Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 191, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1934 — Page 13

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JAPAN TAKES TIGHTER GRIP ON FAR EAST Treaty Action Interpreted as Blow to Open Door Policy. weakened is they ware when Japan notions commercially in China and P Japan Near Supremacy navnl trnty, Japan has moved appreciably nearer to achieving politiin the Far East. In contrast to the grave United States view the British while deploring Japans decision, were inclined to regard the American attitude as lawyer-like rather than Thev contended that the Japanese i denunciation has been discounted; and : nould not influence continuover wttn Utile ado. Two \ lews Are Urged There seemed indications that two views would be urged in American 1 discussion at home on the naval j First that the United States must; insist on maintaining present naval | ratios of strength, refusing Japan I as necessary to maintain the 5-3 1 ra t io. Second, that it might be advisable to accept the British proposal, which Ip lor a 10-year treaty, recognizing Japan's right to equality and pledg- i mg the signatory nations to advise i each other of their building programs for the years 1337 to 1942. U. S. View Supported For the present, the United States has the support of Great Britain | for insisting on retention, under whatever formula, of the present j proportions of naval strength. Prime Minister Ramsay Mac Do- I aid was understood to have reaffirmed at the final meeting yesterupheld the “equality of security" | argument of Norman H. Davis, chief American delegate. |

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CAMERA SNAPS FREIGHTER AS IT DIVES BENEATH WAVES

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Plunging beneath the waves after a mighty >truggle w h hurricane-lashed seas the British freighter Usworth is vividly pictured here as it went to its doom in mid-Atlantic, while 17 men died just ition ed <ert lin The Jean Jadot. French .'hip. and the Cunard White Star steamship Ascania, standing by after the distress call, rescued 11 of the- U worth . crew. After several futile es-

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forts, the Jadot’s lifeboat took off 15 of the freighter’s men. but the boat capsized, hurling the 15 and two of the Jadot's crew into the water, where all died, most of them choked by the heavy oil which had been pumped into the ocean to still the waves. This dramatic picture was snapped from the deck of the Ascania and rushed from Halifax to New York by plane.

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STUDENT FLIER KILLEO Plane Dives Into Sea: Recovered From Pacific by Salvagers. S’/ United rent SAN DIEGO. Cal., Dec. 20— Salvagers. working in flat-bottomed ; boats, today retrieved the wreckage :of a low-wing monoplane which i carried Stanford Baldwin. 22-year-old student flier, to his death in a i mud flat.