Reversal of Foreign Policy in U S British China Loans
The piece notes shifts in U S British policy toward China amid arms sales to Japan, with the Export-Import Bank loan to a New York firm for Chinese trade and Britain's 10 million pound export credit. It cites Germany Romania Spain and domestic Washington maneuvering over 1940 plans and leadership.
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U. S
China
Japan
Cordell Hull
Shanghai
Canton
Hankow
Nanking
Orient
Tokyo
London
Washington
New York
Burma
Bank of China
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Great Britain
Chinese Exchange Equalization Fund
Germany
Diplomatische Korrespondenz
United States
Nielson T. Johnson
Peter Gagster
Confucius
Johnson Rata Naae Aes Derland
Henry R. Curran
Lao Tze
Chamber of Commerce Oratory
George Washington University
Johnson
Southwest
Far East
Pan American unity tests U.S. pledges at Lima
The Roosevelt delegates faced a dilemma at the Lima Pan-American conference. They must persuade Latin nations that the United States will not seek dominance while still acting as guardian over Pan-American states. Three weeks of talks yielded mainly well intentioned resolutions amid calls for unanimity to curb Axis influence.
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Spain
Alfonso
France
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Franco
Council of Ministers
Juan
Carlists
Rennovacion Espanolists
U. S
Roosevelt
Lima
Cordell Hull
Pan-America
Congress
Westen Newspaper Union
Two Shows in Washington and a Lone Trump Card
Brackart notes two national shows this winter Capitol Hill and the White House puppets. Roosevelt will push a defense and relief program while Landon’s radio warning signals unity on Monroe Doctrine amid international tensions. New Year revelry in Philadelphia ends after midnight under an old Sabbath law cited by Mayor Wilson.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Charlie
Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
White House
Aiken Harpers Defense Views and Rail Aid Debate
Vermont Governor George Aiken argues liberals must act and backs Roosevelt defense plans while calling for concrete federal support for railroads. He warns against blank checks, favors a railroad subsidy of hundreds of millions, and notes WWI waste while stressing jobs and national preparedness.
Reginald Denny to chart robot planes and toys
Reginald Denny, former boxer and film star, builds Reginald Denny Industries with James Blackton. He works on a radio guided flying torpedo drone for swarms and bomb dropping, aiming for U S adoption. Also noted are ambassador to China Nielsen T Johnson and scientist Dr Franz Boas and their roles in diplomacy and science.
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York
Reginald Denny
Royal Air Force
United States
Charles Frohman
Duke of York’s Theater
Trend How the Wind Is Blowing
Christmas mail volume sets a record with 3 000 000 000 postage stamps required. California Medical Association approves a state health insurance plan for doctor and hospital care. Social security law changes lead the 44 state legislatures meeting in January. Detroit reports a 42.9 percent drop in automobile deaths in 1938.
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California’s Medical Association
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