Rise and decline of Japan in Asia through 1905
A compact historical recall outlines Japan’s rise as a regional power from 1853 to 1905, aided by U.S. loans and open door policy pressure on Manchuria, the 1902 Anglo Japanese alliance, and Japan’s victory in the 1904 war with Russia leading to the Portsmouth treaty. It notes American influence waning after World War I.
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Asia
Japan
California
Kurile Islands
George Sokolsky
South Seas
Korea
Manchuria
United States
Russia
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Yangtze Valley
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Roosevelt on Asia and Japan's role in postwar balance
The text argues that Roosevelt favored a strong Japan for East Asia peace, notes anti-Japanese agitation in California in the 1910s, traces U S Japan tensions through the 1920s and 1930s, and praises MacArthur’s postwar rebuilding, the Dulles Treaty, and Japan as a bulwark against Soviet Russia. It frames relations as shaped by anti-Oriental prejudice and strategic U S policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Japan
East Asia
Russia
China
John Hay
Henry Cabot Lodge
Elihu Root
California
McClatchys
Sacramento “Bee
Asia
Congress
United States
Soviet Russia
Yalta
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
King Features Service, Inc
Union Wins Case Under Taft Hartley Act
A union sued Waitsburg Welding Works in Washington under the Taft Hartley Act and won. An all male federal jury awarded the International Union of Boilermakers AFL $1,000, in a breach of contract and failure to bargain claim, the first such suit under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Walla Walla
Wash
International Union of Boilermakers
A.F.L
Waitsburg
Employee Dies En Route to Plant Nurse Office
INDIANAPOLIS July 20 AP A 30 year old Martinsville machine operator Herman Simon died after being struck in the chest by a five inch metal fragment from a cutting edge of a metal shearing device at Bridgeport Brass Co He walked about 75 feet toward the plant nurse’s office and then collapsed deputies said the fragment severed vital tissue and caused his death at the scene
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Indianapolis
Herman Simon
Martinsville
Bridgeport Brass Coa
Simon
Mobilization and the Closed World War Threat
Charles E. Wilson writes on defense mobilization as a national duty to avert a third world war. He argues continual public support, industry labor agriculture unity, and a fused effort under O D M leadership to convert plants, conserve resources, and restrain credit. He notes labor gains in top policy roles and urges steadfast morale, realism, and resolve amid Korea and economic changes.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
O.C.M
National Advisory Board
George H. Harrison
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Harrison
Courageous Aunt Nell Defies Odds In Idaho Life
A year after a severe back injury in Boise Idaho Aunt Nell Oste, nearly 80, regains mobility. She rejects doctors limits, enjoys stairs, gardening, and bridge while keeping a keen wit about aging. Her sister Aunt Kit, 77, supports family life in Nampa.
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Grant
United Nations
Stork Club
Nell
Kit
Two Aunt Figures Laugh In Small Town Plums and Dinners
Inez Robb recalls a chapter that produced more goods than its size and led her to quit managing Grace Church dinners after thirty years. Aunt Nell's back and Aunt Kit’s cherry picking were debated as public scenes, while a shopping trip sparked a witty exchange about a maternity dress.
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Idaho
Inez
Aunt Nell
Grace Church
Nell
Kit
Canasta
High Fettle
International News Service
Man Falls Asleep at Wheel Hits Parking Meter
Gary Indiana police report William L Johnson admitted dozing at the wheel causing his car to skid across a curb and strike a parking meter.
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Gary
Ind
William L. Johnson
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Walnut NE
Dial
Brown Street
Church OF Christ
Brown St
Akron
Victor Riesel
Defense Mobilization
New York
America
O.D.M
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
Oise
Ida
Boise
Nampa Red Coss
By Inez Robb
Rogers Jewelers
Ssa
INSTA
Rogers
Zenith
Hamme
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