Manifesto Outbreak as Soviet Forces Maneuver on Frontier
Reports from Manchuria indicate heavy bombardment near Matsievskaya since morning as Sino Soviet tensions rise over the Chinese Eastern Railway. A far eastern commander circulated a belligerent manifesto while 38 Russian airplanes and armored cars massed near Pogranichnaya and the border town.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Rengo
Manchur
Manchuria
Matsievskaya
Vladivostok
Manchuk
Harbin
Renga
Vladisvostok
Far Eastern
Soviet Russia
Red Guards
Pogranichnaya
Manchul
Russian Planes Fire Upon Chinese Border Patrols
Peiping dispatch reports two Russian airplanes crossed into Chinese territory this morning. Chinese border patrols opened fire, one plane forced landed on the Russian side after flying over Chinese territory for about ninety minutes.
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Berlin
A_ telegraphic union
Peiping
Lindberghs Spend Weekend in Washington for Hoover Visit
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh arrived in Washington from New York at 11 10 a m to be week end guests of President and Mrs Hoover. The Associated Press report notes the prominent aviator and his wife will stay in the capital over the weekend.
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Lindberghs
Washington
Associated Press
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Hoover
Train Waits While Passengers Hunt For Store Teeth
A Shreveport to New Orleans train stopped north of Baton Rouge when a sneeze blew out a passenger’s false teeth. The man from Pine Bluff Ark prompted a backup and a 15 minute delay as fellow travelers joined a hunt for the missing teeth, he later saying he could not have gotten along without his substitute chew ers.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Here
Pine Bluff
Ark
Graf Zeppelin Nears British Coasts on World Flight
Graf Zeppelin on the first leg of its world girdling flight was radioed nearing the English coast. Commander Dr. Hugo Eckener hoped to reach Friedrichshafen by Saturday night or Sunday morning and indicated plans to head back toward the United States.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
English
Hugo Eckener
Berlin
Ministry of Communications
Graf
United States
Eckener
Nun Sacrifices Life to Save 60 Ill Tots in Convent Fire
In Portsmouth England Sister Celestine the acting mother superior of St Patrick's convent Hauling Taland perished while guiding 60 sick children and seven nuns to safety as a fire broke out. She returned to the blaze to ensure no one was left behind and died amid smoke near the altar. The convent served as a convalescent home for London’s poor children.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Celestine
St. Patrick’s Convention
Taland
Celestina
London
New Orleans Council Allows Jitney Operation Amid Strike
New Orleans officials voted to let jitneys run during the street car strike if they follow traffic laws, amid calls to curb disruption. Mediation talks resumed with Public Service and Carmens union leaders as drivers face union complaints. Police hunt a dynamite suspect after an explosive damaged a street car track, and a strike breaker was assaulted.
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New Orleans
City Commission
Carmen
City Commission Council
Association of Commerce
The
Organized Workers of
Orleans Parish
Snook Denies Admissions in Murder Trial
Former professor James H. Snook testifies in his first degree murder trial over Theora Hix case. He rejects most confessed admissions signed a week after the fatal tryst. Prosecutor John J. Chester presses him with relentless cross examination detailing the June 13 meeting.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theera Hix
Court Room
Theora Hix
John J. Chester
Alabama Bank Probe Advances in Birmingham District
Governor Graves delays action on impeachment petitions against CC Thomas state superintendent of banks as Jefferson county grand jury indicts 18 and arrests are set with bonds in a four week probe into Birmingham area bank conditions. Attorney General McCall plans October Supreme Court presentation.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Bib G Graves
CC. E. Thomas
Jefferson County
Graves
State Banking Board
G. F. McLeod
Huntsville
Alabama Bank Era Association
Thomas
State Supreme Court
C. McCall
New Orleans Man Kills Woman Shoots Wife Takes Baby
Sam Miles, a New Orleans resident, shot his wife after she left him and took their baby. He killed Rachel Jefferson, the other woman staying with his wife, and wounded the baby in the leg before being arrested following a police chase.
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New Orleans
Sam Miles
Miles
Rachel Jefferson
Jefferson
Notable New Orleans Attorney Richard Lyons Dies
Richard Lyons a prominent New Orleans attorney aged 62 died today after a long illness ending a notable legal career in the city.
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New Orleans
Richard Lyons
Three Killed As Burning Plane Falls in Casper
An air plane burst into flames and fell several hundred feet in Casper Wyoming last night killing pilot Major D P Wardwell 23 of Casper and passengers Earl Holtz 30 and George Cameron of Worland Wardwell a World War I Lafayette Escadrille member and later U S air forces flyer was piloted by the trio during a city flight.
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Associated Press
Casper
Wyo
D. P. Wardwell
Earl Holtz
George Cameron
Worland
Wye
Wardwell
Lafayette Escadrille
United States Air Forces
Stocks Fall as Rediscount Rise Weakens Market
The New York market opened with broad declines after the Fed raised rediscount rate from 5 to 6 percent. Many issues fell sharply, with Commercial Solvents down 33, Auburn Auto 26.50, and U S Steel over 7. Industrial Rayon rose 48 to 88.75 as overall activity topped 6.1 million shares.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Federal Reserve
Auburn Auto
General Electric
Internation Silver
American Telephone
Atchison
Westinghouse Electric
American and Foreign Power
Allied Chemical
American Can
U.S
Hambone's Meditations on Folk Bizness
A fragment from J P Alley EF Isom notes humor about poking around others affairs. Imagery signals a playful rural voice and a mock warning about meddling that hints at a monetary threat in a folksy dialect.
Judges Uphold Louisiana Severance Tax Ruling
Three federal judges held the Louisiana severance tax constitutional and denied the injunction sought by Ohio Oil. They ruled the law imposes taxes by the barrel with classes of oil and equal application, within state authority and not discriminatory. The case to continue on injunction matters awaits further action.
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Associated, Press
New Orleans
Rufus E. Foster
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Wayne
United States Circuit Court of the Eastern District
Ben C. Dawkins
Federal District Court of the Western District
Ohio Oil Company
Louisiana
Bank Employees Charged in $100000 Bank Theft
Two Bank of the United States staffers, Joseph V. Price and August O Siegmann, were arrested in New York on allegations of conspiring to steal more than 100 000 from the Columbus avenue branch. They allegedly cashed checks for fictitious depositors and altered large depositor accounts to conceal the theft over two years.
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Associated Press
New York
Bank of the United States
Joseph V. Price
Columbus Avenue
August O. Siegmann
Coakley Avenue
Harrison
N. Y
Columbus
Ranch
Colonial Bank
Colonial
Striking Grave Digger Killed in Queens Bus Clash
A crowd of striking grave diggers attacked a bus carrying strike breakers near Calvary cemetery in Queens. Stanley Zasadyinski, 25, of Brooklyn, was shot and killed by foreman Philip Nunziato who rode the bus.
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New York
Calvary Cemetery
Queens
Stanley Zasadyinski
Brooklyn
Philip Nunziato
Boy Dies After Eating Hamburger From Trash Haul
In Somerset Kentucky a 12 year old, Samuel Stevens, died after eating hamburger found with discarded meat he was hired to remove. His grandmother and two younger brothers were seriously ill. The boy had been paid ten cents to haul away waste from a chain store.
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Somerset
Samuel Stevens
William Stevens
Southern Cities Buys Louisiana Gas Properties
The Arkansas Natural Gas company sold gas distributing systems and operation franchises in northwest Louisiana and nearby Texas and Arkansas to Southern Cities Distributing company. For 100 dollars and other considerations, Southern Cities acquired Plain Dealing Belcher Gilliam Houston Oil City Pine Island Area and several Red River parish lines plus Naborton and Bethany Texas. A parallel sale in Doddriggs Garland Fouke Vivian Ida involved similar franchises and systems for the same price.
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Bre
Associated Press
Shreveport
Louisiana
East Texas
Arkansas
Arkansas Natural Gas Company
Southern Cities Distributing Company
Southern Cities Co
Plain Dealing
Belcher
Gilliam
Houston
Oil City
Pine Island Area
Bethany
Fast Point
Red River Parish
Naborton
Texas
Doddriggs
Garland
Fouke
Ark
Vivian
Ida
Rapides Parish Bids for World Cotton Stalk Championship
Alexandria Aug 9 Rapides parish increases claim to the cotton stalk title as Cheneyville residents report counting 158 balls on a star grown by C F Linzay. The stalk was exhibited in Alexandria while Cheneyville in Red River valley already ginned twenty five bales.
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Alexandria
Rapides Parish
Cheneyville
C. F. Linzay
Red River Valley
Explosion on tanker Ben-Read Road kills three in Rochester
An explosion in the pump room of the British tanker Ben-Read Road at a Rochester wharf killed three men and injured several others. The vessel was docked alongside the quay when the blast occurred.
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Associated Press
Rochester
Eng
Ben- Read Road
Forest Fires Rage Across Northwest As Thousands Fight Blazes
Fires burned across Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and Manitoba with new outbreaks. One death was reported Frank Franz of Seattle crushed by a boulder while battling a blaze near Chanapecosh Hot Springs. The haze spread over vast areas hindering early detection and containment.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest
Frank Franz
Seattle
Chanapecosh Hot Springs
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Manitoba
Canada
Laborer and Three of Children Suffocated in Fire
ST. ALBANS Vermont Aug 9 Oakley Longway 42 a laborer and three of his ten children died from suffocation in a tenement fire. The children were James 7 Frederick 6 and Francis 4. Mrs Longway saved an infant and three other children escaped unharmed by leaping from a window.
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Associated Press
ST. Albans
Vermont
Oakley Longway
James
Frederick
Francis
Fear Charred Ship May Hold More Bodies
An explosion on the oil tanker William Rockefeller in New York harbor killed deck watchman John Ward and injured eight, with one missing. The fire reversed the ship from a Bayonne pier, and officials fear more deaths and bodies may be found inside the charred vessel as Standard Oil officials report limited damage.
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New York
William Rockefeller
New York Harbor
John Ward
Bayonne
N. J
Standard Ojl Company
N. P. Forbes
Baton Rouge
Brooklyn
Rayenne
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Monroe Allows White Sox To Hold Junior League Title
C F E McKenzie and George Hardy urged the action as Monroe drops its protest against New Orleans. The Monroe post declares the affair mishandled but resolves to let the White Sox retain the junior league title for Louisiana.
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Monroe
White Sox
George Hardy
Shreveport
Roland Coervham
C. F E. McKensie
New Orleans
McKenzie
Louisiana
Detroit Couple Held in Death of Prohi Officer
Aug 9 report shows Mrs Maxine Heath facing assaulting and interfering with a federal officer and taking a seized boat amid the death of Richard J Sandilands a federal prohibition agent. Her husband John M Heath was arrested after returning from Chicago to Detroit and is pled not guilty on related charges. bond set at 25000. Heath claims Sandilands boarded the Maxine and vanished after a struggle as both men fell overboard. Ontario police note Heath was fined 200 for illegal beer possession in Riverside and East Windsor prior to this case.
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Detroit
Maxine Heath
Richard J. Sandilands
John M. Heath
Sandlands
Heath
Detroit River
U. S
Maxine
Sandilands
Ontario
Riverside
Ont
East Windsor
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Bali Syndicate, Inc
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Wilher B. Huston
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Thomas A. Edison
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