Uncertainty Rules Next DR Strike On Political Front
Washington dispatch outlines uncertain timing for upcoming party primaries as Roosevelt uses his radio address to influence campaigns. Focus centers on Maryland campaign against Tydings, Lewis challenging the Democratic senator, and broader New Deal pressures shaping contests in California Texas and South Carolina.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Maryland
George
Georgia
David J. Lewis
Tyd
Democratic Sena
Roosevelt
Lewis
Tydings
Senate
California
Carolina
McAdoo
South Carolina
Benater Smith
Kington
South
White House
Smith
Pepped Auto Industry Hints at Recovery Amid Mixed Signals
Washington August 13 report notes motor production still near yearly lows while Detroit signals a swing to heavier output. Thousands return to work as production season nears, but carloadings and steel demand weaken. Commerce Department data show mixed mid summer trends with power use rising in industrial areas.
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Ashington
Detroit
Department Offrce
George Fights Back Monday in Georgia Campaign
Senator Walter F. George launches his first campaign stop since accepting Roosevelt's challenge. He plans an 11:30 a.m. broadcast from Waycross with likely references to the Barnesville speech as he defends New Deal positions and opposition to court reforms and wage hour acts. Democratic voters set September 14 for the decision.
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Atlanta
Walter F. George
Dga
Roosevelt
WSB
Waycross
Georgia
Barnesville
George
Supreme Court
Tobacco Prices in State Drop
Raleigh August 13. Most grades of tobacco showed slightly lower prices this week on the border belt markets in North Carolina and South Carolina. Decreases were mainly in good quality grades while some low quality tobacco sold higher. Rejections rose as sales remained heavy with offerings mostly good to choice logs and fair to fine primings plus a large amount of cutters.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Federal Departmasse of Agriculture
Tony
Czech Crash Kills 16 in Kehl. 11 Die in Mexico Liner
An airliner crash near Kehl Germany killed sixteen people, with six others missing after a Royal Air Force flying boat collision off Felixstowe England. A Mexican liner with eleven aboard disappeared in a storm and was later found burned in a jungle gorge near the Gulf Coast. authorities searched the area for the missing. Two Americans from New York were among Kehl dead.
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Royal Air Force
Kehl
Germany
Felixstowe
England
Keb
New York
Fellixstone
Mexico City
Compania Mexicana de Aviecion
Gulf Coast
Mexico
Lyle Boyer
Air Line
Ane
Apalapan
Tuxtias
Vera Crus
Villa
Japanese air raids strike Central China bases and supply lines
Japanese planes raided Nan chang main air base and hit military warehouses, railways, barracks, and hangars in night attacks. Other targets included Kian Yushan Ning po and Lishun as part of a push to break the Hankow drive. A Japanese column was reported near Juichang aiming to cut the Canton Hankow railway.
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Shanghai
Central China
Nanchang
Kian
Yushan
Ningpo
Lishun
Yangtze River
Hankow
Juichang
Canton-Hankow
Kwangmei
Shahochen
Fire gutts Chapel Hill Playmakers Theater
Flames swept the 89 year old Playmakers Theater on the UNC campus late today gutting the front interior. The fire began around 5 15 p m and destroyed electrical gear storage and dressing rooms while cardboard and cloth scenery burned. The theater housed Carolina Playmakers and had been funded by the Carnegie Foundation and the state to develop native drama.
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Chapel Hill
Playmakers Theater
University of North Carolina
Frederick H. Koch
Carolina
America
Smith Hall
Benjamin Smith
Brunswick County
University Law School
University
Carnegie Foundation
Dwyer and Carroll Sentenced to Life for Murder in Maine
Thomaston Maine August 13 Prisoner No 6907 Francia M Carroll 43 was jailed for life in Maine State Penitentiary for the murder of Dr James G Littlefield 67 Also in the same cell block Paul N Dwyer 19 received a life sentence for the same strangulation crime Carroll a former law officer was convicted in South Paris last night
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Thomaston
Maine
Francia M. Carroll
James G. Littlefield
Paul N. Dwyer
Carroll
Paris
FDR to Guard Electric Power In Wartime
President Roosevelt focused on protecting the nation’s power lifeline in wartime. He met with Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson and Basil Manly of the Federal Power Commission to survey the eastern industrial region. The goal is a stronger transmission system linking major hubs from Philadelphia to Detroit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Louis Johnson
Basil Manly
Federal Power Commission
War Department
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newark
New York
Cleveland
Buffalo
Rochester
Detroit
Hitler Eyes War as Europe Fears Czech Crisis
Adolf Hitler’s threats and German troop maneuvers raise alarm across Europe over potential seizure of Czechoslovakia. British and other governments remain vigilant as Prague braces for coercion while Viscount Runciman mediates and markets seek gold as a hedge.
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Runciman
Prague
Lady Runciman
Ihs
Creech
Britain
Praha
Europe
Labor Dept Estimates 4 Million May Lose Hours Under Wage Hour Law
Washington reports officials estimate up to 4,000,000 workers could win shorter hours under the wage hour law, about 1.75 million more than Congress expected. By 1945 the general 40 cent minimum could raise wages for as many as 1,000,000, with factors including seasonal exemptions and employers opting to comply to avoid penalties.
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Washington
Labor Department
Congress
Brandenburg Nears End Record Flight Berlin to New York
The German airliner Brandenburg crossed the Atlantic toward Berlin on a nonstop return from New York. It reported passing Clare Ireland at 4 40 a m Middle European Time and aimed to set a new 20 hour eastbound record. 1900 spectators watched the takeoff from Floyd Bennett Field as the crew planned a pre dawn Berlin arrival.
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Berlin
Brandenburg
Ireland
New York
Clare
Czechoslovakia Prepares for Possible German Move
Mass troop maneuvers in Germany show confidence that Czechoslovakia’s military authorities will stay alert in case of a surprise German move. The press avoids alarm to prevent panic.
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J. C. Stare
London
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
DNB
ARED
Jap Army Not To Take Blame In Shanghai Clash
In Shanghai Aug 13 the Japanese army political service said three Japanese seized during widespread disorders with U S Marines were not in military status. Two men admitted they were army personnel but said they were merely employees. An investigation and possible punishment were ordered while jurisdictional disputes complicated the case in the International Settlement.
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Shanghai
United States
Hitochi Hamada
Soochow Creek
Mkenlee
Three Arrested In $500 Hold-Up Near Sumter
Rural Police Chief W. J. Seale jailed three men G N Marshall an Sumter insurance man Girard Myers Jr and R B Addison of Walterboro on a charge of holding up and robbing H L Green an insurance salesman of 500 near Green s Shiloh home. Sheriff and two highway patrolmen arrested them near Walterboro after Mrs Green identified Addison. The trio denied involvement.
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Sumter
8. C
W. J. Seale
G. N. Marshall
Girard Myers, Jr
R. B. Addison
Walterboro
H. L. Green
Shiloh
Colleton County
Seale
Addison
Green
Redbery
C of C Plans Conference On Railroad Problems
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States summons transportation leaders to a September 14 and 15 conference in Washington to pool ideas on railroads and carriers. George H. Davis urges use of conference findings in a new transportation program for Congress.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
George H. Davis
Chamber
Roosevelt
Congress
Davis
Transportation Committee
Samuel T. Bledsoe
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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