Night Attack Rages as Shanghai Bombardment Rises
Chinese and Japanese guns clash along the Whangpoo and Yangtze river as Japanese planes bomb Chinese positions north and east of Shanghai. American and foreign civilians flee in panic while ships and warships brace for further bombardment across the international settlement.
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Shanghai
Hunjan
Whangpoo
Yangtze Estuary
McKinley
Yangtze
Floyd Arnold
U. S. Marines
International Settlement
Arnold
Beaumont
Texas
Japan
Whangpoo River
Hongkew
Woosung
Yangtze River
Kiangnan Civic Center
Greater
Augusta
Britain
France
Shanghai American Club
British American Tobacco Company
Hongkow
Pootung
Holt’s
Socony-Vacuum
General rains bring relief and fall garden surge in Ada
Heavy rainfall in Ada reached 1.50 inches with a 2 a.m. start and cool air followed. The downpour spurred a rush to plant fall vegetables while farmers recover from 50 percent cotton crop damage in the past two weeks and hope for stock water relief. County agent J. B. Hill notes potential for re growth and timely moisture.
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Ada
J. B. Hill
Hill
Roosevelt signs fair trade bill amid presidential reluctance
President Roosevelt reluctantly signed a rider to the District of Columbia tax bill designed to establish fair trade practices by allowing price maintenance on advertised goods in 42 states, including Oklahoma. He warned it may raise costs and criticized the extraneous amendment as harmful to anti trust protections.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
District of Columbia
Oklahoma
White House
Miller
D-Ark
Cellar
D-Ny
Illinois
Supreme Court
Senate
Oliver Hardy in alimony dispute over support cuts
Hollywood report says Oliver Hardy faces a suit from his divorced wife Myrtle Lee Hardy to decide if his salary drop below 1000 dollars a week allows lowering her 250 dollar weekly alimony.
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Hollywood
Oliver Hardy
Myrtle Lee Hardy
Ada Water Supply Raises Safety After Tests
Samples from Byrds Mill spring tested by the state health department lab show water nearly one hundred percent pure and safe. Earlier samples from the city fire department tap and later from the city reservoir indicated some contamination but not of a dangerous kind. The spring water is now pumped directly from the main line to the standpipe, bypassing the concrete reservoir until after checks are completed.
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Ada
Byrds Mill Spring
State Health Department
City Fire Department
City
Destroyer Cassin Explosion Kills Four at Philadelphia Yard
Four men died and ten were injured when a steam explosion struck workmen in the fire room of the U S destroyer Cassin in dry dock at Philadelphia navy yard. Rear Admiral W T Cluverius announced the findings after a board investigated the accident.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Navy
Navy Yard
W. T. Cluverius
Fourth Naval District
Chauffeurs Slow to Obtain New Licenses in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City report shows only 5 012 of an estimated 75 000 chauffeurs have licenses after two weeks of exams. J M Gentry warns private operator licenses start Sept 1 and unlicensed chauffeurs must wait their turn. Examiners to Chickasha Anadarko Purcell Norman for three day sessions.
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Oklahoma City
J. M. Gentry
Commissioner of Public Safety
Gentry
Chickasha
Anadarko and Purcell
Norman
Three Die As Plane Crashes Near Alhambra
In Alhambra California three people died when a small rented cabin plane crashed and burned in a vacant lot. Victims were Crawford Waterman 37 a private pilot and Pasadena broker his fiance Mrs Gladys Reynolds 38 and a man identified as Meyers about 40. Waterman was teaching Mrs Reynolds to fly. Bobby Reynolds 17 watched the crash. Cause of the crash is undetermined.
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Alhambra
Calif
Crawford Waterman
Pasadena
Gladys Reynolds
Meyers
Nichols vetoes hospital offer in Clinton purchase
Oklahoma City Aug 18 Chairman L M Nichols said the state would not pay 140000 for a hospital at Clinton after D Rogers offered a lower price. The board may appraise again as an earlier appraisal valued the property at 118421 while the legislature had allocated 175000 for the purchase.
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Oklahoma City
L. M. Nichols
Board of Affairs
McLain Rogers
Clinton
D. Rogers
Nichols
John Beckham
Patman to Address Young Democrats in Oklahoma
Rep Wright Patman of Texas accepted an invitation to address the sixth district league of young democrats at Medicine Park Oklahoma on September 4 He also accepted invitations to speak at Stillwater on September 2 before rehabilitation workers and at Enid on October 27 for a wheat show sent by local chambers of commerce
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Washington
Wright Patman
Texas
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Sixth District League of Young Democrats
Medicine Park
Thomas
W. E. West
Stillwater
Enid
Auto Stolen Found Ablaze North of Ada
A 1936 Pontiac owned by F H Spoon of Harden City was stolen in Fittstown late Wednesday and found burning in a ditch a half mile north of the Sunset Filling Station eight miles north of Ada on Highway 48. The car was badly damaged and officers had little to go on in tracing the thief.
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F. H. Spoon
Harden City
Fittstown
Sunset
Ada
Highway 48
Brother of Ada Man Serves Aboard Augusta
W B Dayton of Purcell brother of Ada resident Charles Dayton is stationed on the Augusta flagship of the Asiatic fleet anchored in the Whangpoo river off Shanghai. Dayton has six years in the navy including three years in China and now serves in the battle area.
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W. B. Dayton
W. L. Dayton
Purcell
Charles Dayton
Ada
Augusta
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
Charles
Russia
Navy
China
Oklahoma Parole Board Recommends 21 Paroles 5 Pardons
Oklahoma City August 18 The unofficial pardon and parole board favoring 21 paroles and five pardons. Names include Hess Hudson Hogue and others with counties crimes and terms. Paroles cover robbery larceny manslaughter burglary and intoxicant violations with varied sentences.
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State Unofficial Board
Oklahoma City
Pardon and Parole Board
James Hess
Pawnee County
At Liberty
Bracey Hudson
Caddo County
Ted Hogue
Carter County
Ernest Howell
Clevelan County
C. M. Rutledge
Kiowa
Sidney Litterell
Nowata
W. G. Martin
Stephens County
John Carter
Jimmie Neal
Comanche County
Lester Jamison
Bryan County
Boots Jamison
Curge Lane
Delaware County
Lee Harris
Haskell
Perry Shinn
Muskogee
A. J. Sparkman
Osage County
G. B. Davis
Seminole County
Otto Adams
Love County
Vernon Smith
Payne County
C. W. Smith
Young Roosevelt Incident Suppressed in Cannes Affair
Paris reports say John A. Roosevelt, son of the president, tossed champagne at Cannes mayor Pierre Nouveau during a festival clash. French officials urged press restraint while Roosevelt avoided contact, and the Cannes mayor expressed willingness to forgive and forget.
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Paris
Thurs
John A. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Pierre Nouvea
Cannes
Qua ’d Orsay
Foreign Office
Paris Soir
Riviera
John Roosevelt
George Goin
State Committee
Pierre Nouveau
William C. Bullitt
Mr. Roosevelt
Oklahoma Senators Back Riley for DC Circuit Seat
Senators Elmer Thomas and Josh Lee endorsed Fletcher Riley of Lawton Oklahoma for the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals vacancy created by the death of Josiah A. Van Orsdel. In a letter to Attorney General Cummings they praised Riley as a liberal ex service man with a keen legal mind and noted the appointment would honor Oklahoma's Supreme Court.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Fletcher Riley
Lawton
Okla
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Josiah A. van Orsdel
Wyoming
Cummings
Riley
Supreme Court of
Oklahoma City Delinquent Tax Take Reported
State Tax Commissioner C. C. Brown announced the tax commission collected 194 672 81 in delinquent taxes during July. A total 116 174 48 was assessed for the same period, bringing the combined collected and assessed total to 310 847 29 for last month.
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Oklahoma City
C. C. Brown
Tax Commission
Brown
Section Hand Sues Railway Over Injuries
F M McClure, 36, files a $15,000 suit against Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf for injuries blamed on section hand activity near Allen on June 12. He alleges insufficient workers and mistimed commands caused a back wrench and left kidney injury, rendering him invalid with permanent damage.
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Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
F. M. McClure
McClure
Allen
Basis Set For Otton Loans
Washington authorities report Secretary Wallace and other farm officials favor a 9 cent loan rate for this year's cotton crop. The plan includes a subsidy to growers, totaling about 65 percent of the crop, with payments aimed at farmers who followed 1938 acreage restrictions. Loans near 45 dollars per bale are tied to market conditions.
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Washington
Wallace
Administration
Roosevelt
South
Senate Confirms Hugo Black for Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black, a liberal Southerner and New Dealer, was confirmed by the Senate 63 to 16 to join the Supreme Court in October. Opponents questioned his Klan ties, but Black pledged to serve the people and take the seat of Willis Van Devanter. Six Democrats joined 10 Republicans in voting no.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Deep South
Supreme Court
New Dealer
Willis van DeVanter
Black
Senate
Hughes
Brandeis
Burke
D. Neb
Hiram W. Evans
Imperial
Atlanta
Bridges
N. H
Justice Black
American People
Byrd
Virginia
Copeland
New York
Gerry
Rhode Island
Glass
King
Utah
Burl P. Smith Charged With Drunk Driving
Burl P. Smith was arraigned in Justice Court of A W Oliver on a drunk driving charge. A preliminary hearing was set for August 27. Smith posted a $2000 bond after arrest by state highway patrolman Robert A Lowell. A note states a cubic foot of gold weighs 1203 pounds.
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Burl P. Smith
Justice Court of
A. W
Harden seeks equal share in 1 million 44 thousand dollar property
Elizabeth Harden files a third rehearing in state supreme court after divorce from Andrew J. Harden. She seeks an equal division of 1 044 000 in property, contending a 160 acre homestead, with oil, allotted to her as Chickasaw member, was misaccounted. The court reduced alimony to 100 000 and affirmed the divorce.
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Oklahoma City
Elizabeth Harden
State Supreme Court
Andrew J. Harden
Hardens
Pontotoc County
Harden
Supreme Court
Roosevelt seeks aid to straighten FCC affairs
President Roosevelt asks Frank R. McNinch who heads the federal power commission to resign briefly to handle the federal communications commission. Two vacancies exist as Craven is named to chair and will succeed Irvin Stewart who resigned. Manning S. Pratt former chairman noted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank R. McNinch
Federal Power Commission
Federal Communications Commission
McNinch
North Carolina
T. A. M. Craven
Communications
Craven
Irvin Stewart
Texas
Manning S. Pratl
New York
Knights of Columbus Near End of 55th Convention
In San Antonio on August 18 routine business and a gala program marked the fifty fifth annual international convention as it neared Thursday adjournment. A luncheon honored Supreme Knight Martin H. Carmody and Archbishop Arthur J. Cross.
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San Antonio
Tex
Knights of Columbus
Martin H. Carmody
Arthur J. Crossaerts
Wit and Wisdom from a Rural Observer
In a fragmentary column, Newt Lark, famed for big-game hunts in Africa, ruminates on life, politics, love, and work. The text repeats humorous adages about motorists, campaigns, hospital nurses, and marriage while noting a road-hog encounter during travels.
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Newt Lark
Africa
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