Japan Punishes Officer In Panay Attack Fallout
Shanghai reports Rear Admiral Teizo Mitsunami relieved of duty after Panay bombing prompt. Tokyo recalls officer as Japan pledges to punish those responsible. Nanking siege continues with Japanese columns advancing northward and American and British ships approaching Shanghai.
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Panay
Shihai
Teizo Mitsunami
China
Hirota
United States
Yangtze
Nanking
Britain
Robert Leslie Craigie
Ladybird
Bee
Yangtze River
Hirohito
Roosevelt
Hull
Washington
Shanghai
America
Mitsunami
Tokyo
Arthur Menken
Paramount
Menken
Oahu
Ivy Hynds
Los Angeles
C. S. Trimmer
Long Valley
N. J
Robert ©. Wilson
Santee
Calif
Augusta
John Hodge
Hodge
Vance Jury Dismissal Motion Denied In Mississippi Trial
In Cleveland Mississippi Judge William Alcorn overruled defense aims to dismiss venire members over a Memphis Commercial Appeal story about a potential guilty plea by Claude Vance a Shaw druggist charged with murdering Shaw night marshal C Harrington. Trial resumed awaiting selection of the twelfth juror.
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Cleveland
Miss
Claude Vance
Shaw
C. Harrington
Memphis, Tenn
Vance
William Alcorn
Paul Morris
Robinsons in Moscow passports case linked to county clerk
The Robinsons obtained American passports to Russia via affidavits sworn in county clerk Albert J. Marinelli's office using forged dead New York children's names. Marinelli, a Tammany leader, resigned after charges by Thomas E. Dewey. Federal agents probe possible passport mill and espionage ties to a Soviet purge. Louis Levy denies knowledge of the couple.
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Russia
Albert J. Marinelli
New York
Marinelli
Tammany
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Lehman
Federal Passport Bureau
Sub-Treasury
Louis Levy
Birth of a son at Vaughan-Wright-Bendel clinic
A son was born on December 15 at the Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic to Mr and Mrs T C Hembree route 1 White's Ferry. The newborn was named James Bendel Hembree.
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Vaughan-Wright- Bendel Clinic
T. C. Hembree
White's Ferry
James Bendel Hemree
Winter Storm Warnings Sweep Gulf Coast to East Texas
A Southeast storm warning issued at 8 am CST from Galveston to Carrabelle forecasts a moderate disturbance along the Texas coast moving northeast in 36 hours. Expect increasing southeast winds and squally weather, with gale force at exposed coastal spots, shifting to northwest by late today along the Texas coast.
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Gulf Coast
Galveston
Tex
Carrabelle
Fla
Texas
Nanking Siege and Panay Sinking Revealed by AP Reporter
American correspondent C. Yates McDaniel recounts Nanking fall and safe zone conduct. Japanese looting and minimal casualties within the zone are noted, along with Panay sinking confirmation from a Japanese lieutenant and limited Chinese air defenses during the final siege.
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Panay
Nanking
University
Unsung Chinese Private Hero Saves Two Journalists in Nanking Fall
In Nanking during the city’s fall a Chinese private and a small group of soldiers held a last-stand position along Chungshan road near the Metropolitan hotel. They sacrificed themselves in front of advancing Japanese tanks, allowing others to reach safety. Dr Sun Yat Sen’s tomb survived the battle nearby.
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Nanking
Tillman Dardin
New York Times
Pecos
Tex
Chungshan Road
Metropolitan Hotel
Sun Yat-Sen
China
Sugar Quotas Set For Major Regions Under Plan
The quota plan limits production across areas with totals near 2 million tons nationally. American beet growers would get about 1.6 million tons, followed by the Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and joint Louisiana Florida cane sectors. Virgin Islands and foreign nations receive small shares. Compensation payments are funded by a half cent per pound tax on processing.
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Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Louisiana
Florida
Virgin Islands
Virgin Island
Civil Sheriff Hartson of Orleans Parish Dies at 66
New Orleans December 16 Mauice J Hartson civil sheriff of Orleans parish for 12 years died from a cerebral hemorrhage at Touro infirmary. He was 66 native of Jefferson Texas and had been active in politics. Survived by his widow three sons James William Maurice J Hartson Jr four daughters Miriam Hebert Arroyo Adams and a sister Fernand Calogne.
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New Orleans
Maurice J. Hartson
Orleans Parish
Touro Infirmary
Jefferson
Tex
James
William
Miriam Hartson
A. F. Hebert
Edward R. Arroyo
Leon Adams
Fernand Calogne
Lapine 4-H Elects Officers for Next Year
Lapine 4-H club at Lapine school elected Iona Smith as president, Weldon Williams as vice president, Oreatha Williams as secretary treasurer, and J W Rutledge Jr as reporter. The club comprises 21 members.
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Lapine 4-H Club
Lapine School
Iona Smith
Weldon Williams
Oreatha Williams
J. W. Rutledge, Jr
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