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fighting occurs, Yungting Gate, Peiping; Japanese troops reptd strategically placed around Peiping; map; illus of Chinese soldiers
Japanese Cabinet plans mil measures to force acceptance of demands; Min Hirota appeals to business leaders for support; fighting continues near Fengtai; Japanese War Office pub alleged proposals submitted by Chinese 29th Army
New Eng SS Co strike for wage and hr adjustment halts service to Nantucket Island; island threatens secession from U S
Reptd that Portugal will restore border patrol; Brit compromise proposal to be pub and govts' opinions asked before neutral body's next meeting (Kuhn); V Gayda denies control ever existed, Giornale d'Italia
by Aldermen; defends veto; opposes patronage, s at Lower West Side Health Center
1937Yoshiro Mori, Japanese journalist and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Japan[â ]
YoshirÅ Mori is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2000 to 2001. He was unpopular in opinion polls during his time in office, and is known for making controversial statements, both during and after his premiership.
1937Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (born 1874)[â ]
Julius L. Meier was an American businessman, civic leader, and politician in the state of Oregon. The son of the Meier & Frank department store founder, he would become a lawyer before entering the family business in Portland. Politically an independent, Meier served a single term as the 20th Governor of Oregon from 1931 to 1935. He is the only independent to be elected Governor of Oregon, as well as the stateâs first Jewish governor.