Floods Trap Japs Near Hankow Amid Air Raids
Two British Yangtze river steamers were destroyed by Japanese air raiders. A missionary reported anti American agitation spreading in Shansi and Shihchia Chwang as U S authorities protest Japan's 1911 treaty. Japanese columns isolated in southeastern Shan si with guerrillas in the hills. Weather rains continue as travelers report conditions.
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Shanghai
North China
Brush
We Aslatic Ferruleum Company
Khang
Hankow
Reginala Vesey Holt
Britain
Kosaio Oikwa
China
Peiping
Shansi
Shihchia Chwang
United States
Japan
Yellow River
Kaifeng
Ja’ese
Food Shortage Deepens at Tientsin as Blockade Tightens
Tientsin August 6 Japanese restrictions on the blockaded British and French concessions tightened, producing the worst food shortage since the June 14 blockade. Fish meat and vegetables vanished from markets while milk supplies rose slightly. Sentries increased inspections at concession barricades and food trucks faced delays, spoiling perishables. Britain reportedly agreed to hand over four Chinese refugees blamed for instability, conditional on broader talks.
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Tientsin
Tokyo
London
Britain
Japan
Tientsen
British press declares readiness for war drills in wartime mobilization
London reports British newspapers unite in urging calm and planning for wartime contingencies as the army, navy, and air force prepare the largest peacetime maneuvers in history. over 1300 planes will simulate an air war in southeast England Tuesday to Friday, while King George VI reviews reserve warships at Weymouth Bay. Admiral Darlan to attend king’s review in Portsmouth.
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London
Uengers
Great Britain
Vanwig
Army
Navy
Ai Force
England
George VI
Weymouth Bay
Sunday Observer
Sunday Times
News of the World
France Jean Darlan
Portsmouth
Volta
King George
Graft trial set for three Pittsburgh figures in bonding case
Harrisburg August 6 AP Two Pittsburgh insurance men James P Kirk and Vic tor Skok and H H Temple former chief highway engineer face trial for conspiracy to monopolize state bonding business with western road contractors Jurors to be drawn Monday as district attorney and defense plan to proceed Meanwhile Roy E Brownmiller former secretary of highways awaits conviction in a related case related witness Thomas B Witt cited for contempt and bond posted Jurists Reese and Hughes assigned to the cases
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
State Highway Department
James P. Kirk
Allegheny County Democratic
Insurance Company
Victor Skok
H. H. Temple
Earle
Dauphin County
Carl B. Shelley
Oliver K. Eaton
Roy E. Brownmiller
Luzerne County
Brownmiller
Thomas B. Witt
Kirk
Shelley
Witt
Commonwealth
Reese
Fred S. Reese
Cumberland County
Howard W. Hughes
Washington County
Brownmuler
Supreme Court
Hughes
Pedestrian Penrod badly hurt after roadside walk
John Penrod 58 of Holsapple R D 2 is in serious condition at Memorial hospital Johnstown with a fractured left leg and scalp lacerations after walking into the path of Samuel R Shahene of Indiana on Route 219 near the Glessner Mills post office Sunday afternoon Shahene blew the horn but Penrod who has a left ear hearing deficit did not respond An ambulance taken him to the hospital and no charges were filed against Shahene.
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John Penrod
Holsapple R. D. 2
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Samuel R. Shahene
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Jennerstown
Pennsylvania State Motor Police
Glessner Mills
Penrod
Shahene
F. E. Sass
Jay O. Hay
Boswell
Meyersdale man with gunshot head wound
Calvin Leazier of Meyersdale R. D. 2 was listed in fair condition at Community hospital with a gun shot wound to the head. Authorities provided little information and the sending physician declined to comment as police had no details on the incident.
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Calvin Leazier
Meyersdale R. D. 2
Community Hospital
Polish marshal warns force must reply to force in Danzig clash
Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz addressed about 100000 partisans in Krakow on the 25th anniversary of the Pilsudski legion entry, saying Poland would resist any act threatening state dignity. He cited Danzig customs disputes and praised allied nations while signaling possible direct action if talks fail. The crowd shouted We Want Danzig as critics urged firm policing of borders and frontier control shifts.
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Krakow
Poland
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Danziz
Pilsudski Legion
Danzig
Germany
Marshall
Britain
France
Warsaw
Nas
Free City
Joseph Beck
Pilsudski
Marshall Joseph Fulsudski
Austria- Hungary
Russia
Austria
Father Choby Receives Central City Rector Post
The Rev. Father Anthony C. Choby, assistant rector at St. Stephen's Catholic Church Cambria City for 13 years, was named rector of St. John's Baptist Church Central City. The appointment, announced by Bishop Richard T. Guilfoyle, moves Father Choby from Cambria City to Central City.
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Anthony C. Choby
St. Stephen’s Catholic Church
Cambria City
St. John’s Baptist Church
Central City
John J. Olex
Braddock
Johnstown
Choby
Phillipsburg
St. Francis College
Lorretto
St. Vincent College
Latrobe
Altoona
Senate predicts retaliatory action if Japan backs China
Senator Pittman said Congress would authorize retaliatory measures at the next session unless Japan improves its attitude toward U S citizens in China. The prediction came from the Senate foreign relations committee chairman during the Washington gathering on August 6.
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United States
Washington
Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
China
Congress
Roosevelt Confidence Seen For Congress Return
Washington Aug 6 President Roosevelt, described by Senate leader Barkley as confident Congress will pass administration measures on return from vacation, aims to push major goals including neutrality law revision and lending programs. Pepper’s criticism spurred grass roots support. Barkley expects home sentiment to bolster backing for the New Deal during the upcoming session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
Barkley
Commerce
Harry Hopkins
House
Pepper
D-Fla
Hyde Park
Austin
Vermont
Rayburn
Texas
Fisher Inquest In Berlin Today
An inquest into the death of Archie W. Fisher 24 Berlin man who died from a gunshot wound inflicted by companion Robert Esken 37 is set for Monday afternoon at the Johnson and Son funeral home Berlin. Coroner P F E Sass said. Esken posted 2500 bond and was released. Surviving are widow Elizabeth Fisher and parents plus several brothers and sisters. Funeral Tuesday at 2 from the Fisher home with Rev Dr D S Stephan and Berlin I O O F cemetery interment.
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Archie W. Fisher
Berlin
Robert Esken
Fisher
Brotherton
Johnson. and. Son
PF. E. Sass
Esken
P. P. Baker
Elizabeth (Shuck) Fisher
Alex Fisher
Glenn Fisher
Somerset
Ira Harding
Meyersdale
George
Pearl
Beauah
D. S. Stephan
Trinity Reformed Church
Johnson and Sons
55 Rescue Workers Miss Trapped Miners
In Ravine on August 6 AP reports fifty five rescue workers in shifts of fifteen labored to free two miners trapped two days earlier. Robert Fidler and Noah Kohr, aged 45 and 37, remained unaccounted as crews reached the fall site with no trace found. Relatives and the Pine Grove community waited at the mine entrance forty miles from Pottsville, while Fidler’s son Deryl, a Pine Grove High student, helped on site.
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Robert Fidler
Noah Kohr
Pottsville
Fidler
Deryl
Pine Grove High School
Lewis Foe In Lead In Kentucky Primary Report
Brown gubernatorial candidate Witoq claimed White House support while John Son trails in the One-Fourth districts report. The race centers on Kentucky primary dynamics with notable party figures asserting backing and polling shifts ahead of ballots.
Kentucky Governor Race Heads to Final Tally After Primary
Lieut. Gov Keen Johnson leads the Democratic field in Kentucky's governor primary as counting continues from 1,113 precincts with 81,396 to 69,677 over rival John Young Brown. Swope leads Republicans with 22,909 to Cooper's 14,801, with organizational backing shaping the race amid labor and White House influences.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Keen Johnson
CIO
John Young Brown
Johnson
Brown
Charles D. Arnett
Ulysses G. Foster
King Swope
Lexington
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
Swope
Cooper
L. O. Smith
Harlan
G. Tom Hawkins
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Kentucky Federation of Labor
A. PF
Chandler
Govenor
A. B. “Happy
Senate
Barkley
White House
Roosevelt
Earth and Rock Fatal to Five
Five workers died in Pennsylvania over the weekend in rock and earth collapses. A 20 ton boulder fell in a tunnel near Somerset. a sewer ditch collapse at Lansdale killed Michael Parr and left others injured. Rescue workers fear miner captives Robert Fidler and Noah Kohr may be dead. Additional accidents claimed Phillip Facenda, Joseph Colton, George Griffith, Huston Lackey, Wilmer Cramer, Angelo Carnezali, Tony Bovo, Richard Boose, Marion Zacher, and John Stroman in various locations, with drownings, crashes, and falls reported.
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Associated Press
Earth and
Rock Falls
Pennsylvania
Somerset
Lansdale
Robert Fidler
Noah Kohr
Schuylkill County
Michael Parr
Phillip Facenda
Philadelphia
Joseph Colton
Atlantic City
George Griffith
Ephrata
Lebanon
Huston Lackey
Lake Lynn
Uniontown
Wilmer Cramer
Nanty-Glo
Tyrone
Angelo Carnezali
Altoona
Tony Bovo
Mahoning River
New Castle
Claude B. Smith
Punxsutawney
Pittsburgh
Richard Boose
Wormleysburg
Harrisburg
Marion Zacher
Oil City
John Stroman
York Hospital
Legion at Williamsport Opens with Arriving Delegates
Williamsport August 6 AP Legion convention week begins with arrivals of legionnaires from several districts in the state. Commander Frank E. Gwynn Allentown and other state officials are expected tomorrow.
Czechs Conduct Economic Boycott Against Germans
Prague reports Czechs are pursuing an economic boycott against Germans in Bohemia and Moravia. Nazi District Leader Konstantin Hoess charged the day at a party meeting.
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Prague
Bohemia and
Moravia
Konstantin Hoess
Reitz Outing At Recreation Field In Central City
Reitz Outing to be held Wednesday August 16 at Central City Recreation field for Reitz coal company employees and their families with a planned program.
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Reitz
Reitz Coal Company
Central City
Physician risked life in vain to save Leach
Dr John D Spencer of Somerset rushed 15 miles to the Laurel Hill tunnel after a rock fall trapped William Leach. In a desperate improvised operation inside the tunnel he amputated the arm but Leach died minutes after reaching the ambulance. Spencer recalled fear but said saving life was the only chance. Miners praised his courage and called him tops for the tunnel crew.
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Charles A. Welsh, JR
Laurel Hill Tunnel
John D. Spencer
Somerset
Spencer
William Leach
Shorty
Leach
Edward J. Waters
Co C Moves to Manassas War Games
Motorcades carrying about 65 soldiers from Company C 110th Infantry N G P departed Somerset for Manassas Virginia for a two week war games encampment. They will endure military discipline and rationed living to simulate wartime conditions at the Bull Run battlefield site.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset
Manassas
Virginia
Bull Run
110Th Infantry
George Co. Cassett
Fred Cupp
Paul B. Lowry
Baltimore & Ohio
Jennertown
Indiantown Gap
Peace Prayer at Manassas Army Maneuvers Opens
Peace was the theme at devotionals for 17 000 soldiers preparing to begin two weeks of maneuvers on a 50 000 acre Manassas field. Memorial services honored three dead comrades from Philadelphia Doylestown and Phoenixville as Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia guards move troops by rail and road under wartime conditions. Water shortages and a truck rollover marked early challenges while field rations cost 53.5 cents per man per day.
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Manassas
111Th Infantry
Philadelphia
Pottston
Phoenixville
Doylestown
West Chester
Chester
Robert C. Cooper
Raphael Schuilli
Robert C. Taney
William B. Pugh
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Howitzer Company
112Th Infantry
Robert R. Stormey
Oil City
Miner dies after Holsopple crash involving mail truck
Lewis Pasuit 21 of Holsopple died Sunday night in Memorial hospital Johnstown from injuries suffered Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a mail truck from Somerset to Johnstown driven by Moses Salem 51 of Johnstown The crash occurred on Route 601 near Bard Salem at 526 PM Salem and his 25 son Philip escaped injury伴伴伴 accompanying Salem The companion Joe Kosco 23 of Jerome remained in critical condition with scalp lacerations brain concussion and back injuries A coroner said inquest date not set Kosco listed in poor condition Witness William Zep sel Gray observed the collision The motorcycle was wrecked and the truck front end damaged Salem not held verzek
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Lewis Stanley Pasuit
Holsopple
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Somerset
Moses Salem
McConnoughy Street
Holsapple
Joe Kosco
Jerome
FP. E. Sass
Somerset County
Kosco
Jennertown
Bard Salem
Passut
Pasuit
Salem
Philip
William Zepsel
Gray
Dobson Named Commander of 80th Division Veterans
Edwin Dobson of Pittsburgh was elected commander of the 80th Division Veterans Association at the end of its 20th reunion. Officers named include A. P. Terry first vice president, Frank Mayer second, Ed Hartman third, Mark R. Byrne national secretary, Russell Stultz historian, the Rev. James Kalp chaplain, Rodney Bonsall judge advocate, with an executive committee led by Hugh Bell and others. Louis Johnson spoke at the closing meeting. Bluefield was picked for the 1940 convention.
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Uniontown
Ang
Edwin Dobson
Pittsburgh
Veterans’ Association
A. P. Terry
Wyethville
Frank Mayer
Philadelphia
Ed. Hartman
Holidays Cove
W. Va
Mark R. Byrne
Russell Stultz
New Market
James
Bluefield
W. V
Fort Hare Registers Two New Inmates
Charles Brown aged 24 from Salisbury was committed to Somerset county jail after a hearing before Squire C A Maust on assault and battery charges. Alexander Wilson of Boswell was sentenced to 30 days in county jail in default of fine and costs by Burgess Isaac Kampton for drunkenness indecent language and resisting an officer.
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Charles Brown
Salisbury
Somerset County
Squire C. A. Maust
Alexander Wilson
Boswell
Isaac Kampton
Moody brothers set light airplane endurance record
In Springfield Illinois, August 6, the Moody brothers Hunter and Humphrey completed a 343 hour 46 minute endurance flight in a severe electrical storm. Their landing was safe and observed by about 5 000 spectators, marking a new endurance record for light planes.
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Springfield
Ill
Moody Brothers
Hunter
Humphrey
Huge rock collapse kills four tunnel workers in Somerset county
A twenty ton rock toppled from Laurel Hill tunnel roof Saturday morning, crushing four Hankin Conkey Co workers amid safety work on Pennsylvania's all weather highway project. Ola Schooling, Leonard Anderson, and Walter Daley died instantly. William Leach died later after amputation and ambulance transport. Coroner and turnpike officials opened multiple probes to determine responsibility. Funeral arrangements set for Leach and bodies shipped to Ohio and Illinois for the others.
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Laurel Hill Tunnel
Pennsylvania
Hankin-Conkey Construction Co
Ola Kenneth Schooling
Leonard Anderson
Walter B. Daley
William J. Leach
Leach
Somerset Community Hospital
Edward J. Waters
Somerset County
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Boswell
Daley
Uhrichville
Ohio
Schooling
Chillicothe
Ill
Anderson
Denver
Colorado
Westmoreland County
H. A. McMurray
Turnpike Commission
al Huntington
Weather forecast for three states shows cloudy conditions
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers Tuesday and little temperature change. West Virginia reports mainly cloudy with scattered showers in the east on Monday and local showers Tuesday. Western Pennsylvania also notes mainly cloudy conditions with showers late Monday into Tuesday and minimal temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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