Japanese advance and clashes reported across China fronts
Shanghai dispatches describe Japanese troops engaging on both sides of central fronts with artillery strikes by Kiang Kai-shek forces in support. Reports claim Japanese forces crossed the Hwai river and moved toward Tientsin Pukow railway while occupying and recapturing towns in Shantung and southeastern provinces amid ongoing naval and air redeployments.
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Shanghat
Uchen
Tient-Pukow
Shantungrovince
Tsingtao
Chucheng
Mengyin
Shaang
Lunghal
entsin-Pukow
Suchow
China
Dor
Railroad Retirement and Social Security Tax Collections Stated
Washington reports 1937 totals show 679 105 236 under rail retirement and social security old age and unemployment benefits. Railroad retirement receipts were 91 16 461 and Social Security allocations 506 180 184 for old age benefits with 81 008 591 for unemployment compensation.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Democracies threaten larger warships over Japanese limits
In Washington on February 5 the United States with Britain and France warned Japan of building battleships over 35 000 tons and cruisers over 8 000 tons unless Japan confirms it is within agreed limits. A 15 day reply deadline was set, with failure to respond seen as acknowledgment of intent to violate London treaty terms.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Japan
Tokyo
Hull
Wage Hour Bill Likely to Undergo Major Changes
Proponents of wage hour legislation acknowledge it must be drastically modified to pass the House this session. Chairman Norton of New Jersey will not push it past the rules committee, though President Roosevelt backs enactment and will defer details to Congress after a White House conference.
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Ashington
House
Norton
N. J
House Labor Committee
Rules Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
High Japanese Official Rejects Navy Limits
A senior naval official said Japan will not accept 1936 treaty limits on battleship tonnage and gun calibers. Hirota told parliament that the China incident is not international war and warned the United States and allies against pressuring Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Koki Hirota
Joseph Do. Grew
Robert Craigie
China
Diet
Hirota
Representative To Visit Mrs Ruth Rubens Monday
A representative of the United States embassy will visit Mrs Ruth Marie Rubens Monday to help solve the case surrounding her tip to Russia and subsequent arrest on espionage suspicion. The visit signals U S interest in the fate of an American citizen detained since December 9.
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U. S
Ruth Rubens
Russia
State Department
Moscow
United Sates
Uth Marie Rubens
Rubens
United States
Donald L. Robinson
New Kk
Secret Police
Newspaper Bandits Capture After Gunfire in New Jersey
In Paterson New Jersey police pursued two men described as the Newspaper Bandits after a barrage of bullets. Officers shot and clubbed their assailants during the exchange. John Kern 20 and Henry Kern 28 were wounded and arrested after confessing to more than 50 hold ups across northern New Jersey in the past 18 months.
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Paterson
N. J
New Jersey
John Murphy
John Kern
Henry Kern
General Hospital
Democratic Clubs To Sponsor Rallies Across North Carolina
The North Carolina Democratic Clubs executive committee voted to sponsor local and district rallies statewide during the week of March 17. Arch T. Allen of Raleigh state UDC president George Hundley of Thomansville and Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem were named to supervise the effort.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Democratic Clubs
Arch T. Allen
UDC
George Hundley
Thomanville
Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
Tax Bill Will Test Power Of Administration
Washington reports a crucial test of administration leadership as tax revision faces House action amid strong business pressure and looming primaries. Spokesmen see tax reform as essential to revive the economy, but business opposition to proposed rates and the undistributed profits tax complicates support for regulatory plans.
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Congress
White House
Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Con
House
Loyal Forge Gains at Hendaye Front in Southern Spain
Government sources say a successful attack on the Granada front opened advances in southern Spain. Forces captured Pena De La Mate, 12 miles from Granada, enabling junctions of Jaen northward and Murcia eastward lines. Other fronts quiet. Barcelona dispatch notes an insurgent air raid on Alicante injuring 20 and damaging a central power station.
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Hendaye
France
Granada
Spain
Pena de la Mate
Granadan
Jaen
Murcia
Barcelona
Alicante
Valencia
Karpis Planned Mass Attacks on G Men Hoover Says
J Edgar Hoover reveals Alvin Karpis once plotted to ambush Cleveland Gmen with a machine gun and escape by plane then target agents in Los Angeles Chicago New York and Washington in a sequence of deadly strikes as described in a new book summary.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Alvin Karpis
Cleveland
Ohio
Justice Department
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Karpis
G- Men
Hoover
Nazis Extend Grip as Hitler Pushes Colonies and Danzig Control
Berlin reports the Nazi high command tightened its hold on the army and foreign policy under Hitler. Goering received a drum roll as officers reported for duty while calls for reclaiming colonies, controlling Danzig, and influence in Austria surfaced. Danzig leaders vow 100 percent German National Socialist stance.
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Berlin
Germany
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Foreign Ministry
Danzig
Austria
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Airforce
Wilhelm Goering
Marshal Goering
Goering
Eiasener National Zeitung
Franz von Papen
Vienna
Reich
Albert Forster
Campers Drift 20 Miles as Cold Deepens in Arctic
Four Soviet Arctic campers riding a floe reported it drifted 20 miles off Greenland’s east coast over 24 hours while temperatures fell. Rescuers, already worried by warmer weather, found hope in the colder air as radio signals faced magnetic interference but no alarm was raised for the crew aboard a 160 by 100 foot floe following the breakup of their main camp.
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Moscow
North Pole
Greenland
Add To Bill Would Hurt Cotton Farmer
Washington officials say the administration aims to boost southern dairy poultry and produce under a new farm program. They oppose the Boileau McNary amendment which would strip federal payments from farmers who divert land from cotton to dairy or livestock. Officials cite a need for 40 percent more eggs 60 percent more milk and 25 percent more fruits and vegetables for southeastern sharecroppers.
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Washington
Boileau
House
Senate
Bureau of Home Economics
Southeastern
Two Wardens Winners Fail To Count In Cheraw Election
Nine hundred votes were cast in Cheraw for a warden election but the results were invalid as both candidates J. Lewis Hill and W. Joyce Baker each received 450 ballots. A new election was ordered for February 15.
Bank Holding Firms Shrink Despite Industry Push
The Federal Reserve Board figures show bank holding companies declined from 97 to 52 from 1932 to 1987 while the banks they controlled fell from 978 to 479. Only entities overseeing three or more banks counted as holding companies.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Seashore Park Plans Advance Conference Set
Washington reports Representative Warren says the National Park Service finished a Cape Hatteras Seashore Park survey and called a conference for February 11 to present preliminary plans and gather local views from citizens.
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Washington
Warren
DNC
National Park Service
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Park
European chancelleries analyze Hitler changes as Britain meets
In London and Paris officials weighed how Nazi leadership shifts affect Europe. Eden received a Berlin report as Henderson returned to discuss the crisis. Rome focused on Mussolini's jubilation while Britain and France feared Austria as a potential victim of expansion.
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France
London
Adolf Hitler
Stanley Baldwin
Rhine
Anthony Eden
Berlin
Neville Henderson
Austria
Europe
Vienna
Franz von Papen
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
FHA Insurance Plan Aims Aid to Small Business Loans
The FHA outlined partial insurance for plant improvement loans up to 10 000 dollars. Banks may extend five year terms with FHA guaranteeing 10 percent. Other ideas include government loans if banks refuse cooperation and private investment pools to back small enterprises.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Roosevelt
Roosey
Federal Reserve Treasury
Securities Commissi Re
Commerce Department
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