Move Against Indo China Far East Tensions Escalate
Shanghai dispatch reports foreign circles foresee Japan preparing another move on French Indo-China possibly threatening sovereignty. Chinese papers claim Japan seeks permanent occupation with demands to land troops, use yen, and loan terms aiding exports. Thai border tensions halt Laos trade as Bangkok strengthens border defenses along the Mekong.
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Japan
Ork
Balgon
Indo-China
Thailand
Siam
Indo- China
Charles de Gaulle
Saigon
Hanoi
Laos
Meikong River
Palling
Jean Lecoux
Thai Premier assumes control of armed forces
Tokyo dispatch reports Bangkok premier Luang Bipul Songgram has taken supreme command of Thailand's armed forces with approval of the regency council. The move, Domei says, aims to forestall any overthrow attempt by dissidents.
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Thailand
Tokyo
Domed
Bangkok
Luang Bipul Songgram
Siam
Domei
Peters Named Chief Deputy Under Kilday Sheriff Bid
Charles F. Peters, a veteran Bexar county peace officer, will be chief deputy under Owen W. Kilday when he takes the sheriff’s office January. Peters has served as deputy to John W. Tobin and Jim Stevens and was chief deputy to Alfonso Newton Jr. and under sheriff Albert W. West Jr.
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Charles F. Peters
Bexar County
Owen W. Kilday
Janjusry A
Dies to lead hearings on propaganda showdown
Congressman Martin Dies of Texas, head of the House investigating committee, announced next week’s Washington hearings would force a showdown with Germany Italy and Russia over propaganda activities. He said hearings may start Monday or Tuesday and that evidence against Italian diplomatic officials appears stronger than that against German agents.
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ST. Louis
TNS
Martin Dies
D.-Texas
House Committee
Washington
Germany
Italy
Russia
Iregard
Dies
United States
Nazis Tipped on Plane Ferries
Albany dispatch reports Mark Arnold and other U S pilots ferrying planes to Britain face Nazi reception committees near landfalls in England. He cites organized fifth column activity in Canada and notes pilots receive a flat rate plus a bonus for undamaged landings, though he lost his bonus after a recent attack and plane damage.
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Albany
N. Y
CINS
Germany
Canada
England
Mark L.arnold
Atlantic
Arnold
Seattle
Britain
Mer
Spain seeks loan to aid Franco government
Informed diplomatic quarters report Spain requests a 100 million dollar loan from the United States to feed and rehabilitate a hungry Spain. Action likely to await events in the European war and Spain's position. Sumner Welles disclosed possible U S measures to assist Spain. A separate item notes a chauffeur killed in an auto truck collision near La Porte Indiana.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Francisco Franco
Sumner Welles
Defense Laws Draft Studied at Washington Meeting
A panel of federal and state officials met to study proposed defense laws. The draft aims to ease defense measures and could go to more than 40 state legislatures next year. Topics include sabotage prevention, registration of secret and uniformed groups, gun and explosive control, civil property protection, deputizing special police, and mobilizing home guards in lieu of national guardsmen on active duty.
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Washington
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