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April 11, 1933

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JAPANESE LAUNCH OFFENSIVE IN CHINA; Sweep Below Great Wall at Four Points-Chinwangtao and Leng Pass Taken. JAPAN IS SEEKING CHAHAR Negotiates to Get Mongolian State to Shift Allegiance From China to Manchukuo.

By Hugh Byas.wireless To the New York Times

Japanese occupy Leng Pass; attack other passes along Great Wall to prevent Chinese from sending reinforcements to Leng; Chingwantao reptd captured by Japanese; Japan negotiates to get Chahar Province, Inner Mongolia, to join Manchukuo; map

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WILEY DISAPPROVED THE AKRON'S COURSE EASTWARD IN STORM; But 'Captain's Guess Was as Good as Mine,' Survivor Says at Navy Inquiry. OFFICERS CALM IN CRASH Misunderstood Order Put Ship Off Direction McCord Had Fixed, Witness Reveals. MOFFETT'S BODY IS FOUND Picked Up 10 Miles From Scene of Crash -- More Wreckage Brought In as Search Enters New Area. WILEY DISAGREED ON AKRON'S COURSE

By Russell Owen.special To the New York Times.by Russell, Owen

Lt Comdr Wiley, at naval inquiry, repts orders were misunderstood

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Notable Births

Tony Brown (journalist)

1933Tony Brown, American journalist and academic[†]

William Anthony Brown is an American journalist, academic and businessman. He is best known as the commentator of the long-running syndicated television show Tony Brown's Journal.