Norway Strikes, Executions Intensify Nazi Siege
Allied and Soviet dispatches report Oslo under civil siege with executions of two labor leaders and crackdowns on strikes. German troops ring the capital as Quisling collaborators betray plans while RAF raids hit northern Italy. Red Army reports gains around Smolensk and Velikie Luki with heavy tank and personnel losses.
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Stockholmen
Frederikstad
Saros
Ph Terboven
Sicilian
Messina
Red Army
Smolensk
Gomel
Berlin
Red
Red Star
London
U.S.S.R
Iran
Tass
Lima Plans Experiment With Complete Blackout
A complete blackout under simulated wartime conditions will be staged Saturday night in Lima. J A Howenstine, Lima aviator, will direct volunteer air raid wardens by short wave radio from an airplane.
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Lima
J. A. Howenstine
Arrest CIO Leaders Over Lorain Strike Tactics
AFL unions seek arrest of CIO union leaders tied to a strike that halted operations at the Lorain yard of American Shipbuilding Co. J H Gutridge of Milwaukee pledges action against CIO officers who violated an injunction. CIO United Marine workers meeting led by Charles Purkis warns the CIO will not work under any AFL contract in Lorain yards.
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Larain
AFL
CIO
Lorain
Erican Shipbuilding Co
J. H. Gutridge
Milwaukee
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and
CIO United Marine Workers
Charles Purkis
Need for Commodities Futures Trading Cited
CHICAGO The government official in charge of market regulations J M Mehl chief of the Commodity Exchange Administration affirmed the need for commodities futures trading. He said regulation aims to promote market well being and may allow markets to stay open during emergencies.
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Chicago
J. M. Mehl
Commodity Exchange Administration
Republican Candidate Wins Dom Nomination
Montrose Pa. Robert Mitchell sought the Republican nomination for prothonotary as an independent and wound up as the Democratic nominee for the office. He polled 2 255 votes to 3 694 for Howard Maynard on the Republican ticket but with no candidates on the Democratic ballot, voters wrote in Mitchell's name 833 times so he'll oppose Maynard at the November general election.
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Montrose
Robert Mitchell
Howard Maynard
Mitchell
Maynard
State to Open 230000 Acres for Restricted Hunting This Fall
Ohio will open more than 230 000 acres for restricted public hunting this fall. The Division of Conservation and Natural Resources said supervised shooting will be allowed on 59 500 acres of Muskingum watershed forest land and 37 000 acres of privately owned demonstration areas. All lakes in the Muskingum conservancy district will be open for duck season except Clendening in Harrison County.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Muskingum
Officers of 37th Ohio Division To Lose Active Duty
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler asked today for the names of officers affected by a War Department order fixing age limits. Indications point to several score officers of the 37th being relieved of active duty and returning home by October end of federal service.
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Kinder
Robert S. Beightler
37Th
Ohio Division
War Department
Nye Attacks Willkie Over Movie Stand in Hearings
Senator Nye accuses Wendell Willkie of trying to cover up war propaganda in films as a Senate Commerce subcommittee hears testimony on alleged movie and radio propaganda. Willkie, defending the industry, says senators are harassing witnesses and not permitting cross examination. Chairman Clark upholds ruling restricting Willkie from questioning witnesses.
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Washington
Nye
R-Nd
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
North Dakotan
Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
John T. Flynn
Clark
D-Mo
United States
House
Senate
Missing Army Bomber Found Near Enumclaw Washington
A twin motored army bomber wreckage was located about 18 miles northeast of Enumclaw in the Cascade foothills. Six men were aboard the aircraft when it vanished two days earlier during a routine training flight. A farmer reported the find to the McChord house as twenty soldiers began a search toward the site.
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Tacoma
Wash
Enumclaw
Cascade Mountains
McChord
Young Couple Killed In Eastern Ohio Crash
Joseph Co. Nelms 18 of Powhatan Point and Irene Hoskins 15 of Sardis died when their car crashed on Route 7 north of Hannibal in Monroe County early today. State highway patrol reported the scene and fatalities.
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Woodsfield
Joseph Co. Nelms
Powhatan Point
Irene Hoskins
Sardis
Hannibal
Monroe County
State Highway Patrol
Bitter Russian winter to test Nazi invasion plans
A wartime analysis describes how an approaching six to nine month Russian winter will strain German forces. Heavy rains, mud, floods, and ice hinder logistics, while freezing temperatures threaten countless troops and limit air and ground operations along the Leningrad and Smolensk fronts. Continued on Page 5.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Smolensk
Moscow
Ukraine
Oregon U Professor Heads Railroad Fact-Finding Board
President Roosevelt named Wayne Lyman Morse of the University of Oregon to head a national fact finding panel for the railroads. Other members include Reed Powell, James Cummings Bonpright, Joseph Henry Willits, Hus ter Thompson, and Yale/Columbia links. The panel will meet in Chicago to set sessions and report to the President within 30 days, delaying a nationwide strike by 1.25 million railroad workers. The unions seek wage increases, with operating employees demanding 30 percent more pay and non operating workers seeking 30 to 34 cents an hour.
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Associated Press School
Roosevelt
Thomas
Reed Powell
Harvard Law Protes
Wayne Lyman Morse
University of Oregon Law
Yor
James Cummings Bonpright
Columbia University
Joseph Henry Willits
Rockefeller Foundation
Huster Thompson
Washington, D. C
National Railway Mediation Board
Chicago
Finiaue
Miners Strike In Protest of Increased Dues
In Lansford Pennsylvania more than 4000 miners walked out protesting increases in CIO United Mine Workers dues and assessments. The stoppage halted hard coal production in Panther Creek Valley with plans for a march into Hazleton. The slogan warned no more than 14 dollars a year, opposing dues rising from 1 to 1.50 monthly and assessments from 2 to 6 annually.
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Lansford
CIO United Mine Workers
Panther Creek Valley
Schuylkill
Carbon Counties
Hazleton
General Mine Committee
Thousands May Lose Citizenship Under 1940 Act
Several thousand naturalized Americans living abroad beyond the time limit set by the Nationality Act of 1940 will automatically forfeit their citizenship if they do not return to the United States by October 14. Officials said the law takes effect on that date and those outside U.S. territory face loss unless exempted by the act.
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Washington
United States
Board Takes Inventory Of U S Material Needs
The supply priorities and allocations board began a comprehensive inventory of all national material requirements for military and civil use. Donald M. Nelson, the board's executive director, leads the effort to map needed materials, shortages, and industrial expansion needs for defense planners.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Army offers 3000 aviation cadet scholarships in navigation
Columbus reports the army's fifth corps area announced three thousand army aviation cadet scholarships in aerial navigation for college men uninterested in pilot training or unable to meet pilot eyesight requirements.
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Columbus
Army
Fifth Corps
Finnish Stars Kalle Jarkanen and Kalle Jarvinen Killed
Two of Finland's top athletes, skier Kalle Jarkanen and shotputter Kalle Jarvinen, were killed in action on September 5, the government announced today.
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Helsinki
Finland
Kalle Jarkanen
Kalle Jarvinen
Gas Shortage Myth Blasted
A special Senate investigating committee found no actual gasoline shortage in the east and urged removal of restrictions. It blamed Secretary Ickes and aides for creating unnecessary alarm, saying the shortage is a shortage of surplus, not supply or transport.
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Washington
Senate
Ickes
Defense Petroleum
Maloney
Conn
Half Mill Levy Planned for Pine Street Cemetery Rehab
Gallipolis officials approve a three year half mill levy to fund rehabilitation of historic Pine Street Cemetery. The measure, set for the November ballot, is expected to raise about $2,000 annually for the project.
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Gallipolis
Pine St
Hope To Reach Agreement on Tax Bill Today
Washington reports a Senate House conference aimed to mandate next year’s income tax returns for up to five million people currently exempt. The fight centers on personal exemptions with House keeping at 2000 for married couples and 800 for singles, while the Senate cuts to 1500 and 750 respectively. Senate conferees resist lifting the House proposal toward 1875 for the married exemption, warning it would slash revenue by about 200 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
House
George
Eight Ohio Soldiers Hurt in Truck Mishap
Eight Ohio soldiers from Co. F 148th Infantry were injured when a truck veered off a bridge between Melcher and Glenmore in Oakdale Louisiana. They were taken to Camp Claiborne Hospital with two in serious condition including Pvt Eugene Smith of Galion with a fractured skull and Pvt Vernon H Arnold of Jaskins with a possible spine fracture.
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Oakdale
Co. F
148Th Infantry
Melcher
Glenmore
Camp Claiborne Hospital
Eugene Smith
Galion
Vernon H
Arnold
Jaskins
Speakers banned in Portland schools by board action
The Portland board of education closed all public school auditoriums to speakers affiliated with the America First Committee.
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Portland
Board of Education
America First Committee
Neighborhood revolt topples local political machine in Philly area
In Upper Darby township near Philadelphia Mrs Helen Alexander a mother of six led an insurgent ticket called We the People to win the Republican nomination and upset a powerful political machine opposing longtime figures Albert Williamson and J Milton Lutz on the school board tickets.
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Philadelphia
Helen Alexander
War at Sea Is Seen as Chief Topic
President Roosevelt plans a broad radio address on foreign policy to discuss Axis war at sea and its impact on shipping. White House briefers say the speech will be clear and comprehensive, with a meeting soon after with the American mission to Russia.
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Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Constantine Oumansky
Hull
Russia
W. Averell Harriman
Senate
House
United States
Rome-Berlin
Wallace
Barkley
McNary
Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Woodrum
Martin
Cochran
Bloom
Foreign Affairs Committee
Early
Hyde Park
N.Y
N. Y
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Harry L. Hopkins
Basel
U. S
Greer
North Atlantic
Capitol Hill
Congress
Captured Confederate Flags To Be Returned
A national unity plea prompts return of 13 battered battle flags and three swords captured by Michigan troops in the Civil War. The flags will be sent to the states identified as former owners at a September 20 ceremony in Lansing.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Danish ship Chilean Reefer sunk in battle report
Berlin dispatch states the 1 831 ton Danish refrigerator ship Chilean Reefer, sailing in service of Great Britain, was sunk as reported today by DNB.
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DNB
Great Britain
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