24 Aug 1937
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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1937
Page
1
In North Asia reporting, Chinese forces pressing to trap about 30,000 Japanese troops. Dispatches indicate intensified maneuvering and ongoing combat operations as allied Chinese units seek decisive breakthrough while Japanese defenders hold key positions.
A Kewanee school board blamed small boys for damages near 500 dollars after vandals shattered 64 giant football field bulbs worth seven dollars each in an athletic clubhouse. The incident underscores security concerns at the school facilities.
Pittsburgh 000 000 Boston 0 0 0 Blanton Brown Toda Turner Mueller listed. Chicago at New York St Louis and Brooklyn Cincinnati at Philadelphia postponed.
Insurgent Generalissimo Franco linked six columns into a line for a concentrated attack on Santander. Besieged city filled with refugees as water to the city remains cut off. Salamanca headquarters forecasts capture before week’s end. Government reports confirm heavy infantry assaults with tanks artillery and air support tightening the semi circle around Biscayan seaport.
Milwaukee Aug 4 1947 John L Lewis acting through a Mine Workers lieutenant urged unity at the UA W convention as factionalism pitted Martin Progressive faction against the Unity group led by Mortimer Hall and others. Both sides named slates for president and vice presidents amid warnings of left wing exclusion and possible compromises. Lawrence J Morton etc.
A collection of quirky brief items from various locales highlights human foibles and small-town curiosities. In Helena a couple balks at a marriage license fee, in Fort Collins a hen lays a green-yellow egg from a feeding trial, in Tulsa a veteran rider eyes one more thrill, and in Minneapolis a cat mascot Mickey dies in a heroic line of duty.
A reminiscence recalls a Hollywood clash when one man called another a liar sparking a fight and legal trouble. Uncle Shug defends his honor, referencing a Wichita tale where Bob Burns proves the accusation in court and a judge questions the motive.
Chicago officials moved to curb a wave of attacks on women by offering a standing 1000 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions. Mayor Edward L. Kelly urged fire escape alarms and a plan of action including police details at hospitals hotels and other vulnerable sites. A police hunt for the assailant in the Anna Exchta case continued with reports the attacker is a white man and authorities released hundreds of suspects.
Huronians Mr and Mrs C S Laughlin of 535 Kansas Ave SE scan Shanghai war dispatches for news about relatives in mission work. Mrs Laughlin notes shell holes near the University of Shanghai where Rev Earl H Cressey teaches, and mentions Mary Laughlin and Mary Cressey abroad. Beatrice Ericson, another alumna, is in Fargo visiting family while serving in China missions.
Chinese and Japanese forces clash around International Shanghai and Woosung as Japanese troops land and advance along the Yangtze. Matsui assumes command of Japanese forces in the area. American refugees aboard the President Pierce are escorted to safety by a destroyer amid ongoing bombardment and air raids. University buildings near the Whangpoo show shell holes as the battle rages.
Aberdeen reports the Minnesota Dakota Kiwanis district governor race narrowed to Dr. Faria Pfister of Webster and George Reinholz of Pierre in the convention’s final ballot. Delegates from 59 clubs in Minnesota and the Dakotas plus guests attended yesterday.
Eleven planes were prepared to join a broad search today for six missing Soviet transpolar flyers. Weather stretched from Moscow. three planes waited for takeoff to trace the route of Sigismund Levaneffsky toward the American continent, while Sir George Hubert Wilkins flew roughly 750 miles northwest of Coppermine, reporting no sign of the vanished craft.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. M. J. Abeln of Mitchell who died in a Watertown hospital from injuries in an auto crash 20 miles south of Watertown on August 7. Survived by widower and six children Clarence Delmar Ben lah Histol Bernard Maxine. A Mitchell High School alumna, she later attended Northern Normal at Aberdeen and taught school for three years.
TIENTSIN Aug 24 Crack Chinese advance guards swing around both flanks of the Japanese army southwest of Peiping to trap 30 000 Japanese troops in torrential rains A major battle with at least 250 000 men engaged rages along a 150 mile front Chinese forces thrust from four directions to cut off the Japanese front near Peiping Japanese planes bomb the area as trucks clogged mud filled roads and corpses fill the streets near Peiping
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