Chinese Pom Poms Fall Near U S Consulate in Shanghai
Three one pounder shells hit in front of the American consulate general injuring three Chinese civilians and a British constable. American Marines total 1,300 after rapid redeployment to guard the northern international settlement. Chinese blocked the Yangtze upper reaches with a sand and concrete barrier, marooning river gunboats and 1,200 refugees at Hankow as Japanese forces push toward Kiangwan.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
Harry Yarnell
Isabel
Tsingtao
United States
Yangtze River
Silver Island
Yangtze
Yarnell
Kiangwan
Midway
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Lotien
Shenandoah Valley popularity boosts park tourism
The Shenandoah Valley drew large visitor numbers last weekend showing strong interest in Shenandoah National Park and nearby attractions. Despite bad weather traffic was safer than usual, suggesting drivers overestimate safety on light roads and should stay attentive and cautious at all times.
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Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah National Park
Rumored snub strains Windsor ties at court front page
Gossip centers on the Duchess of Kent snubbing Edward VIII's American-born wife the Duchess of Windsor near Vienna. Reports say the Duchess of Kent refused to visit Wasserloonburg Castle, fueling talk of royal ostracism and tensions with the British government.
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Duchess of Kent
Duchess of Windsor
Edward
Vienna
Wasserloonburg Castle
Edward VIII
Americans Forced Underground in South China Raid
American residents in Amoy Fukien province sought shelter in bomb proof dugouts as Japanese planes and ships bombarded the port. The U S warship Asheville came under fire with bombs landing near the Socony Vacuum Oil Company plant while personnel stayed at their posts amid the two hour raid.
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Amoy
China
South China
Fukien
United States
Asheville
Army
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Socony
Wheeler Warns On Presidential Power In Court Plan Debate
Sen. Burton Wheeler declares Roosevelt has extraordinary power, surpassing most rulers, as he questions limits on presidential authority while addressing coal miners in Bear Creek Montana. He cites powers over building projects relief tariffs currency and remonetization of silver, plus a subservient Congress.
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Billings
Mont
Burton K. Wheeler
D.mont
Roosevelt
United States
Bear Creek
Wheeler
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Congress
Pure Food Store Ad Promises Quick Food Fix
A line promotes settling daily food problems by calling 444, 1p 11 PURE FOOD STORE for immediate relief.
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Pure Food Store
Harold Dahl's Life Is Spared By Gen Franco
Harold Dahl a 28 year old airman prisoner sentenced to death said Insurgent General Franco promised his release in an exchange. Dahl learned of the plan from a letter to his wife now in Cannes France and Franco told her he was safe and urged contact with the central government.
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Edward J. Neil Burgos
Spain
Harold Dahl
Champaign
Associated Press Today
Francisco Franco
Dahl
Cannes
France
Franco
Four Thousand Japanese Reported Slain in Ambush
A detachment of 4,000 Japanese troops was said wiped out by a Chinese ambush in the rocky hills west of Peiping. The Japanese line was thrust back five miles as reinforcements flowed toward Lianghsiang and Mentoukuo. A steady stream of wounded reached rear areas.
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Peiping
Lianghsiang
Mentoukuo
Disciples Plan to Open Church in Front Royal
Valley District Conference of the Disciples of Christ at Saumsville Va adopted resolutions authorizing the Evangelizing Board to open and sustain a church at Front Royal due to expected industrial growth. A meeting will precede organization with State Board support pledged. Plans aim for accessibility to new workers with organization likely next summer.
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Valley District Conference
Disciples of Christ
Saumsville
Evangelizing Board
Front Royal
State Board
Death Weapons waved in court by physician witness
In Dedham Massachusetts a medical examiner testified that a meat cleaver and butcher knife matched wounds on Mrs. Grayce Asquith, whose head and legs were found in Boston harbor. Oscar Bartolini, 51, on trial for murder, listened as evidence linked the weapons to the slaying.
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Dedham
Mass
Grayce Asquith
Oscar Bartolini
Quincy
Brickley
Boston Harbor
Asquith
Merchants Warned of Check Racket by Local Forger
City merchants were alerted about a man passing forged checks for 33.50 each at the Klompus store and Sullivan mill. The forgeries used the Standard Oil Camp name and were signed Bruce R. Hale with a typed amount and a check protector. The suspect, described as 5'10" and 160 pounds with brown hair, wore a grey shirt and work trousers.
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Klompus
Sullivan Mill
Frank Webber
Bruce R. R. Hale
Standard Oil
Hollis
Standard Oil Company
Richmond
Mayor Shields accused of guiding non strikers at Bethlehem plant
Johnstown labor inquiry witness John Zeman testified that Mayor Daniel J. Shields of the CIO patted non-strikers on their backs as they walked through picket lines at Bethlehem Steel Gautier plant last June. Zeman said he was ousted as an employee representative after joining the strike.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Company
Gautier
Labor Board
John Zeman
Daniel J. Shields
Zeman
Russell Quoted To Effect Loss Below Estimate
A report states Russell is quoted as aiming to effect a loss below the earlier estimate. The note adds that declarations have been made about the outcome and strategy.
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Russell
Charles Town Paper Assails Bookmaking
The Charles Town paper accuses Farmers Bank funds and a trust of being used to wager on horse races. It cites alleged misuses and questions the integrity of financial dealings connected to racing bets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town Paper
Farmers Bank and “Trust
Suit filed to recover loot from bank embezzlement case
The Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Charles Town West Virginia and Bank Commissioner George Ward filed suit in Richmond to recover part of an estimated 300000 allegedly taken by assistant cashier J R Russell and handed to E T Snead and deposited locally. Co defendants include The First and Merchants National Bank and The Central National Bank. Russell surrendered in Harrisburg and was extradited to face arraignment on embezzlement charges.
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Richmond
Farmers Bank and Trust Company
Charles Town
W. Va
West Virginia
George Ward
J. R. Russell
E. T. Snead
Russell
J. J. Fergusson
Snead
First
Merchants National Bank
Central National Bank
Ward
Harrisburg
Martinsburg
U. S
Marshall D. Homer
Russell asserts bank loss smaller than early estimates
Special to The Star from Charles Town West Virginia says J Richard Russell charged with embezzling funds from Farmers Bank and Trust Company told visitors in Martinsburg jail that the loss would not be as large as early estimates. Citizens in Charles Town Jefferson county await a final report.
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The
Star
Charles Town
W. Va
J. Richard Russell
Farmers Bank and Trust Company
Martinsburg
Jefferson County
Russell
Nazi Organizing for U S Overthrow Reported by Daily Times
The Daily Times declares in a copyright article that a small but fast growing Nazi aligned group in uniforms resembling Hitler’s storm troops plans to seize control of the United States. James J. Metcalfe his brother and William A Mueller authored the investigation, which followed months of covert work with the Amerikadeutscher Volksbund and Deutscher Volksbund across North America.
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Chicago
The
Daily Times
Adolf Hitler
United States
James J. Metcalfe
William A. Mueller Mueller
Amerikadeutscher Volksbund
Bund
Deutscher Volksbund
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Oberwind
Schools of Dr. Tugwell's Dream City Opened For Fall and Winter
A Greenbelt Maryland school opened for fall and winter with six prospective pupils seeking registration but only three enrolled as families shift from the Farm Security Administration. The two story building to house elementary and high schools is not yet completed. Three first graders were registered with their mothers present. High school transfers were arranged for three girls. Catherine Reed will lead the elementary school and R E Sliker the high school.
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Dr. Tugwell
Dream City
Baltimore Sun
Washington
Greenbelt
Berwyn
Farm Security Administration
The
Resettlement Administration
Joseph Ditman
Kenneth Brown
Hollywood
Mary Kean Smith
Minnie Walker
Doris Hudgins
Berwyn Heights
Loraine Park
Branchville
Catherine Reed
Riverdale
R. E. Sliker
Hyattsville High School
Italy Rejects A Bid To Explore Pirate Menaces
Rome reports Fascist Italy refused to join a Mediterranean piracy conference with 11 powers. Italy suggested handing the issue to the European non intervention committee in London. Germany mirrored the reply.
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Italy
Rome
England
France
European Non-Intervention Committee
Germany
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Switzerland
Berlin
Il Duce
Reorganization of Radio Sought in FCC Shakeup
HYDE PARK N Y Sept 9 after a White House conference Pr Frank R McNinch said he has a free hand to reorganize the Federal Communications Commission He will take over as communications chairman September 20 from the Federal Power Commission and will remain until reorganization is complete He noted reports favoring more changes in radio if the commission and discounted movement of Eugene O Sykes to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Frank R. McNinch
White House
Federal Communications Commission
McNinch
Federal Power Commission
Eugene O. Sykes
Mississippi
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Phyl Coe Murder Mysteries Contest at Philco Dealers
A radio promotion airs tonight at 6 45 for Phyl Coe murder mystery contest blanks available at Miller and Anderson Philco dealers.
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Phyl Coe
Miller and Anderson
Philco
Germans Refuse To Attend With Russians At Mediterranean Conference
Germany refuses to attend a planned Mediterranean anti-piracy conference with Soviet Russia. Berlin proposes referring attacks on neutral shipping to the European non intervention committee and cites Soviet Italy tensions as undermining hopes for a successful meeting. Italy echoes the stance while recounting Germany’s Leipzig torpedoing episode as further doubt about conference efficacy.
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Switzerland
Russia
Italy
Mediterranean
European Non-Intervention Committee
Soviet Union
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Rome
Germany
Leipzig
Valencia
Election May Be Next Week
Indications today showed the council may delay until next week to elect officials for the ensuing year. President Pey ton Marshall is ill at his home and said he probably would not recover in time to attend a meeting this week, but could be called earlier if members desire. The meeting scheduled for last Tuesday night lacked a quorum.
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Peyton Marshall
Public Auction of Furniture in Boyce Virginia
Large stock of new and used furniture to be sold at public auction Saturday September 11 starting at 1 00 P M at the store of the late L E Russell in Boyce Virginia Numerous excellent values offered in this sale
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L. E. Russell
Boyce
Virginia
Yard Party at Bryarly's School Friday Night
Public invited to a community yard party hosted by the Sunshine Class of Stine's Chapel at Bryarly's School on Friday night September 10.
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Bryarly’s School
Stine’s Chapel
Paris Plans Mediterranean anti piracy patrol ships to sink subs
Paris officials said Britain and two other powers would cooperate with France in a Mediterranean warship patrol to sink submarines attacking neutral merchantmen. Britain and France warned that punitive measures would follow for shipping attacks tied to the Spanish Civil War.
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France
Mediterranean
Germany
Italy
Paris
London
Year of Service Greeting From Young Men's Sport Shop
In remembering our first year of business we thank our friends and customers for the splendid business. We will keep offering the best brands and high standards of service. We seek continued support in the future as in the past from Snag Sargent and Tommy Kremer at the George Washington Hotel Building.
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George Washington Hotel
Snag Sargent
Tommy Kremer
We Are Back Rome We Reopen Store at Piccadilly St
Notice from R M Swimley seeking the owner of a small brindle bull puppy found near 117 East Piccadilly Street East of the George en Hotel. Call 624 W with details.
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Rome
E. Piccadilly St
George Een Hotel
R. M. Swimley
Valley Co operative Fruit Exchange crates returned to Winchester
Winchester Cold Storage announces it has purchased all apple crates owned by the Valley Co operative Fruit Exchange and requests the return of all marked crates to their storage location.
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Valley Cooperative Fruit Exchange
Winchester Cold Storage Company
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