Japan Probing Panay Sinking Charges Amid Denials
Tokyo officials urged patience as Japan studies American demands for redress over the Panay affair. A Japanese army surgeon testified that none of eight foreigners and thirteen Chinese seen with Panay were wounded by bullets, injuries attributed to bombs or splinters. Survivors in Shanghai described machine-gunning after air attacks, detailing wounded aboard three other U.S. vessels.
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Foreign Office
Japan
U.S
Panay
Washington
Shanghai
U. 8
Yangtze River
Lieut
J. W. Geist
Offl
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President Roosevelt and aides discuss sinking and cables
In Washington on December 17 President Roosevelt and his cabinet discussed the sinking of the Pansy but would not disclose details. Admiral Leahy, chief of naval operations, met the president to relay further cables from the Orient as tension remained high and ships were deployed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Navy Department
Orient
Willie Willis Reflects on a Quiet Family Moment
In a Robert Quillen vignette Willie Willis recalls a joke told by his father that failed to amuse his mother. The moment captures a small domestic humor clash as the family members miss the punchline and the father stays endearingly miffed for the evening.
Death sentences eyed for Kidnaping Trio in Cabott County
Huntington dispatch reports John Travis Orville Adkins and Arnett Booth convicted of kidnapping retired minister Tir James Leeder for a $50 000 ransom. Jury verdict delivered in 42 minutes. If sentences are imposed they would be Cabott County's first executions since 1892.
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Chay Worth
Booth
Travis
Adkins
Cabott County
Seder
Toon
Me Wan
Wayne County
Snow Stalls Franco Spanish Front Near Teruel
Snowstorms halt military operations in the Teruel sector of eastern Spain as Insurgent and government forces claim limited victories. Insurgent reports say hundreds of attackers slain and prisoners taken, while Madrid claims the insurgents are driven back and Teruel is nearly encircled.
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Nendaye
Teruel
Spain
Victoria
Talien
Madrid
Republic
Generalis
GOP Bid to End Undistributed Profits Tax Stymied in Subcommittee
Democrats united against the move as Rep. Crowther forced a vote on Rep. Treadway’s proposal to repeal the undistributed profits tax. The 6 to 1 result kept the panel’s prior plan to remodel undistributed profits and capital gains taxes, while maintaining core principles.
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Crowther
Treadway
Ry Mass
Vinson D. Ky
Vinson
FDR Opposes Vote on War Referendum
President Roosevelt publicly opposes a Ludlow style war referendum as inconsistent with representative government. He said the question should not be forced to a House vote and rejected the idea in a press conference. The stance unsettled Ludlow petition signers and drew varied responses from Democrats and House leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Atawer
Cordell Hull
Taube Ludlow
Indiana
Bank
Hheall
Sam Rayburn
Japanese Emperor to express regrets over Panay incident
Washington reports a credible account that Japan will tell Secretary Hull that Emperor Hirohito regrets the Panay attack. The move would acknowledge a rare admission from the Emperor and reflect prior American briefings detailing brutal aspects of the bombing.
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Washington
INS
Hirohito
Son of Heaven
Fate of 20 U.S. Reds Mystery
United States reports say at least 20 American Communists vanished in the last six months amid suspected involvement in Trotskyite anti Stalin intrigue. Some are believed jailed or executed in Moscow, others possibly held on similar charges as Stalin purges unfold. Rumor ties to Americans abroad linked to Moscow government missions. Page 9 continues.
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New York
U. S
Donald L. Mabinson
Moscow
Musslin
Russia
Stalin
Col
Bribery Trial Witnesses Deny Demands in City Contract Case
In Clarksburg on December 17 three men on trial for bribery related to the Rate page contract testified. Ray E. Titchenal formerly on the council said he never discussed the garbage contract with Bramham, who testified he was approached. Former Councilman Joe Oliverio and Councilman Frank O'Day followed. The case is led by State Trooper C.
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Clarksburg
Ray E. Titchenal
Toy Bramham
Bramham
Titchenal
Joe Oliverio
Frank O'Day
Titchenat
Col
Paving project turmoil in Bloomfield ends with tractor seizure
In Bloomfield a labor dispute halted a paving job as workers demanded city employment and seized a tractor without authorization. Police recovered the machine and officials sought guidance from Washington while the mayor contacted authorities. In Lincoln a Berlin letter puzzled Secretary Swanson asking for relatives in the state.
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Bloomfield
Neb
Washington
Lear
Havana to Washington Nonstop Flight Sets Record
Maj Alexander le Severby flew from Havana to Washington nonstop in four hours, five minutes, and nineteen seconds, shaving the 1,110 mile distance to a new time. He used a personal design aircraft similar to his army air corps model.
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Washington
INS
Alexander le Severby
Havana
Bratian
Ite
Army Air Raps
Frank Studies G P Tender for GOP Program Committee
Chicago report says Frank Slean Feasks asked for two or three days to decide whether to head the Republican party’s program committee. A formal statement followed a long conference with John D M Hamilton of the national committee at the P O P hotel. Page 9 details.
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Chicago
Br. Slean Frank
Republican Party
University of Wisconsin
Feask
Charman John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Hamilton
St. Louis
Spectacles Hint At Death of Mysterious Suitor
Baltimore police probe a mysterious death after a man offered a Baltimore woman 350000 to marry him. Expensive spectacles traced to firms in Chicago or St. Louis may identify him. Coroner orders chemical tests. authorities suspect natural causes despite poison bottles found in his hotel room.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Joseph Itrel
J. C. Carrington
Tella Story
Samuel B. Wolfe
Patricia Mahan
Harold Franklin
Cleveland
Pacifist Professor Faces University Probe in 20 Year Old Case
Minneapolis reports that University of Minnesota regents begin action to drag Prof. Willam A. Behaper back into dispute over alleged World War pro Germanism. The 20 year old case centered on his role as head of political science and opposition to U S entry.
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Minneapolis
Tim
INS
University of Minnesota Regents
Willam A. Behaper
Warden Sees Alcatraz Escapees Likely Drowned
San Francisco reports Warden James A. Johnston says two Oklahoma convicts Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole, missing after a supposed Alcatraz escape, are likely dead in San Francisco Bay currents. Authorities scour the bay and patrol mainland landing points as the men remain unaccounted for.
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Alcatraz Island
James A, Dotinaton
Oklahoma
Ralph Roe
Theodore Cole
San Franelito Bay
Coast Guard
Johnston
Roe
Cole
Four Held as Witnesses in Death of Party Girl
Pittsburgh dispatch reports four delegates to the Steel Workers organizing convention were held as material witnesses while police investigated the death of a 30 year old divorced woman found unclothed in a downtown hotel. Coroner results pending chemical analyses. Bail set for two Brooklyn men connected to the room where the body was found. Two others surrendered in New York as fugitives from justice.
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Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Alty
Andrew T. Park
Jacob Zelkind
Morris Engarata
Brooklyn
Finito
Rose Ault
W. J. Mer Gregor
N.Y
Louis HW. Green
Fred A. Odenwalk
Ozone
L. J
New York
Jussier
Battle Scarred Wage-Hour bill derailed by congress votes
In Washington on December 17 the combined southern Democrats and northern Republicans voted 216 to 198 to send back to committee the wage and hour bill for inter-state industry. The move signals the near end of the measure in its current form, while the Senate passed the crop control bill and sent it to conference amid tensions over the administration program.
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Labor Committee
House
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Hartley
D. N
D.“Tex
Mit
O'Connor
Thhe Rules Committee
America
Democratic Party
Bankhead
Rayburn
Rep. Dies
D. Tex
Norton
N. J
Senate approves ever normal granary farm bill
The Senate passes the administration’s ever normal granary farm bill 59 to 29 after four weeks of wrangling. Conference committee to reconcile House and Senate versions as end of special session nears. McAdoo proposal for cost of production rejected 46 to 40.
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Senate
House
Wallace
Ierday
Conference Committee
Sen. McAdoo
D-Calif
McAdoo
Col. J
Japanese Triumphal Entry Into Nanking Captured
Japanese armies led by Gen Iwane Matsui and Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa entered Nanking after the city fell, signaling a new period of military rule. American missionaries appealed for aid as Japanese advances deepened in the Yangtze valley threatening Hankow and Canton.
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Bhanghat
Japan
Nanking
Ching
Iwane Matsui
Yangtze Valley
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
China
Shanghai
Hankow
Great Midland
Yimetze
Canton
Streams Recede As Rainfall Drops and Temperatures Rise
Rain and meltwater push river levels toward normal with a one third inch precip yesterday at the airport and temperatures from 46 to 60 degrees. At Wartz field readings ranged 48 at 7 30 p m 50 at 1 30 p m and 32 at 7 30 p m. Traffic speeds increase as snow clears and several accidents occur including a tow truck collision with a trolley car on Spring Street and a crash near Glen's Creek that hit a funeral party. Turn to Page 9 Cal 2
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Wartz Field
C L. Hoover
Spring Street
Highway 119
Glen's Creek
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