Senate delays arms embargo as nations weigh deals
Foreign relations panel again postpones action on Japan embargo amid rumor Britain and Japan plan a China accord. A subcommittee weighs invoking the neutrality act in Asia as US policy debates focus on trade treaties, neutrality and broader war risks. House votes on trade provisions hinge on politics and Hull’s presidential hopes.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
Towa
Sen
Gay Gillette
Asia
Britain
Tokyo
China
Orient
Foreis
State Department
G. O. PL
Senate
House
Hull
G. C. P.hosefei Roberta
Ohio
Abroad War News Shows Global Fronts and Shifting Alliances
Reports describe Finnish forces retreating on the Korean isthmus as Russian troops pour in to strike the Mannerheim line and Viipuri. Britain and France pledge aid as Norway Sweden and Turkey shift positions amid tensions. Romania mobilizes 1,060,000. Japan budgets vast military spending, aiming to prepare for a world war.
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Mannerheim
France
Britain
Viscount Balifex
House of Commons
Norway
Sweden
Brain
Italy
Alles
Soid
Ronald Cross
England
Mediterranean
Turkey
Seid Istanbul
Yert Sabah
Balker
Istanbul
Broscow
Rumania
Dalai Lama Reigns In Tibet Amid Trade Fears
At Lhasa a six year old boy crowned dalai lama after a long selection process. Chinese delegation arrives to boost trade and explore Tibet’s mineral wealth. Across world, Russia's Kim causes fresh concerns with Soviet gold and copper shipments, while London unveils a 26 year plan to curb unrest in the West Indies. In the U S a medical procedure in New York and large contracts in Nevada and Oregon surface amid economic activity. In Detroit a state referee orders nearly three million in unemployment benefits for Chrysler workers.
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Tibet
Taerhisa
Ling- Erh
Dalai Lama
Dalai Isma
Chungking
Kim
U.S
San Francisco
Russia
Meince
Pacific
Manzanita
U. S
Mexico
Vladivostok
Germany
Commerce Department
London
British West Indies
New York
Smith Reavis
Associated Press
Washington
Sierra Iron Company
Nevada
Columbia River
Bonneville Dam
Oregon
Aluminum Company of America
Detroit
Chrysler
News Quiz: East Caigos Bahamas Map and Notable Trivia
A quiz item tests geography and history with questions on East Caigos in the Bahamas, a Louisiana gubernatorial nomination guess, the Cote Brothers circus in Rochester Indiana, a Sweden monarch pictured for Finland news, and a true false on U S Japan trade after treaty abrogation.
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East Caigos
Bahamas
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Sar Houston Jones
James A. Noe
Oliver Twist
Cote Brothers Circus
Rochester
Ind
Sweden
Finland
King Christian
King Gustav
King Haakon
Emperor Jones
U. S
Japan
OU. S
Tokyo
Nineteen Californias awaken on deserted island quiz
Answers reveal quiz items about Californias starting life anew on an island, a wrecked machine and jungle beasts. Statements mention King Guster fearing wider war, and a seed purchase by Japan with Canada and Britain noted as better customers.
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Jones
Guster
Russia
Japan
Canada
Britain
Democrats Hinge On Convention Timing In Roosevelt Era
Washington weighs the party in power delaying its convention to name a candidate after Republicans. The piece analyzes the Dies committee, belligerent minority pressure, and the political calculus shaping fiscal cuts and budget battles ahead of the 1940 election. It cites Roosevelt, Garner, Byrd, Jackson, and Taft as key figures in the unfolding dynamic.
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Congress
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Jesse H. Jones
Garner
Robert H. Jackson
Sen
Harry Flood Byrd
Vic Donahey
Henry A. Wallace
House of Representatives
Deep South
Dies’ Committee
Dies Committee
Jess
Vna
Dies
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Pro Dies
Jew Baiters
Frank F. Hook
Gardner Jackson
Alfred Meen
Make Time Commission
Tom
Harry Beve
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Mr. Taft
New Deal
Taft
Desperate Action At Infants School Sparks Tense Scene
An anxious woman at the infants school brandished a heavy hammer asking for Bliss Davids. The teacher fled, the principal urged calm to talk in private. The caller vowed to use the hammer over her boy tearing his breeches, insisting the matter involved Miss Davids.
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Bliss Davids
Rascal
Miss Davids
Irresistible Minds in the Face of Adversity
Washington Irving reflects on minds that seem to create themselves despite every disadvantage, advancing through a thousand obstacles with solitary resolve and irrepressible drive.
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Washington Irving
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Delaware
John Townse
Eailine
Der
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Wis
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Michigan
Robert Teatt
G. O. PF
Tom Dewey
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New Hampshire
Charles Tobey
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League of Nations
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Yukio Sakurauchi
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