Embassies Stand Fast as Japanese Threat Looms
The Chinese capital faces bombardment threats as Japan presses raids. Ambassador Johnson evacuates staff to the Luzon while maintaining the embassy building with 17 Americans. The American fleet under Yarnell resists caving to Japanese pressure, and Italians relocate to a warship with daily embassy access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambassador Johnson
Luzon
Yangtze River
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Eee
China
Paxton Chamtonisd
Ers
Rome
Tokyo
Johnson
Harry Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Yarnell
Hasegawan
Baltimore Market Report Sees Mixed Farm Prices September 21
Livestock and produce markets show cattle steady to higher for slaughter cows and stock steers, with hogs mostly down and sheep mixed. Philadelphia prices for dressed poultry and butter hold steady while stocks like Allied Chemical and General Motors edge mixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Philadelphia
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Radiator
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Anaconda
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Edison
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penna. Railroad
Southern Railway
Standard Oil of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Va-Cargo Chem
Va-Caro Prd
Woolworth
Grain futures volatile as authorities tighten corn market
Chicago and Baltimore market notes show September corn under pressure with sharp price moves while authorities pledge strict enforcement of trading positions. Prices for wheat corn oats soybeans rye and lard and bellies are listed with several delivery months and cash quotes across Chicago and regional markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Stock Market Slips From Early Rally Amid Light Volume
New York stocks edged up 1 to 3 points early on Sept 21 but a late selling push cooled gains. Rails led, other groups followed as volume remained thin. Absence of large traders due to American Legion parade cited as dampening buying. Amsterdam and London issues lent some lift, while bonds and commodities improved. Transfers around 1 million shares. Foreign currency markets opened with the French franc noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rails
Amsterdam
London
Apple Market Shipping Point Prices For Saturday
Demand slow and market dull in Winchester Virginia Martinsburg West Virginia and nearby points. Carloads f o b on wire order sales with prices for Jonathan apples U S No 1 two and a half inch minimum three quarters to eighty five cents. Delicious U S No 1 two and a half inch minimum one dollar. Grimes U S Util two and a quarter inch minimum fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Jonathans U.S
U. S
Grimes U.S
Ambassador Nelson Johnson Leaves Nanking for China
U S Ambassador Nelson Johnson and his staff evacuated Nanking as Japanese forces poised to bombard the Chinese capital. Johnson and staff moved 11 miles up the Yangtze River aboard the gunboat Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Nelson T. Johnson
China
Nanking
Johnson
Yangtze River
Luzon
Assassination Shocks Shelbyville Political Figure
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt was shot and killed in Shelbyville as Roy Garr and two Garr brothers faced arrest after a confrontation tied to Denhardt’s announced murder trial for his slain fiancée Verna Garr Taylor. Witnesses described the fatal volley on Main Street as a dramatic, deadly exchange with Denhardt’s lawyer nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Henry H. Denhardt
Verna Garr Taylor
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Denhardt
Bowling Green
Jeptha Tracey
Roy Garr
E. S Garr
Jack Garr
Tracey
Roy
Armstrong
Garr
Myers
Police Readies Move After Double Slaying Case
Bruce Tracey testified three men emerged from a car and fired at the general and Myers as Denhardt died from multiple gunshot wounds. State officials took charge, with Attorney-General Meredith promising full investigation and possible dismissal of the Taylor case. Mrs. Taylor had been killed during an automobile ride with the general amid contested marriage claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Tracey
Denhardt
Myers
General
Tracey
D. F. L. Lapsley
Commonwealth
H. B Kinsolving, Jr
Henry County
New Castle
Taylor
Garr
Kinsolving
Hubert S Meredith
Frankfort
la Grange
Mathe
E Blair Sheetz Remembered For Business Spirit And Service
E Blair Sheetz a longtime Baltimore wholesaler executive with Rouse Hempstone and Company and later Askin Brothers, died after a lifetime of travel and civic involvement. An elder and Sunday School librarian at Loudoun Street Presbyterian, he organized the George Washington Hotel Corporation and served in Royal Arcanum. Funeral services were held at Peyton Street home with Rev. Ronald S. Wilson officiating. interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltmore
Rouse, Hempstone and Company
Askin Brothers
Baltimore
Sheetz
Presbyterian Church
Lillie Evans
Henry Evans
Lillian Sheetz
Caroline Smith
William H. Smith
Peyton Street
Harold C. Sheetz
City
George F. Sheetz
Detroit
Mich
F. Douglas Sheetz
Cleveland
Ohio
C. Marshall Baldwin
Washington, D. C
Victor L. Denny
Winchester
George Washington Hotel Corporation
United Commercial Travelers
Royal Arcanum
Ronald S. Wilson
Loudoun Street
R Frank Barr
C. Fred. Barr
William B. Wagner
Henry W. Brown
P. W. Boyd
D. W. Ritenour
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Church Sessions Continue As Bishops Address Conference
The three day church session moves toward action on business items. Bishop G. D. Batdorf, newly elected Eastern Area bishop from Harrisburg, Pa., spoke last night on his episcopal journey, showing moving pictures from his eastern tour to a packed main auditorium and balcony audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Batdorf
Harrisburg
Margaret E. Fries
Cne
Sheandoah College
Dayton
Fannie B. Brill
J. W. Brill
Gladys L Miller
E W. Miller
First Church
Martinsburg
W. Va
John T. Hott
Batdorf
Christ
W. H Smith
Conference Board of Education
D. A. Frazier
Board of Education
M. J. Miller
W. I. Good
W. N. Roberts
Church Thru Christian Education
C. A. Lynch
Lebanon Valley College
W. S. Miller
Shenandoah College
E. Harris
Pacific coast bishop chronicles peril and faith across nations
Bishop Batdorf details travels through Hawaii Japan China India Ceylon Palestine and Egypt noting living conditions and the faith that sustains journeys. He recalls two ships sinking with loss and leads a memorial for deceased ministers and spouses from 1936 37 era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
China
India
Ceylon
Palestine
Egypt
Fellowship of Prayer Oids
America
A. P. Havermale
Martinsburg
G. W. Stover
Winchester
W. F. Grover
A. J. Secrist
L. A. Racey
W. M. Maiden
W. H. Smith
Elkton
J W. Stearn
W L. Childress
Singers Glen
J. W. Brill
W. Va
D. C. Brimlow
J. W. Maiden
Waynesboro
Attacks on Spain China War Discussed at League Session
The article notes anti communist arguments cited as justification for interventions in Spain and China. It covers Italy Germany and Japan taking sides in the Spain conflict and Japan's invasion of China. The League advisory committee convenes with a US representative to seek a curb on Sino-Japanese fighting. Litvinoff argues the league can aid both China and Spain beyond demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
China
Italy
Germany
Iberian Peninsula
Japan
Tokyo
League of Nation
United States
Litvinoff
League
Australia
Stanley M. Bruce
Assembly
Far Eastern Crisis Proposed Conference of Powers
A practical league procedure would be to arrange a conference of powers most vitally concerned over their iron in the Far East regardless of league membership. The proposal emphasizes direct talks among key nations to handle tension and avoid drawing lines along the league only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
League
Park Plans A Modern Pool For Underserved Youth
The Park Association outlines a 6 by 90 foot concrete pool with filtration plant showers and lockers costing 19 420 42 dollars. The design allows free morning use for under privileged children and aims to open next season. The facility includes a 14 foot concourse edge and a 4444 square foot swim area with a depth of 3 to 6 feet and 256 lockers serving up to 750 swimmers.
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Page
Park Association
Legion Parade North Atlantic Change Is Noticeable
Thousands of seniors filled sidewalks from 26th to 79th streets as New Yorkers and visitors watched a Legion parade in Madison Square. The crowd’s mood was aged, wiser, and excited as 5,971 police kept order along the line of march downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
26Th Street
79Th
New York
Madison Square
D’ Legionnaires
Fifth Avenue
Legionnaires Move Through Midtown To Shrill Parade
The vast body of Legionnaires, led by 75 NYC motorcycle police, moves uptown for eighteen hours. They pass the Empire State Building and public library lions, 42nd Street, and major landmarks, with bands filling the canyons as they march past Radig City and St Patrick’s Cathedral.
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Legionnaires
New York City
The
Legion
Empire State Building
Public
42Nd Street
Radig City
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
St. Thomas’ Church
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Hull
Trinidad Lake
Tropics
Baker & Anderson
N. Braddock St
Stock Market Report
Apple
E. Blair Sheetz
E. Piccadilly St
Geo. Washington
R. M._SWIMLEY
W. T. Sherman
Hell
Central Park
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Norfolk
Sano Western
Magic Eye
RCA
INO. S. Solenberger & Co., Inc
North
Loudoun St
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