The Archive · 1937

King George Receives Japanese Honour

London, May 19, Refore leaving Buckingham Palace to-day for the Naval Review, the King received in audience "Prince Chichibu, the Japanese delegate to the Coronation, who presented to His Majesty the Collar of the Supreme Onder of the Chrysanthemum which wes conferred upon him by the Emperor of Japan.

Queen "Flizabeth received the: Order of the Precious Crown, First Rioting which caused 95 casualties, Including Usree. killed, occurred Lucknow and Shikarpur on May 21.

The U.S. Department of State has notified the French Embassy that it would not permit the so-called "Lind borgh Race" to start {rom the United States.

The United States Supreme Court, with two of its members not taking part in the decision, approved th constitutionality. of the Louisiana Chain Store Tax.

'A German aviatrix has_ received the frst title which Col-Gen. Hermann Goering, Minister for Air, hus fever conferred ona woman. Fratt Hanna Reitsch, glider test pilot, was given the desree of Captain of Avia-ton.

Fitty-six children were killed and injured, according' to the Budapest correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph, when a stand collapsed along the route of a procession for Kini Victor Emmanuel of Htaly, now visit= ing the Hungarian capital.

Italy's financial year ending June 20 would show a big deficit in the normal budget instead of the esti mated surplus of 20,000,000 lire, the Minister of Finance, Dr. P. Thaon a Revel, announced in the Chamber of Deputies.

'A woman who told police she was Miss Lillian Pittler shot and slightly wounded Mr. George J. Ponario, vice-president of the Bank of America, The bullet went through if a San Francisco news: injured, Hope that the projected reciprocal trade agreement between Amivrica and Great Britain would materialize was expressed by Sir Ronald Lind say, the British Ambassador, in the course of a speech at a luncheon to-@ay in the Hotel Astor in observance of National Foreign Trade Week.

So far 22 countries will take part the first international conference consider the employment of aero: planes for life saving to be held Budapest from July 11 to called by the International Teague Red Cros societies and will be or= ganized by the Hungarian Red Cross Charges of "immorality" in high, schools made by the District Attorney, Mr. FX. Geohan, are indignantly denied by Brooklyn school officials. Mr. Geohan said he had discovered the immorality during an investiga tion of certain crimes. He did not divulge details but promised intensive investigation shortly.

Posen on Moy 20 experienced one of the worst conflagrations in living memory and at times it appeared as the whole northern part of the town would be wiped out by the fumes. The fire broke out at the height of {thunderstoriy "and was caused by lightning which struck a distillery: und caused a huge container to explode.

Endeavours by an Tatian delegation to persuade the son of Haile Sclaxsie sla Wosen, to ascend the throne of Abyssinia, have failed, It is officially stated that Paragua and Bolivia, which fought for yea) lover the Gran Chaco forest, are ready to resume diplomatic relations. new world altitude record for liders is claimed by Herr Steiniger.

competition at Glunau ho reached a height of 18,000 ft, The previous record was 12,900 ft, Joseph Krojza, former sergeant in the Czechoslovak Army, wax executed At Prague on May 22 for expionaye fon behalf of a neighbouring, stator This was "the first execution Czechoslovakia of this nature, All the Latin-American bureaus of the U8 Stale Department are to be consolidated Into one depart Which will be called the "Division of "American Republics" to give better effect to President Roosevelt's Pan-American peace policy.

Somi-offlelat Berlin quarters 0 frm a report that German, with the agreement of Pope Plus, has' selected a committee to in: vestigate charges brought by tthe, Nazi pross against Catholic chute men in the Reich.

Conspiracy to make Georgia Independent stale under the prote tion of a certain capitalist power has been discovered, report made the Georgia Parly ary of the Party. of the Navy, Mr, inson, hx addressed Carl Vinson, Democrat Representatives, uring, the 9 of naval air station at Alameda, Brunning, formerly resin in polit Queen's Oxford, Bruning will not Jecture in Oto until the Hilary: term, when have fulnlied the obligations of eetureship at Harvard University.

Bringing together some of the best pieces of famous collections InP: London and Brussels, an expositi of ancient Chinese art opened on May 17 in the Orange Museum of the levies. The initiative for this position was taken by M. Mauri Moutet, AMinist is well as President of the Franco-Chi Committee, Signor Benito Mussolini receiv the' Count and Countess who presented him with the pen with which Gen, Kansler signed the surrender of Rome in 1870, ending the temporal power of the Popes. Follow= ing the "surrender, Gen. Kansler pen ta his aid Duce has handed the pen over to a Tome museutn,

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