George Grant Elected Chief of Legion Soviet Army
Report cites a 24 hour battle on the Manchurian border where Chinese forces repulsed a Soviet regiment attempting to cross the Hailar River at Dalamor. One regiment with aircraft tanks and guns attacked the Chinese eastern shore. ninety Chinese soldiers died while Soviets were repulsed and withdrew. Chinese reinforcements and partisan activity are noted in Suisenho and Suimenho areas.
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Peiping
Hailar
Dalamor
Red
Russian Foreign Legion
Suisenho
Suimenho
Manchurian
Soviet Forces Clash With Chinese Near Manchuria Front
Reports from Tokyo by Manchurian correspondents say Soviet armored trains neared the frontier town of Manchukuo as about 400 infantry jumped off and attacked Chinese troops. The Chinese used howitzers. after a two hour engagement Chinese casualties reached thirty and Russians retreated with some casualties and captured ammunition.
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Tokyo
Nichi
Asehi Shimbun
Manchuri
Manchurian
Manchuk
Manchuria
The Story of Sue Starts on News-Item Woman's Page
Sue Merryman, a fresh high school and business college graduate, begins work as a stenographer in a law office on the new serial The Story of Sue. She encounters romance as her daily adventures unfold.
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Sue Merryman
Woman's
Sue
Graf Zeppelin Ready to Start Pacific Leg From Tokyo
Graf Zeppelin prepared for Los Angeles flight on the third leg of its world journey after gas cell repair. Dr. Hugo Eckener stated the start will not be delayed beyond 4 a.m. tomorrow Tokyo time pending weather. 20 passengers scheduled to board at Kasumigaura air field.
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Tokio
Pacific
Los Angeles
Hugo Eckener
New York
Kasumigaura
Eckener
Europe
Asia
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Ze
Actress Carol Dempster Weds Edwin Larsen in Carmel
Miss Carol Dempster DW Griffith star married Edwin B Larsen in Carmel New York last Thursday amid her recent automobile scars. Larsen a vice president at a New York investment bank will take a European honeymoon Friday night. It remains unsettled if the injuries end her screen career.
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New York
Carol Dempster
D. W. Griffith
Edwin
Larsen
Miss Dempster
Broadway
Carmel
N. Y
Warship Anahuac Sails to Quinatana Roo to Quell Dismay
A Vera Cruz dispatch reports the warship Anahuac sailing from Mexico City with troops to Quintana Roo to quell unrest among chicle gatherers angered by wage disputes. The move aims to restore order amid rising tensions.
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Mexico City
el Universal
Vera Cruz
Anahuac
Quintana Roo
Earhart Leads In Texas Stop Air Derby Race
Amelia Earhart led the women's air derby at El Paso with an 8:16:14 landing time. The field followed with Blanche Noyes and 11 others arriving within a half hour as the event tracks times by division leaders for heavy and light planes.
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Mag Earhart
Texas
EL Paso
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Douglas
Blanche Noyes
Cleveland
Ta e derby highlights tense state snp soiranta
Snapped OCR fragment hints at a state level derby or match involving Ng Sai or Ng something. Key names unclear. The unreadable text limits a precise headline and summary.
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Po Snp
Soiranta Ng “Tae Derby
Ining
Fn ‘State
Fire at Sea Sighting Informs Quimistan Destruction
The freighter Valza reported sighting the steamer Quimistan ablaze and abandoned about 1,100 miles east of Norfolk. The vessel, once the Joseph Vaccaro, built 1871 in Liverpool, 1,037 tons, had links to the Cuayamel Fruit Co and later to a German scrapping concern. The Yalta, an American freighter from Baltimore, reported no crew visible as Quimistan sank.
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Quimistan
Norfolk
New York
Radio Marine Corporation Today
Valza
Genoa
Italy
Baltimore
Liverpool
Joseph Vaccaro
Cuaymel Fruit Company of
New Orleans
Cuyamel Fruit Company
Swiss Aviators Missing After North Atlantic Flight
News reports from New York to Washington detail fading hope for Swiss aviators Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher who vanished on a Denmark to America trans Atlantic attempt. Admiral Hughes ordered naval vessels to aid search as Roosevelt Field watchers abandon the effort.
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Washington
Charlies F. Hughes
North Atlantic
Oscar Kaesar
Kurt Luescher
New York
Europe
America
Roosevelt Field
State officials prepare for tarpon rodeo prize in Mobile
The Mobile Register reports state officials plan to present a full fishing outfit as the top prize for the largest tarpon during a rodeo. Gov Graves along with Charles A. Moffett and Lawrence H. Lee are named among contenders. Officials expect to depart the capitol early for pre contest training.
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Ronny
Ala
Mobile Register
Mobile
Governor Graves
Charles A. Moffett
State Board of Administration
Lawrence H. Lee
Capitol
Graves
American Legion
Visitors feted by sheriff on Birmingham Legion trip
The drum and bugle corps of Birmingham Post No 1 visiting the state convention of the American Legion were hosted by Sheriff Pat Byrne. They toured the state docks and the $10,000,000 terminals and visited the county jail with explanations of the facilities.
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Drum and Bugle Corps
Birmingham Post No. 1
The
American Legion
Pat Byrne
Alabama Legion Adopts 1931 Host City Montgomery
The Alabama American Legion closes its eleventh annual meeting at Scottish Rite Temple with George M. Grant of Troy elected department commander and Montgomery chosen as the 1959 convention city. Other leaders named include vice commanders George Cleere Russellville BE R Wren Talladega and R T Rives Montgomery.
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George M. Grant
Troy
Montgomery
Alabama American Legion
Scottish Rite Temple
George Cleere
Russellville
BE. R. Wren
Talladega
Jackson
Peterman
R. T. Rives
Carl McBride
Tuscaloosa
Minot Mademna
Dothan
J. C. Stewart
M. H. Hagood
Brewton
Oscar Lewis
Cateeby Jones
Selma
Aaron Baer
Alexander City
J. 8. Hough
Livingston
R. H. Williams
Guntersville
W.W. E. Willis
Athens
Amos A. Culp
Birmingham
Malcolm BE. Nettles
Jasper
R. E. Steiner
Legion to Admit Spanish American War Vets to Alabama Home
Alabama American Legion calls for legislation enabling Spanish American War veterans to enter Mountain Creek State Veterans Home near Montgomery. The home is currently restricted to Confederate veterans by state law, and the group seeks a dues cut to fund indigent patient families and a vet affairs compensation revision.
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Resolutions Committee
P. B. Jarman
Alabama
James H. Taylor
Associated Press
Alabama Department of the American Legion
Mountain Creek
Montgomery
Legionnaires
State Department
Storm Warning Issued On Tropical Disturbance Near Jamaica
The Weather Bureau warned of a tropical disturbance southeast of Jamaica moving west-northwestward. Advisory cautions Jamaica region and waters south of Cuba in next 24 hours. Meteorologist Albert Ashhenberger notes the storm is about 1,000 miles southeast of Mobile and may follow a gulf coast path.
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Jamaica
Cuba
Albert Ashhenberger
Mobile
Yucatan Channel
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Black woman fined after liquor trap incident at court
Hulet a Black woman faced Recorder D. H. Holington after Detective Molines found a gallon hidden in a trap. She blamed poverty and the need to save money on liquor. Recorder Edington fined her $100 and costs for the offense.
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Witran
Hulet
D. H. Holington
Molines
Edington
City Praised Ao Veterans End Stoolong
About 1000 veterans gathered in Mobile for a large Alabama American Legion convention. They praised Mobile for entertainment and hospitality as sessions closed at the Scottish Rite cathedral and Battle House auditorium. Resolutions thanked Mobile newspapers The Associated Press and city officials for their help with the meeting.
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Alabama Ent
American Legion
Scottish Rite
Battle House
Legion
Mobile
Associated Press
City Commission
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mitchell Named Mississippi Attorney General
Gov. Bilbo appointed George T. Mitchell of Tupelo as state’s attorney general succeeding Rush H. Knox who resigned during impeachment charges. Knox’s charges were dropped with resignation. Mitchell took oath in the executive chambers after receiving legislature ratifications. He is a native of Pontotoc County and is in his 55th year. He practiced law for many years in his hometown area.
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Jackson
Miss
T. G. Bilbo
George T. Mitchell
Tupelo
Rush H. Knox
Knox
Mitchell
W. H Anderson
State Supreme Court
Geematchell
Pontotoc County
Mobile Junior Chamber to study street naming fix
The Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce votes to form a committee led by President Tom Twitty to draft suggestions for correcting defects in street naming and numbering. The goal is to reduce confusion by using division designations like north south east and west without eliminating street names.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tom Twitty
Mobile
Julius Marx
Government Street
Old Government Street
New Government Street
Mike McDermott
McDermott
Dan Dix
Frank L. Trott
Birmingham Candidate 1D Elected and Auxiliary Officers
Mrs Forrest Fleming of Huntsville named First Vice President and another candidate withdrew, electing Mrs H E McClung of Birmingham president of the Alabama American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary. Other officers were chosen including Second Vice President Mrs Spaulding Mobile and Chaplain Miss Katherine Moslander Mobile.
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Forrest Fleming
Huntsville
Mobilian
H. E. McClung
Birmingham
Woman's Auxiliary
Alabama Department of the American Legion
Bees Battle House
Coe Sime Rowell
Selma
McClung
Spaulding
Mobile
Katherine Moslander
Charles Maas
R. W. Waldrop
Bessemer
Thoras J. Salter
R. M. Jones
HB. V. Caldwell
James Rowell
Rowell
Ray
Gold Watch Theft Leads to Hard Labor Sentence
Fate Williams, a Black man, was arrested by Detective Levine Bower for possession of a stolen gold watch from C. J. é employe of the L and N at New Jeans. He received 12 months hard labor. Ziegler testified his New Orleans home was burglarized with the watch taken.
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Fate Williams
New Jeans
Mams
Levine Bower
Ziegler
New Orleans
Lightning Damages Homes on Fisher's Alley
Lightning struck two houses at No. 6 and No. 7 Fisher's Alley, occupied by Walter Coleman and others, causing slight damage. Police reports filed Wednesday outline the incident.
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Fisher's Alley
Walter Coleman Aeavis
Burglar Flees After Being Seen in Clark Home
Mrs. J. C. Clark reports a break in at 253 South Georgia Avenue about 2:30 AM. A black male is described as escaping after the occupants awakened and found the intruder inside.
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Negro
J. C. Clark
South Georgia Avenue
Turner lands in Albuquerque on transcontinental flight
Captain Roscoe Turner arrives in Albuquerque with three passengers at 6 50 a m on a cross country trip from Los Angeles to New York. He refueled and left for the east at 75 miles per hour. He reports the plane performed as expected and averaged about 140 miles an hour on the leg into Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Roscoe Turner
New York
Los Angeles
Fair Night and Warmer Thursday Across Region
Local forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with a mix of partly cloudy skies on Thursday. Isolated thunder showers expected along the coast of Alabama and Mississippi with little change in temperatures. Northwest Florida likewise partly cloudy with possible local showers tonight and Thursday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Bates Unopposed for City Commission Seat in September Election
Cecil F. Bates will run unopposed for his current city commission seat in the September 9 election. The filing period closed with Bates as the sole candidate entering the campaign.
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Cecil F. Bates
City Commission
Know Mobile Better Campaign Mobilizes Seven Civic Groups
The Know Mobile Better campaign brings seven civic organizations together led by the Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with The Mobile Register and News-Item to promote community improvements and civic engagement.
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Mobile
Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Register
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