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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1935
Page
9
The piece surveys global war topics including Japan’s northern China plans and potential move into the Philippines, oil’s wartime importance, and aircraft power. It notes Brazilian soldiers backed by Communists and a failed uprising disrupted by aerial bombardment, as global conflict and economic aims drive events.
In Jacksonville a group hunts pirate treasure while others pursue Wall Street treasure, echoing 1920s raids. The piece notes high excitement, boasting that the effort may be worth it, as the motto reflects a belief that a dull life is no life.
The giant uncut Jonker diamond will be divided into smaller stones estimated to fetch about 1.5 million dollars. The largest piece will weigh 100 carats with others ranging from 10 to 50 carats, as rich buyers at court vanished and leaders face cash shortages.
Reports recount the rising Chinese Japanese tensions with autonomous moves in Hopei and Chahar provinces. Japanese troops pour into rail hubs near Peiping and Tientsin as China vows to meet coercion with force. Following this, Ickes targets steel pricing amid bids and domestic-growth aims. Germany faces a purge with arrests and camps as Nazi party veterans and socialists are detained.
In Paris, Jemier Laval and British envoy George Russell Clerk urge delaying the League sanctions session on Italy. Mussolini warns oil embargo would mean war, while Haile Selassie boosts Ethiopian resistance. Addis Ababa reports Italian retreats from Gerlogubi and Makale as fronts shift north.
Resident Roosevelt was busy at Warm Springs reviewing departmental estimates for 1086 37, Representative J P Buches noted.
Secretary Hull selects seven diplomats and four naval officers to represent the United States in the London naval conference. Norman H. Davis heads the delegation with Undersecretary William Phillips and Admiral William H. Standley. Advisors include Ray Atherton and R E. Dooman, plus Noel H. Field and Samuel Reber. Four technical naval experts join: Royal E B Igersol, Roscoe E B Scheirmann, Arthur D. Ayrault, and J B Fulton.
Rebels, led by Luis Carlos Prestes, seize Natal while fighting for Pernambuco. government orders troops, air force, and ships to quash the uprising. Rio de Janeiro also erupts in violence with aviation forces involved before being suppressed. At least 138 killed in four days of fighting. Meanwhile Pan American Airways launches the China Clipper air mail leg from Alameda to Manila via Midway Wake and Guam with Captain Edwin C. Musick in command. The Philippine Clipper arrives in Alameda ahead of Manila flight planned for December 6.
At the St Louis meeting the Mississippi Valley association adopted resolutions against limiting water carrier port to port rates. They opposed interstate commerce commission coordination of agencies and IC C rulings allowing railroads to cut rates to kill waterway transport. Delegates from 25 states opposed St Lawrence Seaway treaty ratification. Col. Robert Isham Randolph of Chicago elected president.
Attorneys for Rano Haupt allege discovery of Lindbergh ransom funds in Massachusetts and claim crucial evidence for the defense. The statement from Charles Lindbergh Jr's abductee urges Dr. Condor to confess. The article notes industrial and craft union split within the American Federation of Labor, sparked by John L. Lewis's resignation as UMWA vice president and his move toward unit unionism with new Washington headquarters and seven allied leaders.
Jim Kekes recalls surviving the 1918 Morgan New Jersey munitions explosion during World War I. He describes running a half mile through a firestorm of shells toward a gate, then leaping onto a passing truck to escape, but landing and breaking a leg before being rescued to a hospital.
A Brussels landmark stands at Sktue de Chene where the city’s famous fountain features a naked man regarded as the “oldest citizen.” The piece notes the ironic link between daily life and the city’s enduring sculpture.
In Ottawa a portrait of John Buchan spans his roles from author to British wartime press chief and finally Baron Tweedsmuir as governor general. The piece blends warm recollections of his kindness and versatility with playful notes on his trout fishing and folklore.
Poetic reflection on how wind shadows mirror life’s stages from morning to evening, suggesting that youth fades, midlife is pressed underfoot, and the past stretches long before us as time grows. The piece uses imagery to compare shadows to the body’s presence across life.
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