Shanghai Refugees Helped Shape Jewish Diaspora Past
Treasury secretary Michael Blumenthal, among nearly 18 000 Jewish refugees from Germany Austria and Poland, found haven in Shanghai between 1938 and 1941. The wartime ghetto housed families who faced disease hardship and poverty yet built roots. After WWII many moved to Israel or the United States, including survivors like cantor Hans Cohn who rebuilt his life across continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadine Joseph
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
China
Adolf Hitler
Shanghai
Blumenthal
Nazi Germany
David Kranzler
Israel
Hans Cohn
Redwood City
Calif
Cohn
Berlin
Italy
Australia
United States
China Agrees to 80.5 Million Cash Claims Settlement
China will pay 80.5 million dollars in cash to settle U.S. claims for 1949 expropriations, 196.34 million total claims, 41 percent payout, over five years. Blumenthal calls deal fair. first payment due Oct 1 with five equal installments to 1984. United States frees 80.5 million in frozen assets. estimate recoverable to China about 30 million, 13 million now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Shanghai
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Finance
Chang Ching-fu
Peking
China
United States
Brezhnev Urges China to Halt Vietnam Invasion
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev called on China to end its invasion of Vietnam and withdraw troops to the last soldier. He offered no new steps beyond Moscow’s Hanoi treaty obligations and suggested hope for a U S summit to discuss arms control and detente while proposing a non-aggression pact among Helsinki participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
China
Vietnam
Brezhnev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Hanoi
U.S
Carter
Washington
Teng Hsiao-ping
United States
Canada
Peking
Vatican issues first John Paul II stamps on sale March 22
The Vatican will issue 1.3 million sets of three stamps featuring Pope John Paul II coat of arms blessing and Christ handing keys to St Peter. In London, 500 train buffs rode a steam locomotive, but a diesel hauled them back after the King George V broke down on a 53 mile trip marking Paddington Station’s 125th anniversary. In Panama City, national guard clashed with about 3,000 protesting farmers, a sergeant killed and several injured, with local reports of two deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
John Paul II
Christ
St. Peter
London
British Rail
Didcot
Paddington
Great Western Railway
Panama City
Panama
National Guard
Seignious Approved as Head of Arms Control Agency
Retired Army General George M. Seignious won Senate confirmation as head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, replacing Paul Warnke. The vote was by voice despite misgivings over his military background. he will not hold Warnke’s other role as chief disarmament negotiator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George M. Seignious
Senate
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Seignious
Paul Warnke
Warnke
Vietnam rejects Chinese peace offer amid Lang Son fighting
Vietnam labeled a Chinese proposal to discuss border peace a trick and demanded all Chinese troops withdraw while noting repeated clashes near Lang Son. Hanoi cited China’s alleged aggression and pledged to honor sovereignty as Moscow stood by Hanoi and the Phnom Penh government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis D. Gray
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam Today
Lang Son
Hanoi Radio
Peking
Vietnam
China
Japan
Kyodo
Ku Mu
Slag used to melt ice on Platte Elkhorn rivers
Civil Defense in Wahoo Nebraska spread bottom slag over river ice to curb flooding. The coal pit slag, applied in three rows by crop-dusting planes, aims to absorb sunlight and melt ice 24 to 30 inches thick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahoo, Neb
Civil Defense
Platte
Elkhorn
Army
Corps of Engineers
Centrists win election for Spanish parliament
Premier Adolfo Suarez's Centrists won Spain's parliamentary election with 34 percent of the vote and 169 of 350 seats, short of a majority by seven. Socialists led by Felipe Gonzalez held 119 seats, with Communists gaining to 23. Voter turnout reached 67 percent with 3 million new voters after lowering the voting age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton Wheeler
Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Suarez
Union of the Democratic Center
Cortes
Rodolfo Martin Villa
Senate
Rafael Arias Salgado
Felipe Gonzalez
Santiago Carrillo
Communists
Democratic Coalition
Blas Pinar
Francisco Franco
Franco
Juan Carlos
Fierce fighting begins at Ugandan barracks
Battles erupt at Tororo Battalion barracks in eastern Uganda as jets tanks and armored vehicles engage sides loyal to Idi Amin and opponents. Mbale Hospital reports dead and wounded as dawn fighting intensifies with barracks and nearby town area affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
Kenya
Tororo
Uganda
Idi Amin
Mbale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Jones
Los Angeles International
Jones
Singapore
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
Claims Settlement Fair
Soviet
The
National Guard, Farmers Battle
Hsinhua
Cambodia
Pol Pot
Phnom Penh
Alexei Kosygin
Playboy Magazine
Ithaca
N.Y
David Chan
Cornell
Chan
Playboy
Dan Seridan
New York
Suffolk County
Appellate Division
State Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Long Island
Vietnam-China
Ugandan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!