China North Province Autonomy Fails Move
Tokyo halts Maj. Gen Kenji Doihara's autonomy bid in Manchukuo as Nanking is urged to institute reforms in north China. Ariyoshi meets Chiang Kai-shek in Nanking and confirms readiness to maintain friendly ties with Japan. Neutral observers doubt revival of autonomy soon.
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Aran
China
London
Tokyo
Kenji Doihara
Lawrence of China
Peiping
Manchukuo
Great Wall
Nanking
Akira Ariyoshi
Chiang Kai-shek
Ariyoshi
Japan
Roosevelt tours south for speeches and policy
President Roosevelt travels to Warm Springs Georgia for a three week visit mixing festivity politics and work. He plans speeches in Atlanta and Chicago then a Notre Dame address after an honorary degree, while avoiding action on Mexican persecutions.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Atlanta
Washington
Chicago
AAA
South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Mexico
New York Central to repay RFC loan in full
Jesse Ones says the New York Central will repay 15.6 million to the RFC borrowed from the corporation. The loan due December 3 will be paid from the railroad’s 25 million cash balance, the largest RFC repayment by a railroad. In exchange the RFC extends until July 1 1941 the remaining 11.899 million the railroad owes.
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Jesse
Trade Pact With Canada Draws Mixed Reaction Across Nations
American officials applaud the new trade agreement with Canada while farmers and Northwest lumber interests oppose it. The pact, effective January 1, lowers duties on 79 and 180 commodities for the United States and Canada respectively, with protections and free lists to ease adjustments over three years.
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Canada
Washington
Ottawa
Northwest
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Ramsay MacDonald Defeated as Conservatives Ride to Victory
In the British parliamentary elections the Conservative government led by Stanley Baldwin won a strong victory. Baldwin was unopposed for re election while Ramsay MacDonald former prime minister and Labour ally Malcolm MacDonald were badly defeated. The government party secures a majority around 250 seats in the next House of Commons.
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Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Malcolm
MacDonald
Labor Party
Laborites
House of Commons
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Illnois
Ohio
Rhode Island
Young Lodge
James M. Curley
Curley
Worcester
Marcus A. Coolidge
Cat
Ethics ruling on legal aid and opinion in constitutional matters
The American Bar Association ethics committee states the Lions Club style claim that the lawyers committee of the American Liberty League violated canon while offering free defense to those unable to pay. It also supports disseminating opinions on legislation regarding constitutionality. The panel clarifies it did not endorse the National Lawyers Committee’s conclusions.
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Italy
League of Nations
League Nations
Austria
Hungary
Albania
Paraguay
United States
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Grand Council
League
Rome
Ethiopia
Emilio de Bono
Meredis
Hairman
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Washington
Chicago
Fletcher
William B. Bell
New York
American Cyanamid Company
Lawyers’ Committee
American Liberty League
American Bar Association
Committee On Professional Ethics
N. Davies
Atlanta
Bar Committee
National ‘Lawyers
Trade aims and politics shadow ItalySouth America shift
Washington debates how to expand US trade while not harming Italy's war effort. The Canada reciprocity treaty dominates politics with dairy and lumber debates, while California and Florida push regional interests. Massachusetts eyes Senate seats as Curley weighs renomination amid national shifts.
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Pacific Northwest
Canada
California
Florida
Woodrow Wilson
G. O. P. Hope
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Henry FP. Fletcher
Mullens and Kip Sealed by a Quiet Proposal at Work
In the Stone Advertising agency Mullens, Kip Wilkens, a top salesman, clash over career and affection. Kip seeks a raise to propose. Mullens, stunned and torn, is moved by his plea and confesses love as Kip asks for marriage.
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Geraldine Mullens
Jerry
Mullens
T. G
Stone Advertising Agency
Kip Wilkens
Kip
Queen Mullens
Kep
T.G
Jake
Old
Mullen
Crooks at the Race Track
A scheme known as the ringer involves swapping a fast horse for a slow look alike. The crook enters the slow horse in minor races, then replaces it with the faster horse the night before a major event to chase big odds. The practice is outlined as a recurring historical trick.
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Collier's. Weekly
Selling the Marriage In many of the Anglicans
The article notes a custom where the priest's stole is bound around the bride and groom after the ring is placed on the bride's finger. It reflects marriage rites and vestment use in Anglican ceremonies.
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North China
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Kenji Dolhara
Pietro Badoglio
de Bono
Haile Selassie
Harar
Diredawa
Addis Ababa
Makale
Asmara
Pius
Sacred College
Joseph C. Plagens
Detroit
Marquette
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Gerald P. O’hara
Earl Jellicoe
Jutland
Harvard University
James B. Conant
Harvard
F. H. la Guardia
Edward J. Kelly
Avid A. Reed
Gen
Badoglio
la Guardia
National Capital
Carter Field
United States Department. of Commerce
South America
France
Maximilian
Africa
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Uncle Sam
Panama
Cape Horn
Great Britain
Downing Street
Department of Commerce
Francis Drake
Henry Morgan
Britain
State Department
New England
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mestic
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
Cleveland
William M. Butler
President Coolidge
Butler
David S. Walsh
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