Bigger Navy Army Urged By Bricker At Athens County Fair
Governor John W Bricker called for a larger U S military and industrial growth saying liberty and democracy depend on strong people and government He noted mechanization of National Guard and progress in agriculture and industry and stressed faith in self government to lead to world peace.
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United States
John W. Bricker
Athens County
Ohio
Wisconsin
Bricker
America
Athens
London
Greece
John Metaxas
Engineman Fails To Explain Fatal Cuya hoga Falls Crash
Akron report says Engineman Thomas L. Murtaugh could not recall the July 31 head on collision between a gasoline motor coach and a freight train that killed 43 people near Cuyahoga Falls. Officials said his mind was blank before and after the crash and he could not explain why the coach did not take a siding to let the freight pass.
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Akron
Thomas L. Murtaugh
Cuyahoga Falls
Orville
Ennsylvania Railroad
Summit County
Clyde coal mines leased by Republic Steel for 25 years
The Clyde coal mines spanning about 5,000 acres in Washington and Green Counties south of Brownsville Pennsylvania have been leased by Republic Steel Corp. for a period of twenty five years.
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Cleveland
Clyde Coal Mines
Washington and
Green Counties
Brownsville
Republic Steel Corp
Toledo Crash Kills WPA Official and Woman
A collision in Toledo yesterday killed Arthur Swartz, 56, a WPA supervisor, and Julia J. Tyo, 24, formerly of Zanesville. The crash occurred as both vehicles affected the roadway during the day. The victims were identified by authorities and the investigation is ongoing.
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Toledo
Arthur Swartz
WPA
Julia J. Tyo
Zanesville
Willkie Maps State by State Campaign in Solid South
Republican nominee Willkie plans a two week speaking tour of the western half of the country while independent Democratic leaders discuss a possible southern bid. He may address Texas Florida Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee under the Independent Democrats. Roosevelt plans a Labor Day southern trip to dedicate a TVA dam and press his power policy.
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NEW York
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Texas
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Coffeyville
Kans
Detroit
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Iowa
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
White House
Chickamauga Dam
Newfound Gap
Tennessee-North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fewer Aircraft Types Promised to Speed War Production
William S. Knudsen and Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold toured cutting edge craft in California noting German Dornier 17 production and urging narrowing U S types to accelerate output. They reviewed the B 19 bomber nearing completion at Santa Monica and a Lockheed P 38 interceptor claimed capable of 500 mph.
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Los Angeles
Army
Navy
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Advisory Committee
Germany
Dornier
Knudsen
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
San Diego
Santa Monica
Arnold
Seven Fliers Die in Crash Near Denver
An Army B 18 Curtiss bombing plane from Lowry Field crashed 43 miles east of Denver during a routine bombing practice. Two officers and seven enlisted men were killed. Flares located the wreckage after a severe electrical storm east and southeast of the city. The crash site lay southeast of Watkins in flat prairie terrain with gullies. The second aircraft returned to Lowry Field about four hours later.
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Denver
Lowry Field
Watkins
Colo
German Bombers Target Crops In English Raid
London reports two waves of German air attacks in southwestern England aimed at destroying crops. Officials say little damage from about 200 bombs. Farmers describe hits near meadows and orchards with incendiaries that lit up the countryside but caused no lasting harm.
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London
England
Pastyggeland
State Plans Two New Dairy Services
Columbus report says two new state dairy services will be created under director John T. Brown. The services cover statistical reporting and testing checks with weights. The U S Department of Agriculture will aid monthly milk price, purchase and use reports and a semi annual survey of manufacturing demands.
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Columbus
John T. Brown
Brown
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Russia Aids Nazis To Break British Blockade
Izvestia reports Moscow helps Germany by supplying raw materials and receiving German industrial goods in return including armaments.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Russia
Germany
Barry farmer acquitted in butterfat milk case
Farmer Charles James of Barry Wales was acquitted of selling milk deficient in butterfat after claiming German bombs frightened his cows into poor milk. A commission was appointed to investigate his defense following his arrest last week.
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London
Charles James
Barry
Wales
James
Paralysis Toll Rises as Boy Dies in Ohio
Infantile paralysis cases mount along the Ohio River as Ohio reports a seventh death this month and 12 total in both states. Seven-year-old Paul Colburn of Pike County died after three days illness at a Portsmouth hospital. Active cases include 10 in Portsmouth and seven in Scioto County. West Virginia counties order 17 000 students to report three weeks late amid precautionary actions.
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Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio River
Paul Colburn
Elza Colburn
Waverly
Pike County
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Sandusky County
Fremont
Lakewood
Vickery
O. Logan County
Cabell
Wayne
Fayette
Bandits Loot Train in Upper Manhattan Mail Heist
Six gunmen on six-shooters and automatics halted a passenger train in Upper Manhattan early today, held crew at gunpoint, and handcuffed two postal clerks to an iron post before fleeing with a single pouch of mail for Yonkers. The raid lasted under three minutes as authorities suspect payrolls totaling about 100,900 were targeted.
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New York
Upper Manhattan
Yonkers
Dover
London
Channel
Spanish Cardinal Isidoro Goma y Tomas Dies at 71
Madrid reports the death of Isidoro Cardinal Goma y Tomas, 71, primate of Spain and renowned scholar and historian of the Church. He passed away last night, ending a long ecclesiastical career.
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Madrid
Isidoro Cardinal
Goma Y Tomas
Spain
Church of
Warplanes Bomb Alexandria Area In Morning Attack
A morning airstrike by unidentified warplanes hit the Alexandria area and caused damage. Casualties and specifics remain unconfirmed.
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Alexandria
Egypt
State Highway Worker Dies Of Heart Attack Near Guysville
B. W. Lawson about 54 a Nelsonville engineer for the State Highway Department suffered a heart attack while riding to work in a department station wagon near Guysville and died en route to a physician. He moved to Nelsonville 30 years ago from Fairmont West Virginia was married to Bertha Neace had been a mining engineer and worked at times with a brother John in coal business. He leaves wife a son William a brother John of Nelsonville and another brother and sister in Fairmont West Virginia Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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B. W. Lawson
Nelsonville
State Highway Department
Guysville
Mr. Lawson
Fairmont
W. Ve
Bertha Neace
John
Highway Department
Lawson
William
W. Va
Ohio Guards win in The Battle of the Swamps during maneuvers
CAMP MCCOY Wis Ohio National Guard 37th Division claimed a smashing victory in the Second Army maneuvers detailing a 75 mile forced march. Maj Gen Gilson D Light pursued the 38th Division attacking from the rear and capturing about 75 percent of the Indiana Kentucky West Virginia guard staff.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Ohio
Ohio National Guards
Gilson D. Light
Wyeville
Indiana, Kentucky
West Virginia
Truck Driver Charged With Manslaughter in Kentucky Collision
Sellers Gallagher 54 of Frankfort Ind faces manslaughter charges after an inquest into the deaths of Wesley Corns 35 and Eldric Quillen 22 of Siloam Ky. A truck struck their parked car on a highway north of Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Sellers Gallagher
Frankfort
Ind
J. D. Rose
Wesley Corns
Eldric Quillen
Siloam
Rose
Millions for Defense To Be Spent in Ohio
Columbus hosts a major defense expansion as Curtiss-Wright plans a 4 million dollar airplane plant employing over 10 000 workers and a propeller factory for 200 more. Ohio eyes an 8.4 million engine research site and Lockland plant hit 35 million in total outlay from a 92 million Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan. Washington WPA reports 11.094 million spent in Ohio through June 30 and 2 thousand during Aug 1 to 14 on defense work.
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Columbus
Ohio
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Floyd Green
Port Columbus
Curtiss-Wright
Lockland
Cincinnati
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
WPA
National Defense
Fear Upheaval In Argentina
Buenos Aires reports the death of Victor Guillot a Chamber of Deputies member from the Radical Party. Police say a self inflicted bullet wound caused his death amid a political crisis after President Roberto M Ortiz resigned following a committee report on the El Palomar land deal and army overpayment allegations.
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Buenos Aires
Victor Guillot
Chamber of Deputies
Roberto M. Ortiz
Guillot
Chamber
el Palomar
Radical
Liberal
Kerensky Claims Trotsky Died By His Own Method
New York report quotes Alexander Kerensky asserting that Leon Trotsky died by the means he sponsored. Kerensky acclaims Trotsky a merciless Bolshevist terrorist and criticizes the secret police system he and Lenin built.
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Kerensky
Trotsky
New York
Alexander Kerensky
Leon Trotsky
Lenin
Cleveland Councilman Urges Ban on Heavy Trucks
Councilman John W. Gleason tells safety committee that heavy trucks disturb homes and threaten residents, arguing for a ban on such transports in his ward to reduce danger and disruption. He notes truck noise and safety concerns near residential streets and urges action despite potential opposition.
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Cleveland
John W. Gleason
Council
Safety Committee
U S Canadian Defense Board Authorized for High Strategy Talks
The U S Canadian defense board is set to begin active consultation on security planning. Six Americans chosen by President Roosevelt and five Canadians named by Prime Minister King will meet in Ottawa on Monday for initial discussions. American members include Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and military and State Department officials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
Suit for Accounting of Church Funds Dropped
MARQUETTE Mich A suit seeking an accounting of funds of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan with Bishop Hayward S Ablewhite and fund trustees as defendants has been dismissed after more than a year without progress. The action followed discovery that about 76000 was missing from the diocesan endowment fund and led to Ablewhite s arrest and conviction on an embezzlement charge.
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Marquette, Mich
Episcopal Diocese of
Northern Michigan
Hayward S. Ablewhite
Marquette
Ablewhite
Delay Means Loss Of Two Years In Defense Draft Plans
President Roosevelt denounced postponing compulsory military training and warned of a year or two delay in the defense program if drafting is deferred. He cited Senate debates on the Burke Wadsworth bill and urged immediate conscription, while Congress moved to authorize calling National Guard and reserves to active duty for up to 12 months and to empower seizure of undelivered war supplies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Maloney
R—-Conn
Glass
White House
National Guard
Army
Guard
Western Hemisphere
Philippine Islands
Capitol
Military Committee
May
House
Milk price to rise by one cent per quart in Cincinnati
Drought conditions cited as the reason for a one cent per quart milk price increase effective next Monday in Cincinnati. The move affects shoppers across the local market as producers adjust retail costs amid dry weather reports.
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Cincinnati
Sir Oliver Lodge Dies at 89 in Wiltshire Home
Sir Oliver Lodge, renowned scientist and spiritualist, died at his Wiltshire home in Southwest England yesterday. The British figure, aged 89, contributed to physics and controversially to spiritualist research during his long career.
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London
Sir Oliver Lodge
Wiltshire
England
Nazis Meet War Costs On Pay as You Go Plan
Berlin report shows Germany paying for the war as it goes with no extraordinary tax rise or large public loans. State secretary Fritz Reinhardt of the finance ministry outlined the plan and said the country would finance wartime needs through ongoing revenue and debt managed within existing limits.
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Berlin
Fritz Reinhardt
Finance Ministry
Germany
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