Hope Fades For Early Adjournment As Conferees Fail
Washington report says congressional leaders nearly abandoned hope of adjourning tonight as senate house housing bill conferees fail to agree. House Rayburn said no adjournment tonight and possible finish between 2 and 5 tomorrow, with Barkley agreeing. Senate Walsh noted no agreement before tomorrow.
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Senate-House
House
Rayburn
Senate
Barkley
Walsh
Massachussetts
House Rules Committee
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Ceretain
Democrats Fail To Pass Wages And Hours Bill Says John L. Lewis
John L. Lewis of the Committee for Industrial Organization charges that Congress failed to pass the wages and hours bill and that Democratic leadership cannot carry out 1936 pledges. He calls for party discipline or admission that the party cannot lead the nation. President Green and President Roosevelt had warned the bill would not pass, though hope remained.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Congress
Feaders
Democratic Party
Lewis
House
Pres
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
State Dept Refuses Passports for China Travel
The state department will not issue passports to American nationals for travel to or in China. This decision was learned by United Press today.
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Washington
State Department
China
United Press
Wife Named as Senator by Governor
Washington reports Mrs. Dixie Graves wife of Gov Bibb Graves of Alabama took her oath of office as the successor in the senate to Hugo L Black who resigned to join the supreme court. The appointment lasts until a special election to fill Black's unexpired term.
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Dixie Bibb Graves
Hugo L. Black
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Dixie Graves
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Senate
Black
Supreme Court
Beth Campbell
United States Senate
Graves
Capitol Hill
Soviet Plane Joins Search For Flyers At Barrow Alaska
A four man Soviet plane was flown from Wellen Siberia to Point Barrow to aid in locating six Russians missing after a four engine flight from Moscow to San Francisco. Eskimos reported a likely ice breaker Krassin offshore as weather remained unfavorable and language barriers hindered communication.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Wellen
Siberia
Moscow
San Francisco
Eskimos
Krassin
Manila Quake Strikes City Amid Refugee Arrival
A powerful Manila earthquake knocked out lights and caused fires and building damage after sharp tremors near 8 p.m. Refugees from Shanghai arriving on the President Jefferson faced chaos at the customs house as police and military aid arrived. The quake shook Baguio and damaged Escolta, the Great Eastern hotel sank, and many injuries were reported though no deaths.
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Ray P. Cronin
Manila
Shanghai
Jefferson
Customs House
Baguio
Philippines
Escolta
Twelfth Poison Death Blamed on Mrs Hahn
Cincinnati police planned an autopsy after identifying the 12th victim in a poisoning case linked to Anna Marie Hahn, a 31 year old blonde nicknamed Madame Bluebeard. Officials say Hahn profited from the deaths and sought large life insurance payouts while denying murder charges. Witnesses and associates are being examined as investigators pursue further leads.
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Sincinnati
Bluebeard
Ollie’ Luella Koehler
C'S
Dudley MM. Outcast
Hahn
Madame Bluebeard
Jacob Wazner
Georges Gseellman
Josn Horn
Vsner
Stina Gable
Greensboro
N. C
Cincinnati
Deny Surcharge for Wisconsin Telephone Company Application
The public service commission rejected Wisconsin Telephone Company’s bid to levy a 4.4 percent local surcharge to cover an emergency relief tax. It held the request unreasonable and discriminatory, noting no emergency and no need to protect the company’s interests. The $686,516 emergency assessment funds state programs for blind and old age pensions and dependent children.
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Madison
Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Wisconsin
Dane County Circuit Court
A. C. Koppmann
Pilot James Going Lifesaving Landing Behind Blinding Rain
United Airlines pilot James Going safely landed a transport plane on its belly in a field near the Chicago municipal airport during a rain storm. The inbound aircraft from San Francisco carried 14 passengers and three crew members and cleared a 12 foot railroad embankment with minimal injuries. The plane sustained slight damage as witnesses credited the pilot for averting disaster.
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Chicago
James Going
United Airlines
San Francisco
Wisconsin State Fair Opens with Record Attendance Expected
Milwaukee reports the 87th Wisconsin State Fair kicks off for nine days, with exhibits worth 1.5 million dollars and prize money over 76 thousand hinted. Livestock barns will overflow, judging runs Aug 16 to 20, governor and dairy days highlighted, and nightly fairs set with harness racing, rodeo, and circus acts.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Agriculture and Industry
la Foliette
Wisconsin Weather Summary Improves Overnight
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions in Wisconsin with cooler overnight temperatures. Saturday is generally fair with moderate temperatures, while Milwaukee reported a high of 110 and a low of 42 in yesterday’s readings.
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Assocatiod Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Mitwaukee
Phoenix
Yellowstone
Southern Democrats thwart wage hour bill in session
In Washington the wage and hour bill was blocked when southern Democrats abstained on roll call, leaving no quorum. The measure would set federal minimum wages up to 40 cents per hour and a 40 hour work week, drawing heavy Southern industry opposition. Proponents plan renewed push at next session.
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Washington
Rules Committee
House
Senate
Jeaders
Healey
Massachusetts
Black Takes Oath as Court Justice
Hugo I. Black's office says he took the constitutional oath as associate supreme court justice before Charles Pace the senate clerk. Pace administered the oath in the capitol after Black resigned from the senate. He is entitled to the $20 000 annual pay but will not assume full authority until the judicial oath by Clerk Charles Cropley at the October term.
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Washington
Hugo I. Black
Supreme Court
Charles F. Pace
Senate
Pace
Capitol
Black
Charles Elmore Cropley
High Court
Augusta hit on Shanghai run. one dead, 18 wounded
The USS Augusta flagship of the Asiatic fleet was struck on its after deck at 6:40 p.m. killing Freddie John Falgout of Raceland Iowa and wounding 18 others. Sailors sought shelter as Japanese and Chinese fire surged along the Whangpoo river during evacuations near the international settlement.
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Shanghai
United States
Augusta
United States Asiatic Fleet
Harry E. Yarnell
Whangpoo River
International Settlement
Freddie John Falgout
Raceland
Whangpoo
Chapei
iVhangpoo
U.S. Officials In China Will Decide Necessary Action
President Roosevelt said action in response to the shelling of the cruiser Augusta off Shanghai would be decided by officials on the ground in China. He noted fragmentary dispatches and said Washington officials will not rush to judgment. Naval attaches expect a protest to China and Japan while Congress shows interest.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Augusta
Shanghai
Tientsin
Marty E. Yarnell
China
Japan
Capitol Will
McReynolds
Tennessee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rueping Company challenges Wisconsin Labor Board authority
The Fred Rueping Leather Company of Fond du Lac files federal suit over board jurisdiction asserting the Wisconsin act applies to interstate commerce firms. It seeks a temporary injunction and argues its employees’ association is a valid bargaining unit, disputing recognition of the CIO as sole agent and seeking ballot fairness if an election occurs.
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Milwaukee
Fred Rueping Leather Company
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Labor Relations Board
State Labor Board
Committee For Industrial Organization Union
C. I.0
Mother Defends Son in Sister Slaying Case
Mrs Bernice Best insists her 15 year old son Harold Best did not kill his sister Mildred 21 in the Soldiers Grove farmhouse. Sheriff Oliver White says Harold confessed after an empty rifle shell was found near his claimed crime scene. Authorities also probe the death of Mildreds uncle Orla Shaw with a post mortem showing traces of poison. experts disagree on its role.
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Wit
Harold
Mildred
Bernice Best
Harold Best
Olver White
Milderd Best
Soldiers Grove
Orla Snow
Sheriff White
Crawford County
White
Orla Shaw
Shaw
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