Chinese Give Up Vital Stronghold
The Chinese government abandoned Chenghsien and Kaifeng near Henan to the Communists, signaling a weakened Chiang Kai-Shek grip on North China as Red forces push west along the Lunghai rail line. Manchuria sees gains with Chinhsien and Changchun fell, while domestic politics in Nanking turn critical toward Chiang and the Soong-Kung families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chenghsien
Peiping-Hankow
Lunghai
Yellow River
Kenji Doihara
Kaifeng
Henan
Chiang Kai-Shek
North China
Tsiwan
Shantung
Suchow
Nanking
Tungkwan
Hu Tsungan
Manchuria
Chinhsien
Changchun
Mukden
China
Lu Fu
United States
Soong
Kung
Chilean Communists Nabbed by Police
Police arrested 21 Communist leaders at Concepcion after breaking up a secret meeting in a hand to hand fight. Among those seized was Congressional Deputy Bernardo Araya. The Communist Party had been outlawed in Chile on September 3. The law did not unseat legislators elected while the party was legal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Concepcion
Bernaardo Araya
Communist Party
VA doctor warns against indiscriminate streptomycin use for TB
Dr. Samuel S. Romendick of the VA cautioned physicians that indiscriminate streptomycin for tuberculosis risks creating resistant bacteria and endangering patients both sick and well. He urged use only by TB experts as an auxiliary measure with monitoring for resistance. The remarks came before the Southern Chest Physicians and Southern Medical Association meeting in Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Flia
Veterans Administration
Samuel S. Romendick
St. Louis, Mo
Romendick
American College of Chest Physicians
Southern Medical Association
US Fleet Concludes Aegean Exercises
The Navy reports 16 ships of the Sixth US Naval Task Fleet finished intensive tactical exercises in the Aegean Sea. They arrived at Phaleron Bay near Athens for a weekend of rest and recreation and will depart Monday for further Mediterranean exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Navy
Aegean Sea
Phaleron Bay
Athens
Greece
Mediterranean
Statue of Liberty Birthday Party on Bedloe Island
The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 62nd birthday on Bedloe's Island with about 50 attendees. The event, organized by the Committee of French Speaking Societies Inc, featured speeches and songs despite rain and cold winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bedloe’s Island
Committee of French Speaking Societies, Inc
Capper Urges Kansas To Retain Prohibition
Senator Arthur Capper urged Kansas voters to reject any moves to legalize liquor in the nation’s oldest dry state. The veteran Republican with 30 years in the Senate campaigned to keep prohibition and throw his influence behind the dry position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capper
Kansas
Hutchinson
Kans
Arthur Capper
Rkans
Senate
Prohibition
Ranks Reversed At Fort Worth Post Office Mixup
Fort Worth postmaster J Edwin Mc Kee and assistant superintendent Ed Warren Jr. were sent to a National Guard camp where they were jokingly referred to as Major Warren and Captain McKee reflecting a rank mixup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
J. Edwin McKee
Ed Warren Jr
National Guard Camp
Major Warren
McKee
Seven Die As Home Burns Near Massillon
A family of seven perished when a frame house seven miles southwest of Massillon burned early Sunday. Harry Dovell, 30, a Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad fireman, his wife Vivian 28, and their five children Jimmy 6 Evelyn 5 Howard Le Roy 3 Billy 2 Allen Roy 2 months died from burns and suffocation. The blaze was blamed on a kerosene stove. Ward Smith alerted the Navarro Fire Department and relatives. Coroner and law enforcement investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon
Here
Harry Dovell
Wheling & Lake Erie Railroad
Vivian
Jimmy
Evelyn
Howard LeRoy
Billy
Allen Roy
Edward C. Reno
Ward Smith
Navarre Volunteer Fire Department
Devoll
Delbert Devoll
Howard
Francis
George Ee
Brewster
Highway Patrol
Stark County Sheriff's Office
Two Sisters Reunite After 53 Years Apart
In Los Angeles on Sunday two elderly sisters aged 86 and 83 were joyfully reunited after a 53 year separation. Mrs Giovana Capaci of Los Angeles and Mrs Anna Vita Genova of Tunis Italy embraced, sharing light remarks about aging. Genova, in the U S for 18 months visiting relatives, had stayed in Memphis Tennessee with her daughter Mrs Josephine di Marco prior to arriving in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Giovana Capaci
Anna Vita Genva
Tunis
Italy
Genova
Memphis
Tenn
Josephine di Marco
French strikers show force in labor protests across France
Paris reports reveal that French strike pickets use intimidation and even weaponry to defend protests. Union leaders warn of clashes with police while government officials balance caution and power and coal regions at Longwy face tear gas and gate clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hartman
Paris
France
Jules Moch
Socialist Party
Micheville
Longwy
The
Marshall
Mass X ray survey for food handlers in Austin area
Four mobile chest X ray units operate across Austin Travis County over the second and final week of the tuberculosis survey. Food handlers 15 and older may receive a free chest X ray at sites including Tarrytown, Lydia Street, East Avenue and South Austin fire halls and the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. Public buses help bring county residents to the sites. Curtis Kirksey presides over the Austin Restaurant Association which supports the effort, while S. M. Apperson chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Apperson
Austin Restaurant Association
Curtis Kirksey
Austin - Travis County Health Unit
Tarrytown
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lydia Street
East Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
South Austin Fire Hall
Austin
Travis
I. W. Popham
San Pedro Jaycees Run Unconventional Member Drive
The San Pedro Junior Chamber of Commerce launches an odd recruitment campaign. Each member is assigned to recruit a new member by wearing a petticoat and herding a goose until a new member signs up, then passes the costume and bird to another to spur further signups. Officials say the campaign is progressing with this fowl play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
California Endurance Fliers Halted By Magneto Failure
In Fullerton California Bill Harris and Dick Riedel ended a 106 hour flight aboard the Sunkist Lady due to a faulty magneto after refuelling jeep crashes. They plan a fresh start Monday to beat the 726 hour endurance record set in Long Beach in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fullerton
Calif
Bill Harris
Dick Riedel
Long Beach
Harris
Riedel
Hemet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wales
England
Llanfairpwilgwyngyllgochwyrn
Robwlill
Frank Carey
Associated Press Science
Aegean
San Pedro Jaycees
Drive
Kansas City
Rank B. Eitel
Green Castle
Kenneth Eitel
Frank Richards
Chicago
American
L. East
Dial
Teddy Roosevelt
Nation
Texas
Southland Life
Dallas
Ross
Southland Life Pledges
Huff Baines
G. D. Dreiskill
Bobby Henderson
C. T. Johnson
Central
Central Texas
Brown Ridg
Ance
Pat Fel A
W. C. McCord
Home Office
Ation
Hubert B. Mii Acil
Ernest Rosner
Raymond Brumley
California
Bad Magneto
G. W. Payne
Optometrist
Reg
U. S
Over-Weaving Co. of
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!