London Air Battle Marks First Anniversary Of War
British and German air forces clashed above the Thames estuary as London endured a second air raid alarm of the day. Some 23 German planes were shot down while Britain reported losses of 16 aircraft. Observers noted about 300 raiders beaten off and Britain launched long-range bomber raids on the Boulogne region as vigilance remained high.
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Cormans
Democracy Can Be Saved at Dedication by FDR
President Roosevelt dedicates the Tennessee Valley Authority dams and Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. He warns Americans to prepare for defense and preserve liberty through democracy. A deadly freight train wreck near Erwin claims a missing engineer as rescuers search debris.
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T. Davis
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Big Nazi Army to Guard Rumanian Soviet Border
Reports say German divisions will guard Romania's south Bucovina border starting September 18 as part of Axis guarantees after Transylvania transfers. Romanian and semi official German sources mention Italian token support. Clashes surge over rail hubs as Antonescu takes command in Transylvania amid withdrawal orders and security calls. 281 alarmists sentenced to concentration camps.
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Hungary
Mihai Corniciu
Carol
Famous Opera Manager Dies at Ferrara Home
New York reports Giulio Galli Casazza longtime Metropolitan Opera general manager and discoverer of Caruso and Chaliapin died in retirement at his Ferrara ancestral home. He led the Met from 1908 to 1935 and was buried privately after his funeral. Madame Frances Alde learned of his death by cablegram in New York. Gatti Casazza’s second wife Rosina Gatti died in Italy last April.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
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Chaliapin
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Ferrara
Italy
The
Metropolitan
Frances Alde
Cable- Grame
Gatti-Casazza
Rosina Gatti
City Sees Valuation Rise by 417000 for 1940
City Recorder J B Peekta announced a 1940 total taxable value of 16 352 151 dollars for the city s real and personal property, about 417 000 higher than 1939 The tax rate at 2 15 per hundred could yield about 330 000 in revenue once the Board of Mayor and Aldermen fixes the rate after preparatory work The equalization touched only improved property with no major adjustments Airlines report another safe year with no fatalities in interstate service for the 15th straight month.
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Raul Snc
Pecktal
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Board of Bayor and Aldermen
Peektal
Escaped Convicts Hunted Across Arkansas and Louisiana
A massive manhunt for 86 escaped convicts from Cummins Prison Farm spread through Arkansas and Louisiana. Two ring leaders were captured after a 30 minute gun battle at Garland City. In Louisiana, five fugitives killed posseman Frank Gartman near Columbia while using three youths as shields. Officers, dogs, and armed possemen pursued through swamps north of Columbia as they tried to close in on the escapees while protecting the hostages Anna Laura Diamond Vondele Williams and Jerry Harnigle. The breakout, led by guards and trusted inmates, began in a pea field after guards relaxed.
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Columbias
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Martin
Rail Traffic Hits New Peak Atfield Railroad Office
A steady August gain in car loadings and ash receipts at the freight office of the Afield Railroad continued a new all time record. Officials reported 1418 cars forwarded in August versus 1370 in July and 1255 in August last year while 2797 cars received compared with 2724 in July and 1736 in August 1939. Cash receipts for the month, about 50 percent of total business, reached 287444.54 dollars.
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U S to Acquire Eight Naval Bases In Atlantic
President Roosevelt informed Congress that the United States will lease naval and air bases in Bermuda Bahamas Jamaica St Lucia Trinidad Antigua Newfoundland and British Guiana in exchange for 50 over age destroyers. The bases secure Atlantic frontiers and protect the Panama Canal and western hemisphere, a move described as essential to national defense.
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Naval Bases
Convicts 33 Escaped as Guards Reassess Arkansas Break
Cummins Prison Farm in Arkansas was swarmed by authorities after a mass escape in which 33 inmates are charged with two killings. National Guardsmen were called in today to reinforce the hunt alongside local lawmen.
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Ark
House Amends Industry Draft in Defense Materials Plan
Washington House Military Committee approves an amendment to the conscription bill allowing the government to rent or take over industrial plants for defense production. If a company refuses a government order, the state may operate the plant and pay fair compensation. Debate opens on peace and conscription with expectations of another Senate-like clash between House and Senate drafts.
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House Military Committee
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Rep
May
D.-Ky
Tim
Short
R.-Mo
Britain rejects surrender of warships in wartime
Washington reports Britain has given the United States assurance it will not surrender or sink its fleet if waters around the British Isles become untenable. An exchange between Secretary Hull and Lord Lothian confirms the policy, with Britain stating the fleet would be sent overseas for defense of other parts of the empire.
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Deadline Nears For Poll Tax Qualifying In Kingsport
Voters in Kingsport and Sullivan County have three days to pay 1999 poll taxes to qualify for the November 5 presidential election. Deputy Trustee Paris Pendleton said the city hall office will stay open through Friday noon to 6 p.m. The trustee records show about 250 poll tax receipts issued since August 1, lifting qualified voters to around 20,000 with at least 100 more expected before the deadline.
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Kingsport
Sullivan
Paris Pendleton
Blountville
514 Lives Lost Over Holiday Labor Day Toll
The Amended Press reports 514 violent deaths during the three-day Labor Day weekend, beating last year's total. Motor vehicle deaths reached 325, up 97 from the prior holiday. Other causes added 188 fatalities with state tallies including Georgia 10 and Kentucky 11, plus plane crashes at 25 and other causes.
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