Generalissimo Francisco Franco informed Italy that he had intelligence that the Soviets were shipping arms to the Republic. Franco urged Italian action to stop the transports.[3]
InLittle Rock, Arkansas, the newly formed Society for the Booing of Commercial Advertisements in Motion Picture Theatres made its debut, booing loudly when corporate advertising appeared on the movie screen. Similar "booing clubs" soon began springing up elsewhere. In the 1930s and '40s movie houses experimented with running ads for commercial products alongside movie trailers, but many theatregoers resented the practice because, unlike the radio where ads were recognized as necessary, movies were not free.[4]
Born:David Bedford, English composer and musician; in Hendon, London (d. 2011)
The Japanese began to evacuate their concessionatHankou, citing "the steadily growing tension and a desire to prevent an incident likely to aggravate the general situation."[10]
World War I veteran Harold Wobber, 47, became the first person definitively known to have committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge.[11]
3,000 Japanese soldiers conspicuously entered Beiping without resistance. Japanese warplanes dropped propaganda leaflets on the populace proclaiming that the "Japanese army has driven out your wicked rulers and their wicked armies and will keep them out."[12]
It was announced in Berlin that The Times correspondent Norman Ebbutt had been ordered out of Germany. The move was made in retaliation for Britain expelling three German journalists on suspicion of espionage.[13]
One of the leading camera and business equipment brands in the world, Canon, was founded, as predecessors for Precision Optical Company in Japan.[citation needed]
The Spanish destroyer Churruca was torpedoed and damaged near Cartagena. The ship was able to limp into port but 3 crew were killed and 9 were injured.[15][20]
Died:Bakr Sidqi, 47, Iraqi nationalist and general, was assassinated.
Chinese warplanes attacked Japanese ships in Shanghai harbour, but most of the bombs missed their targets and struck civilian areas instead, killing over 1,000.[18][21]
France protested to the Chinese government over the air raid that killed more than 1,000 people in the French concession and international settlement of Shanghai.[24]
Portugal severed diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia over a broken armaments contract. Czechoslovakia broke the contract because it suspected Portugal of funneling the arms to the Nationalists in Spain.[28]
Nazi Germany restricted Jewish booksellers to only selling books by Jewish authors to Jewish customers.[29]
Died:Ikki Kita, 54, Japanese author and philosopher
^"Japan Seizes Peiping; 3,000 Troops March In". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 9, 1937. p. 1.
^Brewer, Sam (August 10, 1937). "Nazis Hit Back at Britain; Oust Veteran News Writer". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 2.
^ abHolston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 88. ISBN978-0-7864-6062-5.
^ ab"Torpedo Sinks Spanish Vessel; Blame Italians". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 13, 1937. p. 1.
