Cholera Epidemic Strikes Shanghai Amid Chinese-Japanese Clash
Cholera sweeps Shanghai as epidemics rise to 740 cases in the international settlement and French concession with 1400 suspected. Chinese forces push Japanese from Lotien and drive armored units from the town despite heavy rain. Japanese spokesmen claim 29 divisions totalling 300,000 men in Shanghai and Soochow areas.
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Soochow
Chinese Armies Overwhelm All Jap Advances
In Shanghai area on September 14 Chinese forces, after a costly battle, failed to hold Yangchang as Japanese tactics shifted. Chinese troops reformed and retook the village, then pressed a dawn fight along the waterfront while Chinese airmen bombed Japanese positions.
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Yangchang
Shanghai
Communists Join Government Effort Against Japs
Shanghai dispatch reports China's communist army of over 100000 veterans abandons banners to aid the government. General Chu Toh’s force moves northwest toward Peiping and has clashed with Japanese units north and west of the capital as Chinese troops repel a fourth day of large scale offensives.
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Chu Toh
China
Peiping
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Japanese Fleet Off Shanghai Hit by Bombs After Gental Grounding
A destroyer grounded and the Chinese air force reportedly dropped bombs around the entire Japanese fleet off Shanghai. The incident involves naval movements near Shanghai and aerial attacks affecting Japanese ships.
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Shanghai
Insurgents Shell Madrid Inflict Little Damage
Insurgent shells pounded central Madrid at five minute intervals causing several deaths. The bombardment followed two weeks of inactivity and began about 11 am. Casualties occurred before residents could evacuate the downtown area.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Engineer student dies in home made electric chair
Bertram B Braueher a 27 year old engineering student was found dead in his Chicago home wired to a transformer labeled danger high voltage with a second sign warning to pull the socket. Police say parental reports indicate he was working to finance his studies after failing to obtain a job.
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Chicago
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Buffalo
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Rumored flares trigger futile search for lost polar fliers
At Barrow on September 16 rumors spread that Eskimos sighted mysterious craft near the Arctic coast. Pilot Alexsei Gratewnsky led a search from Teaty Cape to Barrow, a hundred miles southwest, but the effort yielded no signs of the four missing Soviet planes. Hubert Wilkins reported on Ovin’s position with uncertainty, while the Russian side’s search continued in the Northwest Territory near Aklayik.
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Point Barrow
Arctic
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Tey Cape
Barrow
Pole
Mystery Sub Reported Hurt Near Cartagena
Divers near Cartagena report a pirate submarine damaged and unable to surface. They received only feeble replies from trapped crew and could not confirm the vessel’s identity or the cause of damage amid ongoing Loyalist naval actions.
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Associated Press
Cartagena
Spain
Mediterranean
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Andy of Amos and Andy Married in Glendale Ceremony
The Andy of the Amos and Andy radio team wed in Glendale California on September 14 in a ceremony witnessed by hundreds of notable film and radio figures. Gorrell became Wouted of Neca Morera McLaughin and secured stage danvers.
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