Japan Warns of Retaliation as Soviet Border Attack Fails
Soviet forces attacked Changkufeng Hills near Manchoukuo border, with eight tanks and air bombardment. Japan claimed heavy Soviet losses, civilians killed in raids, and vowed response while Osaka and Fukuoka prepared for possible air attacks. Premier Konoye reported to the emperor as war tensions rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Japan
Manchoukuoan
War Office
Japanese Korea
Osaka
Fukoka
Seishiro Itagaki
Fumimaro Konoye
Changkufeng
Oon
SOVIETS AND JAPS ARE PREPARED FOR WAR IF CONFLICT GROWS
Abstracted from a period piece discussing long standing tensions between Soviet Russia and Japan. It notes shared readiness for conflict, historic border frictions since 1933, and past incidents such as the Amur River clash. It ties a July 11 repercussion to rising hostilities and the Manchurian border dynamic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Soviet
Russia
Japan
Changkufeng
Manchoukuo
Soviet Siberia
Amur River
China
Tokyo
Moscow
Saga of Man and Heat and the Floods Across Texas
In daylight heat a newspaper seller collapses after a dizzy spell clutching his papers. Floodwaters from the San Saba and other rivers inundate Matagorda Bay and Wharton, with two feet of water in streets and many crops ruined from Austin to the bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Colorado River
Matagorda Bay
Bayshore
Matagorda
Wharton
East Bernard
Colorado
San Saba
Concho
Llano
Perdanales
Austin
Bay
Four Drown in Plains Tragedies
Four youths died in two drownings in the Panhandle and plains region. Louise Marhony 12 and Alma Marhony 6 drowned near their home thirty miles northeast of Wellington while fetching water for their father. A five year old brother witnessed the accident as a thousand searchers worked to recover the bodies. Nearby at Prairie Lake twenty miles north of Clovis near Broadview N B Ward 16 and another victim remain missing until their bodies were found by Deputy Val Baumgart Texico.
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Panhandle Plains
Louise Marhony
Alma Marhony
Wellington
J. Marhony
Prairie Lake
Clovis
Broadview
Val Baumegart
Texico
Ward
H. H. Ward
Lovington
Chavez Heads New Mexico Delegation for Will Rogers Route
United States Senator Dennis Chavez and Mrs. Chavez will lead New Mexico's delegation to the Will Rogers route celebration August 15 to 17. The event features Old Southwest Days with polo, pony races, and cinematic episodes, highlighting Coronado history and the life of Will Rogers.
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Coronado
New Mexico
Honor
Chavez
Sunshine State Group
United States
Dennis Chavez
Will Rogers
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Sunshine State
Leo Carrillo
Carlos Antonio Carrillo
California
Carrillo
Santa Monica
New
Mexico
Cal Farley
Farley
Clay Thornton
Chamber of Commerce
XIT
Dalhart
Union Chieftain and business man urge labor capit al unity for recovery
A union chieftain and a business leader urged cooperation between labor and capital to speed recovery. They spoke before the Republican program committee, calling for practical application of collective reasoning without government interference and critiquing the Wagner Act as one sided. The pair pressed team work to boost industrial production and social order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican
Louis K. Comstock
Merchants Association of New York
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Woll
Sammy Baugh signs three year Redskins contract
The Washington Redskins land Sammy Baugh on a three year deal to end major league football debates. Editorial notes discuss Tennessee election politics and a lead on the forthcoming pages. A Hereford breeder D L McDonald plans irrigation for range grass. Stock market and office supply ads follow.
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Sammy Baugh
Washington Redskins
Tennessee
D. L. McDonald
Wissereos Ecee
New York
Potter County to vote August 19 on 165000 hospital bond issue
Potter County will hold an August 19 election to decide on 165000 in bonds for a 800000 Northwest Texas Hospital improvement program. If approved, 138000 will be funded without grant increase, while a government grant aims to support a 300000 project.
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Kansas
Potter County
Potter County Commission
Northwest Texas Hospital
Fair Grounds
Bill Simpson Firm
Amarillo
PWA
Roaming Fever Strikes Many Stowaways Reach New York
The Cunard liner Aquitania arrived with a small cargo of stowaways from Stillwell Oklahoma Pittsburgh Cranston and New York. The youths Margery Robinson Dorothy Newman Nancy Siana and Bobby Stap plus adults James Nolley and Fred Nooney hid aboard for a free eastward voyage. Bobby Stap’s record of 20166 miles across multiple cruises nears the world circumference.
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Cunard
Margery Robinson
Stillwell
Okla
Dorothy Newman
Pittsburgh
Nancy Siana
Cranston
R. I
James Nolley
Fred Nooney
New York
Bobby
Savannah
Clifton Barnett
Crime Files: Trials and Murders Across States Stir Public Horror
Report covers Carroll missing, body found near Sioux Falls with neck towel restraint and suspect held in Burke. Maine trial details reveal Dwyer’s nervous collapse delaying testimony in the Carroll case as jurors hear a prosecutor’s outline of a new theory. Across states, primary defeats and allegations of political use of federal funds spark national debate on election integrity and radio influence.
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Retty Schnidt
Sioux Falls
Andrew Riska
Burke
Maine
Paul N. Dwyer
Francis M. Carroll
Dwyer
Ralph M. Ingalls
Carroll
Barbara
James G. Littlefield
Ingalls
Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Kentucky
Alben Barkeley
Senate
United States Senate
H. Ralph Burton
Federal Communications Commission
Tennessee
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding area
The bulletin notes generally fair conditions for Wednesday in West Texas and partly cloudy skies with unsettled northern areas in New Mexico. Temperatures show a high around 98 degrees, a historical high noted for 1937, with regional variations by hour as yesterday’s data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Tide of Fortune Seizes Pobla de Mazaluca in Ebro Front
Government forces captured Pobla de Mazaluca on the Ebro front, breaking insurgent lines north of Gandesa and opening the way toward villages along the Matarrana River plateau. Reinforcements halted further gains with counterattacks near Prat Del Compte as fighting persisted.
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Hendayf
France
Spain
Ebro Rover Valley
Francisco Franco
Pobla de Mazaluca
Ebro
Gandesa
Franco
Barcelona
Matarrana
Cherta
Fayon
Prat del Compte
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Shachofeng
Chang- Kureng
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Siberia
Korea
Agin
Manchouuo
Vladivostok
Red Cross
Saga of
Man
Tri-State Fairgrounds
KGNC
Jerome H. Cargill
Municipal Auditorium
Spanish Plaza
Vega
National Highway Association
Carl Hinton
John Currie
Currie
Wire
Newton
Nelson G. Karschel
Iowa
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Maytag
Des Moines
Kraschel
National Guard
New Orleans
David Fowler
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
International Union of Mine, Mill
Butte, Mont
Eagle Pass
American Smelting Refining Company
London
Brien McMahon
Harlan
J. Edwa
Harlan” County
National Association of Industrial Insurance
A. F P. of L. Building Service
Russell Stationery Co
The
Late Wire News
Barbara Carroll
Congress
William E. Dodd, Jr
Howard W. Smith
Norman R. Hamilton
Jost
Colgate W. Darden
Dodd
Hamilton
Gereald B. Winrod
Clyde M. Reed
Dallas Knapp
Winrod
George McGill
Missouri
Bennett Champ Clark
Clark
Ted
Serida
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Agus
Cervera
Tarragona
Ean Sea
Grandesa
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