New Drive Slashes Consumer Frills in Defense Push
The Roosevelt administration places defense first, signaling a consumer pinch as nonessential goods may be halted or scaled back. The Supply Priorities and Allocation Board outlines that every worker and machine must serve direct defense needs, threatening temporary suspensions or plant shutdowns if shiftovers cannot be completed. The new Super-Board, chaired by Vice President Wallace, held its inaugural meeting to chart the defense effort and its consumer impact.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
Germans Like Straw Shoes In Germany Demand Grows
Berlin dispatch reports German fashion leaders pushed straw shoe demand in Paris this year, but production cannot keep up. Rationing limits leather shoes to two pairs per person, boosting straw footwear popularity for winter models. Reich factories totaling 30 can only yield 3,000 pairs monthly, says Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
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Theatre clip invites Mrs. McFarland to strand or dixie showings
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Charles E. McFarland of 2031 West Main Street to tonight's screenings. Kay Francis stars in Play Girl at the Strand while The Devil and Miss Jones runs for its final night at the Dixie theater. Identification may be required.
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Churchill Kin Killed In Surrey Auto Crash
Lady Edward Spencer Churchill great aunt of Prime Minister Winston Churchill died when their car crashed into a tree near Cobham Surrey. Her daughter Lady Cowdray was seriously injured. Churchill was Britain's unofficial ambassador for peace.
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British score on battleship Luetzow hit by torpedo plane
London reports Sir Archibald Sinclair says a British torpedo plane hit the 10,000 ton pocket battleship Luetzow weeks ago. He cites improvements in Allied efforts, noting sinking of British ships in July was the lowest in over a year and coastal command has sunk or damaged numerous U-boats and aircraft while boosting RAF and army cooperation. King George VI expressed resolve to restore justice and freedom worldwide. The Battle of the Atlantic is not going badly, but will require sustained effort and concentration of attention.
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Archibald Sinclair
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Coastal Command
State Mediation Offered in Can Company Dispute
Charleston reports the state labor department offers conciliation services for a labor dispute at Continental Can plant in Wheeling. Commissioner Charles J F Sattler said he notified company officials and CSO representatives that the offer aims to prevent any work stoppage.
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Railroads list 20,000 tank cars now available
Senate committee heard that about 20,000 surplus railroad tank cars are ready to move 6 to 8 million barrels of petroleum monthly from Texas fields to the Atlantic seaboard. J. J. Pelley, president of the Association of American Railroads, said that despite rising oil transport, tank car use has declined, leaving a sizable surplus and potential for Eastward shipments.
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Corporal Will Wed Actress Sparks Betrothal Rumor
CORP ORAL PALMER BEAUDETTE and Cobina Wright Sr dispute plans for a November wedding in New York City. Beaudette says yes, while Cobina Wright Sr claims there is no truth and Cobina concentrates on her career near Reno.
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Bluefield Papers to honor publisher on 75th birthday
Bluefield on September 3 details an open house by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Sunset News staff in honor of publisher Hugh Ike Shott Sr. Shott, a 47-year veteran who founded the Morning Telegraph in 1894 and the Sunset News later, was prominent in Republican politics and served in the U S House from 1928 to 1932 and sought a U S Senate seat in 1936.
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Roane County Politician Dies in Spencer Hospital
Spencer news reports George Stienbeck a 64 year old Roane County native and longtime United Fuel Gas field man who died after five weeks of illness. He was active in politics and once ran for sheriff on the Republican ticket.
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Hitler Downs Sixteen Lands In Two Years
By James P. Hackett. The article notes Nazi Germany’s expansion across European nations and the global scope of World War II mobilization, citing neutral countries and vast war involvement, with estimates of hundreds of millions drawn into the conflict.
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August Worst Mine Month in Charleston History
Charleston reports August 1941 produced about 13 million tons of coal with 35 miner deaths, the highest monthly toll since 1940. Through eight months, fatalities total 180 as production reaches 87.5 million tons, a rate of one fatality per 486,700 tons, compared with July and last August.
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J. C. Houtz
RAF Round-the-clock Raids Hit Berlin and Frankfurt
London dispatch reports a continuous RAF assault across the night and into today targeting Berlin and Frankfurt with heavy bomber waves. Berlin saw fires from a smaller force but significant bombing, while Frankfurt faced rail and industrial targets. Attacks also hit Mannheim Ostend and Dunkerque as nine British planes were lost.
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Sees Torrid Heat In 1970 Des Moines Weather Forecast
Des Moines forecastist Charles D. Reed warns summers in the 1950s and 1960s may be unusually warm with the 1970s turning devastatingly hot. He notes 67 years of Iowa records show a 23 degree rise in July and August averages and links warming to glacier retreat and northward timberline shifts.
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Minne
Bathing Beauty Promoters Are Climbing Family Trees
Atlantic City pageant promoters for the Miss America contest now require each of the 43 contestants to outline their family background including notable ancestors or relatives. Marshall D Tyson, Miss America executive director, said the goal is to show the world the pageant’s storied lineage.
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Marshall George D. Tyson
Burnsville Man Charged in Fatal Shooting
Burnsville, Sept. 3. Bert Fast, 64, was arrested by State Trooper F. H. Tribett and charged with the fatal shooting of 36 year old Bobby Heaters at the Past home. Prosecuting Attorney Charles A. Duffield Jr said Fast would have a preliminary hearing today.
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Senate Opens Debate on Big Tax Bill Today
The senate convened today to debate a $3,672,400,000 revenue bill as Senator Clark (D Mo) scorns it as a hodgepodge. Other legislators oppose parts but back most provisions due to necessity. Clark vows a floor fight over lowering personal exemptions. Senator Connally (D Tex) opposes a committee amendment restricting community property state income division to reduce tax totals. This provision could delay passage.
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Du Pont Plant Averts Strike Over Election Delay
The national labor relations board opened a hearing to set the ballot date for a union election at the E I du Pont de Nemours Belle plant. A strike order withdrawn by the CIO’s United Mine Workers Chemical Division prevents a work stoppage, with contested majority claims by the West Virginia AFL federation and the Independent Chemical Workers.
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National Labor Relations Board
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United Mine Workers Chemical Division
George J. Titler
CIO Group
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West Virginia
Titler
Morgantown
Crisis grave in Japan calls for total mobilization
Premier Konoye told government and industry leaders Japan faces the gravest crisis in its history and must mobilize fully to meet the emergency. The talks, amid debates in Tokyo Washington and Moscow, included plans for an ocean safety zone and observed military aviation activity crossing the Bering Sea with Russian airmen.
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Moscow
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Keigo Nakano
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Soldier Dies After Motorcycle Collision Near Coolville
Marion D. Lutes of Bloomington DL died in a Parkersburg hospital after a Labor Day motorcycle trip from Camp Lee Virginia. Lutes and Dean Sheets of Lebanon Indiana were injured when their wet highway bike skidded and hit an oncoming car near Coolville Ohio.
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Marion D. Lutes
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Lutes
Dean Sheets
Lebanon
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Huntingtonian dies in Cincinnati hospital
Joseph L. Wilson Jr 36 assistant manager for the Huntington and Ohio Bridge Co died in a Cincinnati hospital after a brief illness. His widow a son and several other relatives survive.
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Joseph L. Wilson, Jr
Huntington and Ohio Bridge Co
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Saneliet
Soviet Drives Push Germans Back in North
Two Russian counter-offensives claimed to have rolled back German thrusts on Moscow and Leningrad. Reds retook 22 villages, destroyed an elite Blackshirt division, and drove Germans three miles from their forward positions near Moscow. Leningrad faced the sharpest threat as Germans claimed reaching 20 miles of the city. Counter-offensives were led under Marshal Voroshilov with center gains and a reported German salient cut by Red forces.
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FDR Selects Five Man Mission to Moscow
President Roosevelt selects a five man mission led by W Averell Harriman to travel to Moscow for talks on material support in the war against Germany. Other members include Major General James H. Burns and Major General George H. Saito among tech officers and naval leaders.
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