Defenders Halt Insurgent Onslaught West of Madrid
In fierce combat near Villanueva De La Canada, government defenders clash with insurgents as Brunete’s fall tightens the wedge on Madrid. Air battles mark the conflict with insurgent bombers facing government fighters and a tri motor downed near Escorial.
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Madrid
Villanueva de Las Canada
Brunete
Villanueva
Escorial
United States
Villianueva de la Canada
Joe Miaja
Brunette
Roen
Three Killed On Trestle in Tragic Outing
Two boys survived a railroad trestle crash that killed their mother Mrs. Joseph Brown and Dr John Wolff and young Jack Brown near St Louis. Eddie Wolff 22 and Eugene Brown 11 testifiy at coroner inquest. Train crew to testify about the accident on the St Louis San Francisco line 30 miles south of St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Eugene Brown
Eddie Wolff
Brown
Joseph Brown
Drs. John Wolff
Jack Brown
St. Louis-San Francisco
Jefferson City Wins Battle for State Offices Building
Jefferson City secured the state offices building site after a spirited bid by Kumbia and renewed negotiations. Thorpe J. Gordon of the D. of C. hailed the Capital City location as a victory, noting it will centralize statewide departments now housed in rented space. The project aligns with Missouri’s plan to own offices and reduce rentals. In a separate item, an Elyria Ohio report noted a car broke through a guard rail into the river. the driver Mike Buri and passenger Andy Kusko were rescued, with minor injuries and no serious harm.
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Kumbia
Jefferson City
Thorpe J. Gordon
D. of C
Madison Hotel
State
Elyria
Andy Kusko
Mike Buri
Chinese and Japanese clash near Peiping in tense standstill
Chinese and Japanese forces clashed near Peiping amid Japanese demands to take over the Chinese garrison from the 37th division. Tokyo warned of reprisal for a Chinese assault on a Japanese signal corps unit. Casualties were reported among soldiers and civilians as both sides claimed readiness for possible war.
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Peiping
Signal Corps
Langfang
Hopeh-Chahar
Domei
Wanpingh-sien
Tientsin
Angfang
China
O Malley Announces Fire Insurance Rate Reductions
State Insurance Superintendent R E O Malley says fire insurance rates drop on city buildings by about 20 percent and 5 to 10 percent on farms. A slight rise applies in 22 south central counties due to higher loss ratios as part of a rate adjustment plan tied to a 13 year rate litigation settlement.
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Colorado Springs
Lloyd ©. Stark
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City Democratic Organization
R. E. O'Malley
Pendergast
O’malley
O'Malley
Odd science tale explains word deafness linked to brain tumors
AFP report describes 17 patients with brain tumors who know objects by name but cannot name them. The problem ties to a tumor pressing on the dominant brain side. Also notes a BBC studio incident where four Canadian girls appeared with bare legs, prompting an apology from the Women's League of Health and Beauty.
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Howard Blakeslee
AFP
Science
New York
Earl C. Chester
M. D
Irk
Staudio London
The
Women’s League of Health and Beauty
British Broadcasting Corporation
Aebel Palace
Renewal of Rioting Hits West Coast and Midwest
Amid a broad strike wave, workers at People's Store remove merchandise as a long siege looms in Tacoma. San Francisco hostel workers vote for peace ending an eight day walkout. East Chicago sees 12 000 former workers return to pay windows at the Taland Steel plant after a half million dollar payout. Detroit Ford plant foreman testifies before the NLRB about discharging seven workers for property damage, not union membership, promising more dismissals if needed.
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Tacoma
Wash
People’s
Chicago
Ind
Taland Steel
Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
Richard Elberth
Ford Plant
Slaying Mystery Trails From Kingdom City to Missouri
Fulton Mo July 26 AP state and local officers faced a stone wall in identifying the slain youth found with five bullet holes near the 1st Louis Kansas City highway. Clues traced to a 1930 roadster with New York plates and a companion. initial guesses about Morris B Close and Cameron Wayne Pebley were ruled out. Relatives could not identify the victim. fingerprints did not match marine corps files.
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Fulton
Kingdom City
Rochester
Albany
L. E. Eslick
State Highway Patrol
First
Morris B. Close
Cameron Wayne Pebley
Holt County
Pebley
Jshier
Louis
Kansas City
New York
T. A. Favsetti
Close
Sibley, Lindsay and Carr
Marine Corps
What Congress Is Doing Today
Senate considers 9 McCarran bill to limit freight trains to 70 cars and may take up wage hour bill. Judiciary subcommittee continues drafting substitute court bill. House debates Bonneville Dam administration. Joint tax committee discusses domestic personal holding companies. Labor committee studies wage hour bill.
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Associated Press
Senate
McCarran
Judiciary
House
Bonneville Dam
Ss Labor Committee
Weekend Sightings And A Fatal Lightning Event In Missouri
Deputy Circuit Clerk John Laut reported Clerk Guy M Sone and party arrived at Willoughby's Lake Vermont while Mr and Mrs Arch Copeland welcomed a newborn girl at St Mary's hospital. A BBQ and dance hosted by Bar Tenderrs Local 460 drew 800+ at Frank Dallmeyers cabin on the Moreau river. Eleven people were shocked by a lightning bolt at an Ozarks horseshoe pitching contest with a year old boy among the injured.
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John Laut
Guy M. Sone
Sone
Willoughby’s Lake
Westmore
Vermont
Northeast
Canada
Arch Copeland
St. Mary's Hospital
Frank Dallmeyer
Moreau River
Jefferson City
Aston
Ozarks Mountain
Pluto Named For Honor And Outer Darkness
Pluto’s name honors Percival Lowell and fits as a god of the outer darkness. The newly discovered planet orbits far beyond the other major planets in our solar system.
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Pluto
Percival Lowell
State bonds sold to fund prison rebuild power plant
State board of fund commissions privately sold 3 million dollars in building bonds last week to speed September 1 funding for the state prison rebuilding program and power plant. Auditor Forrest Smith said a 100 thousand dollar premium allows completion, noting buyers Baum Bernheimer and Company of Kansas City would net about 27.5 thousand instead of 50 thousand as previously estimated by St. Louis bond houses.
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State’ Board of Fund’ Commissioners
Forrest Smith
Baum Bernheimer,and Company of
Kansas City
Watermelons Pile Into Rail Yards in Dunklin County
Watermelons from Dunklin county patches begin moving to railroad yards as Missouri crews estimate 800 carloads ready for shipment today. The story notes ripening fruit and a rush to distribute the home grown harvest.
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Kennett
Dunklin County
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