House Conscription Fees Press for 60 Day Delay
Washington AP report on House supporters pushing a 60 day postponement of the draft to test voluntary enlistment. Senate rejection and political maneuvering tied to Burke Wadsworth bill and proposed government power to take over defense plants if needed.
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Moumtml Dyowus
Senate
Rep
Fish
R-Ny
Roosevelt
Great Britain
House
Army
Navy
Romanian Leader Rejects Axis Cession of Transylvania
Juliu Maniu former Romanian prime minister and Transylvanian leader warned Hitler and Mussolini that Romania would never accept forced cession of Transylvania to Hungary as Axis resentment flared.
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Rumania
Hitler
Mussolini
Transylvania
Hungary
Fair Warm Week Ahead Forecast for Ohio Valley
Extended forecast for Sept 4 to 7 calls for fair weather in the Ohio Valley on Wednesday and Thursday with showers in the lower valley late Friday and Saturday. Upper valley may see Friday night showers. Rainfall expected below normal. Temperatures near normal Wednesday then up slightly Thursday and Friday, cooling to near normal by Saturday night.
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Ohio Valley
Fair
Upper Region
Lower Valley
Upper Valley
National Guardsmen May Vote Absentee in Ohio Election
National Guardsmen sent out of state for training may vote absentee in Ohio. They should apply to local election boards for ballots between Oct. 5 and Oct. 31 and return them by Nov. 1, Secretary of State George M. Neffner said.
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Ohio
George M. Neffner
Fatal Shock After Car Accident In Painesville
Paineville reports 70 year old Henry Fehlau escaped injury when his car ran over an embankment but died of shock after recounting the crash to friends.
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Painesville
Henry Fehlau
Wallace Says GOP Is Farm Program Menace
Henry A. Wallace, Democratic candidate for vice president, argued in DeKalb Illinois that government use of industries for national defense requires cooperation for a reasonable profit. He accused Republicans in Congress of sabotaging his farm program and warned a GOP victory would end effective farm programs.
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15 Feared Lost as Freighter Rams Barge
The coast guard said the fishing barge Olympic with 15 aboard was rammed and sunk by a freighter in dense fog two miles off Los Angeles harbor. No details on the freighter or survivors were provided.
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Coast Guard
Olympic
Los Angeles Harbor
Driver and mule clash at Murder Creek Bridge incident
J C Bond’s car collided with a mule on Murder Creek Bridge near Monticello Georgia. The mule backed into the auto and attacked, injuring Bond as both crossed the span in a disputed right of way.
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Monticello
J. C. Bond
Murder Creek Bridge
Bond
Hitler vows nightly bombs as new cabinet formed in Romania
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler addressed 25 000 workers in Berlin vowing hundreds of thousands of pounds of bombs will fall on England nightly in retaliation for nuisance raids. German troops massed to march into Romania as King Carol II formed a military cabinet amid an assassination attempt, while Britain’s RAF bombers struck Berlin and eastern ports in a tense night of aerial combat.
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Boy Dies After Auto Collision in Akron
Five year old Paul Diesz of Akron was struck by a motor vehicle yesterday and died. Further details were unavailable at press time.
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Paul Diesz
Steel Outlook Is Bright for Rest of Year
Iron Age projects continued strong steel activity through 1940 driven by rising scrap prices Lake Superior ore movements record exports of 707 800 gross tons in July and heavy defense orders Inquiries from US and UK governments are rising and large orders are expected this month Defense purchases focus on heavy products including semi finished steel shapes plates bars and alloy steels.
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Iron Age
The
Steel Magazine
Lake Superior
United States
Ohio Farmers Rally After Weather Blows Hit Crops
Ohio State University agriculture experts say crops are recovering after two weather shocks. Corn and soybeans show signs of a comeback, though a early killing frost could still threaten yield. A Southern Ohio farmer notes daily improvements are worth about $50 per acre for corn.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Developments Expected in Far East Amid Hart Arrival
Shanghai AP reports Admiral Thomas C. Hart commander of the US Asiatic Fleet arrived unexpectedly as observers watch fast breaking Far East events. Attention centers on French Indochina where censorship hides updates after reports of Japanese moves.
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Thomas C. Hart
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Far Eastern
Indo-China
British planning Middle East war and naval revamp
London reports celebrate U S destroyer exchanges for bases while informants weigh Britain adding fifty warships to threaten Axis plans in the Middle East. Additional destroyers could free ships for the Mediterranean fleet and Near East operations as Eden hints Syria may enter the fray amid Italian threats.
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Middle East
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Mediterranean
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Syria
Ultimatum Reported Over Indo China Demands
Foreign authorities said Japan likely delivered a virtual ultimatum to Indo China demanding free passage for Japanese troops and use of Haiphong port as a military base. Censors blocked Hanoi correspondents. Japanese authorities remained silent on the ultimatum and Canton's South China HQ pursued independent French Indo China decisions.
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Parents Refuse To Transfer Children
In Columbus four parents of 33 pupils at the teacherless Orient grade school say their children will attend daily until a teacher is provided. The Pickaway County school board had closed the building and sent the pupils to Commercial Point School.
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Orient
Pickaway County
Commercial Point
Anglo American naval base deal reshapes defense balance
The pact grants eight bases and eight destroyers to United States and Britain, expanding Atlantic reach and Caribbean influence. It shifts naval power, strengthens U S control from North to South America, and could let Britain reallocate forces while Britain gains Pacific protections.
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Wich
Bomb shelters advertised as market comes to Pontiac
Readers of the Pontiac Daily Leader encounter a local advertisement for bomb shelters. Mr. Baker remarks business isn’t booming yet and hopes it never will, signaling a cautious market mood amid wartime or postwar anxiety.
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Daily Leader
Baker
Convicts Surrender After Hostage Crisis Near Columbia
In Mississippi near Columbia, three of four Arkansas convicts surrendered after two held hostages, including 16 year old Vancelle Williams who reported the captors demanded safe passage. A third girl, Gladys Diamond, 15, remained with two other teen captives as state police closed in. The group had forced a car ride from Cummins prison farm in a Monday prison escape that left a guard dead.
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Arkansas
Louisiana Angola Penitentiary
Vancelle Williams
Gladys Diamond
Jerry Harrigill
Miss Williams
Cummins
Willkie Secrecy Critique of Bases for Destroyers
Rushville Indiana reports Republican presidential nominee Willkie says President Roosevelt should have secured congressional approval or allowed public discussion before finalizing the Anglo American exchange trading air and naval bases for 50 destroyers. He notes the country would likely approve but insists the people deserve prior knowledge of such commitments.
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Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s figures attacked over flood damage claim
Rep Thomas Jenkins charges President Roosevelt misstated flood loss figures from the Tennessee Valley speech. Jenkins cites a 1930 army engineers report estimating annual flood damage at about $1.78 million, contrasting Roosevelt’s quoted $250 million estimate.
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Washington
Thomas Jenkins
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Chickamauge
Tenn
Tennessee Valley
Jenkins
Army
Tennessee River
Embarrassing trousers flutter as car door tears pair off
In Rochester New York Giovanni Evangeliati, 52, felt a public shame when a passing car’s door handle snagged his trousers, stripping them in view of bystanders. The apologetic driver helped him aboard and escorted him home for replacements.
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Giovanni Evangeliati
Evangelion
Furnaces Reopened in Mingo Junction for Armor Plate
Several heating furnaces at Carnegie Illinois Steel in Mingo Junction, closed over a year, are being equipped to treat armor plate in anticipation of national defense orders.
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Mingo Junction
Carnegie,Illinois Steel Corporation
First Group of Eight Destroyers Sent to Canada Port Friday
The United States swaps 50 older destroyers for British bases in the Western Hemisphere. Eight ships are being prepared in Boston for transfer to the Royal Navy at a Canadian port Friday, with another 6 ships departing Hampton Roads for Boston.
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Washington
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McArthur Town Marshal Attempts Suicide After Domestic Turmoil
McArthur marshal Raymond Wortman shot himself in the chest with a rifle late last evening and was taken to University Hospital in Columbus in fair condition. His wife had filed for divorce and revived the suit recently. an argument with her attorney preceded Wortman locking himself in his kitchen and firing. The bullet pierced one lung. the couple’s three children are Bobby 10 Hazel 8 and Tommy 6.
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Hazel
Tommy
Socialists Seek Ballot Access in Ohio State Race
Socialist Party petitions to place candidates on the Navy ballot were prepared in Columbus as Communist petitioners face possible disqualification. Gov. Bricker hinted at a grand jury probe if fraud emerges, while an injunction in Youngstown blocks verification of Communist signatures.
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Columbus
Socialist Party
George N. Neffner
Navy
Communist Party
John W. Bricker
Youngstown
Common Pleas Court
Mahoning
Americans Must Accept Will of God, says Burgstahler
Dr. Herbert J. Burgstahler, president of Ohio Wesleyan University, told pastors and delegates of the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church in Lakeside that democracy must cultivate enough citizens willing to accept the will of God as their way of life.
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Lakeside
Herbert J. Burgstahler
Ohio Wesleyan University
Burgstahler
Ohio
Rotary Clubs in Japan Dissolve Organization
Representatives of 47 Rotary Clubs in Japan Korea and Manchukuo vote to dissolve the organization within the Japanese empire.
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Rotary Clubs
Japan
Tokyo
Korea
Manchukuo
Japanese Empire
Cooper Meets Willkie in Bushville Conference
Former Ohio Governor Myers Y. Cooper conferred here yesterday with Wendell L. Willkie the Republican presidential nominee in a Bushville White County meeting. They discussed campaign strategy and coordination ahead of the fall elections.
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Bushville
Ind
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
Wendell L. Willkie
Toledo Bank Robber Freed From Alcatraz
James "Dutch" Colson, a member of the Charles Schultz Gang, was released after 17 years of prison life following a 25 year reduction in his sentence. The Alcatraz to San Francisco launch carried him away after the 5:40 p m run yesterday ending a long federal sentence for the Toledo 1921 mail robbery in which about $1 000 000 was stolen.
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San Francisco
James “Dutch” Colson
Alcatraz
Charles Schultz
Toledo
Utah Senate Veteran Beaten in Primary
Salt Lake City reports Abe Murdock defeated incumbent William H. King in the Democratic senatorial primary. Murdock, a New Deal supporter, led King after a show of strength that surprised veteran observers. King had held the seat for 24 years.
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Salt Lake City
William H. King
United States
Senate
Abe Murdock
King
Estes Park Boy Falls 20 Feet After Squirrel Chase
Estes Park Colorado report says Elvin Noyes 18 chased a squirrel onto a limb and fell twenty feet striking Coyt Hackett 16, breaking Hackett's leg. Noyes was injured in the fall.
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Colo
Elvin Noyes
Coyt Hackett
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