Hungary Gains Rearmament Privilege After Treaty Revision
The Little Entente members Czechoslovakia Romania and Yugoslavia agreed to abrogate arms restrictions in the Trianon treaty, granting Hungary military equality and the right to rearm in the name of peace. The move follows a similar action by the Balkan Entente and comes as Hungary's regent and officials visit Germany.
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Blec
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Treaty of Neuilly
Bulgaria
Milan Stoyadinovitch
Yuogslavia
Belgrade
Europe
League of Nations
League
Nicholas Horthy
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Earthquake Shakes Catalonia Coast Sparks House Tremors
In Barcelona a tremor centered off the Catalonia coast rattled houses in Gerona and nearby areas at 2 a.m. local time. No casualties or major damage were reported as authorities assessed the quake’s reach along the coast.
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Barcelona
Wartorn
Catalonia
Gerona
Here
French flying boat completes first leg to New York
On the Tagus River at Lisbon the French flying boat Lieutenant De Vaisseau Paris landed at 4 05 p m local time completing the first leg of an experimental flight to New York.
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New York
Lisbon
de Vaisseau Paris
Tagus
German seaplane Nordwind ends trans Atlantic survey
The Nordwind arrived at Horta Azores at 1 45 p m Greenwich time after a survey flight from New York. It was catapulted from the Friesenland off Port Washington Long Island at 6 p m BE Monday marking the trans Atlantic journey.
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Horta Horta
Azores
Nordwind
Greenwich Time
New York
Friesenland
Port Washington
Long Island
Moody withdraws from National Women's singles
New York Aug 23 Helen Wills Moody withdrew from the National Women's singles championships at Forest Hills due to a severe attack of neuritis. She had recently returned from her Wimbledon triumph and mentioned ongoing health issues.
Seaplane Loire-Oliver Sinks at Cherbourg Harbor
In Cherbourg France a French navy seaplane the Loire-Oliver sank suddenly after landing in the harbor. Three crew members were drowned and three others were saved in the incident.
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Cherbourg
France
Forty Thousand Return to Work in U S Factories
Secretary of Labor Perkins said about 40 000 factory workers were returned to employment in July and weekly oils increased by nearly 100 000. She called the report a definite improvement to the employment situation.
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U. S
Washington
Perkins
Affidavits Claim State Elections Board Illegal In Decision
Wake Superior Court heard affidavits accusing the state board of elections of using illegal and high handed methods to reverse results in the Eighth District Democratic runoff. Ehringhaus said county boards were coerced to sign altered returns, with threats of dismissal. Burgin seeks a mandamus to certify him as the Democratic nominee for the U S House after initial returns showed Burgin ahead by over 100 votes before changes were made.
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State Elections Board
Raleigh
Wake Superior Court
State Board of Elections
Eighth Congressional District
C. B. Ehringhaus
W. O. Burgin
Lexington
C. B. Deane
Rockpage
Ehringhaus
State Board
Sam H. Lee
Union County Board of Elections
Lee
Jesse C. Leigh
Richmond
Leigh
Ebringhaus
Burgin
U. S. House of Representatives
Eighth
County Boards of Elections
Burgio
Deane
China mobilizes for Japan offense near Hankow
A million soldiers and 200000 civilians were mobilized to defend Hankow as the Japanese press to break the stalemate. Civilians train for behind the lines tasks including 60000 rickshaw pullers as a transport corps and a women led medical corps gains roles as nurses and aides. The Poyang lake battle rages with gains claimed by both sides and a cholera toll rises in Shanghai and the International settlement.
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Hankow
Poyang Lake
Poyang
Juichang
Nanchang
Shanghai
Bhanghal
Child brides in New York dismissed from schools
New York Aug 28 Harold G Campbell superintendent notes 212 girl pupils under 16 left city schools this year. Among them one girl was 12, four were 18, 27 were 14 and 80 were 15 years old.
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New York
New York City
Harold G. Campbell
Berry Charges WPA Ties To Tennessee Primary Loss
Senator Berry alleges two WPA officials acted as de facto campaign directors for a coalition ticket that beat him in Tennessee on August 4. He says a $125,000 campaign fund was built from WPA personnel and relief workers, and accuses Democratic primary boards of partisan actions to disfranchise voters seeking entry, denying many the oath to support nominees.
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Washington
Senator Berry
D-Tenn
Senate
WRA
Tennessee
Coalition
Berry
WPA
France Faces Potential General Strike Over 40-Hour Week
French labor leaders mobilized 5,000,000 members of the CGT and other unions to resist Premier Daladier's plan for longer working hours. Waterfront workers in Marseille threaten grave action unless overtime pay is granted, warning of possible strikes across French ports as defense needs rise.
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Paris
Daladier
General Confederation of Labor
Marseille
Federation of Port Workers’ Unions
Witness testifies Hines paid 500 dollars weekly for protection
George Weinberg ex convict and former Dutch Schultz aide testified in Supreme Court that James J. Hines Tammany district leader supplied police protection for Harlem policy banks. He said payments averaged 500 dollars weekly with higher sums and that arrests declined after meetings. He noted Hines on the master sheet as Pop and J H.
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New York
George Weinberg
Dutch Schultz
Supreme Court
Tammany District
James J. Hines
Harlem
Jimmy Hines
Hines
Thomas E. Dewey
Weinberg
Jimmy
Monongahela Democratic Club
Schultz
Dixie Davis
J. Richard
Dixie
Davis
Dutch Schults
Tammany
Slew of Minor Quakes Rattle Central New Jersey and Pa
A series of slight earthquakes shook a large area in central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania causing rattled windows doors and dishes but no serious damage reported. A month earlier the Palisades area of northeastern New Jersey and parts of New York City and Westchester were also shaken.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Palisades
New York City
Westchester County
Schacht Returns To Germany For Economic Talks
Berlin reports Dr. Hjalmar Schacht returned from a vacation in Norway to Berlin amid surprise at the Reichsbank president’s move. Financial circles suspect he will guide talks between Hungarian and German authorities on improved economic relations between the two nations.
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Berlin
Hjalmar Schacht
Norway
Reichsbank
Ciircles
TVA Fought By Power Group in Chattanooga Hearing
Francis Biddle testified before the TVA investigation committee that private utilities used false propaganda injunctions and citizen committees to block TVA power sales to municipalities. L. J. Wilhoite, acting chair of Chattanooga Electric Power, described eight years of local effort and Chamber of Commerce opposition.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Aus
Francis Biddle
TVA
Knoxville
Biddle
Paris
Jackson
Union City
Kentucky-Tennessee Po Sappeey
L. J. Wilhoite
Chattanooga Electric Power Board
Wilhoite
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce
Motorman Blamed for Subway Collision at 116th Street
A transit commission report pins Motorman Salvatore Cota 46 for a deadly New York City subway crash at 116th Street and Lexington Avenue. Cota died after leg amputation. passenger Emanuel Auerbach 33, a social worker, was killed. 51 injured. The collision followed a train stopping at an emergency halt and entering before the ahead train cleared.
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New York
Transit Commission
Salvatore Cota
New York City
Cota
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
116Th Street
Lexington Avenue
William G. Fullen
Emanuel Auerbach
Times Square
Roosevelt Letter Ties President To Youth Congress Probe
A House witness says the Stalinist influenced American Youth Congress received a 1936 letter from President Roosevelt praising its democratic aid. Edward Fenlon of Brooklyn College accuses a pro Communism drive at colleges including Brooklyn and St Mary’s Cal. He links the Teachers Union to Communist control and calls the World Youth Congress radical and dangerous to democracy.
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Washington
House
An American Committee
American Youth Congress
Roosevelt
Congress
Edward J. Fenlon
Philosophy Department
Brooklyn College
Franklin Roosdvelt
Fenlon
Milwaukee
Poughkeepsie
St. Mary's College
California
World Youth Congress
Vassar College
Tra. Franklin LD. Roooverelt
Teachers’ Union
Grun
City creditors oppose hospital project in High Point budget
City of High Point faces a proposed 1938 39 budget totaling 1 661 177 with no debt service for a hospital. Financial adviser Mezger and bondholders push cutting operating costs and a $200 000 street assessment drive to balance the books. Bridges bonds were initially opposed but later allowed for amortization.
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High Point
William W. Merger
New York
B. M. Knox
Mezger
Graham, Parsons and Company
Knox
Woman and Child Missing Five Weeks Near Whiteville
Police and welfare officials search for Gladys Burney and her adopted daughter Sarah who vanished from their Whiteville home five weeks ago after an alleged overnight trip to Carolina Beach with a young couple. Husband says wife may have been foul play or held against her will. couple identified as Mr and Mrs Bill Young.
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Whiteville
Gladys Burney
Sarah
George Burney
Carolina Beach
Wilmington
Burney
Burneys
Baltimore
Johnsie Nunn
Burney Home
Bill Young
Nunn
Funeral Services Held for James William Cannon Jr
Charlotte mourns James William Cannon Jr 54 who died yesterday of pneumonia son of late textile manufacturer James William Cannon. Funeral services are set for tomorrow morning in Charlotte with family and local ties noted.
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Charlotte
James William Cannon, Jr
James William Cannon
Four Hunger Strikers Die in Philadelphia Prison
Four inmates at Holmesburg Prison died amid a hunger strike and scalding claims. Investigations by state officials and the warden probe potential steam and pipe-related causes after prison guards found bodies in punishment cells. Names include James McQuade, Frank Deca, Joseph Walters, and Henry Osborne along with details of their sentences.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
State Secretary of Welfare
Charles I. Engard
Holmesburg
William 8. Mills
Morton Crane
Mille
Harrys. McDevitt
Common Pleas Court
James McQuade
Frank ©Deca
Edward Hayes
Joseph John Walters
Henry Osborne
Capehart backs big Washington rally for GOP funds
New York industrialist Homer Capehart plans an $25,000 rally near Washington Indiana to rally Republican workers. He will fund food and entertainment for about 8,500 party workers at an all-day farm conference on his 120 acre Capehart farm, as he criticizes the New Deal and urges defeat of President Roosevelt's program.
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Washington
Ind
New York State
Homer FE. Capehart
Buffalo
Wurlitzer Company
Gornfield
Capehart
Indiana
Democratic National Administration
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