Democracies confront Japan naval buildup and spiritual value debates
The piece surveys global power talks as the democracies press Japan to cap battleship size and tonnage amid warnings about arms races. It links faith and education to democracy, notes Seattle small business Laugh club aims, Iowa mental hospital overcrowding, and concerns over perjury and courtroom integrity.
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Frank S. Hickman
Duke University
Alfred M. Landon
Magazine of Wall Street
Charles Benedict
FHA Insures Plant Improvement Loans for Small Business
The FHA announced partial insurance of plant improvement loans as its first step to aid small business lenders. The program covers loans up to 10,000 dollars with 10 percent guaranteed if banks issue loans up to five years. Officials expect high volume though other measures are under study by federal agencies.
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FHA
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Banks
RFC
Orders Impounded Chrysler Records Returned To Firm
Federal Judge F A Geiger ordered the Chrysler corporation and its finance arm Commercial Credit Company to have their records returned. The records were impounded during a federal grand jury investigation into Ford General Motors and Chrysler and affiliated finance firms. Geiger dismissed the jury and rejected pleas to hold records for ninety days pending a new probe.
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Milwaukee
Wis
F. A. Geiger
Chrysler Corporation
Commercial Credit Company
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Geiger
Department of Justice
Washington
E. J. Koeberg
United States District Attorney
Alabama mother drowns two children and herself in well
Coroner Stokeley Corley reported that on Friday night Mrs. C. S. Price drowned her two children Betty Ruth aged 4 and Douglas aged 6, and then herself at the family farm well in Goodwater Alabama.
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Goodwater
Ala
Stokeley Corley
C. S. Price
Betty Ruth
Douglas
Public misdeeds exposed by perjury practice
A terse, charged remark accuses widespread perjury in public life, asserting deliberate and vicious falsification that harms accountability and trust. The statement highlights systemic dishonesty and calls for scrutiny of officials and institutions.
New Thought Movement Remains Alive and Useful
Reader asks about the New Thought movement once popular and its current status. The article notes recent Little Grey Books teaching “The power is within you” and cites William James on the mindset shaping life. It warns against ego inflation and self deception while affirming Divine Power within.
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London
William James
Becimes
Humpty-Dumpty
Claims Lewis Efforts Secured Green Federation Presidency
New York report in part of Labor On the March by Edward Levinson alleges John L. Lewis used his power with the United Mine Workers to help William Green win the AF of L presidency after Samuel Gompers' death. Green vowed loyalty to Lewis as payback, with Lewis blocking later bids to unseat Green.
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New York
Harper and Brothers
Edward Levinson
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
CIO
Levinson
Green
Lewis
Samuel Gompers
United Mine Workers
Gompers
UMW
Cadillac Hotel
Philip Murray
Coshocton
Ohio
French's Condition Reported Unchanged
W H French of 845 A avenue NE remained poor and unconscious after being found in his car in a garage, overcome by carbon monoxide. Mercy hospital reported no change as attendants continued treatment using a mixed gas inhalation approach.
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Dar Rapide News
W. H. French
Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Medical and Dental Bureau Ambulance Service
Farm hand admits kidnapping threat in Illinois
In Carlyle Illinois a 26 year old farm hand named Joe Koopman confessed sending a letter to oil official William Steinman demanding 2500 or a threat to kidnap Steinman's wife. Federal agents took Koopman to East St Louis after the confession.
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Carlyle, Ill
INS
William Steinman
Oil Company
Steinman
B. J. Timmerman
Joe Koopman
East St. Louis
Fox Studio Declares War on Selznick Agency
Twentieth Century Fox barred the Selznick agency from its lot in a public dispute. Joseph M. Schenck charged the agency with hostility to industry and demands threatening stars’ salaries. Selznick said he would respond and would prefer to deal directly with Fox.
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Hollywood
INS
Twentieth Century-Fox
Myron O. Selznick
Selznick
Joseph M. Schenck
Santa Monica
Schenck
Plane vanishes after long Hudson circling near West Point
A missing aircraft, seen circling from 7 p.m. to midnight, likely crashed into the Hudson River near Constitution Island between West Point and Cornwall, with probable loss of life. State troopers searched the dark waters and found a sheen of gasoline and oil at the presumed impact site.
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West Point
N. Y
INS
Hudson River
Hawthorne
Ossining
Constitution Island
Cornwall
Cornwall and
Fishkill
Woman Hurt In Fall On Basement Stairs
Mrs. W. S. Barnett of 1302 Ellis boulevard NW Cedar Rapids fractured her right arm in a fall down basement stairs at 11 30 p m Saturday while going to check the furnace fire. She was taken by ambulance to Mercy hospital for treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
W. S. Barnett
Ellis Boulevard
Weekend Weather Outlook for Central Plains and Plains States
The forecast covers Feb 7 to 12 for the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern and central Great Plains. Conditions are not favorable for much precipitation, with a generally cold north portion and temperatures near or above normal in the south.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Japan races toward Suchow in pivotal Shantung drive
Japan launches a major thrust through lower Shantung toward Suchow, the junction of Lunghai and Tientsin Pukow lines, aiming to seize central China. North China fights hard as Chiang Kai-shek orders no retreat, while divisions move to breach the Maginot-like line near Suchow and Pengpu.
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Shanghai
Japan
Lower
Shantung
Suchow
China
North China
Tientsin-Pukow
Lunghai
Tientsin- Pukow
Pengpu
Hankow
Chiang Kai-shek
Yellow River
Taming
Anhwei
Huai River
Huainan
Hopei
Naval Demands May Test Fascist Pact
Fascist quarters say United States Britain and France may test the Italo German Japanese pact by demanding disclosure of Japan's naval plans. The anti communist pact requires consultations on foreign policy. Italians suggest Japanese consult with Germany and Italy before answering Western powers. Some claim notes reflect British propaganda influence on U S policy.
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Rome
United States
Britain
France
Japan
Italy
Germany
Washington
London
Paris
State Department
Soviet Welcomes Allied Notes on Japan Naval Build Pause
Moscow hailed the Anglo American and French notes to Japan as a positive action toward peace in the Far East and the world, signaling cautious optimism after the Saturday night reception.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Japan
Far East
World
Bose says Indians won’t be used to fight for British imperialism
Suhas Bose in London declares Indian soldiers and money should not be drawn into future wars for British interests. He leads the Indian National Congress with Gandhi and Nehru as a mounting force for independence. Bose criticizes British imperialism and cites sympathy with China amid Japan’s Far East challenge.
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William Jillman
London
INS
Suhas Bose
Mahatma Gandhi
Pandit Nehru
Indian National Congress
Bose
Calcutta
Cambridge
Ghandi
Congress Volunteers
India
British Empire
England
Great Britain
Japan
Far East
Hidden Child Case Haunts Uniontown Families
Five year old girl described as crippled and malnourished was found chained in a second floor storage room of a farmer near Uniontown. Authorities charged Harris and daughter Martha with neglect and scheduled hearings before a justice of the peace.
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Uniontown
E. M. Smith
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
David Pair
Union- Smith
Harris
Martha
Smith
Cops Refuse Reward To Send Cash To China
Patrolmen Howard Walsh and Andy Hines refused a reward for rescuing a dog from the Cedar river and asked the money go to the Linn County Red Cross to aid China. Humane Society president Joseph Sadowsky had given $5 to recognize the act. the dog’s hospital costs will be paid by the society. Walsh also rescued a white puppy at the Sixteenth avenue bridge, muddy uniform noted.
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Cedar Ranks
Howard Walsh
Andy Hines
Linn
Fourth Avenue Bridge
Sadowsky
Humane Society
Walsh
Sixteenth Avenue
Humane Shelter
Noyes Named Likely Moscow Envoy by Roosevelt
Washington report says Pierrepont Burt Noyes of Oneida New York a leading communalist and international affairs authority is the president's ideal ambassador to Moscow. The 68 year old former assistant fuel administrator trained at Colgate and Harvard and now heads Oneida Community Ltd. High officials favor the choice, though no official announcement has been made.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Moscow
Pierrepont Burt Noyes
Oneida
N. Y
Noyes
John Humphrey Noyes
Joseph B. Davies
Marjorie Post Hutton Davies
Oneida Community, Ltd
White House
State Department
Stalin
Colgate
Harvard
Community Plate
Resolutions of Little Fellow Conference Deemed Unfair
Lawrence Mass Alfred C Gaunt textile manufacturer and northeastern group chairman at the Little Business Conference in Washington telegraphed President Roosevelt that the resolutions were an unfair reflection of the large majority He said the group plans for a protective tariff were ignored and criticized the emasculation of resolutions by eleven chairmen with an administration representative
Lady Ali Khan Dies at 79 in Baghdad
Lady Ali Khan, 79 and mother of the Aga Khan, renowned Ismaili leader, former president of the League of Nations Assembly, died Saturday in Baghdad. She was sister to the former Shah of Persia.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Ali Khan
Aga Khan
League of Nations Assembly
Persia
Japanese Ministers Summoned Over Naval Note Clash
Premier Konoye called foreign and naval ministers to an emergency meeting to weigh U S Britain and France demands on Japan. Tokyo debates whether to divulge battleship plans and how to respond to tri partite notes while Emperor Hirohito must approve any reply. Opposition within the navy to revealing defense details grows as government weighs framing a careful response.
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Tokio
INS
Fuminaro Konoye Ton
U. S
Britain
France
Japan
Washington
London
Paris
Foreign Office
Naval Ministry
Konoye
Koki Hirota
Navy
Mitsumassa Yonai
Yomiuri Shimbun
Foreign Ministry
England
Letter Demanding $10 000 Served On Tommy Manville
In New Rochelle New York a demand for ten thousand dollars arrived at the home of Tommy Manville heir to an asbestos fortune. The letter requested he publish an advertisement stating he had sent the money and authorities prepared to act with extra guards around his estate awaiting FBI involvement.
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Tommy Manville
New Rochelle
N. Y
INS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mercury Rises to 49 Degrees After Weekend Wavering
The mercury edged up to 49 degrees by 11 30 Saturday night after bouncing between 45 and 46 14 degrees since early Saturday. A clouded sky and higher humidity followed a brief afternoon shower and thunderstorm, aiding a light rain and washing away dust from the ice sheet cleanup.
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Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
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