Relations With Japs Strained Anew In China Note
The U S notes that Japanese forces in China repeated intrusions into American property and mutilation of flags. Ambassador Grew reports a senior army officer was ordered to Nanking to investigate and curb such acts. Tokyo says it may reply to the protest and settle the Ladybird incident diplomatically.
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China
Joseph C. Grew
Tokio
State Department
War Office
Nanking
Grew
Koki Hirota
Siangchow
Foreign Office
United States
INS
Yangtze
Yomiuri
Shanghai
New York
Paul McNutt
Philippines
Tsinghua University in Jeopardy Over Japanese Demands
Tsinghua University faces pressure as Japanese authorities demand immediate dismantling of a Valuable Scientific Laboratory funded by U S funds. The embassy reports Tokyo may use troops occupying dormitories to seize lab facilities, prompting U S officials to seek intercession to protect the 20 million dollar educational endowment.
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Tsinghua University
United States
State Department
Washington
University Maintenance Commission
Two Auto Mechanics Overcome By Gas
Two auto workers collapsed in a garage while awaiting truck completion. Davidson answered a phone then fainted. office employees found him on the floor and he was rushed to the hospital. Oxygen revived him and a Keeshin Motor Company physician ordered further hospital treatment.
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Davidson
Keeshin Motor Company
Kottmeiers
Navy bill seeks fifth in U S fleet and 1000 more planes
The measure would add 1000 aircraft for a total 3000 modern planes and authorize 15 million dollars for experimental vessels not over 3000 tons each. It allows suspension of new builds if international arms talks advance, with actual funding to follow through separate appropriations.
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United States
F D R Dips Into Bag Of Linguistic Tricks
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt again uses specialized vocabulary in a congressional arms message. He cites materiel as the military equipment term and notes the archaic word entire meaning to come into being. He aims to sharpen wording to fit dictionary definitions.
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Washington
Franklin D Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Asks Congress To Fund Naval Defense Build Up
President Roosevelt urges Congress to authorize up to 15 million dollars for experimental ship types and defense equipment to boost U S military readiness for 1939 1938 calendar year plans include two battleships and two cruisers and expanded navy building program plus anti profiteering measures and broader global security concerns
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Congress
Army of the
United States
Navy
Weather Obscures Pacific Ship Observations Investigation Opened
In a rare lapse, ships between San Francisco and Honolulu failed to send 4 am weather observations. Edward C. Bowie of the U S Weather Bureau stalled forecasts, prompting an inquiry and requests to Radiomarine Globe Wireless and Mackay Radio to probe outages. Pan American Airways delayed the Hawaiian Clipper takeoff as crews reassess reporting.
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San Francisco
Sns
Honolulu
Edward C. Bowie
U.S Weather Bureau
Bowie
Pan-American Airways
Radiomarine Corporation
Globe Wireless
Mackay Radio
Weather Bureau
San Francisco- Honolulu
Hutchins to Speak at Town Hall on Higher Education
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, will address the Town Hall program tonight at 8 in the Memorial Coliseum. The topic is The Outlook for Higher Education. Introduction by Dr. H. M. Gage of Coe College.
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Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Memorial Coliseum
H. M. Gage
Coe College
America
Hutchins
Yale Law School
Four Bandits Hold Up New York Steamship Cashier
Four armed bandits robbed the United States Steamship Lines cashier at the North River pier on Friday afternoon. They escaped by car with $25,000 in cash after threatening employees to prevent resistance.
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New York
INS
United States Steamship Lines
North River
Steamship Company
Joint Naval Parley In London On Japanese Threat
A secret meeting at the British foreign office brought together American British and French naval officials to compare intelligence on Japan’s battleship plans. The talks aimed to confirm ship sizes and armaments and to agree on how to obtain firmer data.
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London
INS
Foreign Office
Japan
Russell Wilson
de Fregate Dutour
Admiralty
Lewis Asks National Guard Excluded From Labor Disputes
John L. Lewis wins backing of the United Mine Workers to bar federal or state guard involvement in strikes. He urges legislation to halt federal purchases from employers cited for Wagner act violations. The convention applauds, approves finances, and adopts district unit autonomy after a disruption by Hyden Smith.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Minee Workers
National Guard
Miners’ Convention
Lewis
Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers of America
Hyden Smith
West Virginia
UMWA
Smith
Spanish Rebels Claim Territory North of Teruel Repulsed
Spanish nationalists said on Friday they repulsed loyalist assaults north of Teruel with heavy losses. They reported four loyalist tanks and one airplane out of action in Celadas and Singra sectors. Loyalists in Madrid admitted no major gains and said fighting continued.
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Hendaye
Teruel
Celadas
Singra
Salamanca
Madrid
Rockford Drivers Halt Coal Deliveries
Coal deliveries stopped in Rockford as truck drivers debated joining the General Chauffeurs and Sales Drivers union, an AFL affiliate. Pickets surrounded fuel plants while frozen temperatures hovered near zero and police escorted limited deliveries. The union seeks organizing drivers in bakeries ice cream confectionery and related industries.
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Rockford, Tl
Rockford
General Chauffeurs and Sales Drivers Union
American Federation of Labor
Fire kills nine at Finnish lodging house
In Helsingfors nine people died when a lunatic inmate set fire to a municipal lodging house in Ylane parish south Finland on Friday.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Ylane Parish
Singer Actress Wed in Phoenix Arizona
Screen singer Donald Nevis married former actress Dorothy Bradshaw in Phoenix Arizona on Thursday. The ceremony joined two entertainment figures in a local Hollywood society note with no further details.
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Hollywood
INS
Donald Nevis
Dorothy Bradshaw
Phoenix
Ariz
Roosevelt appears to reject TVA joint state utility plans
President Roosevelt signaled opposition to joint federal state purchases of private utility properties. Governor Gordon Browning’s plan for a state managed commission with shared costs was deemed misunderstood. Congress and Senate power advisers emphasized state rather than federal decision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southam Corp
Tennessee Valley
Browning
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
White House
George W. Norris
Neb
TVA
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Ken Hirsch Has Tendon Operation At St Luke's Hospital
Kenneth Hirsch, 27, of 519 Fourth Avenue SE, underwent tendon surgery on his left middle finger at St Luke's hospital after a laceration from a tin can weeks ago. Mrs. Fred W. Bailey, 1832 Second Avenue SE, remains seriously ill after a period of unimproved condition following hospital treatment in Iowa City and a return to the hospital for throat ailment recurrence.
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Kenneth Hirsch
Fourth Avenue SE
St. Luke's Hospital
Fred W. Bailey
Second Avenue SE
University Hospital
Iowa City
Fire injures home as chair catches fire at Nase residence
Firemen responded at noon Friday to 802 Seventeenth Street SW to find an overstuffed chair on fire. The Nase family was away about an hour and returned to heavy smoke. A rug and furnishings suffered smoke damage and the chair was nearly destroyed. the cause was undetermined.
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Leo Nase
Seventeenth Street
Sunshine Mission Sunday School Special Program Tonight
Sunshine Mission Sunday school presents a 7 30 program at the Mission featuring congregational songs led by Rev T J Hinkin prayer by Rev Frank H Ward a David and Paul Hinkin duet Christiana Spangle recitation Mr and Mrs Nelson Miner recitation Edna Christenson duet William Dykhuizen and Rev T J Hinkin announcements and offering duet Mr and Mrs George Kunzman and message by William Dykhuizen Sunday school superintendent.
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Sunshine Mission
T. J. Hinkin
Frank H. Ward
David and
Paul Hinkin
Christiana Spangle
Nelson Miner
Edna Christenson
William Dykhuizen
George Kunzman
Guard Waterfront After Bomb Plot Reported
Police and federal authorities increased security along the San Francisco waterfront after a warning of a plot to destroy a Japan bound liner. Five coast guard cutters patrolled the bay as customs guards and private detectives bolstered piers and searched Pier 25 for explosives.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Japan
Golden Gate
Pier 25
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Washington
Treasury
Customs
Congressmen Openly Skeptical Of Van Zeeland Plan
Washington congressmen gave a cool reception to Belgium's former premier Paul van Zeeland's proposal for a world economic pact to lower trade barriers. Rep. McReynolds said it would require repeal of the Johnson Act, and he opposes it. Rep. Fish urged a world peace conference as a solution, noting no interest in van Zeeland's plan. Fish had pushed to attach a world disarmament rider to naval funding earlier.
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Washington
INS
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
Congress
Rep. McReynolds
Tennessee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Fish
New York
van Zeeland
Fish
Seventeen Die As Honduran Hurricanes Sink Boats
A hurricane lashed Honduras coast causing at least seventeen deaths as three boats sank. The schooner Claudia foundered off Omoa with five passengers drowned including a woman and a child. Juanita sank in La Ceiba bay with seven lives lost. Jongo went down near Tela with five fatalities. Widespread damage hit banana plantations and communication lines.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Claudia
Omoa
Juanita
la Ceiba
Jongo
Tela
Britain Leads World in Shoe Leather Exports
Britain remains the top exporter of shoe leather, exporting about twice as much as the United States. The gap underscores Britain’s dominant position in the global leather trade and its strong manufacturing base.
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Britain
America
Senate Debates Labor Board Inquiry Amid Anti-Lynching Bill Fight
Amid cloakroom chatter the senate weighs a labor board inquiry as Burke presses the judiciary route. Hatch and Norris favor senate hearings on labor act amendments while Neely keeps testimony open. The anti-lynching bill faces a filibuster as the house pursues DC appropriations and tax revisions.
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Judiciary Committee
Burke
Norris
Hatch
N. M
Senate Labor Committee
Neely
W. Va
Connally
Tex
Logan
Austin
Labor Board
Senate
Emergency drought fund push by Midwest lawmakers
Washington AP report says a $50 million emergency drought fund for re habilitation of drought stricken farmers was proposed to Secretary Wallace by a Midwest representatives group. They urged presenting the issue to President Roosevelt, arguing immediate seed and feed loans could save far larger relief costs later. Wallace appeared sympathetic but noted the Farm Security Administration lacks funds for such work.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Rep. Lemke
N. D
Hildebrandt
S. D
McLaughlin
Farm Security Administration
Oldest Western College of Law in Cincinnati
The College of Law at the University of Cincinnati is noted as the oldest west of the Alleghenies and the fourth oldest law school in the United States.
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The
College of Law
University of Cincinnati
the Alleghenies
United States
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