Freighter Depere Beached After Wrangell Narrows Crash
Freighter Depere ran aground between 6 30 and 7 o clock Sunday morning at the north entrance of Wrangell Narrows and was beached a mile north of Petersburg to prevent sinking. Captain Burns said the ship struck Proleny Rock in fog and strong tides. no injuries reported. Cyane left Ketchikan for inspection. Salvage King heads to scene for salvage.
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Henry Burns
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Seattle
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Ketchikan
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Victoria
One American Flier Is Killed Plane Ablaze
An American Mer was killed and another made a parachute jump when fire broke out in their planes in two separate accidents. Sherwood Johnston of the United Sugar Company died in a crash near Mazatlan on Mexico’s west coast. Transport pilot Horatio Thomas escaped by parachute when his ship caught fire near Merida, State of Yucatan.
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Mer
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United Sugar Company
Mazatlan
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Horatio Thomas
Merida
Yucatan
Automobiles Rival Airplanes As Effective Weapons of War
The article argues automobiles rival aircraft as military tools, noting the 30th anniversary of planes and 25th of Army autos. It highlights mobile power, logistics, and production scales, contrasting 1914 auto uses with 1908 aviation beginnings, and cites large-scale truck and vehicle output potential. It discusses Pershing era trucks, range, and the evolving role of motorized mobility in war, with production figures from 1929 to 1937.
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Army
General Pershing
Pancho, Villa
Ayarantes
Outbreaks Against Americans in China Reported
An American missionary in North China reports fresh anti American agitation. Demonstrators parade in Shishianchwang shouting protests against the U S denunciation of the trade treaty with Japan. Japanese incitement alleged to provoke demonstrations against Americans.
Harper Knowles Testimony in Bridges Deportation Hearing
San Francisco August hearing details reveal Harper Knowles, head of the American Legion investigation into subversive activity, denied employer group backing for any action to deport CFO Harry Bridges. He admitted prior paid work with Associated Partners of California while directing the Legion inquiry.
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Bridges
New Drive To Blockade China Coast
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese naval authorities will close the port of Haimen in Crekiang Province tomorrow at 1 o'clock, extending efforts to blockade the China coast. The move comes as part of broader naval actions near Shanghai.
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China Coast
Shanghai
China
Haimen
Crekiang
Farley in Berlin predicts Democratic win in 1940 race
Postmaster General James A. Farley arrives in Berlin and tells German reporters that only Franklin D. Roosevelt knows if he will run again. Farley predicts a Democratic victory in the next U.S. presidential election regardless of the candidate.
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Berlin
James A. Farley
United States
Germi
Farley
Author of Best Seller Arrives in Boston
The British author Dr Archibald Cronin and his family arrived in Boston from Liverpool aboard a luxury liner. They plan to tour the United States. Cronin wrote the best seller The Citadel. The Brazilian government is investigating castor oil as a substitute for foreign lubricating oils.
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Boston
Archibald Cronin
Liverpool
United States
Nazis Will Negotiate Poland Sees Moves Toward War
Associated Press reports a shift toward negotiation between Nazi Germany and Poland over Danzig despite rising tensions. Warsaw cites Polish economic interests in Danzig, while Britain monitors German and Italian maneuvers across Central Europe as London notes peaceful drills amid ongoing concerns.
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Pwteh
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London
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Silesia
Moravia
Poland
Piedmont
Logbardy
Frortiers
British ships shelled and burned by Japanese air raid
Two British Yangtze River steamers Chia Wo and Kiang Wo were destroyed near Ichang by Japanese air raiders on Sunday. Four crew were killed, five injured, Asiatic Petroleum property damaged. Gannet gunboat stood by hulks as British protest escalates.
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Asiatie Petroleum Company
Ichang
Gannet
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Shanghai
Bribal
Tehang
Asiatic Petroleum Company
H. J. Denyer
Yangtse
Shahihal
Otkawa
China
Oriental Muddle Hits U S Japan Trade
The United States to end its 18 year old treaty of commerce with Japan next January and warn of possible embargo on raw material shipments. The Japanese blockade endangers U S China trade as the chart outlines losses and defaulted bonds in China. Washington sources estimate figures from 1996 as prewar benchmarks.
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Japan
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U. 8
China
America
Washington
Leche Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Oil Case
Former Governor Richard Leche, six weeks from office, and Seymour Weiss hotel owner are indicted on alleged violations of the Connally hot oil war. Also named are Freeman Burford of Dallas and East Texas Refining. Weiss faces income tax charges. Lesage linked in a separate case. Bonds set at 5,000 for Leche and Lesage, 15,000 for Weiss. The trio posted bonds and made no comment.
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Grand Jury
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Wells
Murphy
Washington
Freeman Burford
Dallas
Texas
Texas Refining Company
Weiss
Louise Lesage
Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana
Lesage
Urey Woodson Dies at 79 in Owensboro Kentucky
Owensboro Kentucky tabloid editor and former publisher Urey Woodson died at his home from a sudden heart attack. He resigned recently as Federal Alien Property Custodian and would have turned 80 August 16. The piece notes Italy using mentiane as gasoline substitute and that fifteen hundred omnibuses utilize the fuel.
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Owensboro
Kentucky
Audrey Woodson
Woodson
Italy
Duchess of Richmond Sails into Juneau Harbor in Grand Visit
The Duchess of Richmond, a 20,000 ton Atlantic liner, docked at Government Wharf as Juneau welcomed the largest passenger ship to enter the harbor. More than 500 Juneau residents toured the Duchess and transported to Mendenhall Glacier by bus and taxi, while some took plane flights over nearby glaciers. The ship had earlier called at Sitka and Yakutat after passing through the Panama Canal, with Sitka boats shuttling passengers and Sitka fishing crafts in port for nine hours.
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Duchess of Richmond
Mendenhall Glacier
Taku
Mendenhall Glaciers
Government Wharf
Wanderer
Jazz
Ste
Despondent Coast Guard radio operator dies by own hand
Thomas Paul Craig, 36, a Chick Radio Operator on the Coast Guard cutter Haida, shot himself with a 22 caliber rifle in their Spickett Apartments home before 7 am. His wife Milared, asleep nearby, heard a gurgling sound and found him where a note confessed his failed attempt and love for her. They had married nine years and lived in Juneau a year and a half after coming from Astoria.
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Coast Guard
Haida
Milared Craig
Spickett Apartments
Tom
Craig
Thomas Paul Craig Jr
Seattle
Craigs
Juneau
Astoria
Oregon
Onondaga
Dixie Davis Married While Under Guard
New York August 7 1939 The onetime gangland lawyer Dixie Davis married former show girl Hope Dare in a civil ceremony conducted by a police judge with two detectives present no witnesses. Davis was released last week after serving two years for participating in the policy game racket and acted as a state witness aiding District Attorney Dewey in convicting Tammany leader James J Hines. He is heavily guarded and must remain available to the New York City Federal Grand Jury. The bride vows to wed Davis daily when released.
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Tammany Hall
Dixie Davis
Hope Dare
Davis
Dewey
James J. Hines
Muss Dare
Philadelphia
New York City
Federal Grand Jury
Dayly
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