U S To Send More Marines To China War Scene
The United States orders 1200 additional marines from San Diego to Shanghai as part of a broader move to strengthen armed forces in China while warning Japan and China to safeguard Americans and property. President Roosevelt seeks a $500,000 fund for evacuations and relief, with no plan to withdraw forces.
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Washington
INS
United States
China
Far East
San Diego
Tokio
Nanking
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Abe
Hull
Sos Diego
Shanghai
Congress
Ansl
Trans
Britain Is Firm In Ship Attacks
The British admiralty announced orders to counterattack any submarine attacking a British merchantman. Amid growing shipping losses in the Mediterranean the admiralty pledged to sink attackers on sight, signaling a hard stance in the Spain crisis.
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Britain
London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Acton
Ciudad de Cadiz
Chinese Army Attacks Shanghai Defending City Ruinous Fight
Chinese forces press a sixth day attack on Japanese lines around Shanghai. The fight along the Whangpoo river endangers 3.5 million noncombatants and harms the French concession where many Americans live. Shellfire raises casualties and food shortages worsen life amid foreign relief efforts.
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Shanghai
337 Americans Leave Shanghai
Shanghai Aug 11 337 American women and children fled the city in a ten mile escape past the Japanese fleet aboard the President Jefferson. Shrapnel and anti air fire sprayed the river line but no injuries were reported as the group reached safety.
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Shanghai
Chinese Bluff Called Instantly by Marines
A Chinese officer attempted to threaten a U S Marine at a bridge linking Chapel Street to the International settlement. The Marine Fourth Regiment halted the ambulance from crossing, and the Chinese officer issued a terse ultimatum in a precise English accent before leaving.
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Suanghal
United States
Oo Bridge
Rebels Halt for Rest on Santander Front Insurgents
On August seventeenth Insurgent troops halted near Santander Biscayan coast to rest five marching columns and await supplies after heavy pounding by opposing forces. Government counterattacks repelled near Heinosa amid intensified efforts to defend arms provisions and factories. insurgent lines held firm as they resumed advance later.
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Santander
Biscayan
Utis
Pune
Traaga
Enumy
Heinosa
Pleave
Air Mail Service To Resume In September
American Airlines will restart air mail and passenger service between Charleston and Elkins using Stinson aircraft. Services ended Aug 1 and will reopen with a tentative westbound schedule departing Charleston at 10 51 a m and arriving at 1 28 p m while eastbound departures and times will be announced. Duncan, station superintendent, announced the plan and M V Everts, Wertz field manager, confirmed.
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American Airlines
Charleston
Elkins
Duncan
Stattn
Agin
M.V. Everts
Wertz Field
Cry
Wig
Arted
Ammineeent Rota Chica
Martee
Stent
Uri
Roosevelt Son Sparked Champagne On Cannes Mayor
John Roosevelt son of the U S president and John Drayton of Boston sparked a controversy during the Cannes Battle of Flowers. In a two horse carriage, Roosevelt reportedly sprayed champagne into Mayor Pierre Nougent and struck him with a bouquet as city aides watched. The mayor retired gracefully, later officials said.
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Cannes
France
John Roosevelt
Pierre Nougent
Roosevelt
Harvard
John Drayton
Boston
Mass
Nouveau
Rooseveltt
Bua
Drayton
City Afft Ciits
Britain to Seek Shanghai Armies Withdrawal Plan
Britain proposes that Japan and China withdraw forces from Shanghai in exchange for protection of Japanese interests in the international settlement with aid from the United States and France. Chinese approval and a precleared agreement are sought before Britain proceeds. The move aims to ease Sino-Japanese hostilities and push for peace talks.
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INS
London
Japan
China
Shanghai
Great Britain
U. S
France
Nippon
Britain
Admiralty
School Budgets Are Submitted Across Counties
The article reports that 24 counties submitted tentative school budgets with proposed term lengths, while 29 counties plan eight month terms. Tax Commissioner Ernest K. James notes state funds exceed last year and delinquents’ receipts brighten outlook, predicting no need to shorten terms despite preliminary state aid figures. Final action by Aug 17 was not universal due to revisions by education boards, county courts, municipalities, and park commissions.
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Fins
Boards of Education
Ernest K. James
James
Tax Department
Tax Commission
Miss American Levlen West Virginia Beauty Contest Held Sunday
Eleven entrants, all daughters of legionnaires from West Virginia posts, vie in the Miss American Levlen of West Virginia pageant on Sunday at 2 PM on Laidley field. The Gazette sponsors, with Phil M. Conley as convention chairman, will name judges Joseph Han of Allied Artists and aides. The winner earns a trip to the regional national convention in New York City this September. attendants will be provided by Mrs. John V. Ennis, president of the John Beawley post auxiliary.
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West Virginia
Levlen
Laidley Field
The
Gazette
Phil M. Conley
Joseph Han
Allied Artists
Conley
Mies
New York City
Attesante Mra
John V. Ennis
John Beawley Post Auxiliary
City Employees Get Increases in Budget Proposals
City council tentatively approved salary hikes ranging from 1 to 10 percent for all city employees and a reconsideration of the gross sales tax ordinance to raise revenue. Police department raises average over 7 percent while fire department payrolls rise about 5 percent. Mayor’s pay would jump to 5000, clerk to 2700, treasurer to 2520, police judge to 3000, and city attorney to 3600, with other salaries up about five percent. No funds for incinerator or cemetery departments. more street work may require new revenue sources. Some members indicated the sales tax as the only viable option.
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Une Deve
Benest K. James
Chiehgeal
Camcrs
Smallridge
Flashes of Life In These U S Flashes of Life In These U S
A Chicago survey by the University of Chicago sociology shows romance favors small villages with 93 single women and 117 single men in average cities, due to college populations. Other items report a man incinerating a bug in Felwood, and a New York man who swam too long and reappeared at a Bronx station.
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Chicago
Chicao
William F. Oxburn
Stusky
New York
Morris Youngman
Coney Island
Bronx
Appropriation Bill Passed After Overtime Session
Washington legislators approved the final appropriation bill in an overtime session, boosting by 20 000 to total 98 880 475. The plan funds tenancy aid for farmers, farm purchases loans, dust bowl conversion projects, and a three year building program, with Congress voting against full economy.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Ioana
Western
Dust Bowl
Starnes D. Ala
Vieux
Farmers Farm State
Roosevelt Signs Vets Pay Bill
President Roosevelt signed a bill liberalizing benefits for dependents of World War I veterans. The act raises monthly compensation for a widow and other dependents, including mothers and fathers, with several rate increases and an estimated first year cost of about 4.95 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Black's Foes Are Swamped By 63-16 Vote
Hugo L. Black, aggressive New Dealer, stood ready to take the oath as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court after a Senate vote of 63 to 16 approving his nomination. Opponents charged Klan ties and temperament issues, but the confirmation proceeded amid heated debate and strong support from Black's defenders.
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Roosevelt
Hugo Black
Alabama
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate
Birmingham
Washington
Hugo L. Black
New
Offici
Supreme Court of the United States
Black
Sen
Copeland
New York
Currie
Neb
T Hey
Sen. Black
Bridges
Ryn. H
Austin JR
Borah
Ida
Glass
Edwin Hulsey
Tresien
Cal
Senate confirms Black to Supreme Court with 43 votes
Washington August 17 vote tally shows Sen Black's confirmation to the Supreme Court with 43 yes votes from Democrats and listed supporters including Adams Andrews Ashurst Bankhead Barkley Berry Bilbo Brown of Michigan Brown of New Hampshire Bulkley Bulow Burns Caraway Chavez Clark Connally Dieterich Donahey Eltender George Gillette Green Guffey Harrison Hatch Herring Hitchcock Holt Hughes Johnson of Colorado Lee Lewis Logan Lonergin McAdoo McGill McKellar Minton Moore Murray Messe.
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Washington
Sen
Black
Ann
Supreme Court
Democrats
Adams
Andrews
Ashurst
Bankhead
Barkley
Berry
Bilbo
Rone
Brown
Michigan
New Hampshire
Bulkley
Bulow
Burns
Caraway
Chavez
Clark
Connally
Dieterich
Donahey
Eltender
George
Gillette
Green
Guffey
Harrison
Hatch
Herring
Hitchcock
Holt
Hughes
Johnson
Colorado
Lee
Lewis
Logan
Lonergin
McAdoo
McGill
McKellar
Minton
Moore
Murray
Trunk Murder Puzzle Confession and Body Found
Detective Capt Edward Mullins said Joseph Ogden 26 an unemployed cook and dishwasher confessed to killing Oliver Grange Sinecal whose nude body was found in a trunk delivered to an express agency. Sinecal had prior arrests and ties to Seattle Los Angeles and Boston and was shot in the back in what authorities term a likely attempt to hide the crime.
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New Fork
Edward Mullins
Joseph Ogden
Oliver Grange Sinecal
Express
Oxden
Sinecal
New York
Oliver George
American Railway Express Agency
Seattle
Los Angeles
Boston
Daylight Saving Ends September Fourth in Charleston
Charleston will end daylight saving time on Saturday September 4 at midnight following a council decision prompted by a merchant group through the chamber of commerce.
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Charleston
Clty Ecaincil
Chamber of Commerece
Lone Canadian Pilot Scans Arctic For Missing Fliers
A lone Canadian pilot, Bob Randall, searches the Arctic ocean rim for the Soviet transpolar plane missing with Sigismund Levanevsky and five crew. He plans to interview locals along the Arctic coast as winter storms approach and rescue teams await word on the aircraft’s whereabouts.
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Arctic
Fairbanks
Alaska
IAPI
Bob Randall
Arctic Ocean
Sigismund Levanevsky
Arctic Circle
Randall
Aklavik
Northwest Territory
Demarcation
Alaska-Canada
Ris
Moscow
Fairsbanks
Fast
Hts
North Pale
Pole
Jimmy Mattern
Mier
Roosevelt heads to Virginia Dare anniversary on southern trip
President Roosevelt departs Washington on a hurried train to N Carolina Fy noke Island to address the 3504 anniversary of Virginia Dare. He will return Thursday morning and speak at 9 30 p m on a radio hookup while a special congressional committee accompanies him.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fynoke Island
N.C
Tomore
Virginia Dare
America
Copa
Congress
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