Nazi Activity In Morocco Surges France Amid Tense War Crisis
French charges allege German interference in Spanish Morocco risks widening the Spanish Civil War crisis. Paris says Germany backs bases in Melilla Larshe Ceuta Tintin and Canary Islands with airfields, submarines, fuel depots and radio links to Berlin. France warns of official protest and withdrawal from Africa if limits are crossed.
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U.S
Paris
Spanish
Morocco
Foreign Office
Universal Service
Mussolini
Elf
Francisco Franco
Spain
Hitler
Bla
Spanish Morocco
Francois-Ponget
Hierlin
Germany
Paris War Office
Nogues
French
Melilix
Larsche
Ceuta
Tintin
WPA Rolls Reduced by 8200 Workers in June
State WPA Administrator Joseph N. Alderson announced last night that 8,200 persons have been stricken from WPA rolls since June 1. He said Aug. quota drops to 23,300, about 1,700 fewer than last month, with reductions due to reduced funds and likely none after September until year start.
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Joseph N. Alderson
Works Progress
WPA
Alderson
Judge Refuses to Ratify Horsts' Adoption of Baby
In Chicago a judge blocked the adoption of a baby by the Horst couple, citing the need for thorough review of both families. The case sparked fears of another potential kidnapping and prompted police protection at St. Vincent's orphanage. The natural mother had signed away rights, but County Judge Edmund K. Jarecki insisted on careful investigation before any custodian decision. The child remains at the orphanage as authorities and kin await further action.
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Chicago
Donald Horst
St. Vincent's Reehacare
Donald
Martha Horst
Lydia Nelson Lavin
Mex Horst
Edmund K. Jarecki
St. Vincent's Orphanage
Leftists Turn Back Rebels Near Madrid Trench of Death
Government troops repel insurgent assault in southern Madrid near the trench of death a strategic position where heavy fighting lasts two hours with many casualties. Insurgents briefly held the trench but were driven out, seven houses exploded by government forces in Carabanchel, and a German torpedo attack claim was denied as Hitler and Italy pull out from a non intervention patrol.
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Madrid
Usera
Trike
Franca
Carabanchel
Ministry of Defense
Leipzig
Hitler
Germany
Spain
Italy
Normandie Shatters Crossing Record in Eastbound Run
The French liner Normandie set new records for eastbound Atlantic crossings, completing the voyage from Ambrose to Bishop's Rock in three days, 22 hours and seven minutes. Capt. Tierre Feaux noted an average speed of 31.2 knots over 3,916.5 nautical miles, beating her prior eastbound record by about two hours and surpassing the westbound mark set last Monday by 55 minutes.
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Bouthampton
Eng
Atlantic
Diahop
Voysee
Ambrose
Bishop's Rock
Bfarch
Tierre the Feaux
Tme
Fight Rescued In Plane Crash
A large Chinese passenger seaplane with an American pilot and co pilot crash landed in turbulent seas off Hong Kong. Eight survivors were rescued by the British destroyer Thracian after battling waves and rocks. three others remained missing as a British submarine Otis scoured the South China Sea west of Hong Kong.
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Paint
Chelane
Eigit
Otis
South China Sea
Hongkong
Chelang Uphthouse
Thracian
China National Aviation Com
Holdup Nets $232 At Gas Station
Three well dressed men robbed Jack Denler at his filling station near the Kanawha City bridge last midnight. They forced him to surrender $232 in an envelope after demanding cash then escaped in a touring car heading west. Police link one suspect to a prior attempted robbery on Arthur Hradley.
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Jack Denler
Kanawha City Bridge
Denler
A. A. Aly
Piedmont Proud
Arthur Hradley
Kanawha City
Denier
Labor Unionists and Radicals Picket Nazi Hall in Wisconsin
In Kenosha on August 8, about 1,000 protesters including labor unionists and Communists demonstrated outside a German American Volksbund event inside a hall guarded by two police, amid a counter demonstration with anti-Hitler signs. Volksbund members in black uniforms displayed swastikas. police prepared for possible riot as leaders from the Hod Carriers union and Wisconsin Communist party coordinated the outside protest.
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Kenosha
Wis
Volksbund
Middle West
Friends of New Germany
Audi
Hitler
Polka
John ‘T. Sullivan
Delian C. Johnson
Hod Carriers' Union of
Communist Party
Wisconsin
Allis-Charmera
Ex-convict admits killing Gotham girl Paula Magagna
Lawrence Marks, 45, an ex convict, confessed to the assault and murder of 8 year old Paula Magagna in Brooklyn. He reenacted the crime for investigators and was charged with murder after police and Prosecutor Kopft announced the confession.
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New York
Frederick Kopft
Lawrence Marks
Paula Magagna
Brooklyn
Marks
Ste Fle
Lewis J. Valentine
Great Meadow
Comstock
N.Y
Rep Peyser Dies In East
U S Representative Theodore A. Peyser of the 17th New York district since 1983 died of a heart ailment in his New York apartment at age 64. Born in Charleston he worked in insurance before entering Congress as a Democrat who defeated Ruth Baker Pratt. Peyser, unmarried, had allies including Senator Robert Wagner and union leader Joseph P. Ryan and opposed Roosevelt’s court plan.
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U. S
Theadore A. Peyser
New York
Charleston
Peer
Congress
Ruth Baker Pratt
Sills
Peyser
Summicra Street
Kanawha Street
Charles Midelburg
Robert F. Wagner
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoremen's Union
Si Pegner
Melmuth Hirsch
Germany
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Wagner
Congresman Peyser
Plot to wreck fast train discovered near Carlyle
A dented steel plate fixed to the rail spurred an investigation into a plot to wreck the Diplomat, a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train derailed near Carlyle, Illinois, injuring one crew and sparking rumors amid about 150 Knights of Pythias aboard. The 65 mph crash tore up 300 feet of track as the engine and tender plunged a 30 foot embankment. engineers escaped injury and several passengers were shaken.
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Carlyle
Baltimore & Ohio
St. Louis
Hns Jury
Prasengeres
Knights of Pythias
Lodge No. 122
Amerita
Cincinnati
Enrmite
Tisa
Okla
George Shutders
Be Andafit
Plymouth Strikers Ratify Pact To Reopen Plant
DETROIT Aug. Officials of the United Automobile Workers said members ratified an agreement for reopening the Plymouth automobile plant tomorrow after a mass meeting. The deal was approved by company officials and union representatives, ending a dispute that kept about 20,000 workers idle since last week.
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Detroit
Aug
United Automobile Workers Union
Plymouth
Independent Association of
Chrysler
Mymouth
Wise Attacks Partition Plan At Zionist Congress
Rabbi Stephen Wise of New York urged World Zionist Congress to reject the British plan to partition Palestine warning Jews would betray trust if they accepted division. He criticized British rule for failing to quell Arab violence, saying readiness to accept partition stems from months of Arab attacks on Jews. He invoked Balfour and urged Balfour to live today.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Stephen S. Wise
New York
World Zionist Congress
Palestine
Congress
Holy Land
World Zionist Organization
Rabbi Wise
Zionist Organization of America
Hut
Wise
Lord Balfour
Ralfour
Labor Board Acts In CIO Charges Against Major Firms
The National Labor Relations Board opened inquiries into Wagner Act charges against two large Kn-sown valley plants, the DuPont Bello plant and Electro-Metallurgical of Glen Ferris. CIO accuses DuPont of discrimination and union domination. Electro-Metallurgical of discrimination. Local officials redacted comment.
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Labor Board
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Phillip G. Phillips
Cincinnati
NLNB
Howard Stevenson
Charleston
Committee For Industrial Organization
Bello
el duFont de Nemours Corporation
Electro -Metallurgical Corporation
Glen Ferrg
John B. Easton
State Federation of Labour
Philipa
duPont
Electro-Metallurgical
WW. Daugherty, Jr
Belle
J. L. E. Cheetham
G. T. Lancaster
Union Carbide Company
Electro - Metallurgical
Glen Ferris
Gauley Bridge
Ste
Alfour
Jong Hawks Nest
New River
House Carries Major Burden Of Wind Up
The House of Representatives faces a packed agenda as it debates wage and hour legislation, low cost housing, and crop insurance after the Senate passed these measures. The Senate also cleared its calendar by approving judiciary changes ending the long running court dispute, a move not delaying adjournment expected by August 21.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Bankhead
Hopes For Peace In North China Fading In Tokyo
Tokyo dispatches report fading peace prospects between Japan and China as full-scale hostilities in North China loom. Japanese forces seal Peiping and push toward Tientsin while Chiang Kai-shek mobilizes troops, signaling a drastic shift toward war.
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U.S
Tokyo
Japan
China
Hankow
Yangtza River
Peiping
Tientsin
Naxking
Nanking
Piping
Manchukuo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shanghai
Chiang
North Ching
Peiping-Tientsin
89Th Division
Chinese National Army
Yungting River
Yenking
Kwallal
Great Wall
Advices
Chinese Still Hope To Avoid Conflict
Highly placed Chinese and influential peace advocates in both nations push for talks to prevent the North China clash from becoming full-scale war. Nanking watches for ambassador Kawagoe to return from the north and seek a basis to start negotiations despite deep-seated differences between China and Japan.
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Nanking
Japan
China
North China
Shiger
Kawagoce
Shanghai
Manking
Tkwan
Nippon Army Seizes Peiping In Occupation Parade
Japanese forces occupied Peiping with 2000 infantry, tanks, and planes dropping leaflets to 1.4 million residents. Maj. Gen. Kawabe reviewed the crowd as foreigners watched war demonstrations, amid unease over Japan's North China advances.
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Peiping
Shanghai
China
Foreign Regation Quarter
Kawabe
Hopeei
Chohar
North China
Japan
Peiping-Tientsin
Congress Schedule Near End Of Session Delays Loom
Washington August 8 The legislative scene shows the ornate nearly finished with only a Luxor bill and a tax loophole measure awaiting action. The wages and hours bill may reach the house floor Thursday and passenger postage is eyed by Friday night. Wagner housing bills totaling 3726,000,000 face the house banking and currency committee with a vote expected this week. Ways and Means Committee begins final drafting to seal loopholes in tax laws as procedural conferences aim to resolve senate house differences.
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Washington
Congress
House Banking and Currency Committee
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Ambiguous Bill Fate Mentioned in Senate House Process
The report notes the bill likely passes despite New York delays and that an amendment to a minor judiciary bill may send the measure to a conference committee. The House action appears pending, with further details hinted on page 4.
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Senate
House
Lightning Kills in New York Rockaways Storm Toll
A severe electrical storm over the Rockaways left three dead and fourteen injured, six seriously. Victims were Robert Andrews eight, Walter Folwasny 23, and Stanley Maciezezels 17, all linked to Brooklyn. A bolt struck near a U S coast guard station at Jacob Riis Park and Roxbury, about a mile away, suffered further casualties as the storm raged for about thirty minutes with heavy rain and continuous lightning and thunder.
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New York
Aug
USA
Rockaways
Robert Andrews
Walter Folwasny
Stanley Maciezezels
Brooklyn
U. S. Coast Guard
Jacob Riles
Roxbury
Bus Crash Near Toledo Injures Thirty-Six Passengers
Thirty-six passengers were hurt tonight when a Chicago bound bus skidded off the highway twenty miles west of the city, crashed through a fence and overturned. Twelve were taken to Toledo hospital.
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Toledo
Coast Guard Has Busy Day Off Boston Station
Coast Guard units near Boston rescued 22 people in a string of perilous at sea incidents. Units Algonquin Faunce and Thetis delivered food, medical aid, and tow assistance to stricken crews, including a four-masted schooner and a damaged vessel bound for New York, after nightlong patrols amid heavy seas.
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Coast Guard
Boston
Coset Guard
Algonquin
Thetis
Herbert le
New York
Fire damages Blubaugh Retail Bakery plant
Fire at the Blubaugh Retail Bakeries plant at 500 Caroline street caused about 7500 in damage. The blaze damaged the roof partitions and floor while origin is suspected near a hot water heater. Firefighters from East End station quickly contained the fire. operations expected to resume today.
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Blubaugh
Caroline Street
Warkmen
Blubsugh
East End
Washington Street
McClung Street
Pied.Taont
Agres
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B&o
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Chincheng
Shangklakow
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Hopei
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