Battles Reported On Manchurian Border Involving Russia and China
Reports from Mukden claim a 10 000 strong Russian force equipped with machine guns and 30 field guns penetrated western Manchuria with objective near Delainer. Skirmishes killed 12 Russians and 4 Chinese near Jalainor while further clashes and minor engagements are noted by Japanese sources. Moscow cites Kellogg pact ties and accuses China of insincerity while Soviet leaders defend strict resistance against provocation.
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London
Russia
China
Mukden
Manchuria
Manchuri
Delainer
Peiping
Jalainor
Moscow
Soviet Union
Snowden Demands Obdurate in Reparations Talks at The Hague
At The Hague on August 17 AP reports British Chancellor Philip Snowden pressed for substantial concessions as France Italy Belgium and Japan weigh a plan to keep the reparations conference alive. Britain contends 60 percent of Britain’s demands has been offered. Snowden calls this only 20 percent of requirements.
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the Hague
Hague
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Great Britain
Philip Snowden
Snowden
Gustav Stresemann
Sun God Delayed by Adverse Wyoming Weather
Spokane Sun God endured an 15 hour delay in Wyoming on the Spokane to New York and return flight. Pilots Nick Mamer and Art Walker circled Rock Springs and Cheyenne for refueling as weather and thin air hampered operations. The supply ship Vernon Bookwalter failed to follow directions, delaying transfers and risking further postponement.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Spokane
New York
Wyoming
Rock Springs
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
Sun God
Denver
Mamer
Vernon Bookwalter
Bookwalter
North Platte
Neb
Japs Hopeful Over Graf Zeppelin Visit
New York reports the Graf Zeppelin remains in radio contact with Japan’s Otchishi station near Yezzo. The airship is not expected to lose communication for 24 hours, having covered 3 750 miles by 6 04 am eastern time while stormy conditions passed and the crew including Sir Hubert Wilkins and Lady Drummond Hay describe the journey.
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New York
New York American
Hearst
Graf Zeppelin
Yezzo
Japan
Graf
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Lady Drummond Hay
Karl van Weigand
Navy planes ready for national air races at Cleveland
Intensive Navy training ends as more than twenty aircraft prepare to depart San Diego for the Cleveland national air races. A 140-ship flight review over San Diego Bay featured bombers pursuit and reconnaissance planes including amphibians and seaplanes. Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler led the review.
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San Diego
Cal
United States Navy
Cleveland
San Diego Bay
Navy
Henry V. Butler
Battle Fleet
North Island
Butler
East
H. C. Wick
Stacy Brings Bride Home To Raleigh
Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy of the North Carolina supreme court and Mrs. Stacy return to Raleigh ahead of the fall term of the supreme court and the annual bar examinations scheduled for Monday at the Sir Walter Hotel.
Four Special Officers On Duty At Asheboro
Asheboro faces a week of fires and gunfire with two major blazes totaling about 300000 in losses. Four special policemen joined regulars as night patrols aimed to uncover a possible fire bug amid reports of two suspicious men and exchanged shots. High Point and Furniture City fire departments aided the response.
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Asheboro
Home Building Inc
Asheboro Chair Company
Asheboros Chair Company
Home
Incorporated
The
Home Building, Incorporated
High Point Fire Department
Furniture City Fire Department
Interest Is In Unions At New Orleans
New Orleans court action tests legality of police suppression of courtesy jitneys amid union street car strike. Judge Boatner cites Acting Mayor Walmsley and Police Chief Ray to show cause why jitneys may not continue.
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New Orleans
Union
Public Service
Charles S. Upton
Mark M. Boatner
Civil
T. Semmes Walmsley
Theodore Ray
Women Prepare For Air Races
Twenty women, mostly veteran pilots, prepared for the Santa Monica-Cleveland women's air derby worth $25,000 as part of the national air races in Cleveland, with the event set to start in Santa Monica.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Marion Textile Strike May Prompt Troops Amid Lockout
Marion, Aug 17. With under 34 hours before Clinchfield Mills aim to reopen after a weeks long lockout, strikers plan to form a heavy picket line around the mill at midnight Sunday. Textile organizer Albert L. Hoffman argued authorities mishandled the situation while praising the strikers readiness and urging calm.
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Marion
Clinchfield
Marion Manufacturing Company
Albert L. Hoffman
O. Max Gardner
Textile Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Hoffman
Son kills father in California quarrel
In Los Angeles on August 17, Frank S. Howard a wealthy Southern California automobile dealer was shot and killed by his eleven year old son during a quarrel with his wife Irene Howard, police report.
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Los Angeles
Frank S. Howard
California
Irene Howard
Forest fires ebb as search continues for missing men
In the Pacific Northwest and western Canada the fire threat eased but two men remained unaccounted for near McFarland creek in Chelan National Forest Washington. Douglas C. Ingraham and Ermannie St Luise were believed trapped and may not be found for weeks as smoke hindered search efforts.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Canada
Forest Service
Douglas C. Ingraham
Portland
Ermannie St. Luise
Chelan
McFarland Creek
Chelan National Forest
Washington
Williams risks Mercury racer test as ignition short ends flight attempt
In Annapolis on August 17 Lieutenant Alford Williams failed to complete the first flying test of the 24 cylinder Mercury racer for the Schneider cup races. A short circuit in the ignition and a violent back-fire spoiled a planned run despite no permanent damage to the plane.
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Annapolis
Alford Williams
Hoover Adopted as Virginia Neighbor in Mountaineer Welcome
President Hoover arrived at Madison Virginia for a welcoming ceremony as Governor Harry Flood Byrd proposed naming a Shenandoah National Park entrance in his honor. The president and Mrs Hoover spoke of good neighboring relations and shared remarks about finding relief from constant contact while enjoying the Blue Ridge setting.
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Madison
Hoover
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd
Shenandoah National Park
Bes
Rapidan River
Byrd
Blue Ridge
Trial Unfair Snook To Say
In Columbus Ohio on August 17 1939 attorneys for Dr James H Snook condemned the jury the prosecutor and the trial judge as unfair and prejudiced while filing a motion for a new trial in the case of the condemned slayer of Theora Hix.
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Columbus, O
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Alderman Hanged In Seaplane Hangar Near Slain Guardsmen
James Alderman 50, a famous rum pirate, was hanged at the coast guard base seaplane hangar in Fort Lauderdale for the murder of two coast guard crew members aboard a patrol boat off Florida. The execution followed his 1927 conviction. Judge Ritter ordered a closed death chamber with only required officials and a minister present.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Coast Guard
James Horace Alderman
Alderman
Halstead L. Ritter
United States District Court
Victor Lamby
Sidney Sanderlin
Florida
Robert Webster
Secret Service
Bribery Charged In Pantages Trial
Los Angeles reports district attorney Burton Fitts charging theater magnate Alexander Pantages with a criminal attack on Eunice Pringle. Roy Keene of the Pantages system is held as a material witness for allegedly seeking to bribe others to alter testimony. A full arraignment for Pantages is set for Monday with two charges of criminal assault.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Burton Fitts
Roy Keene
Pantages Theater System
Fitts
Keene
Miss Pringle
Irene Pringle
Fred Wise
W. L. Gordon
W. C. Hale
Pantages
Liberty
Satterfield Earns First Missionary Education Diploma
Dr. R. K. S. Satterfield of Muskogee Oklahoma received the first diploma issued by the Methodist Episcopal Church South in its missionary education movement at Lake Junaluska North Carolina. Graduation exercises awarded one hundred credit units marking the first anniversary of the standardized system.
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Lake Junaluska
N. C
RK. S. Satterfield
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
School of Missions
Graf Zeppelin reaches central Siberia on way to Tokyo
The Graf Zeppelin, en route Friedrichshafen to Tokyo, reported contact from Siberia at 9 40 p m local time. Dr Hugo Eckener steers with three motors and maintains speeds around 60 mph as it nears Yakutsk, 750 miles from Japan.
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Tokyo
Orient
Siberia
Graf Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Hugo Eckner
Graf
Eckener
Obiishi
Hokkaido
Yakutsk
Hondo Island
Japan
Watson backs 2.20c Cuban sugar tariff plan
Senator Watson of Indiana the senate Republican leader voiced support for a 2.20 cents per pound Cuban raw sugar tariff defeating the 1.76 cent present duty and 2.40 cent House rate. He said most countries tax higher and the stance aligns with administration leanings as Smoot guides the finance committee.
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Washington
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Capitol
Senate Finance Committee
House
Hoover
Smoot
Finance Committee
Young Attorney Hyde Held in Kay County Jail
Ponca City attorney F C Hyde was jailed in Newkirk awaiting arraignment on a charge of attempting to kidnap and kill Samuel C Collins former Mapland Oil Company VP and E W Marlands brother in law. Police say Hyde sought to kill Collins to cover up alleged shortages in accounts Hyde handled as secretary to Collins.
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Ponca City
Okla
F. C. Hyde
Kay County
Newkirk
Samuel C. Collins
Mapland Oil Company
E. W. Marland
Hyde
Collins
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Bride
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Randolph County
Clinchfield Mills
Virginia Mountaineers
Shenandooah National Park
Snook
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