RAF Turns Back Giant Nazi Armada New Deal Wins
In a pair of primary races in New York and Wisconsin, anti administration forces scored notable wins while Rep. John J. O Connor of New York was decisively defeated in both parties in Manhattan's 18th district. In Wisconsin, Democrats critical of the Roosevelt administration led the field for the U S Senate as the gubernatorial race remained tight with incomplete returns.
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John J. O'Connor
New York
O'Connor
Manhattan
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
U. S
O'Connors
William T. Phelifer
Jama H. Fay
Fay
Pantichild Otrm
ALP
Hamilton Fish
New Deal Joo
Hyde Park
Garner
James E. Planagan
William D. Carrol
State Central Committee
James J. Kerwin
Beat
John Cudahy
Kerwin
Cudaubsy
Belgium
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Julius P. Hell
Sorte la Follette
Poll Tax Figures Set Voter Eligibility in Sullivan County
County Trustees Worley Fain announced certified poll tax records show 12 500 eligible voters for the November elections in Sullivan County. Final figures list 828 poll tax receipts issued after August and indicate increases over August counts across civil districts, with age exemptions included.
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Worley Fain
Sulivan
Y Fain
Hiat
British air force losses and European port bombardments
Bulletin reports 2086 planes lost by the British air force in August and early September. German news agency notes heavy air raids. London ports and military stores heavily targeted along Europe’s north coast. Washington says federal debt exceeds 44 trillion before deficits for national defense.
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Agreement Reached on Oil Imports to Spain
The Bross Association reported a London agreement between Britain and Spain to regulate oil imports to Spain. In Washington, Senator Austin condemned a plan to end tax exemptions on securities, arguing it infringes states and municipalities' rights to raise funds without federal interference.
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London
Bross Association
Spain
Washington
Austin
Predict Disaster in Cairo as Egyptian Press Foretells Italian Invasion
The Egyptian press predicts disaster for Italian troops invading Egypt with claims the western desert will become a burial ground. In London, the eighth air raid warning since dawn reports casualties around 12:54 p.m. CST as German raids continue into the late afternoon.
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Egypt
Fascia
London
Kingsport council weighs patrol station and fire house upgrades
The Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen delayed action on a proposed highway patrol station and a fire station expansion on Watauga Street. Estimates put the patrol station at 4348 dollars with concrete or half brick, offices and a two-car garage. Fire station expansion, including a new heating system and space for additional apparatus, was pegged at 2700 dollars. A traffic light plan near Llavaln School and at Johnson City and Bristol highways was approved in part, with further study assigned. The Riverview Negro school project discussed enlarging land for athletic use and potential wider athletic facilities.
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Adarmon
Watauga Street
Allen Clyde
Kingaport
Tipton
Dryden
Summer Street
Bristol Highway
Brod Street
Johnson City
Bristol
Mnbnare
Riverview
FDR Moves Toward Draft as U S Plans Wide Conscription
President Roosevelt returns to Washington to push a peacetime draft beginning with an Oct 16 registration of 16 million men. Key steps include issuing draft regulations, appointing the selective service director, and securing Congress approval for a $2 billion defense appropriation. Col. Lewis B. Hershey is the leading candidate for draft director.
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Alabama
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Verghay
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Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
Withh Hing
Louis ¥. Johnson
Nestatant
Way
Allen W. Gulien
Gullien
National Aeletsive Services Organization
621 Airplanes Lost In Siege
London reports British air force losses reach 621 planes of all kinds and under 600 men since August 8, while German losses total 1,867 planes and 4,000 men. British fliers in the Near East say 34 Italian planes were shot down with equal losses to their own. Sir Archibald Sinclair notes German bomb production down up to 30 percent due to Allied raids and mentions sleep deprivation affecting German workers. He also reveals a bomb casing from Kent airfield likely came from a French dump.
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Archibald Sincelal
Fiers
Near East
Kent Airdrome
France
Jones to Take Office Thursday on Special Train
Jones, a Texas banker and former Reconstruction Finance Corporation chair, will be sworn in as acting Commerce Secretary on Thursday aboard a presidential special train en route to Washington. Alan Jones will hold his federal loan administrator post while taking over Commerce duties during the President’s return from Jasper.
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Washington, D. C
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Roosevelt
Will
Harry L. Hopkins
White House
Washington
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Ab Jasper
Alan Jones
Commerce Secretary
Collier Jury Is Selected In Bristol Murder Trial
The first of four murder trials for Sullivan county opens in Blouneville as attorneys shape a 100 person venire. Hd Collier, ex Bristol street cleaner, is charged with first degree murder in the death of Eugene G. Brown, WPA supervisor. The case may fill the afternoon with numerous witnesses.
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Blouneville
Alttorneys
Buen
Hd Collier
Bristol Street Cleaning Department
Eugene GB. Brown
WPA
Nu Larg
Von Ribbentrop To Meet I Duce Colier Arrested July 6
Colier was arrested July 6 following the discovery of Brown's headless body in a creek near Big Creek in the county. Ribbentrop left for Rome to confer with Mussolini and Calhier as a Rome-Berlin axis discussion reportedly touched on a 60 destroyers for air bases deal. Spain’s role in the axis was noted as strategically valuable though economically weak, with Rome-Bern in talks expected to formalize Spain’s axis alignment.
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Atlantic
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Minneapolis
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von Ribbentrop
Roosevelt
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Egypt
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Zeke) Cleek
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Hiram Burke
Charlie Atkins
Ib Ives
Desert Battle Looms as Italians Advance Toward Alexandria
A Cairo British communique reports heavy and successful bombing of Italian troops at Sidi Barani and Heypt as two motorized Italian columns push 60 miles into Egypt toward an asphalt road 350 miles to the Suez. Rome asserts stiff British resistance crushed. claims Italian gains and Luftwaffe successes with losses on both sides. British night raids hit Libyan ports Bengazi and Derta, sinking a torpedo boat and a pontoon, damaging a steamer.
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Rome
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Bengazi
Derta
Night Raids Rain Death Over London
London-AP report says British fighter pilots and ground gunners repelled a large German air assault east of London. Three formations of twin engined bombers with escorts, about 300 planes in total, attacked over the Thames estuary as Londoners sheltered during a fifth raid alarm of the day.
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British Press Association
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England
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Hague
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Londer
United States
RAF
Olds Defends U S Industry Amid War and Strike Talk
Irving Olds, chairman of U S Steel, told a luncheon audience that national defense needs can be met quickly and cheaply with private enterprise at the helm. He rejected talk of a sit down strike and urged fact finding before condemning business. Meanwhile RAF bombers struck Ostend harbor and Zeebrugge ships as London faced nightly air raids with silhouettes of aircraft over the channel coast.
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Air Ministry
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Zeebrugge
Belgian Porle
Virginia Air Mail Service Faster Amid Steel Industry Confidence
A Virginia air mail route expansion promises faster connections between Appalachia Bristol and the capital region as the steel industry pledges cooperation and readiness. Officials note progress depends on converting orders into finished products, with some priorities and delays expected, while patrons can info at local post offices. In Europe, London endures heavy bombing as German raids face British interceptors and large scale anti shipping operations unfold.
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Scott
Arary
Lee
Virginia
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Bristol
Washington, D. C
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Mass Death In London Night After Bomb Attacks
Eyewitness account from London as rescue crews retrieve victims from a basement after a bombing. Fire, anti-aircraft fire, and collapsing buildings punctuate the scene as medics revive some victims while others, including a six month old baby, are found dead.
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Planes Carrying Willkie On Tour From Albuquerque
Three chartered airliners bearing Wendell L. Willkie and his advisers and newspapers took off shortly after 8:15 a.m. for Phoenix where the Republican presidential nominee was to speak later today in a rapidly developing campaign tour.
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