Mass Planes In Big Push From Air 10 Crack Siege
Massed aerial strikes targeted Belchite on the Aragon front as government forces pressed to encircle the town. Insurgent counter measures failed to halt the advance, with Francoist troops reported advancing to a suburban seminary wall and seeking to sever the Madrid Valencia lifeline. An insurgent squadron was said wiped out near Teruel after government troops held ground at Santa Eulalia.
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Hendaye
Aragon
Belchite
Spain
Zaragoza
Franco
Madrid
Valencia
Valencia Ministry of Defense
Teruel
Torremecha
Celajas
Santa Eulalia
Cotton Crop Damage Rising Across Southern States
Reports from Louisiana and Alabama indicate worsening cotton losses due to heavy rain and cloudbursts. Louisiana agriculture chief Harry D. Wilson forecasts a drop from the August 1 estimate of 15 593 000 bales as rains hurt yields. Boll weevil activity increases in parts of the belt. Agricultural extension officials in Georgia Alabama and other states note widespread damage across the southern crop.
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Atlanta
Baton Rouge
Harry D. Wilson
Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Alabama
Ozark
Dothan
Ala
Cotton
Georgia
Ellender asserts seed price probe
Senator Allen J. Ellender said agriculture department officials are probing a possible illegal arrangement to depress cottonseed prices. He is investigating and would seek federal prosecution if warranted, citing complaints that buyers collude to push prices down to about $20 a ton. He then left by car for Houma, Louisiana, with his wife and son.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
Agriculture Department
Ellender
Houma
Allen J. Ellender, Jr
Britain Offers Four Meals Daily To Soldiers
Britain launches its troop season with 23 000 vacancies in the army as foreign battalions return home. Reforms aim to counter WWII memories with incentives including four meals a day and uniforms designed to attract youth to military service.
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Scotty Reston
London
Great Britain
Britain
Five Die In Goshen Crash Blame Placed On Speeding Driver
Coroner Karl Vetter blamed a speeding motorist who ran a stop sign for a severe crash near Goshen Indiana that killed five and injured more than 30. The motorist Allison Bishopric 65 of Cincinnati was among the dead. Bus driver Lee Callahan 32 of Toledo said Bishopric’s car came through the intersection at high speed. The Greyhound bus rolled over and was wrecked beyond recognition with many trapped in the tangled interior.
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Goshen
Ind
Karl Vetter
Here
Allison Bishopric
Cincinnati
Lee Callahan
Toledo
Bishopric
Callahan
Greyhound Company
10 000 000 Bale Limit Planned
Senator John H Bankhead announced a compulsory cotton control plan to cap production at 10,000,000 bales. The measure would use interstate commerce powers and allot acreage to farmers while barring shipment of cotton from beyond the allotted land. He spoke from Jasper Alabama and cited previous Bankhead acts and President Roosevelt in discussions.
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Jasper
Ala
Congress
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Hitler approves London sugar accord by 22 nations
Berlin reports Reichsfuehrer Hitler ratified the international sugar production and marketing agreement reached by representatives of 22 nations in London last May.
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Berlin
Hitler
London
Shanghai Struggles as Japan Bombards City and Allies Hold Line
Shanghai endures brutal fighting as Japanese air raids shell the Bund and districts such as Hongkew and Pootung. Marines and international volunteers guard bridges while refugees flood waterfront streets seeking safety. Department stores burn and fires rage as Japanese landings press toward the city.
Ouachita Parish Cotton Crop Expected to Fall Short
Prominent Ouachita parish planters said this year's cotton yield will likely be between 13 000 and 16 000 bales, shorter than last year and below six week earlier estimates. Unseasonable rains and boll weevil infestation blamed. feed and food crops, however, show their best prospects in 20 years. The Cadeville meeting on Tuesday discussed these forecasts.
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Ouachita Parish
Cadeville
Quachita Parish
Missing Cadet Edgerton Sought as Search Intensifies
In Texas and Louisiana, army air searchers and ground crews hunt for Cadet Guy W. Edgerton missing since Monday after his flight separated in a storm en route from Barksdale Field to Kelly Field. A wheel-like metal object and fire ruins are sighted near Weches, Texas, but officials say no clue to his whereabouts has been found.
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Shreveport
Weches
Tex
Guy W. Edgerton
Grapeland
United States Army
Civilian Conservation Corps
Kelly
N. C
Barksdale Field
Kelly Field
Edgerton
Army
Anderson County
Treasury aims to keep deficit under 410 million
Washington officials say this fiscal year’s deficit should stay under the predicted 410 million despite a 357.9 million red ink balance for July and August. They expect economies and loan repayments to offset the gap, noting July and August outgo exceeded income by 249 million and 108.5 million respectively, with final two days unreported.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Five Arrested in Automobile Thefts In New Orleans
Five men were jailed on charges of transporting stolen automobiles from Mississippi to Louisiana. Cars stolen in Jackson were taken to Monroe to alter motor numbers and then brought to New Orleans to be sold. Arrestees include Edward Victor Henry Dorscher Mike Passantino Jack Cutero and John Phelan. Police say ten cars stolen in Jackson in the past three months have been recovered.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
John J. Jackson
Jackson
Miss
Monroe
Edward Victor
Henry Dorscher
Mike Passantino
Jack Cutero
John Phelan
Victor and
Derscher
Automobile Theft Bureau
Eight hour swim ends as Powell recounts Great Salt Lake crash
Lieutenant Lucian A Powell of the Army Reserve Flying Corps describes a crash from Wendover Nevada to Salt Lake City. He and mechanic Henry Pearson escaped the sinking plane and Powell swam eight hours to shore while Pearson clung to the wreckage awaiting rescue. Powell lands safely in Salt Lake City.
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Lucian A. Powell
Army Reserve Flying Corps
Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Army Reserve Flying Corp
Wendover
Nev
Henry Pearson
Pearson
Speed flier de Seversky shaken in plane crash
Major Alexander P. de Seversky, famed speed flier and head of the Seversky Aircraft corp, escaped a fire wreck after his monoplane crashed on landing at Floyd Bennett Field. He walked away limping as the plane burned, with the left wheel locking and the craft sustaining severe damage. The accident removed a Seversky entry from the Bendix race.
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New York
Alexander P. de Seversky
Speed
Aircraft Corporation
Floyd Bennett Field
de Seversky
Hartford
Conn
United States Navy
Seversky Aircraft Corporation
Chicago delays start of schools amid polio outbreak
Chicago health officials halt reopening of 619,000 pupils as August infantile paralysis cases surge. 109 cases last month push toward epidemic pace with 10 percent death rate. many youths attended summer camps where exposure occurred.
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Chicago
Board of Health
Herman N. Bundesen
Bundesen
Lindbergh Hoaxer Seeks Full Pardon in New Jersey
John Hughes Curtis of Norfolk Virginia, fined $1000 and jailed a year for obstructing justice in the Lindbergh case, asks a full pardon so he can be vindicated. His attorney said the pardon request will be reviewed at the New Jersey court of pardons during the September term. Curtis declined to comment.
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Trenton
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
New Jersey
Curtis
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Charles A. Lindbergh
Leche pledges aid in pollution crisis at Ouachita river
Governor Richard W. Leche promised full state government cooperation to solve Ouachita river pollution from Brown Paper mill at West Monroe. He urged chemists to neutralize acids, weighed mill closure vs. river valley welfare, and noted possible federal or state court action as the dammed reservoir released 14 million gallons for 90 days.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Ouachita River
West Monroe
Ouachita Valley
Monroe
Caldwell Parish
Delaware Corporation
LSU Alumni Rally Planned at Lakeside Country Club
Louisiana State University alumni and prospective students plan a Friday 8 p.m. barbecue and rally at Lakeside Country Club led by Percy Brown. Major Perry Cole will speak as the dean of administration. James Monroe Smith will outline the year’s broader university program. A state radio hookup from Baton Rouge will link Monroe to parties statewide.
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Louisiana State University
Lakeside Country Club
Percy Brown
Perry Cole
Baton Rouge
Monroe
James Monroe Smith
War on predatory fish to begin at Eaglelake
In Eaglelake on the Louisiana Mississippi border wardens from both states will cooperate to rid the lake of gars turtles and non game fish starting today through December 1 The move follows an agreement signed yesterday by the Mississippi game and fish commission and the Louisiana conservation department Si Corley director of the Mississippi commission said the effort aims to make Eagle lake a real fisherman's paradise.
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Jackson
Miss
Eaglelake
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mississippi Game and Fish Commission
Louisiana Conservation Department
Si Corley
Mississippi Commission
Eagle Lake
Flames Form Magnificent And Awful Background To War Drama
In Hyde Park officials said the United States would rely on existing naval vessels in the Far East to evacuate Americans amid danger zones. President Roosevelt and Admiral Leahy discussed the Sino Japanese crisis, with no new ships needed at Shanghai. A Shanghai firestorm from Japan’s offensive roared through Soochow creek near the international settlement as Japanese forces shelled Chapei and Kiangwan.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
United States
Far East
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt Home
Shanghai
Japan
China
Soochow Creek
International Settlement
Chapei
Kiangwan
Northeast Center Faculty List for 1937 38 Announced
Dean C C Colvert announced the Northeast Center of Louisiana State University faculty and staff for 1937 38 with four new hires A S Huffman men's physical education instructor L M Norton registrar and government instructor A L Pitts business administration instructor and Miss Margaret Tomb secretary to the dean Kathryn Wolfe returns as science instructor from Ohio State University The full list follows with existing members including C V Colvert as dean G G Albritton chemistry and physics and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
C. C. Colvert
A. S. Huffman
L. M. Norton
A. L. Pitts
Margaret Tomb
Kathryn Wolfe
Ohio State University
C. ©. Colvest
G. G. Alebritton
B. J. Brown
Roger C. Frischie
Wima B. Prischie
Dallas Goss
WR. Hammond
Ada Bess Hart
Tallulah Bankhead Starts Honeymoon in Long Island Sound Cottage
Tallulah Bankhead and actor husband John Emery plan a honeymoon cottage stay on Long Island Sound after their Sept 1 wedding at William B. Bankhead’s home in Jasper Alabama. The couple, 34 year old Bankhead and Emery, will return to New York then Norwalk Connecticut for a two week honeymoon before rehearsals for Ant and Cleopatra on Broadway.
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Jasper
Ala
Tallulah Bankhead
John Emery
Husha
Cote Tage
Long Island Sound
Miss Bankhead
William B. Bankhead
National House of Representatives
New York
Hollywood
I Coe
Katherine
Tallulah
Norswalk
Conn
Broadway
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Ilies
Northwest
Speeder
Greyhound
NEA
Paris
Orient
Whangpoo River
International
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Hongkew
Pootung
Bund
Woosung
Whangpoo
Lindbergh
Leche
America
Dean Colvert
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