Britain intensifies air war as Europe braces for blitz
Britain warns of intensified aerial conflict with Germany and Italy as naval and air raids surge. RAF claims deep strikes into Germany while reporting some losses. Italy counters with raids on Egypt and East Africa. both sides claim tactical blows with limited damage.
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Africa
Mersa Matruh
Egypt
Stefani
East Africa
Haifa
Summitt
Sudan
Italy
Royal Air Force
Libya
Cairo
RAF
Massawa
Eritrea
St. George's Channel
Britain
Germany
France
Pershing and Lindbergh Urge Defense Build up on Continent
AP reports across Europe and America stressing defense. Pershing proposed sending at least 50 World War II destroyers to aid Britain to avert a future US war. Lindbergh urged rearmament and cautious diplomacy while supporting non interference in Europe’s internal affairs. Knox Patterson Adler canvassed conscription as essential.
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Great Britain
John J. Pershing
Washington
United States
England
America
Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
Germany
Lindbergh
Knox
Navy
Military Training Camps Association
Senate Military Committee Approves Compulsory Training Bill
The Military Committee voted 12 to 3 to send Burke Wadsworth compulsory military training to the Senate floor. It would require registration of about 12 million men aged 21 to 30 and could lead to 400,000 fit recruits for active training by October if enacted.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
National Guard
Capitol Hill
McNary
Oregon
Burke
D-Neb
Bricker and Davey trade blows in weekend campaign flare
Ohio candidates ramped up activity as Gov Bricker and Democratic rival Martin Davey clashed in Youngstown and Ashland. Davey accused Bricker aide George A Strain of pressuring state workers for campaign funds and criticized road policy while Bricker dismissed the charges as false and touted cheaper highway material costs and improvements since 1939.
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John W. Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Youngstown
Ashland
Davey
Bricker
George A. Strain
Columbus
Cement Trust
Highway Department
Strain
Automobile Workers Back Roosevelt Bid for Third Term
The United Automobile Workers of America, CIOs second largest union, endorsed a third term for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Delegates at the union's annual convention adopted a resolution pledging unswerving support for the New Deal and for Roosevelt's election.
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ST. Louis
United Automobile Workers of America
CIO
Roosevelt
International Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Widow Mary Kramer Is 75th County Fatality of Year
Mrs. Mary Kramer age 79 widow died after crossing a street near Anderson's Ferry in Hamilton County. The traffic accident claimed another life as the year reaches its tally.
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Cincinnati
Mary Kramer
Hamilton County
Anderson's Ferry
Thirty Natives Die In Indian Train Crash Near Calcutta
The Dacca Calcutta mail train derailed about 75 miles from Calcutta. A length of rail was removed from the track. Officials report 30 Indians killed and 70 injured, most in third class. The crash site mirrors a similar disaster last year with higher casualties.
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Calcutta
Morals Charges End as Film Director Meins Dies
Los Angeles authorities report the death of film director Gus Meins 47, halting morals charges alleging sex offenses against six youths. Meins was found dead in his automobile, apparently having died days earlier, with his attorney attributing the death to suicide by carbon monoxide inhalation.
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Los Angeles
Gus Meins
Meins
Joseph K. Coady
Death ends career of Helen Jepson's father
Charles Henry Jepson died at a Cleveland hospital at 61 with his daughter Helen Jepson of the Metropolitan Opera Co. at his side. The death closes the career linked to the rise of the renowned soprano.
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Helen Jepson
Cleveland
Charles Henry Jepson
Helen
Metropolitan Opera Co
New Demands by Japs Reported in Far East
Shanghai reports claim Japan pressed France in Indo China for use of the French Railway into Yunnan for military ops and for a military or naval base on the Indo China coast. Tokyo denied the charges through an official spokesman while other sources did not confirm them.
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Shanghai
Japan
Yunnan
Indo- China
Tokyo
Galion Man Held Charged in Policeman’s Death
John Smith aged 26 of Galion will be charged with murder in the death of Policeman Clarence H. Upson 71 of Galion after an altercation in which Upson was struck. Galion Police Chief George Moody reported. Prosecutor Leo Scanlon announced the charge today.
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Bucyrus
John Smith
Galion
Clarence H. Upson
Leo Scanlon
Upson
Smith
George Moody
Chicago Labor Leader Michael Carrozzo Dies After Gallstone Surgery
Michael Carrozzo, 49, a powerful figure in Chicago labor circles, died yesterday at Presbyterian Hospital following gallstone removal surgery performed last Thursday. He had long been a prominent organizer and advocate within local unions.
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Chicago
Michael Carrozzo
Presbyterian Hospital
Bulldog Now Knows All About Hospitals
Spot the brindle bulldog fell ill and was treated at a pet hospital by Mrs. Lucille Redling Shafer. After a car struck him and broke his leg he walked straight to the same hospital for the bone setting.
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Bulldog
San Francisco
Spot
Lucille Redlingshafer
Japan Rejects Explanation of British Arrests
A Japanese embassy spokesman said Tokyo rejected Britain explanation for the arrest of two in London prominent Mitsubishi and Mitsui businessmen Satoru Mikahara and Shusukei Tanabe. Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitsu planned a third protest to the British foreign office as Tokyo considered detentions across the empire.
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London-4
Britain
London
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Satoru Mikahara
Shusukei Tanabe
Mitsubishi
Mitsui
Lord Halifax
Makihara
Tanabe
Defense costs near record high amid pending appropriations
The budget bureau estimates total defense outlays could exceed 20 billion dollars, doubling last year’s spending. Current figures show 13.824 billion already appropriated and 1.060 billion in contracted authorizations, with further pending requests of about 2.237 and 2.733 billion respectively, totaling nearly 19.92 billion in completed and pending proposals.
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Washington
The
Budget Bureau
Congress
Ohio Legion chief backs total draft plan at Toledo
Akron news highlights R. B. Gardner Ohio American Legion commander urging a total draft of manpower industry and capital. He spoke at Post 209 urging the State Legion Convention on August 25 in Toledo to support prompt compulsory military training.
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Akron
R. B. Gardner
Ohio
American Legion
Post 209
Toledo
Norwegian Vessel Sinks After Collision With Swedish Ship
The Norwegian steamer Sofie Baake sank off the northeast coast of Scotland after colliding with the Swedish ship Lima. All 39 crew members were saved.
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London
Sofie Baake
Scotland
Lima
Middleport Youth Fatally Hurt in Crash Near Porter
Orville Bunch aged 19 of Middleport died from chest injuries after a truck carrying ten Meigs County youths wrecked near Forter Gallia County. Driver Harry Garnes 23 of Pomeroy is jailed on reckless driving charges. Ten victims were taken to Holzer Hospital with injuries. funeral services for Bunch were planned at Mt Moriah Baptist Church Middleport.
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Orville Bunch
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Harry Garnes
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Forter
Gallia
Bunch
Garnes
Gallia County
Bidwell
Gaines
George Bunch
Upper Pomeroy
Effie May Fender
Mable Garnes
Edith
Connie Garnes
Lucy Garnes
Francis Garnes
Marsh Brooker
Eileen Wiley
E. E. Hatfield
Phillip Meier
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Two Men Sent To Jail For Unpaid Fines In Athens
Two men were jailed for failing to pay fines from intoxication charges issued by Mayor Clifford Cornell. Dean Maxwell of Athens Route 4 faces $25 plus costs and old fines totaling $75.50 after arrest on State Street by Police Chief Finsterwald and Capt. Maple. Thomas Harris of West Washington Street owes $10 plus costs and old fines totaling $45.10, arrested on South Lancaster Street by Capt. Maple and Officer Bradfield.
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Cliff Cornell
Dean Maxwell
Athens R. D
Maxwell
State St
FE. S. Finsterwald
Charles Maple
Thomas Harris
W. Washington St
Harris
S. Lancaster St
Maple
Leslie Bradfield
Girl Found Wandering Described as About 20 in Daze
A attractive girl around 20 was found wandering along Route 18 about 10 miles west of Youngstown, dazed, at 2:20 a.m. She was taken to St Elizabeth's Hospital for observation. She cannot remember her name or where she came from. She said a man and woman offered her a ride after which she accepted gum and lost further memory.
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Youngstown
Route 18
Here
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Former President Karl Ulmanis of Latvia Dies in Hospital
Former Latvian president Karl Ulmanis, ousted during Latvia’s push toward the Soviet Union, died of injuries from an assault. He was wounded on July 22, two days after removal from office, and treated at a Riga hospital.
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London
Karl Ulmanis
Latvia
Soviet Union
Stockholm
Ulmanis
Riga
Explorer Dr. Frederick A. Cook Dies in New York
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, a 57 year old explorer whose 1909 claim to have discovered the North Pole sparked a global dispute, died after a long illness in New Rochelle New York. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage three months earlier and was hospitalized again ten days before his death. Cook’s polar claim dated to April 21 1908, a point later challenged by Admiral Robert E Peary whose 1909 arrival was accepted as first to reach the pole.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Arctic
Cook
Robert E. Peary
Peary
Chandler Wins Primary Easily In Kentucky Senate Fight
Senator A B Chandler edged Walter B Smith to lead the Democratic ticket as Ken tucky resumed tabulation from 3,303 precincts of 4,341. Chandler had 134,401 votes to 20,081 for Charles P Farnsley, with a light primary turnout noted in Louisville.
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Louisville
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Walter B. Smith
Pinesville
Bell County
M. M. Logan
Kentucky
Chandler
Charles P. Farnsley
Ohio Firms Sharing in Navy Building Orders
The Navy Department awarded four contracts totaling nearly $100,000 to Ohio firms. Timken Roller Bearing Co. Canton received 40,939.63 for bar steel, Leshner Division Philip Carey Co. Hamilton for cotton wiping cloths 32,660, Walter English Columbus for canned peaches 9,975, and Babcock and Wilcox Co. Barberton for bladed alloy cones 16,103.
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Washington
Navy Department
Ohio
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Bar Steel
Leshner Division
Philip Carey Co
Hamilton
Walter English
Columbus
Babcock and Wilcox Co
Barberton
Bishop Urges Volunteer System for Army
Bishop James J. Hartley of the Columbus Catholic Diocese urged a voluntary system to fill army quotas, calling conscription a serious mistake and stating it is wrong to enter homes and force youth into service. He endorsed voluntary enlistment as the path forward.
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Columbus
James J. Hartley
Columbus Catholic
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