Chinese Forces Regain Tsining in Fierce Counterattack
Chinese dispatches report a reinforced army recaptured Tsining from Japanese forces after a night counterattack across the Grand Canal. The battle for central China’s breadbasket resumes with Japanese advances toward the Sungari line while Chiang Kai-Shek concentrates forces on the Sunghai railway. Outer Mongolian troops are forming a line in the northwest to safeguard China’s communications and potential Russian support.
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Shanghai
Tsining
Shantung Province
Grand Canal
China
Sunghai Railway
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sunghai
Central China
Japan
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Today and Tomorrow by Walter Lippmann
A commentary noting the neutrality act grants foreign governments power over U S foreign policy decisions. It warns Congress could force the President to apply the act if Japan declares war on China, potentially placing the United States in an embarrassing position.
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United States
Congress
Japan
China
Sick man saves rail line by flagging danger
Bluefield W Va Jan 14 P L Hackney hailed by railroaders as man who rose from sickbed to avert almost certain freight wreck Engineer J A Griffith of the Norfolk and Western reports being flagged by a lantern waved by Hackney near Carbo Va last night Griffith made an emergency stop Three hundred yards ahead a giant boulder loosened by rains rolled down and twisted the rails
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Bluefield
W. Va
P—L. H. Hackney
J. A. Griffith
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Hackney
Carbo
Griffith
Sino Japan Diplomatic Break Seen
Tokyo papers predicted an imminent rupture in relations between China and Japan. The Yomiuri Shimbun said arrangements were completed to recall Ambassador Shigeru Kawagoe from China and to present a passport to Chinese Ambassador Hsu Shih-Ying in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Yomiuri Shimbun
Shigeru Kawagoe
China
Hsu Shih-Ying
Blum seeks control as socialists push new French government
France's Socialist party national council, leader of the people's front, calls for nationwide protests against Georges Bonnet who has agreed to form a new government amid a grave financial crisis. Leon Blum's group seeks leadership of the new cabinet after Chautemps fell. Bonnet demands unrestricted currency and a balanced budget while blaming Communists for labor unrest.
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Paris
U.P
The
Socialist Party
France
People's Front
Georges Bonnet
Bonnet
United States
Albert Lebrun
Leon Blum
People’s Front
Chamber of Deputies
Camille Chautemps
Chautemps
Better Business Builders Campaigners Set for Preliminary Drive Finish
Workers in the Butte Better Business Builders drive will wrap most preliminary work today in advance of a first report meeting at the Finlen hotel Monday noon. A total of 387 concerns and individuals have signed on, with gains expected before the community luncheon, which runs 12 15 to 1 30. Dr Peter Potter presides, Ward Fanning reports by crews, and Dr Curtis L Wilson, Montana School of Mines, Rotary figure, attends.
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Better Business Builders
Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
Better Business
Rotary
Kiwanis, Exchange
Lions
Active
Peter Potter
Chamber
Better Business Campaign
Ward Fanning
Curtis L. Wilson
Montana School of Mines
Montana Weather Mostly Cloudy Saturday and Sunday
Partly cloudy skies with Saturday and Sunday in Montana. Showers or snow flurries are possible in the extreme western portion. Colder air moves in east of the divide on Saturday.
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Montana
Divide
Crook Nabbed in Windsors Hotel Chase
French secret service agents captured a 56 year old Swedish international crook after a wild chase through corridors outside the nine room hotel suite of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Paris.
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Paris
Scret
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Robideau Hangs After Confessed Slayings in County Jail
Frank Robideau, who confessed to killing Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kuntz at Wheat Basin, was executed by hanging at the county jail in Columbus. The first Stillwater county execution, witnessed by 375 people inside the machine shop and about 200 outside, occurred after a 45 mile drive from Billings. He spoke of his lack of sympathy for his own family and the plea for sympathy to his wife and kin.
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Frank Robideau
Mike Kuntz
Wheat Basin
Columbus
Robideau
A. V. Blackstone
Billings
Stillwater
Robideau Prepares Last Supper in Jail Before Execution
Frank Robideau dined on fried chicken and trimmings at 6 30 tonight in Yellowstone county jail death cell. He is to be taken to Columbus shortly after midnight to ascend 13 steps to the gallows. A final letter to his wife and four children was posted.
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Billings
Frank Robideau
Yellowstone County
Columbus
Robideau
Chiefs of Labor Industry Meet in Roosevelt Parley
Washington long sought a joint plan to end the current business slump as President Roosevelt hosts leaders from labor and industry. Attendees include Thomas W. Lamont Owen D Young Charles Taussig A A Berle John L Lewis and Philip Murray who spoke for reporters saying no specific proposal was given. The talks followed an earlier session with Alfred P. Sloan Jr E T Weir Colby Chester and others.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgan
Owen D. Young
General Electric
Charles W. Taussig
American Molasses
A. A. Berle
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
White House
Lewis
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors
E. T. Weir
National Steel
Colby Chester
General Foods
Haida Freighter May Have Meta Disaster Off Pacific
British freighter Haida left Seattle October 24 for Hong Kong with a sulphur cargo used for gunpowder. Lifebuoy and oar found near Carmanah point suggest possible loss but officials caution these items are not conclusive proof of sinking. The ship radioed once and has been overdue since.
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Victoria
B. C
Marine Department
Seattle
Hongkong
Carmanah Point
Hull Defends Dodd Speech Free Speech Rights
Secretary Hull met German ambassador Hans Dieckhoff over Dodd's anti Hitler remarks in New York. Hull said Dodd, having resigned as ambassador, is a private citizen protected by the Constitution right to free speech. Dieckhoff protested Hitler insult and urged a formal response.
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Washington
Hull
William E. Dodd
Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff
State Department
Dodd
Diplomatic Corps
Berlin
Hitler
New York
Charles II
England
Germany
Cardozo Clings to Slight Gain Under Treatment
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, seriously ill with heart disease, clung to a slight improvement reported earlier by physicians who called it a hopeful sign. The update came from Washington on January 14 as he remained under medical care.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Benjamin N. Cardoz
Senators Question Ickes Bath Use in Office
Washington January 14 Senators Bailey and Smith debated Interior Secretary Harold Ickes and his private blue marble bathroom. Bailey suggested sending Ickes to Russia for bathing substitutes and cited America's Sixty Families about washing hands indicating guilt while playfully warning against bathing too often.
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Washington
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Harold L. Ickes
Bailey
Ickes
Russia
Lundberg
America
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Interior Department
Government not able to aid unemployment, banker testifies
A banker and an industrial leader told the Senate unemployment committee today that government could not provide the needed relief. They argued private industry and banking must lead revival, urging targeted policies over broad welfare measures.
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Washington
Senate Unemployment Committee
Montana 1937 mine output valued at 58 million
The U S Bureau of Mines reports Montana metal production in 1937 at about 58,550,820 dollars, up 39 percent from 1936. Copper ore rose strongly at Butte, while zinc lead and silver fell due to power shortages at electrolytic refineries. Gold from placers declined though total gold rose from lode mines, especially Butte.
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East Lake City
Utah
United States Bureau of Mines
Montana
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Placers
White Boy of China Seeks Birth Secret
A Chinese adopted youth born Joseph Rinehart in New York City and raised in Nam Hoi seeks his birth origins. Fung Kwok Keung travels from Seattle toward New York to uncover the mystery of his lineage, aided by his foster father Lee Quong of Far Rockaway.
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Seattle
New York City
Nam Hoi
Hongkong
America
Lee Kwong
Lee Quong
Far Rockaway
N. Y
Joseph Rinehart
China
Fung Kwok Keung
New York
Mae West Radio Skit Scored Officially by FCC
The federal communications commission condemned Mae Wests Adam and Eve radio skit featuring Don Ameche and Edgar Bergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy as far below minimum standards for broadcast program selection and production.
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Washington
Jan
Mae West
Federal Communications Commission
Miss West
Don Ameche
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Youth Is Hurt on Sled Gets New Sister Too
Brandon P. McMahon Jr. suffered a broken left leg when his sled collided with a car driven by Edna Roberts at Gold street and Western avenue. He was taken to St. James hospital as his baby sister arrived moments earlier. Edward Monloch, riding with him, was uninjured.
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Brandon P. McMahon Jr
Stork
Gold Street
Western Avenue
Brandon
Edna Roberts
West Gold Street
St. James Hospital
Tax subcommittee backs revised rates to aid small firms
A House tax subcommittee today endorsed 63 recommendations from a revision study aimed at stimulating business without reducing government revenue. It supports retaining the undistributed profits tax while proposing changes to ease burdens on small firms and to temper capital gains tax effects. Public hearings with Treasury officials start tomorrow as the full Ways and Means Committee considers the proposals.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
June in January Weather Hits Butte With Showers
The Mining City saw rain showers in the afternoon and water on Main Street lasting into the night. Temperatures climbed to a high of 42 and a low of 12, setting new first month records for the year.
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Butte
Calendar of Civic Events Established at Chamber
The Chamber of Commerce announces a bulletin board in its headquarters serving as a calendar of civic events for the year. A second front window board will post events for January and February. Organizers are invited to list upcoming events to avoid scheduling conflicts.
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Chamber of Commerce
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