Situation Arises Over The Bremen Affair
The State Department through acting secretary Phil Lips declared religious freedom and liberty of conscience fundamental to American civilization. A formal German protest accused a mob in New York harbor of stripping a Nazi flag from the liner Bremen. Mayor LaGuardia vowed prosecution of those involved.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Phillips
Bremen
New York Harbor
la Guardian
New York
I L A Agreement To End September 30 1935 In Frisco
San Francisco July 31 speculation runs high as the arbitration pact ending last summer’s waterfront strike expires September 30. The waterfront employers association must notify the ILA by August 20 on renewal plans while Harry Bridges declines to comment beyond awaiting September 30.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific
Waterfront Employers Association
ILA
Harry Bridges
French and British Statesmen Seek Face-Saving Pact
Paris July 31 Eden and Laval pressed to craft wording to mask Ethiopian subjection to Italy. Officials say France believes Mussolini may wage war if demands are unmet, while Eden and Laval explore a middle course acceptable to Italy and Ethiopia to save the League’s face.
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Associated Press
Paris
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
Italy
France
Benito Mussolini
Africa
Duce
League of Nations
Laval
Ethiopia
League
Nazi drive against non-believers continues with bans
In Saxony the interior ministry dissolved the steel helmet war veterans group banned their insignia and uniforms and forbade meetings. In the Saar Governor Buerckel disbanded church youth groups with sport political and military aims and ordered youth organizations to abandon uniforms insignia and banners. Some quarters say Hitler may not have fully curbed extremist tactics.
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Saxony
Ministry of the Interior
Steel Helmet War Veterans Organization
Saar
Germany
Joseph Buerckel
Adolph Hitler
United States Trade Losses in China Reported for Six Months
Unofficial Shanghai reports via Tokyo indicate Japan's trade with China rose 31 percent in the first half of 1935 while U S trade declined 33 percent. The drop is linked to the American silver policy, which Chinese officials say raises silver prices used as their monetary standard.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
China
United States
Shanghai
U. S
Bombing Plane En Route to Ethiopia Informs Era
Reported by the Associated Press in London a giant bombing plane is on its way from Germany to Ethiopia for delivery to Emperor Haile Selassie. The craft carries 50 bombs and two turrets and is said to be among the era’s most efficient fighting planes.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Germany
Ethiopia
Emperor Haile Selassie
Existance
Warlike mood evident as Ethiopean delegates warn of possible war
Delegates to Emperor Haile Selassie report a warlike mood in Ethopia with fears it may be too late to prevent conflict. They say tens of thousands of warriors stand ready to resist Italian aggression as Naples sends over two thousand workers and soldiers toward Eritrea. An Italian air squadron plans to move east while Geneva critics call the League formula unstable.
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Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Naples
Africa
Eritrea
Mussolini
Italy
Geneva
League of Nations’ Council
Roosevelt Forces May Again Seek Action on Utilities
President Roosevelt allotted five million dollars of work relief funds to the treasury for a three fold drive to tighten tax collections. The controversy over utility holding companies shifts as Roosevelt forces mobilize for another attempt to enact the measure mandating dissolution of certain holding firms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
California Congressman Pushes Monterey Bay Submarine Base
Washington reports Representative Me Grath Democrat of California urges a comprehensive naval development program for the central California coast. His proposal includes a submarine base at Monterey Bay to complete defenses from Panama to the Aleutian Islands.
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Associated Press
Washington
California
Me.Grath
Monterey Bay
Panama
Aleutian Islands
Workmen Find Nine Ancient Giant Tombs near Gap
ANARIS August 1 Workmen building a road near Gap uncovered nine tombs of prehistoric giants The tallest measured 7 feet 10 inches The absence of tools and weapons prevented dating the period of the giants from the burial site Petit Parisien reported today
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Associated Press
Anaris
Gap
Petit Parisien
Japanese Fleets Prepare for Pacific Maneuvers
TOKYO August 1 The combined first and second Japanese fleets will proceed tomorrow for their annual maneuvers somewhere in the Pacific Northwest of Japan proper.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Pacific
Japan
Passenger Airline Across Pole From Russia To The U S
Moscow reports plans for a polar passenger route from Russia to the United States. Doctor Otto Schendt, head of the Northern Sea Route Department, outlines trials and two years of preparations before launch. Weather and readiness affect the projected start, with Lev anoffsky and two others involved.
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Pole
Russia
U.S
Associated Press
Moscow
North Pole
United States
Otto Schendt
Northen Sea Route Department
Sigmund Levanoffsky
Police Increase Efforts to Capture Torture Slayer
Chicago August 1 A note indicates Mandeville Zan confessed to the murder of Dr Bauer and fled. Police intensified the search after Ann Arbor hotel staff matched a photo of a missing guest named Mr Jones to the suspect. Mrs Bauer arrived grief stricken recounting a recent shocking exchange.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mandeville Zan
Dr. Bauer
Oulside
Zenge
Ann Arbor
Mr Jones
Bauer
Base Measure Faces Unclear Fate Amid Vague White House Signals
Washington reports indicate supporters of the Wilcox Air Base bill fear a presidential veto. The president has not signaled approval and the lack of a swift signature fuels doubt about the measure’s fate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilcox Air Base
Heat records smoke across Kansas and states
Heat waves blistered the central U S with record highs. The Associated Press reports July's heat caused numerous deaths and high temperatures across Nebraska Oklahoma Minnesota Texas Kansas Missouri Iowa Wisconsin and Arkansas while Seattle and Portland logged 65 and 69 degrees.
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Augustine
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Britain approves new deal for India in Parliament
London July 11 The British plan for India won approval in Parliament after MPs upheld the measure despite over 300 amendments from the House of Lords. The federation will include eleven British provinces linked with Indian states and retain central control over defense and foreign affairs.
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Associated Preasy
London
Great Britain
India
House of Comme
House of Lords
Montana land won in poker game now proves valuable
Tom Young, once head of a Warner Brothers studio, won 40 acres of Montana land in a poker game and forgot it. A Bacobb oil operator wired that 300 barrels of oil per day flow from a well on the property, worth about $2 per acre.
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Montana
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Tom Young
Pallee
Warner Brothers Movie Studio
Bacobb
Young
Macon dirigible wreck bids drop to one dollar to salvage
Sunnyvale air base officials reported the Navy Department rejected bids from one dollar to 150 dollars for the Macon wreckage. Secretary Washington to appoint a five member commission of Air Corps officers to inspect sites for new base locations as the Navy's $25 million quest continues.
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Associated Press
Sunnyvale
Navy Department
Wash
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