Japanese Advance Near Nanking Signals City In Reach
AP dispatch from Shanghai reports Japanese vanguard within sight of Nanking’s ancient walls and in the hills outside the capital. A massive front pushes toward Wuhu and Chingkiang as planes batter retreating Chinese forces. reports state the 32,720 ton Nagato was sunk on the lower Yangtze.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Hame
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kacchigomen
Sun Yat-Sen
Sun
Purple Mountains
China
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Chingkiang
Grand Canal
Yangtze
Nank~ Ing
Nagato
Tung
KruGon Laxative Tonic Gains Jefferson City Attention
Advertisement touts KruGon as a sensational new laxative tonic in Jefferson City. Mrs John Amos praises its effects on her six year old son Harold, claiming rapid relief from rheumatism with two boxes, and noting widespread local approval as the KruGon Man visits Tolson's Drug Store at 201 East High Street to explain the remedy's benefits.
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Tolson’s Drug Co
John Amos
KruGon
East High Street
Jefferson City
Tolson
Harold
Tolson's Drug Co
Picket to Get Their Jobs Back In Ford's St Louis Factory
Ford plant manager Mil ton N Johnson claimed a naval victory over United Automobile Workers strikers at St Louis. About 40 pickets stood outside the main entrance in bitter cold, while Johnson announced plans to hire 40 more workers and raise output to 100 cars daily, disputing the strike. The UAWA said the strike continues, with fines to be maintained.
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Ford
St. Louis
Milton N. Johnson
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Works of America
Johnson
Norman Smith
UAWA
Smith
TERTE PROMISES 10 CLEAN UP JURY MESS
Kansas City December report states Judge Ben Terte addressed about 300 potential jurors vowing to prevent a repeat of a Jackson county scandal involving jurors serving under assumed names. Sheriff Williams supported accountability as deputies were discharged. two men faced further action alongside related burglary tool convictions and lengthy sentences for Lugge and Ciarielli.
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Kansas City
Dec
Ben Terte
Jackson County
James L. Williams
Terre
Tony” Ciarielli
Willie Lugge
Terle
Lugge
Tax subcommittee to work daily on tax overhaul
Washington December 6 AP says a house tax subcommittee is daily drafting a comprehensive tax overhaul. Principal recommendations tentatively include simplifying estate and gift taxes and capital gains and undistributed profits levies. It plans allowing tax dividends from paid up life policies and deducting collection costs for legal sums. Corporations could deduct charitable contributions only in the year paid, while individual tax increases are unlikely unless more revenue is needed for farmers or to offset losses from changes.
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Washington
Scrap the Wagner Act and replace with equal treatment plan
New York December 6 AP Lewis Haney economics professor urged scrapping the Wagner Labor Relations Act during a National Industrial Council address. He proposed a balanced agency for employer and employee fairness, called on employers to use politics to counter labor aims, and urged wages tied to productivity with profits aligned to output.
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New York
Lewis Haney
New York “University
National Industrial Council
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress of American Industry
Haney
Gray Hairs on Blood Stained Rock A Clue
Gray hairs found on a bloodstained rock were examined by Dr. Alexander Gettler as police weigh whether Charles A. Klein died by suicide or was killed by bandits in Central Park. Hair samples will be compared with strands from Klein after his burial.
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New York
Charles A. Klein
Central Park
Alexander Gettler
Klein
Inventors Congress Shows Off Quirky Inventions in L.A.
The Inventors Congress in Los Angeles showcased water walking shoes, an anti snorer device, and a psychograph that analyzes character in 28 seconds. About 1,000 attendees gathered for the four day national convention amid talk of future possibilities and women’s significant role in invention.
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Los Angeles
Congress
Biltmore
C. W. Chamberlain
Ross J. Preston
St. Louis
Izzy
Margaret Hess
Women’s Auxiliary
Eli Whitney
Catherine Green
Nathaniel Green
Heat Persisted Across Southern California Coast
Hot weather continued in southern California with temperatures above normal before noon. The Long Beach high reached 85 degrees, and lifeguards reported about 130000 bathers along beaches from Santa Monica to Long Beach yesterday.
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Los Angeles
California
Long Beach
Santa Monica
Macon County School Superintendent Dies
Charles A. Powell, 57, Macon County school superintendent for 10 years, died unexpectedly Sunday after a heart attack. Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon. The widow and five children survive.
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Macon
Dee
Charles A. Powell
Macon County
Filly With Broken Leg Undergoes Pin Treatment
Philadelphia December reports veterinarians at the University of Pennsylvania veterinary school placing four steel pins in the right foreleg of Princess Jewel, a five month old filly, to set a broken leg. Dr Otto Stader noted two pins above and two below the fracture with steel bars and an adjustable frame to hold the leg. The colt stirred as anesthesia wore off and was supported upright in a stall with straps.
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Philadelphia
Otto Stader
Ardmore
Flashes of Life and Odd News Highlights
A birthday party for three year old McGowan features a fire chief police chief and railroad conductor as guests in uniform. In New York a thief steals 27,000 Chinese silver dollars from a pier packing case and eludes police at the 20th Street station. Oklahoma City Pluto the German shepherd causes a long pipe removal by firefighters who later face a sniffing rabbit hunt. St Paul fire crews rescue a man who fell through ice while also saving a dog in a Mississippi river boat scene. Two Rivers hunters each claim a deer shot by the other and split the meat. no one can verify which shot did the fatal work.
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Chow
Fushan
Wuhu
Ladybird
Indo-China Steam Navigation Company
China Navigation Company
Yangtze
British Asiatic Petroleum (Shell) Company
Nanking
China
Associated Press
Columbia
Frank P. McGowan, Jr
Ja, MacMarsh
Hyde Rawlinson
J. E. Gleston
The
Southern Railway
New York
20Th Street Station
Sheriff's Wife Halts Pemiscot County Jail Escape
Caruthersville Missouri December six AP report says Mrs John Holsler wife of Pemiscot County sheriff and her daughter Lida Mae stopped five prisoners escaping from the county jail. Forty prisoners were confined. two white escapees Monroe Bell and Paul Webster charged with felonious assault. The other three escapees were Black and held for forgery and grand larceny.
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Caruthersville
John Holsler
Pemiscot
Lida Mae
Hosler
Charles Gregory
Kansas Young Republicans Gird for 1938 Campaign
Topeka December 6 AP Kansas Young Republicans planned for the 1938 state elections after a harmonious convention. Alf Landon criticized President Roosevelt for passing the buck during a vacation amid political and economic confusion. Landon warned the President shifts policies, creating uncertainty about what comes next.
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Topeka
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Roosevellt
Sins of Fathers Weigh Heavily on Vermont
Windham County residents faced enforcement of Vermont's blue law banning Sunday work with 100 or more people cited for secular activities. State's Attorney Berry planned warrants as theater closures, milkshakes, and golf were labeled work by authorities. Citizens debated necessity while officials sought to purge antiquated statutes.
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Windham
Vermont
Fxn Nest’ F. Berry
Berry
Raymond JA
Kinky
Blue Lawsa
Ng Laper
Barry
Dinneen Quits as Umpire After 28 Years of Service
Chicago dispatch reports Bill Dinneen, 63, announced retirement as American League umpire after 28 years. His departure, along with Charley Johnston’s resignation, paves the way for two new arbiters next season: Bill Grieve from the American Association and Eddie Rommel, previously a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and a former IL umpire.
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Chicago
Bill Dinneen
Will Harridge
Dinneen
Charley Johnston
American League
Bill Grieve
American Association
Philadelphia Athletics
Eddie Rommel
St Louis Voters Begin Under New Permanent Registration
In St Louis today voters started registering under a new permanent law. Polls in 783 precincts close at 9 p.m. tonight and registration continues tomorrow. William H Woodyard, chairman of the board of election commissioners, expressed hope that about 300,000 voters would register over the two days.
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ST. Louis
William’ H. Woodyard
Board of Election Commissioners
Lighthouse service base proposed for St Louis rivers
Washington, Dec 6 AP The annual report of Secretary Roper recommends establishing a lighthouse service operating base at St Louis for work on the Missouri Mississippi Ohio and Tennessee rivers. He cites recent extreme flood conditions in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and faster improvement of navigable channels in the upper Mississippi Missouri Tennessee guiding attention to lighthouse needs.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Tennessee
Congress
Roper
Upper
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Ark
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Visayan Islands
Inventors' Congress
Macon CO
Aesop
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Kansas Young
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Bill.dinneen
Lighthouse Service
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Nash LaFayette
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