Ambassadors shot prompts headline clash with rail wage strike
In a period of mounting tension, British and Japanese actions headline a broader labor conflict as railroad unions escalate toward a September strike to demand a 20 percent wage increase. Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announces a Sept. 6 start with a staged, phased walkout across four zones, involving 250,000 workers from unions including the locomotive engineers, firemen, switchmen, conductors, and others. The potential impact spans eastern to southern lines, with mediation and federal intervention options discussed as carriers resist the wage hike.
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Cleveland
A. F. Whiteley
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen
Switchmen's Union of North America
Order of
Railway Conductors
Mio Zanescon
J. A. Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
A. F. Whitney
Itney
Winions
Washington
National Mediation Board
B. A. Enachs
Enoch
Pullman Company
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Suit filings sought against Parade Gasoline Co in New London disaster
Oklahoma City attorney Howard K. Berry said about 200 suits for damages on behalf of parents of victims in the New London Tex school disaster are ready for filing. He will press against Parade Gasoline Co alleging negligence. Also in dispatches, a Channel swim attempt was halted by high winds off Cape Gris Nez, and other brief items include advice to teachers on reading newspapers, a Roosevelt convention invitation, a labor secretary resignation rumor, tidal swim progress, balanced-budget prediction, a murder conviction, and boxing promoter Mike Jacobs offering a potential title bout arrangement.
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Oklahoma City
New London
Tex
Howard K. Berry
Parade Gasoline Co
Teach— Org
Schmeling
New York
Mike Jacobs
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Yommy Farr
Joe Janet
Afl
St Louis at Philadelphia leads National League slate
First game features St Louis with Dean Haines Blake Sunkel and Ogrodowski facing Philadelphia as part of a split doubleheader. Second game postponed due to wet grounds with Cincinnati at Brooklyn and Pittsburgh at New York. Boston Detroit and Philadelphia Cleveland matchups listed with weather notes and lineups.
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St. Louis Philadelphia
St Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Boston
Life's Like This and Other Oddities
A quirky AP roundup from Howe Indiana to California covers a field mouse and a pet snake incident, a Daykin Tobias baseball marathon with 118 at bats and 61 runs, a humorous umpire pitch gag, and a Coast Guard tale of a fish swallowing a depth bomb leading to a geyser of water.
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Howe
Ind
Trygg
Fairbury
Daykin
Tobias
Long Beach
Califf
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Yeasel
Pioneer
Thrills differ by life you live, stories of risk
The speaker contrasts thrill seeking across adventures from swimming holes to driving races and Africa tales, noting how danger and excitement feel different depending on one’s daily life and experiences. He quotes Bob Burns, who speaks of danger, while his cousin Purdie jokes about walking without an umbrella.
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Africa
Purdie
Anus
Rob Burns
Esquire Features, Inc
King's Proposal Highlights Split Within Democratic Party
Washington August 26 Senator King Democrat Utah proposed that the 1940 Democratic presidential nominee come from outside the New Deal inner circle. He suggested possible contenders Senator Byrd Virginia Senator Clark Missouri or Bailey North Carolina. King could not support Senator Minton Indiana's nomination of Paul V McNutt. The three named senators opposed the Roosevelt court bill.
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Washington
King
Utah
New Deal
Byrd
Virginia
Clark
Missouri
Bailey
North Carolina
Minton
Telegraph Film Quits Kiss Telegraph Service Ends
New York on August 26 telegraphs end. A birthday kiss sent to Atlantic City by a New Yorker boy messenger earned a dime. Mrs Meigs head of the service bureau said no more kiss orders will be accepted citing safety concerns for young messengers.
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Telegraph
New York
Atlantic City
James McGuigan
Katherine Bleecker Meigs
Telegraph Company
Personal Service Bureau
FDR Signs Third Deficiency Bill Defends Public Works Tilt
President Roosevelt signed the third deficiency bill, appropriating 87.66 million dollars for various federal departments. The measure authorizes 9.65 million from tariff receipts to subsidize cotton farmers to stabilize prices at 12 cents per pound. Major new outlays include 25 million for public buildings, 10 million for farm tenancy aid, and 10 million for retirement of sub marginal land, plus contracts up to 15 million to expand the merchant marine.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Maritime Commission
Insurgents Ride Into Santander on Northwest Spanish Front
Insurgent columns entered Santander as Franco's forces encircled and defeated about half of the 50,000 strong government army. The Biscayan port city fluttered with red and gold flags while civilians fled toward France amid reports of hunger and pillage.
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Hendaye
Santander
Spain
Biscayan
Franco
Conequered
Bay of Biscay
France
Sem
Caton
Diplomat Knatchbull-Magessen Shot In Shanghai Ambush
British ambassador Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Magessen was wounded by Japanese planes near Shanghai as the undeclared war with China escalated. Aides and Lieut-Col. W A Lovat-Fraser were injured by a bomb, while the envoy faced critical injuries with bullets piercing his back and stomach. Japanese officials expressed sorrow as the incident sparked international diplomatic tensions.
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London
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Shanghai
China
Hughe Knatchbull-Magessen
Nanking
W. A. Lovat-Fraser
Nughe
Ben
Sir Hughe
Shigeru Kawagoe
Katsuzo Okumura
Tadao Honda
Devy
Yangtze
Centrol
Hopeh
Tientsin
Peiping
Peiping-Hakow
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Sir Hughes
Westcatt
Wang Chung-Hu
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Edward F. McGrady
World-Telegram
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Radio Corporation of America
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Dyer
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Detroit
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Bob Burns
United States
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Feiping
Acme Telephoto
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Priday
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Hughe M. Knatchball-Mugessen
James A. Mills
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