Chinese Victorious In Air But Shanghai Siege Is Continued
Shanghai fights raged under smoke as a Chinese air fleet won the largest aerial battle of the war while the international settlement council decided to release 7000 inmates from Ward Road jail to ease crowding. The Paotung barrage and Wangpoo duel continued with American casualties aboard the Augusta.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
Nanking
Ward Road
Paotung
Wangpoo River
Augusta
Democratic Ranks Split As Congress Winds Up Session
Washington August 21 AP The Seventy-fifth Congress adjourned after six weeks in session. The Democratic majority arrived eager to work but split as the chamber wound down amid partisan friction and debate over key measures.
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Congress
Washington
Seventy-fifth
Roosevelt Memorial Rejected by FDR in Close Senate
Washington Aug 21 President Roosevelt signed a group of secondary bills and announced his 17th veto as Congress faced a slim majority and a packed Supreme Court issue. The session ended with compromise and postponement rather than full approval of Roosevelt’s legislative program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
China
Augusta
Congress
United States
Japan
White House
State
Navy
Democratic Party
Senate
Supreme Court
William Green
A. F. of L
Green
Denver
Cacinal
Browning Backed for Thorough Probes in Hall Tax
Nashville August 21 Special Investigator Lewis S. Pope says he acts under statute and Governor Browning in pursuing delinquent Hall income tax payments. He explains that federal returns trigger state actions and that he issues statements rather than citations to avoid hardship and costs. Pope notes penalties for noncompliance and cites widespread taxpayer oversights.
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Nashville
Lewis S. Pope
Browning
Washington
Pope
Local Showers For Tennessee And Virginia Forecast
Local showers and thunderstorms are expected Sunday across Tennessee and Virginia. Temperatures will stay near current levels with a slight cool down in the northern Virginia portion on Sunday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Shanghai bombing probe begun as tug of war over shelling fate
The United States Navy opened an inquiry into the Augusta shelling in Shanghai that killed one American sailor and wounded 17. Eyewitnesses were questioned by a special naval board as the Nanking government deplored the incident and cautioned that the shell’s origin remains uncertain. American evacuation plans accelerated with thousands preparing to leave on Manilla-bound liners.
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Shanghai
United States Navy
Augusta
Nanking
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Naval Board of
United States Asiatic Fleet
Whangpoo River
Navy Department
Washington
Harry E. Yarnell
Whangpoo
Manila
Hoover
McKinley
President Pierce
Lincoln
Cesulit Alters
Armerycan L Dents of
Fulton
Perry
Republicans Again Pick Perry For Legislature
In Scott County Virginia Republicans nominated incumbent Dr. W H Perry for a fourth term stating party unity. Opponent W B Fulton vows to push bills to limit school administration power while arguing county boards should answer to supervisors.
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J. B
Fulton
Board of Supervisors
C. H. Neeley
Virginia
State Board of Education
Perry
Reaper Shuffles Political Puzzle After Bachman Dies
Washington reports the Tennessee delegation faces a reshuffle after Senator Nathan L. Bachman’s death on April 23. Governor Browning appoints Major George L. Berry who clashes with Senator McKellar on patronage. John L. Rogers later confirmed as interstate commerce commissioner over McKellar’s opposition amid talks of park funding and court expansion.
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Washington
Tennessee
Congress
Nathan L. Bachman
Browning
George L. Berry
Kenneth McKellar
John L. Rogers
Knoxville
McKellar
Confession Clears Agent in Chickamauga Slaying Case
Special Agent Joseph H. Farley announced complete confessions from Roy Weathers and his wife Vergie in the mutilation murder of James Revels. Revels, 21, was found murdered in a Chickamauga National Park creek after disappearance from his home. Weathers, an escaped Georgia convict, faced a fugitive charge and police linked the slaying to the park in Catoosa County. Revels and Weathers were acquainted. Revels’ sister is Weathers’ brother’s wife.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Joseph H. Farley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roy
Rip”) Weathers
Vergie
James C. Revels
Revels
Chickamauga National Park
Farley
Weathers
E. E. Smith
Georgia
Martin Fleming
Chickamauga Park
Catoosa County
Fort Oglethorpe
Mystery Heiress Body Found Not Parsons, Police Say
In New London Connecticut on August 21 police announced a badly decomposed body was found. dental signs exclude it as Mrs. Alice McDonnell Parsons, a Long Island heiress who vanished from Story Brook June 9.
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Alice Parsons
New London
Conn
Dennis W. Cavanaugh
Alice McDonnell Parsons
Long Island
Cavanaugh
Brook, L. I Home
License Issued to Peckham Atwill in San Francisco
A marriage license was issued in San Francisco to Donald V. Peckham 29 from Hartford Connecticut and Beatrice Atwill 35 from Brandenburg Kentucky.
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San Francisco
Donald V. Peckham
Hartford
Conn
Beatrice Atwill
Brandenburg
Veterans Gather in Columbus for 39th Spanish War Encampment
Veterans from abroad who fought in the Cuban campaign join about 20,000 others in Columbus for the 39th annual United Spanish War Veterans encampment. Delegates from Cuba the Canal Zone Puerto Rico and the Philippines attend the gathering tonight.
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Columbus
Cuba
United Spanish War Veterans
Canal Zone
Porto Rico
Philippines
Fourth hospital slaying fuels Chicago police hunt
Chicago police take charge of a manhunt after a 19 year old nurse Anna Kuchta was killed in her hospital room. A blood stained brick and a floor lamp fingerprint are among clues as investigators seek a Black suspect following three prior similar attacks.
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Chicago
Anna Kuchta
Miss Kuchta
Miss Palmowski
Fire Destroys Hotels Forcing Asbury Park Evacuation
A major blaze swept two Boardwalk hotels in Asbury Park New Jersey on August 21 forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 000 guests from seven endangered hotels. Firefighters from Asbury Park Lane Fort Monmouth Hancock plus police marshals and soldiers battled the flames as guests and staff fled. The New Monmouth Hotel and Park Lane burned while heavy heat and rising flames lit the Atlantic shoreline with no injuries reported and no cause yet known.
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Asbury Park
N. J
New Monmouth
Asbury Park Lane
Forts Monmouth
Hancock
Atlantic
Park Lane
Enlightened despots included Catherine and Joseph II
The phrase refers to 18th century rulers known as enlightened despots. It names Catherine the Great and Emperor Joseph II of Austria as prominent examples.
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Catherine
Emperor Joseph II of Austria
Gooden Succumbs After Fall at Tennessee Eastman Plant
Harry Gooden 25, steel worker for Converse Bridge and Steel in Chattanooga, died after a 25 foot fall from a steel column at a Tennessee Eastman plant. He sustained injuries Wednesday and died Friday. survivors include a widow and four children. The death was due to severe internal injuries. Remainder shipped to Hickson for funeral services.
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Harry Gooden
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Gooden
Converse Bridge and Steel Company
Chattanooga
Hickson
Tenn
Theacker Gishn Tad
Veterans to march again as convention opens Sunday
Nashville August 21 The 1917 18 doughboys now middle aged will march in the nineteenth annual Tennessee American Legion convention opening Sunday The parade Monday afternoon will feature 10 bands and floats with Sons of the Legion prominent Organizers expect 3000 to 3500 Legionnaires at the gathering Total state department membership stands at 20321 up 3436 from last year Halbert Harvill dean of Austin Peay Normal Clarksville unopposed for commander Dr Harvill currently Mid Tennessee vice commander and Clarksville post head Knoxville is slated for 1938
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Nashville
Tennessee Department
American Legion
Guy H. May
Sons of the Legion
May
State Department
Halbert Harvill
Austin Peay Normal
Clarksville
Middle Tennessee
Harvill
Knoxville
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House Rules Committee
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Reaper
Bachman
Congressional Service
Joseph W. Burns
House
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rip Weathers
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