Fights Near Shanghai Show Early Indecisive Battles
Reports from Shanghai on September 3 describe indecisive fighting less than 20 miles from the city as Chinese provincial forces clash near Hwangtu and Nanjiang. Chekiang troops under Lu Yung-Heliang push toward Nanjiang while Manchurian columns move toward the Great Wall, with a major engagement anticipated tomorrow.
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Shanghai
Hwangtu-Nanjiang
Lu Yung-Heliang
Nanjiang
Shanghai-Nanking
Mukden
Liao River
Changtebfu
Peking
Chinchow
Hwangtu
Woosung
Chekiang
Lungwha
Chi Shieh- Yuan
Washington
D. C
Chi
Kianksu
Hoat
State Department
Cunningham
Short
Sterilization Plan Proposed for Degenerate Criminals
The Saxon government filed a motion with Reich authorities to amend the criminal law requiring sterilizing operations for degenerated criminals feeble minded persons and certain lunatics. The measure would mandate the operation after voluntary submission is refused and only by court order following a medical authorities committee hearing.
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Dresden
Government of
Saxony
Reich
Davis Plans Des Moines Stop After Denver Rally
Chicago Sept. 3. John W. Davis Democratic presidential nominee will visit Des Moines at a later date following his Denver meeting on September 11. Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, who accompanies Davis, declined to specify the exact timing yesterday.
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Chicago
John W. Davis
Des Moines
Denver
Key Pittman
Nevada
Davis
Medals Proposed for World War Selective Service Officers
Secretary Weeks approved a war department drafted bill to honor governors adjutant governors local and district boards medical and legal advisory boards and government special agents who served in the selective service system. The bill would extend congressional thanks to those who aided the war effort with non military service and would appropriate 75 000 for medal production and distribution.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weeks
War Department
Congress
Gilbert named agent general for reparations under Dawes plan
Seymour Parker Gilbert Jr former under secretary of the treasury accepts the post as agent general for reparations under the Dawes plan. Owen D Young will temporarily fill the post and return from Berlin to discuss railway debentures and payments with the reparations commission. Dawes praised Germanys payment of twenty million gold marks.
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Associated Press
Paris
Seymour Parker Gilbert, Jr
The
Treasury
Dawes
Owen D. Young
New York
Young
Berlin
Gilbert
Rufus Dawes
Mr Young
Germany
Possible Use by Spies Bars Radio in Russia
Moscow reports Russia has few home radio sets with only about a dozen amateur receivers in its vast territory. High import duties and state limits on wireless gear, plus peasant unfamiliarity with radio, stem from a government wary of espionage risks.
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Russia
Associated Press
Moscow
Flesh-fly swarms in Montana kill grasshoppers fast
Entomologists at Montana State College Bozeman report a flesh fly invasion aiding the statewide grasshopper poisoning campaign. The Scarophagid fly deposits maggots on grasshoppers, causing rapid death and up to five life cycles a year, outpacing the grasshopper’s single generation.
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Treas
Helena
Mont
Montana
State Agricultural College
Bozeman
Kremlin Fortified: Moscow as Impenetrable Bolster
Observers describe the Kremlin as an armed fortress guarding the Soviet government. Sentries with bayonets patrol every precinct while machine guns, mortars, and battalions secure the complex. The Moscow garrison can respond instantly to counterrevolutionary threats.
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Associated Press
Rusvia
Bol
Kremlin
Adel
Aradel
Soviet Ministry
Trotzky
Russia
Moscow
Bolsheviks
Red
Cheka
Local Baptists Attend Keota Association Meeting
Reverend and Mrs J D Kern along with Mrs John Dodd and Mrs Will Sickles of the local Baptist church drove to Keota yesterday to attend the Baptist association meeting held there yesterday and today.
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J. D. Kern
John Dodd
Will Sickles
Keota
Isley
Baptist Associaten
New Hampshire Primaries Feature Competitive Gubernatorial Race
Concord New Hampshire September 2 The two newspapers vie for nominations with Major Frank Knox challenging Captain John G Winant for governor in the Republican race Fernando W Hartford publisher of the Portsmouth Herald seeks the Republican nomination for Congress in the first district facing Fletcher Hale state tax commissioner Governor Fred H Brown remains unopposed for renomination The first district winner aims to claim the Rogers seat in the race where Rogers is unopposed by Democrats Senator Henry W Keyes has no opposition for renominat ion and George E Farrand is the sole Democrat seeking the senatorial nomination In the second district Congressman Edward H Wason faces Oscar P Cole for renomination while Democrat William H Barry a former Nashua mayor and ex baseball player vies for the seat.
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Concord
N. H
Frank Knox
Manchester Union and Leader
John G. Winant
Fernando W. Hartford
Portsmouth Herald
Fletcher Hale
Fred H. Brown
Executive Council
William 4 H. Barry
Nashua
Congress
Blaine Wins GOP Nomination in Wisconsin Primary
Milwaukee dispatch reports Governor Blaine secured re nomination on the Republican ticket at the Wisconsin primary. Estimated plurality ranges from 60,000 to 70,600 votes with 2,262 of 2,768 precincts reporting Blaine 186,480. Hirst 139,160. Comings 31,528.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Blaine
A. R. Hirst
George F. Comings
Hirst
Comings
German Farmers Welcome Government Loan Boost
Berlin reports farmers cheer the generous loan of 100000600 rentenmarks to cover the harvest period. The Prussian State Bank will advance the funds at 13 percent interest, viewed as unusually favorable. Banks call the security unimpeachable and signal strong foreign investor interest pending Germany’s political stability outlook.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Salonica Jews Seek Saturday Rest Day Returns
Salonica Jews about 86,000 appeal to American and Western Jewish groups for reinstating Saturday as their day of rest. A Greek bill in Athens aims to standardize Sunday observance, denying the historic Saturday practice once allowed under Turkish rule. The appeal targets the League of Nations while Greek press denounces foreign interference.
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Salonica
America
Athens
Papanastasiu
League of Nations
League
Hungary lifts ban on foreign automo biles and other imports
Budapest announces removal of import restrictions on motor cars and many goods that had been prohibited for years. American auto firms see growth potential as Hungary plans a new tariff regime to take effect in autumn.
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Budapest
Hungary
Streets of Moscow Need Repair Invite Soviet Road Deals
Moscow streets are largely cobblestoned with asphalt limited to a few main routes. Pedestrians face injuries from rutted roads and open excavations. a Russian woman drowned after falling into a street hole. American writer Isaac F. Marcosson also injured leaving an interview with Leon Trotsky.
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Moscow
Red Capital
Isaac F. Marcosson
Leon Trotsky
Senator Wheeler Campaigns In New England
Senator Wheeler as a vice presidential nominee touring New England. He spoke in Portland and planned stops in Lowell Massachusetts and Manchester New Hampshire. He criticized both parties over the Ku Klux Klan and urged opposition to any organization using force.
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Associated Prean
Portland
Wheeler
New England
Lowell
Mass
Manchester
N. H. Rain
LaFollette
Ku Klux Klan
John W. Davis
General Dawes
Maine
Coolidge
Old New England
Middle West
Georgia Democrats Set Sept 10 Primary Races
Atlanta notes the September 10 Georgia Democratic primary featuring Thomas W. Hardwick challenging incumbent W J Harris for the U S Senate seat. Hardwick, former governor and rival of Walker, accuses Harris while Walker seeks renomination unopposed.
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Atlanta
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia Democrats
Hardwick
United States Senate
W. J. Harris
Cedartown
Clifford Walker
Thomas E. Watson
W. F. George
Vienna
Georgia
Harris
Washington
Runyon Family Visits St. Clair Lewis Household
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Runyon and daughter Lola, with Miss Marian Graham of Des Moines, arrived Saturday by auto for an over Sunday visit with Mrs. St. Clair Lewis and her husband. They left Monday.
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H. E., Runyon
Lola
Marian Graham
Des Moines
St.Clair Lewis
World Flight Fliers Continue Southward from Hawkes Bay
The American army planes depart Hawkes Bay Newfoundland for Pictou Nova Scotia amid rain and head winds. Lieutenants Smith Ogden Wade Nelson and the Boston II plan to reach St. John and then Boston, completing the first aerial circumnavigation. They report difficult Atlantic crossing and expect to reach home later in the week.
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Associated Press
Hawkes Bay
N. F
Pictou
N. S
New Foundland
Barry
St. John
Lowell H. Smith
Pictou Harbor
Nova Scotia
Boston
N. B
Wade
H .H. Ogden
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Iceland
Ogden
Fir
Ice Tickle
Labrador
Labrador Peninsula
Foundland
United States
Eric Nelson
North Atlantic
Reykjavik
Frederiksdal
Greenland
MacFarland
McFarland
McFarland Ws
Georgian Revolt Against Moscow Soviet in Georgia and Azerbaijan
Georgian representatives say all of Georgia and Azerbaijan are in active revolt against Moscow occupation. Five days of fighting have left Batum streets deadly as insurgents claim half of Georgia already conquered and rail and telegraph links cut across the region. A Constantinople dispatch confirms widespread clashes with many killed or wounded.
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Geneva
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Batum
London
Constantinople
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