Worldwide tensions rise over Mediterranean piracy and Far East crisis
Western Newspaper Union reports German and Italian fascist powers refuse to attend the Nyon conference to end piracy in the Mediterranean, citing Soviet accusations and nonintervention in Spain. British and French plans proceed, while US and Chinese dangers in Shanghai persist amid Japanese offensives and refugee trains bombed. John L. Lewis blasts Roosevelt as labor and politics collide amid campaign talk and calls for unity in labor and agriculture.
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Orther
Germany
Italy
Nyon
Switzerland
Mediterranean
Russia
Committee For
Great Britain
France
Anthony Eden
Britain
Palermo
Sicily
Opposition Surprises Nippon at Amoy Port Attack
The Japanese war fleet bombed Amoy near For mos a, 600 miles south of Shanghai, facing shore artillery that disabled a ship. The action occurred within thirty miles of Hong Kong after a recent typhoon. Farther along, Chinese forces resisted with unexpected vigor as 200,000 troops, including German-trained divisions, held the Woosung line.
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Japan
Peiping
Shanghai
Chahar
Kalgan
Amoy
Formosa
Hong Kong
Nation foresees 1937 bale cotton crop at 16 million
The Department of Agriculture projects a 1937 cotton crop of 16,098,000 bales, the fifth largest on record. As of September 1 the crop stood at 75 percent of normal, implying an average yield per acre of 228.5 pounds.
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Department of Agriculture
Japan Seeks to Subdue China in undeclared war stance
Japanese officials assert China must co operate and stop mobilizing as Emperor Hirohito and Foreign Minister Hirota describe aims to Secure stable North China. Parliament debates a new war budget of 592 million dollars, lifting total war chest to 737 million.
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APAN
China
Koki Hirota
Japan
Hirohito
Nippon
Hirota
Asia
Dodd and Hull Clash Over Nazi Party Congress
The article notes William E. Dodd may no longer be U.S. ambassador to Germany. Dodd opposed American representation at the Nazi party congress in Nuremberg while Cordell Hull, then secretary of state, announced a U S presence by Prentiss Gilbert as a friendly gesture. Hull defended the move as diplomacy with the Nazi government.
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William E. Dodd
United States
Germany
Nuremberg
Cordell Hull
Dodd
Hitler
Prentiss Gilbert
Berlin
Hull
Eretofore
Heaven
Earth
McGrady Quits Labor Post For RCA Executive Role
McGrady resigns as assistant secretary of labor and chief strike troubleshooter to join Radio Corporation of America as executive vice president in charge of industrial relations. Roosevelt expresses deep regret and notes his efforts aided harmonious labor relations. McGrady helped mediate during the CIO Little Steel strike. His government service would be available on call.
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Ohn L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Roosevelt
Labor
Democratic National Committee
C. I. O. Lewis
McGrady
Dward F. McGrady
Mme
Frances Perkins
Radio Corporation of America
Hitler pledges alliance with Italy and Japan against communism
In a Nuremberg Nazi congress reading, Adolf Hitler offered to stand by Italy and Japan in a defensive fight against Bolshevism. He framed the Sino Japanese and Spanish civil wars as communist-driven, citing a growing Europe defense alliance with Italy and Japan against chaos.
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Dolf Hitler
Italy
Japan
Nuremberg
Soviet Russia
Mediterranean
Germany
Europe
Mars stamps spark Honduran Nicaragua dispute in 1906 award shadow
The piece notes Nicaragua issuing a stamp with a map claiming disputed territory near the Honduras border, provoking Honduran protests and accusations of sovereignty affronts tied to a 1906 award. It references radio taunts and possible troop talk as tensions flare over the map.
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FL Creubas
Nicaragua
Mars
Honduras
Americans urged to invoke neutrality act over Japan China war
The column argues for using the neutrality act to condemn Japan as the aggressor in China. It warns of Japan's brutality, analyzes US and Allied reactions, and discusses potential embargoes and allied responses. It notes Britain France and the Soviet Union's positions and mentions the French rail nationalization as a parallel to ideas once considered by the Roosevelt Brain Trust.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
China
Tokyo
United States
Canada
Great Britain
France
Far East
Brain Trust
Roosevelt Brain Trust
Congress
Dead End Dominates Screen and Radio Efforts Highlight
A review notes Dead End as the week’s best picture with standout turns by Bogart and Trevor amid an East River gangster tale. It also covers Radio amateurs aiding a Peary expedition dramatization involving Matt Henson, Bartlett, and McMillen, plus quick takes on Lanier Bunce productions and upcoming stars in Madame X and True Confessions.
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RAL
Peary
Henry Lanier
Alan Bunce
North Pole
Matt Henson
Bob Bartlett
McMillen
New York
Bartlett
Lanier
Bunce
East River
Baby Face Martin
Sylvia Sidney
Joel McCrea
Humphrey Bogart
Claire Trevor
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Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
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Mericans
American Chamber of Commerce
State Department
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Yangtze Waters
John L. Lewis
W. E.dodd
David Harum
Irvin
Cobb
Jesa Carillo
Victor Moore
Leo
Sinclair Lewis
Theodore Drieser
Ernest Hemingway
Max Eastman
Rex Beach
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D, DC
Coolidge
Hoover
Manchukuo
Stalin
Paris
Atlantic
Virginia Vale
Rio
Gene Ramond
Dolores del Rio
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Fred Waring
Hollywood
Warners
Drake Hotel
Chicago
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
John Beal
Carole Lombard
Paramount
John Barrymore
Fred MacMurray
Greta Garbo
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Gloria Blondell
Joan
Stony
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