Trade pact with Britain eyed as world peace lever
Secretary Hull and British officials announced negotiations toward a reciprocal trade treaty to begin soon. The plan aims to lower U S tariffs on textiles and coal while Britain cuts tariffs on food and raw materials. Critics in Congress call the pact risky for American jobs and business.
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Britain
Washington
London
United States
Great Britain
Hull
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Congress
Allen Treadway
New England Governors Denounce Tax Policy In Boston
Governors from Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island met in Boston and adopted resolutions harshly criticizing federal tax and tariff policy. They urged repeal of the capital gains tax and the tax on undistributed corporate profits and attacked the proposed reciprocal trade agreement with Czechoslovakia as risking American jobs. The group included Lewis O Barrows F P Murphy George D Aiken Charles F Hurley Wilbur L Cross and Robert E Quinn.
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Covernors
New England
Boston
Czechoslovakia
Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
F. P. Murphy
New Hampshire
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Charles F. Hurley
Massachusetts
Wilbur L. Cross
Connecticut
Robert E. Quinn
Rhode Island
Plotters Alarm France over rightist coup fears
France trembles as plotters including Cagou lards and other royalist groups face arrests by secret police. Arsenals and depots are uncovered while Jean de la Meuse, Paris textile magnate, is seized. Police reach into Switzerland pressing for the count of Paris to be ousted amid royalist conferences.
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France
Jean de la Meuse
Paris
Switzerland
Bullet Kills Howard Coffin at Sea Island Home
Dward E. Coffin, chairman of the World War I aircraft production board and sponsor of the Liberty engine, was found shot to death at his Sea Island Georgia winter home. A hunting rifle lay beside him with one discharged shot, and authorities assumed the death was accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Coffin
Dward E. Coffin
World War Aircraft Production Board
Sea Island
Crop Control Opposed by NITS at Harrisburg Convention
At Harrisburg Pennsylvania the NITS delegates opposed crop control legislation though naming cotton and tobacco as possible exceptions. A resolution warned drastic curtailment or destruction of food may harm the people and urged better distribution and higher purchasing power as solutions. Senators Smith and Byrnes of South Carolina oppose Secretary Wallace's processing taxes on cotton and wheat, calling them in effect sales taxes.
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NITS
Harrisburg
National Grange
United States
Smith and
Byrnes
South Carolina
Wallace
Rand and Bergoff Cleared in Byrnes Act Case
James H. Rand Jr of Remington Rand and Pearl L. Bergoff of New York were found not guilty in New Haven Connecticut by a U S District Court jury of violating the Byrnes act which bars the transportation of strikebreakers across state lines to disrupt peaceful picketing. A proposed bill by Senator Mintuan would allow the President to appoint an extra judge to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago to cover the seventh circuit currently including Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana. Senators Lewis and Dieterich of Illinois say they have no candidate for the post.
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James H. Rand, JR
Remington Rand, Inc
Pearl L. Bergoff
New York
United States District Court
New Haven
Conn
Mintuan
Indiana
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Seventh Circuit
Wisconsin
Illinois
Samuel Alschuler
Lewis and Dieterich
New Land Speed Record by George Eyston Thunderbolt
England’s George Eyston set a world land speed record driving the Thunderbolt, a 24 cylinder car, two miles on the salt bed speedway in Utah, averaging 311.42 miles per hour. He becomes the fastest human to travel in a motor car.
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George Eyston
England
Salt Bed Speedway
Utah
Nanking abandoned as Japanese advance broadens war reach
Reports from Shanghai claim Nanking is abandoned as Japanese forces push west toward Hankow and Tsinan. Chiang Kai-Shek may resign to lead troops. H H Kung tipped to succeed. Civilians flee. defenders vow to fight. Meanwhile Lord Cecil of Chelwood wins the 1937 Nobel Peace Prize worth 40 600 dollars after work with the League of Nations.
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Nanking
China
Hankow
Yangtse
Shanghai
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Chiang Kai-Shek
Executive Council
H. H. Kung
Chiang
Iscount Cecil of
Chelwood
Lord Cecil
League of Nations
New York City
Columbia University
World Alliance For International Friendship Through Churches
Washington
Roosevelt
Viscount Halifax Goes to Berlin to Ease Britain Germany Ties
Viscount Halifax, British cabinet leader, travels to Germany ostensibly for a hunting exhibit but to negotiate with Hitler for friendlier Britain Germany relations. Public belief says he may hint at restoring colonies if Germany abandons economic isolation and joins a revised League of Nations. Halifax, seen as a trusted British ally of Germany, could try to detach Germany and Italy from Japan.
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Viscount Halifax
Council
Germany
Hitler
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Halifax
Berlin
Search for Fabulous Wealth of Captain Kidd on Oak Island
Treasure hunters probe Oak Island Nova Scotia for Captain Kidd riches using modern electrical mining gear. Frederick Krupp directs the effort as the Atlantic tides challenge diggers, exploring an alleged shaft with a tide trap and sponge like tunnel while theories vary on the hoard’s origin.
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Chester
Nova Scotia
Oak Island
William Kidd
Atlantic
Frederick R. Krupp
Scranton
Kidd
Romance Starts Singing Terrier on Way to Fame
Atlanta tale of Frisco Bill a three year old singing fox terrier who first sang to a toy kitten two years ago. Owners Miss Clair Haynes and Bradley Haynes recall how a kitten sparked the dog’s musical habit. Now the dog performs with piano or ukulele and carries tunes with ease, but he has forgotten the kitten that started it all.
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Atlanta
Frisco Bill
Clair Haynes
Bradley Haynes
Clair Drive
Bill
Word Blind Boy Earl Hemple Makes Quick Recovery
Twelve year old Earl Hemple of Hutchinson Minnesota is described as word blind he has taught himself to read four years worth of work in spare time and is expected to start fifth grade at Minneapolis public schools Bryding Bryngelson head of the University of Minnesota speech clinic says gradual progress is being made in a short treatment period this summer the ailment blocks linking sound and written words and the boy could not pronounce words or write spoken words although he understood speech.
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Hutchinson
Minn
Earl Hemple
Minneapolis
Brying Bryngelson
University of Minnesota
Earl
Name Change for Grzwaczewski Family to Gray
Ignatz and Wadyslaw Grzwaczewski are permitted to change their family name to Gray. The move follows their eldest son Frank attending college and facing difficulties with professors pronouncing his name. The case highlights the impact of name pronunciation on identity.
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Gray Little Falls
N. Y
Thei
Frank
Ignatz and
Wadyslaw Grzwaczewski
Gray
Sew-Your-Own fashions feature Christmas look for the holidays
A feature on Sew-Your-Own patterns highlights festive maternity and leisure wear. It spotlights a house jacket, a slim below-waist dress, and a chic blouse in silk crepe, wool, satin, or jersey. Patterns 1412 1394 and 1417 are offered with yardage details and sizes, plus a Barbara Bell Pattern Book for 15 cents.
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Joneses
Santa Claus
S. C
Jersey
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Barbara Bell
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
When Good Fire Won't Deliver Heat Call in Service Man
If your furnace underheats, avoid fuel waste by calling a competent service man. Common causes include wrong damper positions, regulator needs adjusting, soot buildup, radiators pitched improperly, draft blockages, loose bolts, or rusty joints. A prompt check helps restore comfortable, economical heat.
Creomulsion Ad Promises Quick Cough Relief
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy for lingering coughs from colds and bronchial irritation. It claims rapid relief, explains how the product works on inflamed mucous membranes, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied after the first bottle.
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J. R. Mitchell
Tennessee
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Western Newspaper Union
Eliot Ness
Young Safety
Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County Grand Jury
Ness
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Don A. Campbell
Painters’ District Council
Harrison
Senate
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Borah
Senator Harrison
Rand
Cecil
Captain Kidd
Romance
John Barclay
Denton
Denton’s Facial Magnesia Select Products, Inc
23Rd Street
Long Island City
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