United States Presses Rights in China Over Japan Clash
The U S state department plans a new note to Tokyo asserting American rights in China, while Hull calls Japan's reply unsatisfactory and incompatible with longstanding U S policy. Debates unfold on honoring the open door and nine power treaty versus asserting equal rights amid China's turmoil.
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Tokyo
U. S
Washington
Japan
United States State Department
China
Hull
United States
Asia
Saoes
Aata
Changora’s Fall Near Says Japs Changora’s Fall Near Says Japs
Japanese forces in central China claim to have consolidated fronts in Hunan and Kiangsi and say the capture of Changsha and Nanchang, provincial capitals, is imminent. Chinese reports of a retreat near Changsha were dismissed as untrue. The battlefront stretches from Tungting Lake to Lake Poyang with Hankow at the apex.
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Shanghai
China
Hunan
Kiangsi
Changsha
Nanachang
Sinkiang River
Nanchang
Tungting Lake
Lake Poyang
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Yellow River
Shansi
Shensi
Tungwan
Island landslides bury hundreds in Castries region
In Castries St Lucia dramatic landslides after heavy rain bury hundreds and untold missing. Government rescues continue as seven acre area covered with 20 foot clay slime. Temporary morgues line roads while witnesses report detonations suggesting possible volcanic origin.
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Castries
St. Lucia
British West Indies
West Indies
Acen
Martinique
Hoover Attacks Dictatorships at York Bible Dinner
Herbert Hoover condemned dictatorships that rule by terror and brutality in a Toronto speech to the York Bible class. He urged individual morality as the foundation of progress and warned democracies face growing moral troubles amid Nazi and Soviet oppression and wartime horrors.
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Toronto
Herbert Hoover
York Bible Class
United States
Hoover
Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
Germany
Spain
Death by own action verdict withdrawn in gas death case
Westchester authorities renewed exams to withdraw a tentative verdict and push the probe into the automobile gas death of Eugene Burckhalter 47 whose wife is accused of aiding Melvin Kittel 34 a salesman and friend of the woman was arrested as a material witness Marie Burckhalter the widow was formally charged with first degree manslaughter and held on bail Dr Amos Squire said organs showed carbon monoxide and alcohol indicating intemperance and other ailments as investigators questioned the widow about rigging a vacuum system for the gas incident
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White Plains
N. Y
Westchester County
Eugene Y. Burckhalter
Melvin Kittel
Elbert T. Gallagher
Marie
New York
Amos O. Squire
Gallagher
Burckhalter E
Squire
Ace
Halter
Career Triumphs As Bette Seeks Divorce
Los Angeles reports a divorce filing by Harmon O Nelson agent and former band leader against actress Bette Davis. Nelson says Davis prioritized her career over family duties and will end their marriage with no reconciliation.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Bette Davis
Harmon O. Nelson
Nelson
Bette
Commis
Society's No 1 Glamour Girl Faces Tough Pace
New York November 22 Brenda Prazier 17 top debutante says fame is fun but her feet hurt from 5 am festivities. Heiress with fortune estimates 3 to 8 million and income 200000 a year reacts to the glare as she awaits December 27 debut.
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New York
Brenda Prazier
America
Life
PWA Starts 175 New Power Development
Washington reports a $126000 grant to Columbus Mississippi for a municipal electric distribution system parallel to Mississippi Power company facilities. It marks the first grant of its type under a program that may set a precedent for fifty proposed public power projects and requires fair offers to buy private properties before public development.
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Washington
Gerner
Columbus
Miss
Mississippi Power Company
PWA
Secretay Ickes
PWA Ad
Snake venom used to treat child for nose bleeding
A 3 year old, Donald Richardson, received injections of venom from a cottonmouth water moccasin in Kansas City to thicken his blood and stop ongoing nosebleeds. He arrived at a hospital November 14 weak from losses after two transfusions failed to help. Doctors planned to gradually increase the venom dose.
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Kansas City
Donald Richardson
Donald
Rockefeller Estate Set At 26 Millions Taxes Get Most
New York November 22 A net estate of 26 410 837 dollars with 17 million in government bonds was left by John D Rockefeller Sr founder of a vast fortune. The transfer tax appraisal estimated after federal and state levies the estate would be about 10 million. He left little stock in Standard Oil, and most of the remainder to trusts for descendants and the Rockefeller Institute. Debts included a 58 cent cloth bill.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Margaret Strong de Cuevas
Lakewood
N. J
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York State
Britain and France chart defenses in Paris talks
Britain and France approve two day talks in Paris focusing on mutual defense and avoiding German colonial concessions. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax meet Daladier and Georges Bonnet to discuss a four power pact, air cooperation, Soviet ties, and countering Rome-Berlin axis influence.
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Britain
France
Paris
London
Germany
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Daladier
Georges Bennett
Italy
Soviet Union
Berlin
Earl of Winterton
Intergovernmental Committee
Lord Winterton
Roosevelt raps Georgia over PWA stance at Warm Springs
President Roosevelt criticized Georgia for not cooperating with New Deal public works programs and warned against indirect borrowing. He planned talks with Ambassador Wilson on Sunday or Monday and said he might meet House leaders Bankhead and Rayburn during his two week stay. He noted Georgia would not gain further PWA funding while remaining noncompliant.
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D. Harold Oliver
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Hugh R. Wilson
Berlin
Germany
Pine Mountain
Bankhead
Rep. Rayburn
Texas
House
Ambassador Wilson
Georgia
PWA
New Deal
Wilson
Reign of Terror in Spain 5 Toll
Sam Baron of New York testified to a House committee that Communists kidnapped and killed many Americans and volunteers in the Spanish Loyalist cause. He said Soviet aid marked a reign of terror against Stalinist opponents including Trotskyites and socialists.
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Washington
Sam Baron
New York
House Committee
Socialist Party of Ai
One Hinton Railroader Dead and Another Wounded
Hinton West Virginia November 22 two railroad workers were shot in a domestic incident. W. L. Vass 50 a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad fireman died from a shotgun wound to the head as he spoke with his wife and daughter. Neighbor R O Baker 41 a C and O brake man was found dead from a abdominal wound in the back yard shortly after. Police Chief E B Fox said the motive is not known and the shooting appeared related to personal safety.
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C. and
O. Brakeman
Vass
Fox
Quinwood Bank Robbers Hunted in West Virginia
In Quinwood West Virginia troopers hunt for a three man bank crew after cashier J Byrne Dobbins fired on them. An old pistol dropped inside the bank provides a clue while fingerprints are checked and a mountain hideout is suspected. The getaway car vanished and investigators note an amateur armament mark.
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Quinwood
W. Va
J. Byrne Dobbins
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harley Locke
Dodge
Bluefield to Turn On Christmas Lights Tonight
Downtown Bluefield residents will witness the first lighting of the yuletide display in front of the West Virginian hotel on Federal Street. Mayor Snyder will speak from a marquee platform before Santa Claus arrives to greet children, as the Beaver band and A Capella choir perform festive music and a Snow White delegation guards Santa letters being dropped into a box at the hotel entrance.
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Bluefield
Saint Nick
Federal Street
West Virginian
William C. Snyder
Santa Claus
Beaver Band
A Capella
Preston Street
Snow White
Seven Dwarfs
Rift Grows Between Nations Over German Jewish Crisis
Berlin reports a widening rift as Nazi anti Semite policy sparks threat of fire and sword against Jews if crime spreads. Das Schwarz Korps calls for drastic action while Goebbels warns of continued anti Semitic campaigns. US note probes decree impacts on American citizens amid French disquiet.
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Berlin
Germany
Das Schwarz Korps
Paul _—_ Goebbels
Ganda
Nazis Defy Court Over Union Picketing in Morgantown
In Morgantown West Virginia 28 workers from J Morrison store seek court action to block signing a union contract and to stop pickets with banners claiming the store is unfair to organized labor Judge L Wilson will hear oral arguments tomorrow The workers accuse the employer of a September 30 agreement requiring 51 percent consent for any union contract and note unknown labor group involvement.
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Morgantown
W. Va
J. Morrison
E. E. Hamstead
High Street
L. Wilson
O. J. Morrison Stores Company
Wilson
O. J. Morrison Company
West Virginia
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