Congress poised to vote on Burke-Wadsworth bill this week
Washington observers foresee a final vote on the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory military training bill likely Thursday or Wednesday. President Roosevelt opposes delays, while Sen. Barkley signals possible night sessions to push action. The bill faces hurdles on registration scope and delay tactics amid House-Ways debate on the excess profits tax.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Sheppard
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Wheeler
D-Mont
Barkley
Holt
D-W. Va
Clark
D-Mo
D-Ky
Maloney
D-Conn
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Congressional
CIO
Dover Under Savage Air Attack in Busy Shopping Hours
German raiders bombed Dover Folkestone and South Foreland in a 20 minute strike that unleashed fires and wrecked homes. Rescue teams hunted for victims as British fighters battled the attackers in dogfights across the coast and inland in Folkestone and Dover.
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London
Dover
Folkestone
South Forland
Boulogne
France
South Foreland
Royal Military School
Messerschmitts
Davey Questions Ohio Fair Ad Image Ruling
Former Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey accuses Governor Bricker and agriculture director John Brown of an unlawful ruling banning his picture from a Davey Tree Expert Co. ad in the state fair program. The dispute centers on ownership of the fair's promotional materials and political image use.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
John Brown
Davey
Davey Tree Expert Co
Cleveland relief dept to cut off able workers from rolls
About 5 000 men, mostly single, were ordered to appear for examination to determine if they can work. The city relief department said clients without dependents will be dropped from relief if found employable. It also announced aliens on relief must apply for citizenship immediately or lose benefits.
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Cleveland
City Relief Department
Willkie urges fast action on defense and conscription
New York AP Willkie counsels rapid congressional passage of conscription legislation and faster military production. He praises Byrd inquiry on 100 days since 50,000 planes were needed, notes planes ordered but not delivered, and faults Congress or administration for delays while defending his businessman image against McNutt debatteering.
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NEW York
Congress
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Byrd
D-Va
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
War Departments
Francis Biddle
Seattle
Biddle
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security
McNutt
Indiana University
Beta Theta Pi
Nine Ohioans In Death Roll At Week End
At least nine persons died in Ohio over the week end from traffic crashes drownings and a train strike. Victims include James A. Magruder 66 of Greenfield in a car crash north of Portsmouth and Elwyn H Rector 36 of Columbus drowned in Kokosing River near Howard. Other fatalities involve Foster H Barnes 35 in a Route 303 crash at Hudson, Kenneth Stoneham 22 burned in a truck crash at Dayton, Katherine Todd of Cleveland in an auto crash at DeGraff, Jane Gibson 28 of New Brighton Pa in an auto truck collision at East Liverpool, an unidentified elderly man struck by a train on a trestle in Akron Canton & Youngstown service, William Timm Jr 19 of Youngstown drowned in Lake Erie, and an Akron area death unspecified.
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Portsmouth
James A. Magruder
Greenfield
Akron
Akron, Canton
Youngstown
Ashtabula
William Timm, Jr
Lake Erie
Mount Vernon
Elwyn H. Rector
Columbus
Kokosing
Howard
Hudson
Foster H. Barnes
Dayton
Kenneth Stoneham
DeGraff
Katherine Todd
Cleveland
East Liverpool
Jane Gibson
New Brighton
Governor Bricker Urges Legion Aid At Ohio Convention
Ohio Legionnaires opened their 22nd annual convention in Toledo after memorial services for World War dead and a drum corps contest. Massillon won the contest with 92.3 points, followed by Elyria 91.2 and Alliance 89.7 as they discussed national defense and public morale.
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Toledo
Ohio Legionnaires
Massillon
Elyria
Alliance
Legionnaires
John W. Bricker
Legion
Alexandria Bombed by Italians in Morning Raid
Italian Savoia bombers attacked Alexandria in a 90 minute morning raid injuring three people. The bombardment hit the British naval base area while anti aircraft fire engaged the planes and several bombers were believed damaged. This marked the sixth raid on the city since the war began.
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Berlin
Seat of
Empire
Wales
England
Channel
Midlands
Alexandria
Egypt
Gallia Probate Judge Stricken at Work in Gallia County
Gallia County probate judge J. S. Clark suffered an intestinal hemorrhage this morning in his Gallipolis office. He was moved to Holzer Hospital where doctors reported his condition serious.
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Gallipolis
J. S. Clark
Gallia County
Holzer Hospital
Nobility Victims Die in Mine Explosion on Coast
Lord North and his sister Lady Cynthia Williams were killed by a land mine blast while walking in a forbidden coastal area. Lord North, 38, heir to the Earl of Guilford and artillery lieutenant in the territorial army, is identified as Francis George North.
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London
Lord North
Earl of Guilford
Cynthia Williams
Francis George North
Territorial Army
Blame Pedestrian in Many Traffic Deaths
Cleveland police records show two of every three fatal accidents list Pedestrian's Fault. Deputy Traffic Commissioner J R Sammon says the average age of pedestrians killed is 68 while the typical driver is young and the car about five years old.
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Cleveland
J. R. Sammon
Former Meigs County Probate Judge Dies
Pomeroy resident J. E. Carleton age 69 former probate judge and publisher of the Pomeroy Democrat weekly died today at his home in Syracuse Ohio He was known for his long service in Meigs County and his publishing work the Democrat.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
J. E. Carleton
Pomeroy Democrat
Syracuse
Senator McNary Weights Flight to Salem for VP Nomination
GOES WEST (NEA Telephoto) Senator Charles L. McNary waves farewell to the capital and boards a plane for Salem Oregon where he will be formally notified of his selection as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
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NEA Telephoto
Charles L. McNary
Salem
Ore
Widow of Canton Repository Publisher Dies at 72
Mrs. Jessie A. Frease 72 widow of George B. Frease longtime Canton Repository publisher from 1884 to 1927 died yesterday in Canton.
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Canton Canton
Jessie A. Frease
George B. Frease
The
Canton Repository
State Fair Opens Week With Full Stride In Columbus
The Ohio State Fair enters its peak week with livestock judging and harness horse races as part of a busy program drawing tens of thousands. Officials expect near 70 000 attendance on Columbus Day aided by free admission for women and children. Highlights include sheep shearing contests 4 H band concerts a million dollar evening livestock parade fireworks religious services a 250 piece boys band concert and the selection of Charley Koehler as Ohio s handsomest iceman with a chance to compete nationally in New Orleans.
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Columbus
Margaret Speaks
Miss Speaks
Charley Koehler
Ohio
New Orleans
Alien Registration Start Set for Tuesday Nationwide
Justice Department officials prepared to register and fingerprint about 3.6 million aliens over four months. The program begins Tuesday in roughly 7,300 post offices and aims to finish by December 26. Solicitor General Biddle urged aliens not to fear, saying if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.
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Washington
Justice Department
Congress
Biddle
Akron Motorist Held in Death of Three in Pennsylvania
F N Gualderoni of Akron Ohio was held in Adams County Jail on $1000 bail after his car collided with another at Cash Town near Gettysburg killing three Waynesboro residents and seriously injuring two others, police said.
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Gettysburg
F. N. Gualderoni
Akron
Adams County
William L. Ramsey
State Motor Police
Gualderoni
Cashtown
Waynesboro
Uncle Sam eyed with distrust over defense talks and bases
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes European press views on U.S. Canada defense talks and bases in the Western Hemisphere. He notes fascist and Nazi outlets accusing the United States of imperial ambitions, possibly seeking Canadian or British territory, while asserting Canadians would resist annexation and Britain would not join any U.S. Canadian pact unless explicitly party to it.
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Berlin-Rome
Uncle Sam
Canada
England
Hemisphere
Sam
John Bull
John
Roosevelt
Italy
France
F.D.R
United States
British Empire
Britain
Italians Warn Britain Again In Atlantic Assault
Rome reports Italian submarines torpedoed and damaged a large British oil tanker in the Atlantic. Virginio Gayda warns of a new surprise in not many days. British raids on Piedmont and Lombardy caused few bombs and two deaths. Italian fighters repelled the attack. Swiss protests over raids on Swiss territory.
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Rome
Atlantic
High Command
Virginio Gayda
la Voce D'Italia
Italy
Piedmont
Lombardy
London
Leader of New Jersey Solons Dies at Capital
Rep. George N. Seger of New Jersey died at Naval Hospital Washington at age 74. A member since 1923 and Dean of the New Jersey delegation, he had planned to retire at the end of this session and was the 26th congressman to die in office.
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New Jersey
Solons
Washington
George N. Seger
Congress
Naval Hospital
Seger
New York records coldest August two days in row
New York marked a 70 year low for August 26 as the thermometer fell to 52.7 degrees at 7 10 am. The previous day August 25 registered 51.7 degrees, the coldest on record for that date in the Weather Bureau’s files.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Nazi Program In America Is Bared by Dies
New York, Rep. Martin Dies, head of a House subversive activities panel, claims German Americans are pressured to spread Nazi propaganda and says he will push a law to ban foreign controlled groups. He cites evidence of free mail propaganda aimed at weakening defense, aiding England, and placing foreign agents in American industries.
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New York
Martin Dies
United States
Dies
House
England
America
Election Board Clerk Gets Road Job Back
The State Civil Service Commission reinstated Karl A. Heimann of Massillon as Stark County Highway inspector at $162.50 a month, saying election board clerk service is comparable to jury duty and that the post resembles public service after being dismissed for alleged political activity.
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Columbus
Election Board
State Civil Service Commission
Stark County
Commission
Gertrude Jones
Karl A. Heimann
Massillon
Infants Paralysis Claims Ironton Boy in County
Ironton reports its second death from infantile paralysis as Frederick Clay, 13, dies while awaiting transport to Columbus for an iron lung. Eight paralysis cases remain in Lawrence County.
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Lawrence County
Ironton
Frederick Clay
Columbus
Ross County Child Killed by His Mother
Three year old Ralph Wells of near Chillicothe died from a bullet wound believed accidental after he picked up a pistol and it discharged as his mother Mrs. Gilbert Wells was removing it last Thursday. Authorities report no foul play suspected.
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Columbus
Ralph Wells
Chillicothe
Gilbert Wells
Escape reported from London Prison Farm
London Prison Farm officials report the escape of William Williams a 24 year old inmate from Butler County who would have been eligible for a parole hearing next month.
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London
London Prison Farm
William Williams
Butler County
Battle over Dover and London as German raids continue
German bombers strike a 30 mile front hitting Folkestone Deal and Canterbury while London shelters endure a 37 minute alert. RAF replies raid Berlin with three hour offensive as Berlin reports 300,000 pounds of bombs in nine week island campaign.
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Hitler
Hell
London
England
Ireland
New Ross
County Wexford
Republic of Erie
Midlands
Britain
Folkestone
Deal
Canterbury
South Foreland
Dover
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