Vote on Draft Bill Demanded By Week End
Senate debate on the Burke Wadsworth compulsory service bill intensifies as Senator Pepper proposes a draft industry plan to curb delays and excess profits. Senate leaders threaten a Saturday session if no final vote by Friday. President Roosevelt discusses defense strategy with Canada’s King.
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Washington
Senate
Pepper
D-Fla
Barkley
Walsh
D-Mass
Lee
D-Okla
Strategy Board
Capitol
LaFollette
Boy Found Unharmed After All-Night Hunt in Gallia Co
Four-year-old Larry Ray Shamblin of Ironton was found unharmed on the grounds of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics in Gallipolis after wandering all night. He had been missing since about 10:30 yesterday morning with a county wide search underway, found by Mrs Leslie Been of Kanauga. Sheriff Hatfield had two airplanes search the area but located no trace until noon today.
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Gallipolis
Larry Ray Shamblin
Nelson Shamblin
Ironton
Ohio Hospital
Leslie Been
Kanauga
James Shamblin
Cheshire
Russell Reynolds
Reynolds
E. E. Hatfield
Kananga
Alto
Fifteen New Paralysis Cases Reported in Ohio
Columbus Ohio Fifteen new infantile paralysis cases were reported today bringing the total to ninety since June 10. State Health Director R H larkwith said the reports from eleven counties do not indicate a new outbreak. He cited lack of understanding between doctors and hospitals as causing delays in reporting with many victims already recovered.
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Columbus
Ohio
R. H. Larkwith
Law Violations Tied to Re Sentment Against Society
Cleveland reports that Michael Sullivan's driving license was suspended for one year on a court psychiatrist's recommendation. Dr. Royal G. Grossman described the youth as having developed a resentment against society after seven arrests in the past year.
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Cleveland
Michael Sullivan
Royal G. Grossman
Hatch Act restricts GOP fundraising in Ohio
Cleveland report notes Hatch Act limits strike a dent in Republican funds. Ohio Independent Willkie-President Clubs face an $80,000 cap. State headquarters move from Cleveland to Columbus per State Chairman Fletcher R. Andrews.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fletcher R. Andrews
Columbus
Shotgun King Dies at 93 in California
Los Angeles reports Fred Kimble 93 known as Shotgun King died Monday. He claimed to invent choke boring and the clay pigeon and revolutionize shotgun shooting. At 88 he sold his last gun after missing two of 75 shots.
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Los Angeles
Fred Kimble
Kimble
Farmhand William H. Smeych Found Dead Near Buckley Lake
The body of 67 year old William H. Smeych was discovered today in a field near Buckley Lake after being gored by a bull. He was a farmhand from Newark.
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Newark
William H. Smeych
Buck
Major Alaska Earthquake Shakes Unalaska Area
Unalaska and surrounding region felt a strong tremor last night, the sharpest seismic shock in several years, with residents reporting shaking buildings and power outages in parts of the vicinity.
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Alaska
Unalaska
Bricker Attracts Record Crowd to County Fair
Governor Bricker drew a record crowd at the Athens County Fairgrounds as weather and his appearance boosted attendance. Harness races, rodeo performances, concerts by the Athens High School Band, and nightly fireworks drew thousands. Pulling contests saw top weights from Derry and Beavers teams, with stock parade planned Friday at 10 AM.
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Bricker
Governor Bricker
Athens County Fairgrounds
Athens High School
Floyd Prince
John Derry
Kenneth Burchett
Lawrence Beavers
Hinton Brothers
Hobart Stanley
J. A. Pickering
Counties Seek More Tax Funds Fall Short
Columbus reports county auditors urged a larger share of sales tax revenue but H D Deffenbacher, director of finance, doubts the Legislature can raise the 12 million dollars yearly without hurting state functions or hiking taxes. Bricker administration pledges no new taxes. Surplus would fund higher old age pensions to 40 dollars monthly starting next January. 2.5 million dollars more may be needed in 1940.
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Columbus
H. D. Deffenbacher
John W. Bricker
Defenbacher
Ohio Guardsmen defend positions in Wisconsin battle
Ohio Guardsmen engage in Second Army maneuvers at CAMP McCOY Wisconsin with the Sixth National Guard Corps attacking the regular Fifth Division in the west and the 37th Ohio Division opposing the 38th Guardsmen from Indiana West Virginia and Kentucky in the east. Artillery shelled suspected 38th positions as heavy fighting began south of Kirby School in the second battle of the swamps.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Sixth National Guard Corps
Ohio Division
38Th
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Kirby School
Hogs Hit All Year High as Markets Rally
Chicago hog prices surged 10 to 20 cents to a new all year peak at 7.25 per hundredweight. Light receipts and strong demand for good pork boosted brisk trading with top hogs over 2 dollars above the June low.
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Chicago
India Rejects British Offer of Self Rule
Wardha notes the All-India Nationalist Congress working committee ends a five day session by passing a resolution rejecting Britain’s August offer of ultimate self rule and a free and equal partnership in the postwar commonwealth.
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Wardha
India
all-India Nationalist Congress
Britain
Stover Reelected Treasurer at Ohio Eldership Meet
S S Stover of Findlay was reelected treasurer of the Ohio Eldership of the Church of God in North America. Delegates voted to hold the 1941 convention at Ohio City near Van Wert.
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Canton
S. S. Stover of
Findlay
Ohio
Church of God In North
Ozark Ripley Thompson Dies at 67 in Chattanooga
John B. Thompson 67 known as Ozark Ripley and author on fly and bait casting died last night in Chattanooga Tennessee. He was a respected professional bird dog trainer and writer with noted expertise in hunting and fishing lore.
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Ozark Ripley
Chattanooga
Tenn
John B. Thompson
Ozark
Ripley
International Plot Suspected in Trotsky Assassination
Police say the pickax killing of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City bears the hallmarks of an international plot. Jackson, an American admitted to the crime, is jailed after confessing. Trotsky died in police hospital with Stalinist foes blamed by associates. Sylvia Agaloff, linked to Jackson, weeps as the case widens in the aftermath. James Cannon of the Socialist Workers Party calls for a New York funeral to honor Trotsky and condemn Stalinism.
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Mexico City
Jesus Galindo
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Russia
Mexico
Frank Jackson
Lof
Fourth International
Jackson
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Ogpu
New York City
Sylvia Agaloff
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jackjson
New York
James Cannon
Socialist Workers Party
United States
War Demands Lift U S Exports 35 Percent in First Ten Months
Washington reports War demands for airplanes steel machinery and other military supplies boosted U S exports 35 percent to 3 273 000 000 from Sept 1 1939 to June 30 1940. Exports rose to Britain Latin America and the Far East while imports grew 19 percent to 2 087 000 000. Airplane shipments totaled 183 100 000 mostly to England and France and firearms and ammunition reached 26 600 000.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
British Empire
Latin America
Far East
Germany
Great Britain
England
France
Union Would Fight Isms
Cedar Point Ohio Federation of Labor to denounce Communism and other isms. Ohio Painters council AFL affiliate plans to introduce a resolution condemning the Communist Party and similar groups after ousting four Cleveland unionists as delegates who denied Communist ties.
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Cedar Point
Ohio Federation of Labor
Ohio Painters’ Council
AFL
Cleveland
Japanese shakeup recalls U.S. envoy in broad diplomatic purge
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka has recalled Kensuke Horinouchi the ambassador to the United States and four other ambassadors as part of a sweeping diplomatic service shakeup aimed at a new offensive. Matsuoka vows to run diplomacy free from toadyism.
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Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
Kensuke Horinouchi
United States
Domei
Deomi
Matsuoka
Junior Fair Entries Surpass Last Year at Ohio State Fair
Ohio's junior fair shows record growth with 34 000 entries this year, up 4 000 from last year. Manager B P Sandies notes the display totals reflect continued year to year expansion of farm youth participation at the state fair in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
B. P. Sandies
Lake Hope Reopened for Fishing Season
The State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources reopened Senecaville and Leesville Muskingum Conservancy District reservoirs in Guernsey and Carroll Counties and Lake Hope in the Zaleski State Forest Vinton County to fishing from Sept 1 to Dec 31.
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Columbus
State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Senecaville
Leesville
Muskingum Conservancy District
Guernsey
Carroll Counties
Lake Hope
Zaleski State Forest
Vinton County
Cereal Discoverer Frances C Allen Dies at 91
Frances C Allen 91 of Cleveland died last night after developing in her kitchen an oats cooking process that helped make cereal a staple on many breakfast tables. Her method gained widespread adoption and landmark status in food preparation.
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Cleveland
Frances C. Allen
Italian Press Attacks U.S. Plan For Bases in Empire
Italian papers condemn a U.S. proposal to lease naval bases in British possessions urging it would break up the British Empire. Bologna’s Il Resto Del Carlino says the U S seeks Canada then Australia while Il Popolo Di Roma commends Mexico and Guatemala opposing base occupation in British Honduras.
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Rome
United States
Britain
Il Resto del Carlino
Bologna
Canada
Pacific
America
Australia
Japan
Il Resto
Il Popolo di Roma
Mexico
Guatemala
British Honduras
Coast Factories Ramp Up to 2100 Planes in Defense Drive
In Los Angeles area aircraft sectors are manufacturing 2100 military planes for national defense under government orders exceeding 225 million dollars. Knudsen, head of the defense advisory commission, disclosed that total orders for 4200 planes amount to 450 million dollars and are in various stages.
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Los Angeles
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Advisory Commission
Knudsen
Government weighs sugar quota cuts to raise prices
Washington report says the Agriculture Department is considering proposals to reduce sugar consumption quotas to lift prices. A quota cut would limit the amount of sugar allowed on the American market.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Willkie Plans Mass Southern Campaign Push
Willkie, fresh from Rushville Indiana, plans an extensive stumping trip with personal headquarters in a midwestern farm town. He will meet John W. Hanes and Lewis W. Douglas to coordinate anti Roosevelt activity with Southern Democrats and independent groups.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Rushville
Ind
Willkie
John W. Hanes
Treasury
Lewis W. Douglas
South
Plan Factory At Lockland
Cincinnati Suburb to host a Curtiss-Wright factory to build 12,000 airplane motors annually. The plant, aided by a $92,000,000 Reconstruction Finance Corp. loan, will employ 12,000 to 15,000 workers and boost national defense readiness.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Lockland
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Laurelville Youth Dies Of Accident Injuries
Chillicothe report states Carl Huston age 18 of Laurelville died from a broken neck after an automobile collision.
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Laurelville
Chillicothe
Carl Huston
Public talk of a British US war alliance sparks debate
The War Today column notes British officials deny public talk of a military alliance with the United States. It discusses Churchill's long advocacy for closer ties, Monroe Doctrine implications, defense of Canada, and possible Far East diplomacy involving Japan as Europe’s conflict nears end.
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Foreign Office
Canada
Western Hemisphere
London
Far East
Japan
Air Attacks Hit British Convoy in Dover Straits
German shore batteries along the French coast at Boulogne fired from over 20 miles and shelled a British convoy in the Straits of Dover. The bombardment intensified the Nazi air and sea blockade of Britain as shells burst near the ships and gunners reportedly used a high flying observer for range.
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Boulogne
Straits of Dover
Britain
English
England
Europe
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Cairo
War Ministry
Libya
Archibald P. Wavell
Middle East
Hitler
Napoleon
RAF
Ireland
Great Britain
U. S. Army
American Legion
Finland
United States
Germany
Archibald Sinclair
Aerial torpedoes or large bombs spark London fears
Observers said the so called aerial torpedoes dropped in England last night were likely large bombs near 1,000 kilograms. The bombs resemble torpedoes with fins and a tail fan and many fell into the sea as British ships laid a smokescreen.
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Berlin
England
Cambridge crash kills man and injures wife
Saul Graham, 39, of New York, died when his car overturned on Route 40 near Cambridge yesterday. His wife Verda, 25, was seriously injured in the same accident.
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Cambridge
Saul Graham
New York
Verda
Here
Sisters Die in Toledo Crash Killing Two Detroit Women
Miss Helen Bahr 29 and her sister Clare 23 both of Detroit were killed last night in a collision of two automobiles on Route 2 at the outskirts of Toledo. The accident happened on the Toledo road near the highway. Police attributed the crash to unknown causes as investigators cordon off the wreckage. Two sisters lost their lives in a road accident with other details unavailable at this time.
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Toledo
Helen Bahr
Clare
Detroit
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