British Protest Over Japanese Bombing of Vessels
UK officials lodged a strong protest after Japanese forces attacked Ichang destroying two British river steamers and injuring crewmen. A Japanese army spokesman claimed no information on the incident. Also, Halmen port was ordered closed to foreign ships as Tokyo pressed a China coast blockade and warned foreign nationals to withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SHANGHAL
makita
Ichang
Asiatic Petroleumt Company
sitima
H J. Denver
Irhang
Shanghai
Koshiro Oikawa
China
IL am
Halmen
Cheklang
gacoat Cannet
Asiatic Petroleum Company
fenting
spemming
Tientsin
Honan
National Banks Subject 10 Act Under Wagner Act Ruling
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that national banks are not agencies of the federal government but subject to the Wagner Act. It ordered Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association of California to reinstate with back pay an employee discharged for unlow activity and directed the association to cease discouraging union membership by its employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
national Inter board
Bank of America National Trust and Sav Ings Association of California
u nlow
association
United Office and Professional Workers of America CIO
Endurance Mark Shattered By Flying Brothers
Springfield I I Aug 7 Hunter and Humphrey Moody set a light plane endurance record in their Miss Springfield monoplane, flying 343 hours 47 minutes three seconds from July 23 to last night 10 48 p m CST. They landed at the municipal airport after an electrical storm forced descent and were guarded by police at their hotel door. Dorothy Moody prepared meals while the brothers celebrated with relief and smiles before agreeing they could have gone longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SPRINGFIELD, II
Hunter
Humphrey Moody
Springfield
Dorothy
Humphrey
Miners Die in Rogk Fall Near Ravine Mine
In Ravine Pennsylvania two more miners were recovered dead from a mine collapse. Rescuers found the bodies of Noah Kohr and Robert Fiddler as the search near the Schuylkill county field continued. The toll rises to twenty two fatalities from the disaster last Friday.
Beaverhill Hits Iceberg Off Newfoundland Light Damage
The Canadian Pacific freighter Beaverhill struck an iceberg off the Newfoundland coast near 30.30 north and 64.12 west. Captain T. Jones reported light damage to the No 4 double-bottom tank with inner hull intact, and the ship pressed toward London, expected Aug 13, while the Ausonia stood by in fog and Champlain escorted to ice patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOSTON
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line
Beaverhill
Montreal
London
Newfoundland
coast guard
T. Jones
Ausonia
Champlain
LONTON
company
Southampton
New York
Seirstad
Rotterdam
Cape St. Francis
Tall Smokestack Dismantled With Balloons and Rifle
In Muskodee Oklahoma on August 7, engineers dismantled a 190 foot smokestack using hydrogen balloons to pull string then cord and rope through the stack. Balloons were shot down after lifting each length. A steeplejack then dismantled brick by brick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MUSKODEE
Okla
Congress Awaits Home Reaction On Session Results
Washington awaits home reaction as the record 1939-40 Congress ends its session. Administration leaders expect most New Deal measures to be enacted next year, while Republicans predict greater independence and a drift away from Roosevelt policies. Barkley defends pending targets as Austin predicts stronger anti Roosevelt opposition into 1940 campaign.
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WASHINGTON
congress
Roosevelt
senate
house
Hyde Park
Barkley
Austin
R-VI
Martin
R-Mass
Ruling Allows Federal Workers at Democratic Club Convention
Washington Aug 7 An informal Justice Department opinion held federal jobholders may attend the National Young Democratic Clubs convention in Pittsburgh but not as delegates. It clarified Hatch Act limits on political activity by federal employees and suggested they cannot vote on convention business. The civil liberties division issued the view to Young Democrats president Pitt Maner. a formal ruling from Attorney General Murphy is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
justice department
Young Democratic Clubs
Pittsburgh
Justice
Pitt Maner
Young Democrats
aas
civil lberties
Murphy
civil service
Sea Scout Ship Goes Aground In Lake Michigan
The three mast schooner Oliver H. Perry with 100 Sea Scouts ran aground on He Aux Galeis shoals between Charlevoix and the Straits of Mackinac. Coast guards reported no immediate danger to the vessel.
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CHARLEVOIX
Mich
Oliver H. Perry
He Aux Galeis shoals
Straits of Mackinag
Nation wide drive on crime opens in New York
The nations greatest assault on organized crime opened in New York with a $500000 volume titled Encyclopedia of Crime presented to a federal grand jury. Police guard 30 witnesses as the inquiry targets Louis Lepke Buchalter and a broad crackdown will spread to Chicago New Orleans Boston and other key centers.
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NEW YORK
naion
Louis “Lepke" Buchalter
Manhattan
Frank Murchy
Murphy
Chicago
New Orleans
Boston
Miami
Philadelphia
San Francisco
John T. Cahill
Buchalter
fugituve
Lepke
lved queti
Bronx
Thames EF
Dewey
Southwest
Middle West
Pacific onast
G-men
Four Die In New Mexico Weekend Crash Toll
News reports from Albuquerque detail four killed and six injured in New Mexico weekend crashes. A Kansas City couple, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Noonan, died when their car overturned south of Santa Fe. The infant son of Mrs. Rosa Mechler of Silver City and Lt. George Lange of an Albuquerque CCC camp also died in a head-on collision near Belen. Additional injuries occurred near Albuquerque and east of the city with other passengers hospitalized.
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ALBUQUERQUE
N. M
New Mexico
E. J. Noonan
Kansas City
T. A. Locatel
Santa Fe
Stunday
Belen
Rosa Mechler
Silver City
N.M
Mechler
George Lange
CCC
D. C. Callahan
Sailisaw
Oklo
Davis Honeymoon Protests Rally Over Nyack Wedding
New York dispatch reports a protest as Hope Dare the redheaded ex showgirl and Dixie Davis, once linked to the Schultz mob, wed in Nyack under detective watch. District Attorney Dewey announced the marriage as officials weigh ongoing probe actions and past testimony.
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NEW YORK
J. Richard
Dixies Davis
underworld
RENO
Hope Dare
Philadelphia
Davis
Martha
Martha Davis
Tombs
Miss Dare
Tammany
James J. Hines
Schultz
Hope
Nyack
Thomas E. Dewey
Rockland county
Dixie Davis
Dutch Schultz gang
Polish fliers saved at sea near Danzig
Two Polish fliers plunged into the Baltic near the Hela peninsula and were rescued by the German steamer Hanse Stadt Danzig. The crew said the plane circled the ship while the Poles photographed the vessel. The airmen landed at Zoppot near Danzig.
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FREE CITY OF
DANZIG
Baltic
Hela
Zoppot
Garner Leaves For Home And Fishing
Vice-president Garner travels toward Uvalde and home in good humor and health ready to fish and feel natural again. He meets well wishers at a Dallas train stop, refuses to discuss his presidential bid or Congress, and jokes about reporters. He ignores a labor leader’s charge calling him a "poker player and whiskey drinker" and predicts no change in his stance.
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DALLAS
Texas
Garner
Uvalde
John
Lewis
Search planes scour Virginia for escaped circus elephant
A Staunton air search targets the two ton elephant Elsie after a highway crash that killed a circus attendant and one other elephant. Witnesses report Elsie is at large in the Mint Springs woods south of Staunton as responders fear the animal may have gone haywire following the wreck.
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STAUNTON
Virginia woods
Elsie
West Virginia
Roanoke
Mint Springs
Larry White
White
John A Bilair
Kansas City
Nation's Capitol Deserted As Legislators Return Home
Washington Aug 7 The capitol appeared tomb like as Congress and aides left for homes and vacations. Fewer than a dozen of 96 senators remained and about 50 of 435 House members stayed to wrap up business. When adjourned Saturday night over 30 senators had departed and the last House roll call showed 230 members present. About 25 offices stay open in the fall with skeleton staffs as lobbyists, pages and clerks largely absent. Tourists crowd the dome area where the king and queen of England stood in the rotunda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
capitol
congress
house
England
Leche and Weiss accused in oil sales probe
New Orleans August 7 federal indictments name former Governor Richard Leche and hotel operator Seymour Wells in a hot oil scheme under the Connally act. They, along with Freeman Burford and East Texas Refining, are charged with conspiracy to move Louisiana oil to Texas and abroad between 1936 and 1937, amid a $67,000 per person payoff. Weiss faces separate income tax charges tied to 1996 evasion, and Weiss and Louis Lesage are named in a third indictment for tax violations. The probe, spanning five weeks, also touches on alleged jury tampering and intimidation claims.
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NEW ORLEANS
Richard Webster Leche
Seymour Wells
Freeman Burford
Dallas
Texas
East Texas Refining Company
Louisiana
Italy
Bond
Leche
Lesage
Weiss
federal
Lewhe
congress
ena
Louis
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Welss
Burford
Radessa, La
Shreveport
East Texas
Pelican Oil Company
state conservation department
Lewche
federal district court
federal bureau of investigation
James Monroy Smith
Louisiana State University
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Reid
NATIONAL BANKS
FLYING BROTHERS
Eaton
R.Calif
naval hospital
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VIRGINIA
HELSINKI
Finland
Viipuri
Russia
Tuto
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