Courageous Girls Share Iron Lung To Save Two Infants
In Denver a 21 month old and a 15 year old swapped life saving use of an iron lung after a second respirator arrived for infantile paralysis patients. A fire truck police escort carried equipment while surgeons assembled machines from parts shipped from Toronto and Chicago.
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Denver
Shirley Krause
Maybelle
Toronto
Chicago
Buffalo
Toronto Hospital For
Krause
U S Faces Unfavorable Trade Balance in 1937 Outlook
The Commerce Department reports the United States bought 144.819 million dollars more in world markets than it sold in the first seven months of the year, a rise from the prior period. Exports rose in July but the seven month gap widens the annual deficit, fueling talk of a possible first full year deficit in nearly fifty years.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Charity Hospital Workman Crushed to Death in New Orleans
William H. Mann a 35 year old construction worker was crushed by a crane bucket while unloading gravel at the new Charity hospital project in New Orleans. Fellow workers said he could not move in time as the bucket swung toward him ending his life five minutes before his scheduled work check off.
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New Orleans
William H. Mann
New Charity Hospital
Mann
Fliers Meet for Opening of Air Races
Cleveland hosts national air races as 60 military planes assemble at the 1900 acre airport for the Bendix derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland and a program climaxing with the 200 mile Thompson trophy race. Notables include Earl Ortman Jacqueline Cochran Sonny Sandorph Milo Burcham and Reginald Robbins among others. Prizes total 27500 with 20000 for best times.
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Los Angeles
Cleveland
Columbus
Akron
New York
Earl Ortman
Jaqueline Cochran
E. C
Sonny) Sandorph
Milo Burcham
Frank Fuller
San Francisco
Frank Sinclair
Farmington
L. I
Joseph Mackey
Findlay
R. E. Perlick
Glendale
Calif
Alex Prpana
Roumania
Reginald Robbins
Fort Worth
Tex
Jack Wright
Bendix
Orleans Physician Surrenders to Death at 30
Dr. Leopold Mitchell a renowned New Orleans physician and former US Army medical corps lieutenant colonel died at Touro infirmary from cancer. He planned cremation in Memphis with ashes strewn at Walter Reed hospital and is survived by widow Mary Perry Mitchell and two daughters Jean Loretto 16 and Dorothy Paula 11.
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New Orleans
Leopold Mitchell
Touro Infirmary
Mitchell
United States Army Medical Corps
United States Army
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Alaska
Continental
United States
American Expeditionary Force
France
Mary Perry Mitchell
Lynchburg, Va
Jean Loretto Mitchell
Dorothy Paula Mitchell
Japanese Tell British Army to Quit Posts in Fight Area
An unconfirmed report claims Chinese planes bombed Kagoshima in southern Japan. In Shanghai an evening air raid on the northern borders of the international settlement damaged life and property, with Marines in the blast zone and threats of further strikes. Japanese naval authorities warned the British army to evacuate western boundary outposts of the international settlement.
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Shanghai
Japan
Kagoshima
Shanghalt
International Settlement
President approves Wagner-Steagall slum clearance bill
President Roosevelt announces approval of the Wagner-Steagall bill creating a $526 million federal local slum clearance and low rent housing program. He signs the helium export act restricting foreign sales and establishes a United States Housing Authority with initial $1 million capital and up to $500 million in government guaranteed bonds.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Wagner-Steagall
Senate
Lakehurst
N. J
War and Navy Departments
United States Housing Authority
Department of the Interior
Caesarean Twins Gain Strength In Texas Birth Tragedy
In Kingsville Texas a mother Mrs Gorge Conde 41 died of a heart attack before birth. Doctors performed a rapid cesarean to deliver twins a boy and a girl weighing four pounds twelve ounces and five pounds eight ounces. The infants showed initial weakness from poor circulation but began to respond to revive efforts including brief incubator care.
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Kingsville
Tex
Texas
Gorge Conde
Kleberg County Hospital
D. A. Harrison
C. C. Carruthers
British cabinet tightens naval policy amid Mediterranean submarine threat
London reports intensified British fleet reinforcements in the western Mediterranean after a surge of submarine attacks on British vessels. The tanker Woodford, flying a British flag, was sunk off Spain with one dead and six wounded. The Havock may have repelled a torpedo attack with depth charges.
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London
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Foreign Office
Italy
Woodford
H. M. S. Havock
Gibraltar
South Boosts Swine Output Amid Drought Pressures
The agriculture department reports show the South expanding or maintaining swine production as the Corn Belt declines due to drought. National hog numbers fell from 42,837,000 to 42,774,000 in 1996, while Southern totals rose about 1,000,000 head from 11,907,000 to 12,978,000, aided by a shift to home use production and farm-family needs.
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Washington
South
Agriculture Department
Political Leader in Orleans Dies at 64
New Orleans reports former Judge Thomas P. Goff 64 a 15th ward political figure died today He supported Mayor Martin Behrman and was appointed recorder's court judge in Algiers by Behrman He served until about three years ago Survived by widow a son Thomas Joseph Goff and three daughters Mrs A B Humphrey Miss Frances Goff and Miss Anna Mae Goff
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New Orleans
Thomas P. Goff
15Th Ward
Goff
Martin Behrman
Recorder’s Court
Algiers
Behrman
Thomas Joseph Goff
A. B. Humphrey
Frances Goff
Anna Mae Goff
Five Lake Charles Residents Die In Auto Crash
Five Lake Charles residents were killed and two others injured after a collision between a car and a local oil company truck on the Old Spanish Trail six miles east of Lake Charles. The dead include Leo Kaough and his wife, Archie Kaough and his wife, Archie Kaough’s sister Miss Iane Steed, and Leo Kaough Jr. The injured include 16 year old Leo Kaough Jr. and truck driver Harry Reeves who faces grand jury action after a coroner’s inquest. Reeves is charged with driving under the influence and reckless operation.
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Lake Charles
Old Spanish Trail
Here
Leo Kaough
Archie Kaough
Missouri Pacific Freight Office
Leo
Lake Charles Bank and Trust Company
Iane Steed
Leo Kaough, Jr
Harry Reeves
Oil Company
Kaough
Miss Steed
Lafayette
Weston (Rabb) Fanguy
State Highway Police
Reeves
Harrison says no extra session needed for farm policy
Senator Pat Harrison, visiting Gulfport on vacation, argues there is no need for an extra congressional session unless an extraordinary situation arises. He notes agricultural committees cannot craft permanent legislation before January and urges a permanent workable farm program as priority for the next Congress. He also comments on loan subsidies for the commercial hitch corporation and mentions a projected trip to the Pacific coast and Mexico after brief visits to Crystal Springs and Jackson.
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Gulfport
Miss
Pat Harrison
Congress
House
Senate
Nator Harrison
Co Ion
Commercial Hit Corporation
Howeve
Crystal Springs
Jackson
Pacific Coast
Mexico
80 Mile Row of Cotton Aims to Run Itself
LAKE PROVIDENCE La Sept 2 UP A farmer grows an 80 mile spiral cotton row starting at a 40 acre plot center and extending outward mile after mile. The plan seeks near autonomous cultivation with minimal human labor as neighbors watch for a potential farming revolution.
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Dale Harrison
Lake
Providence
George Hider
Mr. Hider
Vicksburg
Hitler
Hider
South Side Merchants Plan September Queen Pageant Night
South side Monroe merchants announce a large party with an amateur queen contest and prizes. The event, now scheduled for Tuesday September 21, aims to involve all south side shops from Lover's Lane to Jackson Street. No political content will be allowed in the program.
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Chicago
Five Points
Monroe
South Side
Lover's Lane
Lee Avenue
Jackson Street
New Orleans Doctor Lemann Dies After Mayo Clinic Visit
Dr I I Lemann 60 chief of medical staff at Touro infirmary New Orleans died at Mayo Brothers clinic Rochester Minnesota after a stomach hemorrhage during a visit. An operation followed but he failed to rally.
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New Orleans
I. I. Lemann
Touro Infirmary
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Green offers way to settle labor's fight
AFL president William Green advocates readmission of ten suspended CIO unions without conditions as a first step toward reunifying the divided American labor movement. He envisions a joint AFL CIO committee to work out a settlement amid disputes over dual union recognition in radio, electrical, and shipyard sectors.
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Green
Labor
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Associated Press
William Green
F. of L
Joseph Miller
Atlantic City
N. J
American Labor Movement
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
Radio and Electrical and Shipbuilding
Radio and Electrical Workers’ Union
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Marine and Shipyard Workers
C. S
Veterans of Foreign Wars Seek Generous Pension and Jobs
VFW delegates at Buffalo vote to push for a general World War pension and job priority for veterans. The threefold plan calls for public job preference, private employment efforts, and a $50 monthly pension for needy veterans with permanent disability, plus investigations of Fascist Nazi and Communist influences and possible dissolution of diplomatic relations with Russia.
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Buffaio
N. Y
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James F. van Zandt
Altoona
America
Russia
Hong Kong Typhoon Devastation Cuts Wide Path of Destruction
A catastrophic typhoon wrecks Hongkong causing massive harbor damage, flooding streets, and a rising death toll likely to reach thousands. Ships and refugees are stranded, with vessels like Hunan and Conte Verde lost or driven ashore. British and Chinese crews rescue and form lifelines amid the ruin.
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Hongkong
Shanghai
Hunan
van Heutsa
Mausang
Boong Court
Caeton
Syeemoon
Kalgan
Kwangchow
Norewegian
Produce
Tai Po
Macao
Hongkong Harbor
Anlee
Suffolk
Duchess
Diamond
Praya
Shooting of Four Farm Boys Probed in Louisiana
Four farm boys were shot with birdshot near a plantation in Killona St Charles Parish. Clifford Ockman 10 suffered facial chest and thigh wounds and was taken to New Orleans for examination. His brother Melvin 8 and cousins Alfred Sarrah 10 and Mitch ell Sarrah 9 were treated and released.
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Killona
St Charles Parish
Here
Clifford Ockman
New Orleans
Melvin
Alfred Sarrah
Mitchell Sarrah
Joel Gray
Edgard
Chinese and Japan continue payments amid undeclared war
A Japanese spokesman said the Chinese government is continuing payments to Japan despite the undeclared war. The payments include regular Boxer Indemnities and redemption of loans.
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Shanghai
Janese
Japan
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Isao Oyama
Greyhound
Goshen
Ind
Allison Bishopric
Cincinnati
Tot
Iron Lung
U. 5
Orleans
Tanker Woodford
Middle-West
Harrison
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