Senate Passes Omnibus River and Harbors Bill
The Senate joined the House in approving an omnibus rivers and harbors bill funding projects in 40 states at nearly 60 million dollars. The act authorizes surveys, with no current appropriations. any funding must be set in separate action. Copeland noted a 42.7 million dollar project cost, while Barkley pressed concerns on right of way requirements for flood control.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Copeland
D. N
Ohio River
Yazoo River
MissisApps
Ohio
Barkley
Ohio Valley
Paducah
Zionist Congress Splits over Palestine Partition Plan
Bitter debate erupts at the world Zionist congress over Britain's Palestine partition proposal. Mizrachi leader Rabbi Ideler Berlin urges rejection, arguing God promised the land to Jews. Palestine labor delegates call the plan unacceptable unless altered, threatening to reexamine if changes occur.
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Zurichs
Switzerland
Palestine
Zionist Congressn
Contegrets
Ideler Berlin
Mizrachi
Orthodox) Zionist Organization
Congress
Hasry Land
Britain
Jerusalem
David Remez
Palestine Labor Reader
Workt Planlat
Laborlie
Fragmentary Quote on Women and Smoking
A garbled OCR fragment attributes a remark about women and smoking to Willie Willis. The line references differences in women and mentions smoking, with unclear context or attribution and no clear event or date.
Logan Pushes Plan to Resolve Supreme Court Vacancy
Washington Aug 5 07 Logan proposed legislation to remove any doubt about a vacancy on the Supreme Court. He argued there is no vacancy since Justice Willy Van Devanter retired and remains a court member. He would have Congress define the court as nine justices plus retirees. Senators Hatch and Chavez urged Roosevelt to name former Senator Sam Bratton to the federal circuit bench.
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Washington
Ren. Logan
Supreme Court
Eariler
Hin Weele
Sen
Nerafyik
Idaho
Willy van Devanter
Tyne
Logan
Congress
Hatch
Chavez
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Sam G. Bratton
Barkley Sees Special Session Forecast in October
Senate Democratic leader Barkley predicted a special session of Congress in October or November if agricultural committees have general farm legislation ready. He and President Roosevelt would likely call Congress to act, as debate over crop control and cotton prices intensifies. The push for farm legislation clashes with a housing bill and wage norms, while calls for adjourning stay uncertain.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Sen
Barkley
Kentucky
Congressional
Roosevelt
Adjsarmment
Eame
Labor Election Will Be Sought by Auto Union
DETROIT Aug 5 A labor fight idle 21000 workers tonight may lead to the first national labor relations board election among employees of Chrysler. Richard T Prankenstern organizational director of United Automobile Workers announced a petition for an election. Homer Martin led union officials conferred with Chrysler officials.
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Detroit
National
Richard T. Prankenstern
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler Corporation
Homer Martin
Farm Belt Bloc Rallies Behind Housing Bill
Washington August 5 US speed passage of the 726 million Wagner housing bill appeared certain as farm bloc senators backed the measure in a stormy session. An amendment limiting slum clearance and low cost housing expenditures to 20 percent per state was accepted. Debate featured an uproar over pamphlets urging support found on senators desks and senator Clark of Missouri attacked distribution of prepartions by pages during the recess.
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Washington
Secord
Warner
Senate
Sen
Clark
Missouri
Eight Tax Law Plugs Proposed
Congressional tax experts urged eight broad methods to tighten revenue laws and curb tax avoidance. A joint committee report to the Senate and House foresees overhauling tax rules to ensure fair burden sharing, with no revenue estimates given.
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Washington
Senate
House
Traffic Moves Faster At Low Speeds In Study
Indianapolis police Captain Lewis Johnson announced a study showing traffic moves faster at a low speed of 23.5 miles per hour more cars past a point per hour. At 23.5 mph the safe gap is 33 feet, allowing 2,600 cars per hour to pass. higher speeds reduce flow as gaps widen.
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Indianapolis
Kollce
Lewis Johnson
State Officials to Study New Alcoholic Apple Juice
State officials from three departments convene to review a beverage with about four to five percent alcohol. The drink, sold under various trade names, resists classification by liquor and tax rules. Officials weigh licensing and distribution issues as they assess whether it should be restricted alongside beer.
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Tmaeg
Ewes
Nquor Commission
Tax Department
Floyd Norrison
Iquor Commission
Ulvision
Asst
J. A. Hansbarger
C. ‘Tullman
Motepolier
Custody Fight Over Kidnaped Boy Eyed by Courts
Donald Horst an eight month old boy at an Chicago orphanage pleads to be with his mother and father as two couples contend for guardianship. Regan Nelson claim the child. Otto and Mrs Horst also seek custody. The matter is referred to the state's attorney for court decision.
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Cuicago
Donald Horst
Mama
Papa
John
Regan
Lydia Nelson
Otto Horst
Nelson
Horst
Regans
Mra. Horst
Donald
Misa Nel ‘Gon
Flashes of Life In These U S Memory Expert
An odd collection of clipped news briefs references Lincoln Ogden Pickens county officials Towle and Ava, a jailbreak escape on Aug 9, a purse snatch attempt in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids law matters, and an all-woman city administration in Petticoat Village with Mrs Josephine Cline named chief of police.
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Lincoln
Ogden Pickens
Iia
Max G. Towle
Old Pickens
Ava
Pickens
Towle
Des Moines
BR. J. Wrnth
Nnl
Vineh
Cedar. Rapids
Hold Up Ends in Fatal Shooting on Estili Street
Roosevelt Hunt 25 was fatally shot after robbing a youth of 1.33 on Estili street near the Kanawha ice plant. Harold Thornton 40 confessed firing when Hunt advanced with a knife, died en route to hospital. Witnesses include Perry Lee Taylor, 31, and ice plant workers. Thornton charged with serious case. Taylor docketed on a drink charge.
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Roosevelt Hunt
Ne.l Bro
Estili Street
Kanawha Ce Company
Ray Jarrett
Harold Thornton
Hunt
Thornton
Price
Perry Lee Taylor
Charleston
Derk
Adam Bird
Taylor
Vewth Skeene
Vinson Kay
F. O. Starks
Pennsylvania Avenue
Clout Jarrett
Louisville
Prison release prompts new reporting duties for wardens
Huntington reports Lieutenant Leslie Swann will push legislation requiring prison wardens to inform authorities when inmates are released. He cites a case involving Simey Campbell, 23, released after serving eight years of a ten year robbery term, who allegedly shot a roommate and wounded a patrolman during pursuit. Campbell was arrested in Mercer County, Ohio.
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Huntington
Leslie
Swann
Fay Pallor
Simey Campbell
Sid Campbell
Trowe
Campbell
Tort
Riffle
Merks County
Ohio
Roycor Fowler
Crisis at Santander Deepens as Famine Looms
Reports from the Spanish civil war west of Bilbao indicate Santander faces a civilian evacuation risk amid crowding from Basque refugees. Insurgents claim deserters describe land and sea blockades causing famine while surrender calls rise. A trawler was sunk by insurgent gunboats near Date.
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Mendaye
Santander
Bay of Biscay
U. S. Navy
Bankers cleared in Philadelphia mortgage collapse case
Prosecution of 12 leading Philadelphia bankers and attorneys was dropped in federal court at DOJ request. Indicted eleven months ago over the Me 122,900,000 mortgage guarantee firm collapse that wiped out depositors’ savings. Evidence linked to a national bank investigation by the Sabith congressional committee.
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Philadelphia
USA
Deepartment of Justice
Sabith Congressional Committee
A: Co. Stevenson
Montague Must Be Returned To New York
Los Angeles August 5 The issue centers on Governor Merriam’s duty to order the return of John Montague to New York to face an alleged $760 roadhouse hold up charge. Deputy Attorney General James Howie delivers a six‑page opinion stating the governor has no discretion in the matter. New York officials press for Monte’s return to Essex County for trial.
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Los Angeles
Frank Merriam
John Montague
New York
James Howie Delvert
Mery Tlam
Monte
Essex County
Vely
Jap Army Opens Tolent Barrage On Enem y Troops
Early reports from August 1937 describe the first stages of a major Sino-Japanese battle northwest of Peiping. Japanese artillery and bombing raids target Chinese central government troops along the Peiping Suiyuan railway while Chinese forces counter with field guns and machine guns. Evacuations planned for Americans and foreign residents accompany growing panic in Shanghai’s Chapel district as tensions rise toward broader conflict.
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Shanghai
Peiping
Peiping-Suiyuan
Nanen Pass
Great Wall
Kalgan
Chahar
Hankow Pass
Peking
Tuntsia
Nanking
Hankew
Tientsin-Pukow
Paotingfu
Shantung
Hopei
China
Japan
Jo Olsson
Seventh
U. S. Cavalry
Chinese May Moat 100 Million Loan Agreement Reached
The Chinese embassy said Dr. Wang King finance minister reached agreement in principle for a 20 million pound loan 100 million dollars in London. Not a war loan China faces potential conflict with Japan. American French and Belgian financiers show interest. The loan would be raised via a banking syndicate led by J P Morgan with possible general subscription. It would be secured on China’s customs revenues and used largely to refund old loans at lower rates.
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London
Wla. King
Flenance
Har
J. P. Morgen ix
China
Tokyo Studying Protest to U S About Yankee Escadrille
Reports say a Yankee escadrille of 182 American aviators may be formed to aid China against Japan. Tokyo wires indicate Tokyo may formally protest to the United States over potential harm to Japan US relations. Shanghai reports a $5,000,000 order for American bombers to China’s central government at Nanking.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Mio
Shanghai
Nanking
North China
Court Test Won By Two Firemen
Circuit Judge Julian F Bouchelle yesterday ruled R F Young and Rome Morgan are legal members of the Charleston fire department, denying an injunction against Mayor Dawson and the firemen. The case, pending about a year, questioned civil service law applicability since 1913. Charles Ritchie, counsel for Young, emphasized his client’s many years of service and seniority before the court.
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Julian F. Bouchelle
Young
Rome Morgan
Charleston
Charles Ritchie
Department
Surgeons Await Woman's Death to Save Unborn Tot
In Philadelphia a dying mother, Mrs. Mary Bocraw Sink, is given minutes to live as surgeons seek to save her unborn child. Judge Kalodner rules they may operate only as life ends, warning that killing the mother to save the fetus would condemn the unborn child unless life expires. The doctors wait, instruments ready, eight minutes to act.
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Phiadelphta
Lerat
Mary Boccawsink
Bocrawsii
Regal
Bacenwsin
Dominick
TV Vain Dog
Bor Hi
G. Coe Farrier
Harry E. Kalodner
Kalodner
Wheeler Assails Fund Solicitation
Sen. Wheeler condemns Democratic fund solicitations as a deplorable practice during a Senate inquiry into Robert R. Young and the Van Sweringen empire. Young testified he bought 15,000 dollars in convention books, noting these gifts were personal contributions like seven prior gifts since 1931.
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Washington
Sen
Wheeler
D. Mant
Democratic National Committee
New York
Robert R. Young
Senate
Young
Democratic Committee
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Fort M Main
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Surgen
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Mio Page
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Yankee Escadrille
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