Terror Reigns As City Awaits More Viguence
Shanghai faces terror as Aug 13 marks the fighting anniversary. Anti Japanese acts inflame the international settlement with attacks on a Japanese cotton mill and box factory. Casualties rise while police and volunteers patrol, and leaflets spark further unrest amid tensions between Chinese and Japanese interests in the foreign concessions.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
United States
Isualti
Chiang Kai- Shek
Loey
Jiopalace
Cniliven
Yunatee River
Rong
Nanchang
Yangtze
China
Spain
Syandace Oil
Weather report fragment with scattered conditions
Fragmentary forecast notes describe cloudy periods and chances of thunder showers across several states including Alabama and Kentucky. Mentions easterly winds and moderating temperatures with night and Saturday conditions varying from fair to cloudy patterns.
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Alabama
Shenandoah survivor to board flight 11 from East Tenn
Commander Charles E B Rosendahl, sole survivor of the Shenandoah disaster and veteran of the Macon and Akron airships, is expected to board American Airlines flight 11 at 2 38 p m today, per reservations arranged by John A Gemmell. Rosendahl’s prior overnight location and mission details were not disclosed.
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Charles EB. Rosen- 1
American Airlines
John
A. Gemmell
Rosendahl
Me.Gemmell
Arkansas canvass finalizes primary results for court and seats
Definite outcomes from the Democratic primary hinge on the official canvass. Unofficial tallies from 1,988 of 2,002 precincts show J Sexborn Holt leading W R Donham for the Arkansas Supreme Court seat by 2,132 votes with 127,281 to 125,150. Senate race totals list Caraway at 142,208 and McClellan at 183,368. Governor contenders Briley 142,612 Cook 130,490 McNutt 4,909.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
J. Sexborn Holt
Fort Smith
Vore
Sead
W. R. Donham
Littice Rock
Towle
Donham
Holt
Yell County
Free State
US. Senate
Hattie Caraway
John L. McClellan
Sylvia Sidney to wed actor Luther Adler in London
Hollywood reports Sylvia Sidney 28, plans marriage to Luther Adler in London. Adler, known for Golden Boy on stage, has not appeared in film. Sidney and Adler reportedly fled to London amid wedding plans. Local chatter notes Sidney hails from the Bronx and rose to stardom in Hollywood.
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Sylvia Sidney
London
Sidney Hoallywood
Luther Adler
New York
Boh
Ringlind
Cing
Sidney
Adler
Adley
Hollyood
Pugilist
Miss Sitney
Bronxhorn
Aes Been
King Gunstar
Elmast
Hair Strands Linked to Murder Probe Faces Skepticism
Special to The Times GATE CITY Aug 12 hair samples of three types were considered in the investigation of the Willie MacConry murder. Sheriff Quillen cautioned the hair could have been planted and noted a several day gap before discovery. The case also involves a suspect, D Bray, 18, tied to the slain girl.
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Times Gate
JT. ER
Quillen
Scott County
Hagan Richmond
Bray
Richmond
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Quillin
Enly
Cassard
Here
D. Bray
German Military Tactics Watched By Diplomats
Paris reports of German military preparations trigger Foreign Office scrutiny. Officials say troop movements are significant but not full mobilization. Some see aims to pressure Czechoslovakia and to influence Britain and France amid ongoing diplomatic tensions.
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Ansmit
Paris
Germany
Foreign Office Officix
Foreign Office
Reich
Qeechoslovak
Britain
France
Tacsics
Sakhalin reports new border fight
Domei reports a fresh Russo Japanese border incident on Sakhalin Island near the frontier divining control. An alleged shooting of a Japanese inspection party member sparked police rushes as both nations maintained an armistice amid recent hostilities on the Siberian border.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Sakhalin
Soviet Union
Domei
Shikika
Sakahalin
Rusa
Siberia
Matt
Manchevkuo
Elderly swimmer learns to dive at city pool on children’s day
In WHEA IL on August 12, Mrs. Adolph Candrian aged 78, who began swimming at 57, dived from the fourfoot pool edge during a children’s day event. The manager approved her activity, assuming she wished only to wade.
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Zee
Grandma Candrian
City
Adolph Candrian
Probe death in cab strike nears end in XVILLE
Homicide Chief Tom Day investigates the death of an elderly night watchman at the Labor Temple as the citys cab strike approaches its fifth week. Also reported seven prisoners escaped Winchester county jail by sawing bars and skipping through a narrow opening after soaping their bodies. A Japanese naval communique claims over 100 warplanes raid Hankow headquarters of Chiang Kai-Shek. Fort Payne Journal notes Heflin pardon effort article criticizing Scottsboro cases.
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Tom Day
Labor Temple
Winchester
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Heflin
Fort Payne
Als
Fort Payne Journal
J. Thomas Heflin
Scottsboro
Roosevelt tightens liberal lines in Georgia clash
President Roosevelt launches a frontal attack on Senator Walter George of Georgia, signaling a long battle within the Democratic Party between conservative southern Democrats and liberal supporters. The Barnesville speech, one of his most important of the five week trip, critiques George and former Governor Eugene Talmadge and foreshadows broader fights in Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, and Connecticut, with potential interventions to defeat opponents aligned with Tydings and Lonergan. Roosevelt plans further stops and a September visit to Chickamauga National Park as part of his liberal program.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Walter George
Georgia
Tadey
Barnesyville
South Carolina
Barnesville
George
Hand
Lawrence Camp
New Deal
Eugene Talmadge
Kingston
Ontario
Queens University
Maryland
Millard Tydings
David J. Lewis
Tydings
Senator Lonergan
Connecticut
Mr. Roosevelt
Greenville
S C
B. D. Smith
Lonergan
South
Chickamauga National Park
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jury considers fate of Carroll in Doctor Littlefield murder case
In South Paris Maine on August 12 the jury began deliberations over former deputy Sheriff Francis M Carroll charged with murdering Dr James G Littlefield to hide alleged unfatherly acts toward his daughter Barbara 18 The judge outlined three possible verdicts acquittal murder or manslaughter with life or 20 year terms The prosecution accused Carroll of the crime to conceal the acts while Carrolls lawyers blamed Paul I Dwyer 19 Barbara s former sweetheart and Carroll s chief accuser The jury s decision awaited in this high profile case.
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Paris
Francis M. Carroll
James G. Littlefield
Laday
William H. Fisher
Maine
Carroll
Barbara
Carrell
Paul I. Dwyer
Francis MM
James Te Nee
Page
Editorial View of FDR Ousting George Sparks Debate
Editorials remark on President Roosevelt urging Georgia to dump Senator Walter George. The Barnesville speech triggers calls from World Telegram and New York Sun to rally behind the Georgia senator. The piece notes Georgia Democrats’ pride and anti carpetbagging sentiment and hints at a statewide test of loyalty to Roosevelt’s objectives.
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Roosevelt
Barnesville
Walter George
Georgia
World-Telegram
New York World-Telegram
George
Wall Street Suffers Broad Selloff Amid Gold Flight
Large selling orders hit Wall Street as capital fled into gold and European rates. Stocks and bonds declined with losses in key issues while markets reacted to reports of German military buildup and fears of Czechoslovakia action. Gold prices rose in London signaling continental unease.
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New York
Wall Street
Gold Shack
Germany
Czechoslovakia
London
Double execution of killers Applegate and Suhay in Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas, August 22. Robert Suhay and Glenn Applegate, New York gunmen convicted of killing FBI agent W. W. Baker, were hanged at the federal penitentiary. It was the first double execution in Kansas in over 70 years. Applegate faced death with quiet defiance, while Suhay struggled to contain his emotions as he climbed the gallows. Witnesses included the slain agent’s father and brother.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Robert Suhay
Glenn Applegate
New York
W. W. Baker
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Penitentiary
Kansas
Applegate
Suhaye
H. H. Baker
Yuma
Aziz
PBI
BR. B. Baker
Suhay
Nid
Hiller
New Deal pressure on Georgia senate race in 1944
President Roosevelt returned from a five week trip to urge Georgia Democrats to replace veteran Senator Walter F. George with Lawrence S. Camp. He questioned liberal versus conservative standards and named Eugene Talmadge as an unacceptable candidate. The Barnesville stop featured a blunt call that George cannot meet liberal standards, as other contenders Ellison Smith, Edgar Brown, and James Byrnes visited the president’s car.
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Shington
Roosevelt
Walter F. George
Senate
Georgia
Barnesville
George
White House
Eugene Talmadge
W. G. McRae
Atlanta
Hull
Perkins
Woodring
Rener
Malin Craig
Army
South Carolina
Greenville
Olin D. Johnston
Ellison D. Smith
Edgar Brown
James Byrnes
Johnston
Columbia
Talmadge
Camp
G. D. Rivers
Richard B. Ruscali, Jr
Young Roosevelt denies huge wage claim in interview
New York August 12 Jim Roosevelt son and secretary to President Roosevelt rebutted a widely circulated figure that he earned up to 2 million a year from insurance. He released income tax figures showing 1933 to 1947 earnings from 21714 to 49167 annually totaling 372978 over five years and said he did not solicit or accept any insurance payments since joining Washington. He also noted his 10000 salary when he moved to Washington last year and his resignation from Roosevelt and Sargent.
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Jimmy Roosevelt
Walter Davenport
Coler
Alva Johnston
Saturday Evening Post
Roosevelt
Washington
Boston
Roosevelt and
Sargent
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