Japanese Army Reports Chinese Defense Crumbling at Nanking
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese defences around Nanking weakening as Japanese planes pound Wusih and nearby routes. Air units deliver rations to advancing infantry while a mission drop urged Chiang Kai-shek to surrender. United States and other naval vessels mobilize for allied support amid shifting riverfront actions.
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Nanking TS
Shanghai
Nanking
Wusih
Yangtze River
Lake Tai
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Mochifufumi Nango
Chinkiang
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Revision of Corporate Tax System Approved
Washington November 23 a house tax subcommittee tentatively approved a complete revision of the corporate tax system. It would repeal the undistributed profits levy for all corporations with incomes up to twenty five thousand dollars and retain a modified basis for larger incomes. The plan would tax up to twelve and a half percent on the first five thousand dollars and fourteen percent on earnings from five thousand to twenty five thousand for those under twenty five thousand. Corporations earning more than twenty five thousand would face a graduated rate from sixteen to twenty percent based on dividends distributed to stockholders. The changes aim to preserve revenue while reducing individual taxes by about sixty million dollars.
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Washington
House
Vinson
Kentucky
Snowstorm Wreck Kills Two on Norfolk and Western Train
A Norfolk and Western passenger train derailed five miles west of Bluefield, West Virginia, in a blinding snowstorm injuring 52 and killing two passengers Miss Georgia Clyburn of Bramwell and Frank Booker. Dr. R D Rogers of Bluefield sanitarium said several injured were in critical condition and might die.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk and Western
Buefield
Georgia Clyburn
Bramwell
Frank Booker
R. D. Rogers
Soviet names new ambassador to China after sudden removal
Dmitri V Bogomoloff was suddenly recalled as Soviet ambassador to China and I Luganets-Orelsky was appointed in his stead. Diplomats noted his return to Moscow by plane in September followed by talks on the Chinese Japanese war status.
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Moscow
Dmitri V. Bogomoloff
China
Nanking
I. Luganets-Orelsky
Bogomoloff
Foreign Office
Wagner Act Criticized by Two Congressmen
Two U.S. representatives attacked the Wagner Act at the Mississippi Valley association convention in St Louis on November 23 calling it a dismal failure. They warned the act and wage hour measures threaten industry and hinder economic recovery.
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ST. Louis
Roosevelt
Congress
House of Representatives
Mississippi Valley Association
W. J. Driver
Arkansas
W. M. Whittington
Mississippi
House Committee On
House
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Duke of Windsor Wins Libel Suit Settlement
The Duke of Windsor wins a libel suit settlement in London with publishers and author of Coronation Commentary for a substantial sum in damages and costs. The duke will donate damages to charities linked to his and Edward's royal interests. The book discussed the coronation and accession and called his reign muddling fuddling and meddling.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Hewart
Windsor
Edward
Prince of Wales
Roosevelt Orders FTC Antitrust Inquiry On Living Costs
President Roosevelt asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether monopolistic practices have raised living costs. The agency aims to complete a report early next year for Congress, which could consider new anti trust legislation at the January session.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Roosevelt
Commission
Congress
W. A. Ayres
The
Trade Commission
Pioneer Blacksmith Silas Harvey Dies at Home
Silas Preston Harvey, a pioneer blacksmith in Hamilton Montana, died Tuesday morning after a sudden apoplectic stroke. He was born July 31 1859 in Cochran ton Penn and married Lila Lee in 1896. He left a widow Harriet a son Ralph Harvey and daughter Lila Sagan with siblings in California. Funeral Friday at 2 30 p m at his home with Rev Claire L Harris in charge.
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Silas Preston Harvey
Claire L. Harris
Evangelical Church
Cochranton
Penn
Lila Lee
Greenville
Hamilton
Mont
James
Boyd Blacksmith Shop
Church of God
Harriet
Ralph Harvey
Phoenix
Ariz
Lila Sagan
Dowd
Inglewood
Calif
Surgeons Save Minot Boy From Starvation At Abbott Hospital
In Minneapolis at Abbott Hospital a nine year old from Minot North Dakota survived a severe sulfuric acid ingestion after esophageal swelling blocked eating. Surgeons opened the stomach and fed him, then used a string and progressively larger rubber plugs to dilate the esophagus, enabling him to eat again and look toward home.
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Minneapolis
Abbott Hospital
Minot
N. D
Ernest Slivicki
Ernest
Boedecker Urges Horse Sense In Car Driving
Helena November 23 Montana highway patrol chief Lou C. Boedecker urges all drivers to adopt safety first and horse sense on highways. He cites rising national death toll, compares safety spending, and notes Montana records 155 motorist graves from unsafe driving. He asks motorists to make safety their slogan to reduce fatalities.
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Helena
Montana Highway Patrol
Lou C. Boedecker
United States
National Safety Council
Montana
Increase in Montana wealth noted
Montana’s surplus on November 1 this year reached 31,254,130.20 dollars, up from 27,969,787.33 a year earlier. State auditor John J. Holmes reported the cash balance at 8,634,132.87 dollars and invested funds at 17,740,242.58 dollars, with state assets totaling 343,645,219.03 dollars and liabilities of 12,591,088.83 dollars.
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Helena
Montana
John J. Holmes
Holmes
U S Population Estimated At 129 Million In 1937
The census bureau estimated July 1 population at 129,257,000, up 828,000 or .6 percent from 1936. The last actual census was 122,775,046 in 1930.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Wheeler Talks On Profits Tax and War Plebiscite
Senator Wheeler of Montana criticizes undisbursed profits tax abuses and predicts little will be accomplished at the special session. He favors action with the regular tax program and opposes compulsory farm production limits while urging a national plebiscite on war. He plans to speak in Joplin, Missouri after discussing policy with reporters.
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Kansas City
Wheeler
Montana
Washington
Congress
Independent
Democrat
Department of Agriculture
Joplin
Vice President Garner Celebrates Birthday in Senate
Vice President Garner marked his birthday amid senate speeches and talks with President Roosevelt about toothache problems. Senator Byrnes hailed him as "68 years young," while others praised his fairness and ability to work with Republicans, and Majority Leader Barkley commended his character and honesty.
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Washington
Garner
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Byrnes
S. C
Pittman
Nev
Senator McNary
Oregon
Barkley
Kentucky
Public Penance Plan Aims to Reform Drunken Drivers
Findlay Ohio November 22. County commissioners consider a plan by Justice J C Dunn to require drunken drivers to chop wood in public instead of jail. Prosecutor Robert E Fuller to study legal aspects of placing convicted motorists before the public gate while they gather fuel for the poor.
Congress Nears Start on Crop Control Measure
Congress prepared to begin work on crop control legislation as debates stretched without action. The Senate agriculture committee advanced a farm bill while the House discussed an ever normal granary plan and price stabilization for wheat and corn.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Rayburn
Texas
Jones
House Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Pope
Idaho
Congress Work Begins on Farm Bill Amid Economy Trim
Congress moves to draft farm legislation with a $500 million cap and reimposed processing taxes. The agriculture committees signal readiness to bring crop control bills to floor Monday as Sen. Borah urges relief for hungry citizens and questions production limits. Secretary Wallace's ever normal salary plan and surplus storage for lean years are debated.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Committee
Borah
Senate
Wallace
United States
Northern Pacific Wins Case In Supreme Court
The government failed to stop repayment of 1,521,696 to the Northern Pacific Railway in a postwar dispute over railroads under federal control. The Supreme Court declined to rule on a United States Claims Court judgment that a 1921 partial payment could not be reduced without fraud. In 1918 the government agreed to 30,130,000 annual payments during control and later sought offset after examining the railroad’s alleged indebtedness.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Northern Pacific Railway Company
High Court
United States Court of Claims
Tri County Institute Sees Strong Attendance At Meeting
A Tri county teachers gathering at the high school drew about one hundred attendees last Saturday. Irene Elliott of Big Timber demonstrated first grade reading followed by a round table discussion. Mulvilhill of Columbus spoke on Word Method Phonics while Leon Fonte of Eastern Montana Normal lectured on teaching English for early grades. Minerva Bennett, state music supervisor, led the afternoon session stressing ear training and rural school music.
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Irene Elliott
Big Timber
Mulvilhill
Columbus
Leon Fonte
Eastern Montana Normal School
Minerva Bennett
Bennett
Federal agents seize 16 in narkotics gang raids
Federal agents raided Manhattan and Brooklyn arresting 16 suspects in three interlinked narcotics gangs. Major Garland Williams said the groups moved about $500000 worth of narcotics annually. Agents, including 50 troops, charged the detainees with violations of the Harrison anti narcotics act.
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New York
Garland Williams
Narcotics Bureau
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Montanans Pay Over Forty Million In Taxes In 1937
Officials estimate Montana's total tax bill for the year ended June 30 at 40,930,668. Property owners, wage earners and consumers paid in diverse taxes including 23,338,000 in property levies and 11,492,515 in special state taxes plus 6,100,153 in federal taxes.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Association
Fred Bennion
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