Concussions Rock Hercules Powder Plant Area
Two large blasts hit the Hercules Powder Company plant at Kenil near Dover New Jersey. At least 200 injured and a variable number killed as fires sparked multiple smaller blasts. Telephones and roads disrupted, police dispatched 25 troopers, and hospitals activated full staff.
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Dover
N. J
Hercules Powder Company
Kenvil
Here
Newark
Kenyil
Lake Hopatcong
Hercules
Westchester County
New York City
Draft Speedy Passage Seen for Peacetime Draft
A joint senate and house committee moved toward a rapid report on a compromise compulsory military training bill. The measure backs a peacetime draft for ages 21 to 35, with executive powers to seize plants and demand defense materials if needed, aiming for final action before week’s end.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
FDR Promises Draft Plan to Shield America from War
President Roosevelt, in his third term campaign kickoff before 2,400 International Brotherhood of Teamsters members, pledges compulsory service for industry and manpower if needed to build national defense. He warns against appeasement and affirms no foreign wars or sending U.S. forces abroad outside the Americas except in case of attack.
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Washington
Roosevelt
International Teamsters’ Union
AFL
Constitutional Hall
Daniel J. Tobin
Franklin
Union
Chicago
Americas
Willkie Warns U S Doomed Under FDR in Indiana
Rushville dispatch reports Wendell Willkie denouncing Franklin D Roosevelt as clumsy in foreign affairs and predicting US failure under his leadership. He calls Roosevelt's policies class conscious and economically sabotaged, urging voters to reject the president at the Indianapolis conference with GOP leaders.
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Rushville
Ind
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Aday
United States
Indianapolis
Blum
France
Draft Bill Outlines Universal Conscription Steps and Exemptions
A draft bill approved by joint committees proposes universal registration for all male citizens and eligible aliens at 25, with exemptions for certain officials. It covers a one-year service, voluntary enlistments for ages 18 to 34, a cap of 900,000 trainees, service restricted to the western hemisphere and nearby territories, and a pay increase from 84 to 80 dollars monthly. It details post service reserve assignments, deferments for ministers and essential workers, and reemployment protections with back pay if employers resist.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sorvey
Anel
Philippine Islands
Ig Goms
Reeserve
Vnto
Driver Slugged By Unidentified Car At Brooks Station
J L Stone night operator at Brooks Service Station on the Johnson City Highway told police he was attacked by two men in a Sullivan County car while delivering motor oil. He was treated for scalp cuts and released. A car matching the description was found with a blackjack inside and ignition wires tampered with. authorities plan further inquiry.
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J. L. Stone
Brooks
Johnson City
Community Hospital
Jim Broyles
Bill Fletcher
Stone
Sullivan County
M. H. Witt
Fletcher
Long Island
Waa
Bomb Found Near St Pauls Cathedral in London
A delayed action bomb similar to a device used at Buckingham Palace was found near St Paul’s Cathedral. Engineers and police cordoned off the area to protect the landmark, with residents evacuated and traffic halted as they assessed the buried device.
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London
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul's Cathedral
Lie Cathedral Grounds
Vail
St. Paula
British Press Association
Eyebrow Plucking Tragedy Claims Parkston Woman
A 21 year old Parkston South Dakota woman, one of triplet sisters, died after a 10 day battle with cellulitis. Doctors said the infection developed following Miss Hing plucking her eyebrows.
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Maux Falls
5. D
Lois
Parkston
S. D
Miss Hing
CAA Trainees Pledge to Enter Military Service
Washington announces pilot training pledge for Civil Aeronautics Administration trainees. Colonel Donald H. Connelly says the pledge signals intention to use the training for national defense, not set entry timing. About 15,000 trainees to enroll in preliminary courses beginning September 16 across 500 colleges and universities.
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Washington
Aeronautica Administration
Ust
Donald H. Connelly
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
German Cities Hit In RAF Night Raids Across Germany
British airmen bombed North German cities including Berlin Hamburg and Bremen in a 92 minute raid. Casualties were reported with many fires in residential areas as anti aircraft batteries and civil defense curbed destruction.
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Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
Girl Is Shot Accidentally By Brother In Fort Blackmore
Alice Frazier a 5 year old daughter of Marion Frazier of Fort Blackmore Va is in Community hospital with serious wounds from a shotgun discharge said to be accidental by investigating officers Patrolman Jon Martin said a 16 year old half brother discharged the weapon at the Frazier home Wednesday at 10 am The girl was brought to the hospital about 2 pm and was shot from behind while sitting by a fireplace the wound affecting the right hip and left heel Attending physicians said she is expected to recover.
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Alice Frazier
Marion Frasier
Fort Blackmore
Jon Martin
Irl
Frazier
Martin
London and Berlin Fire In Enemy Air War
Britain launched repeated air blitzes at Berlin targets including Anhalter station and Templehof while London endured the heaviest night of bombing yet. German raids hit southern London districts, hospitals, and factories but were repelled by anti air defenses and RAF counter strikes.
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RAF
Britain
London
Germany
Berlin
Templehof
Anhalter
Potsdam
Air Ministry
Tiergarten
Eit
Uns
Italy U Boats Strike British Shipping in Atlantic Raid
Italy reports its submarine fleet reached the Atlantic to attack British shipping, claiming a sink of 27,000 tons in one voyage beyond Gibraltar. A raid on Aden sinks two British destroyers, while air bombs damage Libyan airports and docks. Fires flare at Derna and Amseed, with Italian bombers targeting coastal British troops and depots along Egypt’s coast. Both sides appear poised for major action on the Libyan Egyptian frontier.
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London
Southampton
Port Victoria
Liverpool
England
High Command
Thames
der Angriff
Goebbels
Hamburg
Bremen
Germany
Fleet Street
Daily Herald
Evening Standard
Christopher Wren
Tinly
Tedey
Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar
von Aden
Red Sea
Dernea
Amseat
Bardia
Alesandria-Mersa Ma- Lruh
Egypt
Derna
Italy
Brite Alre
LaFollette Warns U S In Danger Of 1917 Road
Wisconsin senator La Follette condemns the transfer of over age destroyers to Great Britain for Atlantic defense bases. He calls the policy a phase of the administration's foreign policy as bocus pocus and warns the nation faces a repeat of 1917.
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Washington
Wisconsin
LaFollette
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Personal Sacrifice Urged By Palmer At Rotary
E W Palmer president of the Kingsport Press warns Rotarians that democracy requires personal sacrifice. He cites rising debt and urges unity to prevent economic collapse and move toward disciplined free enterprise and national resolve.
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E. W. Palmer
Kingsport Press
Palmer
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