Border clashes flare as Russia and Japan trade blows
Unofficial border warfare in far eastern Siberia intensified with thousands of troops involved. Russian artillery pounded Japanese lines after two infantry probes in the Vladivostok hill sector. Japan prepared for more Soviet air raids following prior bombings in Korea. Light control was ordered in eastern Japan and northern Korea. Moscow said further border fighting was inevitable.
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United Press
Russia
Japan
Siberia
Vladivostok
Korea
Tokio
Moscow
Second Protest Stokes Far East Border Fighting
Japan delivered its second protest in 24 hours to Soviet Russia over fighting on the Russia Manchuria frontier as both sides deployed large forces with planes and tanks. A Tass denial disputed Soviet offensives while diplomats pursue localized settlement. Some saw the clash as prelude to a major undeclared war in the Far East.
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Russia
Manchukuo
Far East
Tass
Manchukuan
Foreign Office
Japan
Orient
China
Hankow
Canton- Hankow
Siberian
Henkow
Baird Named Waukesha County Municipal Judge
Gov La Follette appoints Madison county official Austin Z Baird to fill the unexpired term of Judge Evans who was sentenced to two years and one day in prison for perjury after a grand jury probe into vice conditions and slot machine operations in Waukesha County. Evans faces additional indictments while Axel Olson was appointed sheriff in a separate earlier action.
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Madison
Austin Z. Baird
Waukesha
Philip F. la Follette
David M. Evans
Baird
Evans
Jesse B. Earie
Cuba City
Waupun State
Wsukesha
House of Isl
Waukesha County
Axel E. Olson
la Follette
Walter A. Liskowitz
Hope for Settlement in Russo Japanese Border Clash
Moscow indicated a wish for a peaceful settlement while warning Japan of serious consequences if provocations continued. The Tass communique insisted the Soviet government defends territory, and both sides claimed Changkufeng as Russian or Manchukuoan. Washington trusted a truce is likely, viewing the clash as a local affair unlikely to ignite a wider war.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Siberian
Tass
Soviet Union
Libera
Korea
Manchukuo
Pravde
Changkufeng
SEF
Washington
Manchukuo-Korea-Siberia
China
War and Navy Department
Hull
Tokio
Germany and France Reach Agreement on Austrian Loans
Germany and France reach accord to reimburse France for costs from guarantees on Austrian loans. Paris reports Germany will repay expenses tied to French guarantees of a 20 year loan in 1933 and a 23 year loan in 1934.
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Germany
France
Paris
Iti
Maytag Strike Near End as Union Seeks Profit Sharing
United Press reports Maytag workers in Newton, tied up by a 13 week strike, offer to take a 10 percent wage cut if they can share in profits from July 1, 1938 to July 1, 1939. The executive committee urged open conference in Des Moines at 2 p.m. to discuss settlement.
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Winthrop Lyman
United Press
Des Moines
U.P
Maytag Washing” Machine Company
E. H. Maytzy
Martag
Frederick II
SINC
Maytag
Newton
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Committee For Industrial Organization
Nelson G. Kraschel
E. H. Pollard
Fort Madison
Wisconsin Mental Program Extended
Madison authorities announced an extended mental health program for inmates and probationers. Dr Peter Bell said four regional offices will cover about 3000 supervised individuals with a goal to classify abilities and responsibilities. About 300 have been examined so far with some deemed dangerous to society. L F Murphy said the plan aims to supply judges with full facts before judgments.
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Board of Control
Dr. Gell
Jdge
L. F. Murphy
State Director of Probation and Parole
Heat hits Wisconsin as city records soar and relief appears
A 92 degree high at Buck staff observatory topped the day with downtown readings near 97 degrees while the state faced heat linked to two hospital cases. Weather officials forecast cooling later tonight and a drop tomorrow as heat deaths are noted in Milwaukee and Oshkosh.
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Buckstaff Observatory
Mercy Hospital
Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
Federal Weather
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Abruth
Eugene Kritz
George Stuart
Oshkosh
Federal Weather Bureau
Wausau
la Crosse
Madison
Park Falls
Milwakee
Green Bay
Escanaba
Mich
Duluth
Minn
Los Angeles
California
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Wis
Middle West
Railroads, Trainmen Fail to Reach Pay Cut Accord
Chicago reports that railroad groups and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announced a failure to agree on a 14 percent wage cut. They will take the dispute to a federal mediator after July talks. H A Enochs and A F Whitney spoke for their sides.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
H. A. Enochs
A. FF. Whitney
Brotherhood
Enochs
W. OM. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Seme
Affk
Leiserson
Pro Brotherhood
Ciieation
Greg M. Harrison
Weather Summary From Buckstall Observatory
Cloudy conditions persist in eastern areas with cooler air moving in by Thursday morning. Temperatures show a high of 97 degrees at 3 pm and a low around 69 to 69 at night, with no precipitation reported. Southwest winds and a barometer near 29.55 characterize the day, while daily records note a peak around 81 degrees and a recent year’s high of 82.
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Sun Sur
Seis Senat
Associated Press
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Yellowstone
Buckstall Observatory
Japan Airplanes Down G2 China Craft in Major Skirmish
Japanese communique reports 32 Chinese planes shot down near Hankow and seven Chinese planes destroyed on the Hangkow airfield. Japanese raids hit rail and river traffic in the Yangtze valley and damaged Hankow airfields while a British customs launch was set ablaze and its crew injured.
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Yangtze Valley
Shanghai
Mankow
Hang Kow
J. T. C. Crawley
H. M. S. Gnat
Hankow
Crawley
Gnat
Narchang
Ying- Shan
Peiping-Hankow
Japinese
Canton Railway
Compromise Antilynching Measure Proposed in Congress
Rep. Lei Ladow of Indiana and Atty. Gen. Homer S. Cummings discuss a compromise antilynching bill. Ludlow presses for a federal investigation into lynchings and a federal offense for interstate incitement, with penalties up to five years. The plan seeks studies and possible recommendations for congressional action.
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Washington
U.P
Lei Ladow
Indiana
Homer S. Cummings
Congress
Ludlow
Justice Department
Cummings
Thebjeet O
Synehir Cummings
Department
Health Insurance Plan Outlined Before G O P.
A senate investigator rushed to Kentucky to probe primary campaign appeals and alleged misuse of federal funds. The committee sought facts on relief work ties and possible patterns of organized influence, with statements touching WPA and WIA officials amid party battles.
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Washington
Senate
Taek
Kentucky Duday
Chatman Sheppard
Kentucky
Ubab
Tnek
Feders
WPA
Harry Hop Iking
Miltec
Sheppard
Hopkins
WIA
Retail sales decline in midyear 1998 report
Secretary of Commerce Patterson released a midyear retail trade summary showing consumer sales for the first half of 1998 about 15 percent below the same period in 1987 and about 3 percent below 1938. The largest drop occurred in durable goods with auto sales down nearly 50 percent, and furniture, appliances, and building materials also fell sharply.
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Washington
Ile
Secretary of Commerce
Patterson
Tne
Roosevelt Foes Win 2 and Lose 2 in Primaries
The Associated Press reports four primaries produced mixed results for Roosevelt backers. Missouri Senator Bennett Clark won a landslide renomination. Kansas Senator George McGill also secured renomination. West Virginia sent three Roosevelt supporters back to the House, while Virginia saw two New Dealers defeated. The contests reflected party divisions with little White House intervention by Roosevelt.
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Missouri
Clark
Victor
Kansas
McGill
West
Virginia
Associated Press
Bennett Claris
Roosevelt
Henry
Caulfield
George McGill
Clyde M. Reed
Gerald Winrad
Walter Haxman
Payne Ratner
Howard Smith
William E. Dada Jr
Calgile Darden
Norman Hamilton
West Virginia
Ramsay
Edmiston
Johnson
Bennett Clark
White House
Smith
DODD
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
William E. Dodd Jr
Germany
Dade
Rules Committee
Labor
Nonpartisan League
C. I
Alexandria
John L. Lewis
Milwaukee Hall blaze injures Fire Chief Steinkellner
A three alarm fire at Milwaukee Hall injures Fire Chief Peter Steinkellner who suffered a severe gash after a fall while guiding evacuees. Firefighters received treatment for puncture wounds and smoke inhalation as flames damaged the building.
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Steinkellner
Milwaukee Hall
Inilwaukee
Weis Catenin Iil
Milwaukee
Lny Dence
Peter Steinkellmip
Coloniak
Fesmne
H. Miesen
American Legionater
Irenee OR
Iya
Holtz
Pe Ee
Ory Wine Dows
Nex
Atmid
Resolts
Steinhellmer
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