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Statement by P Grimm, chmn, on 1933 basic tax rate
Japanese command in Mukden and Japanese War Office announce beginning of major offensive in Jehol; Japanese control of Kailu and Pehpiao reptd; Chinese troops retreat from Chaoyang, forming new lines at Lingyuan; conflicting repts; Soong leaves Nanking for Nanchang to confer with Chiang Kai-shek; map
Explains prohibition stand in House debate
Studying possibility of using surplus crops for making alcohol
1933Launch of the USSÂ Ranger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.[â ]
USS Ranger (CV-4) was an interwar United States Navy aircraft carrier, the only ship of its class. As a Treaty ship, Ranger was the first U.S. vessel to be designed and built from the keel up as a carrier. She was relatively small, just 730Â ft (222.5Â m) long and under 15,000 long tons (15,000Â t), closer in size and displacement to the first US carrierâLangleyâthan later ships. An island superstructure was not included in the original design, but was added after completion.