Sino Japanese War Escalates with Bombing of Dollar Liner
Britain protests the wounding of ambassador Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen in Shanghai as Japanese planes attack the American liner President Hoover near the Yangtze. Casualties rise across Shanghai and Nanking with hundreds killed or wounded as bombs hit noncombatant areas.
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Britain
China
Hoover
Manila
Shanghai
Harry ©. Yarnell
Japan
Wooaung
Yangtze
Lincoln
Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
Ching
Hughe
Country
Sir Hughe
Great Britain
Yon Ket Her
Peiping
Tokyo
Chapei
National Central University
Tzesheng Hospital
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Nantao
French Concession
Trouble Ahead for Ford OBNIL Lewis Compromise at Milwaukee Union Meet
The United Automobile Workers of America in Milwaukee faced fierce clashes between the progressive faction led by Homer Martin and the unity faction. A Lewis brokered compromise left Martin with key unity officers, while new officers largely supported Martin. The convention approved organizing Ford Motor Company employees with a $1 per member tax expected to net about $9,000. Lewis predicted future labor gains as Ford’s leadership changes.
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Lewis
Martin
William Green
American Federation of Labor
General Motora Corporation
Green
Bill Green
Ford Obnil
Magic Touch
United Antomobile Workers of America
Milwaukee
Homer Martin
Unity
Adhereita
Factoon
Ford Motor Company
Suse Dey Meary Ford
Puppet King for Ethiopia Aiding Haile Selassie’s Return
In a controversial move Mussolini seeks a puppet Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie, to control Ethiopia. Britain and France reportedly weigh the idea to secure Mediterranean routes, while Selassie rejects the plan and leans on the League of Nations. Ongoing tribal raids threaten Italian rule as the negotiation unfolds.
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Ethiopia
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Great Britain
Lion of Judah
TJ Duce
Britain
France
Addis Ababa
Djibuti
League of Nations
L Duce
Louis Retains Championship in New York Bout
World heavyweight champion Joe Louis defeats Tammy Farr in ten rounds in New York. Louis earns a fair decision as Farr fights on like a tiger until the bell ends the round.
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Louis
Ommy Farr
Joe Louis
Worlki
Brown
New York
Tammy
Japanese Tide Shifts as Reinforcements Land In China
Allied news reports describe Japan pouring thousands of reinforcements from transport ships to shore under heavy fire along a front spanning Shanghai to the Great Wall. Mongol units clash with Chinese forces as Japanese advances in Chahar isolate Kalgan and pressure Peiping while Chinese defenses along the frontier resist.
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China
Shanghai
Canton
Tientsin
Peiping
Nankow
Changpei
Chahar Province
Great Wall
Prince Teh
Kalgan
Chahar
Mongolia
Nankow Pass
Fall of Santander Signals Endgame in Civil War
Franco’s army seized Santander, the last government stronghold on the northern coast, trapping about 80,000 government troops in hills to the southeast. The city’s streets ran with blood as anarchists were slain and civilians fled by sea toward France aboard boats, canoes, and improvised crafts.
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Santander
Franco
Francisco Franco
France
Railroad Strike Threat Faces Govt Mediation Efforts
The United States government negotiates to avert a nationwide walkout by about 260000 railroad workers as five major railroad representatives refuse concessions. Unions warn conductors engineers and other workers may strike if demands for pay and working conditions are not met.
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Douy
United States
Brolker
Chicago
Brenen
Switen Apen
Lruinren
Guffey debated as potential Pennsylvania governor
The article profiles Joseph F. Guffey as a complex PA figure with long ties to Tammany Hall and a skill for leveraging money from national figures. It notes his shift to supporting Roosevelt, patronage controversies, and possible gubernatorial ambitions amid party tensions. It also touches on Vice President Garner delaying the sugar bill, amid presidential criticism of refiners lobby.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Guifey
Guffey
Temmany Hall
Tammany
New York
The
Inquirer
John J. Raskob
al Smith
Raskob
Joseph T. Robinson
Hot Springs
Ark
Guttey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Keystone
Roosevelt
Jim Farley
Pat Boland
Scranton
House
Supreme Court
John Nance Garner
Congress
Garner
White House
Pat Harrison
Gagoce Committee
America
Roosevelts foes plot end run around veto risk
In a June congressional frame, senators press to extend the New Deal provisions into a third year, hoping to win most gains in the first two months and even push beyond. Garner guards party unity while Roosevelt faces possible veto and strategic adjournment maneuvers shape the outcome.
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Harrison
Congress
Making Chair Set In Crocheta A New Furniture Pattern
Instruction notes on crocheting chair set pieces from strips. One strip makes an arm test three a chair back five a davenport back, then join and transform furniture. Pattern 1470 offers strip size, stitch illustrations, a strip photograph, materials, and usage ideas. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft, 82 Eighth Ave New York.
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Sewing Circle
Needlecraft Eres
Eighth Ave
New York
Uncle Phil Says and the Echo of Virtue
The piece reflects on memory and virtue through Uncle Phil's sayings. It muses that fame through ancestry honors society, while personal effort wavers when wits are scattered. It contemplates how some survive by caring little whether they do or not.
Quotations on justice and youth from early voices
A jumble of quoted lines on justice, aging, and women from unnamed authors. The text cites Jome McGurrin, Florence Hale, Dr. Mary B. Woolley, and remarks about education and life quality, with garbled phrases and misspellings.
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Jome McGurrin
Florence Hale
Mary B. Woolley T
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