British Destroyers Seek Submarine After Haack Attack
British destroyers rushed along the eastern Spanish coast to locate a submarine that fired a torpedo at H. M. S. Haack near Cape San Antonio between Alicante and Valencia. The Haack was not hit. Four destroyers, led by the Hardy and Hyperion, proceeded under a policy of fire with fire. Reprisals and diplomatic pressure followed as France urged action in the anti intervention talks.
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Gibraltar
H. M. S. Haack
Alicante
Valencia
Haack
Haock
Hardy
Hyperion
Hiereward
Hasty
Rai
Ziark
I. M.S. Haark
Mediterranean
France
Santander
Bri Cortorali
Cam-neader
George W. McKnight
Panama
Neemijulia
Timityazer
Algerian
Parame
Ciudad de Reus
Ne- Wilalia
Spain
Admiralty
Cape San Antonio
Weather Forecast Summary for Several States
The report notes cloudiness in Tennessee with likely showers in the far west, minor temperature change. Virginia expected to be generally fair with a few showers on Thursday, minimal temperature change. Kentucky forecast partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with possible showers in the extreme southwest, temperatures little changed.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Council Seriously Considers Plan for Parkway Removal
Kingsport officials weigh removing Broad Street parkway and adding electric signals as a major project likely costing 30 600 to 55 000. A committee is drafting options including possibly removing trees, re paving, widening the street, and even angle center parking while a central 2 3 foot strip might serve as a divider between lanes. The plan could affect water mains and fire hydrants and will be discussed by the board of aldermen in the near term.
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W. L. Holyoke
Minvor and
Aldermen
Curha
Eunice Johns Nine-Year-Old Bride Leaves 23-Year-Old Husband
Eunice Winstead Johns nine year old wife and her twenty three year old husband Charnie Williams are living apart in Hancock County Tennessee. A News Sentinel correspondent quoted Eunice’s grandmother saying Charlie left to Illinois and Eunice would not live with him while his parents stay in their house. The nine year old was taken from grade school after her teacher noted misbehavior.
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Lieis Winstead
Charlie
Hunice
Johns
Mr. Winstead
Eunice
Berry backs Browning for second term in Tennessee
Senator George L. Berry pledged enthusiastic support for Governor Browning if he seeks a second term. Berry disputed reports of cooling federal support, saying the president holds Browning in high regard. Berry, appointed after Bachman's death, is undecided about running for Bachman's Tennessee Senate seat in 1938 and heads to Washington for engagements in Johnson City and Chattanooga.
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Wome. Tenn
Bept
J. J
Gordon Browning
George L. Berry
Tennessee
Browning
Berry
Senate
Nathan L. Bachman
Chattanooga
Bachman
Washington
Johnson City
Durham Quits Job as Hospital Head in Virginia
Samuel A. Durham resigned as steward manager of Southwestern State Hospital after the state hospital board found charges against him sufficiently sustained. The move followed a nine hour hearing led by hospital superintendent Dr George A. Wright. Wright supported a full investigation into the hospital's affairs.
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Marion
State Hospital Board
Samuel A. Durham
Southwestern State Hospital
Durham
George A. Wright
Burham
H. Minor Davis
Lynchburg
Wright
Davis
King Harman
Pulaski
Ramspeck attacks McKellar over postal bills at national clerks meeting
Congressman Robert Ramspeck charged Senator Kenneth McKellar blocked postal legislation and sought to form a Tennessee electorate as re election nears. He claimed McKellar hid progressive postal measures and opposed a true career service while praising Postmaster General Farley as a strong leader. Ramspeck warned federal employees against strikes or collective bargaining, saying government cooperation is essential.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Robert Ramspeck
Georgia
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
McKellar
Atlanta
C. B. Utley
Post Office Service
Senate
Postoffice
Ranispeck
Postal Service
Ramspeck
House Civil Service Committee
Farley
Jim. Farley
Ranspeck
Ramepeck
Congress
Plane plunges into Great Salt Lake survivor swam to shore
In Utah a military plane ditched at sundown in Great Salt Lake. Lt Lucian Powell swam ashore after the crash and reported passenger Henry Pearson elected to remain aboard. Search by three planes and Fort Douglas soldiers continued for Pearson as Powell reached the shore exhausted yet uninjured aside from fatigue and salt.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Iland
Henry Pearson
Army
Bhanic
Lucian Powell
D. W. Goodrich
Pearson
Goodrich
Fort Douglas
Utah
Powell
Newspapers Hold Out Against Radio in Williamstown Speech
Socialist leader Norman Thomas told the Institute of Human Relations that newspapers remain the chief means of communication and shape free discussion, despite radio and film gains. He warned many papers fail to portray major social events, citing police violence in Massillon, Ohio, as a stark example.George Fort Milton, president and editor of the Chattanooga.
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Williamstown
Mass
Norman Thovas
Wi Institute of Human Relations
Thomas
Massillon
Ohio
Frent
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New York Times
Fires Grip Shanghai Amid Japanese Offensive
Shanghai reports a terrifying series of great fires sparked by opening naval guns and aerial bombs as Japan presses its offense across China. The fires rage through the night, destroying areas of the city and prompting emergency evacuations.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Evacuation Plan Backed by Navy as Peril Persists
President orders continued evacuation of Americans from danger zones with reliance on existing Far East naval vessels. In New York, FBI agent in charge Rhea Whitley resigns, to be replaced by Reed Vetterli, currently Newark bureau chief.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
United States
Far East
New York
G-Man
Rhea Whitley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Reed Vetterli
Newark, N. J
Paroled Convict Must Make Home In Massachusetts
Gov Rivers paroles Fleming Willis a 30 year old Atlanta man serving a chaingang sentence for lottery. He must establish his home in Massachusetts for the rest of his sentence. Hurley of Massachusetts refused to extradite another Georgia chain gang fugitive.
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Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Fleming Willis
Massachusetts
Charles Hurley
Georgia
Willis
Hurley
Rivers
Cunningham
Referendum Challenged as Nonbinding in Tennessee
Nashville facing a chancery court suit challenging a September 23 referendum on statewide dry laws. Plaintiffs argue the vote would be an idle straw poll with no binding effect and could violate constitutional legislative powers. They seek injunctions to block election expenditures and to declare the referendum unconstitutional.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Chancery Court
General Assembly
State Board of Elections
Liner President Hoover Damaged in Chinese Air Raid at Sea
The Dollar liner President Hoover, en route to Shanghai, was attacked by four Chinese bombers off Kobs Japan. One bomb killed Mess Steward Lloyd Haskell of Baltimore and wounded several, as the ship sought harbor in Japan. Firemen and oilers quarters were torn by shrapnel, funnels and cabins damaged, and Japanese warships arrived within thirty minutes to render aid.
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Kobs
Japan
President Hippathy
Hoover
Shanghai
Lloyd Haskell
Baltimore
United States
China Sea
George W. Yardley
Yardley
Haskell
Open Route for Shanghai Evacuation The Na.tions Unite
United States and Britain discuss uniting naval protection to safeguard a sea route from Shanghai to the Yangtze and Whangpoo to escape fighting as Japan expands air and naval action. Heavy bombardment and river battles rage along the Whangpoo and Yangtze. Japanese forces press toward Woosung, Paoshan, and the forts at Wonsung as Chinese defenses struggle amid rain and mud.
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Japan
Shanghai
Yangtze
Whangpoo
China
Canton
Yellow River
Tientsin
Peiping
United States
Hoover
Kobe
Washington
San Pedro
Harry Yarnell
Asiatic Fleet
Jwwas
Roosevelt
Wossung
International Settlement
United States tobacco export trade hit by war in China
Washington Sept 1 The undeclared conflict in China strains America's tobacco exports. Benjamin D Hull head of the tobacco division notes Shanghai turmoil disrupts exports to China, China's status as a top buyer next only to Britain. Through six months this year exports near 32 million pounds to the Far East, vs 16.4 million in 1938 for the same period.
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United States
Washington
China
America
Benjamin D. HU
Bureau At Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Shanghai
Great Britain
Hull
Far East Republic
Hill
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Kingsport
Broad Street Parkway
Eunice Johns
Asturias
Iran
Santandi
Escudo
Cuera
Gijon
Madrid- Valencia
Belchite
Aragon
Franco
Madrid
Ministry of Defense
Teruel
Aragon Front
Tenn
M'Kellar
Tenn. Solon
U. S
England
Finner Gardens
United
Norman Thomas
Free Press
George Fort Milton
FDR
Bill Flays
President Hoover
Morris J. Harris
Shanghbalt
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