Russians Japanese in Major Battle Over Yangtze Flooding
Chinese troops cut the dike above Kiukiang flooding farmland to slow Japanese advance toward Hankow. The breach about ten miles above Kiukiang floods a key area as fighting centers on Hankow. US Ambassador Nelson Johnson and six staff left Hankow aboard Luzon bound for Chungking amid Chinese shift in command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiukiang
Hankow
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Aong
Sunghai
Yellow River
United States
Nelson Johnson
U .S
Luzon
Putila
Chungking
Johnson
Invaders Lose Control in China Sectors Under Pressure
An unofficial survey reports Japanese forces in China near losing effective control of several captured areas since July 7 1937. Chinese Communists and guerrillas are said to have occupied numerous districts, sometimes after tactical withdrawals by Japanese, in multiple sectors around Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Stork derby proposed in New South Wales law
In Sydney Australia the New South Wales Legislature discusses a stork derby with sweepstakes prizes for prolific parents to boost Australia s falling birth rate. The proposal aims to encourage larger families through lottery style incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
First Fatality at Treasure Island Construction Site
Pred Magnuson a 35 year old carpenter died after slipping while carrying lumber down a 50 foot descent on Treasure Island during work at the Golden Gate Exposition site. He is reported as the first fatality on the Treasure Island project in San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Magnuson
Treasure Island
Want An Island Kingdom Bargain for 3500
Two Portland men on a flight to Point Barrow depart from Vancouver, heading via Prince George to Fairbanks in a Arctic post run. The piece pivots then to a lighthearted note about buying an island kingdom in the Bahamas, quoting dealer H. G. Christie on island allure, climate, and pirate-era lore before a segue to Goat Cay in Exuma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
PT. Barrow
Vancouver
B. C
Darry K. Coffey
The
Aero Club of Oregon
William White
Oregon Sportsmen's and Pilots' Association
Point Barrow
Prince George
Fairbanks
Arctic
South Seas
West Indies
Bahamas
H. G. Christie
Nassau
Christie
Florida
Paul Bunyan
Miami
Cuba
England
Navy Planes Return After Northland Maneuvers
Navy Patrol Wing No. 1 resumes base duties in San Diego after summer maneuvers reaching Sitka and Kodiak Alaska. Forty four planes completed a nonstop Seattle flight in 10 hours under Alva D. Bernhard. About 80 officers and 200 men return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Naval Scouting Force
Sitka
Kodiak
Alaska
Seattle
Alva D. Bernhard
Indian Enters Politics in Nev
RENO Nev Aug 2 Dewey Sampson full blood Plute Indian has announced his candidacy for the Nevada legislature on the Democratic ticket Sampson is currently engaged in a fight against a congressional proposal which he says would give White settlers title to several thousand acres of Indian land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Dewey Sampson
Nevada
Sampson
Nine Juneau Men Qualify for Camp Perry Rifle Team
Nine of thirteen Alaska rifle team members hail from Juneau with four from Seward. Captain George Leonard lists the final lineup including Wendell Andrews Ken Junge Roy Hoffman Harold Horton and others. The twelve man squad sails from Juneau, travels via Seattle and Chicago, to Camp Perry for the August 21 to September 10 matches with government funds and uniforms funded by the chamber of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Camp Perry
Juneau
Seward
George Leonard
Wendell Andrews
Ken Junge
Roy Hoffman
Harold
Horton
John Osborn
Lester Gossage
Oscar Waterud
Louis Garrett
Juneau Adam
Fred Kielcheski
Albert Slagle
W. P
Tex” Leonard
Cooperative Health Fight Spurs AMA Court Clash
Washington reports the American Medical Association faces a Federal Grand Jury probe over its battle with the Cooperative Health group. Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold states organized medicine violated anti trust laws in opposing the cooperative, while AMA president Dr Irwin Bell questions if the administration can use courts to press its beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Medical Association
Cooperative Health Group
Thurman Arnold
Cooperative Association
Irwin Bell
Chicago
Federal Administration
Baby Clipper Bound for Alaska Flights Out of Fort Worth
Pan American 10 ton baby clipper en route to Seattle for Alaska experiments landed in Fort Worth at 4 pm after a Houston landing mishap. Capt. John H. Mattis planned quick Alameda takeoff tonight then Seattle tomorrow with refueling stops at El Paso Phoenix and Glendale. Crosson and Simmons will join in Fort Worth to oversee the experimental flight to Ketchikan and Juneau next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Pan-American
Seattle
Alaska
Houston
New Orleans
Miami
Fla
John H. Mattis
PAA
Alameda Trans-Pacific
Mattis
el Paso
Phoenix
Glendale
Searian
Juneau
Sheldon Simmons
Crosson
Ketchikan
Eae
Primaries In Missouri And Kansas Today
Roosevelt aides monitor two Democratic Senate contests in Missouri and Kansas as Missouri backs Senator Bennett Champ Clark while Kansas favors Senator George McGill with minimal campaigning. Governors’ races also on ballots though Missouri does not vote for governor. Virginia and West Virginia also pick House nominees amid Roosevelt era battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
George McGill
Kansas
Clark
White House
McGill
Gerald Winrod
Virgginia
West Virginia
Virginia
Rep
Howard Smith
Rules Committee
William Dodd, Jr
Germany
Hunters Asked To Pass Up Big Deer In Texan Study
Kerrville Texas August 2 Tarleton Smith a biologist asks hunters to cooperate in an experiment to see if bullets can help deer genetics. He urges hunters to stop aiming at the biggest bucks and instead focus on larger deer so runt deer gain advantage in the herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
Tex
Tarleton Smith
Texas
Five Boys Die as Car Burns West of Union Oregon
Langrande Oregon August 2 Five Perry youths Berton Bushman Clinton Bushman John Foley Leroy Foster and Robert Myrick all aged 13 to 17 died when their car struck a culvert two miles west of Union and burst into flames. The driver slowed sharply may have lost control causing gasoline to spread over occupants and ignite.
Ickes to Sail Thursday for Alaska Shores
Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes and his wife arrived in Seattle and planned to sail Thursday aboard the Alaska Line steamer Mr. McKinley for Alaska. The trip marks their first visit to Alaska and centers on deer herd issues and native ownership conflicts with white owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Harold L. Ickes
Olympic Peninsula
Ickes
John Boettiger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Alaska
McKinley
Lomen Brothers
Congress
Major General McRae Aboard Princess Louise
Major General A. D. McRae of Vancouver B C dredge operator of the Yukon and interior Alaska is aboard the Princess Louise traveling toward Skagway and Whitehorse He plans on Dawson and then down the Yukon River to his American holdings confirming his arrival tonight aboard the ship
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. McRae
Vancouver
B. C
Yukon Territory
Interior of
Alaska
Princess Louise
Skagway
Whitehorse
Dawson
Yukon River
False Alarm At Box 21 Ended In Panic
An alarm from box 21 at 10 30 this morning proved false as investigators determine. Police say Indian boys turned in the alarm and fled the scene when the siren began sounding.
Japanese Soviet Border Clash Reported Bombings
Tokyo reports that Japanese forces repulsed a two edge Soviet attack on the Siberian Manchoukuo frontier near Changkufeng. Soviet warnings followed, listing 250 Soviet losses and Japanese casualties of three officers and 27 soldiers killed with 67 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Changkufeng
Toyke
Tokyo
Siberian-Manchoukuian
Corrigan Alleged Lie Pokes Hole In Floating Note
A New Brunswick girl finds a dated note on a beach claiming a flight from Nova Scotia to Ireland at 120 miles per hour. The note names Corrigan and suggests a wrong-way voyage toward Ireland while the finder mentions a July 18 Ireland landing by Douglas Corrgan who believed he was heading to California from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Andrews
N. B
Nancy Chandier
Nova Scotia
Ireland
Corrigan
Douglas Corrgan
California
New York
Yukon Sails Juneau Bound on Southeast Alaska Tour
Seattle Aug 2 Steamer Yukon of the Southeast Alaska tourist route sailed at 9 this morning with 207 first class and seven steerage passengers aboard L Kann M Simpson and R C Felix aboard Yukon booked for Juneau
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Yukon
Alaska
L. Kann
M. Simpson
R. C. Felix
Juneau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Treasure Isle
General Franco
Francisco Franco
Carmen
Salamanca
Spain
Airmen of Oregon
By Preston Grover
Exuma Cays
Northland
Perry
Coop Medicine
Port Washington
Nordmeer
Schwabenland
Azores
J. H. Blankenburg
Wilhelm Kueppers
Alfred Eger
Otto Brox
Alameda
Wo Husson
Seatle
Maj. Gen. McRea
Moscow
Associated Press
Manchoukuo-Siberian
New Brunswick
Yukon Sails
Juneau Bound
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!