Peiping Siege Resumes as China, Japan Clash Near City
Chinese and Japanese forces renewed heavy fighting around Peiping with artillery and air power as ties between the nations tighten. Konoye vowed to “force China to reflect” while Chiang Kai-shek marshals hundreds of thousands of troops and modern aircraft in a regional standoff.
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Hopei
Manchoukuo
China
Japan
Feiping
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Peiping
Tientsin
Asia
Marco Polo
Hina
Foreign Office
Tokio
Nanking
Tapan
Fumimaro Konoye
Russia
Chiang Kai-shek
Konoye
England
Europe’s mid 1930s tension and Bastille Day clash
The piece notes disguised war scare in Central Europe after Dollfuss's 1934 assassination with four ongoing issues between Germany and Austria. It mentions a press control accord and reviews Bastille Day in France where celebrations cost money and social clashes in Marseille left six wounded amid political tension.
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Europe
Dollfuss
Germany
Austria
Hitler
Partition plan protests in Palestine spark limited clashes
Protests in Palestine over a British partition plan drew fewer clashes than expected. Moslems faced threats of excommunication for acceptance. Demonstrators in Syria demanded independence from France, with six killed and twenty wounded. In Ireland, a Protestant prince defeated a Catholic king at the River Boyne 247 years ago.
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Britain
Palestine
Syria
River Boyne
Northern Ireland
de Valera
Ulster
Free State
Roosevelt Son Defends Tax Connection In Senate Probe
James Roosevelt testified during a senate house committee study on tax avoidance denying ties to a foreign personal holding company. He disputed Fish’s charges about Mrs Roosevelt’s ten broadcast contracts and charity grant as lawful filings.
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Senate-House Committee
James Roosevelt
Fish
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jackson
Roosevelt
Spain in Turmoil as War Drags On
Madrid endures a year of fighting with insurgents and loyalists clashing daily as shells strike the capital. International patrols falter with Germany Italy and Portugal pulling back observers and Britain debating a last minute compromise in 1937.
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Spain
Madrid
International Sea Patrol
Germany
Italy
Portugal
France
England
Anthony Eden
Comromise
Coming Up Week of Meetings and Festivals
Federation of Business and Professional Women hosts a meeting in Atlantic City. International poultrymen meet in Baltimore. International Geological Congress convenes in Moscow. Wagner Festival opens in Bayreuth. Salzburg hosts a music festival starting Saturday in Austria.
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Federation of Business and Professional Women
Atlantic City
International Poultrymen’s
Baltimore
Moscow
Bayreuth
Salzburg
Austria
Russians Break World Nonstop Flight Record To California
Three Soviet fliers Mikhail Gromoff Andrei Yumosheff and Sergei Danilin flew 6 262 miles from Moscow, over the pole to California, but landed near San Jacinto after tank leaks. Ambassador Davies called the mission a sign of scientific aviation organization in the Soviet Union.
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California
San Francisco
Pole
Yukon
Vancouver
Wash
Golden Gate
San Jacinto
Los Angeles
Russia
Mikhail Gromoff
Andrei Yumosheff
Sergei Danilin
Rossi
Codos
France
San Diego
America
Davies
Soviet Union
Final Lexington search spans vast Pacific in Earhart bid
Eleven days after Amelia Earhart vanished, the aircraft carrier Lexington sent 60 planes to sweep 36 000 square miles of ocean in a last effort. Navy officers said a rescue was a one in a million chance and cost estimates varied widely, with Admiral Leahy noting fuel use underestimates ordinary naval activity.
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Lexington
Pacific Ocean
Navy
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Treason, Royals, and City Politics in 1930s News
Summary of 1930s items including Russia treason executions totaling 298, Alfonso and Victoria weighing reconciliation, Ellis elects Charles Hart grand exalted ruler in Denver, Dooley backs Copeland for NYC mayor, film salaries to SEC figures like Baxter Cooper Raft, grand jury recommends SF police commissioners resign amid graft probes, ex Philadelphia mayor accuses railroads of blocking a ship canal between Philadelphia and New York.
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Alfonso
Victoria
Ellis
Charles S. Hart
New York
Denver
Tammany
James J. Dooling
Royal S. Copeland
SEC
Warner Baxter
Gary Cooper
George Raft
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Churchmen from 49 Nations Meet in England on Church State Clash
Delegates from America and 49 nations convened in England to mobilize against state power in church matters. Dr Ralph E Dissendorfer urged broadening the call to oppose totalitarian rulers beyond Germany Italy and Russia. He warned of attacks on the church in Mexico Japan Turkey and Korea and noted Eskimo interest in a Segre tale for warmth and wood.
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England
Ralph E. Dissendorfer
New York
Germany
Italy
Russia
Mexico
Japan
Turkey
Korea
Roosevelt Quote on Vigilance In Trade Commission Dedication
President Roosevelt says eternal vigilance is the price of opportunity for honest business at the dedication of the Federal Trade Commission building. Premier Hikmet Suliman condemns partition of Palestine and vows to fight any supporter to the death.
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Federal Trade Commission
Hikmet Suliman
Iraq
Partition of
Palestine
Labor Reopens East Chicago Steel Plant After CIO Strike
The Youngstown Sheet & Tube plants in East Chicago Indiana reopen after 46 days idle as CIO strike winds down. Governor Townsend says terms agreed though company denies it. Death toll rises to 15 with Massillon Ohio clashes leaving two dead and 15 injured in a police confrontation.
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Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Chicago
Ind
CIO
Indiana
Townsend
van A. Bittner
Massillon
Ohio
New York
John L. Lewis
Oregon
Martin
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Tenn
U.S.A
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
NLRB
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Warfare at the waterfront: CIO and AFL clash over longshoremen
CIO leader Harry Bridges pressed in New York for AFL longshore chief Joseph P. Ryan to surrender control of waterfront workers. The dispute signals a broader CIO AFL struggle for dominance among longshoremen amid labor, political and corporate tensions across the nation.
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CIO
New York
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL
Ryan
Bridges
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Heat wave toll and farm outlook across nations plots
Hundreds died as a heat wave swept 25 Great Plains and Eastern states while timely rains aided farmers. Chicago experts project 1937 grain harvest near 4 billion dollars. Roosevelt proposed a farm bill blending Secretary Wallace plan with AAA features. Congress debates and vetoes shape farm policy. Trials in Scottsboro case resume amid jury rights reforms. Dentists face socialization debate. Parran warns of radical changes. Censorship decline noted by ACLU.
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Roosevelt
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Representative Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
House
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Paint Rock
Ala
Chattanooga
Tenn
Scottsboro
Decatur
Supreme Court
Alabama
Samuel Leibowitz
Star New York Criminal
Death of Senate Leader Ends Fiery Court Fight
Senate mourns Majority Leader Robinson after a heart attack as Democratic feuds over FDR's court plan intensify. Senator Borah and Representative Sumners warn the bill could be abandoned while Hatton Sumner urges unity with the President.
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Robinson
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House Judiciary Committee
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Hen Robinson
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Hattie W. Caraway
Sumners
Borah
Pittman
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