Proud Rebels Enter Santander After Capture
Insurgent columns entered Santander at 11 45 am formal occupation of the final government stronghold on Spain s northwest coast. About half of the government army of 50 000 was trapped southeast of Santander after 12 days of rapid offensives by General Franco s forces. Refugees fled to France as the Bay of Biscay churned with crafts and French naval patrols watched the exit.
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Hendaye
Santander
Spain
Perpetual Spring
Biscayan
France
Railway strike ordered to begin September 6
A F Whitney head of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen announced that five railway brotherhoods authorized a strike for September 6 to demand a 20 percent wage increase. About 250000 union workers will begin leaving jobs in four national zones with full effect by September 9. zone boundaries to be set today.
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Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Whitney
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Order of Railway Conductors
U S to Prosecute 10 Puerto Ricans Nationalists
U S authorities rounded up ten Puerto Rican Nationalists for a June 8 attempt to shoot Judge Robert A. Cooper. Warranted figures include acting Nationalist president Julio Pinto Gandia. Eight detainees jailed. charges allege conspiracy to injure a United States official in the line of duty. Judge Cooper and family had just left for New York on vacation.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Robert A. Cooper
Nationalist Party
Julio Pinto Gandia
Cooper
Pedro Albizu Campos
Atlanta
Cecil Snyder
New York
Cleveland Worker Linked to Ten Torso Slayings
Detec tive Lieutenant Michael Blackwell said a mill worker who boasted of dissecting bodies at a drinking bout is held for questioning in Cleveland's ten torso slayings. The suspect formerly worked at a hospital where autopsies were performed.
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Cleveland
Michael Blackwell
Blackwell
Writer Visits Battle Sector Near Shanghai
James A. Mills reports from Hongkew north of the Shanghai settlement that Chinese defenders have fallen back along a broad front. Front lines extend beyond Shanghai University with a narrow no man’s land between opposing forces as exhausted Japanese troops await fresh reinforcements to assume the posture.
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Shanghai
Hawaii
James A. Mills
Associated Press
Hongkew Battlefront
Hongkew
Shanghai International Settlement
Shanghai University
Whangpoo River
No Man's Land
Fugitives Await Trial in Cuba After Bahamas Uprising
In Santiago Cuba a group of 14 refugees from Great Inagua, 5 White Americans and 9 British subjects, wait for arms possession trials. They arrived in ragged clothes after five days afloat in a motor launch, fleeing a Bahamian riot that left one dead following a child mistreatment accusation. The United States consul intervened briefly as Cuban rural police detain them.
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Santiago
Cuba
Great Inagua
United States
Cuban
Bahamas
Split in Democratic ranks echoed in 1940 nomination talk
Senator King of Utah urged a non insider to lead the 1940 Democratic ticket, naming Byrd Clark or Bailey as possible nominees. He opposed Minton and McNutt and tied the split to opposition to the Roosevelt court bill, noting the party walls between New Deal allies and dissenters.
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Washington
King
Utah
New Deal
Byrd
Virginia
Clark
Missouri
Bailey
North Carolina
Minton
Indiana
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Philippines
Francoist claim money won to fund insurgents
Generalissimo Francisco Franco reportedly secured funds to pay war debts enabling the seizure of Santander. In Seville, General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano urged that money is essential in war, declaring insurgent victories will continue with sufficient funds.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Santander
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Seville
Spain
Bills signed by Roosevelt to close income tax loopholes
Washington Aug. 26 President Roosevelt signed today the measure to close loopholes in the income tax law. The move aims to curb tax evasion and avoidance and was requested by the president.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War in China Expected to Disrupt Cotton Trade
Washington August 26 Cotton experts at the agriculture department warned the Far East conflict will disturb the cotton textile industry in China and Japan. They noted Shanghai and Tientsin house much of Chinese manufacturing and are in central war zones. The bureau cautioned the fighting could deal a long recovery for Chinese industry if the war lasts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
China
Japan
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Shanghai
Tientsin
Bureau
Kimmochi Siaonji
United States
Hull
Prince Konoye
Chinese Flank Attack Presses North Front in China
Japanese war planes infantry and artillery pressed a strategic Chinese flanking move to drive General Sun Lien Chung's 26th route army from western hills near Lianghsiang 25 miles southwest of Peiping. The assault, though intensive, remained indecisive as both sides endured heavy actions.
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Haldorf Haus
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Peiping
Sun Lien-Chung
26Th Route Army
Lianghsiang
Japanese General Fujii Reported Killed Near Manchuria Front
Domei agency reports Major General Shigeo Fujii, called father of the Manchukuo army, was killed in action while leading a scouting mission on the Manchukuo southwest frontier near Kalgan, as his column pressed toward the Chinese border.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Wall
Shigeo Fujii
Kalgan
China
Peiping
20 mile gap in Japanese lines near Nan kow pass
A heavy artillery battle rages near Lianghsiaog as Japanese lines remain split from Mentoukow west of Peiping to Nan kow pass north of the captured city. South of the front, fighting continues along the axis as forces contend for control.
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Mentoukow
Peiping
Nankow Pass
Lianghsiaog
5 600 000 New Homes Needed to Lift Depression Era Burdens
PWA housing experts estimate America must build 5.6 million new homes to replace slums and provide 1930s living standards. About 135000 low income families could gain housing in three years under federal loan backed Wagner act projects, while private enterprise shows little activity. Factors include population rise, lagging home construction, and increased family overcrowding in cities like Enid and Lackawanna.
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PWA
Enid
Okla
Birmingham
Ala
Lackawanna, N. Y
Inglewood Man Convicted of Triple Murder Faces Death Penalty
A Los Angeles jury found Albert Dyer 32 guilty of murdering three young Inglewood girls and gave no life recommendation, making a death penalty sentence mandatory under state law. The trial concluded with the jury returning the verdict after deliberations today in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
Inglewood
Manda
Gas Mask Sale Boosted by Shanghai Stores
Foreigners and locals observed in Shanghai as stores aggressively market gas masks with vivid ads showing Chinese men and women wearing them. Slogans urge saving lives by wearing masks while sand bags and steel helmets are offered at cut prices.
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Shanghai
Japanese Pay Scant Hear 10 Peace Proposal
Washington reports indicate Japan may block the China coast and affect Roosevelt's use of the neutrality act. MIYANOSHITA dispatch notes Premier Konoye dismisses foreign proposals and rejects diplomatic settlements, warning that Sino-Japanese tensions could intensify and lead to broader repercussions.
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Washington
China Coast
Roosevelt
Far East
China
British threaten reprisals over Mediterranean sabotage
London warns Spanish insurgents through ambassador Sir Henry G. Chilton in Hendaye after Britain denounces piracy in the Mediterranean. A protest to General Francisco Franco threatens action if attacks on British shipping repeat, following a bid by two planes to bomb the freighter Noemijulia.
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London
London Times
Mediterranean
Henry G. Chilton
Hendaye
Francisco Franco
British Ambassador Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen Injured in Jap Plane Attack
The British ambassador to China, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, was badly wounded by Japanese planes near Shanghai while en route from Nanking. He was rushed to a Shanghai hospital with a bullet near his spine and strong international tensions followed as China and Nippon war hosts conveyed condolences and prepared potential protests.
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Miyanoshita
Japan
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Koki Hirota
China
Shigeru Kawagoe
Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen
Shanghai
London
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Foreign Office
Anthony Eden
Eden
George VI
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yui
Cannon Predicts Balanced Budget For 1939
Acting Chairman Cannon of the House Appropriations Committee forecast a balanced budget next year through reduction of all appropriations. He said payments on the national debt would begin by 1939 as the debt nears 37 billion dollars. Treasury officials expect a revision of budget estimates showing the finances in better shape with tax loophole closing and partial freezing of appropriations to cut the 1938 deficit.
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Washington
Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Rec
Cann
Congress
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