Western powers and Japan in rising tensions and retreat from Nanking
Reports from Nanking describe the city abandoned as Japanese advances push westward. Civilians flee while Chinese defenses vow to resist if Japan penetrates further. Britain and France weigh sanctions, and Viscount Halifax visits Berlin seeking new European alignment.
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Nanking
China
Owas O Ie
Hankow
Yangtse
Tsiwan
Shantung
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kiangyin
Wusih
Paris
Japan
Viscount Halifax
Council
Germany
Hitler
Great Britain
League of Nations
Italy
Halifax
Berlin
Uncle Sam
Congress
France
United States
Fireside Chat Promotes Jobs and Prosperity Policies
President Roosevelt urges voluntary census of the unemployed and declares long-term measures to stimulate private industry in farming and industry. He asserts government aid will not starve, aims to reabsorb workers via wage growth, and cautions against a large armament program. The piece notes related political and economic items including Thalberg estate values, Illinois Senator Lewis in Germany, and Wallace’s six point farm program.
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Safaki
Congress
Roosevelt
Partnersip
Post Office Department
America
Enator Lewis
Illinois
Germany
Hull
France
England
Wallace
Lookout House Thanksgiving and New England Dreams
Brooke Reyburn hosts relatives at Lookout House as news of Grandmother’s England stay surfaces. Sam Lucette and Celia weigh burdens and possible moves while Mary Amanda’s legacy and the Reyburn clan’s dynamics unfold amid the holiday bustle. Carl Sandburg's restless youth is summarized as a path to later fame.
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Brooke Reyburn
Lookout House
Duchess of Argyle
Marty
Amanda Dane
Mark ‘Trent
Mrs. Dane
Mary
Amanda
Dane
Brooke
Mary Amanda
Reyburn
Lucette
Celia Reyburn
Sam
Suzette
Baronial Hall
Henri
Clatilte
Sammy
England
Jaffrey
Indy
Saffrey
Big City
Carl Sandburg
Galesburg
Scould
Kansas Wheat Fields
Lombard College
Galesburg Daily Mail
Chicago Daily News
Rolling Stone
Lincoln
Martyrs of Christian Faith Saints Barbara and Cecelia
Saint Barbara of the third century embraced Christianity and died after her father tortured and beheaded her. Lightning struck her father. She is patron saint of artillerymen. Saint Cecelia died in 230, a noble Roman who refused to sacrifice to idols. A legend says she survived a boiling cauldron before beheading and later died naturally. She is patron of the organists.
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Barbara
Cecelia
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London
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Stalin
ROM
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Leningrad
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Atlee Pomerene
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WNU Service
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Stewart
Shell
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