Japanese drive toward Yangchong in Sino-Japanese battle
Shanghai dispatch reports a major engagement as Japanese forces push inland from the Yangtze and seize one third of Yangchong before stiff Chinese resistance slows the advance. Chinese spokesmen call it a key offensive aimed to converge on Yangchong from Woosung Lotien and Liuhu toward Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
China
Yangchong
Woosung
Whangpoo
Japan
Lotien
Liuhu
Post Office Clerks Form Local Union Chapter
A local chapter of post office clerks affiliated with the American Federation of Labor has been formed. A membership drive is underway after the charter was received, with plans for an extensive recruitment campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Clerks
American Federation of Labor
Man Sustains Broken Fingers In Unforeseen Accident
Warren Laign, at the second block of Fast Avenue, had several fingers fractured when he stooped to pick up a box of matches and an oncoming man crushed them beneath his boot. Laign required medical attention.
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Warren Laign
Fast Avenue
Laign
Maryland Forecast Cloudy with Showers and Clearing Sunday
Weather forecast from the U S Weather Bureau for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay. Cloudy with showers this afternoon and probably early tonight, followed by fair Sunday. Temperature not much changed. Bay: winds becoming moderate to fresh variable tonight and fresh northwest Sunday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather for North and Middle Atlantic States
Generally fair early in the week with occasional showers later. Moderate temperatures give way to warmer conditions toward the middle of the week as Atlantic weather patterns bring a mild trend across the region.
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North
Middle Atlantic
Guild votes to join CIO in New York
The American Newspaper Guild approved affiliation with the CIO after a two to one membership vote. The referendum also allowed non-editorial newspaper employees into the Guild, while the St. Louis convention condemned the Spanish insurgents' cause.
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New York
American
Guild Today
C. I. O. Guild
St. Louis
Scottsboro Case Verdict Appealed
Haywood Patterson, one of nine defendants in the Scottsboro case, appealed to the Supreme Court seeking relief from a 75-year Alabama sentence for an alleged attack on a white woman. The appeal comes after two prior reversals of death sentences by the high court.
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Washington
Haywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Supreme Court
Alabama
Petition to Reopen No 3 Sub Station in South End
A petition circulates among nearby residents to reopen No 3 sub station of the local pots office. The station, once at Willson's Economy Shop at Summit avenue and Howard street, was ordered abandoned on September 1.
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Pots
Willson
Summit Avenue
Howard Street
Ambitious Program Aims to Entertain 30 Mayors
City officials prepared to entertain 30 mayors of sister cities today with hopes for clear skies. If rain continues, the group will stay for tonight's On Wings of Time pageant and newsreel crews will remain for tomorrow’s filming. The first delegation arrived at noon led by Mayor Thomas Koon of Cumberland and five commissioners. A special Hagerstown tour highlighted historic sites including Mount Prospect, built by Nathaniel Rochester and now owned by Mrs.
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Thomas Koon
Cumberland
Airport Work Speeds Up As City Seeks Completion
The Mayor and City Council pressed for faster completion of the Hagerstown airport project noting rising city costs as progress lags. WPA supervisor Harold Seibert and lessee Dick Henson reported that city equipment is being used, increasing expense the longer the work drags. Seibert will refer the city’s request to Baltimore WPA headquarters.
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Hagerstown
Harold Seibert
WPA
Dick Henson
W. Lee Elgin
Antietam Exposition Grounds
Seibert
Baltimore
Prospector Reconsiders Digging After Old Age Aid Hint
Deputy Sheriff Al Franco persuades 66 year old Carl Ubert at Tucson border diggings to seek rest. Learning Ubert qualifies for old age assistance, the wary prospector agrees to go with the offer, hoping funds will help develop his claims.
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Tucson
Ariz
al Franco
Carl Ubert
Ubert
Franco
Man Gets Hunting License at 108 in Philadelphia
William H. Staples, a Black man, applied for a hunting license and told the clerk he was old enough to handle a gun. He supplied an age of 108 and was issued the license in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
William H. Staples
Four Year-Old Girl Survives Ozark Forest Ordeal
Florence Jackson, four, wandered four days in Ozark woods before being found seven miles from where she vanished. She arrived exhausted and naked at a Missouri farmhouse, aided by about seven hundred searchers. Physicians expect recovery barring pneumonia as her mother thanks a higher power for her safe return. Sheriff Tom Morris aided the case.
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Berryville
Ark
Florence Jackson
Ozark
Arthur Jackson
Chelsa
Okla
Missouri
Tom Morris
Johnstown Mayor Barred From Sister Cities Day
Johnstown Pa mayor Daniel J Shields cannot attend the National Antietam Commemoration Sister Cities Day in Hagerstown due to a Labor Board subpoena in a local labor dispute. He had accepted the invitation to represent his city but must remain in Johnstown.
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Daniel J. Shields
Johnstown
W. Lee Elgin
Hagerstown
Shields
Labor Board
Victor Cushwa and landmarks chart Antietam route
The note traces Victor Cushwa from the old Jonathan Hager home near City Park through City Park and Museum of Fine Arts to the Washington County Hospital and a municipal swimming pool, past leading manufacturing plants toward Antietam. The fragment signals continuation on page 2.
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Victor Cushwa
Jonathan Hager
City Park
City Park and Museum of Fine Arts
Washington County Hospital
Antietam
Battley
Bears and tourists clash in Yellowstone safety talk
Washington reports warn that bears in Yellowstone Park are being fed and teased by tourists. Park official W H Cahalane notes visitors pose with bears and even invite them into cars, risking injury. He plans new regulations as bear fattening and accidents rise.
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National Park Service
Yellowstone Park
W. H. Caha Jane
The
Park Service
Yellowstone
Cahalane
Deficit Drops For First Time
Treasury ledgers show the deficit for the first time since July 1 fell below last year’s level. Through September 8 the deficit reached 433 million dollars, 10 million less than the same date a year earlier, though 15 million above Roosevelt’s full year estimate. Officials expect the gap between income and outgo to narrow and predict the deficit will be substantially under the president’s estimate by next June 30.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Snake-shaped sweet potato at City Market exhibit
A homegrown sweet potato shaped like a snake was shown this morning at City Market by H. A. Orndorff of Western Pike. The unusual vegetable drew interest from shoppers as it went on display in the market line.
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H. A. Orndorff
Western Pike
Greetings From Antietam Committee of France
The Antietam Committee sent greetings noting attention from a Paris newspaper. Evelyn Garnant Smalley forwarded a cablegram saying she read about the local celebration in Paris and extended wishes for its success.
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France
Paris
Evelyn Garnant Smalley
Congress urged to study scrap metal exports impact
Washington reports four major government departments endorsed a Senate plan to probe how rising scrap metal exports affect U S iron and steel. Army and navy officials call scrap vital for defense and urge domestic safeguards. State may offer confidential interdepartmental findings. Hearings likely next session on licensing exporters.
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Washington
Sept
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Army
Navy
Commerce and Interior Departments
Hull
Sheppard
Schwellenbach
Japan
England
Italy
America
Warning To Parents Brings A Complaint
Health Commissioner Francis E. Fronczak warned parents to keep children from crowds to prevent infantile paralysis. He later received a letter accusing him of talking too much in the newspapers, citing his beach day as a consequence.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Francis E. Fronczak
Kidnaper of 2 Policemen Captured in Rome
Clyde Derrick, 29, sought for kidnapping two Johnson City officers, was captured in a vacant Rome, New York house without a fight. He had three guns, two stolen from the policemen he hijacked last Saturday. Derrick faces grand larceny charges while Johnson City officers pursue kidnapping warrants. Policemen Patrick Cunningham and Harry Peteit, held 42 hours, were rescued.
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Rome
N. Y
Clyde Derrick
Johnson City
Joseph T Owens
Owens
Derrick
Patrick Cunningham
Harry Peteit
Desperado
Farmer complains as oil wells invade his Illinois farm
Olney Illinois September 11 Oscar Pope, a grizzled farmer, says oil wells on his land may bring in about 800 dollars daily but intrude on plowing. He storms around the barnyard while three drill rigs dig on nearby soil and laments high taxes, fearing government take.
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Olney
Ill
Oscar Pope
Sanitary Rules Observed at National Antietam Exposition
The Health Department reports strict supervision of eating and drinking places on the exposition grounds. Beer stands sterilize glasses with chlorine solution and all soft drink stands use paper cups for safety. The sanitary section also oversees comfort station care on the grounds.
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Health Department
Traffic toll rises in Maryland for August eighty now
Baltimore dispatch reports thirty nine traffic deaths in Maryland during August raising eight month 1937 toll to 359 versus 303 for the same period in 1936.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Lifeguard Henry Hughes Celebrates 59th Anniversary
Emmetsburg Iowa September 11 Henry Hughes who served as lifeguard at a nearby lake left his post to join his wife in their 59th wedding anniversary. He is 81 and she 79 and together they have nine children in their long marriage.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
Henry Hughes
Watch Stolen At Apartment
The theft of a valuable wrist watch from a second floor bathroom in the 100 block of North Potomac street was reported to police by J. E. Cunningham. An investigation is under way. Guy Fearnow reported the theft of a bicycle in the 100 block of South Mulberry street this morning.
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North Potomac Street
J. E. Cunningham
Guy Fearnow
South Mulberry Street
New Zealander Praises Hagerstown Pageant Visit
New Zealander W. Arthur Fisher attended the On Wings of Time pageant and told the Chamber of Commerce it was one of the finest shows he has seen. A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Wellington Chamber of Commerce, he stayed over after learning of the local celebration. Fisher praised the city for its progress, noting its cleanliness and modern changes since his last visit seven years ago.
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W. Arthur Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
Fisher
American Society of Civil Engineers
Wellington
New Zealand
Hagerstown
G. Wray Lemon
Missing Boy Found Slain in Gilford New Hampshire
Neville Jensen ten years old from Laconia was found dead on a rain soaked wood road six miles from home. Medical Referee L L Brown said the boy was murdered. Police plan to cast automobile tracks near the body as they search the woodland awaiting autopsy results.
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Gilford
N. H
Neville Jensen
Laconia
L. L Brown
Harry Jensen
Dickie Brooks
Neville
Harold E. Westcott
Portsmouth
Daniel Wentworth
Election rows at National Electric Products vote split
In Pittsburgh on September 11 the A F L won by 195 votes against the C I O in the companys collective bargaining election. However 135 challenged ballots may change the result as both sides protested. The ballots will go to the National Labor Relations Board in Washington for a final decision.
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Pittsburgh
National Electric Products Company
A. F. of L
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Drer Transferred From Martinsburg to Salisbury
E. S. Drer, noted post office inspector and Hagerstown native, moves from the Martinsburg district serving this city and county to Salisbury North Carolina, in a recent official transfer.
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E. S. Drer
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Salisbury
N.C
Radio schooling for paralyzed pupils begins nationwide
More than 300,000 elementary students barred from classrooms due to infantile paralysis will be taught by radio and newspaper starting Monday in Chicago. Dr. William H Johnson plans daily 7:15 a.m. sessions, six radio stations alternating broadcasts through 7 p.m. Teachers will provide home assignments in half hour blocks five days a week, covering science mathematics English geography and history with music and art possible later.
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Chicago
William H Johnson
Britain and France plan anti piracy patrol amid war fears
British ship Stanbridge was heavily bombed while evacuating 1000 refugees from Gijon toward La Pallice as a destroyer escorted it. Separately the tanker Romford was seized by the insurgent Canarias off Palma. Italy signaled it would not fully back the patrol without belligerent recognition of Franco, while Geneva talks warned of a potential Anglo French naval clash off Italy's coast.
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London
Stanbridge
Gijon
la Pallice
France
Rome
Italy
Mediterranean
Francisco Franco
Geneva
World Nervous Says Roosevelt at Press Conference
President Roosevelt said the Far Eastern and Mediterranean situations have the world jittery and that the Sino Japanese conflict and Mediterranean piracy created widespread psychological nervousness. He said democratic governments share the reaction and noted railroads should be nationalized only as a last resort.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
White House
Mediterranean
Damage Suit Filed In Court Over Auto Collision
Dr. Robert C. Snavely sues Lewis P. Wingert in a damage action arising from a June 5 collision on Mt road. Attorney Samuel C. Strite represents the plaintiff. Both cars were badly damaged and the suit seeks damages totaling 500 dollars.
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Robert C. Snavely
Lewis P. Wingert
Samuel C. Strite
Mt. Road
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Hubby
Harold E. Dahl
Dahl
CIO
Bonanza
Antietam Committee
New York Stock Exchange
William J. Dennan
Dennan
Graves, Banning and Company
Doctor Fronczak
New
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Palma
Maillorca
Canarias
Romford
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