Shanghai under siege as typhoon hinders relief efforts
War and a typhoon ravage Shanghai with fighting between Chinese and Japanese forces. British destroyer Duncan lands marines, U S cruiser Augusta prepares to land. About 120 Marines join British and American guards along the international settlement frontiers. Evacuation registrations begin as shells fall and a civilian hunger crisis grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Japan
China
Duncan
International Settlement Guard
Augusta
International City
Whangpoo
Washington
U. S
Shanghai Club
Shanghai Power Company
Queques
Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Odd Texas Tales and Local Oddities
A collage of village humor and small-town curiosities from Wheeler to Palestine Texas. Jokes about sunbathing and nudity liquor-law fines a Dalhart railroader and a toad in a garden hospital founder falling ill a hearse aiding a doctor unclaimed flour in Cheyenne Matador Ranch kittens and a rattlesnake encounter a Las Vegas chiropractor boast and a tailor noting rising loose change.
Odessa officer dies from highway crash injuries
Walter E. Ratcliff, 38, ex San Angelo police fingerprint expert and former city officer, died in a local hospital after a highway crash near Carlsbad. While headed to visit his Odessa wife Zadie Ratcliff, his motorcycle overturned on loose gravel causing a concussion and fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Walter E. Ratcliff
Carlsbad
Ratcliff
Odessa
Zadie Ratcliff
Shannon Hospital
Cotton Returns Top Ten-Year High Mark
In the lower Rio Grande Valley the cotton ginning exceeded 10 000 bales for the first time in over a decade. Final figures may reach about 125 000 bales with much of the crop still in. Ginners note that over 95 000 bales had been ginned before price declines and estimate potential Valley revenue above 8 500 000 dollars, the highest in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Escaped Texas Convict Slain in Hot Springs Raid
A raiding squad of state county and city police shot and killed Alfred Sonny Lamb an escaped Texas convict wanted on two murder charges and robbery counts. Officers surrounded a Hot Springs Arkansas house near the business district where Lamb and a woman registered as Mr. and Mrs Reynolds. Lamb reached for a gun and was fatally shot. a woman in the room Pauline Reynolds was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Alfred
Sonny) Lamb
Texas
Lamb
Reynolds
Pauline Reynolds
Black's Fees To Press For Open Discussion Before Confirmation
Senator Bridges announced opponents will push for public discussion on Hugo Black's Supreme Court nomination. They consider a recommit motion or a letter requesting hearings, citing precedent from Chief Justice Hughes. Black aided prior Parker probe and faces anticipated Senate confirmation despite labor opposition. Adjournment likely after August 25 as wage and hour standards bill stalls.
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Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ashurst
Arizona
Hughes
Hoover
William Green
John L. Lewis
Parker
Green
Lewis
Black
Eleven Poison Deaths Probed Link to Anna Hahn
Cincinnati police investigated eleven deaths over eight years tied to Anna Hahn as Lieut. George W. Schuttle stated all deaths direct or indirect connections. Mrs. Hahn 31 denied poisoning George Gsellman 67 on July 6 and was held in Hamilton County jail. A cardboard box with a poison label was shown by Hayes but its location was not disclosed.
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Cincinnati
George W. Schuttle
Anna Hahn
Hahn
George Gsellman
Cath
Hamiton
Hayes
National Nurserymen Oppose Tax Ruling
Three Texas leaders of major national nursery groups met in Tyler to plan opposition to a Bureau of Internal Revenue ruling that would place nurserymen under the Social Security Act. Edward Baker of Fort Worth J M Ramsey of Austin and Allen Bostick of Tyler chaired the discussions representing the American Association of Nurserymen the Texas Association and the Southwestern Association and East Texas Rose Growers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Edward Baker
Fort Worth
American Association of Nurserymen
J. M. Ramsey
Austin
Texas Association
Allen Bostick
Southwestern Association
East Texas Rose Growers Association
Arctic search mobilizes for Soviet airmen missing on polar hop
Fliers from both sides of the pole join Alaska and Soviet crews in a multinational hunt for six Soviet aviators led by Levaneffsky missing since a planned 4000 mile Moscow to Fairbanks polar flight. Jimmie Mattern races from Oakland with 925 gallons to reach Fairbanks in under 15 hours. Alaska mercy flier Joe Crosson and others join a widening effort with eight planes and two ice breakers heading toward Rudolph Island and the Arctic region.
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North Pole
Fairbanks
Alaska
Pole
Arctic
Brrgismund Levaneffsky
Moscow
California
Russia
Oakland
Calif
Jimmie Mattern
U. S
Levaneffsky
Siberian
United States
Mattern
North Polar
Mercy Flier
Joe Crosson
Rudolph Island
Polar Cap
Rudolph
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Anchorage
Palo Duro park snubbed by State Park Board critics say
Clyde Warwick of Canyon News protests after the State Park Board canceled an advertised trip to Palo Duro park over the weekend. He accuses the board of ignoring the Panhandle and notes that officials waited at Carlsbad Caverns instead. Warwick blames Governor Allred for neglecting Panhandle appointments and cites long-standing discontent among Canyon Amarillo and other Panhandle communities.
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Palo Duro Park
Clyde Warwick
The
Canyon News
State Park Board
Palo Dure Park
Wendell Mayes
Brownwood
Lubbock
Carlsbad Caverns
National Park Service
Mr. Warwick
Charley Burrow
Canyon
T. E. Johnson
Amarillo
James V. Allred
Warwick
Allred
Park Board
Panhandle
Texas
Temple Victim Services in Fall Death Returns for Burial
The body of A. R. Greer, 59, killed in a fall from a second story hospital window was taken to Temple for burial in Little River Cemetery. Justice of the Peace C. C. Van Wagner ruled the death a suicide after hospital staff cited a prior suicide attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
A. R. Greer
Temple
Little River Cemetery
Justice of the Peace
C. C. van Wagner
Greer
Ballinger Post Office Contract Awarded to Dolph Bateson
The Dolph Bateson Construction Company of Dallas won a federal contract worth 51040 dollars for a new post office building in Ballinger, Runnels County. Construction was set to begin September 10.
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Dallas
Dolph Bateson Construction Company of
Ballinger
Runnels County
Four Die as Interurban Strikes Roadster Near Howe
A Texas interurban collided with a roadster five miles north of Howe afternoon, killing four people and injuring two. Victims were Harry Gibson 19, Jim Gibson 22, his infant daughter Ula Mae, and Edith Sprowl 8. Injured were Leland 14 and Roy 12 Gibson, brothers of Jim, who jumped from the car before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Alstyne
Texas
Howe
Here
Harry Gibson
Jim Gibson
Ula Mae
Westminster
Edith Sprowl
Hoyt Sprowl
Sprowl
Sherman
Leland Gibson
Auto crash in Texas kills one injures three
Four Shreveport Louisiana residents were involved when an automobile overturn occurred in Terrell Texas on August 15 resulting in one death and three injuries. Local authorities investigated the crash and notified next of kin while emergency services transferred the injured to area hospitals for treatment.
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Terrell
Texas
Shreveport
Poage Seeks Help Over Hidden 10000 Dollar Bill
Representative W R Poage of Waco asks the Secret Service to investigate a $10000 bill found by O R Loving a Waco railroad switchman. Loving says the bank handed it to the Federal Reserve in Dallas which sent it to San Antonio. Poage plans to meet Secret Service officials next week.
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Washington
W. R. Poage
Waco
United States
Secret Service
O. R. Loving
Loving
Poage
Citizens’ National Bank of ‘Ace
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
San Antonio
Woodie Zachery
Zachery
Patrolman Killed in Truck Crash Near Milsap
WEATHERFORD Aug 15 Henry Miller 45 a Texas Highway Department employee was killed last night in a two truck collision two miles east of Milsap Parker County He was alone in a small truck that crashed with a larger truck pulling a trailer His vehicle was demolished and his head crushed Survivors include three children and his widow.
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Weatherford
Henry Miller
Texas
Milsap
Parker County
Miller
Fort Worth
Carl Leach
Two Graham Men Die in Lake Eddleman Boat Capsize
In Graham, Texas, Clyde Roberts and Rowe Creager, both 22 to 25, drowned when a motorboat capsized at Lake Eddleman after a sudden gust of wind. Roy Slaughter and Earl Morris Jr. survived. rescuers searched into the evening. Roberts and Creager left widows and two children each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Graham
Clyde Roberts
Rowe Creager
Lake Eddleman
City Reservoir
Roy Slaughter
Earl Morris Jr
Morris
Texas
Slaughter
Slaught
Roberts
Panhandle
Jim Roberts
Creager
A. E. Morris Implement Company
Homer Creager
Pat Knieff
Memorial building proposed for J Frank Norfleet in Hale Center
Citizens of Hale Center plan a $40 000 school memorial to rancher J Frank Norfleet who pursued crooks to recover his property. The proposed gymnasium and home economics building would pair with the Norfleet Consolidated School. Norfleet, over seventy, was honored by a rally where Dr J A Hill of West Texas State College spoke.
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Hale Center
J. Frank Norfleet
Cotton Center
L. King
Norfleet
Norfleet Consolidated School
J. A. Hill
West Texas State College
Oklahoma Youth Victim Killed in Panhandle Crash
A head on collision near Panhandle on Highway 34 killed Keith Haskell, 23, of Oklahoma City, and seriously injured four others. Involved were Harold Martin and Miss Dowtin of Oklahoma City, and Miss Foote and Jenkins from Pampa and Kellyville. Keith died hours after the wreck at Amarillo, with others treated in Panhandle, Amarillo, and Pampa.
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Haskell Keith
Oklahoma City
Panhandle
Harold Martin
Frances Dowtin
Ailene Foote
Pampa
Chester A. Jenkins
Kellyville
Keith
Amarillo
Highway 34
New Panhandle
Martin
Miss Dowtin
Jenkins
Miss Foote
St. Anthony's Hospital
Blackburn-Shaw
Tom Harris
Harry Hunt
California
Forty-First Street
Oklahoma
South Styles Street
Hamilton
Liniment beginnings of Hulbert Footner authoring serial
Hulbert Footner, author of The Dark Ships, started in a liniment factory breaking eggs into a vat. He left school at 14 to work, earned $5.25 weekly, and supported himself while facing shoe shortages. Born in Canada, he grew up mainly in New York and later lived in Calvert County Maryland where The Dark Ships is set. He once started two Calgary newspapers and undertook a 2000 mile trek by packtrain and canoe in his youth.
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Hulbert Footner
Canada
New York
Horse Medicine Company
Calvert County
Maryland
Calgary
Footner
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C. C. Smanley
Matador Ranch
Matador
Las Vegas
New
Review-Journal
M. F. Williams
Childress
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Park
Ballinger Post Office
Liniment
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