Britain at War Sees London Bombed and Invasion Threat
Britain braces as self-propelled barges watch French ports for a Nazi invasion of England. Churchill calls a secret parliament session amid London bombing, Bertha guns shell the capital, and 2,000 killed plus 8,000 injured in ten days. Germans face fog and British air countermeasures while Italy pushes into Egypt, threatening Alexandria and the Suez. British plan a retreat to shorten lines with limited forces.
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England
Churchill
London
Buckingham Palace
Strand
Fleet
Bond Streets
Leicester
Berkley
Picadilly
Cheapside
Bank of England
House of Parliament
Berlin
Warsaw
Paris
Hitler
Schiphol
Ypenburg
Netherlands
Calais
Dunkerque
Abbeville
Antwerp
Boulogne
Egypt
Near East
Sidi Barrani
Sybian
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Thun
Draft Registration Sets Oct 16 For First Peace Time Draft
President Roosevelt set October 16 for a nationwide draft registration of 16.5 million men aged 21 to 38. Local boards will assign numbers, draw in Washington, and issue questionnaires to determine classification for immediate service or deferral. Base pay listed, training targets for 1 million by January, with rapid expansion plans and a $1 billion defense fund request. National Guardsmen mobilize. aviation orders and defense appropriations accompany the effort.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Army
Navy
Bankrupt Perry county files in federal court
In eastern Kentucky Perry county filed a petition in bankruptcy in the federal court. It is believed to be the first county in the nation to take such action. Steel ingot production in August was 6 033 037 tons, the third largest on record. Wheat grain experts in Chicago forecast a Canadian spring wheat surplus of 508 000 000 bushels, second largest on record. Education fears about defense jobs and conscription affecting college enrollments faded as fall enrollments stayed normal. University of Californiasto drop by 700. Living costs survey suggests food prices unlikely to rise much for the balance of the year. In defense contract saturated communities rents will rise, with overall costs up 2 to 5 percent by spring.
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Perry County
Kentucky
Chicago
University of California
Roosevelt and Willkie clash over wartime policy and wealth
President Roosevelt spoke at the Teamsters convention in Washington urging continued gains on collective bargaining hours and social security while vowing to keep war away from US shores. Willkie, touring the West from Coffeyville to California, warned of a potential third term dictatorship and attacked Roosevelt as the Munich agreement godfather amid other campaign spins.
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Roosevelt
Teamsters’ Union
Constitution Hall
Washington
Wendell Willkie
Chicago
Lindbergh
Coffeyville
Kan
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Willkie
Munich
Pershing Birthday Note Amid War Talk and Aged Giants
The piece recalls General John J. Pershing at 80, noting he offered no special message for the United States but expressed hope England could endure. It also remembers Leonor F. Loren, 82, a railroad era figure once head of Delaware and Hudson, and mentions Lester P. Barlow, inventor of an oxygen-carbon bomb claimed to be wartime tech.
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John J. Pershing
United States
England
Leonor F. Loren
Harriman and
Hill
Jersey
Delaware and Hugaon
Lester P. Barlow
Barlow
Quiet study corner in yellow green scheme from on hand items
A homemaking sketch describes a girl’s quiet study nook decorated in yellow and green using on hand materials. A repurposed box wall shelf doubles as a hanging unit, a chair with slip covered fabric matches the green yellow palette, and a repurposed kitchen table serves as a desk.
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Edward C. Wayne
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Britain
Italy
Chamberlain
71St Regiment
New York
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House
Jasper
Alabama
William B. Bankhead
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Mr. Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Ala
Sam Rayburn
Texas House of Representatives
Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Bremerton
Waah
Newport
R. I
Marc Jeland
Calif
Frank C. Walker
Eerneo
Luke
Mathew & 1A
Christ
Yoo
America
Jesus Christ
God
International Unday School
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
Boos Bible Institute of Chicago
Western ‘Newspaper Union
Myra
Spears
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
New Fork
Devil
Mada
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Kellogg Comm
R. Ly Stevenson
Feceng
Tours
Seater 1
Bvestselling Bet Hane
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