Pacts, battles, and a global drift through 1937 turmoil
United by a nine-nation accord at Nyon near Geneva, Britain and France plan Mediterranean patrols to curb submarines while restricting shipping lanes, with Italy and Germany absent amid piracy accusations. The same period sees Japanese advances in China around Shanghai and North Hopei as German advisers influence Chinese defense, casualties mount, and Shanghai endures widespread destruction. Morgenthau moves 300 million dollars in cash against sterilized gold, and Roosevelt vows to keep the United States out of war as cotton futures meanwhile project a vast 16,098,000 bale crop for 1937.
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Britain
France
Mediterranean Sea
Nyon
Geneva
Greece
Jugo- Slavia
Turkey
Rumsmania
Bulgaria
M.litvino
Peyat
Russia
Italy
Germany
Mediterranean
Tyrrhenian Sea
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Spain
Adriatic
Maxim Litvinoff
Anthony Eden
China
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North Hopei
Shanghai
Woosung
Livho
Nantao
Chapei
Lunghwa
Machang
Tsinghsien
Tientsin
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Whangpoo
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Yanks in Far East Demand Protection as Shanghai Tensions Rise
Americans in Shanghai pressed Washington for protection of ships amid war zone danger. The American Chamber of Commerce sought clarity from Secretary Hull while critics blamed President Roosevelt for not taking a firmer stance. Rumors of the Augusta leaving Yangtze waters sparked panic as vice consuls were ordered to depart.
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Shanghai
Washington
United States
American Chamber of Commerce
Hull
State Department
Roosevelt
Augusta
Yangtze
Far East
China
Chinese appeal to League against Japanese invasion at Geneva
The Chinese delegation framed an appeal to the League of Nations urging action against Japan’s aggression. It cites Article 17 to invite Japan to sit on the council of reply and warns sanctions may follow if Tokyo rejects the invitation.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Japan
Council of Reply
Woosung-Shanghai
Shanghai
Nanking
Hitler Calls for Stand By Japan In Global Defense
Hitler told the Nazi congress in Nuremberg that Germany would stand with Italy and Japan in a defensive fight against Bolshevism. He argued the Sino Japanese and Spanish conflicts arise from attempts to spread communism and cited the growing Italy Soviet Russia tensions over Mediterranean piracy. He asserted a shared anti communist mission with Japan and noted a strengthened European defense alliance against chaos.
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Apo Fotsna
Italy
Japan
Bolshevis
Wuremberg
Soviet Russia
Mediterranean
Germany
Europe
Nazi Leader Says Germany Too Busy to Fight War
Dolf Hitler told a Nazi rally in Nuremberg that Germany is too busy to enter another war. He outlined plans requiring 20 to 40 years to complete and warned against a disastrous outcome. He urged colonies be returned to supply markets for German goods and suggested Britain need not fear Nazi naval bases abroad.
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Dolf Hitler
Nuremberg
Gerrany
Reichsfuehrer
Germany
Great Britain
McGrady Quits Labor Post for RCA Executive Role
Edward F. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor and chief strike troubleshooter for Mme Frances Perkins, resigns to join Radio Corporation of America as executive vice president in charge of industrial relations. Roosevelt expresses deep regret. McGrady's new salary is estimated between 15,000 and 50,000 dollars. He had mediated in the CIO strike against "Little Steel" and will be available to the government upon call in his new role.
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McGrady
Edward F. McGrady
Mme
Frances Perkins
Radio Corporation of America
Roosevelt
Gas treatment aims to regularize fruit yields on orchards
Washington reports a U S Department of Agriculture patent by Daniel Glenn Sorber and Marston H Kimball, assigned to Henry A Wallace. By sealing trees in tents and exposing them to butylene gas at 60 to 100 degrees for one to two hours, growers claim to force uniform flowering and fruiting despite harsh winters, reducing losses from erratic yields across walnuts, peaches, apples, and other deciduous crops.
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Washington
Daniel Glenn Sorber
Marston H. Kimball
California
United States Department of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Chinese Culture Not So Ancient as People Suppose
Carl Whiting Bishop of the Freer Gallery argues that Chinese civilization is not the oldest, but has a longer continuous history and slow change. He traces origins to the Yellow River basin, notes influences from Babylonia and Egypt, and compares early social classes and transitions to the Iron Age and imperial autocracy beginning by the third century B.C. This challenges views of isolation and suggests ancient traits persist into modern times.
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Ann Arbor
China
Babylonia
Egypt
Carl Whiting
Freer Gallery of Art
Washington, D. C
University of Michigan Institute of Far Eastern Studies
Mr. Bishop
Great
Yellow River
Nile
Indus
Euphrates Rivers
Atlantic
Near East
B. C
B.C
Longer Life for Working Classes Gains in Life Expectancy
A Metropolitan Life Insurance report shows the life expectancy at birth for industrial policyholders rose from 46.63 years in 1911 to 60.25 years in 1935, narrowing the gap with the overall U S population and outpacing urban whites by 1931–32 to 1930. The gain occurred despite World War I, the 1918-19 influenza epidemic, and economic downturns, with praise for public health authorities.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
Briton Sees Great Advance in Battle to Defeat Cancer
Dr. W. Cramer of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund reports to the American Journal of Cancer that cancer in England has risen mainly in ages over five during the last two decades. The trend affects cancers of the tongue esophagus stomach intestines liver pancreas in men and uterus in women, with breast cancer increasing at younger ages in women.
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New York
W. Cramer
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
London
American Journal of Cancer
England
Uncle Phil on soft words and wallet strings
The piece argues that a soft answer can inflame or calm, warning against lazily tolerant behavior. It notes people resist tightening purse strings until emotions are moved and observes youth and wisdom, ending with a gloss on peace of mind and hermitlike life.
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Disraeli
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