Panay bombing sparks Japanese shakeup and war moves
Dec 16 AP report says Rear Admiral Teizo Mizunami was removed as naval aerial operations chief after the Panay attack. Japanese columns push north from near Shanghai toward Nanking as plans for a triumphal entry into fallen Nanking unfold. Foreign observers warn young officers acted without orders while a Shanghai-bound flotilla ferrying Panay victims prepares to sail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Teizo Mizunami
United States
Panay
Dome
America
Mizunami
China
Tokyo
Nanking
Grand Canal
Yangtze
Fallen
Homor
Yangtze River
Admiralty
United States Navy
Arthur Menken
Paramount
Menker
Oahu
London
Britain
House of Commons
Koki Hirota
Foreign Ministry
Hirota
Japan
Robert Leslie Craigie
Ladybird
Bee
Acceptance Of B. C. P Chairman
The article discusses acceptance of the B C P chairman with notes on age demographics. About 40 percent of those named were under 40, and a committee proposal remains outside the speaker's control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himiltor
Cmmitee
Raid and Sinking of Panay and Oil Tanks by Japanese Bombers
F Hayden Vines reports from Shanghai on December 16 describing a Japanese aerial attack that sank the U S gun boat Panay and damaged three Standard Oil river tankers on the Yangtze above Nanking. He and about 106 others escaped ashore after a harrowing bombardment and fires, with many Chinese workers injured or killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Yangtze
Nanking
Bunday
F. Hayden Vines
Roanoke
British American Tobacco Company
Shanghai Hospital
Shanghai
Meiping
Wuhu
Jim Marshall
Collier
John Hodge
Panay
Standard
Hull Sancane
Hull
State Department
Woolworth strike hits New York stores
About 160 workers at three Woolworth five and dime stores walked out after failed wage and hours talks. Pickets blocked entrances while union organizer Clarina Michelson said plans included hopes to meet Countess Haugwitz Reventlow, who was en route to Europe, with no general strike planned.
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New York
Woolworth
Clarina Michelson
Department Stores
New York City
Countess Haugwitz Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Highway 44 realignment project eyed for Moreau city entry
The plan proposes pavement expansion along Highway 44 from Moreau toward the city to improve sight distance at the Swift intersection. The route would shift slightly east near the city limit to minimize right-of-way damages on the west side and create a safe, attractive intersection. Finished plans are pending but data will be provided for right‑of‑way acquisition, with the department ready to cooperate fully.
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Swift
Saville
Dunford Street
Madison
Jefferson Street
Owens
Radio Schedule From Friday Evening to Early Morning
Readable fragments of a 1310 radio timetable listing hourly programs from 6:30 pm to 4:30 am. Entries include Farm Service Hour with Ozark Wildcats, News, Birthday Bell, Morning Melodies, Pacific Paradise, Pinky Lee, Capitol Matinee, Zeke Manners Gang, Kay Kyser Orchestra, Poems by Lance Strange, and Sports Page of the Air, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark Wildcats
Pinky Lee
Jefferson City
Rhythm Makers
Ferde Grofe
Orchestra
Cugat
Capitol
House Farm Bill Clash Over Wages And Exemptions
Debates in the House and Senate produced sharp divisions over the wage hour bill and farm policy. House foes sought to exclude processors of all agricultural commodities from the act, while Senate members argued over cotton allotments and administration costs. A key feature limited administrative costs to one to two percent, with criticism of high soil conservation expenses. The session featured procedural clashes and political rhetoric on government aid and farm production requirements.
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Ocratic
Rayburn
Boland
Friends of the Bill
House
Senate
Barkley
Washington
Russell
D-Ga
Judge urges probes into game law violations in refuges
Federal District Judge Heartsill Ragon recommended an investigation into alleged violations of game laws in government refuges in Arkansas. He told a jury impaneled yesterday that the federal government will not develop the area for residents unless people help protect game in the refuges.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Federal
Heartsill Ragon
Arkansas
Labor Ranks Rally As CIO Claims Steel Union Victory
John L. Lewis denounces Little Steel operators at SWOC congress in Pittsburgh. He proclaims steel workers have formed a united movement under the CIO, pledging to stand with organized labor against AFL efforts and blasting Tom Girdler as a killer symbol. In Washington, relief loan plans and Panay incident notes unfold amid housing bill talks.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
CIO
First National Congress
SWOC
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Girdler
Christian Church
Iron and Steel Industry of
America
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Lewis
William Green
Labor Federation
Stark and Pendergast split over Kansas governance
The text traces growing rifts between Governor Stark and the Pendergast machine, including Stark not naming allies to state posts, ousting O'Malley from the insurance department, and Aylward still practicing law in receiverships. It notes lack of inclusion in the state committee bulletin and rumors of peace overtures blocked by Pendergast.
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Stark
Pendergast
O’malley
Insurance
Aylward
State Building and Loan Supervision Department
State Committee
Kansas Ciy
William PB. Harvey
Kansas City
Thayer charged with murder in sister and aunt slayings
Oliver Alden Thayer age 24 facing added murder charge in the killings of his sister Katherine 32 and his aunt Alice R. Thayer 72 in Salem Massachusetts. He pleaded innocent to the sister murder and awaits hearings next Thursday held without bail. A shotgun assault left Miss Thayer dead about a day after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Oliver Alden Thayer
Alice R. Thayer
Katherine
Thayer
High tariff dispute over Czech shoes debated in Washington
In Washington on December 16, tariff commission chairman Raymond Stevens said the probe into Czech and domestic shoe costs was moving quickly under a senate resolution. Czech Bata representatives called the push propaganda, while American manufacturers pressed for higher duties to shield domestic industry. Labor groups and eight congressmen urged higher tariffs, with briefs due by December 29.
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Washington
Raymond B. Stevens
The
Tariff Commission
Senate
Czechoslovakia
Buta “Shoe Company
Ameticl Shoe Manufacturers
Commission
Ray O.ball
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association
Bata
Lewis Hulbert
United Shoe Workers’ of America,2
Committee For Industrial Organization
Congress
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Eroute
Moreau
George
Russia
Ellender
D-La
Lewis Deglares
Ske 38 Co
F. C
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
General Treasury
Jne
Lee
D-Okla
Scretary Hull
Tava
Foreign Office
Hill
Far East
Waaia
Hawthorne
Pinking
Dazy
Toastmasters
Pottery
Electric Iron
Dad
Sleda
Mayer Hardware
E. High
Alladin Lamp
West Virginia
United Shoe Workers
Wright's Clean Grocery
New California
Foren
Hallow
Exchange National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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