Ambassador Wounded as Shanghai Siege Intensifies
Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, British ambassador, was wounded by machine gun fire as Shanghai’s defense tightens. Japanese high command set a Sunday deadline to conquer the city, while surgeons reported the ambassador in pain but conscious and improving later.
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H.R. Ekins
United Press
Shanghai
U.P
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
China
C.S. T
Harry E. Yarnell
United States
Shigeru Kawagoe
Hongkew-Yangtzepoo - North
Nanking
Yangtze
American Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington
State Department
Cot
Floods In Upstate New York And Pennsylvania Inundate Regions
Elmira New York reports 24 hour rainfall bursting banks and washing away bridges from Watkins Glen to Painted Post and Pine City while Hendy Hollow coal houses fall to floodwaters. Five miles southwest of Elmira deputies mobilize as Seley creek swells threatening homes.
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Elmira
Watkins Glen
Wellsboro
Painted Post
N.Y
Hendy Hollow
N. Y
Pine City
Chemung County
Harry J. Tifit
Seley Creek
Tifft
Andrew Mellon Dies Former Secretary and Financier
Andrew W. Mellon statesman diplomat art patron and financier dies at 82 from uremia and broncho pneumonia at Bonnie Dune estate. Body to be returned to Pittsburgh with funeral set for East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Services led by Dr Stuart Nye Hutchinson.
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Ronald G. van ‘Tine
United Press
Southampton
N. Y
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
David K. E. Bruce
Long Island Railroad
S. T
Manhattan
Pittsburgher
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fiarding
Death of Ebien Hunter Ends Chance at Hatton Estate Fortune
Ebien Hunter 86 of Chicago, nearest kin to lumber baron William Hatton, dies before securing her expected estate share of about 444 400 from Hatton’s 1.7 to 6 million fortune. The Hatton heirs had fought over claims until a June compromise in Waupaca.
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New London
Wis
Ebien Hunter
Chicago
Hunter
Josephine Hatten Knight
Lawrence Lawson
James F
Waupaca
Federation Pushes National Farmer-Labor Party Plan
The American Federation of Teachers votes 285 to 227 to affiliate with the CIO after a nationwide referendum. Jerome Davis is reelected president as teachers distance themselves from AFL special assessments and urge unity among major labor groups for a broader convention.
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Willard R. Smith
United Press
Madison
American Federation of Teachers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Farmer-Labor
Labor
Farmer-Labor- Progressive Party
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Davis
Jerome Davis
Yale Divinity School
A. F. of L. Executive Council
American Labor Movement
A. F. of L
Denver
War in Brief Headlines Britain Japan Ambassadors and China Battles
Associated Press reports Britain may sever diplomatic ties with Japan over a machine gun attack on Britain's ambassador to China. Ambassador Sir Hughe Montgomery Knai ch Hugessen survived after a blood transfusion in the United States. Chinese forces counterattack near Shanghai while Japanese units push toward Lotien and Nanking endangering civilians.
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Associated Press
Britain
Japan
China
Hughe Montgomery Knaichbuil-Hugessen
United States
Shanghai
Lotien
Nanking
Second Baron Rothschild Dies at 69 in Hertfordshire
Lionel Waller Rothschild, the second baron and member of the famed banking family, died at his Tring home after a long illness. He was 69, unmarried, and not a banker. A zoologist and author, his recreations included shooting and hunting. title passes to his nephew Victor Rothschild.
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Andrew W. Mellon
Great Britain
Baron Rothschild
Tring
Hertfordshire
Lionel Waller Rothsschild
Victor Rothschild
Lewis vows UAW to organize Ford workers in Milwaukee
John L. Lewis, head of the CIO, told UAW delegates in Milwaukee that the union will organize Ford Motor Company workers. He urged restraint to avoid political rivalry, urging labor to use its strength to boost worker engagement in national affairs while criticizing William Green and AFL for supporting corporate opposition.
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Milwaukee
John L. Lewis
Henry Ford
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Workers
United Automobile Workers
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Congress
Green
A. F
C. I.O
A. F. of L
Roosevelt signs rivers and harbors and flood control bills
President Roosevelt signed the rivers and harbors bill authorizing about 54 million dollars for waterway work and a flood control measure worth about 34.2 million dollars for the Ohio valley. He criticized a pollution survey provision and proposed a three member panel with a war engineer health service representative and a non government expert to conduct the Ohio river survey. He also noted 80 measures were under review and signed the housing bill to extend federal housing aid.
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Myde Park
Roosevelt
White House
War Department
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
War and Treasury Departments
Army
Health Service
Washington
Wolf River
Public Health Service
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Treasury
Housing Hill
Wisconsin State Fair Attendance Sets New Record
Wisconsin's state fair drew 63 928 visitors on one day, bringing six day total to 474 699 surpassing last year's full week record. A dairy day parade of 100 plus autos showcased the dairy industry alongside butter ball contests and Queen of Dairyland. Gov La Follette spoke as crowds filled grandstands for dairy related exhibitions and horse races.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Exhibition
Wisconsin
Philip F. la Follette
Daniel W. Hoan
Hoan
Union
T. E. Harsselkus
Doustman
Will Fure
Platteville
Wey “Acres
Thiensville
Highcroft Farm
Minnesota
Boulder Bridge Farm
Excelsior
Minn
Foxwood Farm
Chicago
A. E. Bower & Son
Rushton
Governor sets Sept 13 for short relief session
Governor La Follette told legislators a tentative Sept 13 start for a three week special session focused on relief. He would name a steering committee of three assembly and three senate members, aiming for joint hearings and no congressional memorials. He noted hotel room shortages due to the October oil trial.
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Madison
la Follette
Congress
Asmony
Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
Peace
Cornelius Young
Milwaukee
Milton Murray
Senate
E. M. Rowlands
Cambria
Herman Severson
Iola
Harry W. Polens
Port Washington
Conrad Shearer
Kenosha
No Delay Will Be Permitted in Diplomatic Row
Washington warns Japan and China that the United States reserves all rights of its nationals in the Far East and will hold Tokyo and Beijing responsible for damage. Britain threatens to break off relations over the attack on Sir Hughe Knatchbull Hugessen, the British ambassador to China, with Yoshida seeking a meeting to express regret.
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Washington
U.2
Cordell Mull
United States
Japan
China
Far East
London
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
Shanghai
Britain
R. G. Howe
Nanking
England
Howe
Shigeru Yoshida
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Knatchbull- Hugessen
Gas explosion kills 3 year old in Marinette farm home
Irene Scharnell died from burns after an old gas heated iron exploded igniting a table. Six siblings ages 7 to 21 live alone on the farm. sheriff notes father left last February after wife’s death leaving Anton 21 in charge with Anna 17, Peter 13, Wanda 7.
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Marinette
Wis
Irene Scharnell
Louise
Irene
Anna
Crivitz
Arthur Wollif
John Scharnell
Milwaukee
Antone
Peter
Wanda
Weather Summary for Wisconsin and West Regions
An OCR fragment reports weather across Wisconsin including cooler in extreme northeast and southeast, warmer in extreme west, with southerly winds. Milwaukee records high and low temperatures yesterday, while Phoenix and Spokane figures are cited. The Buckstaff Observatory notes a Thursday evening to Friday morning period with fair conditions and no precipitation. barometer around 29.70 inches.
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Jay Riss
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Spokane
Buckstaff Observatory
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Hatten Estate
Rothschild
Ford Company
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Rockford
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