Chinese Begin Surprise Offensive At Tientsin
Chinese troops launched a dawn surprise offensive against Japanese positions in Tientsin, with heavy fighting near the east railway station and at the Japanese air base east of the city. Japanese bombers responded while US residents sought safety and diplomacy sought to safeguard civilians.
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Tientsin
Japan
North China
China
Peiping
Li Wen-Tien
Tokyo
Tangku
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Wage-Hour Bill Faces Defeat After House Change
A House Labor Committee vote approved a provision allowing a board to set minimum wages up to 70 cents an hour and a 35 hour maximum work week. The shift diverges from the Senate plan and sparked predictions the wage hour bill will be defeated. Senator Vandenberg warned the measure could force bureaucratic control over industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Labor Committee
Ald
Rep. Wood
Missouri State Federation of Labor
Senate
House
Norton
Vandenberg
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast Update
Forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area calls for Thursday to be partly cloudy. West Texas reaches near normal temperatures with unsettled New Mexico conditions including possible showers or thunderstorms in the north portion. Temperature readings from yesterday show highs around the mid 80s to near 90 and lows in the 70s. Precipitation reported as trace in the last 24 hours ending 4 p.m. yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Sunstroke forces Bette Davis into seclusion near Carpenteria
Film star Bette Davis suffered a sunstroke while vacationing at Carpenteria California and will remain secluded for a month per her physician Dr J E Coshaw. She came with her husband Harmon Nelson two weeks ago after sunburns. a prior sunstroke occurred three years ago while she was finishing It's Love I'm After with Leslie Howard before resuming Jezebel filming.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
U.P
Bette Davis
Carpenteria
J. E. Coshaw
Miss Davis
Harmon Nelson
Coshaw
Leslie Howard
Jezebel
Owen Davis
Spanish Countess Is Arrested as Spy
Madrid reports Countess De La Puebla De Mortalban arrested after secret police found her in a girls militia uniform buying drinks for officers returning from the front. Commissioner Casal questioned her. she denied being a Republican. Police say she belonged to the Right Front Popular Action party and found documents, jewels, and 650000 French francs in her apartment.
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Madrid
de la Puebla de Mortalban
Casal
Right Front
Popular Action Party
U.S. Marine Wounded in Peiping Barricade Incident
Private Julius F. Fliszar of the mounted marine detachment at Peiping was wounded by rifle fire from Chinese troops near the U.S. Embassy. This marked the first American casualty announced in the current Sino-Japanese fighting surrounding the ancient walled city.
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Washington
Dav
Julius F. Fliszar
Mounted Marine
Peiping
United States
Borah Seeks To Block New Deal Until Sugar Bill Passed
Senator Borah urged fellow sugar state senators to join him in tying up administration programs until a new sugar control bill is enacted. The move targets delaying passage of key New Deal measures pending sugar legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Washington
D.-Ida
Rebels Claim Cuenca Gains
Rebels report conquest of more than 700 square miles in the Cuenca sector between Madrid and Valencia as insurgents press toward Villanueva de la Canada after taking Brunete. Madrid says artillery duels continue west of Madrid while Hedilla faces life imprisonment but may gain freedom in a broader amnesty if Franco seizes Madrid.
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Hendaye
Madrid
Cuenca
Valencia
Brunete
Villanueva de la Canada
Francisco Franco
Franco
Spain
Manuel Hedilla
Spanish Fascist Party
Hedilla
Fascist
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
Miner Finds Gold Nabs Bonds But Needs Advice
Joseph Nelson, 29, says he found Liberty Bonds totaling 135000 while prospecting near Ruby, Arizona. He hid the bonds in a cave and traveled to Chicago for legal help, passed a lie detector test, and drew officials to the Department of Justice for guidance.
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Chicago
U.P
Joseph Nelson
Arizona
Ruby
Aziz
Nelson
Department of Justice
Lipscomb Parole Board Named in Texas Counties
Governor Allred announced the appointment of voluntary parole boards for Burleson and Lipscomb Counties. Lipscomb County is led by John Douglas, with J. F. Latimer, John J. Gex, F. H. Montgomery, and A. R. Turner serving as members. The move leaves 44 counties without such agencies and Allred aims to name remaining boards by early fall.
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Austin
Burleson
Lipscomb
James V. Allred
John Douglas
Lipscomb County
J. F. Latimer
Higgins
John J. Gex
Follett
4. H. Montgomery
Carrouzett
A. R. Turner
Booker
Robbery Case Continued in Boston Trial
The trial of Norwood McCall for a May robbery with firearms at a local filling station was postponed to the next term due to the defense counsel's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Norwood McCall
Congressional Leaders Drop Legislation on Farm Price Stabilization
Congressional leaders abandoned attempts to pass general farm price stabilization legislation this session. The House Agriculture Committee joined the Senate Committee in postponing action on the Ever Normal Granary and crop control proposals after a conference chaired by the chairman.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Jones
House
Wallace
Jones to Speak on General Farm Legislation Tonight
Congressman Marvin Jones of Amarillo will address a national CBS network from 9 30 to 9 34 Amarillo time on General Farm Legislation. He notes wide farm policy differences after a committee meeting with national farm groups and mentions possible action on wheat crop insurance and a proposed $1000000 government backed wheat grower insurance corp.
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Jones
Amarillo
Bankhead
Rayburn
Dtex
Texan
Roosevelt
Jones Group
Elder Freed of Attack Charge in Mount Hermon Case
Thomas E. Elder a former Mount Hermon dean was acquitted of assault with intent to kill Norton and of simple assault. Norton testified Elder brandished a gun in Norton's Greenfield garage last May 25 but Elder claimed he was 40 miles away in Keene NH with his wife corroborating. Jury heard past accusations against Elder by Norton and a stenographer Miss Evelyn Dill which both denied.
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Greenfield
Mags
Thomas E. Elder
Mount Hermon
Allen Norton
Elder
Norton
The
Commonwealth
Keene
N. H
Evelyn Dill
Miss Dill
Elliott Speer
Mount Hermon School
Jap Ship Sinking After Collision Near Choshi
A Lloyds dispatch from Yokohama reports the Japanese passenger steamer Selum Maru of Kobe, 4,782 tons, sinking after a fog collision off Choshi with the British steamer Benmohr of Leith, 5,900 tons. The Benmohr was severely damaged and heading for Yokohama.
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London
U.P
Lloyd's
Yo'ohama
Kobe
Choshi
Benmohr
Leith
Yokahama
Airline To Let Court Decide Reward Recipient
Western Air Express offered to pay a $1,000 reward to the district court for determination of which of five claimants is entitled to the reward for the missing airliner that crashed December 15 in the Wasatch Mountains, killing seven.
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Salt Lake City
Western Air Express
Wasatch Mountains
El Dorado Taxi Driver Goes On Trial For Murder
Testimony began today in El Dorado in the first degree murder case against A C Wheatley a taxi driver charged in the slaying of J A Yocum a local peace officer near El Dorado last week.
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EL Dorado, Ark
A. C. Wheatley
el Dorado
J. A. Yocum
Here
Iceland Dust Bowl Mirrors U S Plains Strife Report Says
A report by Iceland’s forestry director A F Koseedhausen, to Danish legation counselor Wilhelm Ebickhoff and translated for the American Tree Association, describes 5453 square miles of bare land in Iceland. Overgrazing left loose topsoil exposed to wind, forming dunelike hummocks and sand. Icelanders respond by seeking cover crops and planting trees rather than market crops.
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United States
Iceland
A. F. Koseedhausen
Wilhelm Ebickhoff
Royal Danish Legation
Washington
American Tree Association
Kofeodhausen
America
Deliberate Mine Blast Strikes Belfast Royal Parade Route
Police report a planted mine exploded during a royal parade in Belfast as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II passed the route. Investigators found explosives and a fuse near a warehouse. a broader plot to disrupt trains near Antrim was also suspected.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
George
Flizabeth
Ulster
Londonderry
Temple Patrick
Antrim
Speed Limit Law Upheld In Texas Supreme Court Ruling
The Texas Supreme Court upheld a 20 mph speed limit in unincorporated towns, ruling uncertain village boundaries do not void the law. The case arose from Jim Brown's personal injury suit against Oriental Oil Co. after a collision on Eagle Ford road in Dallas County on March 7, 1932.
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Supreme Court
Jim Brown
Oriental Oil Company
Oil Company
Brown
Eagle Ford Road
Dallas County
Panhandle Farmers Ask Action For Farm Program This Session
Panhandle Plains farmers across 43 counties urge Congress to enact a permanent federal farm program during this session. The group backs an American Farm Bureau Federation bill, seeks parity prices, loans, and a three year contracts with local administration, aiming to stabilize agriculture and store surpluses.
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Panhandle Plains
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Legislative Branch
AAA
Panhandle
Supreme Court
W. M. Deck
Perryton
Walter A. Gillispie
Morris
Haneford County
Kirkpatrick
Cliff Day
Plainview
State Association
Marvin Jones
Donald Kirkpatrick
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
J.R. Hogge
Potter County
New Row Over Supreme Tribunal Breaks Out
Washington July 28 A new row over the Supreme Court began as Senator Minton Democrat Indiana pressed to curb the court power to strike down Acts of Congress He proposed a rule requiring two thirds of justices to strike down legislation He planned to offer the amendment to a pending court bill and move changes in lower courts while the wage hour and housing bills awaited action by the Senate.
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Supreme Tribunal
Minton
Washington
Supreme Court
Indiana
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Montana
High Tribunal
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Chamber
Ylt
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Tion
Hull
North China Area
Chrysler
Securities and Exchange Commission
Walter P. Chrysler
Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Delaware
Dupont
Republic
W. S. Carpenter, Jr
T. S. S. Graselli
J. Thompson Brown
Girdler
R. J. Waser
Prsident
Myron A. Wick
K. T. Keller
B. E. Hutchinson
General Motors Corporation
General Motors Securities Company
GMC
Vandenberg Objects
Vandenbeg
Russell Stationery Co
U. S
Lipscomb Parole Board
Ireland
Texas
el Paso
Benator Minton
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