World Navy Race and Romanian Crisis Loom in 1930s News
AP reports Japan’s refusal to reveal naval plans sparks a global rearmament push led by the United States with Britain and France. Nations discuss enlarging battleships and canal routes. In Romania, King Carol’s government backs Dr. Miron Cristea as premier amid a state of siege and constitutional reform.
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Cristea
George Tartarescu
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Romania
Italy
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Britain Opens Naval Base at Singapore Port
Great Britain formally opens a strategic naval base in Singapore within the Straits Settlements. The $55,000,000 installation is pitched as a deterrent to war and a safeguard against it. Rear Admiral Julius Townsend leads U S naval officers aboard the American battle cruisers Tren ton Memphis and Milwaukee as the squadron joins ceremonies marking the Commonwealth's 150th anniversary in Singapore after arriving from Australia.
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London
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Belgium
Europe
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France
America
U.S
Geneva
Battle in Central China Reported as Major Japanese Victory
A 15,000 strong Chinese force in central China was crushed by Japanese invaders and forced to retreat across the Yellow River, signaling a significant setback for Chinese forces during the campaign.
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Henan
Hwai River
Chiang Kai-shek
Sunghai
China
Yellow River
Lokow
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Tientsin-Pukow
Franco aims to build a million-strong army for spring push
ISP dispatches from Salamanca report General Franco plans a spring offensive to end the civil war. Observers expect a drive from the Aragon front toward the Mediterranean to split government territories. A London rumor suggests Britain may recognize Mussolini in exchange for Ethiopian policy and withdrawal of Italian volunteers.
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Relief funds urged as 3 million jobless seek aid
President Roosevelt urged Congress in a special message to appropriate 250 million dollars to supplement the 1.5 billion relief fund. He said the extra money was needed for three million unemployed in the last three months. A bill to implement the plan was introduced in the House and sent to the committee for rapid passage.
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South Carolina
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Senate Agricultural Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Admiral Grayson Dies at 59 in Washington D C
Admiral Cary T. Grayson longtime Red Cross chairman dies in Washington aged 59 born in Virginia. He was a close friend of Presidents Roosevelt Wilson Taft and Roosevelt and helped secure his Red Cross post. Also noted is the death of O O McIntyre a New York chatter columnist.
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Budapest Academy of Music
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Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Farm Bill Now Law Tightens Crop Controls Through Quotas
The measure, sent to the Senate after House approval by 226 to 135, continues the soil conservation program with payments to cooperating farmers. It envisions acreage allotments for five main commodities, two thirds referenda to approve marketing quotas, and an ever normal granary that loans surplus stock in bumper years to stabilize prices.
Bulkley Toll Road Plan Aims at National Superhighways
Senator Bulkley with presidential backing proposes a federal program to build ten superhighways across the nation. The plan envisions three east west and three north south routes, costing eight billion dollars, funded by tolls and sale or lease of a 530 foot wide land strip beside each highway.
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Bulkley
Ohio
Senate
Drouth Year Brings Widespread Grain Concerns Across Plains
Dust storms punish Kansas Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle as 1938 earns a drouth year label. Traders from the United States Liverpool Winnipeg and Buenos Aires monitor conditions. Shortage of soil moisture threatens wheat yields across west Texas Nebraska and Oklahoma with only heavy rains preventing wind-blown loss.
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United States
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Texas
Nebraska
Longshoremen Leader Links CIO to Communist Party
TOSEPH RYAN president of the International Longshoremen's Association told the senate commerce committee that the CIO is tied up with the Communist Party of America and presented supporting facts. The committee adopted a resolution by Chairman Copeland for a $50 000 appropriation to fund a special senate committee investigation of subversive influences in the merchant marine.
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Toseph. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
A.F. of L
Senate Commerce Committee
Communist Party of America
Ryan
Copeland
Senate
Steel price cut while wages held steady under AYBE deal
President Roosevelt endorsed price reductions for mass production industries. United States Steel extended its existing wage and eight hour day agreements with the CIO, while cutting the price of cold rolled sheets by four dollars per ton, marking the first change in the sector's price structure.
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AYBE
Roosevelt
United States Steel
Committee For Industrial Organization
Washington Remarks on World Peace and Barton Program
William Bruckart discusses European skepticism on peace plans and highlights Bruce Barton’s push to repeal federal laws, cut agencies, and curb inflation tools. He profiles Eugene Ormandy and notes the Fifteenth Infantry’s redeployment from China to Fort Lewis, with a history dating to 1861 and notable battles.
Rescue by tribesmen as crocodile drags boy
Three white men and dozens of tribesmen with spears rescued a native boy from a crocodile on a tributary of the Mitchell river in northeast Australia. Blood curdling screams woke the camp as the huge reptile carried the boy toward deep water. rescuers halted it with a spear-lined drive after rifles failed.
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Mitchell
Australia
Brisbane
Abide With Me Victory Song Across Wars
The chant Abide With Me served as a victory song for England in Jerusalem during World War I and again during the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan conquest led by Lord Kitchener. The hymn was sung to commemorate each triumph.
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Jerusalem
Kitchener
England
Sudan
Applique Swans Pattern Promises Easy Needlework
Pictorial sewing note promotes swan motifs to adorn towels scarves and pillowcases. Instructions offer simple applique or plain embroidery with outline and single stitch options. Pattern 1581 includes transfer motifs sizes and supplies, plus stitch diagrams and directions. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle at 82 Eighth Ave New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Sewing Circle
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
N. Y
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