Berlin:
President Paul von Hindenburg names Julius Curtius Foreign Minister to succeed Gustav Stresemann, who died suddenly yesterday. Curtius has been the Minister of Economics in
the cabinet of Chancellor Hermann Mueller.
New York:
Stocks fall again in the second-heaviest trading day of the year. Over 5.6 million shares change hands. A late rally holds losses to 1.4%, but the market is nervous after Thursday’s sell-off.Manchuria:
Reports say 250 Manchurian soldiers have been killed in the border clash with the Soviet Union over the last three days. The battles are described as the worst yet in the conflict, which has run off and on since summer.
Elsewhere:
China: The civil war which has been raging off and on for two years is threatening to break out again. A rebel army numbering 60,000 is said to be marching toward Canton.Washington: British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald begins a historic visit to the United States – the first ever by a sitting British prime minister.
Belgrade: The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes announces it will change its name to The Kingdom of Jugo-Slavia.
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