Panay Attack Prompts Strong Protests as Tokyo Responds
Japanese aviators bombed and sank the U S gunboat Panay on the Yangtse above Nanking killing a storekeeper and an Italian journalist. British gunboats and three Standard Oil steamers were attacked. Washington and London protested. Tokyo apologized and recalled Admiral Mitsunami. Hugh Wilson named successor to Dodd as ambassador to Berlin.
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United States
Yangtse
Nanking
Washington
London
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Hull
Hirosi Saito
Hirohito
Japan
Cable
Eden
Teizo Mitsunami
Doughton Plans Early Tax Revision With White House Backing
House Ways and Means Chairman Robert L. Doughton joins President Roosevelt and Treasury officials in a White House conference to push a rapid tax revision aimed at easing business burdens. If Congress acts quickly the measure could take effect January 1, signaling a hopeful start to the New Year for industry. The President urges rail solvency actions by the ICC while warning against continued receiverships and barring sudden freight rate hikes requested by carriers.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
White House
Roosevelt
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
House Committee
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Roswell Magill
Doughton
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Catfriers
Steel Workers Meet Members of the Steel Workers Committee
Members of the Steel Workers committee gathered for a meeting on union affairs likely discussing organizing efforts and future actions within the steel industry. The session highlighted solidarity among workers and potential negotiations with management.
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Steel Workers
Steel Workers Committee
First Flight Anniversary Observed Nationwide
On Friday December 17 the thirty four anniversary of the Wright brothers Kitty Hawk flight was marked by aviation interests nationwide. Under orders from the army general staff every military flying post sent up all available aircraft at the exact hour of the first flight. About one thousand fighting planes were in the air simultaneously.
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Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Army General Staff
Sloan Gifts Seek Broader Economic Truths
Alfred P. Sloan Jr., chairman of General Motors, donates about 10 million dollars in securities to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to promote knowledge of basic economic truths. He argues understanding will advance more things for more people, opportunity for achievement, and security and stability. Hungary and Finland make partial war debt payments to the United States. Hungary sends 9,828 dollars toward a debt of over 33 million. The Baltic states pay 232,142 dollars.
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Lfred P. Sloan, JR
General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Mr. Sloan
Hungary
United States
Finland
Treasury
Mary
Baltic Republic
Silver Policy Stands in Western Congressaints
Representative Murdocte of Utah said he had assurances from President Roosevelt and western congressmen urging no change to the silver program. The Supreme Court ruled the government need not pay interest on gold bonds redeemed before maturity. Justice Cardozo wrote the opinion read by Chief Justice Hughes due to Cardozo’s illness. The case involved Robert A Taft of Cincinnati, the estate of James J. Ransom of Des Moines, and Arthur Machen of Baltimore.
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Murdocte
Utah
Roosevelt
Sil
Supreme Court
Cardozo
Stone
Black
Hughes
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
James J. Ransom
Des Moines
Arthur Machen
Baltimore
New SEC Appointments Fill Key Postings
The President appointed John Wesley Hanes a New York stock broker and Jerome N. Frank a radical New York attorney to fill SEC vacancies. Frank replaces James M. Landis who retired to become Harvard Law School Dean. Hanes takes the J D Ross Seattle post at Bonneville dam. The farm bill narrowly passed the House 268 to 129 and awaits Senate action and conference talks before adjournment.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
John Wesley Hanes
New York
Jerome N. Frank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
AAA
Frank
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Hanes
J. D. Ross
Seattle
Bonneville Dam
House
Senate
WPA Spending Burden Rises to Fund Jobs
WPA administrators said rising unemployment forces a $23 million monthly spend increase. Employment rolls at 1,575,000 would grow to cover 350,000 more workers under the expanded program.
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Aray. Hopkins
WPA
Boy Scouts Cited for Heroism by National Scout Leader
Three scouts received gold for risking their lives to save others. Awardees include Mentha of New York Yonkers and Beaney of Bath Maine joined by Simon Cates of Marengo Iowa Groff Jr of Marengo Iowa and others from Ohio Michigan and New York in a Daniel Carter Beard commendation ceremony.
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Fiichtt
Daniel Carter Beard
National Scout
Meney—S P
Paler
Quotations on honesty and burdens by historic thinkers
A collection of short maxims on sincerity and self examination. Promises hold when spoken lightly. Burdens grow heavier the longer they are carried. Happiness lies not in seeking but in finding. Attributed to Mencius Chapman Herbert and Dr. Endecott Osgood.
Odd Railway Encounter Shows Ticket Mixup
An elderly passenger boasted of his success and handed a ticket to the collector. The clerk asked for the destination, and the man snapped that the ticket was for a watch, revealing a humorous mixup in the railway carriage.
How to Make a Curved Dressing Table Skirt and Buckram Band
Instructions for building a dressing table skirt with a curved front and hinged arms. It covers buckram with a 2 1 2 inch strip, sews to buckram, shirring with % inch cable cord, and mounts by tacking to the table edge. Also promotes Mrs. Spears Sewing book with order details.
Deserved Reputation Bre'r Fox in Folklore and Science
An old-style essay extols Bre'r Fox as the craftiest four footed creature. It notes his reliance on small prey like rats and birds while avoiding larger predators, especially humans, to survive on the planet.
Glass Curtain at Palacio de Bellas Artes by Tiffany
A vast glass curtain at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, created by Tiffany of New York, features thousands of vari colored glass pieces. The lighting highlights sunrise noon and sunset over snow crowned volcanoes Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl.
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National Theater
Mexico City
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Tiffany of
New York
Popocatepetl
Ixtaccihuatl
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Hugh R. Wilson
Berlin
Willam E. Dodd
R. L. Doughton
Sloan
A. P. Sloan, Jr
Pope Pius
Landon
M. Landon
Republican Party
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Economy
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