Battle for Lunghai Railway Control in China Warfront
British General Telfer-Smollett accuses Japanese forces of invading the International Settlement defense zone as Japanese troops mass to seize the Lunghai main trunkline. Japanese censors established in Shanghai, while Chinese and Japanese air actions continue and a push toward Hankow and Peiping-Hankow links intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
A P. D. Telfer-Smollett
Shanghai Municipal
Telfer Smollett
International Settlement
F. G. West
A. R. Turner
West
Turner
Apanese
Nanchang
Kiangsiu & Maval
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Nanking
Yangtze
Lunghai Railway
China
Shantung Province
Suchow
Peiping
Hankow
Sunghai
Winchester Band Concert Promised For Sunday Afternoon
Winchester promises a full audience for the Sunday band concert at 3 o clock with the program printed on the second page today. The town welcomes the band acclaimed for its recent favorable publicity and notes the Bell building fire history referenced in yesterday's page 3 story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Barton
Winchester
Bell’s Corner
British Powder Grave Situation Around Shanghai
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain studied Japan’s Shanghai settlement proposals amid Anglo Japanese friction. British officials coordinated with Washington and Paris as Tokyo seeks more Japanese police and control posts in the administration, signaling reduced British authority in the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Neville Chamberlain
Japan
Shanghai International Settlement
Shanghai
Washington
Paris
Re-elected Captain Heads Friendship Fire Company
Capt Richard Boxwell was re elected by the Friendship Fire Company to succeed himself as captain. The officer slate includes Wade Guard first lieutenant George Eagle second lieutenant Harry Lewis third lieutenant John Eagle fourth lieutenant and others such as Oscar Brown treasurer J P Reardon counselor and Rev W L Dudley chaplain. The unit reported an excellent year with hall and equipment improvements including a modernized fire truck and a new hose tower. Two new members R J Britton and Marshall Butler were welcomed as John Hottel and a 10 piece band entertained members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Richard Boxwell
Wade Guard
George Eagle
Harry Lewis
John Eagle
Aes
William Argenbright
Oscar Brown
Harold Rowe
J. P. Reardon
C. R. Anderson
George Snarr
W. L. Dudley
R. B. Nelson
William Des
Friendship
R. J. Britton
Marshall Butler
Britton
John Hottel
Young Dodd To Seek Political Honor In State
Willi am E. Dodd Jr son of the retiring US ambassador to Germany plans to return to Virginia to establish residence and run for Congress as a Democratic candidate. He says Loudoun County is official residence and he will pay his poll tax, aiming for the August primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William E. Dodd, Jr
United States
Germany
Virginia
Dodd
Loudoun County
Congress
William E. Dodd
America
Berlin
Washington
Roosevelt
Watchman slain during robbery at Richmond plants
Richmond police report a bungling pair of safebreakers killed night watchman Charles Davis and set fires at two local plants during an attempt to crack safes holding about 300 dollars. Coroner Dr. J H Scherer ruled a blow behind the ear caused the death. Detectives traced acetylene tanks to the fertilizer works office as flames destroyed property worth tens of thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Charles Davis
Richmond Structural Steel Company
Bone Dry Fertilizer Company
J. H. Scherer
Steel Company
Girl Accused of Slaying Father Before Choir Practice
In Jersey City on January 7 18 year old Dorothy Schaefer sobbed in a cell admitting she stabbed her father Charles Schaefer Jr 49 a Pennsylvania Railroad freight checker as he threatened to beat her and her mother during an alcoholic fury over his job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Dorothy Schaefer
John J. Underwood
Charles Schaefer, Jr
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bel Lutheran
Sarah Zane Fire Company Meeting Notice
The regularly monthly meeting is held Friday evening January 7 at 8 o'clock. Annual election of officers. All members are requested to be present. Capt. L. M. Crabill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Co
L. M. Crabill
Dance at Oak Grove in June 1938 by Marshall Adams band
A local note announces a dance at Oak Grove on Saturday evening June 8 1938 featuring Marshall Adams and his Colored Rhythm Aces with performances listed as 1-7 and 1 to 1t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Marshall Adams
Kemper Named Executive Assistant to Virginia Governor
Governor-elect James H. Price will appoint Colonel William M. Kemper of Danville as executive assistant to the governor. The role, separate from the secretary of the commonwealth, covers speeches public relations and broader office work as Price reorganizes state operations. Kemper resigned as president of the Citizens Road League of Virginia, which promotes a statewide highway system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
James H. Price
William M. Kemper
Danville
Price
Kemper
the Commonwealth
George C. Peery
Aoe
Virginia
Mr. Price
Citizens’ Road League of Virginia
New Proposal Aims to End Ford Labor Rift
Trial Examiner Tilford E. Dudley of the National Labor Relations Board proposed a partial settlement between Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers. Ford would reinstate as many as possible of 187 workers previously identified, in exchange for the union dropping unfair labor practices charges and removing picket lines at Ford's St. Louis assembly plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Tilford E. Dudley
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers of America
Dudley
Ford
Sears Chief Sees Rise in Consumers Goods Jobs by Spring
President of Sears Roebuck, Robert E. Wood, told Senate investigators that employment in consumers goods industries should rise by March or April. He noted three administration spokesmen had frightened business though Roosevelt's message was reassuring. Wood said Sears is buying again and inventories will normalize in 30 days. He cited stronger gains in Texas and Pacific coast cities and a deeper slump in production causing unemployment. William Green of the AFL urged maximum hour regulation to curb the slump though no specific plan was offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Wood
Sears
Unemac
Texas
Pacific Coast
American Federation
A. F. of
Green
Appeal Lost By Slayer of Two
The State Supreme Court denied appeals by Cecil Boatwright 25 in Lee County Circuit Court for a roadhouse murder spree. He was found guilty of first degree murder of Earl Nickels with a 25 year sentence and of second degree murder for Silas Collier with a 12 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Supreme Court
Cecil Boatwright
Lee County
Boatwright
Earl Nickels
Silas Collier
Plane Lands in Swamp Near Newark Airport
An American Airlines transport with five passengers and three crew landed short of Newark Airport in a swamp during a storm. Pilot Asher Rousch led a rescue back to safety. he suffered a facial cut but all others were unharmed. Passengers warmed with coffee then drove to New York. The accident left the 8 ton craft three feet deep in mud and required dismantling to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
American Airlines
Asher Rousch
Chicago
Rousch
New
Detroit
Buffalo
Italy and France plan bigger navies and faster yards
Washington January 7 Navy officials say all nine navy yards and several commercial shipyards will be ready for a new warship program if Congress approves. Seventy vessels are planned or under contract including two battleships. Officials note bids on materials are improving and a budget calls for 22 ships to replace older ones, with a potential larger program if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Congress
Swanson
Three Children Die in Dynamite Blast at Elizabethton Home
In Elizabethton Tennessee a dynamite explosion shattered a house killing Sonia Gouge nine Luena Gouge seven and Roma Jean Gouge five and injuring Harmon Gouge thirty four. The blast killed two children instantly and a third died en route to the hospital. Investigators hold a mother who is injured and three men for questioning with ties to a prior 1936 slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethton
Tenn
Roy Asher
Sonia Gouge
Luena Gouge
Roma Jean Gogue
Harmon Gouge
Asher
Sonia
Roma
Leuna
Johnson City
Gouge
Arnold Tollett
Here
Tollett
Kennedy Picked as Britain Envoy and More DC Moves
President Roosevelt named Joseph P. Kennedy ambassador to Great Britain and head of the Federal Maritime Commission. He will replace Robert W. Bingham of Kentucky. Davies, ambassador to Russia, to Belgium. Gibson to be succeeded next spring. Hugh R. Wilson to Germany, replacing William E. Dodd who resided last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Federal Maritime Commission
Great Britain
Robert W. Bingham
Kentucky
Kenn
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
Belgium
Davies
Hudy Gibson
Senate
Hugh R. Wilson
Germany
Wilson
William E. Dodd
Beauty Shop Damaged by Smoke Reopens After Fire
A beauty shop adjoining the Betsy Ross on Boscawen street suffered smoke damage from a fire on Wednesday. The damage marks were removed and the shop was reopened today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boscawen Street
Leaps To His Death With A Radio In Arms
Cincinnati January 7 Charles Davis 33 leaped three stories while clutching a radio blaring Springtime in the Rockies. He was killed instantly. Reports said he had been released Wednesday from a jail sentence and became violent during an argument before jumping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Rockies
Charles Davis
Davis
Merc Eer
Bernstein Gets Prison and Fines
Arnold Bernstein head of the Red Star and Arnold Bernstein Shipping Line in Hamburg was jailed 11 months and sentenced to 30 months in prison with a 1 000 000 mark fine for violating Germanys foreign exchange laws. He faced treason charges while associates received varying sentences. The Bernstein Lines are now run by Marius Boerger under an agreement with authorities and creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Arnold Bernstein
Red Star
Bernstein
New York
Iis Bank
Berthold Gumpel
Albert Wolff
Heinz Grunsfeld
Robert
Dodson Sentenced for Bad Check Violation in Heathsville
H. M. Dodson of Heathsville Virginia was charged with bad check violations and sentenced to three months in jail with costs of four dollars. The jail term was suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Dodson
Heathsville
Charley Rouss Fire Co to Elect Officers for 1938
The Charley Rouss Fire Co holds its regular monthly meeting Friday evening January 7 at 8 o clock. Officers for the year 1938 will be elected and every member is urged to attend. M D Weaver President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Rouss Fire Co
Italy to build two 35000 ton battleships and more fleet
Paris reports Mussolini unveiled a plan to add two 35000 ton battleships named Roma and Impero plus 12 destroyers and submarines, boosting Italy to over 500000 tons and the world’s largest submarine fleet. French officials vow to match by advancing naval construction including Richelieu and Jean Bart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Europe
Mussolini
Roma
Trieste
Genoa
Red Sea
France
Paris
Gratien Candace
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Cesar Campinchi
Richelieu
Jean Bart
Littorio
Vittorio Veneto
No Trace Found Of Plane Long Overdue
SAN PEDRO Calif Jan 7 The full airforce of the United States fleet searched sixty thousand square miles of Pacific ocean island and coastal areas for a giant bombing plane missing since Wednesday evening with seven aboard Two aircraft carriers Sara toga and Lexington joined eleven battleships several cruisers and undisclosed destroyers in the effort The toll for missing up to that point rose to eight with the fall of Cadet Scott P Hawkins from one of the searching planes marking the greatest search force in fleet history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
Pacific
United States
Saratoga
Lexington
Scott P. Hawkins
Navy
Japanese envoy rules out peace talks in China
Shigeru Kawagoe, Japanese ambassador to China, declared peace negotiations were out of the question for the present and said Japan should repudiate the Nanking government as the central authority for China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Shigeru Kawagoe
China
Japan
Honeymooning Couple Located After Missing Daughter Found
Police Chief C J Woodruff reported 17 year old Gertrude Bennett Hughes, daughter of Ford Motor Company personnel director Harry Bennett, and her college husband were found honeymooning in an apartment in Tampa Florida after being reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
C. J. Woodruff
Gertrude Bennett Hughes
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Freighter Pioneer Bay Reaches Safe Anchorage After Potash Transfer
The freighter Pioneer Bay was pulled off Land Battery shoal in Baltimore at 1 12 p m after part of her cargo of potash was transferred to another vessel over two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
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Capt
Boxwell
Friendship Co
Young Dodd
Father
Chicago University von Nether
Oth
Old South
TAXI
Paul Poston
Larrick
W. M. Kemper
Col. Kemper
Slayer of Two
Newark Airport
York
Naval
Maritime Commission
Kennedy
Bingham
Beauty
Rouss Fire CO
M. D. Weaver
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