France Ready To Open Talks With Fascists
Paris reports France is willing to grant limited colonial concessions to Italy to preserve European peace while not yielding land. Daladier’s government aims to appease Italian hunger through negotiations, with possible topics including Tunisia status for Italians, the Addis Ababa Djibouti railway, and a role in the Suez canal.
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Paris
France
Italy
Europe
Daladier
Djibouti
Rome
Tunisia
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Suez Canal
Chamber of Deputies
Georges Bonnet
Bonnet
Gabriel Peri
Peri
London
Berlin
Munich Assembly
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Agence Economique Et Financiere
Whitehall
Union of Communists and Socialists
Africa
Britain
Germany
Il Giornale D’italia
Senate predicts Murphy will be confirmed as attorney general
Several senators said Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan would be questioned over his handling of sit-down strikes but would ultimately win Senate confirmation if named attorney general by President Roosevelt. White House aides offered no comment.
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Michigan
White House
Washington
Frank Murphy
Senate
Murphy
Cummings
Bourke
D-Neb
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Burke
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Frank Fitzgerald
Lansi Mich
Heine
Bishop Lulis Dies of Cold and Heart Ailment
The obituary notes Bishop Lulis’s death from a cold and heart ailment. He was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt and boasted of introducing Marshal Foch to General Diaz during a Kansas City war memorial visit. He hosted Calvin Coolidge as vice president and amused listeners with tales of the James boys. His church work included significant service to schoolchildren.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Marshall Foch
Dia
Kansas City
Calvin Coolidge
United States
James Boys
Farley mourns Bishop Lillis death in Kansas City
Postmaster General Farley expressed sorrow over the death of Bishop Thomas F. Lillis of the Kansas City diocese. He said it was a privilege to know him for many years, calling him an outstanding American and a great churchman with generous bene factions remembered by the people of Kansas City.
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Farley
Washington
Thomas F. Lillis
Kansas City
Catholic Church
Hairy Cat Meaning Behind the Word Caterpillar
The term caterpillar translates literally as hairy cat. This etymology note highlights how the insect’s fuzzy appearance inspired a descriptive name.
Loyalist Ship Run Aground in Sea Battle
Government and insurgent lines remained in flux as the fighting persisted around Catalonia. The loyalist ship ran aground amid a day described by both sides as highly fruitful for the insurgents’ campaign, with front lines near Bobera and Grandella in the northeastern sector.
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Bobera
Grandella
Catalonia
Spain
Madrid-Valencia
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Survey Shows Armed Chaos Near Nanking
American professor M. S. Bates reported in Nanking that armed chaos persisted after the Japanese occupation on December 13, 1937. He described widespread plunder, destitution at 44 percent of residents, disrupted transportation and markets, and near absence of banking or credit facilities as crops and other vital industries collapsed in the region.
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Shanghai
M. S. Bates
Nanking University
Nanking
Bates
International Relief Committee
CCC Enroll 1000 Men From Missouri For 1939
The Civilian Conservation Corps announces state allotments for its first 50,314 replacements. Enrollment runs Jan 1 to Jan 20 with Missouri receiving 1,000 enrollees in the Seventh corps area along with Iowa 7173 Kansas 526 Minnesota 732 Nebraska 434 North Dakota 54 and South Dakota 156.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Seventh Corps Area
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Senator Urges Probe Into Past Relief Outlays
A senate campaign expenditure committee report analyzes charges that WPA funds and influence were used for political coercion in last fall’s pre election campaigns. The piece notes a push for a $600 million appropriation to fund the work relief program through May and discusses Hopkins and deputy Aubrey Williams' removal from WPA control amid a cabinet post nomination. It describes observed Capitol maneuvers and relief administration reforms as possible responses to mounting pressure.
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Senate Campaign Expenditure Committee
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Capitol
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Aubrey Williams
Hopins
Senate
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