Japs deny American hostage plot amid Russia aid concerns
Tokyo officials push back on hostage claims as U S aid to Soviet Russia prompts warnings. Ambassador Grew had discussed restrictions on Americans leaving Japan, while Ishii avoided specifics and urged delicacy in diplomacy amid tension in the Far East.
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Tokyo
0. S
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
United States
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
Ishii
Home Office
Soviet Russia
Vladivos
Far Eastern
U. S
Russia
Chagal
Far East
Polio Still High in State Morgan County Largely Free
Alabama reports 393 infantile paralysis cases to date while Morgan county remains free of the disease. In summer 1936 Morgan saw 35 cases and five deaths as several counties faced an epidemic with public gathering closures in July.
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Alabama
Morgan County
Morgan
Polio total in Alabama climbs with 14 new cases
Alabama reports 14 new poliomyelitis cases raising the statewide total to 393 as of August 19. Six cases appear in Jefferson and Walker counties, with one each in Calhoun and DeKalb. Since July 1 the total reaches 369 and August diagnoses reach 199, far exceeding August 1936 totals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Health Department
Jeferson
Birmingham
Walker
Jasper
Calhoun
DeKalb
Polio cases prompt possible school delay in Knoxville
With 12 polio victims counted, Knoxville city and county officials warned that schools could be delayed if polio cases rise further this week.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Alabama School Openings Postponed Over Poliomyelitis
Alabama State Superintendent Alpert H. Collins asked county and city officials to delay school openings to at least September 8, and September 15 in high case areas, affecting about 650,000 children. He conferred with State Health Officer J N Baker and sent letters urging consultation with local health officers before deciding start dates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alpert H. Collins
Collins
J. N. Baker
City strengthens disease precautions as new case reported
The twelfth case, an 11 year old boy, prompted expanded County actions. Eleven victims are boys. The YWCA barred girls under 12 from the pool and the YMCA warned its boys pool may close soon. Permits were issued for circuses Thursday and Friday with no admission for children under 12.
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YWCA
YMCA
Georgia Health Dept reports 454 infantile cases since June
Georgia records 454 infantile disease cases since June 1 with four new today. Union and Paulding counties each report one case, Atlanta and Fulton county outside the city report one each. Atlanta Board of Education meetings hint at delaying the September school opening. DeKalb County also notes a postponement from September 8 to 15.
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Georgia
Atlanta
State Health Department
Union
Paulding
Fulton County
Atlanta Board of Education
Possie
DeKalb County
W. M. Rainey
Fage
Seven Die as Blaze Hits Brooklyn Pier India Cuba Line Ship Panuco
A major fire on a Brooklyn pier left seven dead and about forty missing with 55+ in hospitals. The Cuba mail line ship Panuco and many small crafts were destroyed as hemp and other cargo fed the blaze. Investigators and federal officials opened inquiries into the cause.
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Panuco
Buttermilk Channel
New York Harbor
Brooklyn
New York
Cuba
U. S. Marine Inspection and Navigation
Panace
Edward A. Heffernan
Washington
Secretary of
Commerce Jones
FBI
Flood Bill Approved by Roosevelt to Backlog Projects
President Roosevelt signed a flood control authorization worth 275 million dollars stating no funds will be allotted to nondefense projects during the current emergency. White House aides describe the act as creating a backlog of projects to be tackled after the emergency ends to ease employment slack as defense production slows.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Talmadge Clamps Down Atlanta Press Inquiry
Governor Eugene Talmadge ordered a halt on reporting the current Georgia penal system inquiry, saying publicizing the developments only aids the convicts and harms the state. The remark followed intensified scrutiny of prison conditions and administration.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt Appeals to End Steel Yard Strike at Kearny
Reports say President Roosevelt urged Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co to follow the National Mediation Board and end the 12 day strike that has halted 493 million dollars of work at the Kearny New Jersey yard. If refused the government may take over the yard to run navy vessel contracts. The CIO seeks a union maintenance clause tying employment to good standing. the company calls that a closed shop. Other labor actions include the Pullman Standard Car plant strike near Michigan City by 1800 carmen, AFL building trades at Camp Lockett near San Diego seeking higher pay or room and board relief, and hearings in Washington on a nationwide strike threat by an independent union of telephone installers over a master wage agreement and seniority benefits.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
National Mediation Board
Kearny, N. J
CIO
Mediation Board
L. H. Korndorff
Navy
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Michigan City, Inc
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Carmen
00 Brotherhood
AFL Building Trades
Camp
Western Electric, Inc
FDR Urges Nationwide Safety Campaign
President Roosevelt called for a concerted drive against accidents to save lives and resources. He urged the National Safety Council to lead an intensified effort as the nation faces a rapidly rising accident toll, with traffic fatalities up 17 percent and projected accidental deaths over 100,000 this year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Safety Council
Record Heat Stretches as Northeast Sees Cooler Breaks
Heat remains entrenched across the south with Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi hot. Miami reports a 13th straight day of 90 degrees or higher, a new record. statewide rainfall remained light with scattered heavy downpours from Oklahoma to southern New England. Memphis, Advance, Evansville, Louisville, and Cincinnati logged notable rainfall totals.
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Associated Press
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
New England
Memphis
Advance
Evansville
Ind
Louisville
Cincinnati
Army moves to release many men from active duty
Washington announces an expected average 18 months of total active service for national guardsmen and selectees, with about 200,000 due for release by December 10 to allow homes before Christmas. Priorities favor dependency and hardship cases, older men, and married men seeking discharge, amid new legislation permitting up to 30 months and extensions.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Ally
Department Store Picketing Stirs Herald Square
About 500 union pickets marched at Gimbel's Herald Square amid a broad strike mobilizing 1500 employees. Police dispatched 100 patrolmen as shoppers flooded in from subway lines and nearby Saks and Macy's while the store stayed open.
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New York
Gimbel's
Herald Square
Square Ag
Gimbell’s
Saks
Macy’s
William Michelson
United Department Store Employes Union
CSU
Gimbel
Odessa Under Siege and Wartime Uncertainty
The morning attendant from the Ukraine, born in the Carpathians, notes Odessa’s dire situation as German air raids hit the Black Sea base. He fears a Nazi overrunning of Ukraine, but remains hopeful that a Russian victory could still halt Hitler’s push and end the broader war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Ukraine
Carpathians
Hitler
Odessa
Black Sea
Luftwaffe
Herr Hitler
Red Army
Bolshevists
High Command
Coat Nikolaev
Leidon
West Dnieper
U. S
Don
Dniepro-Petrovsk
Some Hope Seen In Russian Situation
A columnist notes Germany’s need to push from the invasion to the Volga and then to the Russo Persian border through the Caucasus, estimating 800 miles to the Volga and 600 more to the border with about forty days of usable weather left, and ponders whether the Germans can advance at roughly 35 miles daily before winter.
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Hitler
Volga
Caspian
Caucasus
Berlin
Officer Dies of Injuries in Arkansas War Games
Lieut. Col. Coger M. Still age 46 from Columbia Missouri died in a hospital after being struck by a four ton truck during maneuvers north of Camp Robinson. Still was directing traffic in a simulated attack when the truck without lights ran him down. Sergt Hubert L Sutton of Co E 163rd incurred bruises while attempting to pull him clear. He was the eighth soldier fatality in the Arkansas war games.
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Colonel Still
Toll of deaths in third army war games rises to four
In Alexandria, 115000 Reds versus 75000 Blues clash as 26 year old Sgt Frank Haughn of Leipsic Ohio dies after a truck patrol overturns near Basile. Earlier fatalities include electrocution from a power line, a tank overturn, and a recon car mishap.
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Alexandria
Frank Haughn
Leipsic
Ohio
Basile
Plane Found Near Sao Paulo After Disappearances
Searchers located the Panair do Brasil plane near Sao Paulo after it disappeared yesterday afternoon. Twelve people were injured including nine passengers among them Professor Philip C. Jessup of New York, a renowned lawyer and lecturer. Six ambulances raced to the crash site in a forest about PRS miles from the city center.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Panair Do Brasil
Philip C. Jessup
New York
Churchill Returns to London After Atlantic Talks
Prime Minister Churchill arrives in London from the Roosevelt Atlantic conference. He reports to the war cabinet on their talks and plans to intensify the fight against Hitler. King George receives him and Churchill to broadcast next Sunday at 9 p.m. East.
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London
Churchill
Atlantic
Roosevelt
War Cabinet
George
U.S
John G. Winant
Soviet Army Faces Fast Moving Ukraine Battles
News from the front describes German and Finnish forces threatening Odessa with heavy losses for Soviet troops around the Dnieper as Western raids continue. Odessa and Kiev area confront major prisoner and equipment captures as German claims of naval and air superiority mount.
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Talmadge
FDR
Army
Marine Corps
Miss America OF National Defense
Alma Carroll
Los Angeles
Dnieper
Moscow
Leningrad
Soviet
Britain
Cologne
Duisberg
Reich
Dnieperopetrovsk
Oest
Gereman
Lower
Kiev
Koros
Kingisepp
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