World News Summary of Sino Japanese Clash Mounting
Edward W Pickard reports a Western Union digest on rising Sino Japanese hostilities. Fighting erupts near Peiping as Japanese gendarmes move on Yu anping and Lukow kiao amid disputed truce terms. Chinese commanders vow no retreat while urging a stand to defend Peiping Hankow rail route. Negotiations collapse with mutual demands and warnings of a broader war.
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China
Japan
Yuanping
Lukowkiao
Peiping
Marco Polo Bridge
North China
War Office
Lungwangmiao
Tungshinghwan
Hopei-Chahar Council
Hirohito
Fumimaro Konoe
Nanking
Sung Cheh - Yuan
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping-Hankow
Court expansion debate stalls in Senate amid party rifts
Washington correspondents report Democrats and a Farmer-Laborite hold the fate of the Supreme Court enlargement plan. With 39 votes needed for passage and 49 possible, 43 are opposed, 13 undecided, and a plan to delay action if public opinion stays hostile.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Andrews
Fla
Bone
Wash
Brown
N. H
Caraway
Ark
Duffy
Wis
Johnson
Colo
Lewis
Ill
Murray
Mont
Overton
Pepper
Russell, Jr
Wagner
N.H
Lundeen
Minn
Washington
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Republican Party
United States
John D. M. Hamilton
Alfred E. Smith
John W. Davis
Bainbridge Colby
James A. Reed
Missouri
Alfred M. Landon
Newton D. Baker
Congress
John N. Garner
Texas
Hollywood Notes on Evelyn and New Trends in Tinseltown
Evelyn Daw lands her first screen lead opposite James Cagney in Something to Sing About with Victor Schertzinger guiding opportunities. New Hollywood trends feature Sigrid Gurie embracing simplicity while Gypsy Rose Lee’s successor Louise Hovick favors conservatism.
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Wvelyn
Daw
Hollywood
James Cagney
Victor Schertzinger
Janet Gaynor
Grace Moore
Evelyn
Sigrid Gurie
United Artists
Gary Cooper
Marco Polo
Louise Hovick
Gypsy Rose Lee
Grip of CIO loosens in steel strike
The CIO grip on the steel strike was weakening as three large independent steel plants including Epube and Bethlehem faced disruption and labor tensions in the industry.
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Alcoa
Tenn
Aluminum Company of America
Aluminum Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
New Kensington
Adjt
R. O. Smith
Steel
Republic
Massilon
Ohio
Palestine
Royal Commission On
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Great Brittain
Epube
Bethléhem
Obituary of George Gershwin Ailment and Hollywood Death
Noted composer George Gershwin died suddenly in Hollywood after brain tumor surgery at age thirty eight. He lifted jazz to classical stature with Rhapsody in Blue and created Porgy and Bess, Suwanee sold over two million copies, and he won a Pulitzer Prize.
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George Gershwin
Hollywood
Suwanee
Loyalist siege battles and Bilbao fall reported
Rebels suffer near capture at siege lines as loyalists threaten to cut rebels from main forces around the city and villages Villa neuva de la Canada Brunette. Madrid gains 100 square miles recaptured while Bilbao's fall could push 150000 refugees to Valencia.
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Villaneuva de la Canada
Brunette
Santander
Biscayan
Madrid
Bilbao
Valencia
Lewis Plans Maritime Expansion for a Single CIO
Lewis aims to broaden the Committee for Industrial Organization by uniting scattered maritime unions under CIO leadership with Harry Bridges. The move challenges William Green's AFL allied unions, as 250,000 marine and coastal workers are affected by the potential consolidation.
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Lewis
OHNL
Committee For
Harry Bridges
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Mae West Involved in Milwaukee 1913 Marriage Scandal
Mae West allegedly marred Frank Wallace in Milwaukee on April 11, 1913 after denying a marriage claim that sparked national attention. The fragment hints at a sensational public dispute surrounding the actress and her alleged nuptials.
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Mae West
Frank Wallace
Milwaukee
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