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March 18, 1938


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Above, a first-person account of the Rape of Nanking. Below, Poland and Lithuania hover at the brink of war ... Anti-fascists riot in Paris ... And in a radio address, Secretary of State Cordell Hull "reaffirmed this country's intense desire for peace and distaste for war but emphasized that the United States will demand respect from foreign nations and insist on playing its rightful part in world affairs."

Quote of the day: "Maybe the procedure I used was not entirely judicial but you must remember that this is St. Patrick's Day." --Detroit Judge John J. Maher, who leaped from the bench, dragged a man who had been threatening him to the courtroom door, slapped him and kicked him into the corridor.


March 18, 1938

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