
Allan Roy Dafoe
New York
Callander
Ont
American Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association
United States
Canada
Dafoe
William A. Dafoe
Toronto
Frederick Banting
Johns. McEacher
Calgary
Mercy Flight Saves Winnipeg Patient in Unique Triangular Signal
Pilot Herb Seagrim of Wings Limited arranged a mercy flight to a northern lake hospital patient. A husband at a remote lake signaled approval by forming a triangle with three lamps on the ice, enabling the operation to proceed and succeed.
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Herb Seagrim
Wings Limited
Winnipeg
Here
Seagrim
House panel backs helping blind operate news stands nationwide
The labor committee approved a Randolph measure to allow blind persons to run news and similar stands in federal buildings across the United States. The vote was unanimous.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives Labor Committee
Uncle Sam
Randolph
W.va
King George V Hails Canadian Cancer Fund Donations
The king expresses gratitude through a cabinerarmt message to the governor general for Canada’s generous donations to the jubilee cancer fund. He hopes for a permanent fund to relieve suffering and distress across the nation.
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OtUnwa
Canada
King George
Jubilee Cancer Fund
University of Saskatchewan appoints Rowles to Senate
Saskatchewan University in Saskatoon appoints Rowles to the Senate to succeed J. W. Estey who becomes ex-officio minister of education. Knox Hair and Sifton are reappointed. Other business deemed routine. President Murray indicated.
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Saskatoon
Thomas Rowles
Empress
The
University of Saskatchewan
J. W. Estey
Andrew Knox
Colleston
J. W. Hair
J. W. Sifton
Moose Jaw
W. C. Murray
Premier Bennett on Empire Trade and Loyalty to the Crown
Ottawa reports Prime Minister R. B. Bennett in a London empire broadcast praising inter imperial trade cooperation as a remedy for empire economic woes. He lauds Canada’s role at the king's jubilee and urges peace, noting Britain’s winding debts, Canada’s wartime legacy, and Canada’s shift to industrial strength.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
London
United Kingdom
Canada
Jubilee Honors List Expected in June Reveal
London reports the jubilee honors list will be published June 3 alongside the king's birthday honors. The Liberal opposition nominates Isaac Foot for privy councillor. The Labor side may see Clement Attlee and William Lunn honored, with George Lansbury declining nominations.
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London
Isaac Foot
Secretary of Mines
Indian Select Committee
George Lansbury
Ramsay MacDonald
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
William Lunn
Dominions
Nazi Penal Code Outline Threatens Living Death
Berlin reports the future Reich penal code will use Nazi concepts with four crime categories. Offences against people, state safety, patriotism, and nationals will be punished severely, including possible death without trial. Treason tops the list of attacks against the safety of the people.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Boundary dispute talk in Rome toward conciliation
Italian circles hint at possible conciliation of the boundary dispute with Ethiopia while Benito Mussolini presses ahead with a strengthened military program.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Ferry capsizes on Maros river drowning twenty near Nagylak
Budapest despatch notes 20 people drowned when a ferry overturned on the Maros river near Nagylak on the Hungary Romania frontier.
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Vienna
Tagblatt
Budapest
Maros
Nagylak
Optimism Reported Across Western Canada Crops Expected
Hon. R. B. Hanson reports strong optimism in western communities after a two week speaking tour. He cites good crop prospects in most localities and a hopeful mood in Ottawa after returning west.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Hanson
Soviet Stratosphere Plan Revealed by Committee
The Soviet stratosphere committee announced plans for a rocket believed capable of reaching 35 000 metres. The announcement suggests advances in high altitude propulsion and atmospheric research.
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Moscow
Britain Eyes Air Limitation With 1600 Planes
British diplomatic circles signal a move to set a separate air limitation item named an air Locarno. The Daily Telegraph reports London aims to stipulate about 1,600 planes as a minimum standard and will propose the idea to France and Italy soon.
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Great Britain
London
Daily Telegraph
Locarno
Germany
France
Italy
Geneva Air Commission
Retired Astronomer Frank L. Blake Dies at 81
Frank L. Blake 81, retired astronomer of the meteorological service at the Toronto Observatory, died after a long illness. For decades he supplied correct time daily to many points in the Dominion. Earlier, he helped survey the northwest and contributed to the subdivision of Moose Jaw Saskatoon and other western Canada centers.
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Toronto
Frank L. Blake
Meteorological Service
Toronto Observatory
Dominion
Northwest
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Western Canada
Royal Levee at Palace of St James Celebrates Empire Ties
London reports a royal levee in the Palace of St James with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth receiving empire leaders. Prime Ministers of Canada South Africa Australia New Zealand and others spoke warmly praising royal leadership and unity. Bennett presented a gold casket containing the Canadian senate and commons address.
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London
Oerseas Empire
R. B. Bennett
Empire
Palace of St. James
Queen Mary
J. B. Hertzog
South Africa
J. A. Lyona
Australia
G. W. Forbes
New Zealand
G. M. Huggins
South Rhodesia
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Newfoundland
Joseph Bhore
India
Philip Cunliffe-Lister
Buckingham Palace
Bennett
St. James’s Palace
Canadian Senate
House of Commons
Canadian Aviators Named for Wilkins Antarctic Trip
New York reports two Canadian aviators, J. Hollick Kenyon of Winnipeg and J. H. Lamburner, joining the Wilkins Ellsworth Antarctic expedition departing October. A 2900 mile non stop flight is planned to test if Antarctica is a single continent, with Byrd expedition members noting contiguous ice might mark a single landmass. Sir Hubert Wilkins seeks pilots experienced with blizzards and fog.
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New York
Canada
J. Hollick- Kenyon
J. H. Lamburner
Woul
Hollick-Kenyon
Winnipeg
Lymburner
Antarctica
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Lincoln Ellsworth
Antarctic
South Pole
North America
Sir Hubert
Japan Threatens Trade Protections Against Canada
Tokyo said Japan will apply its trade protection law to Canada though timing and affected products were not set. A cable to Australia seeks faster trade treaty talks and a prompt reply. Canada exported 16.475 million dollars to Japan last year, while imports from Japan were 4.424 million.
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Tokyo
Japan
Foreign Office
Canada
Australia
Travels Incognito Victoria Princess Katharine of Greece
Princess Katharine of Greece sister to Princess Marina traveled as Catherine Constantine aboard the Empress of Canada arriving from the Orient. She did not appear on the official passenger list and joined fellow travelers in shipboard social life. She plans to visit Seattle and then sail from Quebec on the Empress of Britain for Europe in June.
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Victoria
Katharine
Greece
Marina
Duchess of Kent
Canada
Catherine Constantine
Seattle
United States
Quebec
Europe
Soviet naval port reported near Possiet Bay in Manchoukuo
Despatches from Naval Port Tokyo to Rengo News say Japanese authorities in Manchoukuo received unconfirmed reports that the Soviet Union may be establishing a naval port at Possiet Bay near the Manchoukuan border southwest of Vladivostok.
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Tokyo
Hsinking
Rengo
Manchoukuo
Possiet Bay
Manchoukuan
Viadivostok
Swan Hunter Kills Local Aquatic Symbol
Police hunt man who shot a swan near Erickson Manitoba during a weekend visit. The injured bird died from wounds after residents had fed the pair of swans for years as they traveled between north and the area.
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Erickson
Parachute Plane Test Nears Completion in LA
Col Roscoe Turner says a 90 foot parachute is nearly ready to lower a passenger plane to earth during mid air safety tests. He expects to take it aloft within 60 days.
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Los Angeles
Roscoe Turner
Speed Fier
Calgary hospital gains $131000 from Perley estate
The Calgary hospital board receives 131000 dollars from the estate of H. A. Perley, late pioneer hotelman, enriching the hospital funds.
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Calgary
Calgary Hospital Board
H. A. Perley
Pioneer
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