Transpolar plane message read by U S Signal Corps
The Alaska station intercepted a partially readable message from the missing Russian transpolar plane at 9 44 EST noting trouble with a wave band. The Anchorage station stated that earlier this was the first signal since 2 40 am on the 13th and asked all signal corps stations to guard the frequency 9080 for possible assistance. It was unclear if the plane could send messages on the ground or only while aloft.
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Seattle
U.S. Signal Corps
Anchorage
Alaska
Signal Corps’ Alaska Communications System
Signal Corps
Atnchorage
B.C
Wage Hour Bill Hope Is Ended
Washington August 14. Speaker Bankhead indicated the wage and hour bill will not be considered before adjournment, signaling its probable loss this session. He noted suspension of rules cannot pass such an important measure and said adjournment could come next week if progress slows.
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Washington
Bankhead
House
Congress
Specialties in Mart Spot: Oils Steels and Ties Lead
New York markets rise on strong overnight buying with heavy 1000 share blocks. Early gains fade as offerings appear while favorites finish near highs. Sentiment firms on quick Congress adjournment and brighter business outlook, with transfers around 450 000 shares.
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New York
Congress
Senators Press to Delay as Black Nomination Moves Forward
Washington reports that opponents of Senator Black of Alabama urged delay in his Supreme Court confirmation. Letters and telegrams from individuals and groups urged full hearings and qualification review, but Judiciary Committee members indicated a solid majority ready to approve.
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Washington
Black
Ala
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Austin
R-Vi
Alfred A. Cook
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
United States Supreme Court
Cook
Senate
United State Senate
Orphanage Students Certify From Duke Summer School
Thirty eight students received certificates today marking the end of Duke university’s first three week summer school for orphanage workers in Durham North Carolina. Principal speaker was Mrs. W T Bost Raleigh state welfare commissioner. I G Greer superintendent of the Baptist Orphanage Thomasville announced plans for a second session next summer.
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Durham
N. C
Duke University
W. T. Bost
Raleigh
I. G. Greer
Thomasville
Tri-State
School Marm Loser In First Skirmish
Mrs Laura Morris failed to win reinstatement from Whitely township school board after 11 years teaching in a one room school. Board charged cruelty incompetency and teaching that man came from monkeys. Attorney planned court test of Pennsylvania s new teacher tenure law.
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Waynesburg
Laura Morris
Pennsylvania
Whitely
Hull Warns Americans as Shanghai Tensions Rise
Secretary Hull said the United States urged Japan and China to avoid Shanghai as a theater of operations and prepared to evacuate about 3000 Americans on short notice. He noted three American deaths in aerial fighting and said diplomats and naval officials stay in close contact with other governments to protect children and nationals in Shanghai.
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Washington
Hull
Shanghai
United States
State Department
Twin City Mortician Is Claimed By Death
Francis Eugene Volger 49 former president of the North Carolina Association of Funeral Directors died at a Winston Salem hospital after a heart attack near his Roaring Gap summer home. He began in the family undertaking business in 1909 and remained with the firm throughout his career.
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Winston-Salem
Francis Eugene Volger
North Carolina Association of Funeral Directors
South
Roaring Gap
Mother Nature Delivers 13 Babies Friday the Thirteenth
In Indianapolis eleven hospitals welcomed 13 newborns on Friday the thirteenth with seven girls and six boys. The unusual coincidence drew attention from staff and families as doctors reported healthy deliveries across facilities.
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Nature
Indianapolis
Ind
Mother Nature
Prosecutor Tightens Hold In Murder Investigation
Cincinnati prosecutor Dudley Outcault pursued new leads in what he called one of the biggest mass murders in the country. Anna Filser Hahn, 31, a former Munich schoolteacher, faced arraignment on a murder charge for the death of George Gsellman, 67, found July 6, with Outcault hinting at additional deaths over eight years.
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Cincinnati
Dudley Miller
Anna Filser Hahn
Outeault
Hahn
Munich
Germany
George Gsellman
Gsellman
Outcault
Cotton consumption and stocks push record yearly totals for 1936-37
The Census Bureau reports the cotton year 1936-37 ended July 31 with 7,944,803 bales consumed, a new high. Total supply reached 17,900,009 bales, with carryover 4,497,505 and imports 247,391, while exports and destruction shaped year-end stocks.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Reachen
Deaf Athlete Is Killed In Wreck
In Gaston county two highway crashes left one dead and one critically injured. William Cline 17 of Dallas a standout athlete at the North Carolina School for the Deaf Morganton died after being struck by a car driven by Fred Peach near Dallas. Homer Sanford of Bessemer City remained in critical condition with a skull fracture after a collision with a car driven by R S Lewis of Gastonia. Police said the accidents appeared unavoidable and no action was planned.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
William Cline
Dallas
North Carolina School For the Deaf
Morganton
Fred Peach
Clyde Robinson
Homer Sanford
Bessemer City
R. S. Lewis
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross to speak at Charlotte mint centennial
Mrs Nellie Tayloe Ross director of the U S mint is expected to deliver an address in Charlotte this fall for the centennial celebration of the old Charlotte mint.
Daily Independent of Elizabeth City Suspends Publication
Elizabeth City Daily Independent suspends daily issue publication with uncertain future. W. O Saunders notes efforts to resume as a weekly and cites inadequate working capital as the cause amid corporate financial entanglements. The paper, founded in 1908, began daily publication on August 30, 1936, after a brief attempt to stay weekly.
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Elizabeth City
Daily Independent
W. O Saunders
Independent Publishing Company
Saunders Independent Corp
Corporation
Daily Advance
ABC
Independent
W. ©. Saunders
Al Capone Loses Bid to Reduce Sentence and Fines
Chicago today reported Al Capone failed to secure a reduction in his 11 year prison term and $50 000 in fines for income tax violations. Federal Judge James H Wilkerson denied the petition for commutation and cut in penalties, keeping the original punishment intact.
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Chicago
al Capone
Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Laurinburg Man Receives Five to Ten Year Term
Roosevelt Rollins, 32, a Black man, was sentenced to five to ten years for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Convicted after rural Policeman H. Dunlap and witnesses testified the Rollins brothers attacked the officer with knives. the officer shot and killed Roosevelt’s brother James Rollins.
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Laurinburg
Roosevelt Rollins
H. Dunlap
Dunlap
James Rollins
Roosevelt
Special Fall Congress Feared Possible in October or November
A recalcitrant Congress has delayed much of the administration agenda and lawmakers discuss a special autumn session to push crop control and wage-hour laws. President Roosevelt and the Senate pledged to back farm price stabilization at the next session in exchange for immediate cotton loans. The fate of the farm bill and wage-hour measure hangs on House action or delay.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Wallace
House
Northern fliers ready to assist in Arctic search
Northern aviators stood by as six Russian flyers reported a failed motor on a four motor monoplane. Sigismund Levaneffky planned to press on with three motors toward Oakland after a damaged oil line sidelined one engine. Moscow had limited contact and weather was clear in Alaska with low visibility near the pole. The plane hoped to land in Fairbanks then Edmonton before Oakland.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic
Sigismund Levaneffeky
Russia
United States
Moscow
Levaneffsky
Oakland
Calif
North Pole
Edmonton
Alberta
Three Americans Die as Shanghai Battle Rages
American residents Dr. Frank J. Rawlinson and H. S. Konigsberg are killed while Dr. Robert Releshauer, a Princeton professor, dies after bombs strike near the Cathay hotel and the Palace hotel in Shanghai. Two others, J. M. Kerbey and R. R. Rouse, are wounded. Police estimate 500 killed or missing in the Japanese bombing raid across the international settlement.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
Frank J. Rawlinson
China
Japan
Robert Releshauer
United States
Princeton
Palace Hotel
Nanking Road
Cathay Hotel
Nanking Roads
Bund
Avenue Edward VII
Thibet Road
J. M. Kerbey
Employe
Haskins and Sells
New York Accountants
Loyalists Break Through Near Brunete Front in Civil War
Government troops thrust a mile forward in a surprise attack near Brunete outside Madrid as insurgents gain ground along the Teruel spearhead. Casualties and internal turmoil cited in Ceuta and San Sebastian, with the Edith sunk 30 miles south of Barcelona after a bombing by insurgent planes.
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Hendaye
Brunete
Madrid
Teruel
Spain
Jose Miaja
San Sebastian
Valencia Defense Ministry
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
Guadalajara
Edith
Barcelona
Retired Farmer Killed By Train Near Greer Home
Greer South Carolina August 14 J R Hawkins aged 75 a retired farmer was struck and killed at 9 08 A M by a Piedmont and Northern freight train near his home. He was seated on a cross tie and did not hear the warning whistle morticians said no inquest has been scheduled
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Greer
8. C
J. R. Hawkins
Piedmont and Northern
Hawkins
Two North Carolina men buy convention books
Representative Bertrand H. Snell announced the names of North Carolina individuals who purchased Democratic convention books and the amounts paid, listing two buyers in the report.
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N. C
Washington
Bertrand H. Snell
House
North Carolina
Elephant forgets old friend as circus elephant dies
Washington dispatch reports ancient circus elephant Babe loses strength and dies after Ketchel the Sumatran watches in sorrow. Keeper W M Blackbourne notes belief women never forget, but admits pachyderms may forget. Ketchel shows distress then resumes eating, seemingly forgetting Babe within days.
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Washington
W. M. Blackbourne
Babe
Ketchel
Greensboro Pajama Plant Strike Talks Continue
Greensboro Manufacturing pajama plant strikers meet at the union hall as optimism grows for a restart within two weeks. Victor Levy pledges cooperation, urges non violence, and warrants for rioters to be withdrawn after last Wednesday disturbances. Bernard Weinstein plans further talks August 23 to resume operations.
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Greensboro
N. C
Greensboro Manufacturing Company
Union Hall
Victor Levy
Levy
Bernard Weinstein
Weinstein
Rawlinson Father Of Two Florence Women
Dr. Frank J. Rawlinson an American Congregational Board Missionary killed in Shanghai is identified as the father of Mrs. B D McKnight and Miss Ruth Rawlinson of Florence. His daughter Jean works with the Missionary Board in Shanghai and another relative said he had served in China 35 years as editor of the Chinese Recorder.
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Cdhectueca
Pena
Vane
Babar
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Far East
U. S
Twin City
Census Bureau
Elizabeth City Paper
W. O. Saunders
Daily Field
Battl
H. 8
Konigsberg
Elephant
Blackburne
Rawlinson
Florence
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