Five Of Fifty Planes Downed Say Japanese
The Japanese army announced Soviet warplanes inflicted light damage on railways during an afternoon raid on Changkufeng area near the border of Japanese Korea Manchoukuo and Russian Siberia. Four Soviet aircraft were downed on Korean territory and one in Manchoukuo. raids occurred between 12 30 and 3 30 p m local time.
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Hsinging
Manchoukuo
Changkufeng
Sone
Japanese Korea
Russian Siberia
Yuki
Chinghsing
Korea
Tokyo
Soviet Bombers Hit Border Skirmish at Changkufeng
Tokyo reports Soviet warplanes bombed Japanese positions on the Siberian Manchoukuoan frontier. Five Soviet aircraft were shot down by defending Japanese fighters. The strikes focused on Changkufeng and surrounding boundary points as both sides claimed casualties and a major battle loomed.
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Tokyo
Siberian- Manchoukuoan
Changkufeng
Koreas
War Office
Three Northampton Prison Camp Escape Reported
Oscar Pitts state penal division director said he was telegraphed that three convicts escaped from the Northampton prison camp this morning. He had no details.
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Raleigh
Oscar Pitts
State
Northampton
Pitts
American Tracksters Sweep London Meet Wins
A group of 10 American athletes captured seven of fourteen events at an international track and field meet hosted by the British AAA. Seventeen competitors took part and the Americans dominated with no special team designation, easily outdistancing all rivals.
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London
Municipalities urged to apply for public works funds
Washington August 1 Administrator Ickes warned municipalities against delaying applications for public works projects. He noted the Public Works Administration had reached the billion dollar mark, the halfway point of the program, and warned laggards there may be little left for them.
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Washington
Ickes
Alaska
PWA
Jewish Cafes On Vienna Ring Ordered Closed
Virtually all Jewish cafes on Vienna's Ring boulevard were ordered to close. Authorities also instructed non Jewish establishments to post signs reading Jews Not Wanted.
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Vienna
Ring Boulevard
Hollywood weighs Scarlett O Hara casting as Nor ma Shearer bows out
Norma Shearer told producer David Selznick she felt unsuited to play Scarlett O Hara in Gone With the Wind. The studio announced a fresh talent search, noting they may not find her and will dispatch scouts to find a new leading lady.
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Hollywood
Norma Shearer
Scarlett O'Hara
Miss Shearer
David Selznick
Margaret Mitchell
Norma
Selanick
Tallulah Bankhead
Katharine Hepburn
Margaret Sullavan
Miriam Hopkins
Rhett Butler
Clark Gable
Stenick Studio
Miss Shefer
Talen
Primary Campaign Tightens as Foul Cry Probe Enters Week
A senate committee probes cries of Foul as six Kentucky and Tennessee contests heat up the primary season. The inquiry targets coercion claims against WPA workers and patronage use while Alben Barkley battles Gov. Chandler and other incumbents face scrutiny over spending. The probe shapes the endgame for Roosevelt era contests.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
A. B. Chandler
WPA
Barkley
George L. Berry
D-Tenn
Bryant claims record nonstop flight in light airplane
Robert Bryant a 30 year old theater operator from Rock Hill DC landed at Camden airport after a 13 1 4 hour flight from Miami Florida covering 1050 miles in a single seat Aeronca monoplane. He said the previous record was 768 3 miles by a Frenchman and planned to mail sealed instruments to Washington to official records.
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Camden
N. J
Robert Bryant
Rock Hill
Bryant
Mimai
Pla
Washington
Floyd Bennett Airfield
AFL Sees Swift Business Climb
The American Federation of Labor reports rapid business confidence recovery. Its July survey shows improvement, with production and prices turning upward as signs of activity multiply.
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AFL
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Toll of Jamaica Wreck Nears Sixty Deaths
Jamaica faces likely toll of at least 60 lives after the worst railroad accident. Fifty two bodies recovered near Balaclava about 70 miles from Kingston. Seventy injured admitted to hospitals. All 300 passengers were natives. Poor coordination between two locomotives caused the wreck as the lead engine slowed on a curve and the second rammed it, sending cars into the wreckage.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Balaclava
Here
Four Gunmen Rob New York Bank for $50,000
Four armed men robbed the Banco di Napoli Trust Company branch at First Avenue and Twelfth Street in New York. They compelled fourteen customers and nine employees to the floor and escaped with $50,000 in cash. The cash was slated for transfer to the main Broadway branch later that day. The bank sits in the pushcart district of the lower East Side.
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New York
Banco di Napoli Trust Company
First Avenue
Twelfth Street
Lower Broadway
Lower East Side
North Carolina Yearly Meeting Opens at Guilford College
The North Carolina yearly meeting of the Society of Friends began at Guilford College with elders overseers and ministers gathering to discuss ministry and oversight. Samuel L Hayworth Guilford College professor and Clerk will deliver the yearly address. Business sessions of the 241st annual meeting begin tomorrow with sessions through Sunday morning.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Yearly Meeting
The
Society of Friends
Guilford College
Samuel L. Hayworth
FDR Seeks Giant Sailfish Off Cocos Island
President Roosevelt arrives at Cocos Island during a Pacific cruise from San Salvador to chase a giant sailfish and study specimens. He aims to top his 1935 nine foot six inch sailfish weigh in the 135 pound catch in waters 540 miles west of Panama.
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Houston
Cocos Island
Aus
Roosevelt
Pacific Island
White House
San Salvador Island
Galapagos Archipelago
Panama
Britain Plunged Into Heat Wave and Flooding
Britain endures a heat wave with temperatures reaching 85 degrees as a vast flood basin covers southern England. By August 1 authorities report 13 deaths from heat and floods, with six and a half inches of rain in Cumbria swamping the Lake District, halting steamer services and flooding streets and homes.
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London
Britain
England
Lake
Cumberland
Optimism persists in search for Hawaii Clipper
Manila Aug 1 A renewed note of hope arises as Army and Navy planes extend a fourth day of search for the Hawaii Clipper and its 15 passengers. No wreckage has been found, but officials suggest the radio may have failed and the plane could be afloat off course. Two bombers scoured unsearched ocean areas and found nothing. Pan American’s China Clipper, en route to Guam, may alter course but officials give no search plan yet.
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Manila
Hawaii
Philippine Department of Communications
United States Army
Army
Navyfficia
Pan American
Midway
Guam
China
Rafi
Local Youth Sought in Broad Area for Brutal Robbery
Police issued warrants for James F. Godwin a 20 year old High Point graduate charged with first degree burglary assault with a deadly weapon and larceny of an automobile. Dr J M Godwin was attacked at his Silver Hill farm in Davidson County leaving him in critical condition. Authorities pursued clues aided by High Point officers and the county sheriff as they searched widely for the suspect and the stolen Oldsmobile belonging to Tom Gold Jr.
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J. M. Godwin
Davidson County
J. W. McMahon
L. E. Williams
High Point
James F. Godwin
South
Silver Hill Township
Paul Vinson
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Godwin
West
Lexington Avenue
Davidson
Raymond Bowers
McMahon
Williams
Tom Gold, Jr
Parole Granted to Two Winston-Salem Defendants
Dr Flowers, a Winston-Salem dentist and amateur magician, and John Leroy Blackman, a Negro, convicted of stealing 700 dollars in gold from a Winston-Salem dental supply house, will be paroled by Governor Hoey. Flowers, sentenced seven to ten years, began serving a year ago and will live in Catawba county while employed by his brothers. Blackman, five years, starts in October 1926 and will work for a law enforcement official. Both must report monthly to welfare superintendents in Catawba and Caldwell counties respectively.
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Raleigh
R. C. Flowers
Winston-Salem
John Leroy Blackman
Hoey
Edwin Gill
Flowers
Blackman
Plowers
Catawba County
Gill
Catawba
Caldwell
North Carolina calls August 8 special session for PWA aid
Governor Hoey announces a special session of the North Carolina legislature for Monday August 8 at noon to pass bills enabling the state to participate in the PWA program. He says the session may set a precedent and will consider financing for permanent improvements and new buildings with a mix of bonds and federal aid. Attorney General McMullan to prepare bills. budget commission will issue recommendations.
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Raleigh
N. C
Hoey
North Carolina
Northlina
Carolina
PWA
Star Instituti
Advisory Budget Commission
Harry McMullan
Hoeby
Rebels Attack In Catalonia
Insurgent forces launch a counter-offensive on the Catalan front near the Ebro delta to out flank government troops at Gandesa. Reinforcements are spread along the Ebro, with greatest concentration near the delta as three Japanese columns face Chinese resistance on the Yangtze.
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Yangtze
Associated Press
Ebro
Gandesa
Monay
Mequinenza
Fuyan
Mediterranean
Yangtze River
Hankow
China
Shanghai
Island of
Jamaica
Shirley Temple Recuperating In Boston Hotel
Nine year old film star Shirley Temple spent a third day in bed at a Boston hotel with a slight illness that postponed a planned Montreal trip. Dr Lee Madsen from Santa Monica said the illness was not serious but postponed further travel and a Boston tour of historical sites remained undecided.
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Boston
Shirley
Trains Mercury and Vanderbilt Crash Injures 88
Two New York Central luxury trains, the Mercury and the Commodore Vanderbilt, collided near Rocky Ridge 20 miles east of Toledo. Fifty passengers were treated at the scene with 88 injured overall and 16 hospitalizations. Three passengers were seriously hurt.
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Toledo
New York Central
Mercury
Port Clinton
Cleveland
George A. Poe
George Morris
New York
L. M. Osborne
Evanston
H. B. Haggerty
Winnetka
Detroit
Rocky Ridge
Vanderbilt
Franti
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James F.godwin
Changkufeng Hill
Moscow
Siberian
Manchoukuo - Siberian
Hunt Scarlett O'Hara
New York Bank
DR. Flowers
Winston Doctor
N.C
Smith
Catalonia
Cally
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