American Sailor Killed as Shanghai Battle Widened
In Shanghai the cruiser Augusta suffered a fatal shell hit near the Whangpoo River. Seaman Freddie J. Falgout of Raceland Louisiana, 21, was killed and 18 crewmen wounded. The attack marked the fourth American death in the eight day siege with fires raging across Pootung and Hongkew.
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Freddie John Falgout
Raceland
Louisiana
Whangpoo River
International Shanghai
Augusta
Shanghai
Pootung
Whangpoo
International Settlement
Hongkew
Falgout
United States
U. S
Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
Simmons Mattress Company
American Standard Vacuum
Texas Oil Companies
Edsall
Parrott
Sacramento
Shanghai Bund
Chapei
American Marine Hospital
Governor Merriam Injured in Fog Collision
Salinas Calif Aug 20 Governor Frank F Merriam his wife and a highway patrolman were injured when the Merriam automobile collided with a truck in heavy fog Gov Merriam suffered a head bruise Mrs Merriam sustained a skinned left elbow and an ankle injury
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Salinas
Calif
Frank F. Merriam
Merriam
Temblors Hit Manila as Refugees Arrive from Shanghai
Two violent quakes struck Manila causing panic and darkness as American refugees from Shanghai reached the city. The first quake at 7 59 knocked debris into streets and cut power briefly while fires started but caused no immediate deaths. The Great Eastern Hotel sank four inches, guests fled in nightwear, and glass littered Escolta as hospitals treated injuries.
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Manila
P. I
Shanghai
Great Eastern Hotel
Escolta
Mattern Flies Through Fog in Plane Search
Jimmy Mattern, the Texas aviator seeking the missing Soviet transpolar plane, was flying through heavy Arctic fog four hours after leaving Fairbanks. An intercept from Flat station at 8:15 P.M. EST confirmed the message. Mattern said he navigated by instruments and did not reveal his position, believed near or over the Arctic Ocean.
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Fairbanks
Jimmy Mattern
Texas
Arctic
Pacific Alaska Airways
The
Airways
Flat
Mattern
Arctic Ocean
Oil Worker Fatally Hurt in Haynesville Rig Incident
Horace Prestridge aged 25 of Haynesville was fatally injured this morning at the Sugar Creek oil field while working on a rig for an oil well drilling concern.
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Haynesville
Horace Prestridge
Sugar Creek
Good Rains Reported Across Panhandle Regions
Wide areas of the Panhandle saw renewed rainfall as the wet spell continued. Eastern South Plains towns like Childress Estelline and South Plains measured up to two inches, with Potter County between Amarillo and the Canadian River recording about one and a half inches and Amarillo Creek briefly overflowing.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Hall
Briscoe
Floyd
Hale
Collingsworth
Childress
Estelline
Turkey
Quitaque
Plainview
Hale County
Wellington
Perico
Texline
Dalhart
Channing
Potter County
Amarillo
Canadian River
Franco Troops Close on Santander Amid Fright War
Franco forces tightened a siege of Santander on the Biscayan coast. Insurgents entered Arriela Park threatening the water supply while French and Belgian refugees fled to Bayonne predicting Santander’s fall like Bilbao. City blocked by sea and land, famine looms.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Santander
Biscayan
Arriela Park
Bayonne
Bilbao
Sinking Canyon draws tourists to Idaho lava dust spectacle
In Buhl Idaho tourists pay 50 cents per car to view a lava dust canyon forming on H A Robertson's fertile land. Geologists cite collapsing lava strata from irrigation as the cause. Residents act as guides while Robertson tries to keep his farm land and home safe as acres sink.
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Buhl
Idaho
H. A. Robertson
Harry McFarlin
Robertson Farm
Robertson
Lewis Hits Demo Leadership Demands Party Discipline
John L. Lewis, head of the Committee for Industrial Organization, denounces Democratic leadership for failing to pass the wages and hours bill. He urges party discipline or acknowledgment that the party cannot advance social reforms, linking the stance to Roosevelt era promises and his split with the president. Lewis cites UMW support for Roosevelt and argues the election victory hinged on decisive action.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Congress
Democratic Party
Lewis
House
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Hawaii Antipodes Hop May Be Abandoned
Unofficial reports from Honolulu indicate the Bureau of Air Commerce is abandoning plans for a direct Hawaii Antipodes air route, a weather base at Baker Island will be withdrawn, and landing sites at Howland and Jarvis Islands are no longer considered for airplanes.
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Honolulu
T. H
U.P
Bureau of Air Commerce
Hawaii
Antipodes
Amelia Earhart
Baker Island
Howland and
Jarvis Islands
Body of Albert E. Culley Taken for Burial
The body of Albert E. Culley 65 head of Simonds and Company saw manufacturers was sent to Fitchburg Massachusetts his former home for burial today in Saranac Lake New York August 20 period
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Albert E. Culley
Simonds & Company
Fitchburg
Mass
School Revenue Row Ends by Boards Act
The State Board of Education unanimously reaffirmed a 22 dollar per scholastic pupil apportionment, ending a dispute over funding. An injunction in Dallas to block certification will be withdrawn as the panel cites funds under existing conditions and a cleared legal path for districts to receive added revenue.
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Austin
U.P
State Board of Education
Dallas
B. F. Tisinger
George Sheppard
San Antonio
Sheppard
State
Tysinger
Ghent Sanderford
Sanderford
Abraham Lincoln
James V. Allred
Dempsey Seeks Study on Rio Grande Pecos Erosion Control
Representative John J. Dempsey of Santa Fe New Mexico asked Congress to authorize preliminary examinations and surveys for run-off water flow retardation and soil erosion prevention on the Rio Grande and Pecos watersheds above their confluence.
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Washington
John J. Dempsey
Santa Fe
N. M
Congress
Rio Grande
Pecos
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Area
Partly cloudy conditions with likely local showers in Amarillo and nearby areas. West Texas expected unsettled weather with scattered showers north of the 100th meridian. New Mexico area sees unsettled Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms and little temperature change. Yesterday's Amarillo high 68 and low 65, trace precipitation reported in the last 24 hours ending 4 pm.
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Amarillo
West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
Mexico
Wa Adress
Mussolini Signals Possible Peace With Britain in Palermo Talk
In Palermo Mussolini urged 200000 Italians that a lasting rapprochement with England can be reached and that Italy will cooperate on European political life. He warned against Mediterranean Bolshevism and said invading Sicily would be folly while asserting Rome and Berlin collaboration as two realities. He praised good relations with neighbors but scorned Britain’s view of Italy.
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Palermo
Italy
Benito Mussolini
England
Europe
Sicily
Mediterranean
Mussolini
League of Nations
Rome
Berlin
Tr Duce
France
Great Britain
Geneva
National Debt Near 37 Billion on Aug 18 Increase
The U S national debt rose to nearly 37 billion dollars with an overnight gain of 60 456 525 as of August 18 according to the treasury daily statement released in Washington.
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Washington
Treasury Daily Statement
Dionne Quintuplets to dine with Mama Dionne for social training
Callander, Ontario residents report Mama Dionne will be a regular supper guest to teach the seven quints social graces. Hospital nursery staff arranged a full family seating as Annette Cecile Emilie Marie and Yvonne shared milk and strained vegetables with Mama Dionne and Rose feeding the children.
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Mama Dionne
Quins
Callander
Ont
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Marie
Yvonne
Mamma
Deficiency Bill Amended By Senate in Quiet Session
Legislative action in Washington tightens funds for the dust bowl area and cotton subsidies while House and Senate argue over housing costs and reindeer purchases. Roosevelt agrees to cotton price supports tied to next session crop surplus controls as Byrnes proposes 9 to 10 cent loans.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Honolulu
Dust Bowl
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
China
Yosemite National Park
Caliifornia
White House
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Roosevelt
Alaska
Agrees Parm
Byrnes
Smith
Agriculture Committee
Snell
New York
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Ernest O. Thompson
State Democratic Executive Committee
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Claude V. Birkhead
36Th Division
Walter F. Woodhul
Claude Birkhead
36Th
Joseph W. Speight
35Th
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D. J. Matthews
Hal, Rowlett
Ben Wayne Greig
Harry E. Quist
Richard L. Lewis
Charles C. Ingram
Edward A. Clark
111Th Regimental
Wayne Wood
41St Infantry
H. W. Robertson
Gonzales
Howitzer
Mist Infantry
U Pictures
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Myron G. Blalock
Temblors
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Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
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