Japan’s military rulers press war without declaration
A 1931 analysis argues that Japan’s army navy clique governs the empire, using propaganda and suppression to push a holy war narrative. It cites Mukden’s 1931 assault as the opening act of a revolution erasing civilian government and branding Japan fascist long before Mussolini and Hitler.
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Japan
China
East Asia
New Order
Germany
Italy
Mukden
Mussolini
Hitler
Japan's War Policy Seen As Military Driven By Aims
A yearlong study notes Japan has repeatedly struck without formal declarations, citing 1904 Port Arthur, 1931 Manchuria, 1932 Shanghai, and 1937 Peiping as examples. Historians say cabinets rarely influence decisions, with the army navy leaders and the emperor wielding decisive power.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Japan
United States
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Shanghai
Peiping
Tokyo
Amaterasu
Mantle Club Officers Indicted In Pittsburgh
Nineteen officers of the Mantle club a self-styled national social and fraternal group were indicted by a special grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges that the organization was a money making swindle. The list includes violations of the Pennsylvania securities act conspiracy to violate the act fraudulent conversion and failure to register under the Pennsylvania loans act. The jury also indicted five Ku Klux Klan officers including National Imperial Wizard James A Colescott of Atlanta on illegal fundraising and conspiracy.
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Pittsburgh
The
Mantle Club
Ku Klux Klan
James A. Colescott
Atlanta, Ga
Air Warning Unit Orders Activation On East Coast
The air raid warning system combining Army and civilian personnel across 13 eastern states and Washington DC was ordered on a war basis. Ground observers at Mitchel Field said to report immediately as 1 600 posts feed reports to command centers. The network links spotters interceptor planes and coastal artillery into a single protective system.
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New York
Easter Seaboard
Washington
Mitchel Field
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshie
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Army Air Corps
Alabama Firms Win War Department Contracts
The War Department awarded Alabama contracts to William L. Barrell Co. Inc for 95,000 yards of cotton duck at Lincoln Mills of Ala Huntsville for 26082 dollars. Miller and Company Inc of Selma received 5,000,000 shelter tent pins for 49500 dollars. Andala Co of New York with a mill in Andalusia Alabama supplied 50,000 olive drab flannel shirts for 24500 dollars. Sterling Braid Corp of New York with Pioneer Fabric Co in Gard en Alabama provided 440,000 yards cord edge braid for caps at 8800 dollars.
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Washington
War Department
Alabama
William L. Barrell Co.,, Inc
New York
Lincoln Mills
Ala
Huntsville
Miller and Company, Inc
Selma
Andala Co
Andalusia
Sterling Braid Corp
Pioneer Fabric Co
Garsden
Draft Depends Upon Equipment Availability
Brig Gen Lewis B. Hershey says the availability of equipment will determine how quickly men are drafted into the Army after Japan's declaration of war. He notes no personnel shortages and that policy hinges on Army needs, with possible changes to age limits and exemptions.
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Boise
Idaho
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Washington
Congress
Blondie at Roxy Theatre with Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake
Penny Singleton returns as Blondie and Arthur Lake as Dagwood at the Roxy Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. The comedy Lone dies Plays Cupid follows the Bumsteads on a country trip as Blondie plans an elopement for two young sweethearts.
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Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Roxy Theatre
Blondie
Miss Singleton
Lake
Dagwood
Londie
Cupid
Bumsteads
U S Alien Registration Totals by Nationality
The Justice Department reports 50,853 Japanese non citizens in the continental United States and 40,000 in Hawaii with a few in Alaska. Tidly leads the nations with 694,971, followed by Canada 449,022 and Poland 442,501 among others in this census snapshot.
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Washington
Dec
Justice Department
Continental
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Tidly
Canada
Poland
Mexico
Austria Hungary
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
Irish Free State
Marines Open 24-Hour Recruit Office In Birmingham
The Marine Corps recruiting office in Birmingham Alabama operated on a 24 hour duty cycle to maximize enlistments. Officials in Birmingham extended the extended hours following orders from Washington to keep staff on night and day.
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Birmingham
Ala
Deer
Marine Corps Recruiting Office
Washington
Ma&fine
Survey Ordered for Santa Rosa Sound Channel Project
Major General EB Reybold orders a complete survey of proposals to create a channel for small craft from Santa Rosa Sound to the Gulf of Mexico as part of intercoastal waterway development. Also notes Canadian candlefish found off British Columbia, dried when bright.
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Washington
Santa Rosa Sound
Gulf of México
EB. Reybold
Army Engineers
Canadian
Brit Columbia
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