Tragic, Multi-Vehicle Crash Near Watertown Claims Six
Six people die and two are critically injured when a large semi trailer collides with cars four miles east of Watertown South Dakota on Highway 212 early today. Victims include Mike Kirsch and Joe Applehof. other injured are Inez Wolleber and Henry Howell. The crash prompts an inquest and prompts officials to note it as one of the region's worst traffic disasters.
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Watertown
Here
South Dakota
Mike Kirsch
Waverly
Codington County
Joe Applehof
Johan Walsh
Henry Korbel
Branzburg
Arnéll Aussie
Henry Howell
Raschke Brothers
Inez Wolleber
John Wolleber
Near Summit
Kirsch
Ray Losials
Rsch
Losivk
Tri-State ‘Transportation Company
Ga W. Bryant
Minneapolis
Bryant
Lesiak
K Cay
Emil Scharn
C. M. Broe
Fust
Laslie B. Mathiesen
Pierre
W. J. Goetz
Motor Patrol
Congress Delays Adjournment as Tax Bill Work Continues
Washington Sept 24 1941 Congress abandons weekend adjournment as a joint conference committee tackles the excess profits tax bill and defense appropriation, with leaders signaling limited chances for quick passage. Burke argues to prioritize Ramspeck civil service expansion while Logan Walter fight looms. House approves 267 million deficiency bill funding defense training and airport development, then moves to strong peacetime sabotage penalties.
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Kentucky
Burke
Nebraska
King
Utah
Tax Bill Conference
Wallace Calls Monopoly a Major Threat to Free Enterprise
Henry A. Wallace, Democratic vice presidential hopeful in Indianapolis, argues that danger to free enterprise lies in high finance and holding companies not politics. He accuses Commonwealth and Southern, once led by Wendell Willkie, of pressuring media to stifle coverage of the TVA and defends production efficiency over finance control.
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Indianapolis
Henry A. Wallace
United States
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Orate
Fred F. Bays
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Commonwealth ' and Southern Corporation
Wendell LeWillkie
Chattanooga News
TVA
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Massive American Legion Parade Attracts Millions In Boston
In Boston on September 24 the American Legion parade drew crowds estimated around 3 million, with police citing over two million earlier. Bands blared banners waved as marchers passed landmarks of national history along a packed route. Mounted officers controlled the dense throng.
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No Verification of Heavy German Losses
British military sources refused to confirm dispatches from the French Spanish border reporting Germany used 50 000 to 60 000 picked troops in a Sept 16 disaster as Hitler's invasion fleet was scattered. Neutral sources discounted the claim and questioned its accuracy.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Daily Mail
Harold Cardozo
Longstaff Quits City Attorney Post in Huron
James Byrnes named as city attorney to replace George Longstaff who resigned at the weekly city commissioners meeting. Longstaff had served since 1935 amid controversy over the city government changes and stated his withdrawal was supported by a majority of the Board of Commissioners.
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James Byrnes
Huron
George Lonestat
Longsta
J. S. ‘Tschetter
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Longstaft
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City
Ensy
Pheasant Queen Tours Central South Dakota
Miss Edith Smith the Pheasant Queen spoke from the Hotel Sherman in Chicago detailing her Central South Dakota pheasant hunting tour. She described the region as a hunter’s paradise and outlined events from her arrival at Union Station to meetings with writers and sports shops.
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Huron
Sherman
Chicago
South Dakota
Miss Smith
Union Station
Axis Considers Attitude Of U S in Rome Talks
Berlin reports say Ribbentrop and Mussolini weighed the United States position in Rome and resolved to press on against Britain on all fronts. The Axis allegedly aims for a new Europe with equal member states under a Europe community and seeks to threaten British fleets by severing the Suez route and contesting Gibraltar.
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Japanese advance into Indo China expands Southeast Asia control
Tokyo reports 131 Indo-Chinese troops killed as Japanese forces seize 240 prisoners including French officers. Dispatch notes French and Indo-Chinese fights continue near Hanoi with two Japanese planes shot down. French concerns arise over a Japanese troop passage through China and air base access at Haiphong and Tonkin.
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Tudor China
Tonkin
Haiphong
Chiang Kai-Shele
Japan
Burma Road
China
Advocates Public Hunting Grounds Expand Access
SIOUX FALLS Sept 24 Adv D F D J W Cluett state fish and game director calls for women to buy licenses when fishing and for increased public hunting grounds for the poor. He argues most prime goose and duck areas are leased to the well to do and receipts should support waters and stocking.
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J. W. Cluett
Cluett
Landing Attempts On Gibraltar And Dakar Battle Report
French warplanes bombarded Gibraltar for nearly three hours in a major strike described as blow for blow to Britain. British forces shell Dakar as a second ultimatum expires, with De Gaulle claiming Africa’s forces repulse the Dakar landings and reprisals target Gibraltar.
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France
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Atlantic
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Vichy
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Free French
London
Charles de Gaulle
Reuters
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Waterloo
Thames
India Docks
Dover
Jean Darlan
Africa
International Situation Today Across Fronts AP Summary
AP reports mass Allied clashes and French losses at Dakar while Dakar defense holds. British counter landings denied by London, while French planes strike Gibraltar in a retaliatory move. In the Far East Japanese advances in Indo China cause French defenses to falter as embargo talk surfaces in Washington. Nazi air offensives pound London as Berlin and Rome weigh Greece and Spain ties in the Mediterranean.
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Greece
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Hitler
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Reports From Dakar Aide De Gaulle Emissaries
British Ministry of Information in London refutes reports of British landings near Dakar and says no such assault was attempted. De Gaulle’s London HQ says only emissaries with a white flag landed. several party members were killed as Dakar defenders fired. A Japanese paper warns Japan will resist moves to base U S naval forces at Singapore.
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Ministry of Information
London
Dakar
de Gaulle
United States
Foxx belts 500th homer as Red Sox rout A's in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on Sept 24 Jimmy Foxx hit his 500th major league home run as Boston overwhelmed the Athletics 16 to 8 in the first game of a doubleheader. Ted Williams and Joe Cronin also homered as the Red Sox connected six times.
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Joe Cronin
Illness Fatal To Railway Executive
Hale Bolden, 71, a leading railroad figure and former chairman of the Southern Pacific Company, died after a 12 day illness. He joined the company in 1929 with a salary of 160000 a year.
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Hale Bolden
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Southern Pai Company
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