World News Teems With Sino-Japanese Crisis and Labor Unrest
International tensions mount as Chinese air attacks on the President Hoover and Lincoln threaten American refugees near Shanghai. Ambassador Knatchbull-Hugessen is wounded in a Japanese strike near Shanghai. Britain demands apology and safeguards. In U.S. labor news John L Lewis secures a Milwaukee CIO split, advances Ford organizing, and raises officers’ salaries amid continued union rifts.
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Britain
China
President Hoover
Dollar Line
Hoover
Manila
Shanghai
Harry E. Yarnell
Japan
Woosung
Yangtze
Lincoln
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
Hughe
Sir Hughe
Great Britain
von Kettler
Peiping
Tokyo
Ford
John L. Lewis
Magic Touch
United Automobile Workers of America
Milwaukee
Homer Martin
Unity
Martin
Lewis
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
William Green
American Federation of Labor
General Motors Corporation
Green
Bill Green
Bombing Ravages Shanghai and Other Chinese Cities
A Chinese communique reports Japanese raids across Shanghai, Nanking, Nanchang, and Nantao, killing hundreds of civilians and wounding many more. Bombs struck schools, hospitals, and a central government area as noncombatants suffered heavy losses in the undeclared war.
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China
Shanghai
Chapei
Nanking
National School For Orphans
National Central University
Tzesheng Hospital
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Nantao
French Concession
Puppet King for Ethiopia Aims and British French Roles
Reported Italian plans to install Haile Selassie as a puppet monarch in Ethiopia frame Britain and France as potential backers to secure interests along the Red Sea corridor. Haile Selassie, wary of manipulation, relies on the League of Nations while tribes resist Italian control, complicating Mussolini’s proposed “colonization” strategy.
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Ethiopia
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Great Britain
Lion of Judah
Il Duce
Britain
France
Addis Ababa
Djibuti
League of Nations
Louis Retains Championship in 15 Round Thriller
OMMY FARR the Welsh challenger gave Joe Louis a tough 15 round test in New York. Louis won a fair decision as Farr fought like a tiger to the final bell in the world heavyweight title bout.
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Louis
Ommy Farr
Joe Louis
Brown
New York
Tommy
Cares on Communism and Language Anew
Irvin S. Cobb comments on a rich man cutting his heir off for embracing communism and a swift reversal after the news. He riffs on listening, poets Hoffenstein and Nash, old word revival from aardvark to provocatives, allergic usage, and campaign book franking humor.
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Anta Monica
Calif
Sam Hoffenstein
Ogden Nash
National Topics Interpreted By William Bruckart
Washington observers in the capital grapple with President Roosevelt s New Deal strategy as a split in the Democratic Party deepens. Guffey s radio attack on reform opponents intensifies clashes with Wheeler Burke and O Mahoney while Farley s shifting stance fuels party tensions ahead of 1940.
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Washington
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D.C
New Deal
Democratic Party
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Wheeler
Montana
Burke
Nebraska
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Farley
Indiana
Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Virginia Dare
America
Manteo
N. C
New York
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
United States
Senator Guffey
Supreme Court of the United States
Wheeler, Burke
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Barkley
United States Senate
Household Tips From WNU Service Today
Boiled ham flavoring with vinegar and cloves. cauliflower soak with lemon or vinegar. shaving brush as black lead brush. eucalyptus oil for fabric grease. picnic steaks recipe with tender steak and wrapping. eggs with mushrooms on toast. ironing linen mats with careful pinning. embroidered mats ironed on wrong side. remove tea stains from china with damp salt.
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China
WNU Service
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Western Newspaper Union
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull- Hugessen
Biase
Aard-Vark
Africa
National Committee
Sam
Frank
Jesse
James
Irvin S. Cobb
WNU
Doan
WIU
Denton
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