United States Navy defies Japanese demands on Yangtze
Admiral Harry Yarnell announced three American naval principles for Asia in a note to Japan. US ships will keep freedom of movement on the Yangtze and operate where Americans are in danger, keep white hulls, and not accept Japanese color schemes. Chinese fronts show destruction at Chengchow and Canton air raids intensify with thousands dead and city ruins reported.
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Japan
Yangtze River
Wuhu
Kinkiarz
Hankou
Chines
Aexral
Harry E.yarne
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Yangtze
Asiat
Yernell
United States Navy
Chengchow
Canton
City
Kennedy to resign from London post after three months
Ambassador J. P. Kennedy left London for the United States and is expected to report to the President on his plan to settle the British war debt. He will then resign his post, having held the position only three months.
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J. P. Kennedy
London
United States
London Daily Express
Washington
Healing Party Rifts P HouGH
President Roosevelt reaches out to mend party divisions by inviting Senator Gillette to the White House for luncheon and planning united action against Republicans in November. Reports also indicate Roosevelt signaled New York Governor Lehman, a longtime critic, for possible renomination.
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Lehman
Wagner
P Hough
Tommy Corcoran
Gillette
Victor
Iowa
White House
Roosevelt
Railway Aid Postponed After Senate House Talks
Senate and House leaders decided to adjourn by January 15 and informed the President that railroad reorganization legislation would be postponed to the next session. They agreed to two railroad measures, including RFC loan authority for 12 railroads without ICC certification and a special unemployment insurance system for rail workers.
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Senate
House
Congress
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sloan on Wace Law A P Sloan Jr
Alan P. Sloan Jr chairman of General Motors criticized proposed federal wage and hour legislation. He warned it would raise unemployment burden small business and worsen the national economy. He condemned government policy and said there is no reason for optimism about near term economic prospects.
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Alan P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Sloan
Martin suspends five UAW international officers
President Homer Martin suspended five members of the United Automobile Workers international board for disturbing union harmony. The five include Vice Presidents Richard T. Frankensteen Wyndham Mortimer Ed Hall Walter N. Wells and Secretary Treasurer George Addess.
Lindberghs Settle on Illec Island Off Brittany Coast
Lindbergh and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh with their two sons establish a new home on Illec island near Brittany. The island hosts a castle once owned by opera star Adelina Patti near Saint Gildas island, close to Dr Alexis Carrell, the American scientist linked to the Lindberghs' mechanical heart project.
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Lindberghson
Charles A. Lindbergh
Little Illec Island
Brittany
France
Illiec Island
Mme
Adelina Patti
St. Gildas Island
Alexis Carrell
Lindbergh
James Roosevelt declines Massachusetts lieutenant governor bid
Ames Roosevelt, secretary to the President, rejected a citizens committee request to run for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts stating he must remain at his duties in Washington.
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James
Ames Roosevelt
Citizens Committee
Massachusetts
Washington
Sudeten Nazis Sweep Czech Municipal Elections
Nazi Sudeten party won a landslide endorsement in Czechoslovakia's German districts among the final municipal elections. In Czech areas President Benes's party rose, Socialists and Agrarians held ground, Communists gained modestly, while violence was sparse and no Czech troops appeared. Britain secured government consent to station observers in large election districts to avert a new crisis.
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Ensein
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Great Britain
Depression Deepens Across U S Industries
The Federal Reserve Board bulletin says the current depression is sharper in the United States than in any other industrial nation. War materiel production abroad supports activity while many industries here falter. The Social Security Board reports 19.7 million Americans on some form of public aid in March.
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Federal Reserve Board
United States
Social Security Board
Relief Politics Quiz Pins Down Senatorial Inquiry
WPA head ARRY HOPKINS says Iowa Democrats renomination of Senator Gillette shows no political aim by his large organization. Ten Democratic senators led by Millard E. Tydings call for a three member Senate committee to probe political influence in relief during the 1938 campaign.
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Arry Hopkins
WPA
Gillette
Iowa
Hopkins
Otha Wearin
Roosevelt
Tydings
Adams
Colorado
Bulkley
Ohio
Burke
Nebraska
George
Georgia
Gerry
Rhode Island
Hatch
New Mexico
King
Utah
McAdoo
California
Wagner
New York
House Unseats Jenks in New Hampshire Row
Representative Jenks of New Hampshire was unseated by the House and replaced by Alphonse Roy Democrat after a 214 to 122 vote. Republicans Progressives and Farmers Laborites protested en masse. Roy draws strong support from Manchester French community.
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Athur B. Jenks
New Hampshire
House
Alphonse Roy
Jenks
Fred Brown
Roy
Manchester
N. H
Eight Army Airmen Die in Illinois Bomber Crash
Eight Army airmen from Chanute Field Illinois died when a bomber lost a wing in a storm and crashed in a Delavan farm field. All aboard were killed as the craft burst into flames. Three victims were commissioned officers.
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Chanute Field
Illinois
Delavan
Ill
Kidnaped Boy James Bailey Cash Found Dead in Florida
Five year old James Bailey Cash was found dead in a palmetto clump after a ransom payment of 10000 dollars. Franklin Pierce McCall, a 21 year old truck driver, was arrested by J Edgar Hoover and his agents and confessed to the crime stating the boy suffocated accidentally before the ransom note was sent.
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Ittle James Bailey Cash
Princeton
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
J. Edgar Hoover
G-men
Navy plans huge 50 ton mega plane for long nonstop flight
The second deficiency bill adds a million dollars for the world's largest military plane. The Navy Department backs construction of a monster potentially weighing 50 tons with an original model cost exceeding 3 million dollars. Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook says the craft will cover the 5,000 mile nonstop route from San Francisco to Honolulu.
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House Appropriations Committee
Navy Department
Arthur B. Cook
Bureau of Aeronautics
San Francisco
Honol
Petain Seen As Strong Leader In Europe
France may lean on Premier Daladier while Marshal Petain, at 82, stays active and fit, famed for Verdun leadership and a lifetime of endurance. The article notes Petain’s wartime heroism and his warnings on Europe’s serious situation. It also profiles Dean the wrestler and Al Capone prosecutor George E. Q. Johnson in brief sketches.
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France
Clemenceau
Joffre
Foch
Maginot
von Mackensen
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Verdun
London Daily News
Boston
Rhineland
Alexandre Korda
Charles Laughton
Henry VIII
Man Mountain
Dean
West Forty-third Street
Relief funds used for political purposes dominates Washington debate
Washington observers say the use of relief funds to influence elections is the central issue, with Senate investigations urged to expose how funds are allocated and whether relief aid is being politicized. Critics accuse the White House and advisers of manipulating aid to aid New Deal candidates, while supporters defend the program and its administration.
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Harding
Thomas Walsh
Montana
Senate
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Representative Wearin
Iowa
Wearin
Gillette
Board of Strategy
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Brain Trust
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Kentucky
White House
Hatch
New Mexico
Lodge
Massachusetts
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Austin
Vermont
Barkley
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House
Senator Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
Hopkins Horn
WPA
Hopkins
Hollywood News and Stars Tonight in Echoes of Old Studio Tales
A collage of show business notes, mentioning Howard Hill in a Pete Smith short with archery stunts, Errol Flynn yacht trips, Jeffrey Lynn rising to star potential thanks to Bette Davis, and Jimmy Cagney diversifying to farming. Boake Carter writes his own pieces while Alice Joyce and Alice Moore projects surface, with talks of reissued dramas and unmade films.
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Robin Heod
Errol Flynn
Howard Hill
Pete Smith
Hill
William Tell
Douglas Fairbanks
Flynn
Warner Brothers
Miami
Hollywood
Jeffrey Lynn
Bette Davis
New York
Metro
Miss Davis
Lynn
Jezebel
Boake Carter
Philadelphia
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