Georgia Senate race dominates Roosevelt aimed purge test
Georgia voters gave Sen Walter F. George an early lead in the Democratic senatorial primary as incomplete returns show George 311 Camp 156 Talmadge 147. The contest drew national attention to Roosevelt’s push against conservative lawmakers amid seven incumbents winning renomination or leading.
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Lawrence S. Camp
Eugene Talmadge
Fred H. Brown
New Hampshire
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Alvin B. Adams
Colorado
Vermont
Ernest W. Gibson
Washington
Pope Pius orders prayers for peace in Castel Gandolfo
Pope Pius the Pope of Peace issued an order calling all the faithful to pray for peace in Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Vis
Pius
Days Are Sewing Days in Local Gazette Ad
Mothers busy with school clothes and girls who sew boost sales of sewing machines. Mrs J F Yanda sold a portable electric sewing machine for 15 dollars within 48 hours after the Want Ad ran, with 30 calls following the advertisement. Call 2 1121 to place your own ad.
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J. F. Yanda
13Th St. NW
U S Business Braces For War Shock In 1940s Era
New York observers say American business and finance are prepared for the shock of a general European war. They compare today with 1914, predicting no immediate economic setback as war looms. Factors cited include war preparation, Europe’s weak credit, neutrality laws, and the Johnson act restricting loans to defaulting nations.
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United States
William McC Martin
New York Stock Exchange
Europe
San Francisco
Iowa Policemen Reelect Officers At Convention
Cedar Rapids reports the Iowa State Policemen’s association reelects officers with Carl M. Higdon Ottumwa president for seventh year and George Kean Sioux City secretary treasurer for sixth year. Mason City hosts 1939 convention. auxiliary elects officers. members push for minimum wage and hour act and pledge to aid firemen in securing it.
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Iowa State Policemen’s Association
Carl M. Higdon
Ottumwa
George Kean
Sioux City
J. J. McDermont
Davenport
L. L. Eklund
Des Moines
Leo Allstott
Mason City
Harry Saint
Council Bluffs
Carl Higdon
Earl N. Schnoor
Iowa Association of Firemen
Cedar River rises as Cedar Rapids drenched by rain
Over 2 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in Cedar Rapids. The Cedar River rose to 4.3 feet on Wednesday, higher than Tuesday, while temperatures dipped from 68 to the low 60s. Tuesday's total reached 1.23 inches with .91 inches more on Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
9000 Strike at Detroit Factory
Nine thousand Briggs Manufacturing workers struck in a labor dispute over the discharge of union stewards on the gun welding line in the framing department. The CIO United Automobile Workers members ceased operating their machines but stayed on company property.
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Briggs Manufacturing Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Roosevelt on way east amid European crisis watch
President Roosevelt began a brief stop in Rochester and left for Washington to monitor European war developments by telephone, telegraph, and radio. He spoke of returning to the capital as conditions abroad grow grave and prepared to address national policy.
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Poughkeepsie
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Cordell C. Hull
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Message Indicates Finding Of Hawaii Clipper Wreckage
A garbled message claimed wreckage from the Hawaii Clipper was found in the eastern Philippines, prompting officials to probe. The giant flying boat has been missing since July 29 with 15 men on a Guam to Manila flight.
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Hawaii
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Transpacific
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Jealous Fiance Chains Woman To Car While He Works
In Lindon New Jersey Miss Wilma Leaycroft an 18 year old woman was chained to a car by her 24 year old fiancé Gene Tortariello daily to ensure her loyalty while he works as a welder. Neighbors noticed the arrangement for two days and police released her after questioning. no charge was filed as authorities questioned the motive and legality of the stunt.
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Florence Nightingale
Gene
Tortamcello
Tortariello
Frank J. Hickey
Miss Leaycroft
Washington Worried As Yanks Abroad Brace For Crisis
Washington officials privately prepare for possible evacuation of Americans from Europe if the Czechoslovak crisis sparks war. Secretary Hull says no unusual measures unless crisis worsens while embassies show anxiety unseen since 1914. Over 100,000 Americans are in Europe, many permanent residents, with readiness to assist evacuations if needed.
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State Department
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United States
War
Navy Department
U. S. Cruiser Nashville Heads Toward Gravesend Near London
The U S cruiser Nashville sailed from Portland to Gravesend on the Thames twenty six miles from London. She will wait there for sister ship Honolulu due Sept 22 to exchange personnel mail and sick reports as part of a planned naval contact.
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Nashville
Portland
Gravesend
Thames River
Honolulu
Navy
Will There Be War Pick Your Answer From These
A satirical column by Arthur Bugs Baer surveys European reactions to a lull in war talk. Paris promises more planes for a peace conference while London says no trouble will come. Hong Kong notes no official war, Prague declares war is war. Turkey aligns with Russia and Berlin seeks to be left alone while others push for isolation.
Japan Ready to Aid Fascist States Against Communists
Tokyo reports say a foreign office spokesman charged the Moscow based communist international with pulling strings in Czechoslovakia to block a peaceful minority settlement. He declared Japan ready to join Germany and Italy against red operations, urging Britain and France to act for world peace while denying a threat to the Soviet Union.
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Italy
Great Britain
France
Russia
Europe
Mt Vernon Man Hurt In Crash In Serious Condition
D O Pringle 39 a Mount Vernon grocer was severely injured in a highway crash on No 30 two miles west of Mount Vernon near Abbe creek bridge. His truck collided with a semi driven by Gene Newman 34 of Moline causing his ejection into a ditch then the trailer to overturn. He remains in serious condition at St Luke’s hospital.
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D. O. Pringle
Mount Vernon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pringle
Newman
Harold Wallace
Springville
Sergt
Clarence Day
Highway Patrol
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Nippon sinks after collision with Aisne off Wandelaar
The Swedish motorship Nippon of 6095 tons sank three miles off Wandelaar lightship after colliding with the French steamer Aisne of 3654 tons. The Lloyd agent in Flushing reported the incident.
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Wandelaar
Lloyd
Flushing
Netherlands
London Seeks Peace Deal Through Minority Leader
The British government announced Chamberlain would fly to Germany to meet Hitler to urge peace. The move, unprecedented in European diplomacy, follows a frantic appeal to Konrad Henlein to retreat from his defiant stance and avert war. US Ambassador Kennedy and Viscount Runciman coordinated the transmission of the appeal as King George began travel from Balmoral.
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Konrad Henlein
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France signals mobilization in response to Sudeten crisis
The London Evening Standard reports France notified Czechoslovakia it will mobilize when the Czechs do. Paris also assured Prague that direct German participation in a Sudeten rising would be treated as aggression and trigger the Franco Czech alliance.
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Germany
Stocks End Lower Amid Midday Turbulence
The market closed irregularly lower yet well above the day’s lows as Czech-Sudeten fighting stirred sentiment. 762 issues fell, 80 rose, 106 unchanged. 2.82 million shares changed hands. The Dow closed at 132.99, down 1.20, after a mid afternoon dip to a new June low.
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Dow-Jones
Wheat climbs as Europe tension sparks grain rally
Chicago brokers jammed the grain pits as wheat rose over four cents a bushel from the day’s low on reports of rising European political tension.
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Chicago
Europe
Hitler delays Sudeten showdown amid tense global threat
Adolf Hitler reportedly decides the Sudeten crisis is not yet ripe for a decisive move. Despite a fiery Nuremberg speech promising self determination, Nazi sources say the fuh rer will wait for a proper setup. He moved between Munich and Berchtesgaden as martial law unsettled the region.
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Italy Says It Is Ready to March to Aid Germany
Rome declared Italy prepared to move against perceived Czech crisis if Britain or France assist Germany. An official source said only full annexation of the Sudeten provinces could restore stability, and Rome would view Western action as aggression. No immediate move by democracies or Soviet aid was confirmed.
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Swiss asks League to aid blackouts during air defense test
Geneva reports the Swiss government asked League of Nations delegates to cooperate in nationwide night air maneuvers on September 27 and 28. Delegates from nearly 50 nations meeting in the assembly will be urged to extinguish lights and follow any orders from defense authorities.
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League of Nations
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Weddes
Garner Endorsed for Presidency by Texas Democrats
The Texas state democratic convention closed amid shouts after endorsing John Nance Garner for President in 1940. Delegates rejected Roosevelt and Lee O Daniel on abolishing the poll tax, voting against that principle.
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Beaumont
Texas
Ins
John Nance Garner
Roosevelt
Lee O'Daniel
Sudeten crisis escalates as clashes erupt in Haberskirch
Sudeten Germans clash with Czechoslovak troops in Haberskirch prompting police deployments. Henlein leaders declare negotiations will be on clear autonomy and reject the Carlsbad eight points. Casualty rumors spread as tanks join the street battle and both sides suffer losses amid street fighting and crowd confrontations.
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Prague
Haberskirk
Sudeten Germans Plot to Seize Area Sparks Martial Law Warns
Crisis bulletins report a planned Sudeten German move to join Germany prompting Czech martial law. U S travelers told to modify European plans, Ambassador Philipps cancels departure, emergency cabinet to meet, British leaders stay near London, Sudeten Germans flee across the Czech border into Germany.
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