Rioting broke out around
İskenderun and
Antioch after the Syrian parliament refused to ratify the
League of Nations' decision to make the İskenderun district autonomous.[3]
German War Minister
Werner von Blomberg began a three-day visit to Italy to discuss German-Italian military ties.[4]
The Kriegsmarine held its first maneuvers off
Heligoland since the island was refortified in defiance of the
Treaty of Versailles. Only a skeleton fleet participated because so many ships were deployed in Spain.[7]
The National League lifted its suspension of Dizzy Dean, who stuck with his vow not to sign a letter of apology but issued a letter of "explanation" instead. Dean lost $500 during the course of his suspension.[8][9]
In London, representatives of
Argentina, Australia,
Great Britain,
Ireland, Norway,
South Africa, Germany and the United States reached an agreement to stop the dangerous reduction of the world's whale stocks through
whaling.[12]
The German Postal Ministry decreed that all non-Aryans must retire.[12]
Nazi Germany announced an ambitious 15-year development plan for the city of
Hamburg that would see the construction of a 60-story skyscraper and a suspension bridge across the
Elbe.[14]
Spanish Prime Minister
Juan Negrín banned
POUM.
Andrés Nin and other leaders were arrested; Nin soon disappeared mysteriously and was presumed murdered by Soviet agents.[23]
Germany and Italy rejoined neutral ship patrols around Spain.[24]
Hitler sent the strongest units of the Kriegsmarine toward
Valencia for a "demonstration" after dropping out of the international neutral ship patrol for the second time, since Britain and France refused to allow Germany to secure satisfaction for an alleged Spanish submarine attack on the cruiser
Leipzig. Spain warned that it would fight back if any power shelled a Republican city.[38][39]
Paul Robeson made an important speech on the
Spanish Civil War at the
Royal Albert Hall in London during a benefit to raise funds for Basque refugee children. "There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There are no impartial observers", Robeson said. "The liberation of Spain from the oppression of fascist reactionaries is not a private matter of the Spaniards, but the common cause of all advanced and progressive humanity."[23][40]
Neville Chamberlain made his first major foreign policy speech in the House of Commons, in which he asked influential members of British society to exercise caution when talking about Germany's policy toward Spain to avoid a larger European war. "I have read that in the high mountains there are sometimes conditions to be found when an incautious move or even a sudden loud exclamation may start an avalanche", Chamberlain said. "That is just the condition in which we are finding ourselves to-day. I believe, although the snow may be perilously poised it has not yet begun to move, and if we can all exercise caution, patience and self-restraint we may yet be able to save the peace of Europe."[41][42]
Martin Niemöller gave what would be his last sermon in Nazi Germany, stating, "No more are we ready to keep silent at man's behest when God commands us to speak. For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man."[45]
The new French Finance Minister
Georges Bonnet addressed the country's financial crisis by closing the stock market and suspending all commercial payments in gold and foreign currencies until further notice.[46]
The Soviet Union executed 36 more people for spying.[32]
Canadian Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King had separate meetings with
Hermann Göring and
Adolf Hitler in Berlin. Mackenzie King's diary entry that day described Hitler as "a man of deep sincerity and a genuine patriot."[48]
German Reichsminister of Church Affairs
Hanns Kerrl decreed state control of Protestant church funds. The government now controlled all aspects of the churches' financial activities, right down to ministers' salaries.[50]
Portugal stopped co-operating with the
Non-Intervention Committee patrol agreement and ordered British observers off its soil.[36]
^Holston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 87.
ISBN978-0-7864-6062-5.
^Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal (Fall 2013).
"Arsenio Rodríguez"(PDF). Encyclopedic Discography of Cuban Music 1925–1960. Florida International University Libraries. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
^Stephens, Pembroke (June 19, 1937). "Basque Verdun Falls; Rebels Close on Bilbao". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
^"Il Duce Decrees Self a $9,375,000 Income Per Year". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 19, 1937. p. 1.
^
abCortada, James W., ed. (1982). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 508.
ISBN0-313-22054-9.
^Hanson, Patricia King, ed. (1993). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1931–1940. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 2368–2369.
ISBN0-520-07908-6.
^"Mary Pickford Wed to Rogers in Simple Rites". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 27, 1937. p. 1.
^Thomsett, Michael C. (1997). The German Opposition to Hitler: The Resistance, the Underground, and Assassination Plots, 1938–1945. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 63.
ISBN978-0-7864-0372-1.
^Small, Alex (June 29, 1937). "Crisis as Paris Stops Gold". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
^"Rebels Capture Spanish Town on Santander Road". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 30, 1937. p. 6.
Rioting broke out around
İskenderun and
Antioch after the Syrian parliament refused to ratify the
League of Nations' decision to make the İskenderun district autonomous.[3]
German War Minister
Werner von Blomberg began a three-day visit to Italy to discuss German-Italian military ties.[4]
The Kriegsmarine held its first maneuvers off
Heligoland since the island was refortified in defiance of the
Treaty of Versailles. Only a skeleton fleet participated because so many ships were deployed in Spain.[7]
The National League lifted its suspension of Dizzy Dean, who stuck with his vow not to sign a letter of apology but issued a letter of "explanation" instead. Dean lost $500 during the course of his suspension.[8][9]
In London, representatives of
Argentina, Australia,
Great Britain,
Ireland, Norway,
South Africa, Germany and the United States reached an agreement to stop the dangerous reduction of the world's whale stocks through
whaling.[12]
The German Postal Ministry decreed that all non-Aryans must retire.[12]
Nazi Germany announced an ambitious 15-year development plan for the city of
Hamburg that would see the construction of a 60-story skyscraper and a suspension bridge across the
Elbe.[14]
Spanish Prime Minister
Juan Negrín banned
POUM.
Andrés Nin and other leaders were arrested; Nin soon disappeared mysteriously and was presumed murdered by Soviet agents.[23]
Germany and Italy rejoined neutral ship patrols around Spain.[24]
Hitler sent the strongest units of the Kriegsmarine toward
Valencia for a "demonstration" after dropping out of the international neutral ship patrol for the second time, since Britain and France refused to allow Germany to secure satisfaction for an alleged Spanish submarine attack on the cruiser
Leipzig. Spain warned that it would fight back if any power shelled a Republican city.[38][39]
Paul Robeson made an important speech on the
Spanish Civil War at the
Royal Albert Hall in London during a benefit to raise funds for Basque refugee children. "There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There are no impartial observers", Robeson said. "The liberation of Spain from the oppression of fascist reactionaries is not a private matter of the Spaniards, but the common cause of all advanced and progressive humanity."[23][40]
Neville Chamberlain made his first major foreign policy speech in the House of Commons, in which he asked influential members of British society to exercise caution when talking about Germany's policy toward Spain to avoid a larger European war. "I have read that in the high mountains there are sometimes conditions to be found when an incautious move or even a sudden loud exclamation may start an avalanche", Chamberlain said. "That is just the condition in which we are finding ourselves to-day. I believe, although the snow may be perilously poised it has not yet begun to move, and if we can all exercise caution, patience and self-restraint we may yet be able to save the peace of Europe."[41][42]
Martin Niemöller gave what would be his last sermon in Nazi Germany, stating, "No more are we ready to keep silent at man's behest when God commands us to speak. For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man."[45]
The new French Finance Minister
Georges Bonnet addressed the country's financial crisis by closing the stock market and suspending all commercial payments in gold and foreign currencies until further notice.[46]
The Soviet Union executed 36 more people for spying.[32]
Canadian Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King had separate meetings with
Hermann Göring and
Adolf Hitler in Berlin. Mackenzie King's diary entry that day described Hitler as "a man of deep sincerity and a genuine patriot."[48]
German Reichsminister of Church Affairs
Hanns Kerrl decreed state control of Protestant church funds. The government now controlled all aspects of the churches' financial activities, right down to ministers' salaries.[50]
Portugal stopped co-operating with the
Non-Intervention Committee patrol agreement and ordered British observers off its soil.[36]
^Holston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 87.
ISBN978-0-7864-6062-5.
^Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal (Fall 2013).
"Arsenio Rodríguez"(PDF). Encyclopedic Discography of Cuban Music 1925–1960. Florida International University Libraries. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
^Stephens, Pembroke (June 19, 1937). "Basque Verdun Falls; Rebels Close on Bilbao". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
^"Il Duce Decrees Self a $9,375,000 Income Per Year". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 19, 1937. p. 1.
^
abCortada, James W., ed. (1982). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 508.
ISBN0-313-22054-9.
^Hanson, Patricia King, ed. (1993). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1931–1940. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 2368–2369.
ISBN0-520-07908-6.
^"Mary Pickford Wed to Rogers in Simple Rites". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 27, 1937. p. 1.
^Thomsett, Michael C. (1997). The German Opposition to Hitler: The Resistance, the Underground, and Assassination Plots, 1938–1945. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 63.
ISBN978-0-7864-0372-1.
^Small, Alex (June 29, 1937). "Crisis as Paris Stops Gold". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
^"Rebels Capture Spanish Town on Santander Road". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 30, 1937. p. 6.