Fifty Jap Planes Rain Death On Chinese Capital
Fifty Japanese planes bombed Nanking causing extensive death and destruction. Over 200 civilians were killed or wounded, many trapped in burning huts. American and European embassies and residences were hit, with combatants and civilians alike affected. US Ambassador Johnson returned to the embassy as Washington issued a stronger protest and warned Japan of accountability for any damage to Americans.
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Nanking
Hsiak- Wan
Yangtze River
Ching
Shanhai-Nanking
Tientsin-Pukow
Yangtze
Sess Points
U. S
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Luzon
Johnson
Washington
Hopeh
Canton
Japan
Hull
Secretary of State
Peak in paralysis cases reported by U S Health Service
The Public Health Service announced 879 new infantile paralysis cases for the week ended September 18, a peak for the year. Cooler weather slowed the rapid gains, with 6,391 cases reported this year versus 2,281 for the same period last year.
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U. S&s. Health Service
Washington
Public Health Service Today
Employers Would Become Income Tax Collectors Under Vinson Plan
Washington reported that Senator Vinson proposed a withholding levy on taxable salaries up to 5,000 dollars to simplify the revenue system. Small taxpayers would not file returns. employers would withhold taxes and send them to the government, with employees filing affidavits for exemptions. Details were not finalized and no formal Treasury discussion occurred.
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New Vinson
Washington
Vinson
D-Ky
Treasury
Giants Tie Cubs In Low Scoring Game
New York Giants beat Chicago Cubs 6 to 0 to even the series as Lefty Cliff Melton pitched for the Giants while Tex Carleton Bryant and Logan worked for the Cubs. Moore, Ripple, Chiozza and Whitehead drove runs with strong defense behind Melton and the bullpen.
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Chicago
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Giants
Bruins
Cliff Melton
Tex Carleton
Bryant
Logan
Cubs
McCarthy
Chiozza
Hartnett
Hack
Mancuso
Whitehead
Collins
Carleton
Ott
Herman
Demarco
Melton
Jurges
Moore
Bartell
Galan
Jirges
Carl Reynolds
Cavarretta
Tuck Stainback
New York
Boeton
Pittsburgh
Shoffner
Mueller
Brandt
Padden
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Phelps
St Johnsson
Ogrodowski
Yankees
Monte Pearson
Kemp Wicker
St. Louis Browns
Pearson
Wicker
Browns
St. Louis
Knott
Bonetti
Giuliana
Dickey
F. Hayes
Detroit
Barton Essen
Bridges
York
Hayworth
Newarcum
Desautels
Gisvin
Harder
Whitehill
Pytlak
de ‘Phong
R. Ferrell
Legion Turns To Serious Matters At Convention
New York September 22 The American Legion moves to focus on serious issues at its annual convention. William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged closer union with labor and warned against communism and nazism while stressing democratic government. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines praised veterans affairs and urged open minds. Harry Woodring praised foreign policy and warned against antiwar propaganda. The 1938 convention will be in Los Angeles, after a massive Fifth Avenue march.
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New York
American Legion
Fifth Avenue
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Legion
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Green
United States
Harry W. Colmery
General Hines
Legionnaires
Harry H. Woodring
Los Angeles
American Ragin Today
Cal
America
Metropolitan Opera House
John Gilmore
Michigan
STATE TESTS BEGIN TODAY Applicants For Jobs With New Division Take Exams
Topeka September 22 competitive examination for 41 staff positions in the state division of unemployment compensation began today in ten Kansas cities including Topeka Kansas City Wichita Emporia Parsons Salina Hays Colby Dodge City and Hutchinson Exams will continue through Saturday Dr Henry F Holtzclaw supervisor said the merit system of staff appointments will start from the eligibles list.
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Topeka
Kansas Cities
Kansas City
Wichita
Emporia
Parsons
Salina
Hays
Colby
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Henry F. Holtzclaw
Stock Market Index and Clinic Closure Announced
The stock index reports the average of 60 stocks at 57.8 yesterday versus 57.6 previously. Dr. Dolen's office will close for repairs from September 20 to September 27.
Cholera Sweeps Shanghai Amidst War Zone Confusion
Shanghai reports a severe cholera epidemic with over 1,500 confirmed cases in the international settlement and 979 suspected cases in the French concession. Nurses and doctors work around the clock as the disease spreads to native areas. inoculations reach 3,000 daily while cases rise at about 100 every three days. Chinese defense lines in the northwest war front are reportedly strong as Japanese forces assess the situation.
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Shanghai
Walsh assails Black over Klan link to Supreme Court
Worcester reports Senator Walsh charges Justice Hugo L. Black was elevated to the Supreme Court by deception due to concealed Ku Klux Klan ties. He warns impeachment would start in the House, urging resignation as the likely remedy. Fort declines to discuss Klan ties as Black returns home. Norris praises Black, saying membership would not bar the appointment.
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Worcester
Mass
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Supreme Court
Walsh
Black
Roosevelt
Waish
Senate
Justice Black
Washington
William E. Fort
Fort
Cummings
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Norris
Infants Paralyzed Again as Kansas Reports Cases
Topeka reports 30 new infantile paralysis cases for the week ended September 18, with 20 in the prior week. Dr. C. H. Kinnaman notes autumn and cold weather likely curb infections. typhoid rises, scarlet fever drops, and diphtheria falls. Douglas county reports no infantile paralysis cases. Also, Fraser elected chef de chemin de fer of the Forty and Eight in New York, succeeding Ransom.
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Topeka
Kansas
C. H. Kinnaman
State Board of Health
J. M. Mott
Penfield Jones
Douglas County
PWA Officials Cannot Predict Fate of Uncompleted Plants
Washington Sept 22 PWA officials declined to predict if funds would come later for unfinished projects where units have been built or contracted for. With final allotments approved under the 1937 extension act and the end of PWA lending, officials warned about projects started but not fully contracted. They expect to operate for about two more years on projects already started or covered by contracts.
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Washington, Sept
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
PWA
Ickes
Japan Expresses Regret Over Wounding of British Ambassador
Tokyo noted formal regret for injuring Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen when Japanese planes fired on his car near Shanghai on August 26. The note suggested incident may have arisen from misidentification and pledged action if it is shown that Japanese aviators acted intentionally or negligently against third-country nationals.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ching
Shanghai
Hughe Knatchbull-Hughesen
Robert L. Craigie
Koki Hirota
London
China
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Reuters
Hughe
Britain
Broker Philbin Held on Fraud Charge in Atlas Tack Case
Phillip Hi. Philbin Jr., 39, a New York stock market operator and hunter, was held for arraignment on a federal fraud charge tied to Atlas Tack investors. Indicted in 1983 while abroad, he allegedly boosted Atlas Tack stock from 36 to 34 a share using mail fraud. Federal agents tracked him across multiple countries. Also reported: Chicago cattle top price at 19.50 per hundredweight, the highest in 18 years.
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New York
Phillip Hi. Philbin, Jr
Philbin
Department of Justice
Park Avenue
Atlas Tack Company
Atlas Tack
Denver
England
France
Ireland
Belgium
Egypt
India
Canada
Chicago
Big Fall Style Show to Kick Off In Lawrence Tonight
Lawrence hosts the 16th Annual Fall Unveiling with first look at seasonal merchandise in store windows. Four bands perform in a Massachusetts street parade from Sixth to Southpark from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Universities and clubs participate. A merchants contest offers prizes for guessing the total displayed value. blanks distributed at participating stores with over 25 000 distributed last year.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Sixth Street
Southpark
K. U
Libert Memorial High School
Haskell Institute
Dorsey-Liberty American Legion
Hold Up Restaurant Robbery Near Webb Station
Two young men robbed the Webb filling station restaurant at Hird's corner on highway 40 around 10 yesterday evening, escaping in a Chevrolet. Miss Irene Jackson and Chas Maurice Gallagher, employees, were present. A short dark man with a revolver forced the staff to hide, then the pair took $3 from the cash register and fled east. Police sought the robbers but found no identification. The shorter man, about 5 feet 8 inches, 20, dark glasses, leather jacket, dark trousers, dark hair. the taller, 6 feet 1 inch, 21, slender, light clothes, light cap.
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Webb
Hird’s Corner
Highway 40
Sheriff’s Office
Irene Jackson
Chas Maurice Gallagher
Clee Wins Republican Nomination For New Jersey Governor
Newark September primary yields State Senator Lester H. Clee as Republican gubernatorial nominee with backing from Governor Hoffman and Senator Powell. Late counts narrow gaps show Clee leading with 247,292 votes to Powell 182,028 while Moore secures unopposed third term with 265,163 votes. Hoffman pledges cooperation.
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Newark
N. J
Lester H. Clee
Harold G. Hoffman
Clifford R. Powell
Hoffman
Clee
Powell
National Guard
United States
A. Harry Moore
Moore
Senators plan phased farm bill hearings across the West
Two groups of senators will hold regional hearings through October and November as part of drafting a general farm bill. The Senate Agriculture Committee members will convene in Louisville October 15 led by Chairman Smith while an McGill group will begin October 1 and 2 in Spokane. They meet in Oklahoma City October 27 and then in Memphis Springfield and Jefferson City for joint sessions. Dodge City and Topeka were removed from the itinerary.
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Washington
Oklahoma City
Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
D.C
Louisville
McGill
D-Kan
Spokane
Memphis
Springfield
Jefferson City
Dodge City
Topeke
Kan
Kansas Electric Power to Build Generating Plant Here
The Kansas Electric Power Company will construct a 10,000 kilowatt steam turbine generating plant on a 40 acre riverfront site a few miles upstream from Lawrence near Cameron's Bluff. Groundwork begins next year with first unit expected by late 1938 or early 1939, providing local construction work and improved service through an integrated Lawrence Leavenworth Emporia transmission system.
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Kansas River
Lawrence
Ic Ee Electric Ower Company
Country Club
Cameron's Bluff
Kansas Electric Power Company
Ben Koy
W. D. Janeway
Sargent and Lundy
Power Plant Engineers
Chicago
Equil
Santa Fe
Lawrence- Leavenworth
Emporia
Leavenworth
Insurgents warn consul as French guards tighten frontier
Bayonne reports say insurgents seized major Julia Troncoso in France after a suspected plan to seize a Spanish government submarine at Brest. France reinforces guards along the Franco-Spanish frontier. The French consul Pierre Desmartis in Malaga reportedly warned not to leave his offices.
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Bayonne
France
Brest
Julia Troncoso
Francisco Franco
Malaga
Foreign Office
Paris
Pierre Desmartis
Troncesco
San Sebastian
Desmartis
Spain
Troncoso
Surete
Villa Chagrin
L ‘Bayonne
Af Air
Will Remain Warm In Kansas As Heat Persists
Topeka report by federal meteorologist S. D. Flora confirms a midsummer pattern with 90 to 95 degree highs across the state today and tomorrow. Nightly minimums 60 to 70 as clear skies persist and no meaningful rainfall is in sight, marking an unusually dry period since September 10, with Goodland Hanover and Phillipsburg tying for state heat at 96 and Tribune recording a 50 degree low.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Goodland
Hanover
Phillipsburg
Tribune
Gearhart loses fingertip in campus car door injury
Kinvestigated incident left K U football tackle Herbert Gearhart with the end joint of his left finger torn when the door of a car slammed shut on campus this morning. He will miss practice for a few days but hopes to return next week. Meanwhile the Soviet Republic of China dissolved itself and ordered its armies to serve Chiang Kai Shek at Nanking.
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Herbert Gearhart
K. U
Garlton Dickinson
Gearhart
Nanking
Soviet Republic of China
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Opinion on Kansas City dam collapse due to soft soil
Kansas City Kansas Sept 22 7 Wyandotte county lake dam collapsed from excessive weight on soft alluvium soil. R E McDonnell of Burns McDonnell consulting engineers says the dam could be rebuilt satisfactorily. The earth center section failed Sunday amid concerns over weight concentration and soil stability.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wyendotte County
R. E. McDonnell
Burns McDonnell
Kansas City Public Schools To Open Tomorrow
Kansas City public schools will open tomorrow after a delay from September 7. The school board announced the reopening as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of infantile paralysis.
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Kansas City
Board of Education
Kansas Weather Forecast and Conditions Report
Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday with cooler readings in north central areas and warmer in the northwest. Morning observations note clear skies and good road conditions. temperature figures list 7 p.m. yesterday and noon today with a maximum yesterday and a minimum today.
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Kansas
Thurstov
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