Terrific bombardment rocks Shanghai in night air attack
Shanghai dispatch reports a night of fierce bombardment by Japanese ships and planes, matched by a sudden Chinese air counterattack that drove Japanese planes back to their ships. Ground fighting northeast of Shanghai slowed the Japanese push as Chinese forces advanced. Numerous bombs fell, shots rang from ships, and hundreds of American passengers aboard the President McKinley sought shelter on deck.
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Shanghai
Moonllyi
Wight
Hungjo
Yangtze
President McKinley
Yangtze River
Roosevelt Signs Tax Legislation to Outlaw Cut Rates
President Roosevelt signed a rider to the District of Columbia tax bill allowing manufacturers to set minimum retail prices. He voiced displeasure at the measure which aims to curb stores offering widely advertised goods at cut rate prices to draw customers.
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Roosevelt
Washington
District of Columbia
Lindbergh Eyes Million-Case Island Buy Off Breton Coast
Southeast Alaska salmon pack trails last year with Wrangell Yakutat Icy Straits and Western districts behind. Totals up to August 14 show Reds and pinks led by 1.9 million cases, while 1936 figures top 2.9 million. Paris reports Col Lindbergh negotiating to buy Milio, a small Breton island near Trebeurden, near Dr Alexis Carrel with whom he has worked on longevity research.
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Alaska
Col. Lindbergh
Breton Coast
Ketchikan
West Coast
Alexis Carrel
Wrangell
Yakutat
Icy Straits
Alaka
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Southeast Alaska
Kings
Cohes
Chums
Cohos
Western
Paris
France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Milio
Aristide Briand
Trebeurnd
Breton
Mier
Man
Col
Lindbergh
Carre
German suspender industry to set limits under Four-Year Plan
Berlin reports the economic subcommittee will establish minimum measurements for suspenders garters and armbands as part of coordinating the German industry with Four-Year Plan requirements. Trees left standing after a forest fire make good lumber if felled promptly.
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Berlin
Congress Costs Country 12 Million in Current Session
Washington reports this session of Congress is among the longest in recent years and has cost the government about 12 million dollars. Daily operating costs run roughly 50 thousand dollars, with eight months of work tallied. Salaries for members, secretaries and drafting staff total nearly 10.9 million. Printing for the year nears 2.5 million dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Legislative Department
Congressional
Black confirmed to Supreme Court by Senate vote
Washington reports Judge Hugo L. Black was confirmed by the Senate 63 to 16 and will step onto the Supreme Court bench. Albert Levit, former Virgin Islands judge, seeks to block Black, arguing conflicts over emoluments and retirement rules. Black pledges to serve the people to the best of his ability amid prior Ku Klux Klan accusations. The court faces 300 cases this term, including challenges to Wagner Act and federal power plant regulations.
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Washington
Albert Levit
Virgin Islands
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Senate
Levit
Black
Sent
van DeVanter
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
Graves
Dixie
Senator Black
Northwest Hit Hard Over Oriental War
Seattle August 18 A Pacific Northwest official said Sino Japanese troubles are hurting trade with the Far East. Grays Harbor reports show delayed and canceled orders, similar holds from other Northwest firms, and pulp companies warning hundreds of tons may miss a Japanese market due to the present troubles.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Grays Harbor
Far East
Northwest
Morse Code Helps Judge Decide Case MURDER SUSPECT WAIVES HEARING TO FACE JURORS
Toledo Aug. 18 Police Judge Homer A. Ramey used Morse code learned in youth to determine a telegrapher defendant was not drunk after tapping on the bench. meanwhile D P. McCluskey, accused of slaying Arthur Phillip Lat Tyee, waived preliminary hearing through attorney Mildred Hermann and remains in Federal Jail until Grand Jury convenes this fall on first degree murder charges.
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Toledo
Homer A. Ramey
Ohio
Ramey
D. P
Pete) McCluskey
Arthur Phillip
Bats
Mildred Hermann
U. S
Felix Gray
Insurgents Advance Toward Santander From Hendaye
Insurgents described by Spanish authorities as rebuilt around the Italian Black Arrow Brigade and bolstered by 200 German planes pushed toward Santander. A column operated along the highway, nearing 25 miles from the city, with Loyalist forces replying with machine gun and rifle fire.
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Hendaye
Black Arrow Brigade
Santander
Ogden Arrested in Trunk Murder Case in New York
New York August 18 Joseph Ogden 36 roommate of Oliver George Sinecal whose nude body was found in a trunk at the Railway Express Office A clue a number 839 written on the trunk led police to Ogden The trunk had been checked by a tall red haired man and mailed collect to Joe Marshall in Memphis Tenn A bullet hole was found in Sinecal s head Ogden says he shot him during a struggle The case links to a luggage dealer in the same block as Ogden and Sinecal had a police record in Seattle and other cities.
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New York
Joseph Ogden
Oliver George Sinecal
Railway Express
Ogden
Joe Marshall
Memphis
Tenn
Sinecal
Wage Hour Bill Hearings Yield Notable Hints From Testimony
Washington August 18 witnesses at wage and hour hearings offered measured insights. Notable voices included William Green of the AFL opposing federal price fixing and George H Davis of the US Chamber of Commerce warning of rising costs and business uncertainty from wage and hour orders. The committee heard thoughtful, practical comments aimed at shaping workable standards amid tough economic realities.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
George H Davis
United States Chamber of Commerces
Lost Soviet fliers may be in Arctic search
Randell reports Barter Island natives heard possible plane engines days ago while he scouted the Arctic coast. Sir Hubert Wilkins to lead a Soviet missing fliers search using a flying boat via Toronto and Aklavik with Stefansson coordinating efforts. Weather hampers plans as Mattern reports thick northward conditions.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
Point Barrow
Alaska
Bob Randall
Barter Island
Rossians
Randall
Washington
Vilhjamur Stefansson
Explorers’ Club of
New York
North Beach
Miers
Explorers’ Club
Wilkins
Toronto
God's Lake
Manitoba
Coppermine River
Aklavik
Aretig
Red River
Good Hope
Norman
Stefansson
Mattern
James Mattern
Three Die in California Plane Crash Near Alhambra Airport
A rented plane crashed near Alhambra airport in California killing three people. The victims were Crawford Waterman, 38, of Glendale, the pilot. Mrs Gladys Reynolds, 37, of Ble Hances. and a man named Myers, a former army flier. The craft briefly entered a spin of 300 feet before the crash and burst into flames, burning the bodies beyond recognition.
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Cal
Craw
Ford Waterman
Glendale
Gladys Reynolds
Hances
Tito
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