Self defense over bloodied handkerchief sparks Sino Japanese clash
A 14 year old Japanese girl painted a rising sun on a bloodstained handkerchief and urged saving the empire. The scene centers on Hopei Chahar tensions with Nanking and a renewed Sino Japanese clash near Peiping. General Chiang Kai-shek warned of defending the race if losses expand. The dispute hinges on Hopei and Chahar status and a stalled attempt at compromise. Japanese and Chinese forces clash again after a failed local settlement.
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Tokyo War Office
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Hopei
Chahar
North China
Manchoukuo
Japan
Hopei-Chahar
Nanking
Tokyo
Peiping
Hopei - Chahar Council
Sung Chehyuan
Tientsin
Marco Polo Bridge
Japan China war tensions rise with troop movements
Amid rising tensions in Asia, U S troops in Tientsin were ordered to prepare for action as Japan expands control of the Tangfu waterfront. Chinese forces reportedly withdrew while global leaders, like Hull and Ambassador Saito, discuss the crisis. Reports of Japanese misconduct in Peiping surface as diplomats seek calm.
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Japan
China
Tientgin
U. S
America
Hopei
Tangfu
Helen R. Jones
Detroit
Carol Lathrop
Washington
Peiping
Hull
Saito
Italy launches 35000 ton battleship Vittorio Veneto
The Italian navy unveiled the 35 000 ton Vittorio Veneto in Trieste amid wartime show of strength. In Boston the U S treasury opens a training school for law enforcement agents. In Cairo King Farouk’s coronation is scheduled. The World Boy Scout Jamboree opens in Holland and the America’s Cup race begins off Newport.
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Italy
Vittorio Veneto
Trieste
U. S. Treasury
Boston
King Farouk
Cairo
Egypt
Holland
Newport
England Hampers Divorce Reform As Lords Back Desertion Grounds
The English Lords approve divorces on desertion cruelty and insanity, shifting the drive to revise the 1857 law from Parliament to the Commons. The Very Rev W E R Morrow of Chelmsford Cathedral blames American influence for moral decline and lax views on domestic life.
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England
House of Commons
W. E. R. Morrow
Rovost
Chelmsford Cathedral
Ays
America
United States
Bonnet Presses Reforms to Restore France Finances
Finance Minister Bonnet moved quickly this week to restructure France finances. He let the franc fall, imposed higher taxes on large incomes, reshuffled Bank of France leadership, and ordered deep government cutbacks. Premier Chautemps pledges faster work and tighter purse strings for French citizens.
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Bonnet
France
Bank of France
Chautemps
Millions Debts and Global Resources in 20th Century Overview
The Twentieth Century Fund says U S workers would work six days a week for 11 months to equal the 36 000 000 000 public debt. Ivan Gubkin cites oil reserves of at least 7 075 200 000 tons for long term supply. Labor Secretary Perkins notes 5 016 014 job seekers registered on June 30, lowest since the agency began.
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Twentieth Century Fund
U. S
Ivan Gubkin
Russian Academy of Sciences
International Congress of Geologists
Perkins
Federal Employment Service
Yugoslavia Vatican Pact Sparks Serbian Orthodox Protests
In 1935 a Yugoslav Vatican accord triggers concern among Serbian Orthodox leaders who fear Russian Catholic privileges in education and politics. Parliament debates the treaty as protests pass police lines and Bishop Simeon of Sabatz is beaten amid days of clashes.
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Yugoslavia
Vatican
Simeon of
Civil unrest over memorial day steel strike ends in justifiable homicide verdict
Coroner's jury of six veterans concluded the Chicago memorial day steel strike deaths were justifiable homicide by unknown policemen. At a later NLRB hearing in Washington Massillon Ohio police chief testified a Republic Steel manager urged officers to act like Chicago police. Republic Steel faced Wagner act charges for union discrimination and violence. Cumberland Maryland unit stayed closed with two maintenance men hurt entering despite pickets.
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Chicago
NLRB
Washington
Massillon
Ohio
Republic Steel Corporation
Tom L. Girdler
Republic Steel
John L. Lewis
CIO
Cumberland
Ford Trial Ordered on Assault Charges In Detroit Riot Context
A Detroit judge orders trial of eight individuals and Ford Motor Co on assault charges linked to the May 26 riot at the Ford plant gates. An NLRB hearing followed with former Ford employees testifying they were fired for union activity.
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Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Ford Plant
NLRB
Ford
Bootleg Butter Case Shakes East Prussia
German police this week jailed three East Prussians and other suspects for bootlegging butter. Farmers and churchmen were among those arrested for feeding milk to hogs rather than delivering to dairies and distributing illicit butter.
Bathtub balloon flight ends with dramatic crash in Iowa
Dr. Jean Piccard launched from Rochester Minnesota in a bathtub gondola strapped to four score balloons. He rose to 11 000 feet then dropped into an Iowa treetop where others perished in an explosion-filled aftermath. Piccard vowed future stratosphere cruises with his wife aboard. The piece also notes Marconi’s death and a list of other deaths with brief mentions including Arthur and Parker.
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Jean Piccard
Rochester
Dr. Piccard
Iowa
Notable Local Oddities and Minor Scandals Across America
Gabriel Klein seven years old pulled a lion's tail at a New York zoo cage. Papa Klein fined five dollars for allowing the risky stunt. Louisville father E. E. Willett condemns halo hats as churchwear. Evalyn Walsh McLean in Washington dons the Hope diamond at a Colorado opera house. Engineer J Walter’s train halted a plane near Beaver Falls, Pa, then he rushed two injured occupants to a hospital.
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Gabriel Klein
New York
Papa Klein
Gabriel
E. E. Willett
Louisville
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Washington
Central City
Colo
J. Walter
Beaver Falls
Farmers forecast record income and wheat surge in 1937
Farming experts project farm income adding 1.506 billion dollars over 1936, more than double 1932. They anticipate the largest wheat crop since 1931 despite a below average world supply. Harvest crews remain short-handed with wages at seven-year highs and reduced WPA employment across 13 Midwest states.
Farm Bill Aims Crop Quotas and Cash Payments
A new farm bill introduced in the House by Agriculture Committee Chairman Jones would empower the Secretary of Agriculture to fix acreage marketing and storage quotas for major crops and provide cash payments under the soil conservation act. Jones invited farm organizations to discuss the measure with his committee next Tuesday.
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House of Representatives
Agriculture Committee
Jones
Secretary of Agriculture
Wisconsin adopts personal receivership to avoid wage garnishment
The piece notes Wisconsin plans a new personal receivership allowing debtors with sick children to appoint a trustee to negotiate with creditors and arrange installments over two years, protecting wages from garnishment if installments are met. It also mentions related political and social events of the era.
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Wisconsin
Masked men kill two suspects after jail escape in Florida
Masked men seized two suspects accused of stabbing a policeman from the Tallahassee jail on Tuesday and left them shot to death on a roadside. Governor Cone called it murder not lynching. Senator Wagner said he would push anti-lynching legislation after the Supreme Court fight ends.
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Tallahassee
Florida
Cone
U. S
Wagner
Senate
Supreme Court
Joe Robinson
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Congress
Akansas
White House
Farley
Keenan
Interior Department
Garner
Washington
New York
Lehman
Texas Convicts Escape Prompt Wide Hunt Across States
Bad Men Guests Pete Traxler and Fred Tindal escaped July 9 and sparked a large pursuit by nearly a thousand men. In flight they abducted and released a Texas rancher, Baird Markham son of a New York oil executive, Traxler's wife Nell, and two Oklahomans who later seized the outlaws guns, killed Tindal and wounded Traxler before delivering him to town.
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Pete Traxler
Fred Tindal
Texas
Oklahoma
Baird Markham
New York
Traxler
Nell
Tindal
Court Bill Stalemate in Senate as Barkley Elected Leader
Senate battles over Roosevelt court plan endure as Barkley wins leadership 38 to 37 amid unity hopes. Wheeler demands full abandonment of extra justices for those over 75, with no reprisals. Borah warns against compromising judicial independence. Flood control funds totaling 105 million dollars authorized with WPA and Army input, plus reservoir plans near Pittsburgh and Mississippi spillways.
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Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Barkley
Harrison
Robinson
Paducah
House of Representatives
Senate
Public Utilities Holding Company
New Deal
Lehman
Garner
Supreme Court-as-is
Logan
Wheeler
Supreme Court
Borah
War Department
Roosevelt
Congressional
Army
Works Progress Administration
Ohio Valley
Pittsburgh
Mississippi Valley
Unds
Reeves Reelected Ireland Leader Amid Global Turmoil
In brief European and world notes, Eamon De Valera was reelected president of the Irish Free State as Europe debates war and politics. Military actions and disasters are reported from around the world including a deadly Patna rail wreck and Franco's Madrid front fighting with large troop movements.
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Eamon de Valera
Plowshares For Swords: Scrapyard Trade and Spanish Crisis
Newspaper note surveys scrap exports increasing as countries recycle junk metal for weapons. It covers naval limits in 1936 treaty, British diplomacy with Mussolini and Franco, Spanish Civil War factions, and key leaders like Miaja and Prieto amid Madrid defense.
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Manhattan Island
America
Germany
Russia
England
France
United States
Franco
Jose Maria Gil Robles
Bald
Jose Miaja
Madrid
Bilbao
Indalecio Prieto
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Duce
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Wilhelm Zoellner
George S. Parker
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John Hay
Williamstown
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Dennett
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N. J
Giory
Hitler
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Kentucky
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Europe
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India
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Omaha
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