World’s Week World War II China raid reported in Tientsin
Japanese bombers raided the Chinese city of Tientsin wounding and killing hundreds as Chinese and Japanese troops clashed in the streets. Chinese Twenty-ninth Army fell back from Peiping, and officials reported at least 65 deaths and 150 injuries amid the fighting. Rebels in the east reportedly crossed the Teruel Cuenca border threatening the Madrid Valencia lifeline.
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China
Shere
Tientsin
United States
Nippon
North
Chima
Min Nen
Childrei
Connectitn
Shuey
32 Tak
Peiphrng
Japan
Peiping
Sung Cheh-yuan
Hopei- Chahar
Chang Tsu-chung
Teruel
Cuenca
Madrid
Valencia
U. S
Far East
Cordell Hull
Hull
Congress in turmoil as bill fights stall reform efforts
In the Seventy-fifth Congress the Senate Judiciary Committee delays the reform bill while the White House fights to salvage Roosevelt era legislation. Debates over the Wagner low cost housing bill and a government reorganization plan stall with regional hearings planned for January. The House, by a 260 to 88 vote, approves six new secretaries for the President at ten thousand dollars annually, a move that sparks contention over allocations for relatives and lawmakers.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Robinson
Seventy-fifth Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
Agriculture
James
P .Pope
Idaho
Barkley
White House
House of Representatives
Dewey Short
Missouri
Elliott
Franklin,Jr
John_ Roosevelt
Anna Boettiger
Sissie
Buzzie’ Dall
Ross Collins
Missis Sippi
Congress
Ning
James Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Martin McIntyre
Madrid Battle Deepens as Loyalist Defenses Strain
Report outlines the brutal Madrid siege with Gen. Franco leading a multi branch assault. Insurgents press into loyalist trenches amid heavy losses and air bombardment. France and Italy provide support as Madrid endures, while Barcelona faces a separate dawn air attack.
Reform bill outlines changes to federal statute cases
The senate judiciary committee reported a reform bill adding direct appeals to the Supreme Court from district court decisions on constitutional validity of federal statutes and Department of Justice involvement in such suits. It creates three judge courts for enjoining statutes, reassigns district judges, and provides $10 extra daily pay for judges sitting away from home.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Circuit Court of Appeals
Sol Bloom bill on government funded citizenship book fails
New York Congressman Sol Bloom proposed a brief bill in the lower house to provide a free copy of The Story of the Constitution to each naturalized citizen. The measure was rejected and never reached a vote. The exhibit shows a blue and gold covered book titled The Story of the Constitution by Sol Bloom with his copyright inscription.
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Ongressman
Sol Bloom
New York
Congressman Bloom
George Washington
Year of Reclamation Details Agricultural Conservation
Applications for grants under last year’s agricultural conservation program covered 283 million acres two thirds of the country’s cropland and involved about 4 million farmers, H R Folley reported. Conservation payments totaled over 32 million dollars while benefit and rental payments topped 235 million. Total AAA expenditures for 1936 reached 357.8 million dollars as court rulings affected program sections.
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H. R.folley
AAA
Supreme Court
St Mary's College Oakland Sold at Auction After Bond Default
Edward Patrick Slip Madigan and his football teams put St Marys College of Oakland on the map. The college with 700 students failed to pay interest on 1.37 million in bonds since 1934 and was knocked down to creditors for 411 150. Madigan is expected to stay as coach at seven thousand dollars a year plus ten percent of gate receipts. Last year receipts totaled 174671.
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Edward Patrick
Slip
Madigan
Little
St. Mary’s College
Oakland
Calif
St. Mary's
Notre Dame
Christmas Eve Despair Haunts Hardisty Household
In a winter scene the Hardisty family braces for a bleak Christmas Eve. Victoria navi gates frost kissed windows and a cold drawing room while worrying over Quentin and Magda. The house buzzes with preparations, yet the sense of loss weighs heavy as gifts and stockings await a sorrowful holiday.
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Anna
the Dante
Magda
Victoria
Marsh
Quentin
Hardisty
Vicky
Gwen
Claus
Susan
Gita
tAmah
M’ma
Madeleine
Vic
Divorce Fears Darken Christmas for Victoria Hardisty
Victoria Hardisty confides to her mother Magda that she fears a divorce from Quentin. Magda offers uneasy theories on male appetite for home life and external flattery, while Vic laments everything she built may end. The scene ends with a hint of continuation.
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Quentin
Victoria Hardisty
Claus
Vicky
Heavi
Magda
Victoria
Morrison House
Vic
Spencer Morrison
Priest collectors famed stamps history of Catholicism and more
Rev Ferdinand Cech of La Crosse Wisconsin assembles stamp exhibits portraying Catholicism art saints and global church architecture. His glass framed collections highlight the Boy Scouts Red Cross and child welfare with notes and accompanying pictures. He writes a forthcoming Catholic Philatelia book and belongs to major philatelic groups.
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Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Ferdinand, Cech
la Crosse- Wis
Father
Cech
Father Cech
Philatelia
Philatelic Journalists’ Association
Footlose Filatelists
Americary Philatelic Society
the Society #5 Philatelic
Dog Recovers Master's Bicycle in Greeley Sleuth Tale
Bruno the A O Youth dog helps local police recover a stolen bicycle after a woman reports a vicious dog in weeds near her home. Officers locate Bruno and the bike, then bring both to the police station where the Youth claims the bicycle. The note ends with a quip about bluffing.
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Bruno
A. O
Greeley
Colo
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A. F
Elliott Roosevelt
Francisco Franco
Sach
France
Franco
Barcelona
Ambition In Bloom
Beauty
Kathleen
Norris
Kathleen Norris
WNU Service
Daddy
Slypper
Manda
By Edwin Finck
A.broome
Jamaica
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Master
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