British to Withdraw Soldiers From Shanghai and North China
British forces in Shanghai and North China are to be withdrawn and no replacements planned. The move, announced by officials, aims to protect lives and property amid Chinese and Japanese conflict. International forces will assume duties under the Shanghai International Settlement council.
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Shanghai
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Cham
United States
Britain
Shanghai Inter- Imtomal
Hongkong
Singapore
China
Withdrawal of British forces shifts balance in Shanghai
Shanghai reports Christie era retreat as Maj Gen Frank Simons leaves. The British withdrawal places Admiral Moriji Takeda in lead of the defending Japanese garrison with Cmdr Beal Witt Pech as American marine commander. 10,000 British subjects and up to 21.2 billion dollars in British investments may remain unprotected. French quarters claim no withdrawal for Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Frank Simons
Roger Admirral Moriji Takeda
Garris
Gal BeWitt Pech
Takeda
Inter Patina
Amer~ Sears
Tokyo
China
Britain
Movie and radio gossip spill over in chaotic notes
A scattered H-wood and theatre column reviews multiple film projects and star movements. Mentions include The Bride Wene West, Reno divorce caper plots, Panama Hattie, Verve Teasdale, Kay Peltus, Maude Thyscen, and a flood of names like Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Maureen O Hara, and Mickey Rooney, with brief notes on careers, marriages, and industry buzz.
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Hijarsaus
Herbert
Kerb
Tan Mields
Inter
K.C
Lee Marcus
Panama Hattie
Adolphe Ménjou
Verve Teasdale
Astaire to Play Comedy Role In Film Special Delivery
Joe Pasternak persuades Fred Astaire to star in Special Delivery at Universal. Astaire will play a comedian version rather than a dancer, teaming with Gloria Jean and Baby Sandy. Henry Koster to direct, continuing Pasternak’s successful collaboration.
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Louella UY
Parsons Motion Picture
Hollywood
Atc
Joe Pastercak
Fred Astaire
Universit
Joe
Astaire
Fred
Gloria Jean
Baby Sandy
Henry Koster
Pasternak
Deana Durbin
Rumor Mill Names Local Figures In Haphazard Notes
A jumble of names appears with scattered roles from survey work to civic ties. Ed gar Tobin, SGT Jeff Day, A P Geffert, A Lenoir, Milton Cavanaugh, John Lozano, Eve Lyn Sinclair, Mary Prado, and H A Fitzhugh surface amid references to building, art, poetry, travel, and age milestones, with stray notes on weather and county farming duties.
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Milton Cavanaugh Juer
Corpus End
University of San Antonio
John Lozano
Vocar Honnapom
Evelyn Sinclair Lax
San Francisco
Mary Avflyn Prado
Arist Pred
H A. Fitzhugh
Trail of the Lonesome Pine at Empire Theater
The Empire Theater resurfaces Lonesome Pine with stars Fred MacMurray Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. A backwoods girl and a young engineer face class and family obstacles as Fonda pursues love. Scenic photography highlights the film with Fuzzy Knight performing the title song.
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Empire Theater
Priday
Fred Machianay
Sylvia Sidney
Henry Fonda
Tia
Sony
Fonda
MacMurray
Two Air Captains Ordered to Coast to Calfornia Training
Bernard A. Bricge from Ran heid and Capt Lloyd 8 mill of Ballyfield were ordered to Stock California where a few Advanced Firing schools would be opened for the West Cows Training center. Maj. Edward V. Macapes of the new Quartermaster corps Fort Sem Houston has been ordered to duty Hingwn. DB.
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Fort Sem Houston
Sales Technique Film Exhibited at District Meeting
A moving picture demonstration on sales technique shown during an all day district salesmen meeting of the John Deere Plow Company at the Flaza hotel. The film aimed to improve district reach and selling methods among attendees.
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John Deere
Figay
Flaza Hotel
MILL QUIZ NEW WORKERS AT CHARARTEL OFFICE
Officials discuss a government vision to ensure all employees are in sympathy with targeted ends. Whalen notes examinations may extend to clerks and stenographers as part of a broader verification effort. The plan aims to align staff with stated policy goals and may involve numerous workers in San Antonio.
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Charartel
Whalen
Dewier Flervor
Fridey
San Antonio
Dély
Cross Roads of America shown at Majestic in San Antonio
Cizeus of San Antonio, who have not seen the city’s historic points in years, can view their town in Cross Roads of America at the Majestic theater starting Saturday. The film, shot in San Antonio, features army posts Brackenridge Park the Alamo the Missions Governor's palace and other city sights plus industrial life and local factories. It is shown as an added attraction to the feature Love You Again with co star William Powell.
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San Antonio
America
Opes
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Ben Antonio
Brackenridge Park
Alamo
Missions
Governor's Palace
Wiliam Powell
New Tax Urged to Speed Arms Production
Treasury chief Morgenthau urged prompt enactment of new taxes to fund rapid defense production and to better distribute defense costs. He warned that without new revenue measures, existing wartime powers could be exhausted by mid-1941. He called for speeding excess profits taxes and suspending certain wartime tax limits to accelerate defense contracts and factory expansion.
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Vear
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Senate Nnance “Committee
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Hkoor Uy
Aegarde
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Niles
Texas Bedbug Is Sleep Inducer
A Washington report from August 9 states the bedbug, described as the grand father of bedbugs and much larger than common types, was found in Texas during a systematic Health Service survey. It is noted as a notable blood-sucker and potential carrier of sleeping sickness, though its full danger as a transmitter had not been recognized before.
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Washington
Wretg &Llid
Jubille Heath Service
Arzrodny Packrhanian
Insite of Health
Texas
Improved Dairy Products Urged for Texas Markets
Fort Worth dairy official M. McMurray urged Texas to upgrade dairy products to enter larger markets in the United States. He spoke in San Antonio and met district managers. similar meetings occurred in Dallas, El Paso, and Amarillo to plan quality improvements for dairy goods.
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Texas Dairy Proulety Association
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Amarillo
Wartime Day Law Forecast by Woman Temperance Leader
Mrs Ida B Wier Smith national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union declares liquor traffic a dangerous influence on national welfare at the 66th annual W C T U convention. She argues wartime prohibition may be enacted, linking drink to productivity and moral decline while calling for reduced saloons and broader social costs.
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Chicago
Alle
Ida B. Wier Smith
Natoral
Woetus Christian Temperance Union
Chautemps to Face Hearing in Alam War Trial
Berlin reports via German radio that Premier Camille Chautemps will be brought before the Alam war guilty tribunal. The broadcast says Chautemps, once deputy to Premier Petain, is under investigation for potential collaboration with Axis forces.
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Radio Forner Preneh
Camille Chautemps
Alam
Vichy
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South America
Marshal Philippe Petzin
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Ariassi
Chautemps
Vite
Paul
Reyhaud
Anpanimts
Four Aces lead as 8 teams survive in bridge tourney
Ashury Park New Jersey August sees eight teams of twenty advance in the American Contract Bridge League masters tournament. The Four Aces from New York, Oswald Jopoby of Dallas, M D Maler, Theodore A Lightner, Howard Lehencken and Robert McPherson beat George Rappee and others by 40 to 10 points over 32 hands. Other New York entries and a Pennsylvania non masters team also perform, with winners advancing to knockout rounds.
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Philadelphia
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Oswald Japoby
Dallas
M.D. Maler
Theodore A. Lightner
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Robert McPherson
Chester Springs
Itislers
Will de Held Tontgut
Gene Autry Film at State Theater Opens Saturday
Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette star in Gauci Sere- Vade a Western melodrama about aiding a box used by crooks with a Nele English pawn. Torpedoes Raid ers, a top war film, screens as second feature with The Shadow serial and a cartoon. Howell Jones visits Blanco County fair in Johnson City for goodwill tour with the Chamber of Commerce.
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Tor
Gene Autev
Trail of the Tans son Jing Movie Timetable
Fragmentary OCR listing shows entries like 1:38 times and codes such as G202 and B08. The readable bits suggest a timetable style note rather than a complete Annie-like film summary.
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