Japanese advance threatens Tsingtao fall and evacuees
American refugees flee Tsingtao as Japanese forces approach Shantung province. The Sacramento ferries 280 evacuees toward Shanghai while Japanese columns seize Tsinan and Weihsien. Gen Iwane Matsui signals a rest period but warns of further moves toward Hankow and Chungking.
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Relief Nears for 6000 at Teruel Fort
Mendaye reports Franco Spanish frontier dispatch claim Miguel Aranda’s relief columns have driven through outposts to reach 6000 besieged in Teruel. insurgents and government sides describe heavy fighting near the provincial capital as 3000 officers and civilians resist hunger. Teruel, 135 miles east of Madrid, endures bombardment while government forces push advance guard toward the fortress.
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German officials send no farewell to Dodd departure
Berlin reports that United States Ambassador William E. Dodd and Mrs. Dodd left Berlin quietly for Hamburg to sail the Washington. Relations with the German government were strained since Dodd objected to U S representations at the Nazi party rally in Nurnberg last September. Dodd had served in Berlin since July 1932 and said he hoped to aid world peace but faced discouragements.
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Goga to Form New Romanian Cabinet In Romania Crisis
In Bucharest King Carol accepted Premier Tatarescu's resignation and tasked Octavian Gora, anti Semitic head of the National Christian party, to form a new government. The move follows the Liberal party failure to gain a majority and ongoing talks with party leaders about a coalition while maintaining foreign policy alliances.
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Germany
National Liberal
George Odette Dead
George Odette 80 a Fond du Lac County Wisconsin resident since boyhood died yesterday in Fond du Lac County service details were not provided in the surviving text.
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George Odette
Fond du Lac County
Northwest hit by year’s worst storm across Pacific Northwest
Gales heavy rains and snow crippled travel as 4.47 inches of rain in 24 hours marked the region’s worst storm in memory. Tug Ben Hur sank in Portland harbor. two men rescued. Snow lashed Idaho Panhandle with Wallace mines closed by 35 inches. Willamette waters threatened families. dam weaknesses and slides closed roads. Two railroad workers killed in a slide near Broadwood.
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Tribute to Newton D. Baker Draws Nationwide Honor
Cleveland crowds gathered to pay final respect to Newton D. Baker, wartime secretary of war under President Wilson. President Roosevelt sent a message of sincere sympathy. Baker will be remembered for organizing the rapid mobilization of the largest army to date. Services at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral were led by Bishop Warren Lincoln Rogers.
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Tax Revenue Shifts Favor Local Governments in Tax Study
The Federation of Tax Administrators reports rising estimated tax revenues for U S governments across 1922 to 1937 with the federal share growing from near zero to 37 percent by 1935 and localities up to 44 percent by 1935. The study uses 1925 as a midpoint and notes distribution changes among federal, state, and local government shares.
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Transformer Breaks Leave Buffalo in Darkness
Buffalo New York faced a blackout when a massive transformer failed. Hospitals, major department stores, and many industries without backup generators lost power. Traffic slowed as streets dimmed and emergency lighting failed citywide.
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United States Will Continue Silver Purchases in Mexico
Washington reports that the United States will maintain silver purchases from Mexico through January at 44 cents per ounce for freshly mined silver delivered to New York. The agreement is a stop gap while permanent terms are negotiated, with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, Mexican Finance Minister Eduardo Suarez, and Ambassador Najera to continue talks.
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Trust buster post is slated for Jackson
Washington observes that if Congress enacts new antimonopoly legislation, Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson would become the nation’s trust buster. He already heads the antitrust division and has challenged monopolies in Aluminum Company of America and telegraph firms. He supports reviving stronger monopoly laws to curb price manipulation and control distortions amid a recovering economy.
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Rumor of Sub Sightings Off California Coast Denied
The Los Angeles Times and Navy officials dismissed reports of Japanese submarines off the California coast. Secretary Wheeler said the Navy had not taken the rumor seriously and noted the claim originated from vague, conflicting sources. A second squadron of nine destroyers was dispatched for patrols along the Lower California coast as a precaution.
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Senators Renew Opposition To Embargo On War Munitions
Sen Nye leads a renewed push in the Senate for invoking neutrality and an embargo on war materials in the Sino Japanese conflict. The neutrality bloc is split with Capper insisting on a referendum approach and Wheeler backing the measure if it reaches a two thirds House vote. Capper cites Panay sinking as dampening support while Nye says Roosevelt’s stance limits action.
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Wisconsin Telephone rate case tests state regulation power
Wisconsin Telephone Company seeks an $863,000 annual rate cut, $700,000 depreciation charge reduction, and $1,017,000 refund, arguing the state commission overbuilt the rate base. The company appeals three orders while Frederic Saramond and Gilbert Hardgrove assail the commission’s lengthy process as Harmful, claiming the case dragged on from 1907 to 1931 and produced a 25,000 page record.
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Nahe Irish Free State To Be Eire From Now On
Dublin announces a new era in Trish history with a 20 gun salute and a new constitution effective immediately A new head of state is named and Valera is mentioned alongside the vice president in a transition of power amid political changes and expectations.
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Revolta Grabs Solo Lead With 69 In Open Tourney
Nollywood. Johnny Revolta of Evanston Illinois fired his second one under par 69 to share the early 36 hole lead at 138 in the $4,000 Hollywood Beach Open. He ties with Lorton Smith of Chicara and Leonard Dodson of Springfield Missouri after another 69. Craig Wood of Rumson New Jersey stood three under at halfway after a 69 yesterday.
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Airport Needs Cited By Longeway
Milwaukee Wisconsin needs more and better airports says Vorrest Longeway former federal aeronautical inspector now in Chicago He urged expansion of Milwaukee and other state city airports as part of a rehabilitation program during the low mood S J Wittman Oshkosh noted that safer landing gear and nonspindling will be needed before flying becomes a popular sport More than 70 delegates attended the second day of the state aeronautical convention with talks on safety and plans for the 1938 state air tour and national convention delegates election of officers and final convention business next month
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Vorrest Longeway
Federal Aeronautical Inspector of Aviation
Chicago
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Longeway
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S.J. Wittman
Oshkosh
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Wituman
Pope predicts Senate will keep wheat crop insurance rider
Idaho Democrat Senator Pope said conferees will retain a farm bill provision creating a federal corporation to insure farmers wheat crops. The plan would cap at 160 million dollars and pay premiums in grain or cash, tying coverage to weather and pests and underlining an adjunct to the normal granary system.
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Federal housing and farm tenancy programs to start in 1938
Washington announces two major federal efforts slum clearance and farm tenancy to begin early in 1938, with Social Security broadened and unemployment compensation expanding in 21 states and DC. Housing authority receives 100 million for year one and 200 million for year two, while farm tenancy loans offer 40 year terms at 2 percent interest to about 2,100 tenants.
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Weather summary for Wisconsin and surrounding area
Associated Press report notes generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday in Wisconsin with colder changes in the east and south. Temperature highs near 38 to 52, trace precipitation, southwest winds.
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Roosevelt budget debate hints at 1938 relief limits
Washington officials said the 1938 39 budget will be sent January 4 with no definite relief estimate. Relief costs may prevent a federal balance, while defense spending could exceed one billion dollars. Antitrust reform and interstate corporate licensing gain attention as Congress plans debate beyond May. Norris supports federal incorporation to regulate such firms.
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Larsen Young Man Dies in Auto Crash
Winneconne Wis Special Oe Hiner Eisner 23 a former high school student here and resident of Larsen was killed early Monday when his car sideswiped a trailer on US 16 near Grand Rapids. His father Otto Eisner and two Grand Rapids residents in the other car were injured. The body was to be taken to Winneconne for funeral plans after relatives arrive.
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