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Japanese Cabinet announces plan to negotiate with Chinese
Ill; driven to N Y C hosp from Monticello in ambulance
bill deferred until next session
approves Bond's withdrawal in favor of Copeland
House com defeats Snell motion for inquiry; Snell gives data; comment
1937Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (born 1902)[†]
Sigizmund Aleksandrovich Levanevsky was a Soviet pioneer of long-range flight who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1934 for his role in the SS Chelyuskin rescue.
1937Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.[†]
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part of World War II, and often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia. It was the largest Asian war in the 20th century and has been described as The Asian Holocaust, in reference to the scale of Japanese war crimes against Chinese civilians, similar to the European ones. It is known in the Republic of China and People's Republic of China as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.