Japan Forge Now Moving On Tsingtao
Dec 28 dispatches report the United States gunboat Sacramento evacuated 280 Americans from Tsingtao as Japanese armies advance. The fall of the rich Shangtung port seems imminent with Japanese control extending 200 miles west and Welhsien taken. A note from Hirota to Britain calls the attack a mistake. Benjamin Koci of Ford Japan buys 290000 dollars Chinese Incident Bonds to finance military efforts in China.
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Last tribute paid to Newton D. Baker in Cleveland
In Cleveland on December 28 hundreds of dignitaries and citizens gathered to honor Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War, who died last Saturday. Messages arrived from the President and Mrs. Roosevelt as throngs viewed the burial at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral with services led by Bishop Warren Lincoln.
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Romanian Cabinet Resigns. Goga to Form New Government
In Bucharest on December 28 King Carol accepted Premier Tatarescu's resignation and commissioned Octavian Goga, anti Semitic leader of the National Christian Party, to form a new government.
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Deaths and damage after quake in Ahuachapan-Atiquizaya
One man was killed and five were injured when a quake shook the town of Ahuachapan-Atiquizaya near the Guatemala border. Extensive property damage reported.
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New Deal Trust Busting Just What Does It Mean
Washington dispatch explains Roosevelt’s anti trust strategy as a refined contest rather than a knockout fight. Four major targets dominate the case load Aluminum Company of America oil firms telegraph companies and the Cement Institute with lawsuits and a FTC complaint aiming to curb price fixing and restraint of trade.
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Navy Uses Alaska For Winter Flight Experiments
Washington Dec. 28 Navy officials reveal Alaska serves as a proving ground for winter aviation training. Pilots gain experience handling planes and motors in varied temperatures and hazards under a rotation policy to train many crews. The program centers on flying patrol craft from Seattle to Sitka and along the Aleutians with tests on coatings and oils for cold conditions.
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Dolbrow and Driscoll Escape Death in Pardons Commutation
In Trenton on December 28, Mrs. Margaret Fox Dolbrow and Norman Driscoll won a two year fight to avoid execution. The State Court of Pardons commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment for the murder of Dolbrow's husband, allegedly orchestrated to conceal their illicit relations.
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Prices take big fall on New York exchange
New York December 28 stock prices plunged on heavy liquidation described as discouraged selling wiping out much of October's recovery. Major issuers General Motors and Chrysler hit 1937 lows as shares in steel, aircraft and chemicals also declined while rails and utilities slipped after resisting briefly. Dow Jones averages fell across industrials rails and utilities.
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U S Will Buy More Silver From Mexico
Treasury officials announced that Mexican silver will be purchased throughout January. An agreement between Mexican Finance Minister Suarez and Secretary Morgenthau sets the price at 45 cents per ounce for newly mined Mexican silver, continuing on the same basis as the previous year.
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Maurice Revel Dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of Maurice Revel age 62, noted French composer. He died after a grave head operation last Wednesday, leaving him a bachelor.
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Nome Man Gets License to Wed
Walter Joyce of Nome Alaska and Josephine Maxwell of Oakland California were issued a marriage license in Bellingham Washington on December 28.
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Fined for Speeding with Baby Buggy In Denmark
In Copenhagen a husband and wife were fined for speeding with a baby carriage. They linked their buggy to bicycles and rode at 12 miles per hour, above the legal limit for a baby. Two days later they paid a 2 fine.
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Panay Bombing Echoes From Past Shouts Of War
A dispatch from Barcelona reports General Miguel Arandas driving a relief column toward Teresa. insurgents seek to reach the Seminary Fortress and key government buildings as hunger and siege prevail. The piece contrasts Panay era public fury with today’s calmer, diplomatic response, noting Japan’s stance amid the Yangtze crisis and debates on accountability and policy.
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Mrs Roosevelt Returns Home by Train After Christmas Stay
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt arrives in Spokane two hours late due to bad flying weather while continuing her journey to Washington D C by train. She spent Christmas with daughter Mrs John Boettiger in Seattle.
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Miss Massey to Sail for Month Long Vacation
Miss Beatrice Massey a nurse at the Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic sails tonight on the Alaska bound for Seattle for a one month vacation.
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Seattle
Canal Zone Guard Doubled Amid War Fears
New York December 28 War fears prompt doubling of the Panama Canal Zone guard, says Pete Miller sports editor of the Panama American. He notes a Japanese boycott cut imports to under $400,000, while increased guard manpower triggers housing shortages and a building boom.
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Mystery submarine rumor denied by Navy officers off Southern California
Los Angeles December 28 Navy officers dismissed rumors of a mystery submarine sighted off the California coast as unfounded while security patrol maneuvers of destroyers from the battle force of the U S Fleet continued along the Southern California shore.
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Kresge Vice-President Says Firm Not Ordering Japanese Goods
Detroit December 28 R B Williams vice president of the 5 5 Kresge Company said the firm is not placing orders for Japanese made goods nor spending money in Japan at this time Our policy is to buy only merchandise acceptable to the public
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Three students found frozen to death in Japanese Alps
In the Japanese Alps near Osaka on December 28 three college students were found frozen to death after a heavy avalanche swept down on their skiing party. Eight others are missing as rescue teams continue searches. The avalanche trapped the group while skiing, cutting off escape routes and leaving authorities to determine the cause and potential survivors.
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Osaka
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Severe gale floods Seattle area as mudslides halt rail and roads
A terrific gale and heavy rain paralyze Seattle and surrounding areas. Mudslides derail a Great Northern mail train near Monroe. fireman Elwood Tucker is missing and presumed drowned, engineer Mark McLean severely injured. Charles Mack helps save a southbound passenger train just before another slide. Seventy-plus passengers, mostly from British Columbia, are shuttled by bus as power fails and streets flood.
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Washington
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Monroe
Charles Mack
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Dodd Comes Home as Berlin Farewell Turns Cold
William Dodd resigning United States Ambassador departed Berlin for the United States in a strained ceremony. The envoy clashed with the Nazi Government over American representation at the Nazi Party Congress in Nurnberg last September, leaving only male consular staff to bid farewell.
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Girl Wed by Proxy While on High Seas
Berkeley woman ties the knot with British official aboard a ship via radio after leaving New York as Flory nce Holden and landing in Marseilles as Mrs Maurice Miller, a British subject. The groom serves as vice consul in Barcelona, Spain, and could not obtain leave for a ceremony.
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