Super Ministry of Supplies Named By FDR
Roosevelt creates a seven member board led by Vice President Wallace to run a new super ministry of supplies. The board decides how resources are allocated between military needs and civilian use, with Civilian hardships acknowledged and steps promised to ease disruption.
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Ministry of Supplies
FDR
Dunkerque
Baltic Sea
Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
White House
Defense
Harriman to Head U S Delegation for Moscow Aid
President Roosevelt announced he will appoint W Averell Harriman to lead an American delegation to Moscow to discuss aid to Russia. Harriman, now in London handling lease led operations, will be replaced by John Biggers in Britain. The Moscow delegation may include about six members and meets with British and Russian groups to coordinate aid and production efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Russia
Harriman
London
John Biggers
Office of Production Management
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Bertha 8h to night’s shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Bertha 8H of 345 Walnut Street to attend tonight’s presentation of Meet Boston Blackie at the Strand Theater or The Wagons Roll at Night at the Dixie Theater.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Bertha
Walnut Street
Boston Blackie
Strand Theater
Dixie Theater
Undertaker's helper confesses to war era rape slayings
Metropolitan police report a Negro undertaker's assistant, Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe, 38, confessed to two rape slayings in Washington and five other sex crimes in New York and the capital. He implicated Miss Jessie Strieff, a War Department employee, and Mrs. Rose Abramowitz among the victims. Undersecretary Robert P Patterson will speak at the Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins on October 4.
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Washington
Forest Fete
Metropolitan Police
Edward J. Kelly
Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe
New York
Jessie
Elizabeth Strieff
War Department
Des Moines
Con- 5
Kelly
Rose Simon Abramowitz
Elkins
Robert P. Patterson
H. H. Speicher
Speicher
Patterson
College leader warns that individuals must act to preserve democracy
Virgil M. Hancher, president of Iowa State University, addressing the Sigma Nu fraternity's 30th biennial meeting in White Sulphur Springs asserts that government can address ills but officials are not wiser than others. He cautions against belief in supernatural wisdom and power in government.
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United States
Virgil M. Hancher
Towa State University
Hancher
Worcester College of Oxford
England
Sigma Nu
Europe
Laval Attack May Be Symbol
Dewitt MacKenzie argues the Versailles assassination attempt on Pierre Laval and sabotage in France may signal a rebirth of the French nation. He notes uncertainty about timing and the broader impact beyond Laval as a symbol of military power in a troubled republic.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Pierre Laval
Versailles
France
Lafayette
Laval
Republic
Germans Vow Nazi Loyalty in Argentina
Argentina's congress probes Nazi influence as German Ambassador Edmund Von Thermann faces charges of accepting welfare funds and using them for actions opposed to his diplomacy. The inquiry notes 60 000 Germans in Argentina forming Nazi cells sworn to Hitler with a pending special report on embassy activities.
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Buenos
Congress
Berlin
von Thermann
Secret Japanese Note to FDR Creates Diplomatic Mystery
Washington August 29 Diplomatic quarters note man to man talks between President Roosevelt and Ambassador Nomura signal possible broad review of U S Japan issues Tokyo announced the imperial government sent a message from Admiral Nomura presented at the president’s request after a cabinet session The message described Tokyo s attitude toward the Pacific situation and its timing along with Konoye s involvement was deemed deeply significant officials said discussion would likely cover aid to Russia and other shipments though specific details were not released The Tokyo communication withheld what Konoye said or suggested in his personal message to the president and the White House State Department and embassy offered no hints for interpretation
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kichisaburo Nomura
Tokyo
Nomura
Pacific
Puminaro Konoye
Hull
White House
State Department
Prince Konoye
Iichi Kishi
United States
Prince “Konoye
Reds
Japan
America
British
China
Dutch East Indies
Kengo Tominaga
Navy
Domel
Raleigh County stations to close nights to conserve fuel
Beckley radios report service stations within three miles of Beckley will close from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. beginning Tuesday to aid the federal government in fuel conservation. The Raleigh County Gas Dealers association approved the move at a meeting last night.
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Beckley
Raleigh County Gas Dealers Association
Pacific Coast Faces Gas Cut On West Coast
Senators seek full information on the nations oil tanker fleet as Pacific coast may face gasoline sales curtailment like the east coast. Admiral Emory Land, head of the maritime commission, testifies before a Senate group studying petroleum shortages.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Eastern Seaboard
Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
Senate
Gulf Ports
Atlantic Seaboard
Davies
West
Japan cabinet holds emergency meeting on Pacific tension
Tokyo reports an emergency cabinet gathering with top officials and military leaders examining relations with the United States after Prince Konoye's message to President Roosevelt. Oil and war supplies to Russia via the Far East were cited as likely topics in further talks with Washington.
Army Records Top Tunes With Doughboy of 4 Era
Fort George G. Meade Maryland August 28 Two songs stand out for soldiers at the post On the Road to Mandalay and Maria Elena may join favorites heard by troops as the Library of Congress prepares to archive wartime music A mobile recording unit of the 28th division, loaned by the Library of Congress, transcribed the tunes during regimental moves
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Army Records
Fort George G. Meade
Mandalay
America
Library of Congress
Mademoiselle
Tennessee Hills
New River Fish Turns Into Swimming Torpedo
BECKLEY Aug. 29 A Radford Va powder plant tale says a plant engineer fishing in the New River hooked a j e a t f a l s then an explosion blew fish, skillet and hot grease over the kitchen. The engineer says the fish living below the plant became impregnated with nitro cotton and exploded in heat.
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Beckley
Radford
Senate Eyeing Huge Tax Bill And Spending Cuts
The Senate Finance Committee advances a 3.69 billion tax bill with a 209 million late addition and requests three non defense budget cuts of 1, 1.5, and 2 billion. Senator Byrd pushes a 14 member joint committee to trim non essential expenditures while defending higher taxes as necessary during defense emergencies.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Budget Bureau
Byrd
D-Va
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Electrician Killed at Westinghouse Factory in Sharon
Edwin K. Simpson, 29, an electrical tester, was fatally injured by an electric shock at the Sharon plant of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing yesterday. His mother is believed to reside in Chester, West Virginia.
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Sharon
Edwin K. Simpson
Westinghouse Electric and ‘Manufacturing’ Company
Chester
W. Va
Laval Slightly Worse Today in Paris France
In Paris occupying France August 29 doctors say Pierre Laval’s high fever may stem from infection in a wound caused by an assassin’s bullet near the heart. Peritonitis feared, possible operation discussed, initial surgery deemed too dangerous. Marcel Deat improving after being shot. Colette’s Caen home investigated. he allegedly fought with British troops at Dunkirk and sought to return to England to join Free French forces. Relatives questioned by local police.
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Paris
France
Pierre Laval
Marcel Deat
Germany
Laval
Deat
Caen
Paul Colette
Dunkerque
England
Delegates Journey Wide for West Virginia Legion Meet
Delegates to the 23rd convention of the West Virginia department, American Legion, travel distance records as Kenneth L. Heyl, a naval reserve in San Diego, flies 3 492 miles to the Huntington area for the event opening tomorrow. The legionauxiliary and other units are also noted in the preparations.
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Huntington
West Virginia Department
American Legion
Meeting at the headquarters cited in wartime dispatch
A brief report states leaders met at the headquarters for five days of discussions on political and military aid and war strategy. The announcement notes ongoing debates and attention to the war effort with no clear outcome yet.
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Elf
Pinetth
No South Tronta
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Strand
Dixie
Sarvis
Catoe
Jessie Strieff
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Konoye
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