Japan Won't Back Down On Issue
Tokyo defies pressure over Tientsin and Amoy disputes as Britain and the United States weigh mediat ion. Japanese officials threaten further actions to restrict the Kulangsu settlement, insisting on greater representation and warning against any obstacle to a new East Asia order.
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Associated
United States
Tokyo Les
Vashon
Eugene H. Doorman
Tokyo
Kulangsu
Amy
Tientsin
Seijiro Yoshizawa
Emperor Hirohito
London
Britain
Japan
Asia
Shanghai
Amoy
Goro Uchida
Kulsangsu
East Asia
Weather Forecast for Carolina Georgia and Orida
Fair to partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and Wednesday. Extreme Northwest Florida generally fair tonight and Wednesday with light to moderate westerly to southerly winds.
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Carolina
Georgia
Orida
Florida
Slot machines again top Thom asville council talks
The Thom asville City Council discussed slot machines and a police radio order, shelving action for now. Aldermen debated Sunday baseball, street lighting costs, tax and license matters, and traffic routes for gasoline trucks, with decisions postponed and a RCA police radio contract valued around 2500 dollars approved.
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Alexander
Powe Wdd Corm Phelan
Thomasville
Alderman Key
Alderman White
Alderman Dixon
Sheriff Dixon
North Broad
Feinberg Street
Light Department
Kelly
Madison Street
Jackson Street
Bartow
Love
Broad
Fletcher
Remington
Myr
Madison
Dobbins
Wimpy
Tallahassee
RCA
Squalus Commander Delivers Version Of Sub Disaster
Portsmouth report from the naval court of inquiry includes Lieutenant Oliver F. NaQuin describing the Squalus final dive and the role of Ensign Joseph W. Patterson and other officers. The captain praises surviving crew members as the inquiry opens, with emphasis on dive preparations and system pressure observations.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Oliver F. NaQuin
Naval Court of
Joseph W. Patterson
Oklahma City
NaQuin
J. C. Nichols
Chicago
William ~. Doyle
Baltimore
William T. Tarrant
Six Year Presidency Plan Draws Senate Debate
Washington reports a push to limit presidents to a single six year term. Senators Burke and Van Nuys oppose a third Roosevelt term and back McNutt, while Ickes backs reelection. Debate highlights Democratic divides over 1940 nomination and constitutional amendment prospects.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burke
D-Neb
Senator van Nuys
D-Ind
van Nuys
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
McNutt
Honolulu
Ickes
Republican Party
Congress
Vandenburg
Rmich
Wiley
R-Wis
Governor Rivers Renews Call for Early Georgia Budget Action
Georgia Governor E. D. Rivers says he is unconvinced legislators are united on a finance plan and will not call a special session now. He urges action before September to fund the seven month school term and welfare services while criticizing lobbyists, notes lack of assembly accord, and cites a House Economy Committee report supporting need for additional revenue.
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Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
General Assembly
Georgia
Rivers
Roy Harris
Augusta
Lawson Patten
Lakeland
State Board of Education
Senate
John B. Spivey
Capitol
Spivey
River
Executive Mansion
People's Representatives
House Economy
Senate panel approves river improvement program plan
The Senate commerce committee approved a 6.5 million river improvement project for the Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers. The measure, urged by army engineers, would authorize eligibility for future funds and includes dam constructions on the Chat tahoochee south of Columbus, Georgia, and on the Apalachicola at the Flint junction.
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Washington
Chattahoochee
Flint
Apalachicola
Senate Commerce Committee
Army Engineers
Ape
House
Columbus, Ga
Ex Judge Manton Sentenced To Two Years
New York June 20 Martin J Manton former judge of the United States circuit court of appeals was sentenced today to two years in a federal prison and fined ten thousand dollars It was the maximum sentence possible under his conviction for conspiracy to sell judicial favors.
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New York
Martin
Manton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
FDR seeks two changes in new relief bill
President Roosevelt on Capitol Hill pressed for two changes in the house relief bill. He urged dropping a three man WPA board and removing the 125 million earmark for public works. Col Harrington and Senator Byrnes relayed the request at a briefing with a Senate subcommittee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
WPA
Byrnes
DSC
Col
F. C. Harrington
Senate Appropriations
Harrington
Senate
PWA
Brynes
Adams
D-Cole
Appropriations Subcommittee
Celler
House
Judiciary Committee
Tax Revision Bill Passes House Amid Haste for Senate
The business tax revision bill clears a near unanimous House vote with 358 ayes and one dissenter as leaders push swift Senate action to avert gaps in excise tax and postal revenue. It would abolish the undistributed profits tax for large corporations and impose an 18 percent levy on earnings above $25,000, while retaining current rates for smaller corporations.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tinkham
R-Mags
Roosevelt
Treasury
Senate Committee
Japs Tighten Blockade on Chinese City
Tientsin reports a growing crisis as British women and children evacuate from the beleaguered concession. Chinese workers quit under threats to families, while Japanese forces seal the area with high voltage barriers. Admiral Yarnell reviews US troops but negotiations proceed haltingly amid scarce supplies and rumors of violence.
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Tientsin
Tangku
Chinwangtao
Pehuatho Beach
Chiang Kai Shek
Harry E. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
United States Marine
Peiping
Yarnell
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Senate Group
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Minn
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Karstad
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