Chinese Army Strikes Shanghai War Zone Amid Naval Threat
Chinese central forces attack Shanghai as Japanese Bluejackets reinforce from Hankow and ships. Foreign residents flee the danger zone while thousands evacuate through the French concession and international settlement amid war tensions and tanking rail routes.
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Shanghai War Zone
Shanghai
Hangchow
Seochow
Wushih
Yangtze
Hankow
Japan
Giluic
Chapel
Peiping
Great Wall
Marines mobilized as Shanghai crisis deepens
United States marines, 1050 strong, were mobilized as a Chinese Japanese conference failed to ease the grave military crisis in Shanghai. The garrison patrolled the northern border of the international settlement facing an incoming tide of central Chinese troops. Over in Tokyo Emperor Hirohito canceled any summer plans and stayed in Tokyo to remain in close touch with the army and navy.
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Shanghai
United States
International Settlement
Tokyo
Hirohito
Workmen Digging Site For City Water Plant
Work on Logan's new filtration plant is underway with excavation completed for the two story concrete brick structure. Contractors Bever and Morris Construction Co expect to pour concrete for the foundation first floor and settlement tank early next week. A sewer line to carry backwash to the river is near completion and the site is near the pumping station and firehouse. The plant aims to remove most iron content from Logan's water, addressing numerous complaints from residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Bever and Morris Construction Co
Ohio
Congress Delays Adjournment Over Wage Hour and Lynching Bills
Congressional leaders pushed back adjournment to August 25 amid fights over the wage hour bill and anti-lynching legislation. House rules opposed giving the labor standards measure floor time, possibly delaying action into January or through Labor Day as debate looms.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Senate
House Rules Committee
New Title Law Takes Effect Aboard Auto Sales
Columbus August 12 AP A new law requires delivery of a certificate of title with every automobile sale beginning next month. law goes into effect today.
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Columbus
Pew
Death Case Ties Four Elderly Men to Woman in Cincinnati
Cincinnati police hold 31 year old Anna Filser Hahn on fugitive warrants for murder and grand larceny. She allegedly benefited from an estate and tried to collect from two other elderly men. Four illnesses also under scrutiny as authorities probe the woman’s history in the case. Obendoerfer, a 67 year old Cincinnati cobbler, died in Colorado Springs after accompanying Hahn and withdrawing funds for a trip.
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Cincinnati
Anna Filser Hahn
Colorado Springs
Colo
George Obendoerfer
Judge rules pin ball machines illegal gambling devices
Common Pleas Judge Frank M. Acton of Lancaster ruled that pin ball machines are gambling devices and ordered Police Chief Curtis Berry to destroy any in operation in Newark. He said the device requires little skill and winnings can be predetermined by the owner.
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Newark
Common Pleas
Frank M. Acton
Lancaster
Curtis Berry
Acton
Staten Island sewer flood collapses three old tenements
A violent storm sent a 30 foot surge of water from an overflowing sewer, collapsing three Staten Island brick tenements. At least 19 killed in sleep, 4 injured, 3 missing, as Police Hero Patrolman Joseph McBreen perished cradling a child.
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New York
Staten Island
Joseph McBreen
Virginia Budnick
Metrolitan
Long Island
Lewis J. Valentine
The
Battery
Manhattan
New York Harbor
Kil van Kull
Bayonne
N. J
Edith Wharton Dies Sudden in France at 75
Edith Wharton, American novelist noted for Ethan Frome, died at her chateau near Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt France at 5 P M following an apoplectic stroke. She is buried in Versailles Protestant cemetery. She had lived in France for about 35 years and was near completion of a short story collection for October. The only living relative known is Mrs Max Farrand wife of historian.
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Sant Brice Soul
Bois
France
Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome
Miss Wharton
Versailles
Neil House Strike In Columbus Protests 15 Percent Wages
Service at the Neil House in Columbus continues despite a strike by 21 maintenance employees. Hotel manager Thomas Sabrey says demands from the Columbus Building Trades Council for a 15 percent wage increase will not be met.
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Columbus
Neil
Soviet pilot Levaneffsky begins trans polar flight to New York
Sigmund Levaneffsky, famed Soviet flier, launches from Moscow for a trans polar voyage to New York. The five crew members fly a non nonstop route with scheduled stops at Fairbanks, Edmonton, and possibly Chicago, after taking off at 6 30 P M local time.
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Moscow
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Soviet Union
New York
North America
Pacific Coast
Levaneffsky
Fairbanks
Alaska
Edmonton
Alberta
Chicago
Iraqi defense minister and air chief assassinated at Mosul airport
Reports from Baghdad say Major General Bekr Sidki Pasha Iraq defense minister and Colonel Mohamed Ali Jawad air force chief were shot at Mosul airport at sunset. A soldier killed them as the two men attempted to defend Sidki's life. Authorities seized the assassin and probe targets motive. General Sidki was en route to Turkey for war games.
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Jerusalem
Baghdad
Bekr Sidki Pasha
Iraq
Mohamed Ali Jawad
Mosul
Kingdom of
Mesopotamia
Turkey
Syria
Ghazi
Col
Jawad
Sidki
No Changes Election Board Completes City Primary Tally
Officials finalized the official tally at noon with no race changes. Dallas Kinser, Republican nominee, trailed by ten votes from the unofficial count due to a simple arithmetic error. F. A. Koppe, Democratic write-in for councilman at large, secured a November ballot spot with 79 votes, exceeding the 72 required for eight percent of the Democratic vote.
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Election Board
Dallas Kinser
F. A. Koppe
Duncilman
Fire Destroys Hospital Ship Helouan in Naples Bay
A spectacular Naples Bay fire destroyed Italy's hospital ship Helouan early today. The blaze began in the medical department, possibly from a short circuit, and the ship sank in deep water after being towed out of the harbor. One fireman died as crews battled the blaze watched by thousands including Americans.
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Naples
Italy
Ethiopia
Spain
Mount Vesuvius
Emanuel Nostretta
Police Hold Wives of Brady Gang Men
Baltimore police and federal agents hold the wives of Brady gang members for investigation as raids uncover a large weapons cache tied to the gang. Capt. John A. Cooney orders Mrs. Minnis Riley Mrs. Mary Schwartz their sister Mrs. Josephine Ecomenidis and brother Anthony Raimondo detained for questioning.
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Baltimore
John A. Cooney
Minnis Riley
Mary Schwartz
Josephine Ecomenidis
Anthony Raimondo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Riley
Schwartz
Brady
Bumper Grain Crop Spurs Chicago Trade Pits Boom
Chicago August 12 AP The grain market shows its strongest activity in seven years as large American crops boost demand on La Salle street. Traders anticipate 16 to 20 billion bushels in grain futures this year, driven by big crops, price swings, and tight global wheat reserves.
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Franklin Mullin
Chicago
la Salle Street
Roosevelt nominates Black to Supreme Court hampered by two senators
President Roosevelt named Hugo Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court but immediate confirmation was blocked by Senators Burke and Johnson. The nomination triggered a senate stir, with Ashurst pushing for quick action and a six member subcommittee to review the case.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugo Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Burke
D-Neb
Johnson
R-Calif
Vandevanter
White Houses
Senate
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Judiciary Committee
Black
Chamber
Neely
D-Wva
Logan
D-Ky
Dieterich
Dill
McGill
D-Kans
Borah
Aida
Austin
R-Ver
Two Steamers In Crash Off Boston
The Danish freighter Maine sank at 9:49 A M after colliding with the Canadian Pacific steamer Duchess of Atholl off Boston. Duchess of Atholl waited in fog east southeast of Boston for a Halifax tug to tow the Maine, with 23 officers and men removed by the Atholl.
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New York
Radio Marine Corporation of America
Maine
Duches
Boston
Halifax
N. S
Athell
Radiomarine Corporation
Chatham
Foundation Pranklin
Postal Worker Kronenberg Charged With Theft
William R Kronenberg a 25 year old postal worker from Pique Ohio faced arraignment before US Commissioner William P on a theft charge based on a warrant. The case location is Cincinnati with details limited in the report.
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Cincinnati
William R. Kronenberg
Piqué
Post Office
U. 8
William P
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