Missionary Miss Russell Safe After Changsha Looting
Miss Maud Russell, YWCA secretary and UC Berkeley alumna, and other missionaries fled Changsha as rebels captured the city. They were taken aboard the warship Palos and other foreign gunboats for safety while reports described widespread looting and killings.
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Thomas B. Russell Sr
Miss Maud Russell
Hankow
China
Miss Russell
Changsha
San Francisco
Thomas
Russell Sr
Maud Russell
Palos
Hunan Province
Yangtse River
Shanghai
Russell
Yale College
Yale-in-China College
Knife trick ends in jail for two men in Woodward
In Woodward Okla a local boy failed to open a knife held by R. H. Burns and W. B. Cook. The men served five days in jail after a bet and the youth filed a complaint for obtaining money under false pretenses. In Grand Island Neb a note with $125 for back taxes arrived unsigned, leaving the recipient unsure who paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
Okie
R. H. Burns
W.B. Cook
Grand Island
Neb
Hugo Meves
Oakland Flier Sets World Record for Light Plane
Oakland Airport July 30 F Morten Johnson claims a new world record for light planes after rising to 14400 feet in a baby two cylinder airplane. Sealed instruments were en route to Washington to be recorded. The plane is the department of commerce's smallest licensed craft with 230 horsepower. The flyer landed numb with cold and oil exhausted after gliding from several hundred feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
U.P
F. Morten Johnson
Washington
Department of Commerce
Car Ex Ray Test Advertised at Alta Vista Garage
Car owners urged to visit Alta Vista Garage two miles from Hayward on Niles road to try a Motor Ex-Ray test priced at 3 dollars. The test cost is creditable toward any service within 30 days, following a prior 450 dollar investment in the instrument.
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West
Alta Vista
Hayward
Niles Road
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Revelation
J. Wesley RE
American Legion Hall
Bet. Castro
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Warship
Billings
Moscow
Chiang-Kai-Shek
University of California
MacDonald
Hones
Edwin V. MacKenzie
Warren K. Billings
John MacDonald
MacKenzie
Thomas J. Mooney
California Supreme Court
Mooner
Mooney Defense League
Mooney
A.W. Bruner
Eden Township
Playward
San Leandro
Western Auto
Basford Stove
Spades
Geilon
West- Western Auto Supply Co
Castro ST
Calif
Miorist
Oakland Flier
Hamilton Meat Market
B and Watkins
Block Furniture CO
Main St
Bank of Haywards
Hayward Storage Co
Lyl Iil Street
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