Finns Retake Viipuri After Forcing Red Defeat
Helsinki reports Finnish forces recaptured Viipuri from three Russian divisions after encircling the city near Leningrad. Fire brigades labor to save the ruined town as the Isthmus isthmus front advances toward Leningrad with KiVennapa near seven miles away.
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Associated Press
Helsinki
Finland
Viipuri
Leningrad
Red Army
Karelian
Viipuri Bay
Helsinki Radio
Russia
Leninrad
Kivennapa
Lapomania
Revenues Rise in August Tax Collections
Raleigh reports August revenue of 6,555,238.14 dollars, up 12.76 percent from last year and marking gains across gasoline, sales, and general fund taxes. Two-month totals reach 13,867,794. The gasoline tax climbs to 2,739,? with a year-ago base of 2,284,100. The August sales tax hits 1,131,? versus 990,502 last August. General fund receipts total 3,688,? confirming a 7.77 percent increase.
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Raleigh
Evenue
A. J. Maxi ‘Ell
Bombers Hit East of France in Dawn Raids
London reports a large RAF squadron crossed the English Channel at dawn to strike the French coast with high explosives. British bombers hit Le Havre and western German industrial targets after overnight attacks on Tannheim and Frankfurt. five planes failed to return. The German air force was comparatively inactive, with bombs landing on the east coast causing little damage. One Nazi raider was reported shot down.
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London
IAF
Se Channel
Tannheim
Frankfort
le Havre
Air Ministry
Mintry
Southwesternermany
Oil Shipments To Japan May Be Slashed Further
Washington Aug 30 A further tightening of restrictions on petroleum shipments to Japan is under study by export control authorities. The move follows Japanese overtures aimed at a peaceful solution to the Far East crisis and amid strained U S Japan relations. Japan has pressed Washington and Moscow over American oil exports to Russia as embargoes and strict licensing persist on high grade oil and gasoline.
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Lloyd Lenrbas
Washington
Japan
Far East
United States
Moscow
Russia
Wakasugi
Diet
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Kichisaburo Nomu
East Asia
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Japs Hostile To Americans In China Conflict
In Tsingkiang 215 miles northwest of Shanghai, nine American physicians and Southern Presbyterian missionaries report ongoing difficulties after release from brief confinement by Japanese forces. Letters dated Aug 23 confirm their release, and cite continued hostility tied to U S credit freezes. Homes looted and hospital closed during the two week imprisonment. Meanwhile, Italian command announces a Fascist submarine sank a modern British destroyer and a 2600 ton merchantman, with another freighter heavily damaged near Tobruk.
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Shanghai
Southern Presbyterian
Tsingkiang
United States
Rome
Atlantic
Germany
Libyan
Tobruk
Roosevelt Returns Home for Two Major Talks
President Roosevelt arrives at his Hyde Park home with Harry Hopkins, planning two key speeches in three days. The first address today to the Roosevelt Home Club and a nationally broadcast speech Monday are expected to cover the tense international scene. The White House aides hint details may be saved for the Monday radio address.
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Roosevelt
Jiyde Park
N.Y
Harry L. Hopkins
Hudson Valley
Hopkins
Roosevelt Estate
Washington
Roosevelt Home Club
Roosevelt considered Corcoran for solicitor general sparking capital row
Glory-Authenticated reports President Roosevelt weighed brain trust member Thomas G. Corcoran for solicitor general. Supreme Court justices protested the prospect of daily arguments by Corcoran, while Francis Biddle became attorney general. The dispute centers on merit versus presidential favor and the scramble to fill top posts in the cabinet and government.
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Clinton L. Mosher
Tucker
Roosevelt
Thomas G. Corcoran
Supreme Court
Tommy
Francis Biddle Cork
Charles Fahy
National Tete
House
Biddle
Senate
Corcoran
Re‘construction Finance Corporation
Die Fing Wuls
Mage Seven
Colette May Get Clemency in Laval Attempt
Sympathy for Paul Colette grew as he wounded Laval remained grave. The anti Soviet Legion backing clemency for Colette shifted after Laval’s condition worsened and a magistrate delayed Colette’s examination to pursue deeper Marseille ties. German executions for espionage were carried out by a firing squad, not French authorities, including a French count and a Dutch national.
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Vichy
France
Paul Colette
Pierre Laval
Colette
Laval
Celette
Versailles Hospital
Marseille
Eastern Air Lines reroutes flights through Winston-Salem
Eastern Air Lines will route planes through Winston-Salem for a period starting Monday instead of Greensboro while a WPA project to lengthen and repair runways at the Greensboro-High Point Airport is completed.
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Eastern Air Lines
Winston
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Greensboro-High Point
Five fighters killed in March Field crash in California
Calif Aug 30. Five Army flyers were killed and two critically injured in flaming crashes of three planes yesterday. Two P-18 training ships locked wings in formation eight miles east of here. all four occupants perished. The third trainer landed safely, unaware of the collision.
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March Field
Calif
Here
Eden Urges Europe to Pick Peace Policy Over Hitler's Plan
Anthony Eden told munitions workers in Coventry that Europe should choose the Roosevelt Churchill peace formula over Hitler's new order. He said the eight point declaration establishes universal principles, excludes hegemony, and requires global cooperation to meet growing war needs including Britain’s war production and aid to Russia. Eden warned of shortages and urged accelerate weapons output for all fronts, stressing Iran and Iran Iraq history, with temporary conditions to restore independence and integrity in Iran.
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London
Anthony Eden
Europe
Roosevelt Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Roosevelt
Churchill
Coventry
Britain
United States
Othe
Russia
Far East
Libya
Germany
Iran
Eden
Iraq
Red Dispatch Says Russians Hold Tallinn
Moscow reports Tallinn remains in Soviet hands after a dispatch from Tallinn dated yesterday. German claims of capturing a Gulf of Finland port are noted, with Tallinn described as in intense fighting and backed by a people's army ready to die rather than surrender to fascists.
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Moscow
Tass
Tallinn
Gulf of Finland
Red Army
Votes Lined Up For Tax Bill Ahead of Senate Action
Washington dispatch reports Sen Leach pushing to secure Senate votes for swift approval of a finance committee revenue bill totaling 3.6724 billion dollars. The measure would raise about 456 million more than a House version, expand nuisance taxes, and cut income tax exemptions, placing over six million more people under federal tax rules. Senator Johnson calls it necessary though painful. Senator George expects revenue closer to four billion annually.
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Leach
Senate
Finance Committee
Finance
Treasury
House
Johnson
D-Col
George
D-Ga
British Shipping Hit in Luftwaffe Attacks
Berlin reports twelve thousand tons of British shipping damaged inEnglish waters yesterday and last night. Two 3000-ton ships and one 2000-ton ship were struck, with airports also attacked in night raids on England. Germans claim British high raiders hit several places in Southwestern Germany, causing casualties and apartment damage.
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Berlin
English
England
Germany
Berlin Says 43 Red Ships Destroyed
Berlin reports from The Associates Press that the Red Army halted a German offensive toward Moscow and pushed back forces, with 10,000 Nazi casualties. Frontline dispatches describe trenches, minefields, and barbed wire as rains flood the front. Tzvestia notes Russian detachments halted near the river V, with Germans failing to advance and sometimes losing territory. Both sides suffer heavy losses and supplies show strain as Luftwaffe air power remains strong.
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Associates
Moscow
Red Army
Tzvestia
Seventh Tank Division
161St
Tzvestin
Luft Walle
Transports Sunk In Gulf Of Finland In World War II
Berlin reports fierce Soviet evacuation from Tallinn ended in heavy losses. German high command says 43 to 82 Russian transports sunk by mines and air attack, plus cruiser and multiple destroyers damaged or sunk. Baltic fleet losses include several minesweepers and patrol boats.
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Tallinn
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Associates
Berlin
High Command
Baltic
Adolf Hitler
Russia
DNR
Red Army
Dnieper
Ukraine
Oil Shortage Discussed At Axis Meeting
Rome report quotes Fascist editor Vir ginio Geyda saying the world will learn soon about decisions and agreements reached by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in their five day meeting. He writes in Il Giornale D'Italia that the discussions focus on oil shortages and related plans.
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Rome
Virginio Geyda
Adolf Hiller
Benito Mussolini
Gaga
Il Giornale D'italia
Evacuation Of British Nationals From Japan Indicated From London
Tokyo dispatch reports a British embassy statement that a ship will be sent to Japan to evacuate British nationals departing at the first opportunity. About 1,000 Britons in Japan await consular contact as Tokyo discusses U S relations and oil shipments to Russia.
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Japan
London
Tokyo
UPI
Great Briain
United States
England Out Of New Order By Duce and Hitler
Berlin reports quote European leaders and German sources on England’s exclusion from Europe’s new order under Hitler and Mussolini. American policy and “American century” ideas are debated as the Axis cites Serbia’s new state under Field Marshal Milan Nedić as proof of local living space.
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Duce
Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
A. A. Berle
U. S
Berlein
Williamstown Mass
Institute of Human Affairs
United States
America
Americas
Milan Vnedic
Ile Ailen
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