Border clashes widen gulf between Japan and Soviet Russia
Two new clashes on the Manchoukuoan Siberian border deepen the rift as Litvinoff and Shigemitsu discuss a settlement. Japan reports heavy fighting on Changkufeng Hill with a general Russian retreat, while both sides cite harsh posturing and calls for drastic measures. A Japanese air raid on Canton kills and wounds dozens amid broader regional volatility.
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Associated Press
Manchoukuoan-Siberian
Japan
Soviet Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Suifenho
Changkufeng
Litvinoff
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Moscow
Russia
Tokyo
China claims success in Yangtze bombing campaign
Shanghai reports Chinese bombing planes sank three and damaged four of an estimated 90 Japanese warcraft on the Yangtze downstream from Hankow. Fighting near Hankow continues as floods and counterattacks halt Japanese river advance. Nanchang air base reportedly hit. Chinese sources allege negotiations for a separate south China government aligned with Japan.
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China
Russia
Yangtze River
Canton
Spain
Shanghai
Chinse
Hankow
Yangtze
Nanchang
South China
Japan
Central China
Chiang Kai Shek
Manchue
Chiang Kai
Peiping
Uld
Five Bathers Wounded by Lightning at Riis Park Beach
In New York, August 8, five bathers remained hospitalized after a freak lightning bolt struck a crowded Jacob Riis Park beach killing three people and stunning 15 others. The bolt traveled 300 yards through a clearing sky, causing a panic among about 80 000 spectators. Cesare Ceto 36 Peter Cava 28 and his wife Mary 24 died at the scene.
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New York
Jacob Riis Park Beach
Cesare Ceto
Peter Cava
Mary
North Alabama tax officials meet to discuss legislation
Fifteen tax collectors and assessors from nine north Alabama counties gathered at Morgan County Court House to discuss proposed tax office duties for the next legislature. The round table was chaired by Mell More, Madison County tax assessor. Attendees included George Darwin, Frank C. Manning, Luther Yarborough, John M. Maxwell, Charles Hardwick, H. B. Longshore, Whitten Wilbank, J. W. Hutland, A. P. D. Sherrill, F. J. Weatherford, James F. Hester, A. Burdick, M. Lovett, E. J. Harris, Ellis Burns, and others from Cullman and Lawrence. They also planned arrangements for the state convention in Montgomery in September.
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North Alabama
Morgan County Court House
More
Montgomery
George Darwin
Frank C. Manning
Madison
Luther Yarborough
Limestone
John M. Maxwell
Charles Hardwick
Morgan
Longshore
Whitten Wilbank
Lauderdale
J. W. Hutland
A. PD. Sherrill
Colbert
F. J. Weatherford
James F. Hester
Franklin
A. B. Burdick
McK. Lovett
Winston
E. J. Harris
Lawrence
Ellis Burns
Cullman
Boy Admits Killing Girl in Pryor Oklahoma
A 17 year old farm widow's son confessed to police that he fatally assaulted Alma Manning 19 then dragged her to a brush pile and set it afire near Locust Grove Oklahoma. County Attorney H A Kehn said the youth led officers to Manning's charred body and gave a signed statement detailing the attack. Manning was an honor student who had graduated from Locust Grove High School in May.
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Pryor
Okla
H. A. Kehn
Wirt Parr
Locust Grove
Alma Manning
Kehn
Locust Grove High School
Millions for State Asked for Alabama Projects
Montgomery Alabama August 8 Eighty three new applications for Alabama projects requesting over eleven million dollars were filed with the regional PWA office in Atlanta as of August 1. More than sixty five additional projects were under consideration with an estimated cost near ten million dollars. Geismer and EL EB Reid urged local officials to submit formal applications before September 1.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
PWA
Atlanta
Geismer
Washington
Patrolmen Ready for Roosevelt Train Visit in Opelika
Captain Potter Smith said 12 patrolmen will be on duty in Opelika when President Roosevelt's train arrives late tomorrow or early Wednesday. Fifteen men under State Patrol Chief Walter K. McAdory have gone to Pensacola to escort the president from the U S S Houston to Warm Springs Georgia. The Opelika stop is for railway operations.
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Montgomery
Ala
Potter Smith
Alabama Patrol
Opelika
Roosevelt
Walter K. McAdory
Pensacola
U. S. S. Houston
Alabama
Warm Springs
Taxation bill near passage in Mississippi legislature
Legislative leaders in Jackson say a homestead tax exemption bill is likely to reach Governor Hugh White's desk by week’s end. A conference committee will present a compromise on municipal exemptions and valuation limits, with senate opposition expected on tax exclusions and the $5,000 homestead limit. Three revenue bills raise cigarette and beer taxes and restore cigar taxes, while a 2-mill property tax increase and a projected $1.5 million treasury surplus fund local reimbursement for exemption losses. If short, the governor can issue up to $2 million in refunding bonds.
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Jackson
Miss
Hugh White
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Treasury
Furniture dealer shot to death in Atlanta store
In Atlanta on August 8 B. O. Johnston a 64 year old furniture dealer was fatally shot in his shop. Police arrested his son Floyd Johnston 30 on suspicion of murder after a reported argument between father and son. Floyd claimed self defense during questioning by detective officers.
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Atlanta
B. O. Johnston
J. A. McKibben
Floyd Johnston
A. B. McKibben
GM July sales rise in US both cars and dealers
General Motors reported US consumer sales of cars and light trucks in July totaling 78,758 units, up from 76,061 in June and well below July last year. Dealer deliveries in the United States were 61,?66 in July, compared with 72,596 in June and 187,869 in July a year ago.
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New York
General Motors
United States
Labor Fight Bared Today at Republic Steel Warren Plant
Senate civil liberties panel heard that violence erupted between union men and company police at the Republic Steel plant in Warren Ohio before the Little Steel strike began. Union officials testified women sorting room workers were pressured to strike and were attacked with blackjacks. company officers claimed entry attempts and self defense with guns drawn but not fired, with several union men reportedly injured.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Warren
Ohio
Little Steel
Harold “Doc
Clarence J. Latimer
Leutenant
Republic Police
I. Q. Doverspike
Doverspike
Latimer
Lat
Theen
Williams
Doctor Patton Dies In Tuscaloosa Auto Crash
Dr. John H. Patton 61 prominent Tuscaloosa County physician and school board member died in an auto accident near Lock 17 on the Warrior River. He will be buried after services at Northport Baptist Church. Survived by widow, one son, five sisters. nephew Preston Patton injured.
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Tuscaloosa
John H. Patton
Tuscaloosa County
Herbert
Preston Patton
Allen Hargrove
Splendid Revival Ends at Southside Baptist Church
A two week revival at Southside Baptist Church concluded last night with pastor Rev. I. W Myers baptizing two candidates. Rev. W. Crowder of Birmingham led preaching and conducts four meetings this week in Vinemont.
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Southside Baptist Church
I. W Myers
W. ©. Crowder
Birmingham
Vinemont
Dwyer case links threats to guilty plea in slayings
In Paris Maine on August 8 lawyer F. Walker Abbott testified that Paul Dwyer pleaded guilty to murder fearing for his life and his mother after threats by Francis Carroll. Abbott said Dwyer claimed Carroll aided in the doctor James Littlefield and Lydia Littlefield killings, and warned him to believe a new story. The trial continued with testimony about the pair and the alleged cover up.
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If. EB. Farnham
Paris
Paul. Nwyer
James G. Littlefield
Dwyer
Walker Abbott
Francis M. Carroll
Abbott
Carroll
Dr. Littlefield
Lydia Littlefield
Barbara Carroll
Wells
Dayer
Francis
Sidney Verrill
Verrill
Ralph M. Ingalls
Paul N
Buddy” Dwyer
Ingalls
Clyde R. Chapman
Barbara
Littlefield
North Arlington
N. J
Kidnapping Charge Made in Warrant
United States Commissioner Carl Noble issued a warrant charging Anthony M. Odum with interstate transportation of a kidnapped person from Hattiesburg Mississippi to Mobile Alabama. Odum was arrested after a telegram from Hattiesburg officers and federal agents swore out the warrant in connection with the August 4 abduction of Henry Paul Loftin.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Carl Noble
Anthony M. Odum
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mobile
Ala
Odum
Henry Paul Loftin
Pneumonia Second Death Toll Reported for Alabama
Alabama is among 27 states with higher pneumonia death rates than the U.S. average. In 1937 pneumonia killed 2,612 Alabamians, ranking second to heart disease as a cause of death in the state. The national rate is 93 per 100,000, while Alabama is 94 per 100,000, with 24 states lower, including Florida and Mississippi.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
United States
State Health Department
Federal Census Bureau
Health Department
Florida
Mississippi
South
TVA Workers to Testify on TVA Costs in Hearing
The congressional committee probing the Tennessee Valley Authority moves into its fourth week of hearings with TVA officials Harry A. Curtis and Gordon R. Clapp set to testify. Senator James J. Davis disclosed hiring M. Connick as a private investigator to uncover fundamental facts on TVA activities and costs.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Aug
Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Eer
Harry A. Curtis
TVA
Tennessee
Gordon R. Clapp
James J. Davis
R-Pa
Conick
Davis
Vic Don
Ohio
Nick
Cdhick
Tennessee to Seek Federal Funds for Mental Hospital Expansion
Nashville August 8 Prentice Cooper and Governor Browning may push a short special session to qualify Tennessee for federal funds to expand and improve the mental hospital system A $3 726 000 building program was recommended by a welfare committee and a package of at least 3 000 000 is anticipated Browning indicated willingness to act if Cooper approves with the timing tied to 1939 January deadline and election considerations
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Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Browning
Tennessee
Cooper
George Cate
Statehouse
She
Choice of Roosevelt Piling Up Big Lead In Kentucky
In Kentucky the Democratic senatorial primary showed Senator Alben W. Barkley leading Gov. A. B. Chandler with 227 015 votes to 188 856 from 3398 of 4919 precincts. Chandler conceded defeat and pledged support for Barkley in November. Barkley led in seven of eight congressional districts, while in Jefferson County Barkley held a large advantage. Republican Haswell led in his district for the nomination, backed by the GOP organization.
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Louisville
A. B. Chander
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Chandler
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Jefferson
M. J. Brennan
John P. Haswell
Hardinsburg
Haswell
GOP
Andrew O Ritehe
Barkley win boosts Roosevelt backers in key primaries
Washington reports Barkley’s victory sharpens hopes for a three fold Roosevelt triumph in upcoming senatorial primaries. All five listed incumbents face renomination with Pope Clark clash testing administration policy and Arkansas ally John McClellan opposing Mrs Caraway. Ohio fight between Taft and Day draws attention as Davey seeks a third term amid pension grant politics. Continuous on page two.
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Washington
Kentucky
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Robert Barkley
Ohio
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
James P. Pope
Idaho
Roosevelt
Pope
D. Worth Clark
Clark
White House
John McClellan
Caraway
George White
Bulkley
Marietta
Robert Taft
Arthur J. Day
Martin L. Davey
Charles Sawyer
Social Security Board
Davey
Mrs Bussey Dies at 73 After Sudden Heart Attack
Eugenia A Bussey 73 widow of E W Bussey died suddenly Sunday afternoon of a heart attack in Decatur route 3. Services Friday afternoon at 4 at her residence conducted by Rev B P Collier and Rev I W Myers. interment in Decatur city cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Minor Russell and five sons, plus siblings and grandchildren. Pallbearers named L M Aday Joe T Robinson William Laymon Ben Fuqua Jerry Royer R L Laymon.
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Eugenia A. Bussey
E W. Bussey
Decatur
B. P. Collier
I. W. Myers
City Cemetery
Brown
Minor
Joe T. Robinson
William Laymon
Ben Fuqua
Jerry Royer
R. L. Laymon
Government forecasts 11,988,000 bale cotton crop for 1938
The federal crop reporting board estimates 11,988,000 bales for 1938, far below 1937 and the highest yield since 1898. The AAA will decide if price-support loans become mandatory as markets react to the report. Ginnings to August 1 totaled 158,115 running bales with state breakdowns showing mixed yields and prospects.
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New York
Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
York Cotton Exchange
AAA
Crop Reporting Board
Census Bureau
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Ala
Self regulation code announced for southern yarn industries
A new self regulation code for the combed and carded yarn textile industries of the south was announced in Gastonia North Carolina today by a committee that has worked on it for several months.
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Gastonia
N. C
South
Weather and river gauge report with rainfall and temps
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 21.2 feet and fell to 7 am. The 24 hour high reached 94 and the low 73 degrees with 10 inches of rain. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expected mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday as light to moderate west to southwest winds affect the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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