Japan Calls U S China Loan Plan Dangerous Open Door Policy Threat
Tokyo voices strong opposition to the Export-Import Bank proposal to lend 25 million dollars to China calling it a dangerous political gesture. Foreign Minister Arita decries it as inopportune and a move to pressure Tokyo toward a new East Asia order. The plan could close the open door in China amid widening U S Japan tensions as Europe faces colonial and Jewish rights concerns.
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Associated Press
United States
China
Arita
Janev Mishi
Tokyo
East Asia
Washington
France
Europe
Hungary
Romania
Ickes slams car magnate and Lindbergh on décor praise
Secretary Harold L. Ickes condemned any American accepting a decoration from a dictator, questioning Ford and Lindbergh’s positions. He urged Jews to guard wealth and conduct, noting one Jewish privilege can affect the whole group. He added a prominent Jewish source said Palestine could absorb 50,000 Jews annually.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Ckes
Henry Ford
Lindbergh
Cleveland
Zionist Society
Tekes
Palestine
Landon warns world powers at Lima meeting
Alfred M. Landon declares the United States will not tolerate any foreign foothold in the Americas during a Pan American Conference broadcast from Lima Peru. He emphasizes Monroe Doctrine continuity and urges vigilance against foreign expansion, citing global brutality. Cannery Workers Auxiliary Union in Wrangell plans officer elections in January and delegation to Petersburg convention.
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Lima
Peru
Alfred M. Landon
United States
Washington
Kansas
Americas
Landon
Cannery Workers Auxiliary Union
Wrangell
Petersburg
No Truce Hopes Fade in Spanish War by Christmas
Insurgent dispatches from Hendaye report continued military preparations for a drive in Spain, weather dependent. Bitter cold across Europe slows the offensive, while Loyalists bolster government defenses and prepare for impacts of the harsh season.
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Hendaye
Europe
Spain
Judge Charles Farish Parish Dies in St. Louis
United States Circuit Judge Charles Farish Parish died in St. Louis at 74. He helped decide on Roosevelt era monetary policy and the Congress power to strike the gold clause from private contracts.
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ST. Louis, Mo
United States
Charles Farish
Roosevelt
Congress
Lony
Empire Christmas Edition Issued Tomorrow
The Empire releases its 28 page Christmas edition tomorrow featuring shopping suggestions and the usual news section. Readers are urged to pick up the issue for holiday ideas and local updates.
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the Empire
Economist Lubin Shrugs off Monopol bickering with hard figures
Washington reports show Isador Lubin of the Labor Department delivering a stark statistics briefing to Congress on the 1929 to early depression losses. He quantified national income declines and labor losses, leaving many lawmakers overwhelmed as the session stretched into lunch.
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Washington
Congress
Isador Lubin
Labor Department
Lubin
Senate
Congress to Expand Federal Old Age Insurance Reach
The Social Security Council recommends broadening coverage to include wives widows and dependent children and disability protection. It would add groups from domestic labor to self employed professionals and farmers with financing changes including a contingency reserve fund and shared costs among government employees and employers. Senator Vandenberg expects Republican cooperation with the Democratic majority. He lauds the council report as practical and commendable.
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Washington
Social Security Council
Vandenberg
Republican Congress
Council
Alaska Railroad route change proposed amid survey
Plans to reroute the Alaska Railroad to cut 53 miles are revealed by General Manager Col Otto F P Ohison as engineers study feasibility and prepare figures for Washington. The proposed line would run to Portage Bay, bypass Seward, save two mountain grades, reduce costs, and lower freight rates by 10 to 30 percent with estimated cost around 10 million dollars.
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Seattle
Alaska
Otto FP. Ohlson
Washington, D. C
Ohlson
Col
Ohison
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
D. C. Brownell
Seward
Portage Bay
Prince William Sound
Frank Gorrie Named Chief of AP at Seattle
The Associated Press names Frank Gorrie chief of the Seattle Bureau effective January 1. He succeeds Harold Turnblad who moves to the San Francisco Division as News Editor. Gorrie has served as Sports Editor of the Pacific Northwest for nine and a half years and joined AP over 20 years ago as a Seattle check boy.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Frank Gorrie
Gorrie
Harold Turnblad
San Francisco
Pacific Northwest
Banknote Heist Targets 30 Men in Pittsburgh Raid
Three youths robbed the Beacon Government radio service at White Club in Pittsburgh. They forced about 30 men to strip, then rifled their clothes and belts, taking an estimated amount between 10 000 and 30 000 dollars. One victim fainted during the hold up. The raid involved Harvey Gennings, chief of the district Radio Inspector, and left the district reeling from the unexpected crime. The attackers escaped with the loot as authorities pursue leads.
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Pittsburgh
Harvey Gennings
Beacon
White Club
Coster Named Biggest Illicit Liquor Dealer In Inquiry
Boston lawyer Frederic Wingersky testified that he drafted a contract to buy Enfield rifles for McKesson Robbins and Standard Oil of England under Coster, who died by suicide last week. Investigators consider gun running to explain missing assets. Wingersky said the deal was never completed.
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New York
Boston
Frederic Wingersky
Donald Coster
McKesson-Robbins
Standard Oil
England
Ambrose McCall
McKesson-Robbins Corporation
Coster
Brian McMahon
United States
Washington
Cost
Enamored Mexican Suspect Captured After Family Killings
From Salazar a Mexican field hand who killed Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy and hacked their two daughters then kidnapped another was captured in the home of his sister Wilma Kennedy 16. Wilma said Silavar was in love with him and was unharmed. She did not know her parents were dead. Cheyenne Wyoming opened fall rattlesnake hunting season 54 snakes killed in a den north of the city by three men.
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Austin
Texas
Salazar
Paul Kennedy
Wilma Kennedy
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Here
Wreck survivors tell of brutal Alaska sea ordeal
Chief Engineer Claire McDowell and Third Mate Steve Johnson were rescued after a week exposed on a storm battered Cape Pairweather beach. Pilot Simmons brought them to Juneau and to St. Ann's Hospital where they recovered with whiskey to ease coughing. The Patterson wreck killed two and two others perished in the surf during the desperate days.
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Patterson
Shell Simmons
Alaska Air Transport
Lockheed
Juneau
Cape Pairweather
Alaska
Simmons
Sea Otter Creek
Claire McDowell
Steve Johnson
St. Ann's Hospital
L. Dawes
Johnson
Pnaemonia
McDowell
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