Panay Sunk by Japanese in Yangtse Action
Japanese aviators strafed and sank the U S gunboat Panay on the Yangtse above Nanking. A storekeeper and an Italian journalist were killed. British gunboats were also hit. one enlisted man died and several were wounded. Protests from Washington and London followed, with Tokyo expressing regret. The incident prompted calls for safeguards without war.
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Yangtse
Nanking
Washington
London
Tokyo
America
Britain
Great Britain
Japan
Roosevelt
Hull
Hiroji Saito
Hirohito
Cable
Eden
National Topics Interpreted by William National Press Building
A concerned observer critiques the National Labor Relations Act calling it half baked yet salvageable. He cites recent board actions against a magazine editor and a local paper editor, urging improved administration and warning against overreach while defending press freedom. He argues for a national labor policy in statute form and reviews two controversial board acts in December.
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William National Press Building
Washington
National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Heard
Labor Organization
Wagner
New York Democrat
National Labor Relations Board
Pat
St. Mary’s
Hartley W. Barclay
Barclay
O’brien
Congress
Speech on press rights and farm policy critique
A column railing against government overreach and the Wallace farm plan, warning that bureaucratic control could curb honest reporting and free discourse. The author cites congressional debates, calls for freer production, and recalls Borah’s attack on compulsory limits, urging policies to absorb surplus without tying farmers to a single plan.
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Congress
Wallace
Agriculture Secretary
Department of Agriculture
Interior
McGill
Kansas
Pope
Idaho
Senate
Capitol
Borah
Home Heating Hints from WNU Service
Practical advice warns against poking a fire from above with a water poker to stir the fuel bed. This creates clinkers, chokes the fire, and wastes fuel by packing lumps and blocking air. Instead, gentle shaking of grates helps break and drop clinkers into the ashpit.
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WNU Service
Oh Wad the Powers the Giftee Gie Us
In a railway carriage a pompous old gentleman bores fellow travelers with stories of his success and superiority. When the ticket collector asks his destination the man insists the ticket is for a watch, prompting a sharp exchange.
We Missadae Quote on Secret Sorrows and Sadness
A compact reflection notes that every person carries private sorrows unknown to the world and that coldness can mask inner sadness, echoing Longfellow’s sentiment about hidden feelings behind public demeanor.
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Tian
Longfellow
How One Woman Lost 20 lbs of Fat
A weight loss advert urges fat readers to weigh in, take Kruschen Salts daily for four weeks, modify diet and add light exercise, promising fat loss and increased energy. It claims skin clarity and a younger feeling, noting the product is available from druggists nationwide with a money back guarantee.
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Kruschen
Kruschen Sabis
America
Energy Does Things Energy has made more men famous than merit
A terse remark on Energy Does Things Energy suggesting its fame comes from publicity rather than deeds, reflecting public opinion about the organization's impact on its members' reputations.
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Western Emaner Union
B. L. Coughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
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White House
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
House Committee
Fred Vinson
Kentucky
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Roswell Magill
Coughton
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Bath Houses
WPA
Arry Hopkins
Supreme Court
Cardozo
Stone
Black
Hughes
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
James J. Ransom
Des Moines
Arthur Machen
Baltimore
SEC
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Exchange Commission
John Wesley Hanes
New York
Jerome N. Frank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
AAA
Frank
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Hanes
J. D. Ross
Seattle
Bonneville Dam
Sloan
Delaware
Italy
League
League of Nations
Mussolini
Duce
Landon
Lfred M. Landon
Republican Party
Riday
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Army General Staff
Atlantic
Pan American Airways
Charles A. Lindbergh
LGHT
Daniel Carter - Beard
National Scout
National Court of Honor
J. P. Fraley
Hitchins
Guy Groff, Jr
Marengo
Iowa
Kenneth Simonson
Redridge
Mich
John Mentha
John Ruggi
Yonkers
N. Y
William E. Dodd
Germany
Hugh R. Wilson
Berlin
Dodd
J.P. Kennedy
Ota
Robert W. Bingham
Louisville
Joseph P. Kennerdy
Federal Maritime Commission
Bingham
Johns Hopkins Hospital
State Department
Iner
President Hoover
Formosa
Kobe
Mainz
McKinley
Manila
Wally
Duchess of Windsor
Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
Empire
George VI
Gloucester
Kent
Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Aluminum Company of America
Brookings Institution
M. Slave Kendrick
Cornell University
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Hugh KR. Wilson
Reye
Percy
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