Ickes Indicates Roosevelt Will Not Agree to Debate
Rushville Indiana AP report shows Secretary Ickes responding to Willkie acceptance speech as a presidential refusal to debate. Willkie vows to press for debates, denounces Ickes charges, and plans to tour New York Maine and Rush County farms before a welcome home event for his wife born in Rush County. Willkie warns of holocaust risks and commits to personal sacrifice to preserve American life.
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Roosevelt
Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Martin
New York
Maine
Rush County
England
Mexico Halts U S Freighter Off Acapulco
Mexico reports that a U S freighter bound from San Diego to New York was halted off Acapulco by the cutter G22 as a precaution, then allowed to proceed after a brief search. Six patrol cutters guard Mexico’s Pacific coast to curb arms smuggling for a political revolution.
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Mexico City
Navy Department
Acapulco
Mexico
Pacific
United States
Herman Frasch
San Diego
Calif
New York
Republic
Army Enlistments Hit Weekly Peak At 8605
Army recruiting continued an upward trend since late May with 8605 new enlistments in a week between Aug 11 and 18. The War Department reported 59172 enlistments since May while the army’s current strength was about 283000 as it aims for 332922 total personnel.
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Washington
War Department
Seventeen Rescued From Rudderless Lake Erie Boat
Seventeen men and women were rescued after drifting 23 hours on a rudderless 44 foot cabin cruiser on Lake Erie. The vessel carried a Vermilion party that left in the morning for a fishing trip and cruise. A squall seven hours later left them adrift until a Coast Guard boat brought them ashore late yesterday.
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Lake Erie
Pinafore
Coast Guard
Hit-Skip Driver Sought After Shrine Caretaker Hit
Police hunt hit and run driver who fatally injured Paul Derendt, 63, caretaker of Shrine of the Little Flower, as he walked along a highway. London reports Britain's wartime prime minister David Lloyd George denouncing five German bombs as signs of danger.
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Columbus
Paul Derendt
London
David Lloyd Rge
Britain
Knox's Paper Favors Willkie for President
The Chicago Daily News editorial urges Wendell Willkie as the next president. Secretary of the Navy since June 20, Knox formerly led The Daily News and was Roosevelt’s 1936 Republican vice presidential nominee.
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Chicago
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Wendell Willkie
United States
Daily News
Navy
Roosevelt
Negro Leader Vann Shifts Support To Willkie
Robert L. Vann, prominent Negro leader and publisher of The Pittsburgh Courier, announced his switch from backing Franklin D. Roosevelt to endorsing Wendell L. Willkie in the forthcoming presidential election, signaling a notable realignment in African American political endorsements.
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Willkie
Pittsburgh
Robert L. Vann
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Pittsburgh Courier
Burke Seeks Pay Boost and More Exemptions in Draft Plan
Washington AP Burke says he will back three of four proposed changes to the Burke Wadsworth military training bill while opposing delaying conscription to 1941. He favors broader exemptions, a college training program for cadets with $5 monthly pay, and boosting basic army pay from $21 to $30. Senate debate centers on Maloney’s postponement proposal and clergy exemptions, with Lee and Connally voicing opposition to religious waivers. The measure would register men 21 to 30 now, deferring training for the unfit, dependents, and essential workers.
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Washington
Burke
D-Neb
Maloney
D-Conn
Senate
Army
Lee
D-Okla
Connally
D-Tex
22 Year Olds Lead Draft Prospects in New Graph
New York reports a chart by Prof. Harvey C. Lehman of Ohio University predicts 22 year olds will be the largest group called for service under a pending draft bill. The analysis cites World War I data showing 22 year olds leading among 2,908 draftees, with implications for colleges and essential industries.
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New York
Harvey C. Lehman
Ohio University
Athens
Lehman
U. S
German Officer Flees Canadian Prison Camp
A young German officer who speaks perfect English and is described as dangerous escaped from a Canadian internment camp in Northern Ontario. He tunneled under a guard room using timber stolen from barracks additions and fled, authorities said.
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Ontario
England
Dems Set Date for Platform Convention in Ohio
In Columbus the Democratic state platform convention is set for Sept. 7 with Chairman J Freer Bittinger announcing the date. Republican leaders choose Sept. 18 for their session, needing only formal ratification by the state committee. Both conventions to be held in the Columbus auditorium.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. Freer Bittinger
Columbus Auditorium
War Department awards total 2.16 million in contracts
The War Department announced contracts totaling 2,163,644 dollars. A 106,400 dollar grant funds ammunition components for the National Flare Signal Division based in Tippecanoe City Ohio.
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Washington
War Department
National
Tippecanoe City
Nazis Halt Traffic Between Occupied And Unoccupied France
German authorities suspend all railroad traffic between occupied and unoccupied France with no reason released. The official announcement stated the action but provided no explanation.
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Vichy
Occupied
France
Guards Begin Mock Warfare In Wisconsin
CAMP MCCOY Wis It was neighbor against neighbor yesterday as the Battle of Wisconsin raged with troops from Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia pitted against doughboys from Ohio and Illinois forces attacking a Wisconsin home guard Four National Guard units were locked in combat as Second Army maneuvers began Cavalry clashes featured the 32nd Division of Wisconsin and Michigan against the 33rd Illinois Division Maj Gen Gilson D Light s 37th Ohio Division took punishment from fast moving troops of the 38th Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia Division By nightfall the 107th Cavalry and 112th Observation Squadron held back the enemy as General Light shifted troops to trouble spots The maneuvers are the largest yet for the Second Army with 60 000 engaged and will close next week
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Wis
Wisconsin
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Illinois
National Guard
Michigan
Gilson D. Light
37Th
Kentucky, Indiana and
General Light
Second Army
Pilot Dead Grounds Towboat on Ohio River Near Aurora
A towboat named Congo and four barges grounded on the Ohio River bank a mile south of Aurora Indiana after the pilot Michael Pryor aged 72 from Louisville suffered a heart attack while alone at the helm. Pryor had fifty years at sea inland waters. The vessel was pushing downstream with a full head of steam and a gasoline barge was among the tows.
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Aurora
Ind
Congo
Ohio River
Here
Michael Pryor
Louisville
American Legion Ship Believed Past Danger Zone
Washington AP report says German Embassy hoped the American Legion safely crossed the mine infested zone after leaving New York. Officials estimated the 897 passengers including Crown Princess Martha of Norway were in the danger area most of the night while navigation continued toward safety.
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Washington
U. S. Army
Germany
Navy
Scotland
British Isles
Martha of
Norway
Senate
House
State Department
Italian Planes Bomb British Base at Malta
Italian bombers with escorting fighters attacked the British naval base at Malta today. The Italian radio reported that military objectives were successfully attacked.
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Malta
Rome
Plain Dealer Breaks Tradition Endorses Willkie for President
The Cleveland paper abandons long standing support for Democratic candidates and endorses Willkie. It criticizes Roosevelt as pursuing radical goals and warns that his policies lead to state socialism and fascism. The editor declares allegiance to democracy and urges voters to back the opposition.
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The
Plain Dealer
Roosevelt
Plains Dealer
Jefferson
Jackson
Wilson
Cox Attacks Smithsonian Over Wright Exhibit Controversy
Dayton is the site of the Wright brothers memorial dedication when ex governor James M. Cox criticized Smithsonian officers as petty and demanded a congressional inquiry. Orville Wright attended the ceremony, reiterating his stance on recognizing the Kitty Hawk flight as the first successful one. Langley’s prior flight attempt is noted by Wright supporters.
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Royal Society of Arts
England
Smithsonian Institute
Wrights
James M. Cox
Smithsonian
Congress of the
United States
Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
N. C
A. W. Langley
Friends of
Wright
Paralysis May Keep W. Va. Schools Closed
Dr A M Price head of the preventive disease section and Dr W W Strange Huntington health officer will confer on opening schools as two new infantile paralysis cases appear. There are now 39 cases in the city.
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Huntington
W. Va
A. M. Price
State Health Department
W. W. Strange
Queen's Nephew Held Prisoner in Germany
John Alexander Buller Fullerton Elphinstone a 26 year old master of Elphinstone and nephew of Queen Elizabeth was disclosed today as a prisoner of war in Germany. His father Lord Elphinstone received notice from the War Office that the lieutenant in a territorial battalion of the Black Watch had been taken prisoner.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
John Alexander Buller-Fullerton- Elphinstone
Elphinstone
Queen Elizabeth
Germany
Lord Elphinstone
War Office
The
Black Watch
Lake Superior ore intake tops July records in 5.49 million tons
Cleveland data show consumption of Lake Superior ores reached 5,493,961 tons in July, the highest monthly total since December when 5,538,374 tons were recorded. The figures mark a new peak for the month in the ongoing Ores Transportation series.
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Cleveland
Lake Superior
Churchill Rejects Hoover Plan to Feed War Victims Next Winter
Churchill told the House of Commons Britain will continue the air struggle indefinitely and reject Hoover’s proposal to ship American food to German-occupied France Belgium and Holland. He noted Britain’s rising airplane production and warned of larger Middle East operations while urging US reinforce ment and base discussions without sovereignty transfers.
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Hoover
U.S
RAF
Germany
House of Commons
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Ope
Britain
Italy
Europe
United States
England
Newfoundland
West Indies
British Fliers Strike Hard At Nazi Bases on Continent
British RAF bombers intensified the air war striking Nazi invasion bases on the European coast and targeting two German transports near Haugesund Norway. Berlin alarm sounded for 1 hour 40 minutes as residents sought shelter. Mussolini and Hitler exchanged greetings after East Africa gains as Rome hints at strikes on Aden to sever Britain’s Red Sea route. London acknowledges long range guns shelling southeast coast with shells possibly reaching London, though deemed inaccurate.
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Berlin
Admiralty
Haugesund
Norway
Stavanger
Aar
Bergen
England
Mussolini
British Somaliland
Berbera
Gibraltar
Red Sea
Rome
Aden
Arabian
Britain
Far East
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
India
Australia
London
Channel
Calais
Four killed in DuPont blast at Repauno plant
A cartridge filling building at DuPont's Repauno dynamite plant in Gibbstown New Jersey exploded at 10 55 am EST, wounding no others. Four men were killed, the wooden 20 by 30 foot structure was destroyed, about 1200 pounds of dynamite exploded, but no adjacent buildings or workers were reported injured.
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Gibbstown
N. J
DuPont Company
DuPont
Wilmington
Del
Probe Brings Transfer of German Diplomat
Washington reports Germany has advised the United States that Dr. Freidrich Reed a German consul in New York is being transferred following the State Department investigation of his activities Reed had recently arrived from Brazil where his actions had troubled authorities
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Washington
Germany
United States
Freidrich Reed
New York
State Department
Reed
Brazil
Pilot earns flying cross for testing 200 planes
Capt Samuel R Harriss Jr of the Army Air Corps receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for flight testing over 200 aircraft at Wright Field Ohio during four and a half years without a single loss.
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Washington
Samuel R. Hareris, Jr
Army Air Corps
Wright Field, O
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