Naval race and world tensions in the 1930s era
Japan refuses to reveal naval plans prompting fears of a major shipbuilding surge led by the United States while Britain France and others might join in arms buildup. Discussions on a world naval conference and Nicaragua canal ideas surface as Chiang Kai-shek repels Japanese advances in central China. Romania's Cristea regime tightens control amid nearing dictatorship. Franco amasses a massive army as Spanish Civil War rages, with potential shifts in British and Italian positions over Ethiopia.
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United States
England
France
Japan
Washington
Panama Canal
Panama
Nicaragua
King
Utah
Meyerick
Texas
Roosevelt
Hull
Great Britain
George Tinkham
Massachusetts
Tokyo Press
America
Britain
House Naval Affairs Committee
Umania
Octavian Goga
Carol
Miron Cristea
Cristea
George Tar- Milton Cristea Iorescu
Dr. Cristea
Romania
Italy
Germany
Franco
Salamanca
Mediterranean
Aragon
Teruel
Lonfon
Singapore Base Opening Mirrors Global Tensions
Singapore hosts a grand ceremony as Britain formally dedicates a vast naval base worth $55,000,000 at the Straits Settlements. Rear Admiral Julius Townsend leads American officers aboard the Tren ton Memphis and Milwaukee. The U S squadron arrived from Australia where it marked the Commonwealth’s 150th anniversary. In central China, reports say Japanese forces crushed a Chinese army of 15,000, pushing the well river line.
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Singapore
Great Britain
Singanor
Straits Settlements
Declinor
Julius Townsend
Trenton
Memphis
Milwaukee
Australia
Commonwealth
China
Welluw
Roosevelt Urges $250 Million More for Relief Fund
A special message to Congress requests an additional 250 million dollars to supplement the existing relief fund, aiming to aid three million people displaced in the last three months. A bill to carry out the President's suggestions was introduced in the House and quickly moved toward passage.
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Roosevelt
Congress
House
Admiral Grayson Dies At 69 In Washington
Admiral Cary T. Grayson chairman of the American Red Cross died in Washington at age 69. Born in Virginia he was a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt Wilson Taft and Franklin Roosevelt and persuaded by the latter to lead the Red Cross where he found notable success. Also mourns the death of O. O. McIntyre, the New York chatter columnist, who died after a brief illness at his Park Avenue residence.
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Grayson
Cary T. Grayson
American Red Cross
Washington
Virginia
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Franklin Roosevelt
Red Cross
O. O. McIntyre
New York
Sway
Park Arenus
Debate over administration crop control bill reaches senate
The conference report on the crop control bill passed the House 263 to 135 and the Senate 54 to 31. The measure extends the sol conservation program, provides payments to cooperating farmers, and uses acreage allotments and marketing quotas with referenda to stabilize supply. It proposes an ever normal granary system to store surpluses in bumper years to cushion lean periods and curb price spikes for consumers.
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House
Conference
Senate
Sol
Bulkley Toll Road Plan Aimed at Jobs and Highways
Senator Bulkley of Ohio unveils a federal toll highway bill to build ten superhighways across the Bulkley country. Cost set at eight billion dollars, funded by tolls and land leases on strips up to 530 feet wide. Also notes drought conditions in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle threaten grain, with dust storms harming wheat and topsoil and delaying harvests if rains do not materialize.
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Bulkley
Senator Bulkley
Ohio
Senate
Ben. Bulkley Country
OCP
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
United States
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Buenos Aires
Chicago
Texas
Nebraska
Links C. I. O. with Reds Charged in Senate Hearing
Joseph Ryan president of the International Longshoremen's Association told the senate commerce committee that the C I O is tied up with the Communist party of America and presented facts to support the charge. After his testimony the committee adopted a resolution to appropriate 50 000 dollars for a special senate committee investigation of subversive influences in the merchant marine.
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C.1.o
Joseph Ryan
International Longshoremen's Association
A. F. of L
Senate Commerce Committee
Communist Party of America
Ryan
Copeland
Senate
Steel Price Cuts Trigger Industry Shakeup
The text notes Roosevelt insisting steel and mass production can cut prices to buyer levels while preserving wages. United States Steel extends its working agreements with Caramittes for Industrial, keeping current rates as prices drop by about $4 per ton, signaling a broad price structure break in the steel industry.
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Roosevelt
United States Steel
Be es Ancient Rookies Face 2nd Year Jinx
Boston Bees' Jim Turner and Lou Fette, veteran rookies after long minor league careers, surprised by winning 20 games each in 1887. Their combined 2.38 ERA, 24 complete games, and five shutouts led the staff, fueling predictions they may beat the second year slump this season.
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Jim Turner
Lou Fette
Boston Bees
Graybeard
Boston
Fireball van
Mungo Hen
Bees
Turner
Fette
Baseball veterans Turner and Fette escape jinx in 1987 ascent
The season profiles two veteran pitchers Turner and Fette who avoided a big league break in favor of steady prep. Each kept in shape in winter activities in Molenville and Alma while manager Bill McKechale helped place them with Indianapolis and St Paul. Scouts chased flashier prospects instead.
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Turver
St. Paul
Ball Park
Turner
Fette
Aging players linger in minor league shadows
Reports recount players past age twenty five lingering in baseball, called good bushers but not big time caliber. Turner tried to reach the majors at seventeen in 1923 with the Boston Red Box, the nearest he came before the Bees signed him. The piece notes doubts from managers and a plan shift suggested by McKechnie, amid fading grins as elderly rookies pitched for Boston.
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Turner
Boston Red Box
Bees
Beleves
Luau
Fette
McKechnie
Boston
Belmar
Eugene Ormandy
Eugene Or Mandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Gustav Mahler
Budapest Academy of Music
New York
Capitol Theater
Roxy
Bang
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Fadio
Hungary
WA Service
Notable Sports Bits From The Era At Hand
Here and There surveys include FYING BUMP HADLEY aiming to be AL photographer, Syracuse adding bowling with 50 000 games bowled by undergraduates last year, and Bill Monaghan directing concessions for the 1939 Golden Gate exposition. Max Schmeling weighed 192% pounds for a Hamburg match, Ranger and Ranger owners rent totals near 2 1/2 million since 1925, John Kester bowled 101 games in 15 hours 47 minutes, Norval Baptie set the 440 yard speed skating mark after betting, W C McGeehan filed the first baseball broadcast in 1921 calling it a fad, and Joe DiMaggio collected three hits off Mel Harder last season.
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Bump Hadley
White Sox
Yankees
Syracuse University
Bill Monohab
University of California
California
Max Schmeling
Ben
Norval Baptie
W. C. McGeehan
Joe DiMaggio
Mel Harder
Cleveland
Crisler Returns to Michigan as Coach and A D
Big Ten retread Fritz Crisler takes football coach and assistant athletic director duties at the University of Michigan, after lingering vacancy. Career notes span Chicago, Minnesota, Princeton, and earlier coaching roles under Stagg, with Big Ten ties and youth indicated.
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Herbert C
Fritz
Crisler
University of Michigan
Harry Kipke
Fred
Aew
University of Chicago
Chicago
A. A. Stagg
Minesota
Princeton
Tiger
Frinceton
Michigan
Fielding H. Yost
Big Ten
United States
One I Know Worth Dozen I Thinks
A concise piece extols certainty as true knowledge. It warns that half knowledge breeds doubt and hinders progress. When conviction is firm, actions like building bridges and steering ships follow, shaping character and guiding life away from trouble.
Crocodile Foiled Rescues Boy on Mitchell River
A crocodile dragged a native boy toward the river but was driven back by dozens of tribesmen and three white men with firearms. The beast was pierced by spears after a fierce struggle near the riverbank, and the boy was saved from the jaws.
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Mitchell River
Austraia
Brisbane
Ebaljows
Fragmentary note on "Abide With Me" and victory display
A fragmented OCR passage mentions "Abide With Me" and a victory display tied to a historical event in Jerusalem during a grand conflict. It references English presence and Anglo-Egyptian forces, suggesting a display of the hymn as part of a triumph. Names and precise details are unclear due to garbled text.
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Jerualim
England
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