Word: scotlanders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Spring snow still lingered on the broad slopes of the St. Lawrence and on the heights of Quebec, Their Majesties' debarkation point. Scotland Yard men busily spotted cranks and radicals, gave last-minute tips to Dominion constabulary on how to guard their King and Queen. Four royal maroon Royal automobiles, two long (155-inch wheelbase), fur-rugged Buicks, a Chrysler and a Ford, were ready for Their Majesties and one toured Quebec's narrow crooked streets, testing sharp turns. Priests and nuns rehearsed 25,000 school children for a pageant of greeting to Their Majesties on the Plains...
...trip to. the U. S. to see President Roosevelt and the New York World's Fair. Simultaneously Mr. de Valera informed British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain that his Government would take a "serious view" of any attempt to conscript Irishmen, whether they live in Eire, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland or Wales...
...Northeast, North, Northwest, Northmidland, Midland, Eastern, Southern, Southeastern, Southwestern, Wales, Scotland, London...
Australia's 245-pound, athletic former Attorney General Robert G. Menzies (pronounced as spelled, not mengies as in Scotland) was in a big hurry to get to Parliament House in Canberra one day last week. The United Australia Party was meeting there to choose a leader to succeed the late Prime Minister Joseph A. Lyons (TIME, April 17), and Mr. Menzies had reason to think he might be picked-which would mean that he would almost automatically become Prime Minister. In his great rush Mr. Menzies slipped, fell, sprained his arm. He finally appeared at the meeting with...
Three immigrants, now U. S. citizens, were awarded annual scrolls of the National Institute of Immigrant Welfare for "significant contributions to American life": Russian-born David Sarnoff, 48, President of R. C. A.; Scotland-born William Allan Neilson, 70, President of Smith College; Moravian-born Albin Polasek, 60, famed Chicago sculptor...