3,900 German Troops Lost As Transport Is Torpedoed
The Swedish Dagligen Nyheter from Lysekil reports about 3,900 German troops drowned when the Hamburg transport Marion was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Kattegat en route to Norway. The vessel carried about 4,000 troops, sank after a midship torpedo hit.
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Sub
Hitler
Trinnales
Great Britain
Dagens Nyheter
Stockholm
Kattegat
Baltic Sea
Lysekil
Goteborg
Marion
Hamburg
Norway
Germany
Trondheim
Tromso
Narvik
Berlin
Spandau
RAF
Tiergarten Park
London
France
Luftwaffe
Revolution Threatens Mexico Amid Almazan Rivalry
President Avila Camacho's government braces for possible revolt led by Almazan backers. Troop moves to the north, 80,000 peasants ready to fight, and alleged uprisings reported in Chihuahua Durango Sonora Sinaloa as officials deny widespread clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Cardenas
Juan Adrean Almazan
Almazan
Mexico
Graciano Sanchez
National Confederation
Trechuelo
Congress
Avila Camacho
Chamber of Deputies
Chihuahua
Jalisco
Durango
Sonora
Sinaloa
Ministry of Natonal Defense
el Paso
Tex
Juan Almazan
Willkie Dines With GOP Leaders In Mass Strategy Meeting
In Bushville Indiana Wendell L. Willkie hosts nearly 100 Republican leaders from 22 states for a high level discussion on organization two months before the election. The session unfolds over fried chicken cream gravy and mashed potatoes as Willkie labels it the largest meeting of its kind this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Three Movie Colony Marriages on Rocks
Hollywood reports troubled unions in the film colony. Hedy Lamarr sues Gene Markey for divorce while John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie have separated again. Carole Landis leaves her husband Willis Jeffers planning an early divorce.
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Hollywood
Hedy Lamarr
Gene Markey
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Carole Landis
Willis Unt
Wife of Vincent Astor Granted Divorce
Vincent Astor, leader of a vast fortune, was divorced by wife Helen Dinsmore Astor after 26 years of marriage. The split followed a brief hearing before District Judge Percy W. Metz on grounds of mental cruelty, with a secret property settlement arranged out of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cody, Wyo
Vincent Astor
America
Helen Dinsmore Astor
Gallipolis Printing Firm Changes Hands
Gallipolis purchase of the Downtawn Printing Co. by Harold Wetherholt and Harry Wheeler was announced. The new owners plan to continue operation of the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Downtawn Printing Co
Harold Wetherholt
Harry Wheeler
Coal Company Official Dies in Columbus
Francis Harvey Game age 59 general counsel and director of Sunday Creek Coal Co. died last night in Columbus.
Sweeney and Vincent clash during draft debate on conscription
In Washington the House split over the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory training bill as tempers flared. Rep Sweeney and Rep Vincent fought on the chamber floor after a Sweeney speech criticizing conscription and President Roosevelt. The clash ended with apologies and a retraction of a entered "traitor" charge amid late night debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeney
Vincent
Washington
D-Ky
D-O
Roosevelt
United States
Woodrow Wilson
White House
First 3 Ships Go to Canada
The first three of 50 United States destroyers sailed from Boston in Indian file toward a Canadian port, heading under skeleton crews of about 60 men each. Four more ships may join them today as officials refrain from naming destinations or details, but the ships are said to be bound for Canada in exchange for naval bases.
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Mediterranean
Mussolini
High Command
Algeria
Dodecanese Islands
Turkey
Red Sea
Africa
Adolf Hitler
Volkischer Beobachter
Britain
United States
America
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Great Britain
Hitler
Churchill
Ehanss
Weeee Ewe
London
Third Reich
Napoleon
England
Near East
Europe
Balkan
Boston
High Seas
Boston Harbor
Ohio Farmers Gather To Learn New Methods
More than 360 farmers attended Ohio State University farms to study new information from state experiments on soils crops and animal husbandry. Alfalfa soybeans and hybrid corn topped the topics with another session on hybrid corn planned for tomorrow drawing about 350 producers and distributors to inspect the corn acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
U.S. Buys 13,701 Steel Bins for Corn Storage
The commodities credit corporation spent 2,301,548 yesterday to buy 13,701 steel bins for storing corn to be received from western farmers under 1938 and 1939 loan programs. The bins will hold 37,403,730 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commodities Credit Corporation
Hitler claims long war ahead but hints at possible collapse
Dewitt Mackenzie reports on Hitler's Sportspalast address stressing victory over England yet avoiding a fixed end date. He notes Hitler's crowd control, the remark about five years, and a suggested but unrealized mastery of the air as RAF defenses persist. The piece frames the war as a prolonged, uncertain grind with potential but not yet decisive German power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
England
Fuehrer
Goering
Germany
Berlin
Reich
Royal Air Force
Caveman Stuff Sparks Cincinnati Wedding Bid
Earl Higdon of Chicago was dubbed the caveman but Sergt. William Koester Jr of the Ohio National Guard won Coralene Hickman 22 in Cincinnati. Miss Hickman vowed to marry Higdon over the stolen gown but Koester and Hickman wed hours after she announced the match. Higdon later returned the dress before the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Earl Higdon
Chicago
William Koester, Jr
Ohio National Guard
Koester
Coralene Hickman
Higdon
Miss Hickman
Rumor Ohio Guards To Be Called Oct 16 For Training
Washington sources report Ohio's 10 000 National Guardsmen may be mobilized October 16 for a year of training. Other states plan to begin September 16 with 60 000 Guardsmen. Columbus officials say no mobilization order has been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Guards
Washington
Ohio
Columbus
Sect Denied Restraining Order Over Literature Work
An application by Jehovah's Witnesses to restrain Portsmouth police from interfering with distribution of literature was refused by the district court. The case concerns religious activity and public order as the court denied the restraining action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Jehovah's Witnesses
Portsmouth
District Court of Ap
Dies Group Seeks Photostatic Petitions on Ohio Communists
Secretary of State George Neffner received a telegraphed request from the Dies Committee on Un American Activities for photostatic copies of petitions to qualify Communist candidates for Ohio's November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
George Neffner
Dies Committee On Un-American Activities
Ohio
Survivors of British Ships Arrive in U S
Thirty seven British sailors arrived in Baltimore aboard the Swedish freighter Eknaren after two torpedoed vessels the Blairmore and the Penzance were sunk about 700 miles off the Irish coast. Eight were injured and the only survivors from the Penzance. the men described disaster and heavy losses at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Eknaren
Blairmore
Penzance
Ekwaren
John H. Taylor
Ohio Republicans Confer With Willkie In Rushville Meet
Republican State Chairman Ed D. Schorr National Committeeman David S. Ingalls and National Committeewoman Katherine Kennedy Brown meet with Wendell L. Willkie in Rushville Indiana. They plan to return to Columbus for a meeting to approve September 18 as the state convention date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ed D. Schorr
David S. Ingalls
National Committee
Katherine Kennedy Brown
Dayton
Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Brown
Schorr
State Central and Executive Committees
Woman Slugged and Robbed in Cincinnati
Miss Ena Stein a 30 year old restaurant bookkeeper was attacked by two men who slugged her and robbed her of 800 dollars in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ena Stein
Two Escaped Convicts Shot to Death in Arkansas
In rural southeastern Arkansas a gun battle at a cabin between Winchester and Tillar left two fugitives dead James Scott 21 and Raymond Harrell 23. Recaptured was B G Holtzclaw 47 a convicted slayer. Eleven of thirty six remained at large after the Cummins Farm breakout on Labor Day. The Columbia Louisiana section noted three kidnapped high school students were released unharmed as convicts were killed or retaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Arkansas
Little Rock
Cummins
Luke Barber
Winchester
Tillar
James Scott
Raymond Harrell
B. G
Nazis Capture Six Americans
CBS Berlin correspondent Edwin Hartrich quoted Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reporting six Americans seized from the steamship Atlantic en route to South Africa. They were taken to a French port and then allegedly shipped to Iran and Spain. confirmation of their release was not provided. Names given include Mr. and Mrs. O. Yoder and F A Schmallenberger with Jesse M Nicholson Frank J Kuntzer and Zola C Kuntzer. The item also notes Ohio farmers formed a nonpartisan group to back Roosevelt and Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edwin Hartrich
CBS
Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeie Zietung
Hartrich
Atlantic
South Africa
Siren
Iran
Spain
Welfare Chief Targets Davey Campaign Among Pensioners
Columbus report states Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood accused former Gov. Martin L. Davey of Hatch Act violations during the 1940 pensioner drive. Bricker asked for guidance, while Davey dismissed the charge as "pure bunk" and questioned the timing amid pension funds at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood
Columbus
State Welfare Department
Martin L. Davey
Charles L. Sherwood
John W. Bricker
Davey
Federal Social Security Board
Furth
Ohio
Social Security Board
Department of Justice
Tom McCaw
Aid For Aged Division
Watch
McCaw
Norman Beck
Ohio Society of Old Age Pensioners
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THE
Hungary
Nicholas Horthy
Transylvania
Romania
Sighet
Rumania
Carol II
Magda Lupescu
Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Carol
Antonescu
Willkie
GOP
Air Force
Messerschmitt
Flyer
Canada
Trim
U. S
Tle
Iron Guard
Dies Group
Ohio Reds
U.S
Henry A. Wallace
Ohio Committee For Agriculture
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