Soviets abandon Kremenchug amid German pincers near Kiev
Moscow reports the Red Army withdrew from Kremenchug on the Dnieper as German forces push a northern and southern pincers toward Kiev. Kremenchug, a rail hub 174 miles southeast of Kiev and near Dnieper Petrovsk, marks a strategic retreat after earlier withdrawals from Chernihiv.
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Moscow
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Kiev
Dnieperpetrovsk
Chernigov
Desna
Tenstye
Kremenehig
Soft Coal Miners to Strike at Captive Mines
About 38 000 soft coal miners in six states will go on strike tomorrow at captive mines owned by seven steel companies including U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Wheeling Crucible Weirton and Youngstown Sheet and Tube The walkout targets a union shop while wages hours and conditions are not part of the dispute The action could affect Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Illinois and may draw mediation by the national defense board.
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Pittsburgh
Sept
Patrick T. Fagan
C.so. United Mine Workers
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Wheeling
Crucible
Weirton
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Great Gulf Storm Dying Down Near Texas Coast
A cropien disturbance off the Texas coast moved about 50 miles offshore and showed signs of reaching land with 30 to 25 mile winds between Galveston and Fort Arthur. The U S weather bureau said the storm weakened through the day, with winds dropping from 54 to 60 miles per hour overnight.
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Houston
Texas
Galveston
Fort Arthur
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather outlook for Montana Monday to Tuesday
Partly cloudy conditions continue in Montana Monday and Tuesday with a little temperature change. Scattered light afternoon showers are possible in the mountains as winds remain light and temperatures hold steady.
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Montana
Roosevelt Eyes Fifth Bill For Aid To Britain And Allies
Washington reports Roosevelt plans a new request of about five billion dollars to fund aid to Britain and other Axis opponents. The move follows his June 11 accounting on the seven billion dollar lease lend fund, with emphasis on not funding Soviet Russia for now. Congress returns to session to tackle tax legislation and separate investigations into the movie industry and a defense plant contract with Aluminum Company of America.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Rodsavell
Russia
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
United States
Defense Investigating
Jimmie Fiddler
Hollywood
Axis Vessels Sunk or Damaged in Air Raids by British and Nazi Battleships
London reports a week end of air and naval raids from Norway to Ethiopia. British and RAF planes set fire to and damaged at least eight Axis ships in a central Mediterranean convoy and sank a German supply ship near Norway. Brest and Le Havre bases were attacked and ships at Gneisenau and Scharnhorst docks were damaged. Crete, Sicily, and Gondar targets also hit.
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London
Mediterranean
Norway
Oneisennau
Scharnhorst
Ethiopia
R.A.F
Brest
France
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
le Havre
Bodo
Admiralty
Candia
Malemi
Crete
Gerbini
Catania
Sicily
Gondar
American Legion to Back Removing Troop Limits at National Convention
Milwaukee dispatch reports the American Legion's national defense committee urging the 23rd annual convention to remove geographic limits on U S troop use in global crises. It calls for permanent youth military training, fortified defense islands, a two ocean Navy, adequate regular army and national guard, and higher pay. The debate includes Russia aid and opposition to appeasement as delegates prepare for sessions.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Legion
National Defense Committee
Army
Navy
Warren H. Atherton
Stockton
Calif
Atlantic
Pacific
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
National Executive Committee
Ist
Law and Order Committee
Russia
U. S
Milo J. Warner
Toledo
Alleged Bad Men Fail to Resist Officers
Two northern Montana brothers Joseph Peter Nickol and Fred Conrad Nickol of Ledger Toole county were arrested in Shelby for defying the 1940 draft act by refusing induction orders. Deputy Sheriff Charles Neilson and FBI agents, under W G Banister, detained them for arraignment before a U S commissioner in Shelby.
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Shelby
Montana
Detective Service
Toole
Montana-Idaho
Burreau of Investigation
Butts
Joseph Peter Nickol
Fred Conrad Nickol
Ledger
Toole County
Sherif Charles Neilson
F.B.I
W. G. Banister
Montana- Idaho
F.B.L
Cecil B. Alsup
F.B.1
Nickel Brothers
United States
Sheth
Senator Wheeler Opposed to War Says U S Stand
Montana's senior senator declared in a candid interview that the people of the United States remain overwhelmingly opposed to entry into a war. He challenged Interventionists in Congress to seek a declaration of war, noting sentiment against it in both coasts and the middle west. Wheeler outlined plans for travel and a national radio address, and warned arming merchant marines could invite belligerent action while stressing the silent majority's opposition.
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United States
Sen
B. K. Wheeler
Congress
Montana
Wheeler
Pol
Middle West
Nalious
C C C in Crash and One Youth Dead
Colorado Springs sept 14 douale milauv ic 19 of walsenburg Colo killed six other C C G enrollees injured two critically when a track they rode left the Pikes Peak highway near Crystall Creek about 130 am en route to Glen Cove where they had been at work this summer
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Colorado Springs
Cutc
Doualé Milauvic
Walsenburg
Colo
C.C.G
Pikes Peak Highway
Crystall Creek
Glen Cove
Aumimer
California Cities Feel Temblors
Four earth shocks, three severe, were felt in Bishop California today. Boulders fell from Sierra Nevada slopes but no damage occurred in the city. The quake, likely moving along the Owens Valley fault, was also reported in Fresno about 100 miles away, recalling the 1872 quake that killed 65 in California history.
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Bishop
Calif
Sierra Nevada Range
Owens Valley
California
Fresno
Here
Mother Nature on Bender Pulls Amazing Stunts
A quirky roundup of nature and human oddities from across the U. S. includes lightning in Missouri and Kansas, a four legged hen in Delaware, a two legged egg in New York, a mud rat tle in Georgia, and humorous misadventures involving marriage licenses, a senator’s lighting request, and a jelly doughnut stumble. Names and places span Gorin, Emporia, Taylor, Albany, Quincey, Nogales, Norton, and Los Angeles among others.
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Gladwin
New York
Special News Service
Gorin
Emporia
Kay
Taylor
Miss
North Milton
Del
Lockport
N. Yo
Moultrie
Kasay City
el Pago
Texas
Atlanta
Albany
N. Y
Pidge
U. S
Quincey
Bear
Worx
Wolf
Fin Norton
Green
Tr. Brown
Gray
Mr. White
Paplheodora Jamour
Arginnakopoulos
Nogales
Ariz
Tranton
Ohio
Los Angeles Inventors Congress
On The War Front London Receives US Envoys After Atlantic Crossing
The British Press Association reports junior members of the U S mission to Moscow along with Constantin Oumanshky arriving in London after an Atlantic crossing. An earlier harbor explosion in Finland caused fires and casualties, with naval explosives aboard a vessel detonating and damaging nearby slips and waterfront buildings. Further details were not disclosed.
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London
British Press Association
United States
Moscow
Constantin Oumanshky
Washington
Aicksinki
Finland
Turkish alert on German Black Sea move fuels fears
A Bulgarian partial mobilization ordered for tomorrow includes conscription of the 1921 class and youths from 1922 and 1928. decrees to suppress subversive activities and possible death penalties for sabotage are issued. Unofficial reports from Ankara say Germany ordered a standstill of maritime operations in the Black Sea, signaling a potential decisive battle for control of the Ukraine as German troops press toward Romanian and Russian frontiers.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Vorkish
Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Black Sea
Romania
Lileu
Crimean Peninsula
Ciupercu
Dniester River
Bessarabia
Russia
Rumania
Emmania
Ukraine
Vyacheslav Malotoff
RAF Sends Wing to Russia and Planes for Berlin Raids
London reports RAF units have arrived in Soviet territory to support a two-front air war against Germany. American longrange fighters, the P-38 Lightning, have reached England enabling escorts for bombers to Berlin. The first battle-ready Lightnings promise extended day raids, while naval aircraft strike at Narvik region shipping and targets to cut Nazi supply lines.
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London
Anit
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Britain
England
Berlin
Leningrad
Moscow
Kiev
United States
RAF
Admiralty
A. VY. Alexander
Roda
Norway
Narvik
Arctic
Army reports ten plants producing machine guns rise since 1940
The army stated ten plants are now producing machine guns, with output up 460 percent since August 1940, and deemed sufficient for current estimated needs.
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Washington
Russian Sabotage Agents Behind Croatian Stroke
The Zagreb telephones exploded four times injuring two Germans and at least 13 others. In Croatia six Croat soldiers were wounded by machine-gun fire. A BBC feed reported patriots destroyed a factory and damaged an airplane plant. Montenegro was claimed to be in patriots’ hands. Major Moebring and several Germans were wounded. a German lieutenant and six Croats injured. Rail line Brod to Sarajevo reportedly blasted, attackers blamed on communists. no official confirmation.
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Zagreb
Croatia
Bertin
Telehone Exchange
O.B.S
New York
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Montenegro
Albania
Zagréb
Moebring
Sigenal Corps
Edmund Gisise Horstenau
Ther
Grand Army Opens Jubilee Session in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on September 14 Civil War veterans led by five affiliated groups opened the Grand Army of the Republics diamond jubilee encampment. They participated in ceremonies dedicating a sun dial two memorial tablets and four trees in the slatehouse yard with families and friends nearby.
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Golumbus
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Slatehouse
Sub May Be Operating Off Ecuador and U.S. Will Investigate Rumors
The Navy said reports of a German raider near the Galapagos were vague and unofficial. No sighting was confirmed and it was unclear if the vessel was a submarine or armed merchantman. Reports followed word that Kota Napan was sunk and other ships threatened about 1,000 miles west of the Panama Canal. It was not disclosed if warships had been assigned to pursue the raider.
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Washington
Navy Departmett
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
Navy
New York
Panams Canal
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