Refugees Pour From London in Wake of Raids
A bedraggled refugee caravan moves from London's east end toward the countryside. Public aid centers have fed and sheltered hundreds, while women long for familiar homes and belongings. The scene echoes Belgium and France last year, as fear and loss overshadow attempts at safety.
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Drew Middleton
London
Europe
Warsaw
Brest
Belgium
France
London County Council
Brighton
Carlie
Lil
Bill to Put Carriers Under IGG Passes
Discussion centers on a bill aimed at placing water carriers under government regulation. Critics warn it could empower a railroad minded regulator to curb water transportation. Supporters say the compromise protects carriers. passage would send the bill to the Senate and then the White House for signing.
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IGG
Yslation
Committee of Labor and Management
Roosevelt
Clark
Missourian
Wheeler
Beser
House
Senate
White House
Nominee Plans Talk in Coffeyville
Wendell Willkie, Republican presidential nominee, will make a platform appearance in Coffeyville. The itinerary lists a 710 minute stop and a kickoff address, with a Monday event in Ashville, Ind.
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Coffeyville
Ashville
Ind
Wendell Willkie
Republi
Conitinerary
Peom
Pitts
Lawyers urged to lead US to keep peace at ASA meet
Philadelphia September 1 AP Charles A Beardsley president of the American Bar Association opened the 63rd annual convention calling for enlightened leadership from about 160000 lawyers and judges to keep the United States at peace and ready for war. He warned four major challenges including abuses of bureaucratic power unemployment propaganda and near global wars and urged the profession to defend the federal constitution and provide leadership to counter destruction.
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Philadelphia
Charles A. Seardsley
American Bar Association
United States
Beardsley
Oakland
Calif
America
Bar Association
Academy of Roush
Machine politics quoted in Cole county rally summary
A campaign gathering featured 87 year old Gus Loesch the last surviving union veteran in Cole county. Manuel H. Davis urged Chairman John Ott to pledge action against Pendergast machine influence if Republicans win this fall. The speaker warned of a third term threat and urged anti machine unity across eastern and western Missouri.
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Gus Loesch
Cole County
Harry L. Buchanan
Fritz Schott
Otto Schultz
Emmett Deering
Manuel H. Davis
U.S
John Ott
Brief Note on Departure and Talk Schedule
A short update states at 3:39 p.m. departure again for Tul-33 at 3:20 p.m. His talk is set for 4 o'clock.
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Tul- 33
Man Finds Nearly $100,000 in Hatbox During KC Stop
Kansas City report details James D. Davidson, 72, who kept nearly $100,000 in bonds and cashier’s checks in a pink hatbox. Police recovered $9,000 in U.S. bonds, $24,000 in Japanese bonds, $5,000 in Polish bonds, $9,000 in Belgian bonds, $37,000 in French bonds, $4,119.50 in cashier’s checks, plus $60 cash and a $19 gold piece. Davidson, saying he’s frugal, offered no alarm about theft and planned to sleep in the police station. He recalled past poverty, said he never married, and planned to visit a contact in the Republican Party.
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Kansas City
James D. Davidson
U. S
Paul
Bigiman
No Evidence Lightning Destroys Penn Central Plane
Luther Harris vice president of Pennsylvania Central Airlines testified before a civil aeronautics board that no lightning evidence was found on the Penn Central airliner crash near Lovellsville Virginia, killing 25. He noted the wreckage showed the plane struck ground right side up with power on both engines and the wing imprint suggested a low wing angle.
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Washington
Luther Harris
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Penn Central
Harris
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lovellsville
Wallace Says Ritler on Republican Side in Nebrask a
Wallace tours rural Nebraska defending his campaign rhetoric calling Roosevelt versus Hitler. He argued Republicans include Nazis and appeasers, warning cooperation with a German dominated Europe would mean slavery for Americans. He spoke to 4,000 to 5,600 supporters in WEEPING WATER during a two day 500 mile swing.
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Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Hitler
G.O.P
Hiller
Europe
Nebraska
Wallace
George Nickells
State
Democratic Central Committee
Organizing Beatings Probe Presses Democratic Chair
David L. Clendenin, national secretary of the Workers' Defense League, writes to Democratic National Committee chair Edward Flynn about alleged beatings of union organizer George R. Bass in Memphis Tennessee. He cites three assaults in ten days and quotes the Memphis mayor's remark that he cannot provide protection.
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New York
David L. Clendenin
Workers'’ Defense League
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Memphis
Tenn
Flynn
Clendenin
George R. Bass
United Rubber Workers’ Union
Willkie Prepares 7200 Mile Campaign Run Across Nation
Wendell L. Willkie plans a 7200 mile stumping tour from Rushville to the Pacific coast and back, with 69 appearances on trains and in cities. He will begin in Coffeyville Kansas, stop in Illinois Iowa Missouri and Kansas, then California Oregon Washington and Inland states before White Plains and Detroit. A 12 car train will carry about 100 staff including stenographers researchers and photographers as aides forecast long days with up to ten appearances and substantial gasoline use.
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Rushville
Ind
Pacific Coast
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
Chicago
Memorial Park
Republican Party
Party of Peace
Republican National Committee
Great Britain
Coffeyville
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Washington
Daho
Montana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
White Plains
Detroit
Michigan
Ohio
Maine election day draws attention from observers
Maine voters head to polls as general election activities shape the wind in November. Former governors Ralph Brewster and Louis Brann lead tickets for U S Senate and governorship, with Brewster challenging incumbent Hale’s retirement and Brann seeking to propel the Democrats. Polls opened early and weather forecasts predicted showers, while attention focused on Maine as a barometer for national politics amid tight races and party contests. A playful local note describes Elmer Neil and Glendale Robinson’s improvised bull fiddle from cheese boxes used to accompany a high school orchestra.
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Portland
Maine
Roosevelt
Vermont
U.S. Senate
National House
Weatherman
U.S
Frederick Hale
Ralph C. Brewster
Dexter
Threeferm
Louis J. Brann
Lewiston
Logan
Elmer Neil
Glendale Robinson
World War Gardener’s Mess Kit Returns From War
Lane Lang the gardener etched his name and a skull on his mess kit in the Argonne Forest. He turned in the kit at muster out in Newport News and recently learned his son Lane Jr. in Phoenix Arizona received the same kit from a CCC camp.
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Pettersburg
Ind
Lane Lang
Newport News
Lang
Lane Jr
CCC
Phoenix
Ariz
Weathered remnants and accidents darken small town page
A collage of brief notices reports a hive mishap spilling 150 pounds of product into water, a foul ball shattering a windshield in Laurel, Earl Miner’s frustration, a blacksmith Wesley Coupland crushed under a heavy door in Warrensburg, and a Puerto Rican hurricane injuring a royal palm with a six inch pine board.
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Hees
Windshield
Laurel
Nek
Earl Miner
Warrensburg
Wesley Coupland
State banks report unclaimed deposits in Missouri
Seventeen state banks in St Louis reported unclaimed deposits totaling 82848.60 in 369 accounts to the state finance department. The Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust Company held the largest sum at 56072.15. Bankers must publish the lists every five years with reports due by September 10, four St Louis institutions have not yet reported.
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St. Louis
State Finance Department
Mercantile “Commerce Bank and Trust Company
State Finance
R. W. Holt
State Bank and Trust Companies
State Department
Missouri
Holt
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