Chains Ready for Ceremony in Elwood Indiana
NBC CBS and MBS will combine chains for Wendell Willkie’s acceptance speech on August 17 in Elwood Indiana with an hour broadcast starting at 4 PM and a CBS preliminary at 3 16 PM. Also Harold Ickes will appear next Tuesday on Information Please on WJZ NBC.
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New York
NBC
CBS
MBS
Elwood
Ind
Wendell Willkie
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
WJZ
Europe
WEAF
Trapped by Films Feinstien Arrested in Perjury Case
Mrs Elsie Feinstein widow of a slain gangster was arrested in New York on perjury charges linked to home made movies. The reels allegedly show her with men accused in the murder and contradicts her sworn denials. Also reported are unofficial results from 3108 precincts in the governor race with McDaniel and others leading, plus Republican senatorial and gubernatorial contest tallies.
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Elsie Feinstein
New York
McDaniel
Allen McReynolds
Carthage
Pred J. Frankenhoff
St. Joseph
Guy W. Runnion
Kansas City
Manuel H. Davis
David A. Proctor
Forrest C. Donnell
St. Louis
Italian raid claims and aviation actions in British territories
Italian forces report capturing eight prisoners as part of a broader push. They announce an effective bombardment of Aden and Berbera naval bases and claim several British planes shot down. Invasion of British Somaliland is said to have begun in multiple sectors, with bombings of key fortifications observed.
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Aden
Berbera
Gulf
Samililand
I] Messagerie
Italiam
Truman Wins Unofficial Returns With Missouri Totals
Unofficial returns from 3 583 of 4 447 precincts show Truman leading with 211 545 votes, Stark 203 430, and Maurice M Milligan 97 359. The Post-Dispatch notes a St Louis organization switch aimed at backing Lawrence McDaniel amid southeast Missouri political shifts.
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Truman
Stark
Maurice M. Milligan
U. S
Kansas City
M'Daniel
Post-Dispatch
St. Louis
Old Time Radio Schedule Fragments from West Virginia Listings
Central West Virginia notices a dense radio schedule with many stations and programs listed. The fragment cites WEAF WJZ NBC CBS MBS WMMN and KDKA with shows from Amos n Andy to The Lone Ranger, Hardy pianists, and orchestras, plus weather and sports mentions.
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Nb-Weaf
Tim Healy
Stamp Club
CBS
Paul Sullivan
NBC
WJZ
Golden Serenaders
KDKA
Jack McKiuster
Sao
Lowell Thomas
MBS
Nbc-Weaf
Paul Douglas
WMMN
The
World Today
Amos 'N Andy
Fred Waring
Danny Ross
MBC
Mr. Keen
Lost
WEAF
News of
Europe
WEAPF
Easy
Hollywood Playhouse
Ben Bernie
Sheep and Goats Club
Sam
Doctor Christian
Wja
Fred Allen
Texaco Star Theatre
West Virginia
Univ
KDEKA
Roy Shield
Raymond Gram
Kay Kyser
Glenn Miller
Henry Weber
KKDKA
peBe
Vaughan Monrot
Orch
Dick Gaspane Orch
Sleepy Hall
Tommy Dorsey
Bob Chester
al Marisco
WLW
Gardner Benedict
Tommy Tucker
Skinney Ennis Orch
Gene Knupa
Earl Hines
Nineteen Missing After High Winds Hit Morgan City
Nineteen anglers on fishing trips are reported missing at Morgan City after 50 to 60 mph winds. Included are Rev Jules S Toups and C Russell Brownell, a state legislator. Officials warn fishing and shrimping will suffer and Muskrat populations may drown. A tropical storm near the Bahamas is moving west-northwest, with tides described as the worst yet.
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Morgan City
Jules 5. Toups
C. Russell Brownell
Bahamas
Adam F. Pepe
Shell Beach
St. Bernard Parish
Here
Jacksonville
Fla
Nazi Consuls and FBI Sabotage Probe
The article notes FBI field officers will adopt a 24 hour schedule to speed investigations of fifth column suspects. Congress sent to the Senate a bill allowing wiretaps in cases of sabotage treason and espionage. It also mentions Dr Gerhard Westrick commercial counsel of the German embassy in New York as a listed agent for recall to Berlin amid publicity of his activities.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
House
Senate
FBI
Westrick
United States
Monday with Hans Thomsen and German officials
Monday with Hans Thomsen, the German charge d affaires, was said to have brought no change in his status. Publicity about his relations with prominent New York businessmen was thought to displease German authorities. Baron Edgar Von Spiegel, German consul general at New Orleans, was also mentioned as a possible transfer clue. A remark blamed Germany for not forgetting U S aid to its enemies, prompting a state department inquiry. Sources said career diplomats favored withdrawing active Nazi party members from American postings to avoid further incidents.
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Hans Thomsen
New York
Baron Edgar von Spiegel
New Orleans
Germany
United States
State Department
Legion seeks delay in ruling on petition validity case
The Legion asks Circuit Judge Bouchelle to proceed or grant another continuance as Wheeler a 54 year old Raleigh county goat farmer and Communist gubernatorial candidate was convicted of fraudulently obtaining signatures for the nominating petition. He faces six to 16 years but secured a 60 day stay for appeal. Leona Wheeler and seven other petition signers are named defendants along with Secretary of State O'Brien. Plaintiffs include T F McWilliams and Stanley Hamric seeking to strike sufficient names to remove the Communist party from the 1940 ballot after a May 13 filing of 8684 names’’
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Legion
Julian F. Bouchelle
Wheeler
Raleigh County
Beckley
Leona Wheeler
O'Brien
W. 8
T. F. McWilliams
The
Stanley Hamric
Communist Party
Judge set to sentence Clyde Morrison in brother slaying
Circuit Judge C. W. Ferguson planned to impose sentence today on Clyde Morrison, 40, convicted of voluntary manslaughter for killing his brother Carlos Morrison, 26, in an argument over the European war.
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Wayne
C. W. Ferguson
Clyde Morrison
Carlos
Flemington Town Levy Estimate 1940 Council Session
In Flemington West Virginia Taylor County the August sixth 1940 council session estimated tax levies for the current year. The meeting with Mayor A N Stewart Recorder Stanley Fleming and councilmen included figures for estimated receipts and assessments covering real estate personal property and public utility property totaling the proposed levy and valuation figures.
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State of
West Virginia
Taylor
Flemington
Taylor County
A. N. Stewart
Stanley Fleming
Sam Isabella
Vincent McCauley
Byron C. Ross
Florian film at Strand blends empire fall and romance
Owen and Lucille Watson headline this Strand drama based on Felix Salten’s novel. Robert Young and Helen Gilbert star as lovers amid Austria’s postwar upheaval, with Irina Baronova and Lee Bowman in glamorous roles. Spectacular sets include imperial horse scenes and a ballet, with Charles Coburn and Reginald.
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Florian
Felix Salten
Austria
Strand
Franz Josef
Robert Young
Lone Wolf Meets A Lady Opens Dixie Theatre Tonight
The Lone Wolf arrives in Columbia in The Lone Wolf Meets A Lady starring Warren Williams with Jetty Jean Muir as leading lady and a $100,000 diamond necklace as the plot’s coveted prize. Eric Bierre plays Jamison as the adventure unfolds amid murder and jewel intrigue.
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Lone Wolfe
Dixie Theatre
Columbia
Lone Wolf
Warren Willam
Underworld
Michael Lanyard
Jetty Jean Muir
Jamison
Eric Bi Re
Lanyard
Italians Press on in Somaliland Campaign Moves
British military quarters report Italian columns advancing toward Hargeisa and Odweina in Somaliland with a main push from Gargara and Zeila. Brigadier A R Chater commands a force that includes the Somaliland Camel Corps and African rifles. Analysts view the maneuver as potential axis grand strategy to seize the Red sea entrance and threaten Egypt from Libya and the Red Sea.
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Zeila
Hargeisa
Berbera
Odweina
Ziela
Aden
Red Sea
A. R Chater
Somaliland
Kings African Rifles
British Somaliland
Aden Protectorate
Egypt
Libya
Gibraltar
Germany
Africa
Ars
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
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