Australian Cabinet Members Die In Plane Crash
Australian cabinet members and senior officials die in a flaming Lockheed Hudson crash near Canberra. Lieut. Gen. Sir Cyril White and Brigadier Geoffrey Street, J W Fairmain, Sir Henry Gullett, Street's secretary Colonel Thornthinwall, and six crew members are among the dead. Premier Menzies calls it a national calamity as the cabinet meeting is postponed.
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Sydney
Australia
Cyril B. B. White
Canberra
Melbourne
Geoffrey A. Street
Defense
J. W. Fairmain
Air
Henry Gullett
Executive Council
Cyril
Col
Thornthinwall
Street
Immediely
Commonwealth Loan Council
Batiher
Robert G. Menzies
Roosevelt sees progress in defense program tour
President Roosevelt returned to the White House after inspecting New England defense projects. He said the preparedness program, though not fully underway, was speeding up the conversion of dollars into guns ships submarines and torpedoes as maneuvers near New York approached. He visited all New England states except Vermont.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
New England
New London
Conn
First Army
New York
Vermont
Boeing strike leader tops aviation workers in Seattle
Hugo I. Lundquist heads a walkout of Boeing airplane workers in Seattle Washington. Boeing builds many of America's warplanes at its Seattle plant.
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Aeronautical Mechanical Union
Hugo i. Lundquist
Boeing
Seattle
Wash
America
Lilly Choice For Chairman In West Virginia G.O.P. Meet
West Virginia Republicans gather in Charleston for a two day convention to nominate supreme court judges hear opening campaign speeches and unite behind incumbents. A. A. Lilly of Charleston is poised to be permanent chairman with Cousin Abe likely to be chosen for permanent organization. Judges John H. Hatcher and Haymond Maxwell appear the likely supreme court nominees. Attendees include state chairman Robert H. C. Kay national committeeman Walter S. Hallanan Mrs Cara Ebert and other leaders. An informal planning session preceded a predicted attendance of over 3,500 delegates and supporters.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Supreme Court
United Today
A. A. Lilly
Abe
Committee On Permanent Organization
John H. Hatcher
Beckley
Haymond Maxwell
Clarksburg
Robert H. C. Kay
Walter S. Hallanan
Cara Ebert
D. Boone Dawson
Thomas B. Sweeney
U. S. Senate
Kay
County's Traffic Record Perfect Thus Far In '40
Charleston August record from the state police accident prevention bureau shows 13 deaths in the first 11 days of August, bringing 1940 fatalities to 211 versus 192 for all of 1939 up to August. Counties with no deaths to date include Jackson, Wirt, Nicholas, Braxton, Doddridge, Monroe, Taylor, and Tucker.
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Charleston
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Jackson
Wirt
Nicholas
Braxton
Doddridge
Monroe
Taylor
Tucker
Girl Confesses Slaying Common Law Husband
Duquesne police report 19 year old Irene Drago confessed to killing Emil Walser, 24, claiming he threatened to leave her. Walser died from five bullet wounds at their apartment where they had lived over two and a half years.
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Duquesne
John Gillingham
Irene Drago
Emil Walsher
Walser
Gillingham
Nazi Raiders Renew Massed Bomb Attacks On England
German news reports claim renewed massed bombardment of England as air battles raged over the Channel and coast. DNB says bombs hit Portsmouth airport and fires started in the port while German recon planes claimed two British patrol boats sunk off Godwin Sands and numerous aircraft downed on both sides.
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Berlin
England
DNB
Channel
English
Portsmouth
Uniformed
Cirtlés
Godwin Sands
Deal
Eastchurch
Thames
Aldershot
Eight Paralysis Cases Reported To Charleston
Charleston Aug 13 Health Commissioner A E Mc Clue reported eight new infantile paralysis cases in the state four in Kanawha county three in Huntington bringing 29 cases from that city where poliomyelitis epidemic is worst The other new case came from Grant county The state total for the year now stands at 100 with three deaths
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Charleston
A. E. McClue
Kanawha County
Huntington
Grant County
McClue
Browder Denounces Barring Communists
Earl Browder, the Communist presidential candidate, denounces moves to bar Communist candidates from West Virginia and Arizona ballots as an attack on free elections. In Charleston, Judge Bouchelle halts listing Communist candidates, while in Phoenix Arizona officials refuse to certify the party for the primary ballot. Browder calls it a Washington-backed effort to steal Communist votes.
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New York
West Virginia
Arizona
Earl Browder
United States
Washington
Charleston
W. Va
Julian F. Bouchelle
American Legion
W. S. O'Brien
Phoenix
Dan Garvey
Communist Party
Browder
British Bombers Start 20 Fires In Amsterdam
British bombs started twenty fires in a densely populated area of Amsterdam last night. One person was killed and many injured. The attack was reported from Amsterdam with details via Berlin.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Taft Proposes Voluntary Training Plan Amid Draft Debate
Senator Taft proposed in May a permanent voluntary military training system to build a reservoir of 1.5 million trained men, as the Burke-Wadsworth draft bill faced Senate debate. Barkley opposed any plan delaying conscription. In the House, a military committee endorsed the National Guard and reserves mobilization measure with changes.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
United States
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Barkliey
House Military Committee
Former Miss America Used to Secure Army Recruits
The Army publicly featured Marilyn Meseke of Marion Ohio in a recruiting push to add 50 000 volunteers. Meseke, Miss America 1938 39 crowned in Atlantic City, lends her image to a familiar Uncle Sam poster saying I want you.
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Washington
Marilyn Meseke
Marion
Ohio
Uncle Sam
Accused Slayer's Trial Set for September 23
Welch Aug 13 The trial of Fred B. McClure mining engineer accused of slaying his employer over a $40 loan was set by Judge E C Marshall for September 23 McClure 39 pleaded innocent to an indictment charging moredr and to three charges of forgery He was arrested July 15 after the death of G D Hylton prominent McDowell County mining engineer Hylton's death was at first believed accidental
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Welch
Fred B. McClure
E. C. Marshall
McClure
Moredr
G. D. Hylton
McDowell County
Hylton
Zero Hour In German Drive Near At Hand
Berlin reports pointed to an imminent Nazi offensive against England with aims to destroy railways airports harbors industrial plants and gasoline depots before massing troops to land. German sources claim British air patrols avoid battles while Germany seeks to force engagements or risk strikes on coastal targets.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
England
Isles
Poland
Norway
Europe
Germany
Mannington Restaurant Operator Dies at 47
William Parker Loudenslager a prominent Mannington restaurant owner and World War II veteran died suddenly this morning at a brother's home. He formerly operated a chain of restaurants in the state. Survived by four brothers three sisters and two nieces. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Mannington
William
Parker Loudenslager
Loudenslager
Texas Corporation Head Resigns Post Under Fire
Capt.Torkild Rieber a 58 year old Norwegian born oil executive and $100000 a year chairman of the Texas corporation resigns after seven hour board meeting citing publicity detrimental to the firm. He had aided Dr.Gerhardt Westrick Nazi embassy commercial counselor in obtaining a driver's license and using a company car.
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New York
Torkild Rieber
Texas Corporation
United States
Wih
Gerhardt Westrick
Germany
Westrick
Richer
Willkie Blasts Dem Fundraising Tactics Sharply
Wendell L. Willkie declares Democratic National committee ruthlessness limits and praises Attorney General Robert Jackson and Senator Hatch for joining in a drive to bar sale of Democratic campaign books. He accuses corporate ads of being used to dodge the corrupt practices act and Hatch act. Continued on page 3.
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William B. Ardery
Colorado Springs
Colo
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Robert Jackson
Hatch
D.-N.m
Jakson
Highway Safety Week Proclaimed by Governor Holt
Charleston reports Governor Holt issued a proclamation naming September 8 to 14 as state highway safety week. It urges citizens to prevent accidents while noting 450000 school children will again use streets and highways next month.
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Charleston
Holt
Storm Death Toll Mounts In Georgia and South Carolina
The hurricane battered coasts of Georgia and South Carolina with at least 35 dead and millions in damage as relief groups report losses. The Red Cross cites 25 deaths of Black residents on St Helena Island near Beaufort and eight on Ladies Island. Savannah also reported two fatalities. A CCC boy was missing on Huntington Island near Charleston. Governor Burnet and Senator Maybank noted Beaufort County showing severe impact.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Red Cross
Washington
St. Helena Island
Beaufort
D. C
Bahamas
Ladies Island
Savannah
CCC
Huntington Island
Charleston
Burnet, R. Maybank
Beaufort County
Suit Instituted to Fix Price of Traffic Span
The Lawrence county bridge commission of Ironton filed in U S district court to fix the purchase price of a bridge across the Ohio river between Chesapeake Ohio and Huntington West Virginia. It seeks a jury appraisal after failing to agree on a price with Huntington Ohio Bridge Company which sold the loan to Cabell County Court for 2 million dollars. Chairman John Daugherty calls the Cabell sale exorbitant and aims to have it invalidated.
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Cincinnati
U. S. District Court
Lawrence County Bridge Commission of
Ironton
Ohio River
Chesapeake
Huntington
W. Va
Huntington - Ohio Bridge Company
Cabell County
Cabell Court
Hunterington
Lawrence County Commission
John Daugherty
The
Bridge Commission
Italian Greece tensions rise over Albanian affair blast
Rome reports the Fascist press accuses Greece of complicity in the supposed decapitation of Albanian patriot Daut Hoggia. The Tirana Tomori editorial blames Greece as the crime’s organizers and hints at Greek ties with England upsetting Italy. Il Telegrafo's Ansaldo signals Italy demanding Albanian territorial restoration.
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Rome
Greece
Daut Hoggia
Stefani
Tirana
Albania
Tomori
England
Athens
Giovanni Ansaldo
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Leghorn
Il Telegrafo
Italy
Sergeant Dupuy Named To Receive Training
EVANSTON NL Aug 13 Twenty police officers were awarded 1200 fellowships to study traffic control and accident prevention at Northwestern university traffic institute next school year. They come from eight municipal departments and 11 state agencies, chosen from 227 applicants with state police officer James N. Dupuy of West Virginia among Sloan safety award winners.
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Evanston
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Sret
James N. Dupuy
West Virginia
Many Federal Orders Are Received In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh reports firms in the district have secured 65 million dollars in U S naval and maritime shipbuilding orders this year with about 40 million more expected. K P Allen, naval institute member and Propeller club chairman, says national federal appropriations would push maritime spending for the year past 170 million in this area.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Commission For Industrial Expansion
U. S.1
K. P. Allen
U. S. Naval Institute
Propeller Club
United States
Maritime Committee
London Says Fight Planes Are Wrecked
Allied air defense reports indicate waves of Nazi bombers attacked Britain along the Channel front for the third straight day. At least eight German planes were shot down with nine others possibly destroyed, while long-range cannon fire and barrage balloons were employed in attempts to deter the raid. Port towns such as Dover and Portsmouth faced bombardment, though no conclusive shelling of a specific coast area was confirmed.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Biltuirleg
Britain
Channel
Dover
Portmouth
Pole
Tipas
Air Ministry
Britain Holds Narrow Edge in Fight Over Berbera
Rome dispatch says Italian bombers pound the Mediterranean arena as British forces defend Berbera after occupying Adadleh, with heavy aerial combat reported. Both sides claim losses while Malta and air forces resume operations to support the region.
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Rome
Somalilanda
Berbera
Adadleh
Monique
Malta
Mediterranean
Piccola
Aden
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Madeleine Carroll
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Dixie Theatre
Hugo A, Lundquist
Cousin Abe
Phine Hitler
Willkie
Charles Long
John T. Shanahan
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