Roosevelt Fiasco Over Klansman Judge Surfaces in Crisis
The nation reels as claims surface that Hugo Black, newly appointed to the Supreme Court, belonged to the Ku Klux Klan and received a Klan life membership and a gold passport. Roosevelt asserts no knowledge of Black’s Klan ties and plans to await his return from Europe for comment while opponents push the case as a test of the administration.
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Black
Hooded Brotherhood
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China's German Strategy and Shift in Shanghai Defenses
The article describes German advisors influencing Chinese defense in Shanghai with a three stage plan to slow Japanese reinforcements and neutralize naval guns. It notes a strategic Chinese retreat, Japanese pressure to advance, and shifts in naval gun usage amid ongoing undeclared warfare. It also reports U.S. policy restricting arms shipments to China or Japan and covers New York primary results where Copeland lost to La Guardia and Mahoney secured the Democratic nomination.
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China
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New York City
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Fiorello H. la Guardia
Roosevelt
Tammany
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
James A. Farley
Roosevelt cuts trip as war fears rise in 1940
President Roosevelt returned to Washington from a brief vacation to confer with his cabinet and advisers about European and Far East tensions. Baruch warned Europe is a tinder box while Roosevelt pledged to do everything possible to keep the United States out of war.
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Japan
Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Far East
Washington
Norman H. Davis
Bernard M. Baruch
State Department
Baruch
Dutchess County
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Chinese Appeal to League of Nations Over Japanese Aggression
At Geneva the Chinese delegation framed an appeal urging peace loving nations to act against Japan. They cited Article 17 to invite Japan to sit in the council of reply and accused Tokyo of deploying 60 000 troops around Woosung Shanghai and planning to attack Nanking. The statement calls the coast blockade illegal and notes Japan will not return to Geneva to join talks.
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Treasury to issue 300 million in cash against gold
Secretary Morgenthau agreed to issue 300 million in cash against an equal amount of sterilized gold citing weakness in government bond markets and a 16 percent stock decline over four weeks. The Fed open market committee also authorized twelve banks to buy more short term government securities, signaling a policy about face on inflation concerns.
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Loyalists Ready to Pay Up for War Claims Deal
In Geneva reports say the Spanish loyalist and American governments agreed on a 30 million dollar settlement for American claims from the Spanish civil war. The accord would cover all damages including confiscation of private property for military needs and other losses since the conflict began.
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Valencia
Masaryk, Czech Republic Founder, Dies at 87 in Prague
Dr Thomas G Masaryk, regarded as the little father of Czechoslovakia and the nation’s founder, died in Prague at eighty seven. He led and inspired the creation of the republic during World War I and served as its first president from 1918, later resigning in 1935 to Eduard Benes. He faced death with stoic resolve and historical significance.
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Thomas G. Masaryk
Republic
Praha
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Europe
Eduard Benes
Hitler Says Germany Too Busy for War at Nuremberg Rally
At the Nazi rally in Nuremberg, Adolf Hitler declared Germany is too busy to engage in any war. He and other leaders plan reforms that could take 20 to 40 years to complete, warning that war might be disastrous.
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Nuremberg
Germany
Poisoned fate shadows the Morrison household
In a tense night ailing Spencer Morrison lies dying after accusing his wife Serena of tampering with his lemonade. Dr. Cudworth insists foul play, while Quentin Hardisty arrives to face the mortally ill man and unravel a web of fear, secrets, and potential murder within the Morrison home.
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Serena
Spencer
Mr. Morrison
Quentin
England
Amah
Master
Victoria
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To not sign any death certificate warned by Cudworth
In a tense scene Victoria, shocked and bewildered, hears Cudworth threaten not to sign a death certificate. The sickroom door stands between fear and truth as Bell voices a wary plea and questions if the person is dead.
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Victoria
Schumann Heink Reflects on Christmas Vision and Loss
The famed soprano Maria Schumann Heink recounts a Christmas Eve memory from eight years ago in Chicago. She describes praying by the hotel window for the faces of her two dead sons and a submarine‑service brother, and how she now spends Christmas Eve alone awaiting their return.
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Schumann- Heink
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August
Germany
Canada National Parks System Covers 20 Units
Canada maintains a system of 20 national park units spanning more than 12,500 square miles.
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