Madrid, New York

City

Madrid is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 1,828 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Madrid in Spain. The Town of Madrid is in the northern part of the county, north of Canton. Madrid-Waddington Central School serves the town of Madrid, but outside the population center.

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Documents about Madrid, New York

Saturday 18th May 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Halifax announces signs “some arrangement” with USSR possible. Stafford Cripps to be sent to Moscow to explore agreement
extract Telegram from Ankara warns of secret Italian full mobilisation within 48 hours. Rumour Germans have crossed Brenner Pass
extract Japan has requested “economic advantages” from Dutch East Indies. Halifax to inform US of these “sinister” demands
extract Information Minister reports UK air attacks on Germany “being hushed up”. Suggests they are “not ready to retaliate”
extract PM: “On the whole” military situation in France “better”. RAF have “covered themselves with glory”
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Stafford Cripps
person Samuel Hoare
person Sydney Brenner
place Great Britain
place Ankara
place Egypt
place Brussels
place Madrid
place Iceland
place Moscow
place Cairo
place Madrid, New York
organisation KEF
 

Saturday 28th September 1940

Spain, Gibraltar and Morocco.

extract Halifax warns of likely German "diversion" against Egypt or Iberian Peninsula. "Great pressure will be placed on Spain"
person Charles de Gaulle
person Francisco Franco
person Adolf Hitler
place Great Britain
place Portugal
place Egypt
place Halifax Peninsula
place Madrid
place Turkey
place Paris
place Europe
place Gibraltar
place Berlin
place Morocco
place Syria
place Africa
place Madrid, New York
organisation German Army
organisation Minister of Economic Warfare
 

Friday 4th October 1940

Meeting minutes

extract PM orders ships to be diverted from anti-invasion duties to convoy escort. Winter weather renders invasion "not likely"
extract Air Chief: Only serious damage to De Havilland aircraft factory. All our own operations cancelled due to poor visibility
extract Air Chief: Enemy activity "on a much reduced scale" in past 24 hours, 80 aircraft during the day, 60 overnight
person Anthony Eden
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Charles de Gaulle
person Herbert Morrison
person Samuel Hoare
person Kingsley Wood
person Clement Attlee
place Great Britain
place Cranborne
place Halifax Peninsula
place Europe
place Gibraltar
place Dakar
place Madrid, New York
organisation Home Office
 

Food Situation of the United Kingdom. Thirteenth Report submitted by the Minister of Food for the month of September, 1940.

extract Food Minister reports UK stocks "strong on energy foods, dubious on dairy". Tea, bacon, fruit and fish "depleted"
place City of London
place Northern Ireland
place Denmark
place Madrid, New York
 

Saturday 23rd November 1940

Spain.

extract Chiefs of Staff report on consequences of Spain entering Axis. Tell Cabinet "everything should be done" to prevent this
person Samuel Hoare
person Francisco Franco
place Portugal
place Slovakia
place Gibraltar
place Madrid, New York
organisation Hopatcong High School
 

Wednesday 4th December 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Halifax: Diplomats in Washington and Geneva receiving reports of "growing restiveness and discontent in Italy"
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Samuel Hoare
person Kingsley Wood
person Clement Attlee
person John Dill
person Andrew Duncan
place Greece
place Cranborne
place Halifax Peninsula
place Birmingham
place North America
place Sicily
place Valona, California
place Bristol
place Madrid, New York
organisation New Zealand Treasury
organisation RAF Coastal Command
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation RAF Fighter Command
 

Meeting minutes

extract Morrison: Many fires reported in Birmingham but all under control. 12 factories, 8 schools, 5 churches, 2 cinemas damaged
extract PM Churchill to consult with President Roosevelt before ordering economic action against Ireland
extract Chiefs of Staff: RAF have inflicted severe losses on Italian Tank Group and a Blackshirt Division withdrawing to Sollum
extract Chiefs of Staff: Sidi Barrani captured by British forces. 4th Armoured Brigade making for Sollum, now west of Buq Buq
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Herbert Morrison
person John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby
person Andrew Duncan
place Greece
place Egypt
place North America
place Valona, California
place Morocco
place Madrid, New York
place Libya
organisation Home Office
organisation RAF Coastal Command
organisation Royal Air Force
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation House of Lords
 

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet concerned at Spanish action in Tangiers: "an unpleasing analogy with the conduct of Italy" before entry into war
extract Morrison: 10,000 people made homeless in Sheffield overnight in addition to 10,000 homeless from raid on 12th December
extract PM Churchill: These operations constitute an event of first-class importance. Results "more than we had dared to hope"
extract General Dill: Enemy air attacks now chief menace but 30,000 prisoners taken, 100 guns and 50 tanks. UK casualties 500
extract General Dill: Halfaya cleared, Sollum and Fort Capuzzo still held by the enemy. Weather has turned from sandstorm to rain
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Herbert Morrison
person Samuel Hoare
person Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn
place Egypt
place Tangier
place Malta
place Alexandria
place Madrid, New York
place Libya
organisation Home Office
organisation New Zealand Treasury
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation United States Navy
 

Contacts with the Vichy Government.

extract Halifax: To go beyond this may be difficult for Vichy. They must be careful "to avoid rousing German suspicions"
extract Halifax: We have received written assurances from Vichy that France will retain her fleet and Empire and not attack UK
person Charles de Gaulle
person Samuel Hoare
person Maxime Weygand
person Adolf Hitler
place Great Britain
place Greece
place Egypt
place Tangier
place Libreville
place Gibraltar
place London, Ontario
place Morocco
place Africa
place Madrid, New York
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
organisation Royal Navy
 

The Position in Spain.

extract Hoare: Do not expect gratitude or common sense, much less political sense. UK will "face endless gaffes and provocations"
extract Hoare: "If it is any comfort...they treat their own people even worse than they treat foreign Governments"
extract UK Ambassador Madrid Samuel Hoare to Lord Halifax: "I am really getting hopeless over the Spanish position"
person Samuel Hoare
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
place Madrid, New York
organisation Foreign Office (Germany)
 

Monday 24th March 1941

Meeting minutes

extract PM Menzies to try and arrange meeting with Mr De Valera in Ireland
extract Report received from Belgrade that Yugoslav PM and Foreign Minister leaving tonight for Vienna to sign pact with Germany
extract PM: Royal Navy "stretched to their fullest extent", Home Fleet dispersed. "Undoubtedly serious" but "no cause for alarm"
extract General Haining: Our forces have captured Jarabub in eastern Libya. 800 prisoners taken
person Alexander Cadogan
person Herbert Morrison
person Richard Kiel
place Greece
place Cranborne
place Belgrade
place Malta
place Eritrea
place Vienna
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
place Madrid, New York
place Libya
organisation Home Office
organisation Royal Navy
 

Thursday 26th June 1941

Meeting minutes

extract Attlee to nominate representatives from industry for Mission to United States. "Very unfortunate" details leaked to Press
extract Eden: Russians have bombed Finnish aerodromes. Prospects of Finnish neutrality being maintained "not very bright"
extract Eden: Spanish government apologises, promises compensation for damage to British Embassy Madrid in "organised riot"
extract General Dill: "Stiff fighting in Syria". Damascus and Merjayoun now in our hands. Have advanced 10-12 miles toward Beirut
extract General Dill: No first-hand information from USSR. Germans making some progress but Old Russian frontier not yet reached
person Walter Hines Page
person Duff Cooper
person Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine
person Sumner Welles
place Finland
place Cranborne
place Madrid
place Moscow
place Turkey
place Gibraltar
place London, Ontario
place Beirut
place Syria
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
place Madrid, New York
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation House of Lords