Mighty War Games Start At Midnight
In Louisiana, the Second Army faces the Third in a grand war game start at midnight. Krueger's 330,000 must outmaneuver Lear's 150,000 across the Red River, with armored corps, tanks from Fort Knox and Fort Benning, and hundreds of aircraft forming a massive exercise plan along a 100 mile front near Shreveport to Alexandria.
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Jerry T. Bausch
Louisiana
Red River
Walter Krueger
Ben Lear
Shreveport
Alexandria
Third Army
W National Guard
Lear
Krueger
Atchafalaya
Fort Knox
Fort Benning
Krinc
40Th Coast Artillery
Fort
Seventh Army
Meeting Is Called To Help Little Men
Washington officials said more than 250 of the nation's largest defense contract holders will join about 6,000 prospective sub contractors at a national defense production clinic in New York from September 2 to 24. The event aids firms in obtaining subcontracts in the armament program via conferences with prime contractors and government procurement officers.
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Washington
OPM
National Defense
New York
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Pipe for huge oil pipeline received in city
Twenty six carloads of pipe for the giant Baton Rouge to Guilford County oil pipeline were unloaded at the High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad yards. The pipe is enough for ten miles of the conveyer and will be stored until needed for the section nearest here. The line is planned to run northwest of the city toward Friendship near the Greensboro High Point airport, passing Lexington and north of Thomasville.
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Baton Rouge
Guilford County
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Friendship
Greensboro High Point
Lexington
Monkey fosters kitten in Macon garage standoff
In Macon on September 13, Fannie Simpson the childless yet maternal monkey refused to surrender the grey and white kitten she adopted. Garageman L H Calquitt tried to move them but Fannie retreated to rafters and only today came down, continuing to guard the kitten. Calquitt plans to stop rescue attempts as the kitten appears content. About twenty six carloads of supplies arrived here to supplement a recent shipment to Thomasville.
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Macon
Fannie Simpson
L. H. Calquitt
Fannie
Colquitt
Short
Restrictions Tighten for French Under Nazi Rule
German commander Gen. Ernst von Schaumberg announced death penalties for unauthorized firearm possessors and increased punishment for illegal war material. Paris raids and mass arrests were reported, with arrests in La Rochelle. Vichy noted communist crackdowns and new anti communist sentences as terror and sabotage fears grew. authorities talked of a new court to try leaders of the Third Republic.
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Associated Press
Vichy
France
Ernst von Schaumberg
Paris
von Schaumberg
Paris Radio
la Rochelle
Bay of Biscay
Chamber of Deputies
Montauban
Besancon
Information Office
Court of Justice
Third Republic
Marshal Petain
Road board receives odd letter from landowner
In MOBILE Alabama on September 18 a county road and revenues board was astonished by a letter from Josephus J Jives claiming his land was once barren yet gained immense value after a road was built through it. He enclosed a check for 142 22 dollars to be credited to the road and bridge fund, describing it as one percent of the unearned increment and praising county service.
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Mobile
Ala
County Board of Roads
Josephus J. Jives
French court to target leaders for defeat blame by Oct 15
France plans a new court to prosecute former leaders including Daladier Reynaud Blum and Gamelin for responsibility in the defeat. The court will push direct action by Marshal Petain against those deemed responsible, replacing the prior Reich court charges that tied guilt to France’s passage from peace to war, though the Reich court will continue.
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Ernment
Edouard Daladier
Paul Reysaud
Leon Blum
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Marshal Petain
France
Riem
Legion Leaders Blast Roosevelt On Eve Of Convention
Two prominent Legionnaires Senator Bennett Champ Clark and Representative Hamilton Fisher accused President Roosevelt of trying to push America into an undeclared war. They spoke at an America First Committee rally at the Milwaukee auditorium on the eve of the Legion national convention. the rally was not connected to the convention.
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Roosalt
Milwaukee
Roosevelt
American Legion
America
Bennett Champ Clark
D Mo
Legion
Hamilton Fisher
N. Yo
America First Committee
Milllowaukee Auditorium
Norwegian ship Lofoten sunk by British air attack
The German radio reported the Norwegian mail ship Lofoten, 1571 tons, sunk off the Norwegian coast by British air action on Friday. Only a few crew members were rescued. Germany said three British merchant ships damaged off Great Yarmouth were sunk, and a British destroyer was damaged in the same raid.
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New York
Berlin
DNB
Great Yarmouth
Uist
Middle Belt prices rise in North Carolina markets week
Raleigh reports the first week of North Carolina Middle Belt sales yielding a general price average of 29.51 per hundred pounds. The Bright Belt shows higher averages by grades but overall lower due to inferior cocoa. season totals reach 88,623,850 pounds at 95.37 per hundred.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Middle Belt
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Bright Belt
Tar Heels Named to Legion Convention Committees
North Carolina delegates to the American Legion national convention were assigned to key committees including Americanism Robin Wirby of Charlotte, resolutions Claude Swanson Ramsey of Raleigh, child welfare Paul Robertson of Chapel Hill, education of orphans of veterans F. J. Howard of Whiteville, foreign relations R. Dare Hall of Belmont, publications Earl McMichael of Winston-Salem, rehabilitation Edgar Bain of Goldsboro, constitutional amendments Henry L. Tagram of Asheboro, and national defense subcommittees army Bryce Beard of Salisbury, navy Josephus Daniels Jr. of Raleigh, aeronautics Thurmond Chatham of Winston-Salem, and merchant marine Stickney Boyd of Wilson.
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Milwacker
North Carolina
American Legion
Robin S. Wirby
Charlotte
Claude Swanson Ramsey
Raleigh
Paul Robertson
Chapel Hill
F. J. Howard
Whiteville
R. Dare Hall
Belmont
Earl McMichael
Winston-Salem
Edgar H. Bain
Mrs Roosevelt named assistant director in civilian defense
U S director of civilian defense Mayer F. La Guardia announced Eleanor Roosevelt as an assistant director. He called the President's wife America s No 1 volunteer and said she will report for duty Sept 29 and be stationed in Washington.
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New York
Convoy Story of Courage Under Fire and Storm
An Atlantic convoy endured two U boat attacks, an air raid, and a violent gale. The Brandenburg and other merchant ships rescued crew from torpedoed vessels while the Deptford and Velox defended the group and aided survivors, with one ship sinking and most of the convoy continuing safely onward.
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Admiralty
Deptford
Velox
Focke-Wulf
Atlantic
G. A. Thring
Brandenburg
Hals
Altthough
Focke-Wulf Condors
Nave
Fine
Rosweyer Velox
E.G. Roper
R. N
Chile
Thring
Sierce
Germans In Teheran Legation Balk At Being Sent To Internment Areas
In Teheran the German legation delayed train departures for internment, stalling with excuses as Iran police and the army threatened action. About 72 Germans left toward Abadan for India while eight went to Kazvin for internment in Russia. Remaining roughly 400 men, 400 women and children were housed at the legation compound, with trains finally moving under military supervision amid tensions between British, Russian, and German interests.
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Associated Press
Tinheran
Trim
India
Iberia
Legation
Iran
Legation Conioural
Ab+ waz
Kazvin
Russia
London
Reader Bullard
Teheran
Ber- Min
Ran
Rmans
Ahwwad Ahmadi
Personnalia
Ahwaz
Asia
Roman Gamolia
Moscow Radio
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Trad
Gamoira
Gamoeria
Haiding
Urst
Bandar Shapur
Tran
Ramadan
Trees Moving Large Trees
A discussion on relocating mature trees to shade homes, noting advances in tree moving up to 36 inch diameter, selecting ideal fall timing, leaf color, and tree shape, while warning of risks from pests, storms, and transplant failure. The piece emphasizes planning for year by year growth and landscape satisfaction.
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Roman
Onds
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