President Roosevelts Non Committal On Liner Bombardment
Hyde Park reports say President Roosevelt may soon decide on invoking the neutrality act in the Sino Japanese crisis after the bombing of the U S liner President Hoover. He studied reports from State Department officials and kept abreast of Far Eastern developments while approving Hulls instruction to protest to Nanking. The administration began unemployment census action to register the unemployed for relief efforts.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
U. S
Hoover
White House
State Department
Washington
Cordell Hull
Nelson T. Johnson
China
Johnson
Nanking
President Hoover
Hudson River
New Deal
Portsmouth Seeks U S Help Against Typhoid Epidemic
Washington dispatch reports two U S Public Health Service physicians heading to Portsmouth Ohio at the request of local officials to combat a typhoid fever epidemic described as out of control.
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Washington
U. S
Public Health Service
Portsmouth
Russian Freighter Sunk by Pirate Submarine Off Mediterranean
An unidentified pirate submarine torpedoed and sank the Russian freighter Tem ryazev five miles off the Algerian coast Monday night. All 32 crew members, including 29 men and three women, were saved.
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Algiers
U.P2
Temryazev
Plan New Fair Building at Columbus Grounds
State agriculture director Farl H. Hanefeld says a $750000 building program for the state fair grounds will likely be submitted to the legislature at its next session.
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Columbus
U.P
State Fairgrounds
Farl H. Hanefeld
Soviet Purge Broadens to Lesser Officials in Georgia
Soviet purge widens to include lesser officials across the country including Stalin's native Georgia. Rabochi Minsk reports eight Trotskyist-Rightist Diversionists executed, raising total counter revolutionary executions to over 500. They were found guilty by a military tribunal of operating an X unit, poisoning food, and burning army properties.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Georgia
Rabochi
Minsk
Red Army
Lewis Tactics Attacked Over Third Party Hint
Senator Bush Holt of West Virginia charges John L. Lewis publicly touts third party options to pressure President Roosevelt. Holt says Lewis repeats prior car strike tactics by offering campaign contributions and resents White House invites to Sidney Hillman and AFL President William Green on labor legislation.
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Washington
A.P
Bush D. Holt
W. Va
CIO
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Holt
Lewis
White House
Sidney Hillman
American Federation of Labor
William Green
New Tax Suit Considered Against Mellon Estate
A Bureau of Internal Revenue official said the Treasury is weighing a new tax claim against Andrew W. Mellon’s estate. Data indicate Mellon transferred property valued at least 68 million dollars to his children Paul and Ailsa in 1929 and 1931.
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Washington
U.P
Bureau of Internal Revenue
The
United Press Today
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Mellon
Paul
Ailsa
Borah: China War Tests Neutrality Act Weakness
Senator William E. Borah argues the cash and carry neutrality plan is impracticable as China battles Japan. He warns the United States must avoid being drawn into war while supporting China and criticizing the act’s provisions that favor belligerents paying and shipping with non American vessels.
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Washington-Aup
William FE. Borah
Ida
China
America
United States
Borah
Japan
Mrs Robinson Contemplates Senate Run After Husband’s Death
Mrs Joseph T. Robinson, widow of the Arkansas senator, weighs returning to politics after her 40 year friendship with the field ends with his death. Arkansas already has one woman senator, Mrs Hattie Caraway, who won the seat in 1931.
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Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Hattie Caraway
Pilot Escapes Injury In Cleveland Race Plane Crash
Anthony Le Vier of San Diego escaped injury when his tiny special crashed during a Cleveland Airport test flight ahead of the National Air Races. One wing tore off the plane was damaged. the pilot emerged unharmed with a wide grin as field attendants rushed to assist.
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Cleveland
U.P
Anthony le Vier
San Diego
Calif
Peace Is Keynote of Veterans' Convention
Thirty five thousand members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary in Buffalo marched in the largest parade the city has seen. As the convention nears its second day the keynote stresses peace through rigid neutrality national defense and closely knit legislation to avoid foreign entanglements.
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Buffalo
N. Y
V.R
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Proposed Railroad Merger Is Approved
Examiner Ralph R. Molster recommended the Interstate Commerce Commission approve Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. to acquire control of the New York Chicago and St Louis and the Erie Railroad Co. by stock purchase. He said the move aligns with the commission’s consolidation plan and serves the public interest.
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Washington
A.P
Ralph R. Molster
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co
Erie Railroad Co
Marietta Man Wins Winchester Small Bore Championship
J A Malone of Marietta outshot 319 competitors to win the Winchester Small Bore Championship at the National Rifle and Pistol Matches held at Camp Perry AU.P Monday.
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Camp Perry
Au.p
J. A. Malone
Marietta
Winchester
National Guard May Be Called in Strike at Plant
Judge William R. White said Gov. Martin L. Davey informed him troops would be sent to Portsmouth to enforce a temporary injunction against the United Shoe Workers of America if local authorities cannot handle the situation. He granted 870 Williams Manufacturing Co. employees a restraining order to prevent interference with workers working under individual contracts.
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Gallipolis
U.P
William R. White
Martin L. Davey
National Guard
Portsmouth
Committee For Industrial Organization Union
White
Man Refuses Pension Questions Then Dies in Hotel
In San Francisco 64 year old Robert Latsig balked at pension questions saying he could not be bothered. He later died in his hotel room with an empty bottle of poison found beside him.
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San Francisco
A.P
Robert Latsig
Hai Da Aheaders Blockade Run For China Gunpowder
A battered freighter Hai Da loaded with 5000 tons of sulfur for China prepares to run the Japanese blockade. Crew of 28 Chinese sailors led by Norwegian Capt. F C Norvick. Cantonese helper K G Yank remarks China needs the gunpowder. Guards patrol the docks as radio gear is installed for the risky voyage.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
China
F. C. Norvick
China Sea
Capt. Norvick
K. G. Yank
Mrs. Lionne Schaeffler Dies at Home in Athens
Mrs. Lionne Schaeffler age 75 widow of Jacob Schaeffler died shortly after 11 this morning at her home 78 University Terrace Funeral arrangements will be announced later She was born in Rushville Indiana and came to Athens on marriage Her husband died 41 years ago She leaves four children Charles of Cleveland Madeline Coshocton Leo Los Angeles and Mrs Harry Bastow Athens plus two grandchildren
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Lionne Schaeffler
Jacob Schaeffler
University Terrace
Bus crash near Goshen claims lives of 35 passengers
A transcontinental bus carrying 35 passengers overturned in a ditch five miles north of Goshen Indiana. Four bodies were recovered at the scene with reports that more may be inside the wreckage.
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Goshen
Ind
U.R
Here
Dunlap
California women push beard ban at fairs across state
Bakersfield report notes a statewide campaign by California women to end the custom requiring men to grow beards for fairs rodeos frontier day events. Barbershop owners and barbers back the effort.
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Bakersfield
Calif
California
Convention of GOP in 1938 Gains Support
Former President Hoover proposes an off year Republican national convention to map party strategy. Virginia GOP endorsement signals broader state support and a push to draw independents and Jeffersonian Democrats into the Republican fold.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Virginia
Bomb destroys Belle Center newspaper plant
A fire believed started by a bomb destroyed the Flem ing's American Examiner plant in Belle Center Ohio early today. Editor Andy Bold, who lived on the second floor, escaped after hearing an explosion. The Examiner had previously been the Ohio Examiner and The American Examiner. Grover Fleming, a former editor, serves a prison sentence for publishing obscene literature.
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Bellefontaine
U.P
Belle Center
Fleming
American Examiner
Andy Bold
The
Examiner
Ohio Examiner
Grover Fleming
London Prison Farm
Labor Chief Refuses To Answer Summons
John B. Easton, president of the West Virginia Federation of Labor, says he will not appear in Atlantic City to answer insubordination charges from AFL officials. He refused last week to oust CIO unions from the state federation during the Parkersburg convention.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
John B. Easton
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Easton
Committee For Industrial Organization Unions
State Federation
Parkersburg
Pedestrian Fatalities in Cleveland Car Collision
In Cleveland a car jumped the curb Monday night and struck the sidewalk killing Mrs. Ida Varga 42 and her year old granddaughter. The crash details and exact location were reported by local authorities.
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Cleveland
Ida Varga
Ohio State Fair fourth day crowds expected
A large crowd surpassing Monday’s 50 000 was anticipated for the fourth day of the Ohio State Fair in Columbus U P.
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Columbus
U.P
Pair to wed in Fairfield United States and England
English dramatist Wilson, 38, plans marriage to Paley, daughter of Grand Duke Paul of Russia, 31. The couple, to live between Fairfield Connecticut and London, were filed in Fairfield by John Chapman Wilson, theatrical producer and American manager for Noel Coward.
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Paley
Grand Duke
Paul of
Russia
Fairfield, Conn
John Chap
Man Wilson
Noel Coward
Watson Halts WPA Parties in Ohio Workplaces
Columbus dispatch reports Administrator Carl Watson forbids WPA staff in Ohio to mix business with social events. Evening parties by male and female employees are banned for causing gossip, and female workers are barred from evening dates with business callers met during work hours.
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Columbus
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
Carl Watson
Photograph of 15th observed supernova at Mt Wilson
A super nova photographed through Mt. Wilson Observatory's 100 inch telescope marks the 15th such event recorded by humans. Visible since March 8 only through strong telescopes, its brightness has surged about 40 000 times and its luminosity reaches 500 million times that of the sun.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Mt. Wilson
Quints Decline 500,000 World Fair Appearance Offer
Dr. Alan Roy Dafoe announced the Dionne quintuplets would not appear at the 1939 New York World's Fair after turning down a $500,000 offer from fair directors. The Dionne family physician conveyed the decision on behalf of the children.
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Toronto
Ont
U.P
Alan Roy Dafoe
Dionne
Shanghai Bombardment Opens Campaign as Canton Falls Feared
Japanese air and sea forces bombarded Canton and surrounding rail hubs at dawn and again later today amid a widening campaign in South China. Reports say Woosung fell at 11 am as Shanghai offensive moves forward with fears of a Canton occupation. American officials discuss evacuations as casualties mount.
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Shanghai
U.2
Japan
China
Canton
Swatow
South China
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Japanese Attack on Canton Stirs British Indignation
Over 24 hours in China saw the Canton bombardment intensify British anger as Japan tightens a coast blockade and contemplates Canton occupation. The US Dollar Line evacuations and pressure on Hong Kong accompany reports of Chinese anti aircraft actions and frontline advances around Peiping Shanghai and Tientsin.
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China
Canton
Japan
Sir Hushe
Jehbull-Hugessen
Hughe
Hong Kong
Peiping
Peiping-Suiyuan
Chahar
Shansi
Suiyuan
Peiping-Hankow
Tientsin
Shantung Province
Bocca Tigris
League of Nations
League
Italy
Ethiopia
Bombing of U S Liner President Hoover Aboard Seaman Dies
Grace Shecklen describes the August 31 bombing by Chinese warplanes of the Dollar liner President Hoover en route to Japan. Lloyd Haskell died from abdominal wounds. seven crew members and several passengers were injured as bombs struck the ship wrecking porthole glass, the grand stair dome, and cabins. The crew kept order and a mother nursed her four week old infant amidst the attack.
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Hoover
United Press Today
Grace Shecklen
United Press
S. S
President Hoover
Japan
U.P
Lloyd Haskell
Haskell
Ond
Ger
Man Confesses to Killing 10-Year-Old Evelyn Mack
Detroit police report Joseph Jacobs, 45, a crane operator and former neighbor of the Mack family, confessed to killing Evelyn Mack, 10, with an automobile crank. He said there was no motive and sobbed as he spoke. His wife linked the murky behavior to the loss of their own daughter eight years earlier.
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Detroit
U.P
Joseph Jacobs
Evelyn Mack
Vernon R. Mack
Jacobs
Macks
Evelyn
Woman seeks mayoralty in Urbana history
Mrs. Golden Millice age 47 of North Lewisburg Republican today became the first woman candidate for mayor in the history of Champaign County village politics in Urbana Urbana.
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Urbana
Golden Millice
North Lewisburg
Champaign
Father Son Strangers Meet After 20 Years
Akron man David A. Fitzgerald Jr meets his father now living in West Jefferson in a reunion after twenty years with both failing to recognize each other in Plain City.
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Plain City
U.P
David A. Fitzgerald, Jr
Akron
West Jefferson
Court plan fight lost as wage bill drives party rift
The article notes a split in the Democratic party as the court plan fight fails and the South rebels against the wage and hour bill. Rodney Dutcher comments that Senator Barkley wrote first for The Messenger with others to follow in the debate.
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Congress
Democratic Party
Rodney Dutcher
The
Messenger
Washington
Senato
Barkley
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