Fierce Fight Still Raging For Shanghai
Aug 27 authoritative sources report Britain demanded full satisfaction from Japan for the shooting of Ambassador Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen. Eden presented the three-point demand to Shigeru Yoshida, seeking punishment of airmen, preventive guarantees, and full compensation.
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London
China
Anthony Eden
Shigeru Yoshida
Foreign Office
Japan
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
Britain
Nanking
Shanghai
Tokyo
Andrew W. Mellon Dies After 11 Years in Service
Andrew W. Mellon dies at 82 in Southampton New York after a month of illness from uremia and pneumonia. The financier served as secretary of the treasury under three presidents and as ambassador to Great Britain, leaving a legacy as Pittsburgh’s influential philanthropist. Funeral services are planned in Pittsburgh at East Liberty Presbyterian Church.
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Southampton
N. Y
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Great Britain
Treasury Department
David K. OE. Bruce
Paul
Ailsa
Bruce
Pittsburgh
Mellon
Washington
London
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
R. B. Mel
Ambasasdor
United States
Franco Shifts Motorized Columns Toward Aragon Front
Reports from Hendaye say Generalissimo Franco orders a fast moving motorized column from Santander toward Zaragoza to reinforce the Aragon front. Insurgent communiques claim the attack near Zaragoza continues from two directions while Madrid Valencia forces push to within four miles of the city. Five insurgent planes were shot down and Madrid Valencia forces lose one aircraft.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Zaragoza
Santander
Aragon
Biscayne
Franco
Ebro
Saragoza
Valencia
Villamayor de Gallego
Kidnap Accusation In Asheville Stuns Town
Miss Laverne Hedges 16 and Sam Wolfe 19 reported being kidnapped last night by Bill Payne in Asheville. Police say the pair were brought to Thomasville in Payne’s car where they were questioned at headquarters this morning.
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Laverne Hedges
Sam Wolfe
Swannanoa
Payne
Man
Thomasville
Young Couple Brought To City For Conference
A 16 year old girl and her 19 year old companion were taken to the detective bureau and told police and a federal investigator about a kidnapping by Bill Payne. They described a gunpoint abduction at Asheville’s recreation park last night and a long ride ending in Thomasville at dawn today before being forced to catch a bus back to Asheville with $25 in one dollar bills.
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C. M. Smith
Detective Bureau
P Cers
Bill Payne
Recreation Park
Asheville
Thomasville
Payne
Miss H
Treau
Thomville
High Weed Prices Persist Across New Bright Belt Markets
Market reports from North Carolina and nearby states show New Bright Belt tobacco selling at 20 to 25 cents a pound with an average around $21 to $25 on opening day across 14 markets. Kinston, Greenville, Rocky Mount, and Goldsboro posted strong volumes as warehousemen forecast a big price break Monday.
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Ralbeigh
Bright Belt
Those
Kinston
Greenville
Rocky Mount
Goldsboro
New Bright Belt
America Serves Notice To Japan And China
Secretary Hull announced the United States had served notice on Japan and China demanding respect for U S rights and interests in the Far East. He said the two powers should observe these rights or face damages to the U S government or its citizens from hostile actions. Hull did not link it to a reported blockade threat but noted consular confirmation that Japan planned a blockade of Chinese ports.
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Washington
Hull
Japan
China
Far East
Battle of Lotien Shanghai Warfront Rages as Tokyo Advance
Three divisions of China's forces push to halt a Japanese assault northwest of Shanghai near Lotien. Bombs and shells reduce Lotien to ruins as Japanese infantry breach defenses. Britain's ambassador Hugh Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen is wounded but alive after a blood transfusion from a U.S. seaman. reports say the town is all but destroyed and the battle lines shift with heavy casualties.
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Shanghai
China
Lotien
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbul- Hugessen
Britain
United States
Kiangwan
jJuet
Funeral for W Eugene Page in Columbus Saturday
W Eugene Page prominent newspaper publisher and former Georgia federal revenue collector died in a car crash near Camilla. Funeral services will be held Saturday at his Columbus residence. His chauffeur Leonard McDuffie survived with minor injuries. Page led publishing firms that include the Columbus Ledger and Enquirer and advised Governor Roosevelt’s 1932 Georgia campaign.
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Columbus
W. Eugene Page
Internal Revenue
Georgia
Camilla
Page
R. W. Page Corporation
Florida
Leonard McDuffie
Columbus Ledger
The
Columbus Enquirer
Bradenton
Fla
Herald
Wilmington
N. C
Star- News
Roosevelt
Volunteers Sought for Band in China Mission
The 15th infantry issued a call for volunteers to serve in war torn China not for combat but as musicians for the regimental band at Tientsin. The post in San Diego noted August 27 as the date of the appeal.
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San Diego
Calif
15Th Infantry
China
Tientsin
Four Bodies Found In Plane Wreck Near Albany
The wreckage of a Rochester owned plane near Albany NY yielded four dead. State Assemblyman Pritchard H Strong and three companions were identified only as likely victims, with Mrs Strong and Charles H Audson among those aboard. Pilot Clarence Robinson of Rochester was presumed dead. Rescue crews faced heavy rain and fog as they recovered remains.
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Albany,n.y
Albany
N. Y
Pritchard H. Strong
Rochester
Strong
Jaspeh Fitzgerald
Saratoga Springs
Mrs. Strong
Charles H. Audson
Rochester Investment
Ewesel
Clarence
Lee Yorke
Exam to Die For Murder Continues on Page Two
In Goldsboro a white man faces death in the gas chamber and another gets life at hard labor after a jury convicts them of slaying Jim Williams, an aged negro hermit, and robbing him. Exum received death. Sasser later pleaded to being an accessory and drew life with hard labor. The trial marks a racial-ment precedent per Judge Grady. Williams's body was found in Little River after neighbors reported his absence.
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Goldsboro
Jim Williams
Ry Tye
Milford Exum
Fart Sasser
Henry A. Grady
Sasser
Claude Cannaday
Grady
Exum
Little River
Charity Will Get Potatoes
Mrs. W. T. Best announced the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation authorized a purchase of 1.5 million pounds of North Carolina sweet potatoes for needy people. Four-fifths will stay in state with Camden and Currituck counties supplying most of the crop. Distribution starts within two weeks. FSCC funds, prices, and buyers while the state welfare agency pays for potatoes, costing about $16,000.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. T. Best
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
North Carolina
Camden
Currituck
FSCC
State Welfare Organization
Hancock Opposes Special Session Seeks Time for Study
Winston-Salem August 27 Rep Hancock of North Carolina urged that a special session of Congress not be called. He said more time is needed to study pending legislation and voiced support in principle for the wages and hours bill but opposed the administration’s approach. He predicted a better wage hour measure next session.
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Winston-Salem
Rep
Hancock
D-Nc
Congress
Wilsonian Democratic Club
Government To Make Fort Raleigh Historically Right
The National Park Service plans to demand maximum historic authenticity for Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island if included in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Park. Officials will survey the area, with North Carolina historians, to ensure authentic development, and the bill to establish the park may require at least 100000 acres.
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Washington
National Park Service
Old Fort Raleigh
Roanoke Island
N. C
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Fort Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
Conrad L. Wirth
National Park Director
Seashore
Park Service
Wirth
National Park and
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras Park
Ickes
Lindsay C. Warren
Washington, D. C
Park Service estimates Parkway work on Blue Ridge expands
The Park Service says 4.5 million dollars appropriated for 1937 38 parkway work will fund grading for about 73 more miles and surface improvements on sections under contract. Ten percent of the appropriation will be impounded under an economy provision.
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Washington
The
Park Service
Congress
Blue Ridge Parkway
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Great Smoky National Park
North Carolina
Plane Skids Into Tree Injuring Pilot's Feelings
Tee Gaillard a young flying student from Monroe North Carolina crashed his training plane into a tree at Tulsa Oklahoma. He crawled from the wreckage lit a cigarette and quipped that only his feelings were hurt. He had been flying eleven months without an accident and hoped to finish his master transport course in five more months. The motor cowling came loose prompting the landing which led to the collision on takeoff.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tee Gaillard
Monroe
N. C
Russians Not in Alaska Ends Transpolar Flight Search
Fairbanks reporters say Pacific Alaska Airlines pilots are convinced Sigismund Levaneffsky and five Soviet crew did not reach Alaska on their Moscow to Oakland trans polar attempt routed via Fairbanks. Three PAA planes have flown 100000 miles in northern Alaska without finding the missing aircraft.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Pacific
Alaska Airwavs
Sigismund SW Levaneffsky
Moscow
Oakland
Calif
PAA
Vatican Receives Spanish Insurgent Envoy for Cabinet Letters
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, the Papal secretary of state, met with the envoy of Spain's insurgent government and accepted his letters of cabinet. This follows the Vatican's de facto recognition of General Francisco Franco's regime through Pablo de Churruca, Marquis of Aycenera.
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Vatican City
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Spain
Vatican
Francisco Franco
Pablo de Churruca
Aycenena
Democats wrestling with a party cleavage in Washington
Washington reports that national officials, leaders, and commentators observe signs of Democratic dissension. The debate centers on the nature and permanence of factional splits, with varying views on which figures survive as leaders or become sidelined as the party navigates internal strife and public scrutiny.
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Milo Thompson Washington
Democratic Party
Tom
Harry
Flood Waters Continue To Rise In Eastern Carolinas
Swollen by heavy rains eastern North Carolina rivers kept rising today covering thousands of acres of lowlands though damage appeared limited. The Neuse at Smithfield stood at 17 feet 3 inches with potential further rise, Tar at Rocky Mount rose above banks, Roanoke at Weldon up 86 feet 6.5 inches likely to climb four more feet by tomorrow, Cape Fear rising rapidly but within banks. Weather officials warned continued increases through next week.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Lee A. Denson
Weather Bureau
Neuse
Smithfield
Denson
Rocky Mount
Weldon
Roanoke
Cape Fear
Real Head
Move To Higher Ground In Roanoke Rapids Flood
Lowland residents moved to higher ground as the Roanoke River crest was forecast at 40 feet by tomorrow after the river reached 35 feet at Weldon yesterday. In Washington two hundred residents returned home after a night fearing floodwater from an overtaxed drain would flood houses.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke River
Weldon
Washington
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