Nazi Coup in Romania Feared After Premier Assassination
A Bucharest radio report said Premier Armand Calinescu was killed by the Iron Guard, with disruptions between Bucharest and the outside world fueling fears of a broader coup. The incident raised alarms about possible conflicts involving Romania, Germany, and the Soviet Union as World War II tensions escalate.
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Romania
Joe Alex Morris
Bucharest
Armand Calinescu
Europe
Calinescu
Iron Guard
Legation
Washington
Rumania
Carol
Red Army
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Germany
Soviet Russia
Fight Against Pollution of Ohio Streams
The Ohio Department of Health will start a program to end coal mine pollution of streams in Southeastern Ohio. State Health Director R H Markwith said a head is to be hired, with a sub-division office and lab to be set up in Zanesville. The project carries 132000 total funding and will employ 350 WPA laborers initially rising to about 600 in six months, starting in Belmont Muskingum Tuscarawas and Perry Counties then expanding to Columbiana Stark Jefferson and Harrison Counties.
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Columbus
UPA
Belmont
Muskingum
Tuscarawas
Perry
Columbiana
Stark
Jefferson
Harrison
Romania Bans Jewish Refugees as Aliens Ordered to Leave
In Bucharest thousands of Polish Jewish refugees faced a government order to depart within 15 days. The move followed rapid eastward expansion by Germany and widescale Polish troop movements. Romania also planned to intern nearly 20,000 Polish soldiers who crossed the border recently.
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Bucharest
Rumania
U.P
Poland
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Browning Rites To Be Held Friday at Portland
Funeral services for Mrs. Maxine Geneva Browning age 67 will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the Portland Methodist Church with burial in Portland Cemetery. She died Wednesday evening at her Portland home after a brief illness. She was a member of the Portland Methodist Church and is survived by her husband Harry Browning three daughters Mrs. Lida Thompson Mrs. Louis Small and Mrs. Ruth Treadway all of Columbus and four sons John and Dana of Columbus Dale of Zanesville and Paul at home.
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Maxine Geneva Browning
Portland
John and
Dana
Columbus
Dale
Zanesville
Paul
Knights Templar of Ohio Install New Grand Commander
The 97th conclave in Cleveland installed Lloyd E. Roulet of Toledo as grand commander, concluding the Knights Templar of Ohio gathering.
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Cleveland
U.P
Knights Templar of
Ohio
Lloyd E. Roulet
Toledo
Von Richthofen’s Son Killed in Aerial Battle
Paris dispatch reports Captain Baron Von Richthofen, son of the famed German ace Manfred von Richthofen, was shot down and killed in an air battle. Source Zurich via Parios Soir.
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von Richthofen
Paris
U.P
Baron von Richthofen
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Parios Soir
Zurich
Switzerland
Windsor Begins Duties With British Forces
Major General Edward Windsor assumed full duties with British forces in France today after arriving yesterday. He was billeted at a chateau whose name could not be disclosed and spent the day in preliminary talks.
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Mhro London
W.P
The
Daily Telegraph
Edward Windsor
France
Nation-wide strike of Armour workers averted
Chairman Van A. Bittner of the packing house workers organizing committee announced that a nationwide strike of Armour and Co employees had been averted at least temporarily.
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Washington
U.P
van A. Bittner
Packing House Workers Organizing Committee
Armour and Co
Ohioan pleas shape U S neutrality stance in Congress
Ohio lawmakers faced a flood of mail urging the United States to stay out of war as Congress met in a special session on neutrality. Senator Taft urged lifting the embargo for cash and carry while Donahey kept an open mind. letters to Ohio’s delegation ran about 100 to 1 against repeal.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Congress
Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Middle West
Robert A. Taft
Roosevelt
Vic Donahey
Washington Dispatches
Retailers warn rising food costs threaten purchasing power
Washington officials report a 2 percent weekly rise in average food prices as Roscoe R. Rau of the Retailers National Council warns that rapid cost increases will erode consumer buying power and strain the economy. Butter beans and potatoes led gains. pork chops fell slightly.
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Washington
4U.P
Retailers National Council
Francis Perkins
Roscoe R. Rau
Retailers Council—An
Fate of High School Honor Student Sealed
Gov. Clyde R Hoey declined to intervene in the case of James Godwin a High Point honor student who was freed from Lexington jail by Lula Belle Kimel the jailer’s daughter and later killed Donald Moss a textile worker in High Point He is to die in the gas chamber Friday for the slaying.
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Raleigh
N. C
Clyde R. Hoey
James Godwin
High Point
Godwin
Donald Moss
Lexington
Lula Belle Kimel
Husky
Ohio Drought Area Expands into Ohio Valley
The Weather Bureau reports serious drought extending from the plains into the Ohio Valley. Affected states include Ohio Indiana Kentucky Arkansas and Nebraska as the dry spell persists across the region.
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Washington
U.P
The
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Arkansas
Nebraska
Goebbels Denies Belgian Dutch Neutrality Violation
Berlin propaganda minister Paul Joseph Goebbels told foreign press that the Reich government does not contemplate violating Belgian or Dutch territory, his first public remarks since hostilities began.
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Berlin
U.P
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Netherlands
Bricker to Attend American Legion Convention in Chicago
Governor John W Bricker will depart Sunday night to join the American Legion national convention in Chicago which opens Monday.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
American Legion
Chicago
Wilkins Proposes Tighter Arms Embargo Revision
President Ernest H. Wilkins of Oberlin College urged a revision of the neutrality act to make the arms embargo provision more restrictive, arguing added controls are needed.
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Oberlin
U.P
Ernest H. Wilkins
Oberlin College
German Liner Bremen Reported in British Port
Reports say the 53 000 ton German liner Bremen valued at 20 million dollars arrived at a British port under a warship escort as rumors of its capture spread. The Bremen sailed from New York on August 30 and was later said safe at ports across the Atlantic and in Italy.
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London
U.P
Moscow
Friedrich von der Schulenberg
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
New York
South
Atlantic
Italy
Italy Greece sign frontier troop withdrawal amid Balkan bloc push
Rome reports an Italo Greek agreement to withdraw troops from the Greek Lebanese frontier viewed as first step toward a neutral Balkan bloc. Observers see the deal as a boost to renewed Italian activity in Balkan capitals. Talks involved Italy’s envoy in Athens and Greek Premier Metaxas.
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Rome
U.P
Italy
Balkan
Athens
John Metaxas
Sofia
George Kiosselvanov
Bulgaria
Pension Plan Sponsor to File Signatures for Referendum
Herbert S. Bigelow of Cincinnati announced he will file more than 150000 supplementary signatures to petitions seeking a November referendum on the Bigelow old age pension plan. County boards had found 70000 signatures invalid and gave 10 days to submit new ones.
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Columbus
U.P
Herbert S. Bigelow
Cincinnati
Bigelow
Six youth assassinate Premier Calinescu in Bucharest
In Bucharest six attackers shot Premier Armand Calinescu as he traveled by car toward the royal palace. The assault occurred while he planned an interview with King Carol amid Iron Guard suppression. Calinescu received two fatal bullets after the car was briefly blocked by a truck.
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Bucharest
U.P
Armand Calinescu
Iron Guard
Royal
Carol
Calinescu
Entire French Army Mobilized for Action
Paris reports France has completed general mobilization with 6 million men ready for action. The force includes 700000 regulars plus 5300000 reserves, all veterans of compulsory training. German forces near the Western front are listed as six mechanized divisions with tanks and vehicles.
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Paris
U.P
France
Europe
Western Front
British Planes Save Crew of Sunken Ship Ken Sington Court
Royal Air Force planes rescued the crew of the tramp steamer Ken Sington Court after it sank in the Atlantic. The ministry of information reports the survivors were brought to safety following the incident at sea.
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London
Royal Air Force
Kensington Court
Ministry of Information
Wheat Dips Slightly on Light Chicago trade
Wheat prices weakened modestly at the Chicago Board of Trade with light trading volume. Outside markets showed mixed signals as traders assessed supplies and demand factors.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Board of Trade
Administration Victory on Arms Shipment Forecast
President Roosevelt urged Congress to repeal the arms embargo and return to international law in trade with belligerents. He outlined measures for war zones, travel bans on citizens, cash purchases, and shipping in purchasers ships, and urged adjournment after passage while warning of darker times ahead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
U. S
Landon Urges Immediate U S Defense Bolster at White House
Landon after a two and a half hour White House conference with Republican and Democratic leaders called for immediate U S defense strengthening. He pushed arming the nation and a prolonged congressional session amid debate on neutrality law and embargo policies.
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White House
United States
Roosevelt
Talin N Carnar
Lindbergh Relieved From Army Air Corps Duty
High officials said Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was relieved of duty with the Army Air Corps a few days early due to plans to deliver a radio address on the European war. He had completed studies of air facilities and research and would retire soon through routine channels. The relief order followed his disclosure of the speaking plan.
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Washington
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Army Air Corps
Lindbergh
Army
Uprising Reported in Moravia and Bohemia Stuns Europe
British sources say a Czech revolt spread across Moravia and Bohemia with hundreds executed and thousands arrested. Reports claim Slovak troops were disarmed, battles in Prague damaged bridges and factories, and women fought with improvised weapons in Pardubice Pribram Pilsen and Brunn Sudetenland.
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Moravia
Bohemia
Prague
Pardubice
Pribran
Pilsen
Tabor
Piskek
Brunn
Sudetenland
Warsaw Still Holds as Luftwaffe Raids Continue
Warsaw reports it still resists the German siege on the 13th day of the siege. Despite experts predicting collapse, Britain and France could not relieve the Polish capital. Dispatches from Paris note food and ammunition shortages since the city was surrounded a week earlier. A radio broadcast claimed 40 German planes attacked the city three times yesterday and anti aircraft gunners shot down seven.
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London
Warsaw
Europe
Great Britain
France
Paris
Lemberg
Poland
Blockade Successes Highlighted by British Ministry
London reports the Ministry of Information says the British blockade detained about 110000 tons of contraband goods valued at over 2500000 dollars in one week. The ministry notes the goods were consigned to Germany.
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Germany
London
1U. P
Ministry of Information
Velma Fink Case to Go to Jury Deliberations
In Fremont a jury of eight women and four men is expected to begin deliberations late today in the Velma Baker Fink case. The 22 year old woman confessed to slaying her 11 week old son.
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Velma Fink
Fremont
UAR
Velma Baker Fink
Columbus Car Company To Hire 700 More Men
After receiving orders for 1 000 steel hoppers from three railroads, Frank A Livingston president of the Ralston Steel Car Company announced today that the company would employ 700 additional men.
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Columbus Car Company
Columbus
Frank A. Livingston
Ralston Steel Car Company
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