Warning of German armed thrust sparks border tension
Aug 29 report from Strassbourg notes Hitler's surprise border visit near Kehl with a staff of generals. Britain weighs a firmer warning to Germany amid plans for a potential European war. Britain, France, and Germany escalate military maneuvers as tensions rise along the frontier.
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Kehl
Associated Press
Great Britain
Germany
London
Berlin
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Neville Henerson
Czechoslovakia
France
North Sea
Baseball Scores From Afternoon Major League Games
Major League scores listed with National League results Brooklyn 1 Pittsburgh 10 New York 3 Cincinnati 6. American League Detroit 15 Boston 1 St Louis 4 New York 8 Cleveland 4 Washington 6.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Detroit
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
John Roosevelt Starts Career At $18 Per Week
John Roosevelt youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt begins an ad clerk career in a Boston department store earning 18 dollars weekly after a two month honeymoon.
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John Roosevelt
Boston
Mass
Roosevelt
Presidential Primaries Test Admin Strength In CA and SC
Democratic Senate contests in South Carolina and California unfold as President Roosevelt backs Johnston over Smith in SC and McAdoo faces Preston in California. Edgar Brown's withdrawal clarifies the SC race. Roosevelt also pushes for defeats of Tydings, George, and OConnor, with visits planned to Maryland and Denton.
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South Carolina
California
William G. McAdoo
Roosevelt
Olin D. Johnston
Ellison D. Smith
McAdoo
John W. Preston
Sheridan Downey
Townsend Plan
James Metlen
New
Edgar Brown
Smith
Johnston
Lily
Senate
Tydings
Maryland
George
Georgia
John O'Connor
New York
Potomac River
Denton
Alan Goldsborough
Senator Radcliff
May Yohe Former Stage Star Dies in Seattle
May Yohe a once famous actress and owner of the Hope diamond died in Boston after a brief illness. Born 1869 in Bethlehem Pa she rose to stage prominence in Chicago New York and London and married Lord Francis Hope before later marrying Captain Bradlee Strong and Captain John Smuts. Her life spanned romance poverty and sensational public attention during late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Hope Baan de Once Janitress
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Boston
Mass
Hope Diamond
Yoko
Bethlehem
Chicago
New York
London
Lord Francis Hope
Newcastle
Hope
Prince
Pennsylvania
Edward
Prince of Wales
England
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Japan
Lord Hope
Strong
Portland
Ore
May Yoho
John Smuts
Great Britain
Princess Pretiwita
Ely B. Shaw
Chicago Board of Trade
Hotel Man of Klondike Days Dies in Seattle
SEATTLE Aug 29 Christian J Solid retired Coupeville Washington farmer age 88 died He built the original old Northern Hotel in Dawson during the gold rush days Also noted the speed of Robert Fulton s Clermont at five miles an hour
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Christian J. Solid
Coupeville
Wash
Farmer
Old Northern
Dawson
Robert Fulton
Alaska Air Base Move Sparks Roosevelt Aid Request
Washington reports the Army high command will seek President Roosevelt’s backing for next Congress to fund an Alaska air base. Assistant Secretary Louis Johnson, back from an Alaska survey, will brief the President on base sites and Navy routes linking America to the Orient. Possible Army centers include Fairbanks, with Juneau or Point Gustavus as alternates. fog challenges may affect feasibility.
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Army High Command
Roosevelt
Congress
Alaska
Louis Johnson
Seattle-Alaska
British Columbia
Johnson
Navy
America
Orient
Fairbanks
Juneau
Point Gustavus
Col. Johnson
Hope Abandoned for Seven Men Aboard Purse Seiner Eidsvold Missing Six Days
SEATTLE Aug 29 Coast Guard reports abandon hope for the seven men aboard the purse seiner Eidsvold missing six days in Mears Passage off Alaska. Debris including a pike pole clothing bedding and six life preservers indicate disaster. officials suspect an explosion. Names listed include Capt. Joseph W Budinich and crew John Budinich Fred Buschmann Morime Simich Mackie and Edwin Fox.
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Coast Guard Euter
Coast Guard
Eidsvold
Mears Passage
Dall Taland
Alaska
Waterfall
Joseph W. Budinich
Capt. Budinich
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Fred Buschmann
Egil Buschmann
M. Morime
John 8Imich
J. Mackie
Edwin Fox
State Laws Brew New Headache for Liquor Distributors
Washington reports that U S state liquor laws increasingly block interstate trade to favor local producers. California imposed a 500 dollar tax on out of state wholesalers, a move later repealed amid a Supreme Court ruling upholding the provision but striking at commerce. Indiana added a 1500 dollar tax on out of state beer, Minnesota restricted imports to patented or Minnesota re processed products. This trend risks reciprocal trade friction.
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Washington
California
Supreme Court
Indiana
Minnesota
New English airliner Albatross splits on landing
In London on August 29 England's new trans Atlantic airliner the Albatross broke in two during landing and settled nose up tail down. All aboard escaped unharmed. The ship was to begin trans Atlantic service next month and officials declined to say how the unfinished sister ship would be handled. In Glasgow Scotland the old Annie Laurie home at Craigdarrock Dumfriesshire is for rent.
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London
Glasgow
Scotland
Annie Laurie
Craigdarrock
Dumfriesshire
US Gunboat Monocacy in China River Dispute
United States gunboat Monocacy faced a protest rejected by the Japanese Vice Consul after an explosion near Kulkiang on the Yangtze. Commanding officer Lieut. C. V. Conlan held Japan accountable for river operations as Nippon Navy sweeps the waters. The Oahu was ordered to relieve Monocacy and await Washington’s decision on Kiukiang tensions.
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China
Kaikiang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Kulkiang
C. V. Conlan
Lieut
Conlan
Nippon Navy
Kiukiang
Oahu
Nanking
Wahu
Washington
Hurt Dog Keeps Vigil For Lost Master At Subway
A small woolly dog with a broken leg waited four days at a subway entrance for a master who did not return. The dog was hit by a truck and treated by three taxi drivers who improvised splints and bandages. The scene occurred in Philadelphia amid a chaotic mix of stray notes and distant references to states seceding.
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Philadelphia
Vast credit expansion gains clear momentum
Washington officials of the Federal Reserve Board report that the Roosevelt administration’s credit expansion has started an upward trend. Banks in 100 cities indicate loans to finance industrial and agricultural sectors are rising for the first time since last October, with heavy lending in commercial, industrial, and agricultural lines.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Fire from Bolt Burns 3 to Death Event in Chippewa Falls
A lightning strike destroyed a home in Chippewa Falls Wis on August 29 killing an elderly couple and their daughter. The deceased were A P Hagen eighty Mrs A P Hagen eighty and Miss Gunda Hagen forty five.
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Chippewa Falls
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A. P. Hagen
Gunda Hagen
Admiralty Island bears change habits to night feeding
Seattle Aug 29 John M Holzworth naturalist author and wildlife photographer said Admiralty Island brown and grizzly bears near Juneau have shifted to nocturnal feeding due to hunter harassment. He added that government game management is not working well.
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Seattle
John M. Molzworth
Alaska
Juneau
Holzworth
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