Sinking Of Greek Cruiser Helle Sparks Greek Naval War Tensions
Athens reports the light cruiser Helle was torpedoed in Tinos harbor by an unidentified submarine. One petty officer died and 29 were injured as Greece orders all ships to stay in port amid rising Italy Greece friction. Premier Metaxas conferred with military chiefs and censorship tightened.
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There Are The Pigs British Cry As Nazi Raiders Sweep Over Isles
Allied defense reports describe German raids on the southeast English coast with multiple air battles. Observers witnessed dogfights over the coast, planes shot down, and bombers striking inland while RAF fighters countered with Spitfires and Hurricanes. Reporters note halted hotel lighting and intermittent telephone accounts from an Associated Press correspondent.
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Lympne
Beautiful Voiced Dogs Acquitted In Dallas Court
In Dallas Texas on August 15 to 19 Judge Joe Hill dismissed a case against W C Green for not buying licenses for 11 hound dogs that bay at the moon. Green said the dogs have voices, some bass and soprano, and Tennessee is cited as a context for listening rather than hunting. The judge referred to the Bugle Ann Case in the exchange.
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Tennessee
Two Killed In Aberdeen Crash
In Aberdeen on U S 12 four miles west of town an auto collision Wednesday evening left two dead and six injured all occupants of one car. The dead are Ford Olson of Mobridge a druggist and his wife Mrs Olson who died later. Also injured were R V Van Schaak of Mobridge and his wife their daughter Hazel 10 and niece Darla Netherda 8 of Wood S D. The Van Schaaks were to be discharged today. the two girls remained in hospital with leg cuts while Mrs Van Schaak had minor bruises. The Mobridge car reportedly turned into a farmyard for water causing the crash with the Christian car churning the left front end and sending the Olson car into a ditch and rolling. The Christian car stayed on the road.
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Mr. Christian
Christian
Hurt
Royal Couple Depart Bermuda for Bahamas Sail Today
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor left Bermuda under secrecy for Nassau to witness the governor's oath. The Duchess will receive a rare honor, seated on a dais above officials, during the inauguration ceremonies as the governor’s wife.
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Nassau
Conscription Bill Hits New Snag In Shedd's Report
The Senate debates a Burke Wadsworth conscription bill amid Army cautions that full intake cannot occur before December. A Maloney plan to delay conscription to 1941 gains traction if voluntary enlistment meets targets. House pushes mobilization of National Guard and reserves for a year as defense efforts accelerate.
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Mercy Death Choice Ends For Ill Baby Colan
In UMmIUAGO Aug 15, two year four month old Helaine Colan died after physicians and clergy decreed a mercy death rather than surgery. The child’s glioma caused blindness, with one eye already ruined at two months old. Her parents Herman and Estelle Colan faced the dilemma as doctors removed the left eye and part of the optic nerve to try to halt spread.
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Thousand Planes Rain Bombs On Croydon Airdrome
German raids unleashed a vast aerial assault on Britain with a thousand warplanes striking Croydon and targets across southeast and northeast England. British defenses fought back as Luftwaffe used bombs on docks, ports, and industrial sites while Italians push in Somaliland and parachute probes spark midlands alarms.
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U S and Japan Reach Agreement On Defense Sector
An agreement splits Shanghai's international settlement control after British troop removal. The 4th U S Marines under Cal DeWitt Peck take the central district including downtown, while Japan assumes West Hongkew and the northern area within the settlement and the extra western district with existing Japanese police influence.
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West Hongkew
Soochow Creek
Western District
KABR Power Increase Authorized in Aberdeen
Washington reports the Federal Communications Commission authorized KABR Aberdeen South Dakota to raise transmitter power from 500 watts at night and 1 kilowatt by day to 1 kilowatt both day and night, expanding its broadcast reach and service.
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