Peiping under siege as Japan attacks from four sides
Japanese warplanes and ground forces begin a pincer assault around Peiping as Chinese troops retreat toward the city. Reports say the Chinese 19th route army is annihilated at Nanyuan while fighting rages on four fronts near the ancient capital, with Americans urged to seek safety in the embassy quarter amid rising street clashes.
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Shanghai
Peiping
North China
U.P
China
19Th Route Army
Nanyuan
Wheat Exports Surge From Chicago As U S Reenters Market
The United States regains the role of world wheat supplier after a two year gap. Chicago reports an export backlog and a record crop worth about a billion dollars. First shipments leaving for Europe via Montreal carried 188000 bushels.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Europe
Montreal
Today and Tomorrow By WALTER LIPPMANN
A political column argues Congress should rest before debating the fair labor standards bill given a long session and heavy constitutional focus. The author compares Congress to a exhausted runner and urges patience rather than crusading rhetoric.
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Walter Lippmann
Congress
NRA
Freshman Democrats Demand Action Before Adjournment
A group of freshman Democratic senators met with Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley in Washington and urged Congress to accomplish something before adjournment. The dinner gathering included Sen. William H. Smathers of New Jersey after Barkley’s leadership race against Sen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
Barkley
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
William H. Smathers
New Jersey
Roosevelt Wins Key House Vote On Presidency Aides Plan
Washington July 27 The House passed a bill to hire six new presidential aides by a 260 to 88 vote in a heated session. The move marks the first major success for Roosevelt's reorganization program amid sharp Republican attacks and Democratic party strain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House of Representatives
Ellison D. Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Marvin Jones
Texas
Henry A. Wallace
Thirteen Teachers Added to Butte School System
Thirteen new Butte public school teachers were employed for the next year by the board of trustees of school district No. 1. They were chosen from the eligibility list to fill city staff vacancies. Names include Isabelle O'Connor, Mary Moyle, Helen Lou Davis, Kathleen Sullivan, Catherine Leary, Emily Sherman, Mary Mac Donald, Mayme Kelly, Agnes Crow.
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Butte Public School
Board of Trustees of
Legionnaires elect officers at Montana convention in Lewistown
The Montana American Legion and auxiliary conclude their annual convention in Lewistown with a parade and the selection of the 1938 convention site. Leading candidates to succeed Clarence H. Olson as department commander are Ben Foley of Anaconda and Ora J. Armstrong of Kalispell. Helena is bidding for the 1938 gathering as well.
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Lewistown
Montana American Legion and Auxiliary
Ben Foley
Anaconda
Ora J. Armstrong
Kalispell
Clarence H. Olson
Sweet Grass
Helena
Butte
Great Falls
Roundup
Livingston-Bozeman
Sons of Legionnaire
Missoula
Shelby
Billings
Lewistown Elks
Butte Legion Beats Great Falls Juniors 11 to 9 to Open Series
In Butte on July 27, the Butte American Legion Junior baseball team defeated Great Falls 11 to 9 in the first of a three game district title series. Musselman pitched well with 16 strikeouts but Missed plays by Great Falls aided the visitors. The second game is set for Friday in Butte, with a potential third game the next day in Great Falls.
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Butte Legion
Great Falls
Mining City
Butte
American Legion
Miles City
Musselman
He’s Facing the Poor House After Sheep Herder Robbery
Frank Brcer, a 67 year old Montana shear herder in Butte, says two sharpers bilked him of 1410 in cash after promising 20000 in a tin box to the poor. He waited for news as the robbers left for parts unknown and wonders how they did it without his noticing.
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Frank Brcer
Montana
Butte
Banco
Man Rescued From Ledge on High Peak
Valdemar Jessen, post office superintendent of mails in Grand Junction Colorado, escaped death after spending an hour on a sun blistered two foot ledge high on a cliff. He faced thirst with a view of a stream two thousand feet below before rescuers reached him. The episode followed his last diary entry written in fear of imminent death.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Valdemar Jessen
Jessen
Post Office
Roosevelt Defends Labor Board Amid Bias Charges
President Roosevelt acknowledged criticism of the National Labor Relations Board at a press conference calling the group fair to both capital and labor. Critics including Representative Rankin and Senator Nye accused the board of pro union bias and even Communist ties. Roosevelt argued bipartisan charges show impartiality.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Rankin
Miss
Nye
Ind
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Hugh L. Johnson
National Recovery
Merchants Urged to Watch for Fake Scale Repairmen
Authorities warn merchants and wholesalers to beware of men posing as expert scale repairers. The so called quacks operated in Butte and Dillon last year and may return this summer. They visit firms before the annual inspection and claim repairs were done. Often no real work is performed and guaranteed fixes would fail inspection minutes after. Only about six qualified scale repairmen are in Montana.
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Butte
Dillon
Montana
Alaska Boom Mining Camp Poised as Rich Platinum Field
Alaska's booming tent city in Platinum, near the Eek river and Kuskokwim bay, is forecast to become one of the world’s richest platinum sources. Bank of Alaska president E A Rasmunson predicts tremendous production by 1939, with current yields climbing from 1934 to 1936 and placer gold also reported in the area.
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Alaska
E. A. Rasmunson
Bank of Alaska At
Anchorage
Rasmunson
United States
Kuskokwim Bay
Peter Wold
Americans in Peiping Flee to Legation
Americans and other foreigners seek refuge behind sandbagged walls as Japan forces advance on Peiping. Marines guard the legation quarter while hundreds prepare to move to safer concentration points. Reports indicate a bombing threat and calls to dim car lights as tension rises.
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Peiping
U.P
Legation Quarter
Japan
North China Army
Fear for Safety of Eight Americans at Yenching University
Fears were raised for the safety of eight Americans at Yenching University Peiping who remained in the danger zone as fighting raged between Japanese and Chinese troops. The group includes five women and three men led by President J. L. Stuart who refused to flee saying it is his duty while the American embassy urged refuge within Peiping proper.
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Peiping
Yenching University
J. L. Stuart
Water company appeals to Butte residents to conserve water
Butte Water company manager Eugene Carroll urges residents to limit lawn sprinkling for two months to reduce electric demand. He notes all local water is pumped from the Big Hole river using about 40 000 kilowatt hours daily and warns power shortages threaten Anaconda company operations and further plant closures.
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Big Hole
Butte
The
Butte Water Company
Water Company
Eugene Carroll
Anaconda Company
Montana
Mr. Carroll
Montana Power
United States
Montana Woman Dies in Ranch Explosion
Lavina dispatch reports funeral services for Mrs. Chris Thom who burned to death when a can of distillate oil exploded as she lit a fire in her kitchen. She was rushed to Roundup hospital by her husband.
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Lavina
Chris Thom
Thom
Madrid Under Rebel Shell Fire Again
Rebel artillery shelled Madrid early today causing casualties among civilians. Loyalist forces defended Qui torna to the west as insurgents raked the city with heavy shell fire in retaliation amid intense fighting.
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Madrid
U.P
Quitorna
Appeal for Medicine From Frontline Spain to France
Loyalist Spain appealed to France for medicine and serums to stop gangrene among 20 000 to 30 000 soldiers wounded in the Brunete battle. The request came from Hendaye on the Franco Spanish frontier as Franco Spanish forces fought near Madrid.
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Hendaye
U.P
Spain
France
Brunete
Loyalist Holds Off Rebel Forces Near Madrid Amid Siege
Loyalists entrenched in a ruined town fight hunger and thirst as a relief column struggles to reach them from Valde morillo, blocked by pressure on Villanueva de la Canada. Quijorna garrison, a mix of American and Canadian volunteers, resists renewed nationalist assaults. communications with main Loyalist columns are cut.
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Valdemorillo
Sierra Guadarrama
Quijorna
Madrid
Villanueva de la Canada
Lamb crop forecast shows 1937 rise in native side
The Agricultural Department estimates a 1937 lamb crop of 30,712,000, up about 2 percent from 1931–35 average but 267,000 below 1936. Native lambs total 11,285,000, up 3 percent. western states yield 19,427,000, down 3 percent from 1936. Breeding ewes and lambs saved figures also cited.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
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