Rain relieves drought as Pacific fires rage and storms lash coast
Weekend downpours ease drought in the east while Western forest fires devastate Oregon and surrounding states. A Virginia twister kills two, wrecks homes from Fleeton to Mundy Point, and leaves over 100000 dollars in damages. Freeman crews suffer drownings and injuries as ships are grounded and rivers flood across the Carolinas.
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California
British Columbia
New England
New York City
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Baltimore
Fleeton
Mundy Point
Virginia
Carolinas
McCullers
N. C
Pine Ridge
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Los Padres National Forest
Wage-Hour Rules For Farms Listed
Washington Aug 20 Elmer F Andrews administrator of the wage hour division announced far reaching rulings on agricultural and horticultural employes exemptions from wage hour act regulations Those raising crops and livestock receive a flat exemption from both wage and hour provisions while those handling loading processing crops and livestock are exempt from the hour provisions The ruling notes that exemption for packing livestock does not apply
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Fight Looms Over Thanksgiving Date With New Congress
President Roosevelt hints at moving Thanksgiving earlier provoking a fresh clash with Congress over control of the holiday date. Anti Roosevelters seek to fix the day by statute, shifting power from the president. Bills likely to move in January. Armistice Day on November 11 complicates the timing.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
House
Democrats Set For Hot Battle
In Washington Aug 20 Democrats in Nebraska face a bitter intra party clash between New Dealers and conservatives over 1940 convention plans. Sen Edward Burke seeks reelection against Gov Roy Cochran allies with a possible draft Roosevelt delegation. Burke campaigns statewide as Cochran wins reelection last fall boosted by New Deal backing. A split could aid Republicans, signaling shifting Nebraska politics amid Virginia Mississippi and Kentucky delegate fights.
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Washington
INS
Nebraska
Edward R. Burke
Roy L. Cochran
Cochran
Burke
Senate
Virginia
Mississippi
Kentucky
Bilbo
Theodore
Man
Ardent New Dealer
Pat Harrison
Harrison
Rat Poison Good Mother Acts Fast
Kansas City report describes 3 year old Donald Beard finding rat poison. His mother C D Beard made him swallow an emetic and salt water then rushed him to a hospital where she claimed she saved his life. She fainted after the hearing.
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Kansas City
Donald Beard
C. D. Beard
Donald
Intensive Spy Hunt Underway Across U S for Espionage
The United States launches one of its most intensive espionage hunts to 411 active cases directed by J Edgar Hoover. FBI agents work with army and navy intelligence across the continent including Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico creating surveillance of war related factories and key defense targets.
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Washington
INS
Hawaii
Philippines
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Army
Navy Ace
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Navy
Richard C. Vogel
Juneau
Alaskan
Edgar Thompson
Atlantic
Canal
Robert Shivers
Hoover
Panama Canal Zone
Thompson
Panama Canal Locks
Federal Bureau of Investiga
Shaw Oil Witness Shot Dead in New Orleans
Dr. James A. Shaw director of the Louisiana conservation department minerals division died in Baptist Hospital from a self inflicted bullet wound at his home. He was to testify in the federal trial of former Gov. Richard Leche and Seymour Weiss on hot oil conspiracy charges and had recently been moved from his post. Shaw testified in Dallas last week about orders affecting oil production in the Roedassa field.
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New Orleans
James A. Shaw
Louisiana Conservation Department
Baptist Hospital
Shaw
Richard W. Leche
Seymour Weiss
Dallas
Tex
Freeman W. Burford
Leche and Weiss
Rodessa
Louisiana
Cops Crash in Safety Parade To Lead Dizzy Doings
A roundup of odd happenings across the country features a Van Nuys aviator crash, two Wheeling motorcycle cops colliding during a safety parade, a St Paul burglar lost in a house, a Bishopstoke boy scout rescuing a cat and needing rescue, lightning striking a Beaver County golfer and a Baltimore woman, and a Camden man’s false teeth stolen while he slept. The items add color to a day of quirky incidents as readers are invited to turn to page 5 for more.
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New York
van Nuys
Calif
Wheeling
W. Va
St. Paul
Bishopstoke
Eng
Beaver
Baltimore
Camden
N. J
George Bernard Shaw
Bull Dodging Okayed By N Y Humane Club For World's Fair Show
New York officials at the humane society sanction a test demonstration of bull dodging by Sidney Franklin at the World Fair. They approve daily presentation of the new sport while maintaining opposition to traditional bullfighting.
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N. Y. Humane Club
New York
INS
Humane Society
Wild West
Sidney Franklin
Spain
Latin America
Franklin
Mexico
Japs Refuse 9 Power Talks on Tientsin Currency Issue
Tokyo rejects Britain's call to consult all signatories of the Nine Power Treaty on the Tientsin silver and currency dispute. The foreign office says Britain should handle the issue within its own competence and warns against third party intervention. Japanese military spokesmen also threaten to blockade Hongkong.
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Tokyo
INS
Britain
Tientsin
Foreign Office
Japan
England
Hongkong
Partisan Politics Out Says Dies Says He Won't Promote Rivalry
The House committee led by Chairman Martin Dies of Texas says partisan politics will not drive its inquiry into un-American activities. He cites plans to expose major subversive movements and Nazi propaganda, insisting the probe remains nonpartisan while preparing to hear testimony on Nazi influence in American schools.
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Washington
INS
House
Martin Dies
Tex
Thomas
New Jersey
Dies
Lake Mohawk
N. J
Pontiff Sends Peace Appeal To Warsaw
An unnamed papal envoy departed Castelgandolfo for Warsaw carrying Pope Pius XII's personal plea to Poland to negotiate with Germany over Danzig to avert a European war. The envoy met Cardinal Maglione after discussing Poland's stance with Ambassador Casimir Papee and conveyed a message echoed in the pope's prior peace appeal to pilgrims and James Farley.
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Castelgandolfo
INS
Warsaw
Pius XII
Poland
Germany
Danzig
Pope Pius
Europe
Pius
Free City
James Farley
Casimir Papee
Holy See
Papee
Cardinal Maglione
Two Electrocuted On Subway Project
In Chicago a subway tunnel accident killed foreman George Mauseda and worker Daniel Lipascik as a 220 volt shock struck them while moving a steel form. Co worker Fred Ayres freed the bodies but suffered severe shocks. firemen failed to save them. The incident is the fourth accident in the $70 million project funded by PWA.
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Chicago
George Mauseda
Daniel Lipascik
Lipascik
Mauseda
Fred Ayres
PWA
Lovelorn Adviser Faces $250,000 Suit in Oregon
Edith Knight Hill writing as Marian Miller sues May C. Beebe in circuit court for alienation of affections claiming Beebe maliciously sought to win Hill via a Portland love advice column. Hill Military Academy head Joseph A. Hill is the husband involved.
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Portland
Ore
Edith Knight Hill
Marian Miller
May C. Beebe
Joseph A. Hill
Hill Military Academy
Nazis Grant Russia Loan As Two Nations Sign 2 Year Trade Pact
The two year barter pact between Germany and Russia links 80 million dollars in German credits to Russian provision of 72 million dollars in raw materials. The arrangement aims to project Axis strength for Danzig while avoiding immediate war, with optics of a wider economic military alliance that would falter if Danzig leads to full conflict.
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Russia
Germany
Danzig
France
England
Poland
Italy
Europe
Must Keep Ideals Lillys Are Told
Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson warns at a Lilly family reunion in flat top that nations are in an armed era and a globe spanning conflict could occur. He urges readiness to defend homes rights and ideals and calls national defense a sacred duty.
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Louis Johnson
Lilly
Johnson
Clarksburg
American Republic
Slovakia Host To Nazi Troops Brings Massive German Front
A TM dispatch from Zilina Slovakia reports a quarter of a million German troops massing along a 250 mile frontier with Poland. Concentrations cluster behind the Tatras with major points Cadca Trstena Orlov Mezilaborce and a central HQ at Zilina. Roads, bridges and public buildings are taken for military use as laborers repair infrastructure.
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Zilina
Slovakia
Poland
Tatra Mountains
Cadca
Trstena
Orlov
Mezilaborce
Hour Near for Solution Of Danzig Problem
Nazi District Leader Albert Forster told a 5,000 strong Langfuhr crowd that the hour approaches for a solution of the Danzig problem. He urged a return of the Free City to Germany and praised a peaceful Sudeten resolve without bloodshed. The rally drew about 3,000 uniformed and 2,000 civilian supporters under a hot sun.
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Danzig
Albert Forster
Czechoslovakia
Corridor
Fuehrer
Farmer to Try Hibernation In Hope of Cancer Aid
Iowa farmer Max Harlan, 42, from Stockport, arrives in Philadelphia to join Temple Fay and Lawrence W. Smith in a cancer treatment using induced suspended animation or “frozen sleep.” If eligible, Ice treatment begins Tuesday to slow cancer growth, with a five day dreamless sleep phase under mild anesthesia.
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Iowan
Philadelphia
Iowa
Max Harlan
Old Stockport
Harlan
Temple University Hospital
Temple Fay
Lawrence W. Smith
Germany Soviet credit treaty boosts Nazi access to Russian resources
Germany and Soviet Russia announced an 80 million dollar credit and a promise of 72 million dollars in Russian goods over two years. The deal aims to increase trade in manganese ores lumber gasoline oil and chemicals while Germany uses credits to buy machinery and parts. The accord is described by officials as a step toward stronger economic ties amid international tension and lagging Allied talks.
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Berlin
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Ickup
Plane Deliveries To Allies Slow
Washington reports British and French aircraft orders from 1938 face delays. Only about 30 percent of the 800 France, 450 Britain planes ordered have been delivered as war fears rise. Neutrality act could halt further shipments.
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Europe
Britain
France
U. S
Navy
Benes
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