US protests use of Shanghai as war theatre
Secretary Hull said the United States has made earnest representations to Japan and China against using Shanghai as a theatre of operations. He noted the Asiatic fleet could evacuate about 3,000 Americans from the troubled zone on short notice and that nationals would be informed and protected en route to ships or harbors. Continued on page three.
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Washington
Hull
Shanghai
United States
Asiatic Fleet
State Department
Navy
Uletra
Government and insurgents clash near Madrid and Teruel fronts
Franco Spain war update from Hendaye reports government troops advancing toward Brunete entrenchments near Madrid while insurgents push gains along the Teruel spearhead. Both sides claim success on separate central fronts as civil war rages across southern zones.
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Hendaye
Madrid
Teruel
Spain
Jose Miaja
Driver rushes onto bridge causes traffic delay
A local motorist entered the West Graf ton concrete bridge at noon yesterday and sped to a traffic light, delaying commuters as he waited for the signal to change. The Taylor County Safety Council urges cautious driving.
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West Grafton
Signal Corps intercepts first Arctic flight message
The Anchorage signal corps station reported receiving the first word from the trans-polar plane carrying Sigismund Levaneffsky and five Russians in nearly 28 hours. The partial readable message indicated trouble with a wave band, and officials noted uncertainties about the plane’s ability to transmit on the ground.
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Seattle
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Arctic
Signal Corps
Anchorage
Signal Corps’ Alaska Communications System
Gar Wood Jr Captures A Class Outboard Race Title
Red Bank New Jersey August 4 Gar Wood Jr of Algonac Michigan won the class A amateur outboard race at the three day nation sweep stakes regatta. He led the first five mile heat over intercollegiate champion Tommy Tyson of Chestnut Hill Pennsylvania and Stevens Tech. Tyson won the second heat by two lengths but Wood prevailed by 12 seconds in elapsed time.
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Red Bank
N. J
Gar Wood, Jr
Algonac
Mich
Wood
Tommy Tyson
Chestnut Hill
Stevens Tech
Tyson
Washington Seeks Autumn Session on Crop Control and Wages
Recalcitrant Congress delays key Roosevelt proposals as talks revive about an autumn session to enact crop control and wage hour legislation. A farm price stabilization pledge was made for the next session in exchange for immediate cotton loans. The pieces left include housing, tax reforms, and regional planning while most major items face adjournment within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
House Agriculture Committee
Justice Skeptical But He'll Fry Lie Detector
Local litigants must beware as Magistrate Hoye G. White plans to install a lie detector in his justice of the peace court next week. Electrician Jack Pittman is building the device, and while the judge admits skepticism he will try the apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoye G. White
White
Justice of the Peace Court
Jack Pittman
Justice of the Peace
Waynesburg Teacher Loses Job After All
Mrs. Laura Morris was denied reinstatement by the Whitely Township rural school board after 11 years at the Bailey school. The board cited cruelty and incompetency and claimed she taught pupils that man descended from monkeys. Her attorney J Ernest Isherwood vowed to test Pennsylvania's teacher tenure law in court.
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Waynesburg
Laura Morris
Pennsylvania
Marm
Whitely Township
J. Ernest Isherwood
Morris
Pius XI Applauds U S Religion Freedom At Italy Visit
In Castel Gandolfo Pope Pius XI praised United States religious freedom and congratulated 200 American students from Italian parochial schools who won Italy trips as prizes. He spoke about church schools and urged continued support for parish schools amid heat he reportedly felt.
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Castel Grandolfo
Italy
Pius XI
United States
America
Simpson Names County Road Supervisors In Three Counties
Charleston Aug 14 Road Commissioner Burr H Simpson announced the appointment of county road supervisor in three counties to replace resigned officials He named George Koontz of Belington to succeed L W Morrison in Barbour county Alex Hartman of Buckhannon to succeed Willis Casto in Upshur county and F B Matthews of Weston to succeed Sidney G Morrison in Lewis county
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Charleston
Burr H. Simpson
George Koontz
Belington
L. W. Morrison
Phillippi
Barbour County
Alex Hartman
Buckhannon
Willis Casto
Upshur County
F. 8. Matthews
Weston
Sidney G. Morrison
Lewis County
Lone Scouts Reunion At West Liberty West Virginia
Lone scouts from Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia will attend a Sunday reunion of the Tribe of Montegheny of the El beetian region at W D Ward home in West Liberty West Virginia U S Senator Rush D Holt is a prominent member of the organization that flourished before the Boy Scouts of America was organized Delegates will come from three states to attend the gathering
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Wheeling
W. D. Ward
West Liberty
W. Va
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Boy Scouts of America
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Work of Army Fliers Vital to Mercer County Airport Dedication
Louis A. Johnson assistant secretary of war told Mercer county pioneers at the airport dedication that the air army corps pioneered modern transportation and will enable future passenger and mail service. He recalled early county hardships during Mercer county’s 100th anniversary closing ceremonies marking the airfield’s future schedule prospects.
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Princeton
Louis A. Johnson
Mercer County
Air Army Corps
Clarksburg
Army Corps
Johnson
Mercer
American Missionary Among Shanghai Dead
Boston paper reports Frank J. Rawlinson killed in Shanghai during Chinese Japanese warfare. He served 19 years in China under the Southern Baptist board before becoming a missionary with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and editor of the Interdenominational Chinese Recorder. The notice cites his appointment in 1922.
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Frank J. Rawlinson
Shanghai
American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions
Dr. Rawlinson
American Board
China
Southern Baptist Board
Boston
Creator of Bulldog Drummond Dies Today
Bulldog Drummond creator Lt Col Cyril McNeile died at his Pulborough home Sussex at age 49. The popular detective novelist had built the famous character and series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulldog Drummond
Cyril McNeile
Creatr
Pulborough
Sussex
Grafton Man Hurt In Elm Grove Pool Accident
Dubois Crickenberger, former Grafton teacher, was critically injured when a high diving board at Elm Grove pool broke and sent him into shallow water. He suffered two fractured vertebrae and faces possible paralysis as relatives rushed to his bedside in Elm Grove Hospital.
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Dubois Crickenberger
Grafton
Elm Grove
Wheeling
Crickenberger
Nitro
Mt. Hope
War
Marguerite Barnes
Hattie Hemline
Mr. Crickenberger
Mla
Reischauer Lecturer on International Affairs Dies in Shanghai
Princeton historian Dr. Robert Reischauer, a lecturer in public and international affairs since 1935, was killed today in Shanghai during Chinese Japanese aerial warfare. He recently authored Early Japanese History and had departed Princeton for an Orient study tour.
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Princeton
N. J
Robert Reischauer
Shanghai
School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
Reischauer
Representatives Meet On Student Aid Question
About 50 representatives of West Virginia colleges met to discuss student aid for the coming school year. Glenn B. Callaghan state director of the National Youth Administration convened the session to consider allocating federal funds available to colleges in the state.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Glenn
Callaghan
National Youth Administration
Shirley Temple Faces New Stage As She Grows Up
Hollywood reports Shirley Temple, the top box office draw, is entering a transition from precocious child roles to more mature parts. Darryl Zanuck lays out a four year plan selecting only proven stories as she outgrows her early image. She is currently in Honolulu and may quit after her twelfth birthday if she wishes.
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Homer M'Coy
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Shirley
Darryl Zanuck
Twentieth Century-Fox
Honolulu
Letters in Opposition to Acceptance of Black Nomination
Washington Aug 14 reports say senators opposed to confirming Senator Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court received many letters and telegrams urging delay and full hearings. Committee members expect confirmation though protests may influence debate. Norris traveled for health, and a subcommittee approved 5 1 yesterday.
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Washingtnn
Black
D-Ala
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Austin
R.-Vt
Alfred A. Cook
Association of the Bar of the City of
New York
Age ‘Sion
Norris
Ind Neb
Washington
Senate
Ku Klux, Klan
Sen
Burke
D-Neb
Warship Lease Policy Faces Diplomatic Opposition
Washington August 14. The good neighbor plan to lease obsolete warships to Latin American republics drew mixed reaction in Congress. Senatorial voices suggest the proposal to lease six outdated destroyers to Brazil may be delayed indefinitely. Secretary Hull agreed to hold back the plan at Argentina's Ambassador Espil request.
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Washington
Administrtion
Argentina
Espil
Hull
Department
Brazil
Lexington Daily Herald Purchased by Stoll Publisher
Lexington newspapers unify under one owner as John G. Stoll purchases the Lexington Herald morning Democratic newspaper. Lead publishing schedules shift to a combined Sunday morning edition.
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Lexington Newspapers
Lexington
Lexington Herald
John G. Stoll
Gentlemen Holdup Men Leave Victim Caria
Two holdup men assaulted L. W. Jones in Philadelphia and fled with his car and 110 dollars after Jones stopped at a traffic light. The vehicle and Jones's golfing equipment were recovered by police. one assailant reportedly carried a pistol.
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Philadelphia
L. W. Jones
Jones
Tokyo Prepares Message as China Defies Aerial Attacks
Aug 14 Tokyo reports tense cabinet plans concrete measures to face Chinese air challenges in Shanghai. Premier Konoe sends views to Admiral Yonai who will broadcast Sunday night. Nation sees rising war economy, large war chest contributions, and ships repatriating from Shanghai amid shortages and refugees on the Yangtze.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Shanghai
Pumimaro Konoye
Mitsumasa Yonai
Yonai
Franklin Bank Declares 5 Percent Dividend on Depositors
Banking Commissioner George Ward authorized a five percent dividend of 19 800 dollars to depositors in the closed Farmers Bank of Pendleton at Franklin as of Sept 20. The payout raised total payments to depositors to 45 percent.
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Charleston
George Ward
Farmers Bank of
Pendleton
Franklin
Ward
Japs Concentrate More Troops in Manchukuo
TIENTSIN August 14 reports say Japan command plans 12 000 troops in Mukden Manchukuo to bolster North China operations. An estimated 100 supply trains would ferry reinforcements into Hopeh at about twelve train loads daily.
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Tientsin
Mukden
Manchoukuo
North China
Hopeh
West Virginia groups to perform at Great Lakes Exposition
Four WV high school bands and a girl singer will enliven the West Virginia Day program at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland on August 28. Dorothy Ann Crow of Wheeling will sing. Clarksburg Harmonica Band and Spencer High School Band also participate. Speakers include Governor Holt Cleveland Mayor Burton and Dudley S. Blossom.
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Charleston
Cleveland
Dorothy Ann Crow
Wheeling
J. B. McLaughlin
Department of Agriculture
Clarksburg
Spencer High School
Holt
Howard Burton
Dudley
S. Blossom
Chinese Bombings Kill Americans in Shanghai Clash
In Shanghai on August 14, aerial attacks by Chinese planes targeting Japanese concentrations killed and wounded Americans. Dr. Frank J. Rawlinson and H.8. Hongsberg died, while Princeton professor Dr. Robert Reischauer succumbed after a bombing at Palace Hotel. Police reported hundreds dead in the crowded streets and the French concession.
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Shanghai
Frank J. Rawlinson
China
Hongsberg
Robert Reischauer
United States
Princeton
Palace Hotel
Nanking Road
Hlaley
Thre
Edward VII
Reuter-British
Avenue Edward VII
International Settlement
Charleston Truck Strike Looms Citywide by Monday
In Charleston, President John B. Easton said workers at Nelson Transfer Co walked out for higher wages shorter hours union recognition and overtime pay. About 18 trucks with helpers joined the walkout. Union officials expect wider action by 400 to 500 employees across more than 15 companies if talks fail.
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Charleston
John B. Easton
State Federation of Labor
Nelson ‘Transfer Company
Easton
United Transfer and Storage Workers Local No
A. F. of L
C. I
Nelson Company
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