Italian Forces Sweep Into Egypt Near Sollum and Musaid
Cairo reports say Greaziani led a mechanized advance into Sollum and Musaid with tanks and armored cars under British air attack. British armor harassed Graziani's troops as Italians pushed 10 miles deep, with a growing plausibility of a full offensive amid uncertainty over troop numbers and supply lines.
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Musaid
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Egypt
Port
Weral
Court Faces Heavy Docket In Sullivan County Court
The September term of Sullivan County circuit court convenes in Blountville with the heaviest felony docket in six years. Four first degree murder trials are listed among 458 pages, plus rape, incest, larceny, liquor, forgery, and OWI charges. Major cases include Eugene McClarkin’s first degree murder linked to Officer Mille’s shooting and a second Virginia-reported suspect. Court expects a swift trial pace, with most cases misdemeanors and new filings from past four months.
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Blountville
Shelburne
Sweensee
Charace
Ureder
Adtingsport
Be County
Arcane
Etrcuit Court
Bristol
Kingsport
Lather Birchfield
Eugene An Wasland McCracien
Trethe
John ™. Mille
Virginia
Britain Beats Off Raids in Night of Bombardment
London reports 300 German planes attacked, RAF and anti aircraft defense repelled most threats. Night alarms and heavy fighting over the metropolis as Britain hones its air defense. observers warn of invasion danger while Britain presses on with war production and planning. US Congress approves peacetime draft to raise a 900000 man army, with initial calls planned for November and further undertakings through 1941.
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Bac
Thames Estuary
Britain
France
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Ithe Air Ministry
Senate
Congress
House
Rep
Marcantnnio
American Labor
New York
Nazis Threaten London Fire With Bombs In Retaliation
A German spokesman claimed London will be bombed relentlessly unless Britain agrees to arm in Germany's favor. He alleged four million civilians are at risk and cited incendiary raids on London including the Greenwich line center and West and East India docks. He argued London is a key military objective and civilian evacuations are now futile.
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Britain
London
Germany
Getty
Warsaw
Baduesaer
Tees
Myenanne Oy
Greenwich
Thames
West
East India Docks
Plant Worker Dies Of Blow on Head in Kingsport
Andrew Jackson Roberts 23 died at Community Hospital after a blow to the head near the temple. John Mosley, guard at Borden Mill, was arrested on first degree murder charges. Mosley released on $10,000 bond. Roberts had gone to the plant for a 10 p m shift. witnesses say Mosley barred entry and a brief altercation followed. Roberts’ death was attributed to brain hemorrhage. Funeral planned at Big Door Baptist Church Blackwater Va with burial there.
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Andrew Jackson Roberts
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Temple
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Kingsport
Robertson Street
Gene Spencer
Luke Powell
Spencer
Borden Mill
Walnut Street
Mosley
Lewis Roberts
Shirley
Hagan
Walnut Streat
Wright Collier
Luther Hurd
Rogersville
Conley Maness
Elmer Wallen
Kay Scott
William Jones
Opal Roberts
Apt Minor
Blackwater
Big Door Baptist Church
Roosevelt asks Congress for 1.73 billion for draft and defense
President Roosevelt requested 1 733 886 976 to finance the draft and defense measures. Congress leaders promised quick action on a 207 million addition for defense facilities. The package would push peacetime armed services appropriations to 12 545 588 705. It includes 24 825 208 for selective service administration and funds for training 900 000 men, pay, travel, clothing, subsistence, construction, barracks, and the army medical department. Additional amounts cover airplane landing fields, and 40 million for the national youth administration to prepare youth for defense industries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Commerce Department
United States
National Youth Administration
Four Children Die In Gravel Pit Collapse Near Montgomery
Tons of earth collapsed in an abandoned gravel pit near Montgomery killing four children and injuring a fifth who barely escaped. Victims identified as Dororthy Armstrong, 9, Lurline Armstrong, 8, Joe Hubert Rowell, 6, and William Thomas Morrison, 10, while Joe Winford Armstrong, 41, and a third adult were also named in the wreckage as investigators work the scene.
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Ala
Joe Winford Armstrong
Dorothy May
Armstrong
Lurline Armstrong
Joe Hubert Rowell
William Thomas Morrison
Economists seek curb on bottlenecks to avert price rise
Washington administration economists urge immediate action to expand freight cars, steel and machine tool facilities to meet rising demand. They project 2.5 to 3.75 million additional workers by next July and a possible national income near 78 to 80 billion dollars, depending on defense pace and price trends.
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Firemen Plan Annual Convention in Pulaski Tennessee
The tenth annual Tennessee Firemen's Association convention will be held here September 25 to 27 with several hundred firemen and guests. Governor Copper will head a slate of more than forty speakers. Chief R K Balick of Fayetteville, president, will preside.
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Firemen Plan
Pulaski, Tenn
Tennessee Firemen's Association
Copper
R. K. Balick
Faysttesville
Willkie Charges FDR Fostered Appeasement in Midwest
Wendell Willkie, speaking in Illinois and Missouri, accuses Franklin D. Roosevelt of aiding European appeasement and harming democracy. He claims Roosevelt urged concessions to Hitler and Mussolini and misstates the timing of prior calls, with aide Lem Jones noting a misstatement about Munich settlement.
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Chicago
California
Wendell
Willkie
Roosevelt
Europe
Eoria
Franklin Roosevelt
Germany
Henry A. Wallace
Republican Party
Party
Joliet, Jr
Hitler
Mussolini
Czecho- Slovakia
Munich
Lem Jones
Bankhead Conditions Worsen At Naval Hospital
Washington reports Speaker William B Bankhead in critical condition after a sudden turn for the worse following an attack of sciatica and fever. He was brought to the Naval hospital Thursday as doctors noted increasing back and leg pain and unsatisfactory progress earlier in the day.
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The
Naval Hospital
William B. Bankhead
Romania Declares Iron Guard State Under Antonescu Rule
General Ion Antonescu issued a decree establishing a totalitarian Romanian state modeled on Nazi lines. The Iron Guard becomes the sole political party with Antonescu as chief of state and defense minister, Horia Sima as vice premier, Vasile Jasinski as labor minister, and Mihail Antonescu as justice minister. Princess Helen returns from exile amid Iron Guard displays as a royal family member travels with her son Mizhi.
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Ion Antonescu
The
Iron Guard
Antonescu
Horia Sima
Fuehrer
Vasile Jasinsci
Mihail Antonescu
Helen
Carol
Mizhi
County School Board Mulls Salary Cuts To Cut Overdrafts
Sullivan County Board of Education weighs reducing high school salaries and eliminating unused bus service to trim overdrafts in four budget areas. New county superintendent Lewis I. Chase cites Sept. 1 figures showing overdrafts of 4000 plus dollars in capital outlay and salary budgets, with unpaid bills totaling about 24 hundred. Possible remedy includes keeping expenses under minimum, trimming high school pay, and delaying or dropping uncontracted costs while awaiting October budget reallocations.
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Department of Education
Lewis I. Chase
Chase
Rock, Springs
Old Kingsport
Supt
Clarke
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