Axis Agents 30nd Japs To Defy America
Shanghai reports say Japan teeters between extreme Nazi pressure and moderates seeking peace in Pacific. German advisers allegedly push defiance of United States and Britain as Kanoye government faces risk from ultra-nationalists. Hiranuma shooting signals warnings to moderates and Nazi influence grows in government and industry.
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America
Shanghai
Japan
Pacific
Britain
Werthrow
Konoye
Iichiro Hiranuma
Ice
Hiranuma
Ravelers
Tokyo
Unionist charges Moore-Brabazon urged Germany and Russia to destroy each other
Edinburgh dispatch reports Jack Tanner of the Amalga mated Engineering Union accusing Col J T C Moore Brabazon minister for air craft production of hoping the German and Russian armies would exterminate each other to leave Britain dominant in Europe. Tanner says such views threaten the war effort and calls for action against those in public life holding them. Sir Walter Citrine of the TUC voices alarm at the serious charge and endorses Tanner if proven.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon
Britain
Europe
Trades Union Congress
Jack Tanner
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Tanner
Col. Moore-Brabazon
Russia
Germany
Soviet Union
Walter Citrine
Americans Aboard RAF Ferry Plane Missing in Incident
London dispatch reports two Americans among ten aboard an RAF ferry command transport plane declared lost by the air ministry. Identified Americans include Capt. S. Picking of the U.S. Navy and Flight Engineer Charles A. Spence of Little Neck, with passenger Dr. Mark Benjamin among the listed missing. Also aboard were Count Guy de Baillet-La Tour and Belgian embassy staffers, while the crew included First Officer Geoffrey L. Panes and Captain Kenneth Garden.
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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
Belgium
Guy
Washington
Capt
S. Picking
U. S. Navy
Charles Alvan Spence
Little Neck
North America
Canada
England
Mark Benjamin
Wembley
Eng
Central Scientific Office
Guy de Bailley-letour
R. Mowat
Bristol
British Library of Information
E. Taylor Farnborough
Hampshire
British Air Ministry
Cap. S. Picking
United States Navy
L. H. Wratham
Imperial Army
Middlesex
Kenneth Garden
Coogie
Sydney
Australia
Geoffrey L. Panes
Tonbridge
Kent
Costa Rica Refuses to Withdraw Consulates Amid Occupation
Costa Rica states it will not withdraw its consulates from German occupied territories, arguing the action would concede conquest. Foreign Minister Alberto Echandi asked Germany to reconsider, noting Costa Rica retains ties with France Belgium Holland Luxembourg and Norway and that occupied nations still hold juridical status.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Alberto Echandi
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Norway
Echandi
RAF Baiters German Areas
London reports a renewed RAF offensive across the continent with waves of bombers from the southeast coast. Cologne endured a night attack with good results cited by the air ministry, one RAF plane lost. Berlin claimed weak British forces struck Western Germany with one bomber shot down. German activity over Britain was generally small with some damage in Northeast England and two German aircraft reported destroyed.
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London
England
Cologne
Air Ministry
Berlin
Germany
Britain
Japanese Press Shifts Tone On Nazi Victory Risk
Japanese controlled press reports Germany faces difficulty achieving victory due to American aid to Britain. It predicts Moscow will endure through the year and argues Germany cannot beat Russia before winter. The piece notes British Russian actions in Iran threaten Germany from multiple directions.
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Peiping
Germany
Britain
Moscow
Russia
Iran
Japan weighs ocean safety zone around homeland
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Konoye is considering a full ocean safety zone around Japan as an American fuel cargo nears Vladivostok. Asia Federation leaders push the plan amid axis policy ties and U.S. pressure. Officials note unsatisfactory replies from Moscow and Washington and discuss rerouting shipments via Iran to avoid the Sea of Japan.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Russia
Vladivostok
Senjuro Hayashi
Asia Development Fcderation
Federation
Konove
United States
Ofate
Federators
Domei
Singapore
Malayan
Moscow
Washington
U.S.S.R
Ichi Kishi
Iran
Sea of Japan
Kishi
Roosevelt reshuffles defense boards appoints Nelson executive director
Washington column analyzes President Roosevelts defense agency reshuffle. Donald M Nelson becomes the boards executive director with John D Biggers sent to England to speed aid to Britain. The move centralizes decision making, unifies divisions, and makes Sapb the final authority subject to presidential approval.
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Washington
Clinton L. Mosher
Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
John D. Biggers
England
Britain
Nelson
Atlantic
Biggers
Resuurt
Roose-velt
Week End Toll Reaches 614
Six hundred fourteen persons were killed in accidents or by violent means over the Labor Day week end. Traffic deaths totaled 416 with many homebound vacationists and tourists, plus 73 drowned and 125 killed in other violent incidents. The toll exceeded the National Safety Council forecast of 600. Over the prior year, Labor Day deaths totaled 514. The report notes the forecast excluded later fatalities.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Senate Finance Committee Approves Record Tax Bill
North Carolina tax intake rose in August with 34.28 million dollars contributing to a two month total near 69 million. The Treasury estimates the bill could raise up to about 4.9 billion, with minority reports anticipated from La Follette Clark and Connelly over income tax base changes.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Uncle Sam
Charles H. Robertson
Internal Revenue
I. T. Newton
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Treasury
George
D-Ga
Finance Group
Soviet Bouts Nazis Rushed To Warfront
Soviet dispatches report Red Army counterattacks near Smolensk rout a German infantry regiment sent from Toul France ten days earlier. Axis ports and troop concentrations were bombed by Red Navy bombers, with tanks and armored cars destroyed. Reports claim heavy German losses and garrison withdrawals as fighting spans from Leningrad to the Dnieper. Odessa siege worsens food shortage while Krasnogvardeisk and Leningrad remain focal points.
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Moscow
Smolensk
France
Toul
Nancy
Black Sea
Odessa Stiill
Red Navy
Red Army
Leningrad
Dnieper
61St
Ludwig Robert
Soviet Information Bureau
Belgium
Holland
Berlin
Krasnogvardeisk
Soviet Union
DNB
Odessa
Pskov
Tallinn
Crimea
Bus Freight Crash In South Carolina Injures 22
A freight train collided with a loaded passenger bus at a grade crossing in Yemassee South Carolina early today injuring 18 people. Three passengers were transported to Walterboro hospital with injuries not believed serious though the full extent was undetermined. Names include Robert Sherry Holmes H F Quinn and Edward Peterson. The bus was dragged about 20 feet before a switchstand and veered off the track.
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Yemassee
S. C
Ambulanes
Walterboro
Robert Sherry Holmes
Jacksonville
Fla
H. F. Quinn
Jasper
Edward Peterson
Seaville
CCC
Jacksonboro
Charleston and Western Carolina
Labor Day Speeches Rally U S To Destroy Nazism
President Roosevelt led Labor Day remarks that denounced negotiation with Hitler and vowed the United States would crush Nazi forces. Labor leaders stressed defense production and workers’ role in wartime effort while noting holiday observances amid high traffic and large crowds at resorts and sports events. fatalities loomed as a somber counterpoint.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Associated Press
United States
Hyde Park, N. Y
Hitler
Europe
Benedict Arnold
Axis
Newark
Washington
De Valera charges rival news organ as fifth column
Dublin dispatch reports Prime Minister Eamon de Valera’s Irish Press accusing the Irish Independent of forming a fifth column by attacking government actions. The Independent’s editorial criticized public faith in leaders and warned against undermining national authority during a dangerous emergency. In Belfast, 350 more American technicians joined about 930 already in Northern Ireland aiding defense facilities.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Irish Press
Irish Independent
Fianna Fail
Independents
Trish Independent
Ulster
Belfast
Northern Ireland
United States
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