Japanese note to Britain 5 made public in London
London dispatch reports Japan's note to Britain admitting attacks on the gunboat Ladybird and other British ships in Chinese waters were mistakes. It promises care to avoid harming British nationals, notes similar to the Panay incident, and outlines new orders to prevent such attacks while acknowledging possible dissension over satisfaction with the explanations.
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London
Japan
Britain
Panay
Chinese Catholic Leader Assassinated in Shanghai
Leh Peb-Hong, a wealthy Chinese Catholic leader and director of several public utilities and steamship lines, was assassinated today in the French concession of Shanghai. He was rumored pro Japanese and had been part of a civilian committee aiding Shanghai’s return to normal conditions. he had been mentioned as a possible new mayor and was decorated by Pope Pius for philanthropy. He previously visited the United States in 1927 as a Chinese delegate to an international Catholic conference in Chicago. The report notes the small Yangtze alligator as the only alligator in the old world.
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Shanghai
Leh Peb-Hong
Leh Wa
Loh
Pope Pius
United States
Chicago
Indiana girl 15 and 13-year-old vow marriage in custody case
Betty June Lacer, 15, and Tommy Chapman, 13, neighbors and former classmates, welcomed a son Thomas Howard Chapman Lacer born Tuesday. Judge J Raymond Powell ruled Indiana law bars under 16 marriages even with parental consent. The two asked to marry. the judge ordered strict custody of the boy’s parents while ruling. Betty and Tommy powered by homespun chores and school notes face uncertain future as families discuss support.
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J. Raymond Powell
Powell
Indiana
Tommy
Betty June
Chapman
Detroit
Linton
Betty Jane
Ben
Betty
M. N Thayer
Linten
Foes seek modifications to Roosevelts reorganizat ion plan
Washington officials say opponents of the administration reorganization bill aim to force changes on three main provisions. They want to curb agency power shifts, restrict presidential consolidation moves, and replace a three member civil service board with a single administrator while House leaders await Senate action. Some members may seek amendments to add six administrative assistants. Progress reported on farm bills during holiday recess with corn and wheat provisions nearing agreement while cotton controls remain a sticking point.
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Washington
Senate
General Accounting Office
Budget Bureau
Auditor General
Civil Service Board
House
Roosevelt
Corps of Army Engineers
Pope Didalio
Leesburg Editor Promotes Home Enterprise Prize
Mack Sauer, editor of the Leesburg city ppress, pledges $10,000 to the first quintuplets born in 1933 within eight miles of Leesburg. He declares America first and urges local promotion of enterprise, rallying Leesburg to lead over Canada with spirited rhetoric.
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Leesburg, Q
Der
Mack Sauer
Leesburg
Bootleg Vinegar Rumors Spark Mock Charges at Franklin
In Franklin Indiana on December 30, a man charged with distilling corn liquor told Judge Charles B. Staff that bootleg liquor faced legal competition by being cut with vinegar. The claim arose as locals recalled how hootch reportedly tasted like wine.
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Associated Press
Franklin
Ind
Martin Luther Woods
Tdi
Charles B
Violence reports at Joplin strike tie to Picher events
At a Eagle Picker labor board hearing in Joplin witnesses Bennett Laws of Hockerville and Sam Davis of Zineville testified about violence tied to the May 8 1935 strike by the International Mine Union. Laws described being chased from a Tease site with police and union cars blocking assembly. Davis said he was arrested held in jail days on a riot charge at Picher May 27 1935, later released as the charge was dropped. Also noted were railroad mechanical stokers orders for large locomotives. Burglars near Brookfield took hundreds of dollars in cigars from the McAllister Warehouse.
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Joplin
Picher
Okla
International Mine Union
Eagle-Picker Labor Board
International Union
Bennett Laws
Hockerville
Sam Davis
Zineville
Laws
Davis
Eli Dry
Henry Blanton
al Maness
Attacks on Big Business Roosevelts Follow Fight
Washington dispatch notes open criticism of big business by high administration officials as a prelude to Roosevelt's congress address. Jackson denounces private wealth concentration and monopoly profits while urging policy changes. Observers cite mixed reactions from lawmakers amid unemployment data and upcoming hearings. Incunabula mention closes the piece.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Philadelphia
Robert J. Jackson
NBC
C.S
Ickes
Jackson
Democratic Party
Norris
Ind-Neb
American Political Science Association
Sam
Wheeler
D-Mont
van Nuys
D-Ind
Adams
D-Cole
Picture story of sinking of Panay by Japs
The Panay's sinking on the Yangtze is shown in a 20 minute newsreel record with frames of the ship firing, the crash of bombs, the crew’s escape, and the final bow as the flag sinks. Survivors recount a later machine gun attack denied by Japan. Universal Newsreel produced the preview in Fort Lee New Jersey.
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William S. White
New York
Panay
Stars and Stripes
Warcraft
Yangtze
Fort Lee
New Jersey
Norman Alley
Washington
Tokyo
Associated Press
Nanking
Alley
Imate
Wlite
J. 7. Hughes
Hughes
John Lang
Badlands
Two Homicides Unsolved In St Louis In 1937
St Louis brass close year with two unsolved murders from 66 total in 1937. John J. Dunn a gambling house bouncer was slain July 14 and Max Schubert was shot by a robber at his tavern May 22. The year logged 443 robberies and 1460 burglaries with 194 robberies and 1297 burglaries cleared.
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ST. Louis
John H. Glassco
John J
Padgy) Dunn
Max Schubert
Glasscn
Dance interruption leads to charged vandalism case
In Cety Kansas the 14 year old Alphonse Gandara was denied entry to a dance. He cut the electric power line into the building causing the dance to halt. Police charged him with vagrancy.
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Kansas
Cety
Alphonse Gandara
A 5¢ Landlord Lost Domaine in the Lower East Side
New York reports Jacob Berman, 52, who rented a spare room to two elderly pedlars for 5 cents daily, lost his landlord status after moving into a condemned Lower East Side flat. A foot ailment halted firewood searches, his tenants stopped paying, and a social worker arranged a compromise where the pedlars supply food and firewood for free rent.
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New York
Jacob Berman
Berman
Lower East Side
Peddiers
Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers deny expecting child
Hollywood report denied by Mary Pickford's secretary. The telegram says the claim of a baby is unfounded. Pickford is en route to Chicago to join Rogers whose orchestra is there. Pickford, 44, married Rogers last June. her past romance with Douglas Fairbanks produced no child.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Miss Pickford
Rogers
Chicago
Elizabeth Lewis
Seligram
Ariz
Douglas Fairbanks
KruGon touted as relief for rheumatic and other pains
Local ad claims KruGon brings complete relief and better health for rheumatic, nerve, stomach, kidney, and blood troubles. Mrs Forest Clark and her mother recount dramatic improvements after using KruGon, with the drug being sold at Tolson's Drug Co in Jefferson City.
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Forest Clark
Jefferson St
Jefferson City
Tolson’s Drug Co
East High St
KreaGon
North High Street
Death by Own Action Ends Kidnapping Case in Missouri
In Bonne Terre Missouri on December 30 Marvin Wright, 24, killed himself with a shotgun after his mother urged law enforcement. Earlier, he and Everett Cochran abducted 4 year old Kelly Robertson of Desloge and held him overnight. Robertson later identified Cochran as one abductor. a note left by Wright included farewell and instructions to his mother.
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Bonne Terre
Marvin Wright
A. A. Bayles
Wright
Marvin
Kelly Robertson
Desloge
Mrs. Wright
Bayles
Hmeet
Eugene
Lanyway
Everett
Seco
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Seattle
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Arthur Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Marriner Sr. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Philip Murray
Committee For Industrial Organization
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