House Hints 60-Day Voluntary Draft Test Plan
House leaders look ready to drop fight on a 60 day voluntary enlistment test as part of Burke Wadsworth conscription bill. Senate action and conference talks cloud final shape while defense bills push toward passage and Roosevelt urge speed on pending measures.
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Ready Today
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Logan Day by Day: Puffball Dish Featured
Charles Schempp, local barber, plans a weekend tasting in Logan. The centerpiece is a giant puffball found by Wash Meldrim on a nearby farm. The one pound fourteen ounce puffball is described as a rare delicacy by fungi experts.
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Charles Schempp
Logan
Walker Appointment Confirmed as Postmaster General
The Senate confirmed Frank C. Walker to succeed James A. Farley as postmaster general in President Roosevelt's Cabinet. Confirmation followed a Senate vote reported from Washington on September 7.
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Washington
Senate
Frank C. Walker
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Clear Weekend Predicted With Warm Temperatures Ahead
The weatherman forecasts a fair sunny weekend with little temperature change. Daytime highs in the eighties and evening cool spells near the sixties, and Logan has had no rainfall this week.
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Logan
Indictment Alleges Tax Evasion by Champagne Firm
A federal grand jury indicted Victory von Baden and the Mon Ami Champagne Co. of Ottawa County for shipping champagne without paying taxes or properly designating package contents.
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Toledo, O
Victory von Baden
Mon Ami Champagne Co
Ottawa County
Galapagos Proposed as Possible U S Naval Base Site
Defense officials disclosed that Costa Rica’s Cocos Island and France’s Clipperton Island are unsuited for American naval bases due to natural limitations. The Galapagos group in Ecuador might warrant consideration as a defense site. Roosevelt said the United States is not negotiating for extra leasing rights with any country.
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Washington
Costa Rica
Cocos Island
France
Clipperton Island
South Pacific
Ecuador
Galapagos Group
Roosevelt
United States
Lake captain David Robb dies at 176 in Sandusky Ohio
David Robb a retired Great Lakes captain died at his Sandusky Ohio home at age 176 He spent 30 of his 176 years aboard freighters and was known for his long career on the Great Lakes
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Des Sandusky, O
David Robb
Great Lakes
Ohio Enlistment Rates Put State Last in 1940
The Library of Congress reports Ohio had the lowest average voluntary enlistments in 1940 with 65 per 100 000 population and 4 326 total enlistments. Texas led with 14 670, Pennsylvania 14 586, New York 11 092, and Kentucky 17 326. Major Ben R Howell notes draft quotas will reflect available servicemen.
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Ohio
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Army and Navy Slective Service Committee
Ohio Democrats finalize platform endorsing Davey leadership
Democratic resolutions committee completed a platform for the 1940 Ohio campaign praising former Gov Martin L Davey as the undisputed leader. The document backs Davey's favored planks including repealing the sales tax and providing $40 monthly for aged residents. National Committeeman Charles Sawyer pledged full support for the slate despite past conflicts. Delegates cheered Sawyer after his defense of his loyalty to the ticket.
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Martin L. Davey
Charles Sawyer
Davey
Sawyer
Starr Rites Monday at Logan Residence
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Starr, who died Thursday night after a long illness, will be held Monday at 2 PM at the residence, 109 South Mulberry Street. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery by Woodard Funeral Service.
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Harry Starr
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Oak Grove Cemetery
Woodard
Willkie Calls Ship Deal Dictatorial and Democratic Battery
Willkie, speaking to farm editors and radio commentators in Rushville Indiana, denounced the destroyer deal trading 50 overage ships for British bases as the most dictatorial act by a president. He warned that defeating dictators through democratic means is essential and urged expanding rural electrification.
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Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Paul Collier offers $500 reward for stolen banner
Paul C. Collier of Cleveland offered a $500 reward for information leading to the recovery of his 15 foot Win with Willkie banner stolen from his home.
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Cleveland
Paul C. Collier
Willkie” Banner
Romania Bows to Axis as Antonescu Purges Adversaries
General Ion Antonescu tightens grip in Bucharest after Carol's abdication, aligning Romania with the Rome Berlin axis. Police round up Iron Guard foes, public rallies greet Mihai on the throne, while Carol remains in exile.
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Romania
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Constanta
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Greece
Dresden
Corneliu Codreanu
Iron
Berlin Reports 3 Hour Raid and RAF Backfires
Berlin says German air force retaliated after a three hour raid on Berlin by sending strong forces against London Liverpool Manchester and RAF airfields in a morning attack. Docks and oil tanks near London caught fire as fires lit Berlin in a major daytime raid. Civilians and soldiers killed and wounded reported.
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County Treasurer Urges Immediate Tax Payments
County Treasurer Robert N. White urged those with unpaid current taxes to pay at once as Monday and Tuesday are the final payment days. The office will remain open Saturday afternoon to accept payments.
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Robert N. White
Wheat Supply Nearly Double U S Needs In 1941 Planting
Wheat growers in the United States adjust 1941 plans as North American supplies top annual requirements by about 1.8 billion bushels. Canada’s surplus is large while weather favors sowing in the central plains and Mississippi and Missouri valley regions. Prices edge up as demand for free grain remains muted.
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United States
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Plains
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio River
Chinese Troops Cross Border Into French Indo China
An official Hanoi dispatch reports Chinese troops crossed into French Indo China on Sept 5 and were repulsed by French colonial forces. French casualties were one dead and 10 wounded. Frontier vigilance was redoubled and measures taken to face any eventuality.
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France
Hanoi
Former Dominican president arrives in Miami en route to New York
Traveling incognito, former Dominican Republic president Rafael Lanes arrives in Miami by chartered plane. He is headed to New York for a medical examination after a long illness.
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Rafael Lanes Ae Pearllo
Inane Man
Ican Republic
Miami
Fla
New York
Senate Finance Panel Sets Higher Excess Profits Tax Rates
The Senate Finance Committee advanced a sweeping excess profits tax revision with a 3.1 percent increase in the normal corporate tax, a 10 percent special tax on profits from defense orders, and a top bracket rise to 24 percent for firms with over 25 000 in net income. The 4.1 percent penalty tax was dropped and the excess profits rate schedule was set between 26 and 50 percent, with action described as tentative and aims for Senate debate by Monday.
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Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
House
Fall kills farmer on Warren County farm
Theodore Kellner aged 49 died at his Warren County farm after slipping while watering stock and fracturing his skull on a rock. The fatal accident occurred on September 1 as reported by AP.
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Theodore Kellner
Warren County
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