Tientsin Fighting Intensifies in North China
AP reports massive air strikes devastate large areas of Tientsin while Chinese forces counterattack near Peiping. Japanese high command defends bombing as to protect Japanese residents. Chiang Kai-shek vows continued resistance. U S and Britain weigh positions. Senate debates arms embargo and neutrality power. Eden signals Britain disapproves further provincial losses for China.
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Lightning strike kills man herding sheep near Lewistown
Lewistown area on July 28 reports Earl C. Rife aged 39 was instantly struck by lightning while herding sheep in the Roy section northeast of Lewistown. His body was not discovered until the following morning.
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Wage Hour Bill Faces Senate Delay Amid AFL Lobbying
Washington July 29 The Roosevelt administration faced a possible setback as AFL lobbyists pushed to shelve the wage hour bill. AF L Metal Trades chief John F Frey urged senators to delay action until next year while supporting wage hour aims he opposed powers for a new administrative board. Wheeler noted AFL officials urged a return to committee but Green avoided taking a public stance. The day ended with the Senate approving Jews without a record vote.
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Roosevelt
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Walsh-Healey
Biack
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Philipburg District Rancher Dies of Injuries
George Stephens aged 65, a rancher near Philipsburg, died in a hospital after a truck collision on the Skalkaho highway near Philipsburg. Hoyt Stevens, 19, drove the truck. Stephens suffered fractured ribs, a severe internal injury, and multiple broken bones. His death brings Montana's 1937 traffic fatalities to 78.
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Have a Heart Today and Tomorrow by Lipmann
Walter Lippmann argues labor standards reform is too complex for Congress at the season’s end. He likens Roosevelt’s need for a “family physician” to rest and clear thinking, warning fatigue impairs judgment on the wage and hours bill. Continued on Page 6.
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Roosevelt
Helena mother seeks funds to bring home missing 18 year old
Teddy Thurston, last seen a week ago, was found hitch hiking in Oregon and headed toward California. His mother, Franca Thurston of 1996 Houser Boulevard, says she has no money and lacks employment funds after WPA layoff to cover his transport from Salem to home. Authorities cannot cover the trip.
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World News From a Fragmented Dispatch in GlaT
A garbled foreign page reports in Tientsin and Nanking that Chinese forces strike vast areas, threaten vengeance against Japanese garrisons, and vow China will not surrender. Tokyo warns against foreign interference while domestic U.S. politics face budget fights and Roosevelt’s pension terms amid war news.
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Nanking
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Villeneuve
St. Georges
25 Die in Train Wreck Near Paris France
Railway officials report 25 killed and 50 injured when a Paris Lyon Marseille express derailed near Villeneuve St Georges nine miles from Paris. The crash occurred at 11 16 p m as it passed the local station after ceremonies attended by Eugenia Cardinal Pacelli. Official cause cited as switching error.
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Annapolis Waiter Describes City of Baltimore Fire
Annapolis journalist Elmer M. Jackson witnessed the bay steamer City of Baltimore engulfed in a sudden flame off Seven Foot Knoll near Baltimore. He said there was no explosion, the blaze rose high and the ship appeared to be trying to run aground as lifeboats were launched and nearby craft moved away.
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Elmer M. Jackson
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Baltimore
Jackson
Survivors Relate Fire On Chesapeake Bay Steamer City of Baltimore
Talismore July 29 AP one of the first passengers John J Bing of Baltimore en route to Langley Air Field was aboard the City of Baltimore when a fire broke out in the hold. Bing and two others from Shanta Lin Pa were rescued from the blaze and brought ashore after passengers and crew sprang into action using life preservers.
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Misa Jessie Polikoff
J. R. Polikoff
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John H. Bing
Shamokin
Just a Minute with Irvin S Cobb on Taxidermy
Irvin S Cobb writes from Bohemia California July 29 about a mounted moose head from Quebec in 1922. He recalls moving it from living room to dining room and finally to the garage where it plus a sailfish disturb family harmony. He notes wives often dislike mounted trophies and jokes about house conflicts.
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Quebec
City of Baltimore Fire Yields Heavy Losses at Sea
Disaster struck the Chesapeake Bay as the City of Baltimore caught fire late today while en route from Baltimore to Norfolk. About 160 aboard when the blaze erupted, officials say most are saved with at least two confirmed dead. Coast guard and naval units rushed to the scene as survivors were plucked from water and shores near Bayside Beach.
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Circle Woman Killed by Train at Crossing in Montana
Eva N. Stone, 42, of Circle, Montana, a patient at the state hospital, was killed instantly today when struck by a passenger train at a crossing. She is survived by her husband, Dudley Stone, of Circle, where the family had lived for many years.
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Rescue efforts unfold as ship burns off coast
Washington July 29 AP Provident Roosevelt ordered ships from Annapolis to aid passengers on the burning vessel City of Baltimore. Navy and Coast Guard mobilized cutters Apache and other craft, with planes slated to assist at daybreak. Nine ships were deployed within hours, as the Kenayden guided rescue operations near the burning ship.
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Jonn FL Laforth
Coast Guard
Fire on City of Baltimore second this year
Norfolk July 23 reports a blaze aboard the steamer City of Baltimore in the Chesapeake Bay. The ship had earlier sustained a dock fire on June 24 but was able to sail to Baltimore. The latest fire started in the railways and spread to wooden parts. Norfolk firemen extinguished it before severe damage.
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Baltimore
Fresh Fight Upon Courts Five Coming Up
Washington July 29 A test of senate sentiment to ward lifting Supreme Court powers is possible this session after Senator Minton announced plans to seek an amendment to the Judiciary committee substitute court bill. He would require a two thirds majority of the court to invalidate federal law. The move challenges the agreement that shelved Roosevelt’s court plan. Senators Schwellenbach and Lewis had reserved right to act independently. The scope of debate hinges on committee action and is unsettled until the bill reaches the floor next week.
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Franco Opens Offensive Near Madrid and Cuenca
General Francisco Franco launched a new insurgent offensive toward Madrid with eastern forces advancing toward Cuenca, 80 miles east of Madrid, as government troops regroup north of Cuenca. Franco’s drives included recapturing Brunete near Madrid and pressing Villanueva de la Canada as Santander plans to push to Santander coast before a decisive Madrid threat. Reid Robinson, head of the International Union of Mine, and van A. Bittner, Steel Workers Organising Committee official, spoke at Denver for the miners convention.
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Denver
Reid Robinson
Butte, Mont
International Union of Mine, Min and Smeller
van A. Bittner
Chicago
Steel Workers Organising Committee
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Mite Union
Woman Who Shot French Diplomat Gains Freedom
Madame Madelina Ta Ferriero was cleared with a one year suspended sentence and a 106 franc fine after a brief criminal court trial. She shot Count Charles de Chambran on a train to Paris on March 17 while claiming a request for an interview with Mussolini, tied to her proclamation of affection for Mussolini.
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Benito Mussolini
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