Truce May End In Fighting At Any Time
Chinese and Japanese troops faced across the Yingting River south of Peiping under a fragile truce that could end fighting at any moment. Firing occurred overnight and resumed at dawn before both sides withdrew to agreed riverbank positions as Japanese casualty reports appeared and Chinese losses were noted amid lingering tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
Yingiing
Peiping-Hankow
Wanpinghsten
Yingting
Tientsin
Japanese Aims Interpreted by Tokyo Correspondent
M. T. Yamamoto, a native Japanese American correspondent for Japan Times & Mail, spoke to Elyria Kiwanians about Japan's aims and aspirations. Having spent much of his life in the United States, he offered insights into his homeland's policies and potential directions for relations with America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Yamamoto
Japan Times & Mail
Tokyo
Elyria
Chinese Resist Japanese Pressure at Marco Polo Bridge Exchange
After years of tension the Chinese show resolve to resist Japanese pressure. Col Chih Shing-wen, commanding forces at Wanping under the Marco Polo Bridge, states they will elect to die rather than withdraw. Japanese reinforcements arrive with cavalry, infantry, machine gunners, Red Cross units, motorized troops, 44 armored trucks and tanks from Tientsin and other garrisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chih Shing-wen
Marco Polo
Yinting
Wanpinghslen
Red Cross
Tientsin
Cow Without Country Loses Right To Live
Sydney authorities faced a bizarre case as an Ilawarra Short horn cow, stranded after being shipped from Taronga Zoo to Sourabaya Zoo, was denied land due to disease fears and deemed without a country. A conference involving the lieutenant governor and AG departments decided the cow had no home and the ship captain may kill her for crew food or shark bait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Ilawarra
Sourbaya Zoo
Taronga
Java
Department of Agriculture
Zoo
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Niew Zeeland
Japanese Hopefuls Embrace Western Civ as Japan Modernizes
A weekly lunch at Hotel Graystone featured a speaker who urged friendly U S relations with Japan. He argued Japan and the United States are major trade partners with a small competitive exchange. He defended Manchukuo as food defense, urged peaceful dispute resolution, and noted Japan’s shift toward capitalism adapted to the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Yamamoto
Manchukuo
Far East
Man Pleads Guilty in Auto Fatality and Is Prohibited from Driving
Stark County records show 67 year old farmer Harry Hoffman pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter for a May 28 collision that killed his best friend Edward Demusey. He asked for probation and was restricted to driving only as needed to work the farm for two years.
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Canton
Harry Hofman
Here
Stark Courty
Hoffman
Common Pleas
J. L. Floyd
Edward Demusey
Polo Player Injured In Polo Pony Accident At Nassau
Howell Howard of Dayton Ohio was listed in very serious condition after a polo pony fell and rolled on him at Nassau hospital. He suffered a fractured skull and possible broken neck. A meeting followed with visitors including Kiwanian Date Call Norwalk J H Boyd L F Ferri and Harry W Luethi among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbury
N. Y
Howell Howard
Dayton
Ohio
Nassau Hospital
Kiwanian
Norwalk
J. H. Boyd
Agricultural Extension Service
Columbus
Wilson A. Little
Columbia Station
L. F. Ferri
Central Engineering
Harry W. Luethi
Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Weessies
Sears Roebuck's
Teresa Verzotto’s Growing Family in Adria Italy
Teresa Verzotto welcomed five births in a single year and a June twin arrival, joining her four older children in Adria, Italy. The tale highlights a large-family life in a European town with multiple newborns and expanding kin.
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Teresa Verzotto
Adria
Italy
Bell Ringers Jean Thompson and J E Bailey Marry
After their wedding the bell ringer couple from Swanscombe England and London rang a duet at Swanscombe parish church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean M. Thompson
Swanscombe
England
J. E. Bailey
London
Ship Aground In Heavy Fog Near San Francisco
The West Mahwah, a McCormick liner and freighter, ran aground in dense fog forty miles south of San Francisco Bay. No danger was reported, with 45 crew aboard and no passengers. Coast guard cutters Hamilton and Ariadne were dispatched from Santa Cruz to assist, expecting high tide to refloat the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
West Mahwah
McCormick Line
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Hamilton
Santa Cruz
South America
France Threatens to Withdraw Patrols on Spanish Border
London July 9 France threatened at a dramatic session of the Spanish non intervention committee of 27 nations to leave her Spanish border open unless a general control agreement is reached. The closed meeting lasted for an indeterminate time as the dispute over border policing dominated talks.
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Andre Charlee Corbin
France
Britain
London
Spanish Non-Intervention Committee
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