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December 6, 1935

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Notable Births

1935Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician (died 2022)^[†]

Jean Lapointe, was a Canadian actor, comedian and singer, as well as a Canadian Senator.

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Headlines from December 6, 1935

WASHINGTON CONCERNED; Notifies World We Keep Treaties and Expect Others to Do So.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sec Hull issues statement defining U S position with regard to North China situation; regarded as tantamount to warning to Japan against impairment of Amer rights and interests in region; principle of respect for treaties emphasized; compared with Hull's statement in Apr, 1934

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BOOM YEAR IS SEEN FOR NAVAL BUILDING; The Editor of Jane's Fighting Ships Asserts New Era of Construction Has Begun.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Jane's Fighting Ships (Yearbook) foreword predicts boom building yr

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WAGNER TO SPONSOR NEW HOUSING BILL ON PERMANENT PLAN; Measure Calls for Subsidies for Slum Clearance and an $800,000,000 Fund.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

to sponsor new bill; provisions

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THREAT TO BREMEN, 5 BOATS GUARD HER; Cutters and Police Convoy Big Liner After Report of Plot to Damage Her.

By Unknown Author

Convoy assigned for all-night patrol during anchorage after rept of damage plot; police to guard her at pier; carries $18,000,000 in gold

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REBEL CHURCHMEN FACE NAZI THREAT OF TREASON TRIALS; Secret Police Official Informs Niemoeller and Jacobi They Must Yield or Be Jailed.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Govt threatens Niemoeller and Rev G Jacobi with treason trials for statements before Berlin-Brandenburg Synod; Bishop O Zenker deprived of salary for ordaining candidates; incomes of 62 parishes cut off for protesting against decree; Confessional Synods plan further defiance

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