Shanghai Plague and War Threats Roil International Crisis
Cholera and bubonic plague spread in Shanghai amid bombing and naval blockades. American ships rescued refugees as Admiral Yarnell tightened orders. A Dollar Line disaster struck the President Hoover with casualties. Britain seeks rebuke to Japan over Ambassador Knatchbull-Hugessen. Ford labor strife follows with a union drive at Ford Motor Co and a new dues tax.
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Shanghai
Hongkow
Concession
International Settlement
Harry Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
China
United States
Britain
President Hoover
Dollar Line
Hoover
Manila
Harry E. Yarnell
Japan
Woosung
Yangtze
Lincoln
Dollar
Washington
T. Wang
Cordell Hull
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
Tokyo
Ford Ohn
L. Lewis
Magic Touch
United Automobile Workers of America
Milwaukee
Homer Martin
Unity
Martin
Lewis
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
War May Soon Be Luxury
Rising raw material costs push armament budgets higher as Britain plans supplementary funds. Antimony, copper, steel, tin, zinc, and ship plates have surged, signaling a more expensive arms program in the current year.
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London
Great Britain
Washingtons muddled New Deal debate analyzed by Bruckart
Washington political observer William Bruckart surveys a Democratic party in disarray over New Deal strategy. He cites Senator Guffeys anti opposition rhetoric and the push to pack the Supreme Court, noting the resulting factional splits led by Wheeler Burke and O Mahoney and the call for a party purge.
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Congress
John Taber
Rep
N. Y
Appropriations Committee
Congressional Record
Taber
Clarence Cannon
Dem
Carter Glass
Virginia
Treasury
Washington
Democratic Party
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Wheeler
Montana
Burke
Nebraska
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Farley
Indiana
Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Virginia Dare
America
Manteo
N. C
Senator Guffey
New York
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
O'Mahoney
Supreme Court
O'Mahoney R
Senate Judiciary Committee
New Deal
Democratic split looms over 1940 nomination at large
Western Newspaper Union reports on Frank Farley and party machination fueling a potential Democratic rift. The piece cites pressure from Roosevelt supporters, Wheeler Burke O Mahoney tensions, and Guffey resignations amid arguments over loyalty and the New Deal agenda, with looming 1938 elections as a catalyst.
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Senate
O’mahoney
Guffey Radio
United States
Pennsylvania
New York
Guffey
United States Senate
Burke
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Western Newspaper Union
Uncle Phil Says and Essays on Human Nature
A collection of wry maxims on human virtues and foibles. Bits about memory pride posterity and tradition, noting how ancestors and cities shape behavior and how delayed learning can arrive too late. The tone is humorous reflective observation.
Of Interest Practical Household Recipes Digest
A trimmed collection of kitchen and fabric tips including removing grease with eucalyptus oil and tea stains with damp salt. It covers cauliflower soaking with lemon or vinegar, a mushroom buttered eggs dish, rhubarb Charlotte with sponge cake and lemon jelly, and ham boiling with vinegar and cloves for flavor. WNU Service.
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