Cholera Menace Grows as War Flares in China
Sept 17 Shanghai reports rapid Japanese advances across north China with incursions into Shansi capital Canton's airport bombed and artillery pounding the Shanghai coast. Chinese claim retaking Lotien and sinking an enemy cruiser while Terauchi's forces push toward Peiping amid spreading cholera risk.
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Shanghai
North China
Shansi Province
Peiping
China
Hopeh
Lotien
South China
Canton
Juichi Terauchi
Kuanhsien
U. S. Must Take Stand on League Far East
Geneva report says China urged League of Nations to halt Japan invasions and the matter was handed to the Far Eastern advisory committee. Invitations will be sent to Washington and 22 capitals to reconvene and decide U.S. attitude toward league cooperation. Japanese leaders already signaled rejection of league action on the Chinese conflict.
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Geneva
China
League of Nations
Japan
League
United States
Washington
Skull Discovery Fuels Butte Murder Mystery
Bones of an adult were unearthed behind Albert Backer’s Elm Street home in Butte. A skull, jaw, arm bones, and a rib were identified, with a corroded double bladed axe found nearby wrapped in newspapers. Boys Reuben Backer and Clarence Simonson, with Louis Theureux, dug six feet deep while linking the site to an early school building on the Backer property.
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Butte
Albert Backer
Elm Street
Reuben Backer
Clarence Simonsen
Louis Theureux
Backer
Reuben
Clarence Simonson
Minnow, S. D
Dictator warnings hurled by Johnson at New Deal critique
Gen. Hugh Johnson charged that the New Deal moves the nation toward a rigid dictatorship. He warned Roosevelt seeks to influence federal courts by appointing puppets and argued the aim is a government beyond the Constitution.
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Chicago
Hugh Johnson
New Deal
Ballyhoo
Johnson
National Hardwood Association
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Impartial Board To Probe Black Klan Ties Proposed
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana calls for an impartial board to investigate Hugo Black's alleged Ku Klux Klan membership. He says the President should appoint such a board or the Senate should act, and if charges prove true the President should seek Black's resignation. Wheeler spoke from Fargo North Carolina.
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Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Associated Press
Fargo
N. C
Hugo Black
Senate
Wheeler
Scouts to Receive Awards at Columbia Gardens Rally
Boy Scouts named to receive camp honor badges at an outdoor rally in Columbia Gardens announced by P. Frazer. The event starts at 7 30 in the grove with a bonfire and weiner roast to follow. Each troop may invite six Scout-age guests.
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Columbia Gardens
P. Frazer
Roosevelt May Remove Black From Supreme Court Amid Klan Allegations
The capital buzzed that President Roosevelt may ask Justice Hugo L. Black to resign over alleged Ku Klux Klan ties. The Washington Evening Star reported growing belief of a move unless Black denies Klan membership. Boston attorney Patrick Henry Kelly challenged Black's appointment as legally vacated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Washington Evening Star
Black
Representative Fish
Klan
Boston
Patrick Henry Kelly
Kelly
High Tribunal
Constitution Convention a Stormy Meet
Writers of the Constitution left Philadelphia 150 years ago tomorrow after a wrangle weary session. Nathaniel Gorham asks if the republic will stay one nation. six delegates refused to sign, ten left early, 39 stayed to show unanimity. Washington left for Mount Vernon as fifty hands worked in fields before. Edmund Randolph denounced ratification. Elbridge Gerry feared Massachusetts would split. Continued on page 3.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Republic
Nathaniel Gorham
Massachusetts
City Tavern
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Edmund Randolph
Virginia
Elbridge Gerry
Mary
Alaska Town Battles to Halt Flood
Seward Alaska September 16 Nearly 200 men fought rising waters of Lowell creek swollen by heavy rain. The flood flooded the power plant cutting electricity, threatened the Standard Oil plant, and covered the Seward highway with up to 16 inches of water. Debris surged down Resurrection and Snow rivers as two railway bridges faced danger. Crews watched for washouts to free trains.
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Seward
Alaska
U.P
Lowell Creek
Standard Oil Company
Kalispell Man to Wed in Seattle
A marriage license was issued today in Seattle to Alex D. Pauline of Kalispell Montana and Minnie L. McCann of Seattle both of legal age.
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Kalispell
Seattle
Alex D. Pauline
Kalispell, Mont
Minnie L. McCann
Borah Defends Uncontrolled Courts in 150th Constitution Call
Senator Borah urged preserving uncontested courts as the safeguard of American liberties during a Sept 16 speech marking the Constitution’s 150th anniversary. He attacked the idea that economic security requires sacrificing personal freedom and warned against viewing the Constitution as non sacred. He also criticized foreign dictatorial rhetoric and cited Nazi rights remarks without naming Germany.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Supreme Court
America
Germany
Lindbergh May Give Up Citizenship
A professional source linked to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh said he planned to renounce U S citizenship and become a British subject. The report notes the five year residence rule in Britain and cites no official confirmation.
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Lindbergh
Famous Flyer
Lindy
Great Britain
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
England
Dwight Morrow
Lindberghs
Britain and France drop Italian aid in piracy campaign
Quincy Cal for Sept 16 Carrying home one buck and dragging another after a morning deer hunt in Sierra valley 20 year old Albert Maddelena stumbled under the weight and was injured fatally when he fell on his unsheathed knife. The blade severed an artery in his groin and he died 45 minutes later.
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Quincy
Cal
Sierra Valley
Albert Maddelena
Foreign Offices Drop Soothe Efforts on Mussolini Crisis
London dispatch reports Britain and France abandon attempts to calm Mussolini as neutrality talks aim to avoid shifting the 27 nation non intervention committee. Officials say Il Duce will not be allowed to force the piracy issue before the panel, which may meet tomorrow. Dino Grandi faces a setback as the group plans to block any move beyond its authority.
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Mussolini
London
Britain
France
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Dino Grandi
Animals Found On Waterless Grand Canyon Plateau
Dr. Harold E. Anthony led the Shiva Temple Scientific expedition to the Grand Canyon plateau where first clear signs of animal life were found. Antlers of deer and animal runways were detected on the waterless summit, baffling park officials and confirming life atop the isolated island in the sky.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Harold E. Anthony
Shiva Temple
Anthony
M. R. Tillotson
Grand Canyon National Park
Montana Forecast Warmth in East Partly Cloudy West
Montana forecast calls for generally fair conditions today with warmer readings in the eastern area. Saturday will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the western portion.
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Montana
Tax Dodging Probe Sparks Resignations in IRS Legal Suite
Morrison Shafroth of Denver and his assistant Russell J. Ryan of Indianapolis resigned from the Internal Revenue Bureau's legal ranks amid a dispute over publicizing names of alleged tax evaders. The pair, who left in June, criticized naming taxpayers in a joint committee hearing and favored court action, saying the administration plan was unfair.
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Morrison Shafroth
Denver
Bureau
Russell J. Ryan
Indianapolis
Senate-House Committee
Mahoney Takes Early Lead In New York Mayor Primary
In the Democratic primary Jeremiah Mahoney held a large early lead over Royal Copeland as votes from outer boroughs came in. Copeland trailed on the Republican side with Copeland and LaGuardia leading in respective districts.
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LA Guardia
New York
Mahoney
Senator Copeland
Roosevelt Joe
Copeland
LaGuardia
Jeremiah
Titus Mahoney
Royal S. Copeland
Tammany
State Supreme Court
Manhattan
James A. Farley
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
United States
Roosevelt
Coast Guard hunts racing sloop Endeavour near Nantucket
Four coast guard cutters scoured the Atlantic off Nantucket for the British racing sloop Endeavour 1 after a gale parted her towline from the convoy yacht Viva. Chelan and Cayuga led the search, with Harriet Lane and Anohe joining patrols along the Massachusetts coast.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Nantucket
Endeavour
Viva
Chelan
Cayuga
Harriet Lane
Anoe
Massachusetts
Wallace Grint
Newport
R. L
Ferocious new phase in Spanish Civil War across fronts
News reports from Hendaye indicate renewed intensity in Spain's civil war with Valencia bombed Madrid shelled and battles along the Bay of Biscay coast Aragon and near Madrid. Casualties include 22 dead and 60 wounded a British seaman among the dead. Insurgent and government forces clash over Teruel Zaragoza and Gijon as Franco’s troops face stiff resistance in Asturias.
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Hendaye
Spain
Valencia
Madrid
Bay of Biscay
Aragon
Lencia
Legation
Teruel
Zaragoza
Francisco Franco
Bay of Biscap
Gijon
Franco
Sella
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Joe Burke
Frank Martin
James Reardon
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Donald Woodside
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J. S. Murphy Jr
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Robert Johnson
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