Struggle Between Japan and China Outlined
The piece surveys the long undeclared war between Japan and China, noting repeated clashes since 1895, Japan’s gain of Formosa Pescadores and Manchuria, and demands for Manchoukuo style controls. It cites Chinese leadership under Chi Kai Shek and Japan’s aim to stabilize and protect its empire while countering communism in East Asia. The Marco Polo Bridge clash on July 7 escalates the conflict.
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Associated Press
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Pescadores
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Sanchuria
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Kahar
China
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Manchoukuo
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Ecose Life and Development
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Asia
Marco Polo Bridge
Federal Home Loan Bank of Winston-Salem Sets Summer Records
The Federal Home Loan Bank announced July totals: 112 loans to association members totaling 2,379,335, up from last year. Net loans outstanding rose to 14,770,197 with repayments of 1,269,753 and a gain of 1,109,582. President Laroque cited steady home building and growing member financing as reasons for the surge.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of
Laroque
Permanent Reserve Credit Bank
Federal Home Toan Band of
Spirits Tax Set July North Carolina Record
Raleigh July 31. Liquor taxes collected in North Carolina for July rose to 139132.43 dollars, officials say a record. W J Spain assistant commissioner of revenue notes over a 100 percent rise from July last year due to 1937 laws raising spirits tax from three to seven percent and new license and retail taxes on wines.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. J. Spain
General Assembly
Friends Plan 10 Meet at Guilford College Monday
The North Carolina yearly meeting of Friends will be held at New Garden church Guilford College starting next Monday for a week of activity. Samuel L Haworth Guilford College professor will preside with invited speakers and guests including Errol T Elliott and others from Indiana Sweden and Germany.
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North Carolina
Errol T. Elliott
Errol T. Elliot
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert and
Ardele Cope
Newcastle
Per Sunberg
Friends
Sweden
Blanche Wber
Germany
Murray S. Kenworthy
Amboy
Militant Michigan House members launch three day plan
Democratic House members loyal to Gov. Frank Murphy begin a three day action to force an illegal adjournment of the Republican controlled Senate. Speaker Schroeder vows a showdown if the Senate does not meet by Tuesday.
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Mich
House of Representatives
Frank Murphy
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Democratic House
George A. Schroeder
CIO leaders on verge of repudiating Lewis policies
A New York Herald Tribune dispatch from Washington cites six CIO leaders allied with John L. Lewis as leaning toward repudiating his labor policies. Names include Sidney Hillman and David Dubinsky among others, amid furor over a domineering stance toward the Roosevelt administration.
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New York M Herald-Tribune
Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Charles P. Howard
International Typographical Union
Francis Gorman
United Textile Workers
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Harvey C. Flemming
Max Zariteky
Cap and
United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers’ International Union
The
Herald Tribune
CIO Cubieaders
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Lewis’ United Mine Workers of America
Y M C A Building to Close for Week in High Point
The High Point Y M C A will close its doors for a week beginning Monday for interior and exterior painting and repairs. Secretary Edgar Hartley announced the shutdown and said the building would reopen Monday August 9 after a special committee meeting chaired by F Logan Porter and including Nathan Ayers J Welch Harriss and Rev J Clay Madison approved the plan.
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High Point Y. M. C. A
Edgar Hartley
Hartley
F. Logan Porter
Nathan Ayers
J. Welch Harriss
J. Clay Madison
Organizing drive slows after Lewis presidency split
Since the split between Mr. Lewis and the president, the organizing drive has slowed. Organizers say recruiting is harder without the assurance that the president wants you to join.
Carolinas Virginia Purchasing Agents Meet Adjourns
The annual mid summer meeting of the Carolinas Virginia Purchasing Agents Association adjourned in Asheville North Carolina this afternoon after opening Friday night.
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Asheville
N. C
Carolinas-Virginia Purchasing Agents Association
Lightning Kills About 500 Persons in United States Annually
A brief report notes that lightning claims around five hundred lives each year in the United States. It highlights dangers during storms, urging caution for outdoor workers and the public.
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United States
Black man held after Farm Woman Ravishing Case in Iredell
Mooresville officers arrested Pritchard Caldwell, 35, a Black man, on a charge of ravishing a 28 year old white farm woman in Iredell County. He was taken to jail after being arrested near Cascade Mills shortly after the alleged act. The woman was treated for shock at a Mooresville hospital. her condition was not serious.
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Mooresville
Pritchard Caldwell
Iredell County
Caldwell
Cascade Mills
Roosevelt to Dedicate Meuse Argonne Memorial in France
President Roosevelt will join President Lebrun of France to dedicate Europe’s first WWI battle monument at Montfaucon, honoring American and French soldiers of the Meuse Argonne offensive. He will broadcast from the Potomac with radio-telephone hookup as it sails toward Quantico.
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Roosevelt
Lebrun
France
America
Europe
Montfaucon
Quantico
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