SESSION SUMMIT TENSIONS AS ROOSEVELT RIVALS EYE STRATEGY
Washington observers warn of a split in the Democratic Party as Congress faces a new session. President Roosevelt weighs reconciliation with factions or a fresh push on controversial issues including the wage hour bill. Farley and Guffey publicly clash with insurgent Democrats, signaling potential party upheaval and a sharpened battle over New Deal priorities.
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Congress
Senate
House Rules Committee
Washington
Roosevelt
New Deal
White House
Farley
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Wheeler
Democrat
Montana
Burke
Nebraska
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
TVA
Forest Fire Tragedy Claims Six Firefighters Including Clayton
In Sheridan Wye forest personnel battled a 40 mile gale as they fought the mountain blaze. Al Clayton, 45, and a helper named Post were among the fallen, with six in their party killed or nearly burned. Post survived with minor injuries and was sent home to Basin Wyoming.
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al Clayton
Sheridan
Wye
Forest Ranger
Post
Basin, Wyo
Robbery at Jitney Jungle No 4 One Night Missing 74 Silver
A Jitney Jungle No 4 on North Fourth Street and Stubbs Avenue was robbed after hours Saturday. Entry was by breaking the back door lock and the cash register opened for 74 in silver coins to be stolen. Eddie Jones and Willie Stevens, both store workers, were jailed in Ouachita parish for questioning as the money remained unrecovered.
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Jitney Jungle
North Fourth Street
Stubbs Avenue
Lloyd Beall
Eddie Jones
Willie Stevens
Chitmey
Ouachita Parish
Temperature pattern through life described
In infancy a higher body temperature than adolescence, dipping from adolescence to middle age. After middle age the temperature rises again, reaching infancy levels by age eighty.
Record of Shanghai Explosion Destruction and Evacuations
Eyewitness account of a massive blast in Shanghai tearing through Wing On and Sincere stores. It describes shattered buildings, scattered corpses, and panicked evacuation as Americans and other foreigners plan ships to Manila. Officials report uncertain death toll around 400 with ongoing recovery.
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Sincere
Wing On
Shanghai
Fifth Avenue
New York
State Street
Chicago
Pierce
Manila
Hongkong
Lincoln
Canada
McKinley
Taft
Hoover
American Naval Board of
Navy
Washington
U. S. S. Augusta
Teeming Ward Road
International Settlement
Klaus Eckhart
Valeria Glasser
A. A. Brunner
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Japan to Move to Wartime Economy at Extra Diet Session
Asahai reports Japan will push to full wartime footing through a fund control bill. The measure grants government power to merge firms, boost capital, and issue loans for munitions and export expansion, with one year postwar continuation. Finance Minister Kaya promises no forced underwriting of defense bonds.
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Tokyo
Japan
Diet
Asahai
Fumimaro Konoye
Okinobu Kaya
Kaya
Stock Exchange
Chinese Fliers Sink Japanese Boat in River
Officials said not more than 15 000 had landed as regular army divisions arrived from the homeland. Japanese planners warned a new Shanghai phase as eleven days of fighting continued. Chinese machine gun nests pinned down boats while a heavy naval barrage and air raids pressed the shorelines.
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Shanghai
Farmer Slain by Daughter in Sudden Farmhouse Shooting
A daughter killed her father with a shotgun during a domestic dispute at a rural home. The lad fled as the father advanced. the coroner planned a later report while Mrs. Hogg remained jailed. No funeral arrangements for Willis were made by Monday.
Janitor Confesses to Slaying Woman in Jealous Rage
Washington dispatch reports 70 year old janitor Major McAfee confessed to killing Henrietta Anderson 39 a government clerk. He said he crushed her head with a heavy iron shaker after drinking whiskey and said he also shot his wife in 1925 and was acquitted.
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Washington
Ira Keck
Henrietta Anderson
Keck
Major McAfee
McAfee
Anderson
Retail Merchants to Meet Tuesday on Fall Hours
A special meeting of the retail division of the chamber of commerce, called by Chairman Joe Durrett, will convene Tuesday at 2 30 p m in the organization rooms. The group will discuss closing hours for fall and winter and when to implement the fall schedule, which normally starts the day after Labor Day but may begin September 1 this year due to Labor Day's late date.
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Chamber of Commerce
Joe Durrett
Chicago fights sex crimes with hospital guard measures
Commissioner James P. Allman and Leonardo Keeler from Northwestern laboratory lead a citywide push to protect nurses after a violent series of assaults. Dr. Arnold F. Emch and Miss Swanson described the razor attack in Jefferson Park hospital as officials study hospital prevention efforts. A prior rape slaying, Miss Kutchia, is noted as the fourth such murder in two years.
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James P. Allman
Leonardo Keeler
Northwestern University Crime Detection Laboratory
Arnold F. Emch
Chicago Hospital Council
Miss Swanson
Jefferson Park Hospital
Miss Kutchia
Manhunt Ends as Bruno Is Arrested in Pennsylvania
Ville, Pa. resident Bruno, who escaped December 18 while being taken to a dentist, was captured after a nationwide search described as the greatest manhunt in Pennsylvania history. Attorney General Charles G. Margiotti cited a personal tip leading to the arrest, with details undisclosed.
Bruno Returns to Penitentiary for Kelayres Massacre
Joseph J. Bruno known as Big Joe Bruno faced imprisonment in Pennsylvania to serve three life sentences for the 1934 Kelayres massacre. After eight months eluding police, the 54 year old ex Republican leader was arrested in New York near his rooming house, with dyed black hair and a new mustache.
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New York
Joseph J
Big Joe
Bruno
Pennsylvania
Potts
Five Insurgent Units Push On Amid North Spain Fighting
Reports from Oviedo cite captured Italian and Spanish prisoners about Italian reinforcements. Government forces claim repulsed insurgent attacks at Granja del Cuervo and Torres de Almudovar with machine guns grenades and artillery. Insurgents say they shot down ten government planes at Salamanca and eight at the Astillero airfield as Madrid readies a new offensive.
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Oviedo
Villa Carriedo
Aragon
Granja del Cuervo
Torres de Almudovar
Madrid
Ontaneda
Santander
Carriedo
Salamanca
Astillero
King Farouk to Wed Mile. Sasi Naaz of Cairo
The engagement of Egypt's young King Farouk to Mile. Sasi Naaz 16 daughter of Youssef Bey Zulfikar councillor of the Alexandria mixed court of appeals was officially announced today. Her mother Madame Hendem Zulfikar is lady in waiting to the queen mother.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Mile
Sasi Naaz
Youssef Bey Zulfikar
Alexandria
Mixed Court of Appeals
Hendem Zulfikar
Births in Lake Providence and Delhi notes
A series of births announced in Lake Providence and Delhi lists nine newborns with parents and locations. Roy Gene Ellerbe Austin Drider Jr. Johnny James Mattie Jane Merlin Douglas Franklin and Jimmie Ray Ogden are named along with birth dates in August. Washington DC is noted for having the highest telephone density in the nation.
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Lake Providence
Thomas Earl Ellerbe
Elmwood
Roy Gene Ellerbe
Austin Drider
Olivedell
Austin Drider, Jr
Tom Neal
Waddill Plantation
Johnny James
Mattie Jane
Merlin Ray Franklin
Bunch's Bend
Merlin Douglas Franklin
Cotton picker labor urged at Louisiana state office
R E Young manager of the Louisiana state employment service at 409 DeSiard street stated Monday there is a great demand for cotton pickers. All persons available for this work should apply at the local office at once. Men women and children can be used.
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R. E. Young
Louisiana State Employment Service
de. Siard Street
Mr. Young
Delta day celebration attendees at Stoneville station
East Car roll parish planters attended the 17th annual Delta day celebration at the agricultural experiment station in Stoneville Mississippi. Attendees include C. A. Rose parish agent E. S. Voelker W. T. Michiner G. T. Hitler A. P. Surles B. A. Brady C. J. Wyly and C. B. Mitchell.
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Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish
Agricultural Experiment Station
Stoneville
Miss
C. A. Rose
E. S. Voelker
W. T. Michiner
G. T. Hitler
A. P. Surles
B. A. Brady
C. J. Wyly
C. B. Mitchell
Parachute Sail and Shroud Lines Described
A parachute sail is woven from untreated silk and the shroud lines use high grade thrown silk. Each shroud line has at least 32 threads of 3-play silk and a minimum breaking strength of 400 pounds.
Relief for Rash with Famous Black and White Ointment
Breakout skin relief advertised with Black and White Ointment. Trial size and general satisfaction claims promoted by druggists nationwide.
60 000 Troops Stage Battle In North China
Large clash involving about 60 000 troops across the Peiping Hankow line. Chinese infantry of roughly 30 000 engaged an equal Japanese force under heavy artillery. Parallel Chinese columns moved toward Tientsin while another force pressed the Nankow gate area in a broader three pronged maneuver amid northern Hopeh operations.
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Peiping-Hankow
Japan
Hopeh
Peiping
Tientsin
North China Army Command
Pukow-Tientsin
Mongolia
Nankow
North China
Editor Wiley Sanders, Kosciusko Star Leader, Dies
Wiley Sanders, 85, longtime editor of the Kosciusko Star and later Star-Herald, died at his home in Kosciusko Mississippi. He became editor in 1895 and guided the paper’s policy for decades. The funeral was planned for today. The story notes prior Mississippi river bacon boiler fuel and 1837 price collapses.
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Kosciusko
Miss
Wiley Sanders
Mississippi
Sanders
Kosciusko Star
Star-Herald
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Nashville
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Idaho
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Delhi
Earnest Ogden
Jimmie Ray Ogden
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