Quiet fronts as Sino Japanese hostilities persist near Peiping
After a month of Sino Japanese clashes at the Marco Polo Bridge, fighting subsides to troop movements. Japanese strength around Tietsin and Peiping estimated 33 000 to 45 000 with heavy equipment. Chinese forces fewer but backed by 300 aircraft. Japan's diet approved war funding of 121.5 million dollars as shortages hit civilians. Hankow evacuated Japanese residents amid feared Chinese buildup. Manchoukuo remains the only active front with reported clashes.
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Associated Press
Marco Polo Bridge
Peiping
China
Tietsin
Yangtzeo River
Japan
Yangtze
Hankow
Manchoukuo
Sungari
Harbin
Farm Legislation Delayed as Congress Opens 1938 Session
Democratic leaders discussed making farm legislation the first order of business to speed adjournment and avoid a fall session. They aim to reassure farm belt lawmakers and secure price controls via the Commodity Credit Corporation. House leaders floated August adjournment between the 21st and 25th as housing and sugar bills faced delays.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Mr. Roosevelt
Rayburn
Armies Claim Gains as Spanish Civil War Rages
Both sides reported uprisings in enemy territory as fighting continued on the Teruel front. Insurgent officers claimed advances toward Valencia and Madrid while government sources said they repelled attacks near Teruel and Cuenca. Interpreted moves around Aragon suggested a broader government push. An aerial attack on ships in the Mediterranean drew international protest amid reports of casualties and a captain dying in Algiers.
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Associated Press
Teruel
Francisco Franco
Toledo
Albarracin
Cuenca
Jose Miaja
Madrid
Aragon
Franco
Spain
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Algiers
Santander
Asturias
Hiscayan
Senate passes new lower court procedure bill
The Senate sent a measure to the House to dispose of the six month old judiciary dispute by passing a new lower court procedure bill. The action aims to move quicker on the dispute as this session of Congress proceeds.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Washington
Senate
Proposed five man wage hour board could set standards
Washington Aug 7 Officials predicted Roosevelt would name a five member wage hour board if Congress creates it to set standards in low wage or long work hour industries. Lubin and Richberg among possible appointees. Roche and Williams also mentioned. Senate action covered salary survey and court reform debates.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Isador Lubin
Lubin
Labor Statistics
University of Michigan
Brookings Institute
William H. Davis
New York
NRA
Supreme Court
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Southern Conductor Dies After Station Heart Attack
Greensboro August 17. Conductor J A Beaver in charge of Southern railway passenger train No 29 died at 6 this morning of a heart attack while his train stood at Greensboro station. The body was taken to his Salisbury home.
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Greensboro
J. A. Beaver
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Newspaper Editor Has Slight Stroke
Atchison Kansas August 7 Ed W Howe 84 famed editor and author suffered a slight stroke of paralysis his condition considered fairly serious by physicians after weeks of medical care continuing coverage on page two confirms his long career in journalism and literature and his fame in the field
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Atchison, Kansas
Ed W. Howe
Howe
Quakers Allow Dancing at Guilford College After Debate
Guilford College moves to permit social dancing under supervision after years of discussion at the North Carolina Yearly Meeting. Opponents condemn the idea as immoral while supporters say society must adapt with times.
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Guilford
Guilford College
North Carolina
Sciety of
Friends
Board of Trustees
the College
Johnson J. Hayes
Greensboro
W. C. Jackson
Woman's College
Strikers Walk Out At Hollywood Brown Derby Cafes
Hollywood August 7 60 employees walked out as celebrities Lupe Velez Bruce Cabot and others dined at the Derby cafe. Twenty five more struck in Beverly Hills and Wilshire venues. Union agent says demands include shorter hours and end of split shifts.
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Hollywood
Lupe Velez
Bruce Cabbot
the Ritz Brothers
Beverly Hills
Wilshire Boulevard
Brown Derby
Robert Cobb
Harvey Lundachen
Culinary Workers Union
Bar aspirants must wait for result of test
In Raleigh 189 examinees for the North Carolina bar must wait until about August 29 for results. The examiners paused grading until August 27 due to the large number of papers. Judge L R Varser said the board is gratified by the high quality of papers and expects a passing rate higher than any prior examination.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Henry M. London
Board of Examiners
L. R. Varser
Lumberton
Baby Mary Boccansini Survives Critical Stage
Aug 7 Philadelphia doctors report three and a half pound baby Mary Boccansini is past the critical stage. She has improved breathing and temperature near normal after being delivered a day after her mother died. Surgeon Dr John Corbitt says she looks fine.
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Philadelphia
Mary Boccansini
William G. Turnbull
Philadelphia General Hospital
Dr. Turnbull
Five State Highway Patrol Radio Stations Ready
Five stations of the state highway patrol statewide short wave radio system are complete Major Charles D. Farmer said. Governor Hoey will officiate August 15 at ceremonies inaugurating the system if receiving sets are in patrol cars and motorcycles. Stations at Asheville Salisbury Raleigh Williamston and Elizabethtown cost about 8000 each with 20 cars already equipped.
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Raleigh
Highway Patrol
Charles D. Farmer
Hoey
Asheville
Salisbury
Williamston
Elizabethtown
Improved Order of Re Men opens two day convention
The Improved Order of Re Men of the Carolinas opened a two day convention in Chimney Rock on August 7. Delegates from the region gathered for meetings and events marking the fraternal organization's activities.
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Chimney Rock
Order of
Re Men
Carolinas
Buzzard Roost Action Goes To Higher Court
ASHEVILLE Aug 7 The 2 852 000 PWA financed power project in Greenwood county D C heads to the U S Supreme Court after the Fourth Circuit denied Duke Power Companys injunction and upheld a district court ruling that the PWA could loan and grant. Both sides indicated an appeal. The case was sent to the Supreme Court last year after the circuit court approved the project but returned it for procedural error.
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Asheville
Greenwood County
D. C
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Duke Power Company
PWA
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Ercore
National Industrial Recovery Act
Ewert Taken In Kidnaping Of 2 Year Old
Fred Ewert 35 held for questioning in abduction of Donald Horst age 2 as custody battle rages between natural and foster parents. Ewert seized at brother's home after midnight and first claimed he drove the car then said he borrowed it. He refused to speak without a lawyer. He said he drove the car as a favor to Lydia Nelson and John Regan who said the child was theirs.
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Chicago
Fred Ewert
Donald Horst
Donald
Ewert
Frank Janousek
Italian steamer captain dies from air attack injuries
Captain Fran eco Solari of the Mongiola died in Algiers after an air raid on vessels with British and French registries. He succumbed to bomb splinter injuries following an emergency operation. A Dutch official Bruin on board sustained a broken arm and remained in satisfactory condition.
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Algiers
Franeco Solari
Mongiola
Solari
Algiers Hospital
Bruin
General Silk Strike Is Expected Monday
The C. I. O. rallied silk workers of Passaic valley textile area to a mass meeting to discuss a formal call for a general strike Monday in the industry. Manufacturers said they were not opposing the strike but hoped it would standardize wages hours and other conditions nationwide, eliminating advantages of lower standards in competing regions.
Taxicab Drivers Restricted in Gastonia Route
Six Gastonia taxicab operators were temporarily restrained from operating along the City Coach company route by an order signed by Judge Wilson Warlick. The order requires show cause in Charlotte on August 20 why it should not be made permanent. Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne and Attorney General A A F Seawell lead the petitioners, with R Gregg Cherry as counsel. The action cites invasion of franchise privileges and potential loss of six percent tax revenue.
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Gastonia
Wilson Warlick
R. Gregg Cherry
Charlotte
Stanley Winborne
A. A. F. Seawell
Harry McMullan
T. W. Bruton
Cherry
Cramerton
Climax Seen Near In Spanish Civil War Fall
AP observer Edward J. Nell reports from the Aragon front that Franco’s insurgent army grows to about 650000, controls two thirds of Spain, and aims at decisive action this fall near Madrid Valencia and Barcelona with 54000 government troops in Aragon and a matching air force.
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Associated Press
Spain
Francisco Franco
Edward J. Nell
Aragon
Aimax
Teruel
Franco
Junta
Madrid
Valencia
Barcelona
Motor Car Strike Still Unsettled
Detroit August 7 reports representatives from Plymouth Motor Company Chrysler Corporation and United Automobile Workers returned to talks after three days with no clear path to reopening the Plymouth plant which normally employs 11 000 workers.
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Detroit
Plymout Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Plymouth
Inventor asks six federal officials fired from posts
Stamford inventor Lester P. Barlow demanded in a letter to President Roosevelt the removal from office of six federal officials including three cabinet members. He threatened impeachment if no action within a week and cited a National Labor Relations board hearing in Stamford. The named officials include Postmaster General Farley Attorney General Cummings Secretary of Labor Perkins and NLRB officials Herrick Moscowitz Gaberman.
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Lester P. Barlow
Roosevelt
Stamford
Conn
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Congress
Farley
Cummings
Perkins
David Moscowitz
Elinor M. Herrick
Louis Y. Gaberman
Distriet
Hartford
Barlow
Huey P. Long
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company
Committee For Industrial Organization
New York Stock Mart Jogs Into Rally
The stock market edged higher led by steels mines and specialties. Gains ranged from fractions to over two points as short covering and some investment buying appeared before the weekend. Earnings reports were mixed but generally cheery while traders wary of possible congressional adjournment. Volume around 350000 shares.
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New York
Wall Street
Tasting Confusion At El Paso Bar Described
In El Paso Texas on August 7 a state inspector Carl Longuemere tested two bottles at a bar. The whisk tasted to him and a bartender claimed the other bottle contained Ply spray. The inspector spat at the odor and pressed for the truth.
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el, Paso
Tex
Carl Longuemere
Longuemere
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