Ferry Plane With Ten Men Aboard Lost
A RAF ferry command transport plane with ten aboard is missing. Among them are two Americans and Count Guy de Baillet Latour, Belgian embassy assistant military attache, and Count Henri de Baillet Latour, son of the IOC chair. The list includes U.S. Navy Captain S. Picking and Flight Engineer C. A. Spence. The plane departed from Canada for England.
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London
Guy de Baillet-Latour
Henri de Baillet-Latour
RAF Ferry Command
Air Ministry
James Clement Dunn
U. S
Cordell Hull
Washington
Guy
Igian
S. Picking
U. S. Navy
Charles Alvan Spence
Little Neck
Canada
North America
England
Mark Benjamin
Wembley
Eng
Central Scientific Office
Count Guy de Baillet Latour
Barbers Urge Price Bottom West Virginia Motion
Charleston September 2 delegates at the Master Barbers and Beauticians of West Virginia urged minimum prices for all beauty and barber shops and a membership drive. They concluded a convention urging passage of a minimum price law by the 1943 legislature. Details to be worked out at the 1942 convention. See BARBERS URGE Page 4.
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Charleston
Grafton Sentinel invites Anna Phillips to theater shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Anna Phillips of 94 Walder Street to tonight's screenings at the Strand theater or the Dixie theater. The notices advertise Reaching for the Sun at the Strand and The Devil and Miss Jones at the Dixie, with identification possibly required.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Anna Phillips
Walder Street
Strand Theater
Miss Jones
Dixie Theater
Fierce Red Counter Attacks on German Front Across Europe
Washington reports the Senate finance committee forecasts a major tax bill could raise about 4.5 billion dollars annually, with a treasury estimate around 3.67 billion. If passed, revenue may near 19 billion next year, prompting optimism for passage by the weekend despite expected debate. In Moscow, Red Army counterattacks push into central sectors from Smolensk toward Leningrad and the Dnieper, with a German regiment from Toul routed. Soviet naval planes sink a Baltic vessel as casualties for the German army mount to about 2.5 million with 1 million dead.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Republic
George
D-Ga
Treasury
Senate
House
Joint Conference
Senate Committee
Moscow
Red Army
Smollensk
France
Toul
Nancy
Leningrad
Dnieper
Baltic Sea
Germans Compare FDR With Alex Kerensky
Berlin reports quote authorized German sources characterizing Roosevelt's Labor Day address as offering nothing new in foreign policy while illustrating the American leader in the role of Kerensky. They describe Kerensky as the socialist premier of Russia who faced Bolshevism and suggest the comparison reflects caution about future U.S. moves.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Kerensky
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Two Men Escape Injury After Plane Forced Landing
Two men, unnamed, escaped injury when their light plane forced landed in a cornfield near the old Sweet Springs hotel at the Virginia West Virginia border while en route to White Sulphur Springs. They lost their way.
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UNION
Sudden Death Strikes Score Within State
West Virginia faced a fatal Labor Day weekend with at least 20 deaths from various causes. Lightning killed Mrs. L. J. Phillips, 29, wife of an Elizabeth physician, on a Parkersburg golf course. her husband and another man were injured. Several drownings, shootings, and other accidents followed across the state.
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Charleston
West Virginia
L. J. Phillips
Elizabeth
Parkersburg
Teath
Charlet
New
Raleigh Road
Easy Payment Limits Begin in U S Stores and Banks
Washington reports the first full day of business under new federal installment credit rules. The reform fixes minimum down payments and an 18 month limit on repayment for selected consumer goods and small cash loans, with 33 1 3 percent down on autos and boats and 20 percent on major appliances.
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Washington
America
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Coast Artillery Training Units Activated at Three Camps
The War department announced 15 new coast artillery training units are being placed on active list at replacement training centers. At Camp Wallace Texas two group headquarters two battalion headquarters and six batteries were activated yesterday. At Camp Callan California one battalion headquarters joined the active list. On another date four batteries of troops will be activated at Fort Eustis Virginia.
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Washington
War Department
Coast Artillery
Camp Wallace
Texas
Camp ‘Callan
Calif
Fort Eutts
Family Vacation Ends In Indiana Road Crash
The Hoffmans, traveling from Coffeyville, Kansas, had a tire blowout after a passing car ripped off a fender and wheel. They repaired the car, but a second tire blew, flipping the vehicle into a ditch, forcing their trip to Indiana to be canceled.
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Indiana
Coffeyville
Kas
Fred Hoffman
FDR Skirts Japan in Labor Day Address
President Roosevelt delivered a militant Labor Day radio address focusing on Adolf Hitler and the Nazis while omitting any direct mention of Japan or Far Eastern affairs. Analysts interpret the omission as signaling cautious diplomacy amid ongoing exchanges with Japan as Nomura visits the White House and Hull hints at possible future discussions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
Pacific
Hyde Park
N. Y
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Kichisaburo
Nomur
Prince Fumimaro
Konoye
Legion Post Goes to Vogel in Huntington State Meeting
West Virginia Legionnaires endorsed Louis A. Johnson of Clarksburg for secretary of war by unanimous vote and asked President Roosevelt to appoint him. Delegates also elected Ray H. Patterson to lead the department as commander and chose Fairmont as the 1942 convention city with W. Elliott of Keyser reelected to the national executive committee.
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Huntington
West Virginia Legionnaires
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
Roosevelt
Johnson
American Legion
Lindberghs
Wheelers
Fairmont
Ray H. Patterson
Wellsburg
Six hundred killed in U S over holiday weekend
An Associated Press survey shows six hundred fourteen people died in accidents or violence during the holiday weekend. Of these, four hundred sixteen occurred in highway crashes as vacationers filled roads. Seventythree drowned and 125 died in shootings stabbings fires and other violent causes.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
South
Nebraska
Gas Holiday Fear Voiced By Eastern Dealers
Philadelphia September 2 A regional meeting of gasoline retailers warned a nationwide service stoppage could occur across about 100000 stations on the eastern seaboard unless the government ensures a living margin for dealers. Benjamin L. Jacoby of the Associated Gasoline Retailers of Philadelphia said the issue would be raised with the Easter states conference and possibly with President Roosevelt. He criticized the new 15 percent September quota based on July sales as inadequate and blamed Acting Petroleum Coordinator Ralph K. Davies for the shortage impact, noting July was a poor month due to vacations.
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Philadelphia
Seaboard
Benjamin L. Jacoby
Associated Gasoline Retailers
Vicinity
Roosevelt
Jacoby
Ralph Davies
Maine
Florida
Ralph K. Davies
Slayer's Confession Frees Innocent Negro
Washington reports Jarvis R. Catoe 36, a confessed slayer, admits a murder for which James M. Smith 41 had been convicted and served five years of a life sentence. Police say the confession clears Smith and implicates Catoe in Dancy and Strieff cases.
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C. P
Francis X. O'Brien
William Hylan
New York City
Washington
Jarvis R. Catoe
Catoe
Evelyn D. Anderson
New Yorke
Betty Strieff
James M. Smith
Mi ‘Dancy
Selectees Stage Costly Furlough Trip in Taxi
Five Pennsylvania selectees training at Fort Bragg N C hired a taxi for a 1250 mile round trip home costing 105 dollars, their pay for a month. The trip over the holiday weekend will be remembered at least for a month.
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Montrose
Pennsylvania
Fort Bragg
N. C
Japan considers ocean safety zone around islands
Premier Konoye was reported to be weighing a full ocean safety zone around Japan as a U S gasoline carrier neared Vladivostok. The federation of nationalist groups urged invocating the zone while criticizing U S pressure and aid to nations hostile to the Axis. Japan pressed Moscow and Washington over U S war supplies to the embattled U S R.
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Tokyo
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Russia
Vladivostok
Sanjuro Hayashi
Asia Development
Federation
Konoye
United States
Mei
Singapore
Malayan
Moscow
Washington
U. S. SR
Ichii Kishi
Berkeley Springs Tomato Festival Draws Record Crowds
Berkeley Springs Morgantown daily reports the Fifth Annual Tomato and Health Festival on a three day run with record crowds. The parade featured Miss Natalie Bailey Queen Morgan V leading the march after beauty contests and a baby derby. Nancy Roach won the diaper derby with a 35 foot crawl, while Emma Jane Hassock placed second.
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Berkeley Springs
Morgan County
Natalie Bailey
Morgan V
Nancy Roach
Emma Jane
Hanscock
Randolpht
Japan Faces Internal Struggle Over East Asia Policy
Reports from Shanghai say Japan is torn between German-influenced extremists and moderates over plans to shape Asia Pacific dominance. Possible actions include a drive on the Netherlands East Indies, Thailand, or Vladivostok, and a potential overthrow of the current government with a possible rapprochement with the United States and Britain.
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Japan
Shanghai
Tokyo
Pacific
Asiatic
Netherlands East Indies
Thailand
Vladivostok
Russia
United States
Roenoye
Fce
Britain
Ote
Japan Threaten War If Encircled by Allies
The Tokyo government and army officials issued a fiery broadcast claiming Japan will use force if needed to break an encirclement by America, Britain, Russia and others. Colonel Mabuchi, head of the army press section, said Japan will pursue its Asiatic program even at the cost of long war with the United States, a stance seen as blustering and potentially aimed at influencing ongoing negotiations in Washington.
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Dewitt
MacKenzie
Tokyo
America
Balain
Russia
Mabuchi
Imperial’ Headquarters
Japa
Japan
Jericho
Washington
Fotone
We The eos re Sareea acaane at the Opera House
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local arts note mentioning Sareea acaane and a performance at the Opera House, with unclear surrounding details andPostal markers.
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New York
Strand
Dixie
Fdr
Alex Kerensky
Cornfield
New Coast ‘Artillery
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Vogel
Grafton
Ramsey
Gas “Holiday
East
Slayer
Lee
Tomato Fete
Nippon
Axis
ABC Powers
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