Franco Starts Northern Offense in Spain's Civil War
Northern forces under General Franco launch what insurgents call their final offensive against Asturias and Santander, bombing government lines and using air and artillery to seize Basque and Asturian positions. Reports say the aim is to clear government resistance before fall and redeploy troops to Madrid front.
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Weather Outlook for Tennessee Kentucky Virginia North Carolina and Georgia
Weather forecast notes varied skies across several states. Tennessee Kentucky Virginia North Carolina and Georgia expect mostly cloudy conditions with locally scattered showers or thundershowers, gradual temperature changes, and possible afternoon or evening showers Tuesday.
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Revision of wage measure favored by labor panel
The House Labor Committee formally endorsed a revised wage-hour bill, aiming to strengthen collective bargaining without supplanting workers’ self-organization. The plan sets a 40 cent maximum minimum wage and a 40 hour workweek, with regional board appointments and broader coverage, trimming Senate provisions and removing an exemption for local retailers. A final note recalls Saint Anthans, once a cobbler, who became a Christian bishop in Alexandria.
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Labor Standards Board
Main Stem Provides Pastor With Material For Changes
Dr Clarence V Howell leads a social experiment described as a vast laboratory of life. He seeks to bridge race, religion, and class gaps through reconciliation tours with students and tourists. The piece portrays his energetic advocacy and ongoing field studies into life’s broader realities.
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Clarence V. Howell
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Columbian
Floggings Reported In New Orleans Case
Oscar Kay a WPA worker, flogged by Eloise Willis and her father Alfred C Willis after alleging he spread rumors about her The attack occurred in the Willis front yard with Kay left bruised and hospitalized He said he would press warrants for attempted murder while police planned formal charges against Eloise and Alfred on assault and battery The event drew about 100 witnesses and Kay said a steel cable was used in the flogging
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Committee seeks broader tax law reforms in hearings
Washington August 8 Treasury undersecretary Roswell Magill told the House Ways and Means Committee that the government is exploring international efforts to curb tax avoidance and evasion. He testified as hearings opened on proposals to close major gaps in revenue laws with the Treasury and State Department discussing tax information exchange with foreign governments including Canada. Magill said the Treasury concurs with the joint tax committee recommendations for more drastic treatment of domestic and foreign holdings, yachts, country estates and personal trusts, among others, and that data will be presented to Congress in November for a potential new revenue law.
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Cotton Crop Forecast Reaches 15.6 Million Bales
The Agriculture Department projects the 1937 cotton crop at 15,593,000 bales based on August conditions and July 1 cultivation, with 33.43 million acres abandoned. Final output hinges on remaining season conditions, while past crops averaged lower and yields per acre are forecast at 223.5 pounds.
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Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Census Bureau
New Orleans
Officer Arrested in Woman's Death in New York
Mounted Officer Albert I Chalmers, 84 and married, is jailed without bail on suspicion of homicide in the slaying of Irma Louise Pradier, a 42 year old French woman found shot near the Harlem river. Detectives say sugar lumps from the victim’s pocket plus a struggle over Chalmers’ revolver point to a motive tied to a love affair.
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Horsts win temporary custody in baby adoption case
In Chicago on August 9 AP reports the foster parents of baby Donald Otto Horst secured a court order granting temporary custody after filing a formal petition to adopt him. The development follows a prior court hearing and reflects a pending adoption proceeding.
Life Out of Death Baby and Mother Buried
Dominick Bpesassini faced a double tragedy in Philadelphia as his wife died and their baby Frances Mary, born by post mortem cesarean at Philadelphia General Hospital, lived 44 hours. The infant survived only briefly after a difficult delivery by Dr John Corbit, chief resident obstetrician, two days after the mother’s death.
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Frances Mary
Philadelphia General Hospital
John Corbit
Germany to Begin Ocean Air Service From Lubeck
Lufthansa engineers prepared the Nordmeer seaplane for the first survey flight toward a New York air service. The eight-flight program will start at 6 a.m. with Captain Joachim Blankenburg leading the leg to Lisbon, then Horta, and on to New York, with stops and crew including Count Siegfried von Schack and Wilhelm Kueppers.
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Lisbond
Portugal
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Siegfried von Schack
Wilhelm Kueppers
Otto Gruschwitz
Lisbon
Friedrich Buddenbrock
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Ex convict held for child murder in Brooklyn
New York Aug 9 A 48 year old hospital orderly, Lawrence Marks, released from prison two months ago, is charged with murder as the Strangler of Paula Magagna, fourth Brooklyn child to die at an attacker’s hand. He confessed after an 18 hour interrogation, and police say he re enacted the crime in the basement with the family above.
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Lawrence Marks
Great Meadows
Frederick Kopff
Marks
Kopff
Kopf
Chinese Fear Attack After Pair Is Killed
Shanghai clashes escalate as a Chinese peace preservation corps barricades roads to Chinese areas. One Chinese soldier and one Japanese were killed amid Japanese refugees flooding into Shanghai. Kiangwan and Chapei districts sealed off as armed corps guard borders and air space tensions rise.
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Chinese Peace Preservation Corps
Yangtze Valley
Kiangwan
Peace Preservation Corps
Mlitarized Police
Chapei
Hungjao
China
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Hopeh
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Peiping
Chemist Sees First Tobacco Auction in Waycross
Dr. Charles Herty, Savannah chemist and promoter of Georgia’s natural resources, attended Waycross tobacco auction. It was the first tobacco auction he had ever seen, marking a notable event for local industry.
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Waycross
Charles H. Herty
Savannah
Georgia
CIO Battle Still Smolders Along Steel Front in Ohio
In Youngstown Ohio on August 8 a battlefield mood hangs over the steel front as the Little Steel strike continues its toll. Union leaders report most workers affected have returned to furnaces and mills while some operations run at reduced capacity.
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