Mobs battle Shanghai as bloodshed widens across city
Mobs rove Shanghai streets accusing locals of water poisoning while Chinese and Japanese forces clash along the Whangpoo river. Bombardment, fires, and a growing humanitarian crisis drive thousands of refugees toward international settlements as casualties surge.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
5Hai
Murienmere
Yangtze
Arnold
U. S
International Settlement
Soochow
Naneeee
Whangpoo
Chapei
Posung
Whangpoo River
Leathernecks Hold Bridge Against Chinese Advance
A Marine unit from the fourth regiment repels a threat at a bridge linking Chapei to the international settlement. A Chinese officer orders the bridge be blown in ten minutes. The Marine commander retorts with a warning and the officer withdraws in haste.
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Chapei
Indictment in murder cases hits Tazewell County grand jury
A Tazewell county grand jury returned an indictment charging 12 year old Fred Tyree with the murder of his brother Clarence. Also indicted were Charlie Knowles for the killing of William Gilpin and Harry White for the murder of Richard Knighten. The panel returned eight other true bills.
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Fred Tyree
Clarence
Tazewell County
Charlie Knowles
State Line
Williams Gilpin
Harry White
Richard Knighten
Tyree
Clarence Tyree
William Gilpin
Knowles
Knighton
Pocahontas
Henderson Whitaker
Frank Houchins
Hatchet gang alleged to bar union agitators at Weirton
Former Weirton Steel worker testifies before a labor board examiner that a hatchet gang was organized to keep union agitators out of Weirton. Claude Conway reportedly urged “a couple of men” to clear agitators from the plant. Another witness feared job loss for not joining company employee representatives. A school board member linked a plot to block the labor board from hearings.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Labor Board
Weirton
Robert Morrow
Weirton Steel Comany
Claude Conway
Keg Steel Security League
Bob
Morrow
Hatchet
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Security League
Weirton Steel
Hancock County School Board
Weirton High
Marines Ordered 1200 to Shanghai to Guard Citizens
President Roosevelt directed 1200 Marines to Shanghai to protect Americans amid Sino Japanese hostilities with $500,000 asked for evacuation costs. An additional 1150 Marines already on duty were reinforced as support ships prepared to sail within ten days and reach Shanghai in five weeks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Shanghai
Congress
State Hull
Hull
San Diego
China
Japan
Mr. Roosevelt
Nye
Pone
Wash
Clark
Schools To Submit Budgets For Shortened Terms
Charleston August 17 state tax department eyes final action on 20 county school budgets though several revisions were ordered. Budgets reflect terms down to eight months as boards balance funds with anticipated state aid and delinquents. Tax Commissioner Ernest K James notes increased state aid and steady revenues justify preliminary estimates.
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Charleston
W. Va
Boards of Education
Ernest K. James
Lone Canadian pilot eyes missing levaneffsky flight
Winter near Fairbanks Alaska August 17 a lone Canadian pilot Bob Randall lands at a demarcation point to aid the search for missing aviator Sigismund Levaneffsky and crew with rescue planes hampered by Arctic weather. Jimmy Mattern joins the effort while U S signals fail to pick up the planes 55 meter distress signals as Moscow and Siberia note weak chatter.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Bob Randall
Losist Ranapeiat
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Arctic Circle
Randa
Aklavik
Northwest Territory
Alaska-Canada
Arctic
Moscow
Pole
Jimmy Mattern
Oakland
Calif
Levaneffsky
U. S. Signal Corps
Seattle
Siberian
Arr
North American
Final Big Money Bill for Terms Passed by House
Washington reports the House approved the session’s large appropriation bill in overtime, boosting it by 20 million for a farm tenancy program and adding 22.5 million for three years of public building work. The measure, totaling 98.88 million, passed without a recorded vote amid debate over labor board funds and wage hour laws.
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Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Dust Bowl
Starnes
D-Ala
National Labor Rations Board
Fund For the Labor Board
Mead
D-Ny
Rankin
D-Miss
Labor Board
Woodrum
D-Va
Congress
Jones
D-Tex
Agriculture Committee
Representative Doughton
D-Nc
House Democrats
House Rules Committee
Black Appointment To Court OK'd By Senate After Bitter Opposition
A man identified as Joseph Ogden, 36, unemployed, confessed to killing Oliver George Sinecal whose nude body was found in a trunk delivered to an express office. Detectives traced the trunk to a dealer, then to Ogden’s west side apartment where two pistols were found. Neighbors said Ogden and Sinecal had lived together. they had quarrels and Sinecal allegedly beat Ogden. Police sought a tall reddish haired man who used the alias Joe Marshal. The victim, linked to Seattle and Los Angeles, had prior petty crime records.
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Edward Mullins
Joseph Ogden
Oliver George Sinecal
Express
West Side
Ogden
Sinecal
Orgen
Mullins
Seattle
Los Angeles
Joe Marshal
Memphis
Tenn
George Scott
Redisappo
Smppernianeas
Austin
Moran
Bridges
Davis
Hale
Johnson
California
Lodge Steiner
Town
Edwin Halsey
Senate
Maeters
Court
Tydings
Supreme Court
Black
Copeland
Amittee
Saturnine
Mittal
Hoover says Supreme Court is one ninth packed
Former President Herbert Hoover said in Portland that the Supreme Court is one ninth packed with the selection of Senator Hugo Black as a justice. He called Black's nomination a sample of what to expect from court packing during a coast visit to Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Herbert Hoover
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
D-Ala
Black
Hoover
Oregon
Ruling Uphells On Gas Stations In Bland Street Area
City board of directors rejects Walton Sudduth petition to move filling station lines from north to south side of College avenue and extend them east of Bland street. The session, held over two weeks, included input from local property owners as congestion concerns were discussed. The board also approved the state tax levy without changes from the tentative August draft.
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City Board of Directors
Walton Sudduth
College Avenue
Sioner
Doe Earth
Licitor L. G. Scott
Cceldenia
Rebels Pause in Cantabrian March Front
Insurgent columns near Santander engage in a pause to rest and move heavy artillery ahead while awaiting supplies for five fighting columns. Government forces conduct air bombardments on several small towns as insurgents defend captured towns and factories along the Santan der front.
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Santander
Reinosa Yoeneny
Pair to Be Tried for Old Murder
Inez Kentucky August 17 The twice married matron Polly Runyon Shanofsky and Harvey Hardin face murder charges in the 1913 death of wealthy James A. Watterson. Trial set for tomorrow with joint or separate indictment undecided. A grand jury returned a secret joint indictment as Shanofsky aided by witness.
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James A. Watterson
Polly Runyon Shanofsky
Polly Runyon
Wolf Creek
Harvey Hardin
Commonwealth
J. L. Harringen
Hardin
Martin County
Sunofsky
Stallings
W. Va
Watterson
Viola Runyon Harless
Wattersons
Harless
Black poised to take seat as Supreme Court justice
Hugo L. Black cleared by Senate 63 to 16, overcoming fierce opposition over Klan links and judicial fitness. Debates featured charges of prejudice and calls for committee inquiry before a final roll call, with supporters arguing for trust in his liberal record and qualifications.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Roosevelt
Black
Ku Klux Klan
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