Battle Rages as Shanghai Endures Sino-Japanese Clash
Shanghai endures heavy fighting as Japanese naval and ground forces clash with Chinese troops along the Whangpoo and beyond. Fire, shelling, and gunfire illuminate the city as U.S. Marines and ships assist in guarding international settlements amid the 1937 Sino-Japanese war.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
Japan
China
Woosung Forts
International Settlement
Chapei
Kiangwan
Woosung
Whangpoo-Yangtze
Yangtze
Attempts Renewed to Act on Wage Hour Bill in Session
The rules committee backed a move to suspend rules to bring the wage hour bill to a House vote if a two thirds majority exists. Speaker Bankhead said no immediate action under suspension is planned, citing need for free discussion. The labor panel warned action this year is unlikely absent a long session into September.
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Washington
House
Bankhead
Rayburn
Texas
Labor Committee
Congress
Rules Committee
Norton
New Jersey
Survivors claim tanker sunk by Italian warship off Kelibia
In Tunis 28 crewmen of the Spanish tanker Capcador reached safety and reported the ship was torpedoed and 12 crew members died. Captain Felix Gary said the vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean at 8 p.m. Wednesday by the Italian destroyer Sadtta om Kelibia, 50 miles northeast of Tunis, with five killed in the engine room and others lost in later blasts. Rome reports conflict with a Spanish insurgent torpedo boat Velasco, giving a different attacker.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Haliany
Felix Gary
Mediterranean
Sadtta
Kelibia
Here
Rome
Palestine Plans Will Not Affect American Rights
The United States has secured assurances from Britain that changes to the Palestine Mandate will not harm American rights and interests. Secretary of State Hull released official correspondence confirming a full reservation of the U S position and guarantees of equal treatment for American nationals in Palestine under the 1924 Palestine mandate convention.
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Washington
United States
Palestine
Cordell Hull
State Department
Foreign Office
Hull
Wisconsin Weather Summary and Regional Temperatures
The morning weather report notes generally fair conditions in Wisconsin with a warmer Saturday. Northwestern observations list 7:30 a.m. temperatures and remarks, while Milwaukee reports the highest temperatures from yesterday. Nearby cities show varying highs and lows, with winds from the northwest and a low barometer reading indicated.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Ses
Northwestern
Tarr
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Revene
Marguette
Escanaba
Puckstaff Observatory
Poe
Loyalists fail to cut rebels lines in Salamanca offensive
Loyalist forces failed to sever rebel communications on the Saragossa Teruel sector as the Albarracin offensive stalled. General Ponte’s troops inflicted heavy losses while Francoist forces halted an advance in the Sierra Anadora region near Pedradzia. Advices from Cordoba report nationalist troops repelling an infiltration on the right bank of the Guadalaquiver river at Lopera Porcunantes.
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Salamanca
Dempta
Saragossa
Teruel
Albarracin
Ponte
Sierra Anadora
Pedradzia
Francisco Franco
Cordoba
Guadalaquiver
Lopera-Porcunantes
Rebels Forge New Regime in Paraguay Cleansed
In Asuncion the garrisons of Paraguay's army and navy staged a bloodless revolt, seized the city, and forced the cabinet to resign. Rebels urged President Franco to stay in office with a new cabinet as loyal troops joined the capital. Commandant Ramos assumed control of Asuncion while a stable government is formed.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Franco
Ramos
Missing Women Sought In Staten Island Tenement Ruins
Rescue teams including 150 firemen and police comb the collapsed Staten Island tenement that killed 19 as investigators press for causes. District Attorney Frank H. Innes plans to ask a grand jury Monday while three other inquiries proceed. The former factory building fell after floodwater from an overflow storm sewer swept through.
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New York
Staten Island
Frank H. Innes
Soviet Transpolar Plane Faces Headwinds to Fairbanks Landing
Seattle dispatch reports Russia's fourth transpolar airship, under pilot Sigismund Levaneffsky, bucking extreme cold and headwinds near the pole as it aims for Fairbanks Alaska. Signal corps noted a nine hour 1,400 mile leg after leaving Moscow.
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Seattle
A. Varlanian
Russia
Fairbanks
Army Signal Corps
Alaska
Signal Corps
Moscow
Vartanian
148Th
Gabovsky
North Pole
Pole
Corde
Nome
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Soviet Union
United States Army Signal Corps
Gilkovsky
Galkovski
Sinking of Land May Be Prelude to Quake
Report from Idaho notes rapid land subsidence on Harley Robertson farm deep in central Idaho. Surface cracks widen as a vast underground air pocket 1500 feet deep shifts, with 20 acres swallowed in ten days. Experts cite a collapsing upper crust and possible large seismic shock.
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Ruhl
Idaho
VU — Grolo- Rists
Harley Robertson
Roberton
Robertson
Farmer Crop Loan Theory Explained
Washington explains crop loan policy where farmers may delay sale if market prices dip below loan value. A 10 cent cotton loan lets growers repay by turning cotton to the Commodity Credit Corporation, which holds it until market absorption improves.
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Washington
Uniers Detter
Commodity Credit Corporation
Fear Lyndhurst Man Is Victim Of Wild Bears
Bloodstained shoes and clothing found near Bowler raise fear Alfred Speering 45 Lyndhurst cheesemaker may have been killed or gravely injured. Bloodhounds are tracking the scent as searchers look for Speering after he was last seen entering woods with fishing gear.
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Bowler
Wis
Alfred Speering
Shawano
Lyndhurst
Carl Druckrey
Leon Uartwig
Brooks-Ross Lumber Company
Woods
Walter Dammau
German seaplane Nordmeer lands at Horta on maiden transatlantic leg
The Nordmeer, a German seaplane, arrived in Horta Azores at 4:30 p.m. ending the second leg of its maiden survey from Lübeck to New York. Crew included First Pilot Joachim Blankenburg and Count Siegfried Schack with Ota Gruchwitz, plus two passengers. The craft will depart Azores for the 2 292 mile hop to Port Washington, New York.
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Moria
Azores
Luebeck
Germany
New York
Lisbon
Portugal
Joachim Blankenburg
Ten
Siegfried Schack
Ota Gruchwitz
Manfret Ruddenbrock
Lalthanta Dine
Pej
Nordmeer
Schwabenland
Port Washington
N, Y
Reconsideration Urged On Menasha School Fund Appeal
Wisconsin Senator F Ryan Duffy asked the Public Works Administration to reconsider its disapproval of an amendatory request by Menasha Wisconsin board of education for school construction funds. Secretary F B Younger said an additional 5141 440 is needed as 772 000 worth of equipment was destroyed by fire and bonding limits were nearly reached. Materials prices had risen since the initial request.
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Washington
Aies
Ryan Duffy
Wisconsin
Public Works Administration
MenAsha
Wis
Board of Education
F. B. Younger
Duffy
Younger
13 on 13th helps celebrate boy in Onalaska
In Onalaska Wisconsin Philip Volk turns 13 this Friday the 13th with 13 family members helping him celebrate the milestone. The event highlights a family gathering centered on the shared age superstition.
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Onalaska
Wis
Philip Volk
Roosevelt nominates Black to Supreme Court amid secrecy
The Senate judiciary subcommittee approved the nomination of Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court after minutes earlier President Roosevelt disclosed it was legal and constitutional. Senator Austin opposed delaying action. Burke and White joined early opposition. The full committee planned Monday to receive the report and a Thursday confirmation was anticipated.
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AJAX
Norton
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Ways and Means
Washington
Alaama
Cummings
Judiciary
Austin
Vermont
Ashurst
Arizona
Judiciary Committee
Senator Black
Stephen T. Early
Early
Congress
Burke
Nebraska
White
Maine
President agrees to make federal loans on cotton
White House conference reports President Roosevelt will authorize immediate federal loans on cotton to farmers pledging to join a surplus crop control plan next session. Senator Bilbo says subsidies hinge on compliance and loans may peg cotton at 12 cents per pound, with details to be set later. Others in attendance included Senators Schnellenbach and Thomas, with Secretary Wallace present.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Bilbo
Mississippi
Congress
Senate
Hoe
Ebiender
Louisiana
Schnellenbach
Thomas
Oklahoma
Wallace
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O'Connell
William W. Tyler
Binghamton
I Sone J. O'Connell Jr
Albany
Frederick H. Bryant
Manning Strewl
John Oley
Percy Geary
Charles Hartigan
Thomas Dugan
George Gargukllo
John McGlone
Harold Crowley
New York City
Frank Fischer
Thomas Burke
Hoboken
WN. J
O’connell
Lewisburg
SCION
National Guard
Leutenant
Interior Ministry
Chaco
Bolivia
Eadwind
Justice-To-Be
Wugo Lafayette Black
Fear Lyndhurst
Harold Best
Prairie du Chien
James Cullen
Crawford County
Soldiers Grove
Mildred
Carl Hill
Madison
Cullen
Orla Shaw
Ruchhind Center
Shaw
Harold
Alvin ‘Best
Viroqua
Richland Center
Sidney Hanson
Richland County
F. L. Korwika
Horta
Menasha Fund
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