Japan Orders Blockade of China Coast by Navy Command
Tokyo reports a blockade of all Chinese official and private shipping on the Chinese coast effective at 6 p.m. The order, issued by Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, covers area from Shanghai north to Nanping, with other nations’ vessels exempted. Heavy fighting slows Japanese troop landings at Shanghai as Chinese mines and gun nests repulse assaults.
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Tokio
Japan
Domei
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Hase
Sawa
China
Shanghai
Nanking
Morris J. Harris
Shanghai—P
Shanghai War
Wentsaopang
Whangpoo
Tsungming Island
Yangtze
Liuho
Nanwei
Whangpao
U A W to Spend Near Million In Unionizing Ford
The United Automobile Workers launch a drive to win two weeks of paid vacation for all auto workers nationwide and to pool resources for a campaign against Henry Ford. President Homer Martin vows to organize Ford's workers and plans a war chest with a 25 cents per member monthly assessment aiming to raise about half a million dollars in six months.
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Milwaukee
United Automobile Workers Today
William H. Lawrence
United Press
Wis
United Automobile Workers’ Union
U. A. Ws
Henry Ford
Homer Martin
Ford Motor Company
Martin
Ford
Resolutions Committee
Express Opposition to Coalition Move in Wisconsin
Green Bay is the setting for a meeting of the Eighth congressional district Republican committee. Speakers denounced a proposed Republican Democrat coalition as harming party identity. After discussion, leaders from all nine counties in the district voted the plan down.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Eighth Congressional District Republican Committee
Father Confesses to Murder of Son
Chicaro Adolph Peterson 9 sought since his son's battered body found last night surrendered today and was quoted by police. William Kelis as admitting he killed Geraldi Peterson. 38, Gerald's bride Kathryn Peterson 24 found his body in their bedroom on her return from California. Blood stained bat near the pajama clad body described as the death weapon. Sergeant Kells said the aged man claimed Gerald was his stepson and admitted bludgeoning the younger man to death to oust him from their name. Mrs. Peterson said she last saw her husband July 22 returning from Beverly Hills to visit her father. Neighbors reportedly heard quarrelling yesterday morning.
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Chicaro
Adolph Peterson
William Kelis
Geraldi Peterson
Gerald
Kathryn Peterson
California
Peterson
Kells
Beverly Hills
Calif
Wilkins Pursues Arctic Quest On Second Flight
Edmonton report says Sir Hubert Wilkins departed the Coppermine mouth in the North West Territories at 2 15 a m CST on a second Arctic expedition search for missing Russian transpolarists. His craft carried 720 gallons of fuel amid hazy weather with possible refueling at Aklavik.
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Edmonton
Alla
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Coppermine River
North- West Territories
Arctic
Wilkins
Aklavik
Trust busting campaign eyed to curb big business
The New Deal administration plans a campaign to amend antitrust statutes in Congress. The move, inspired by Justice Brandeis, aims to curb monopolies in coordination with securities regulation and utility holding company eliminations. A draft tax measure would also target big business growth as a first step in dismantling holding companies.
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Washington
New Deal Administration
Congress
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Brandeis
White House
United Press
Treasury
Roswell Magill
Roosevelt
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Santander Falls to Insurgents After Fast Coastal Drive
Insurgents announced the surrender of Santander after a rapid advance that left government forces encircled. City authorities handed over capitulation as insurgent columns closed in from the outskirts, with Basque leader Jose Antonio de Aguirre reaching Bayonne ahead of the advance.
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Hendaye
Santander
Spain
Biscay
San Sebastian
Irun
Jose Antonio de Aguirre
Basque Republic
Bayonne
France
Bilao
Haas Named Domestic Prelate of Catholic University
Monsignor Francis J. Haas, former rector of St. Francis Seminary and member of the Wisconsin state labor board, is appointed dean of the new social science department at Catholic University of America in Washington. He will assume duties Sept 1 and was invested as domestic prelate with the rank of monsignor. Haas, 48, born in Racine, has taught at St. Francis and Marquette and has held multiple public service roles including NRA advisory boards and New Deal positions.
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Francis 2
Ifaas
Catholic University of America
Washington, D. C
St. Francis Seminary
Milwaukee
State Labor Board
Catholic University
Wisconsin State Labor Board
U.P
Francis J. Haas
Catholic Church
Haas
State
Philip F. la Follette
State, Labor Board
Voyta Wrabetz
E. E. Witte
Witte
Washington Catholic University
School of Social Service
Monsignor Haas
Samuel A. Stritch
Msgr
Joseph Corrigan
A. J. Muench
Fargo
Casper Dowd
Eau Claire
Peter Leo Johnson
George Eilers
Racine
Marquette University
University of Wisconsin
First National Labor Relations Board
NRA
New Deal Administration
Carnegie Peace Foundation
Germany
Weather summary from Wisconsin and western regions
A weather note from Associated Press reports possible scattered thundershowers in the northwest this afternoon or tonight, then partly to locally cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. Slightly warmer in the northeast tonight with temperature readings including Milwaukee highs and lows yesterday. other listed locations include Salt Lake City Winnemucca and Yellowstone with varied readings.
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Gill
Associated Pressy
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Fair Milwaukee
Salt Lake City
Winnemucca
Yellowstone
Allotment Approved For Waupaca School
Roosevelt approved 42 public works allotments totaling about 10 million dollars for Wisconsin and other states. The list includes Waupaca school at 39,960 dollars and Waupaca school addition at 96,750 dollars, plus Milwaukee area and several sewer and water projects across the state.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
United States
Baldwin
Barnboo
Crandon
Cedarburg
Cobb
Coon
Village
Edgar
Hancock
Hartford
la Crosse
Bake
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Probie
Prentice
Reedsville
Stephenson
Trempealeau
Waupaca
Waupua
Wauwatosa
Election test looms in AFL CIO affilia tion vote
In Madison the AFL leaders move toward a test vote at the convention to decide on affiliating with the CIO. Dr Jerome Davis of Yale backs CIO and loyalty to it while Charles Stillman pushes to stay with the AFL. Delegates plan a referendum as the formal vote nears.
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Madison
Wis
American Federation of Leaders
Jerome Davis
Yale University
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Charles B. Stillman
Chicago
A. F. of
Old Guard
Davis
John J. Lewis
Organized Workers of America
A. F. of L
Stillman
David I. Pierce
Executive Council
New York
Eleanor D. Colt
Affiliated Schools For Workers
Labor Movement
Giants
CUBS
Wisconsin State Fair Draws Huge Nine Day Crowd
Milwaukee crowds surged through Wisconsin state fair grounds as organizers forecast attendance over 500000 for the nine day exposition. Four days yielded 254907 visitors with heat sickness, pickpocket arrests, and lost children noted amid livestock contests and prize races.
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Milwaukee
WU P
Wisconsin State Fair Grounds
Sonia Truzo
Slinger
Wis
Casey Jones
Waukesha
Harvey Elmerson
Casey
Delores
Harry M. Knabe
Murry
Neb
Charles Lord
Swayzee
Ind
Lady
Rhodesdale Farms
Burlington
Master’s Choice
L. William Brewer
Albany
Chester
Ann Arbor
Mich
William Glaspell & Sons
Oshiawa
Ont
Wern Farms
Wiss Balistrerie Brothers
Mulwauke
Wer Fanns
Ripon College receives $10,000 gift in memory of student
Ripon Wisconsin acknowledges a $10,000 donation from Dr. C A Evans of Milwaukee chief of staff at Milwaukee Hospital. The gift honors his son Edward Sifton Evans who died in an automobile crash near Milwaukee. Edward, nephew of Ripon president Silas Evans, was a Ripon graduate of 1936 and a medical student in Madison. The funds will endow scholarships.
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Ripon
Wis
Ripon College
C. A. Evans
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Hospital
Edward Sifton Evans
Edward Evans
Silas Evans
Madison
Roosevelt signs lower court bill amid reshaped reform plan
President Roosevelt begrudgingly approves a lower court procedural reform bill, insisting it falls short of his supreme court reorganization goals. He denounces the judiciary's conservatism, urges constitutional defense, and vows to press for broader changes while noting no increase in federal judges. Continued discussion expected on the plan’s scope.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
High Court
Rail wage talks break down amid 20 cent demand
Representatives of 35,000 railroad workers and their employers split after six major railroads refused a flat 20 percent wage increase. Union leaders warned of a withdrawal from service after a strike ballot showed 7 percent in favor of a strike if demands aren’t met. H A Enochs said the proposal would be ruinous and they cannot support even an eight cent an hour boost.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods
H. A. Enochs
Eattiers
Enochs
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