World War Cloud Looms Over North China and Spain
Intense aerial and ground fighting unfolds in North China with Japanese bombers striking Tientsin and Chinese forces reclaiming rail hubs. Across the globe, Spain endures a brutal civil war battle near Madrid and Barcelona as Franco’s forces push loyalists hard. The U.S. weighs embargo actions and court reform moves as Congress debates new secretary appointments and wage measures amid domestic labor unrest.
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China
Tientsin
United States
Nippon
Nankai University
Chinkiang International
Conceszions
Taku
Peiping
Japan
Twenty-ninth
Sung Cheh-yuan
Hopei- Chahar
Chang Tsu-chung
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Franco
Barcelona
Alty
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Robinson
Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
Senate Agriculture Committee
James P. Pope
Idaho
Joint Congressional Committee
Barkley
White House
A. S
Far East
Cordell Hull
Hull
Slippery fate of St Marys college Oakland auctioned
Edward Patrick Slip Madigan era at St Marys College Oakland ends as the institution sells for 41150 to security holders after missing interest payments on 1,370,500 in debt since 1934. Madigan may stay as coach earning 7000 yearly plus 10 percent of gate receipts. last year receipts reached 174,071.
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Edward Patrick
Madigan
Little
St. Mary's College
Oakland
Callif
St. Mary's
Notre Dame
God Provides in the Wilderness Lesson Focus
A devotional outline contrasts Israel’s desert journey with modern life, stressing daily divine sustenance from God. It highlights bread from heaven and water from the rock as symbols of spiritual need met by Christ, urging readers to seek living bread and living water in unity with God’s plan.
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Israel
Promised Land
Egypt
Canaan
Joseph Parker
Paul
Christ
Emir Abdullah of Trans-Jordania Aims for Political Balance
A magazine profile portrays Emir Abdullah as a patient realist, balancing Britain's postwar Middle East strategy with Arab unity across Trans-Jordania Hejaz and Iraq. The piece notes his pride in Pan-Islamic leadership, ties to Lawrence of Arabia, and cautious stance toward Mussolini England and colonial maps. It also surveys his attire, personality, and the symbolic juxtaposition of royal images in his palace.
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EW York
Emir Abdullah
Trans-Jordania
Coney Island
Sulaaming
Gomez
Venezuela
Palestine
Britain
Feisal
Ali
Hejaz
Iraq
Abdul Hamid II
Abdullah of Lawrence
Winston Churchill
Herbert Samuel
Lawrence
Aircraftaman Shaw
England
India
Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
Duce
Hussein
Eee
Fragments on hotels, strikes, and tales from early 20th century
A rambling column recalls San Francisco hotels, a 3:30 a.m. fire scare with silent-film actors, and humorous reflections on beach attire and public life. It leans into hired help myths, Viking ancestry maids, and a Myra Kelly classroom anecdote about a father who always strikes.
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Ss’ Francisco
Calif
Ming Poo
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Dewey Short
Missouri
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Franklin, Jr
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Sissie
Buzzie” Dall
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Marvin McIntyre
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Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
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Republic Steel Corporation
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A. F
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Moody Bible Inn
Western Revepaper Union
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Lemuel F. Parton
Patrick Campbell
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Conn
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Bernhardt
Beatrice Stella Tanner
London
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Wilde
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Maeterlinck
Broadway
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Sims
Hollywood
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Clarion
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Rosie
Irvin
Cobb
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