Willkie Urges Decentralization of Big Industry
Wendell L. Willkie, Republican nominee, winds up a string of talks and heads back to Colorado after urging widespread decentralization of industry to aid defense. He argues France fell to Germany due to a failed government setup, a line that frames his broader campaign messaging.
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William B. Ardery
Des Moines
Weddell L. Willkie
Colorado Spring
Colo
France
Missouri Has Hot Campaign in Missouri Primary
Missouri voters faced a million turnout expectation as the primary highlighted the Democratic race for U S senator. Incumbent Harry S. Truman battled Gov. Lloyd C. Stark and Maurice Milligan, all New Deal supporters, in a nationally watched contest tied to labor and New Deal issues.
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Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Lloyd C. Stark
Maurice ‘M. Milligan
New Deal
Truman
Tom Pendegast
Kansas City
Stark
Milligan
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs P. Smith to tonight shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. P. Smith of 634 Maple Avenue to attend tonight’s Strand Theatre presentation of Rebecca starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine or the Ditto Theatre showing Til We Meet Again with Merle Oberon and George Brent.
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Grafton Sentinel
P. 8. Smith
Maple Avenue
Rebecca
Laurence Oliver
Joan Fontaine
Strand Theatre
Merle Oberon
George Brent
Lindbergh urges cooperation with Nazi Germany in peace plan
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh outlines a future Europe under German dominance and advocates cooperation with the Nazi government at a Chicago mass meeting attended by under 20,000 people. He presents a peace plan addressing the gathered crowd and discusses U S handling of European affairs.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
U. S
Europe
Germany
Rescue on Mount Shuksan Brings Injured Chemist to Safety
Anne Cedarquist a 22 year old Shelton Washington chemist was carried to Belingham after a rescue from a narrow ledge at 8000 feet on Mount Shuksan. She lay injured nearly 24 hours as 24 men carried her by stretcher down a forest service road. Her companion Faye Plank Bremerton High teacher kept vigil 100 feet above tied by a rope while another rescuer sought aid.
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Wash
Anne Ceanhquist
Shelton
Mount Shuksan
Bellingham
Forest Service
Faye Plank
Bremerton
Miss Cedarquist
Miss Plank
H. Earl Boyer
Seattle
Shuksan
High ex New Dealer backs GOP nominee Willkie
High, ex New Dealer, joins Wendell Willkie forces in New York on August 6. The churchman author and former Roosevelt adviser writes to Willkie that he seeks to join a growing group of non Republicans supporting the Republican presidential candidate. He led the Good Neighbor league promoting Roosevelt's 1936 reelection.
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Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Lloyd C. Stark
Maurice J. Milligan
Topeka
Kans
Payne Ratner
Kansas
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ONEW
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CIO
Roosevelt
New York
Stanley High
Good Neighbor League
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Inner Council
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Wendell Willkie
White House
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Salvation Army Leaders In Japan Arrested For Espionage
Tokyo August 6 Seven Salvation Army leaders, all reportedly Japanese, were arrested on espionage suspicions, announced by the war office. The detainees include the organization’s Japanese commander-in-chief, with London headquarters cited. A nationwide roundup of Britons suspected of espionage reduced to seven after releases.
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Salvation Army
War Office
London
Secret Weapons Readied for Blitzkrieg on Fortified Island
Berlin reports from Brussels through Associated Press say Field Marshal Kesselring disclosed secret weapons and new warfare methods ready to strike Britain. He cited Eben Emael fortress fall near Liege as an instance of a perfected weapon used once, warning such devices must not be overused or risk copycat resistance.
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Brussels
Berlin
Britain
Albert Kesselring
Germany
England
Eben Emael
Liege
Zben Emael
Albert Canal
Atlantic
Strange ailment fatal to two in West Virginia family
In Sistersville on August 6 a mysterious illness killed a mother and her young son Donnie, with the wife dying yesterday after the burial. A third family member, Leslie Boyd's daughter, is dying or gravely ill as doctors study the case. Dr. H P West led autopsy and awaited lab results before comment.
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Sistersville
Leslie Boyd
Boyd
Donnie Boyd
H. P. West
Tyler County
West
Soviet Charges Murder Of Worker In Helsinki
Tass reports in Moscow that a member of the Society for Friendship and Peace with the USSR was slain in Helsinki. A Canadian volunteer, part of the Finnish international brigade, shot a leader but mortally wounded a different member at a public meeting, then was detained by workers. The Finnish press reportedly attacks the pro Soviet cause.
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Helsinki
Society For Friendship and Peace
Ussr
Tass
Briton-Japanese tensions ease amid arrests and air raids
London reports diplomatic easing as Britain prepares a House of Commons statement. British air defences repel German raids along the northeast coast and southeast England while Satoru Makihara, Mitsubishi London agent, is released. other Japanese detainees remain in custody with officials denying reprisal links.
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Japan
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Far East
England
Wales
Bank’s
Satoru Makihara
Mitsubishi
Home Office
Makihara
Shunsuke Takabe
Continued
Chief Nazi Julius Streicher Seen Alive on Franconia Farm
German officials refute a London report, stating Julius Streicher is in perfect health at Bleikersthof farm near Nürnberg. Streicher, former gauleiter of Franconia, was relieved of duties but remains listed in Der Sturmer. Reasons for suspension were not disclosed.
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Julius Streicher
Bleikersthof
Nurnberg
London
Streicher
Franconia
der Sturmer
Eight Killed In Crash Of British Warplane
Eight men died when a military plane carrying 12 officers and men from British South African and East African forces crashed in bad weather near Nairobi Kenya Colony. The incident occurred during wartime operations with casualties among Allied units.
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Nairobs
Kenya Colony
Army cannot equip troops under Burke-Wadsworth plan
Senator Wheeler charged the Burke-Wadsworth draft would leave the army short of equipment to train 400,000 men by October and questioned gear for 243,000 National Guardsmen. Senator Sheppard disagreed about immediate duties while noting only 55,000 Guardsmen would be called first, with broader registration of 12,000,000 men to follow.
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Jack Ball
Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Senate
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Local Issues Shape Quiet Kansas Primary Balloting
Topeka August 6 Kansas primary balloting showed little party mobilization as major figures in state and national tickets offered no stirring appeal. Governor Payne Ratner, seeking a second term, spoke on defense and democracy, while rivals Jay A. Welch Haddam banker and Clarence D. Lane Wichita pickle manufacturer offered little campaign activity.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Payne Ratner
Jay A. Welch Haddam
Clarence D. Lane
Wichita
Self Defense Claim Is Made At Slaying Trial
Wayne August report says Clyde Morrison 40 testifies he killed his brother Carlos 26 in self defense after wrestling a pistol from his hands at their father’s country store. Carlos, a former Notre Dame student and songwriter, was shot April 23 amid a dispute over World War II allied and axis strength. witnesses described an interpretive broadcast on the war.
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Wayne
Clyde Morrison
Carlos
Notre Dame College
Carlos A. Morrison
Europe
Bowers
Montreal Mayor Houde Seized Under Wartime Measure
Camillien Houde Montreal mayor and outspoken foe of conscription was interned under the War Measures Act. He surrendered quietly at City Hall after police surrounded him during departure following an anti registration statement. He was taken to an undisclosed internment camp.
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Montreal
Camillien Houde
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Houde
R. B. Han
Willkie Opposes Hasty Farm Policy Changes
Wendell L. Willkie stated he does not favor changing the present farm program unless a better one is gradually evolved and he would not take away benefits gained by agriculture in recent years. He spoke before departing for a Colorado Springs vacation.
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Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
Hull urges sacrifice to keep nation at peace
Secretary of State Hull called on the American people to personal sacrifice and armed readiness to deter aggression. He urged not complacency amid terrorism and warned that without resolve the nation could be drawn into war. Hull spoke before leaving for a West Virginia vacation following the Havana ministerial conference.
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Washington
Hull
Dancer
West Virginia
Havana
Nazi High Command Claims Sea Victory in July Losses
Berlin reports Nazi sea and air forces sank 657,674 tons of enemy merchant shipping in the last three weeks of July, excluding 21,650 tons of warships sunk by mines. Total losses since the war began reach 4,986,860 tons. Mines and heavy damage cited as increasing, with enemy ports repeatedly closed as proof.
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Berlin
High Command
Italian Troops Invade Egypt From Cirenaica
Rome reports an advance of Italian troops into Egypt from Cirenaica driving British forces back. Two tanks were captured and two destroyed in the frontier breach. The communiqué notes penetrations beyond the border but gives few specifics on location extent or force. Authorities in London said a sizable Italian force is concentrated in North Africa advancing toward the Egyptian frontier with fleet and anti tank artillery.
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Rome
Egypt
Cirenaica
North Africa
London
North
Africa
Draft limit proposal by Senator Lee targets 21 to 21 age group
In Oklahoma Senator Josh Lee urges a firm cap on compulsory military service to one million men aged 21 to 21. The move aims to curb presidential power to train troops without new congressional authorization, reflecting concerns over executive control of the draft and wartime manpower.
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Wepite
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Congress
Central Pro
Red Nominee Denies Guilt In West Virginia Fraud Trial
Beckley August 6 Oscar O Wheeler Communist gubernatorial candidate faced defense testimony after a prosecution witness quoted him saying the party would win the state if bullets were needed. Wheeler, a 54 year old goat farmer and former Beckley locksmith, testifies as the fraud trial enters its second day. A defense motion to strike prosecution testimony followed the state’s resting.
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Beckley
Oscar O. Wheeler
John Kincaid
Wheeler
Communist Party
Kincaid
Effie
Frank C. Burdette
Charleston
Young Roosevelt Lands Job in Lawyer's Office
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., 26, son of the president, receives a clerk position at the Wall Street law firm led by Eugene L. Gary. Gary says the young man will face ordinary duties and a year in the office before any evaluation. Roosevelt, a University of Virginia Law School graduate, has yet to pass the bar exam.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Wall Street
Eugene L. Gary
Gary
Young Roosevelt
University of Virginia Law School
Noted Mystery Writer Ends Life With Pistol
In Los Angeles on August 6 the body of Fred J. MacIsaac, 54, a well known mystery and adventure novelist, was found in his Hollywood home. A note read by detective lieutenant William Chase stated this was death by own action and cited being ill, tired and broke.
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Los Angeles
Fred J. MacIsaac
Hollywood
William Chase
Cudahy warns food for Belgium may reach famine by autumn
U S ambassador John Cudahy says Belgian food supplies may shrink to famine levels by mid September, with 75 percent of wheat gone and bread rations as low as 225 grams per person daily. He urges US readiness to apply force and notes King Leopold’s decisive stance.
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London
John Cudahy
Belgium
Europe
Leopold
Herbert Hoover
Ministry of Economic Welfare
Naat
Belgiara
Eest
Iwinter
Engineer blamed in fatal Pennsylvanian doodlebug wreck
Akron Ohio August 6 H L Shafer conductor of the Pennsylvania railroad doodlebug in which 43 perished confirmed the railroad claim that he and Thomas L Murtaugh had to sidetrack their motor mile back of the wreck Shafer who lost a leg and an arm in leaping from the car before it crashed head on with the freight train he thanked that the rest escaped death The fiery ordeal continued from page one
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Shafer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thomas L. Murtaugh
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