Russians Repulse Japanese Try to Occupy Ussuri Island
Moscow reports a border clash where Soviet troops repelled a Japanese attempt to seize an island in the Ussuri river near Vidnoye. Isvestia claims renewed Chinese front pressures weaken Japan and that Kwantung forces seek to bolster the Japanese army in Manchuria.
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Moscow
Ussuri
Japan
Isvestia
China
Khabarovsk
Siberian
Manchoukuo
Kwantung Army
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Tzvestia
Navy Bomber Crashes in Rain Near Woodbridge
A United States navy bombing plane crashed in driving rain at Woodbridge Connecticut killing instantly the pilot and two passengers. The ship had taken off from Floyd Bennett Field New York at 12 50 p m Eastern War Time. Identified crew included Lieutenant a f McDonough of Boston Massachusetts Lieutenant junior grade W J Drumtra of Gloucester Massachusetts and Aviation Cadet J Parch of Boston Massachusetts.
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Woodbridge
Conn
Floyd Sennett Field
N. Y
Téeut
Gloucester
Mass
J. Parch
Boston
Ss. N. R
Norfolk and Western Gets Fare Increase Approval
Raleigh July 28 The utilities commission grants Norfolk and Western permission to raise passenger fares from two cents a mile to two and a half cents on its three North Carolina lines.
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Raleigh
The
Utilities Commission
Norfolk and Western
North Carolina
Princeton Cornell Run Roughshod Over Oxford Cambridge
The combined Princeton Cornell track team defeated Oxford Cambridge nine events to three in the ninth international track meet this day in London. Strong balance and depth propelled the Americans to an easy victory.
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London
Princeton
Kentucky Women Tourists Found Alive Near Lava Lands
Three Kentucky women tourists missing since Tuesday in the lava haidlands southwest of Grants were found alive and wet about noon today. State Policeman Kenneth McCullough said the trio located about three miles west of the Perpetual Ice Caves where their car was abandoned Tuesday.
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Grants
N. M
Kentucky
Teasday
Langer Challenges Nye Complaint Before Committee
Py go governor William Langer said relief workers were intimidated. Chairman Sheppard announced a committee meeting next week to consider Langer’s complaint, another by Senator George and recent statements by Harry Hopkins of Works Progress Administration.
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Nye
Washington
William Langer
North Dakota
R.N. D
Senate Campaign Investigating
Sheppard
D.tex
Langer
George
D.-ia
Harry Hopkins
Mexico Considers Reply to Hull on Expropriated U S Lands
Mexico City reports the foreign office works on a reply to Secretary Hull’s demand for action on seized American farm lands. Unofficial sources hint at invoking Mexico’s indemnification law allowing payment within ten years. An anti debt statement from The Socialist Front of Lawyers questions postwar debt concepts.
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Mexico City
Foreign Office
Hull
Mexico
United States
Socialist Front of Lawyers
England
Germany
Italy
France
Belgium
Woman Ends Life When It Reaches Dead End Street
In Asheville on July 23 Mrs Esther B Hippen 48 of New York was found fatally shot in a rooming house. A note read Life sometimes leads to a dead end street and that's where mine is now Coroner George F Baier Jr ruled the death self inflicted. Friends said she had threatened suicide due to financial reverses in the wheat market.
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Asheville
Esther B. Hippen
New York
George F. Baier, Jr
Hippa
Strike at Edna Mills Settled
REIDSVILLE July 23 A settlement of the strike at the Edna cotton mills begun on June 26 was announced. The agreement satisfactory to all concerned will allow strikers to return to work. Details of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Reidsville
Edna
Frances Crum to be Crowned Junaluska Queen
Miss Frances Crum 18 of Duke University wins Junaluska beauty contest after voting yesterday among five nominees. The coronation will be held August 6 during the exercises at Lake Junaluska.
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Lake Junaluska
Frances Crum
Duke University
Junaluska
Bond Election Underway In Archdale Trinity District
Archdale Trinity Sanitary district voters cast ballots in two precincts as a $95,000 bond proposal faced rain and turnout questions. Early results show formal turnout with observed opposition trends. Pearl White, noted silent film actress, was reported gravely ill at American Hospital in Paris.
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Archdale-Trinity
Paris
Pearl White
Elf
Archdale-Trinity Sanitary District
Enterprise Today
TVA Delayed by Arguments Between Engineers and Professors
TVA cost allocations were held up by a sharp clash between TVA engineers led by Dr. Arthur E. Morgan and advisory committees mainly made up of university professors. Director David E. Lilienthal testified that the dispute grew so heated two committee members were ready to resign.
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Knoxville
Tenn
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
Congressional Investigation Committee
Lilienthal
Arthur E. Morgan
Fate Of Souths Fight To Get Lower Freight Rates With ICC
Buffalo July 23. The Interstate Commerce Commission weighs Southern efforts to win lower northbound freight rates before a Washington docket, as 400000 words of evidence from the hearing in State of Alabama v New York Central Railroad et al are filed. Northern protests argue rate cuts would harm their industry and economy while Southern advocates claim lower rates boost competition and consumer prices.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
State of Alabama
New York Central Railroad
Southern
United States
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
Husband Held After Woman Slain in Park Hammer Attack
Mrs. Janie Bishop, 26, died from a fractured skull after a hammer assault and dragging by hair in a park near the general accounting office. Her estranged husband Edward Bert Bishop, 35, laborer, was seized by bystanders before police arrived and is held for questioning.
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Washington
Janie Bishop
Edward Bert Bishop
Bishop
Miami
Fla
New York City
Anderson
8. C
Building Of Four Destroyers Fixed
The Navy assigned to the Boston Charleston and Bremerton Navy yards the task of constructing four destroyers. Two ships go to Boston and one to each of the other yards. The vessels, about 1500 tons and among the fastest warships, will cost roughly 5 million dollars each excluding armor and armament, or over 2 million more. The Navy also contracted with two private yards to build four additional destroyers of the same type to balance work between government and private plants.
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Washington
Navy
Boston
Charleston
Bremerton
Wash
Navy Yards
Dead Men Cast Votes Allegations In North Carolina Contest
Raleigh AP July 23 L P McLendon counsel for C B Deane in his contest of W C Burgin nomination in the eighth district says affidavits show dead men voted in Davidson county. Burgin counsel Ehringhaus defends saying confusion of names caused the claims.
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Raleigh
N. C
L. P. McLendon
C. B. Deane
W. C. Burgin
State Board of Elections
Davidson County
McLendon
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Burgin Counsel
Merendon
United States
Mary
Fheringhaus
Supreme Court
Ehringhaus
Loyalist Offensive Expands Across Spanish Fronts
From Hendaye near the Spanish frontier the Government launches a renewed assault on Catalonia to relieve Valencia pressure. Militia attack Sort and Tremp in the Noguera Pallaresa valley while insurgents press on Viver 34 miles from Valencia as a government line holds outside Viver.
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Hendaye
France
Valencia
Spain
Francisco Franco
Catalonia
Sort
Tremp
Noguera Pallaresa
Franco
Viver
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
Weekly outlook shows scattered showers in Florida all week and elsewhere early in the week. Wednesday and Thursday look generally fair, then another shower period toward week’s end. Temperatures near normal in the south, mainly moderate in the north early week, warming Thursday.
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Werather
South Atlantic
Florida
Torrential Rains Batter East Seaboard and Court Quarters
Torrential rains flood the eastern seaboard from Maine to Virginia causing crop losses and outdoor downtime. In Kentucky a no trespassing zone is set around the Harlan trial house after Clay county men paraded near the defendants.
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East Seaboard
London
United States
Harlan Anti-Labor
John Moore
Clay County
Main Street
Associated Press
Seaboard
Maine
Virginia
New York
Croton Lake
Catskills
Opening Week Of Market Here Ends
Inertia peaked at the Southern Furniture and Rug Market as exhibitors closed around noon. Few buyers shopped today with many already at home. Week attendance was very good and exhibitors were pleased with trading and business distribution. Reopening Monday, market runs through next Saturday.
President Roosevelt Nears Equator Aboard Houston
In the Equatorial Pacific the cruiser Houston led by President Roosevelt passed the voyage midpoint from Clipperton Island to the Galapagos. The equator was about 270 miles south, and crew members who had not crossed the line yet prepared to do so as the ship neared the milestone.
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Houston
Equatorial Pacific
Roosevelt
Clipperton Island
Galapagos Group
French objections block Czech power conference plan
Paris officials denounced reports of a proposed power conference on Czechoslovakia, saying outside powers have no right to discuss Slovakia’s fate without its consent and that excluding the Soviet would be unacceptable. Andre Francois-Poncet was summoned to Paris to clarify the proposal with Georges Bonnet.
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Paris
France
Kert von Dirksen
Bassador
London
Minieville Chamberlain
Quay d
Andre Francois-Poncet
Berlin
Georges Bonnet
Britain
Many
Italy
Praha
Germany
Cslovakia
Killer Escapees Sought in Florida
In Inverness Florida a posse hunted two convicts who seized a car after a guard was killed. The pair Bruce Pa and Art Sherman were both inmates serving robberies terms estimated at 20 and 25 years. The guard died from a shotgun wound believed to be fired from a weapon hidden in a car trunk. J M Ayres of Tr and Halley B Lewis of ten were forced from the vehicle before the escape.
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Inverness
Fla
Here
Floral Camp
Bruce Pa
Art Sherman
G W. L. Waters
J. M. Ayres
Halley B. Lewis
Ten
Mountain Music Potency Sets Texas Primary Stages
Texas voters head to the polls amid a dramatic gubernatorial contest led by W Lee O Daniel a Fort Worth flour broker who campaigned from a sound truck with a hillbilly band promising pensions and business reforms Other candidates include Attorney General William McCraw Ernest O Thompson Tom Hunter Karl A Crowley James A Ferguson and twelve more with statewide implications in the Democratic primary Also noted are contests for congressional seats with Hatton W Sumners and Tom Love among key names involved.
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W. Lee O’daniel
Fort Worth
O'Daniel
William McCraw
Ernest O. Thompson
Tom Hunter
Wichita Falls
Karl A. Crowley
Post Office Department
James A. Ferguson
Bellcoun
Farmer Jim
Alo
San Antonio
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America
Mercury
Harlan
Czechoslovakia
Texas
Austin
Tex
Bob Williams
Jim Ferguson
Hatton W. Sumners
House Judiciary Committee
Delas
Tom Love
Ator
Leslie Jackson
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