Manila Quakes Shake Refugees Arriving From Shanghai
A pair of strong earthquakes struck Manila shortly after 8 p m sending refugees arriving from Shanghai into darkness and panic. Buildings and churches were damaged, several injuries reported, none fatal. The event disrupted welcome scenes for Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Quentin Roosevelt as alarms and fires swept the city.
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Manila
P. I
Shanghai
President Jefferson
Sappor Haven
Ft Spectors Systems House
Customs House
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Quentin
Manuel Quezon
Baguio
Philippines
Escolta
Great Eastern Hotel
Shenandoah Valley turnpike ride sparks praise and pomp
A visitor calls the newly surfaced Shenandoah Valley turnpike from Winchester to Cedar Creek like riding on air. The piece notes De Fuhrer’s alleged signaling buttons for spotlights, bodyguards, and photographers, and riffs on potential misfires causing trouble for the electrician.
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Shenandoah Valley Turnpike
Winchester
Cedar Creek
de Fuhrer
Scout Executive Dan O Henry Arrives Ready to Begin Work
Dan O Henry scout executive for the Shenandoah Area Council arrives in Winchester from Decatur Illinois with Rev George Earle Owen to assume new duties. He meets city residents and expresses enthusiasm to start the work promptly.
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Dan O. Henry
Secout
Shenandoah Aea
Winchester
Decatur
Ill
Henry
George Earle Owen
Shenandoah Area Council
Star Office
Ing
Japan Bars Any Intervention In Chinese Affair
Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye declared no foreign intervention in the Sino-Japanese war and said only China and Japan can settle their differences. He stated Japan must first chastise the Chinese army and shift from passive defense to offense to restore amicable relations. He refused further on the British neutral zone proposal.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
China
Japan
Shanghai
Clarke M. Smith Denies Withdrawal From Clerk Race
Clarke M. Smith, Clerk of the Corporation Court, states in a public notice that reports of his withdrawal to enter business are unfounded and confirms he will run in the November election for the clerk’s office.
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Corporation Court
Clarke M. Smith
Yard Party at Macedonia Church Sat Night August 21
Public notice announces a yard party at Macedonia Church on Saturday night August 21 with drinks including Apricot Peach or Pear Nectar offered by Pure Food Store. The Whitlock Avenue address features Wednesday night August 25 events with similar beverage options and pricing.
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Macedonia Church
Congressional leaders abandon hope of quick adjournment
Washington reports indicate Senate and House leaders failed to agree on the Wagner Housing bill delaying adjournment. House Leader Rayburn said no adjournment tonight and expected assembly around 10 a.m. tomorrow with a possible end between 2 and 5 p.m. if the housing measure passes.
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Washington
Congress
Senate House
House
Rayburn
Senate
Barkley
May
Winchester Park Tennis Tourney Heads to Semi Finals
Interest stays high as A division players reach quarter finals at Winchester Park. W.A. Baker faces Dr. Léon Slavin while Robert Lindsey meets Kenneth Robinson. Lower bracket sees Nelson Page vs W. Glaize and Charles McCormick against H. K. Green. B division features Gene Shiner versus Howard Allen and Tom Whitam against S. Dowdy.
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Winchester Park
W.A. Baker Pittel
Léon Slavin
Robert Lindsey
Kenneth Robinson
Nelson Page
W. Glaize
Charles McCormick
H. K. Green
Gene Shiner
Howard Allen
Tom Whitam
D. Dowdy
Ray Robinson, Jr
William Clevenger
Franco Closing In On Santander Front
Franco’s forces push toward Santander as the Biscayan front advances through mud and hills. Generals report the city’s outer defenses southwest of Santander nearly crushed in under a week of offensive action.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Biscayan
Santander
Spani
Franco
Lost envelope with money near Brown Farmers and Merchants Bank
A missing envelope found between Republic Filling Station and 326 Amherst Street contained a five dollar note four tens and seventy five cents in silver. Brown Farmers and Merchants Bank address listed at 326 Amherst Street offers a reward.
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Republic
Cor. Water & Amherst
Amherst St
Brown Farmers, and
Merchants Bank
Berryville Horse Show Wins Favor in Hunter Classes
In Berryville Virginia the annual show nears its finale with Clonmony and Hunter's Choice from Springsbury Farm favored to win champion hunter. Clonmony won Green Hunter and Clarke County Hunters while Hunter's Choice led Heavy Middleweight Hunters. Llangollen Farm entries excelled, taking top spots in four-horse team and other classes. Continued details appear on Page 7.
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Clifton
Chatelaine
Clonmony
Hunter’s Choice
Berryville
Hunter’s
Springsbury Farm
George P. Greenhalgh
Hunter
L. M. Allen
Clifton's
Clarke County
White Spot
Llangollen Farm
John Hay Whitney
Llangollen
Graham Dougherty
Peach Brothers
Upperville
E. L. Redmond
Middleburg
U. S. Randle
Washington
Game Birds Liberated In Four Frederick County Districts
Game Warden F W Pingley released 50 quail from the State Game Farm into Shewnee Opequon Gainesboro and Stonewall districts to aid propagation. Birds were six weeks old and the county may keep a closed season this year due to winter losses and mixed sportsmen opinions.
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F. W. Pingley
Frederick County
Shewnee
Opequon
Gainesboro
Stonewall
Frederick
Tony
British Middlesex battalion sails to Hongkong amid refugee flood
SINGAPORE Aug 20 The first battalion of the British Middlesex regiment embarked for Hongkong to escape the Chinese warfare refugees facing a cholera threat. The battalion, typically 1,000 strong, heads to reinforce the crown colony as tensions mount. JAP WARSHIP DOWN NANKING Aug 20 The Chinese government says Chinese planes bombed and sank an unidentified Japanese warship off Chekiang near Shanghai.
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British
Middlesex Regiment
Hongkong
Chekiang Province
Shanghai
US Embassy Hit by Twilight Raid on Nanking
Fourteen Japanese bombers attacked Nanking at twilight, causing nearby blasts and shrapnel injuries to American residences. The United States embassy sustained no damage and all Americans escaped injury, according to earliest checks.
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Nanking
United States
China
U S Officials In China Are Allowed a Free Hand
President Roosevelt said action in response to the Augusta shelling off Shanghai would be decided by on the ground officials in China. He noted fragmentary dispatches and said those on site know more than Washington. Naval attaches expect a sharp protest to China and Japan over the incident that killed one sailor and wounded 18.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Augusta
Shanghai
Tient
Council For Prevention of War
Harry E. Yarnéil
Asiatic
Navy Department
China
Japan
Capitol Hill
Logis
Valuable Trophy Won By High Hedge At Cumberland Meet
H L Bowers known as Jack, a former Winchester police member, guided High Hedge with Lou Picker up to victory in the Harry A Manley Handicap at Cumberland Maryland. The win earned a 1000 dollar solid silver wine cooler trophy donated by Senator Millard E Tydings and purchased by Edward J Brennan, race secretary, from a Hagerstown jeweler. The trophy must be won three times for permanent possession and has ties to Lord Sydenham and the King George collection in England.
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H. L. Bowers
Jack
Winchester
Cumberland
High Hedge
Lou Piker
Harry A. Manley
Pairgo
United States
Millard E. Tydings
Edward J. Brennan
Hagerstown
King’s Collection
Lord Sydenham
Bombay
King George
England
Americans Rescue Prisoners Amid Shanghai Gunfire
A U S marshal and guard in steel vests braved crossfire to free three Americans from Ward road jail Shanghai. Prisoners include Mrs Lorraine Richards of Dallas who seeks peace, Margaret Evers of San Francisco, and former New York seaman Alex Gonzales jailed on narcotics charges. Two women to be paroled and Gonzales to be interned in the U S Marine jail.
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Shanghai
Ward Road
Lorraine Richards
Dallas
Texas
U.S. Marhall E. L. Faupel
Gonzales
U. S. Marine
Window Washer Falls to Death in Baltimore
Robert C. Shannon, a window washer, plummeted 60 feet from a fifth-floor window he was cleaning. He attempted to grab an awning to break the fall, but it collapsed in his hands.
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Baltimore
Robert C. Shannon
Black Takes An Oath Soon After His Resignation
Hugo L. Black took the constitutional oath of office as associate Supreme Court justice before Senate official Charles F. Pace in the Capitol last night after resigning from the Senate. The oath entitles him to the $20,000 annual pay of a justice, though he will not yet exercise office authority.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Charles F. Pace
Senate
Pace
Capitol
Black
Death Summons Miss Jane Moore In Gloucester
Miss Jane Cramer Moore, 69, member of a prominent Clarke county family, died early today at Toddsbury in Gloucester county Virginia, after a long illness. Her Berryville relatives faced the illness of her sister Mrs. Frank V. Tilford at Milton Valley Clarke county while news of the death reached them. Continued on Page 1 Col 3.
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Star
Berryville
Jane Cramer Moore
Clarke County
Williams. Mott
Toddsbury
Gloucester County
Moore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Frank V. Tilford
Milton Valley
Miss Moore
Smith Brands Reports Untrue Withdrawal Claims
Clark M. Smith, clerk of the Corporation Court and candidate for re election in November, issued a statement denying reports he would withdraw from the race to enter business. He said the reports were unfounded and noted he is opposed by Walter M. Shade, the Democratic nominee after no opposition emerged in the primary.
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Clark M. Smith
the Corporation Court
Russian Plane To Start Hunt For Lost Trans-Polar Fliers
A Russian hydroplane with four crew arrived at Barrow Alaska to aid the search for missing Soviet Trans-polar fliers. Pilot Zad koff Navigator Padalko and two others were refueled and to proceed to Aklavik N W T. The Soviet ice breaker Krassin also lay off Barrow with four planes for the search.
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Barrow
Alaska
Siberia
Zadkoff
Padalko
Aklavik
Bob Randall
Krassin
Special Announcement by Huntsberry’s at Old Bethel Church
Special announcement appears in Huntsberry’s notice blank. Event held at Old Bethel Methodist Church on Thursday night August 26 according to the page reference 8-20-1p-11. Further details follow on 8-20-24-1p-2t.
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Ideal Beach
South Capon Bridge
W. Va
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Huntsberry's
Old Bethel Methodist Church
Fire Strikes U S Cruiser in Shanghai Battle
The cruiser Augusta flagship of the Asiatic fleet was hit by an anti aircraft shell on the Whangpoo river amid heavy Chinese Japanese fire. One American sailor Freddie John Falgout of Raceland Louisiana died. eighteen wounded though none seriously. Crew moved below decks as fires spread in Shanghai with widespread destruction across the international settlement. Admiral Yarnell refused to move the ship and evacuated about 1,100 refugees earlier in the day.
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United States
Augusta
United States Asiatic Fleet
Whangpoo
Shanghai
Pootung
Hongkew
Edsall
Parrott
Frome
Harry E. Yarnell
Asiatic Fleet
Dsall
Dollar Line
President Hoover
Manila
Yarnell
Sale of Metz Property at Court House in August
The property of the late Daniel Metz at 503 N Loudoun Street will be sold in front of Court House at noon Saturday August 21. The estate includes a large brick house and two desirable building lots.
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Daniel Metz
Loudoun Street
Court House
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Maphis
Strasburg
Premier
Springsbury Farms
Singapore
British Straits
Shell
U.S
Bowers
Graves
U. S. Senate
Jane Moore
Gloucester
Smith Brands
Whangpoo River
Freddie John Falgout
Raceland
Louisiana
Margaret L. Hodgson
Mason’s
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