Businessmen Rent Narrow Gauge Railroad For A Day In Maine
Six Massachusetts businessmen rented the Bridgton and Harrison railroad for twelve hours to fulfill boyhood dreams of locomotive work. They employed a professional engineer, swapped cars, and shuttled along 15 miles, stopping for photos and blueberry patches. The event cost 60 dollars, with another 50 raised to repair an engine, and non paying riders joined in the fun.
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Massachusetts
Bridgton and Harrison
New England
Sather
Why Army Guns and Equipment Take Time to Outfita
In Washington, Major General C M Wesson explains that even after funding is approved the army faces lengthy cycles due to design, testing, and standardization. He cites the 1935 1938 development of a medium tank as a case study showing multi year timelines that may be shortened by broader standardization.
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E. C. Daniel Washington
C. M. Wesson
Army
Congress
United States
Infantry
Chief of Infantry
Chief of Ordnance
Ordnance Committee
Secretary of War
Oliver to Head Noe Patronage Group in Ouachita Parish
Travis Oliver Jr a Monroe attorney was named chairman of patronage for the James A Noe forces in Ouachita parish The move follows a split patronage agreement between Governor Sam Jones and Noe and precedes similar parish chairmen. Oliver said Ouachita job applications go through his office before forwarding to the central office.
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Travis Oliver Jr
Monroe
James A. Noe
Ouachita Parish
Noe
Fifth
Sam Jones
Charles E. McKenzie
Vance Plauche
Lake Charles
Francis Whitehead
Port Allen
McKenzie
Jones
Plauche
Whitehead
Oliver
Louisiana State University
Travis Oliver
The
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Central
India train wreck kills 30 and injures 70
Thirty killed and seventy injured when the Dacca Calcutta mail train derailed about 75 miles from Calcutta. Authorities suspect sabotage. Most victims were Indians in third class coaches. The wreck occurred near the same spot as last year’s disaster with 35 dead and 36 injured.
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Calcutta
Heavy Downpour Floods Lafayette City
One of the heaviest rains in Fayette history flooded Lafayette early Sunday and damaged stores while impairing water supply as a city oil reservoir overflowed into water reservoirs. The rainfall reached about five inches and accompanied a severe electrical storm. The downpour began at 2 AM and lasted until 9 AM.
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Lafayette
Fayette
le City
Hitler Returns to Berlin in War Activity Burst
Hitler arrived in Berlin with Von Ribbentrop and top commanders at the Chancellery as conferences proceeded. Goering and von Brauchitsch joined, following last week’s Alpine retreat. Ex-officer Wolkoff reportedly interned in London. A camouflaged British flying boat resumed transatlantic service carrying Colonel Donovan on official Navy business.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Bavarian Alps
Berchtesgaden
von Ribbentrop
Hermann Goering
Walther von Brauchitsch
New York
England
William J. Donovan
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
War at a Glance Broadcasts Shifting Global War Pulse
Blitz on Britain dominates the page as weather and sea conditions favor a Nazi thrust, while RAF strikes Continental targets to blunt an attack. British air raids on the Mediterranean and Africa report mixed results with submarine losses claimed by both sides. In the Americas, U S conscription debates heat up as Argentina detains Graf Spee crew. Pershing urges destroyer aid to Britain, Lindbergh pushes non intervention with Europe.
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Britain
United Kingdom
Tokyo
Japan
Mediterranean
Mersa Matruh
Western Hemisphere
United States
Senate
Argentina
Graf Spee
General Pershing
Lindbergh
Europe
Rescue Efforts Underway For Two Climbers On Mt Shuksan
Two women climbers, Anne Cedarquist and Faye Plank, remained stranded on ledges 8000 feet up Mt Shuksan in Washington after Cedarquist fell 40 feet injuring an arm and several ribs. Rescue parties labored to reach them as frigid conditions complicated the operation.
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Glacier Ranger Station
Wash
Mt. Shuksan
Anne Cedarquist
Shelton
Faye Plank
Payments Increase in State Sales Tax in July
Baton Rouge reports July sales tax receipts at 510000, up from 453000 a year earlier. Fontenot notes cost cuts and reduced payroll from 24632.10 to 16493.16, with staff drops from 201 in 1939 to 143 last July.
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Baton Rouge
Rufus W. Fontenot
Fontenot
Actress Jill Esmond Divorce Decreed Absolute
A conditional divorce granted January 29 against Laurence Olivier was made absolute today in London. Actress Vivien Leigh is named as co respondent in the uncontested suit filed by Jill Esmond.
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London
Jill Esmond
Laurence Olivier
Vivien Leigh
Miss Esmond
English Attack Channel Bases In New Move
Spectacular aerial offensives reported by Britain and Italy suggest new war phases. British Spitfires engaged German Messerschmitts over the channel, with two shot down and another reportedly downed on the British side. Italy claimed hits on East Africa bases as a wider clash over air control intensified. Both sides issued contradictory reports of heavy scoring with limited damage. London said Britain would deport two more Japanese nationals after diplomatic tensions rose following arrests.
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Associated Press
Britain
Italy
English Channel
British
Air Ministry
Channel
Germany
East Africa
London
Latvian Leader Ulmanis Dies of Injuries After Assault
Karl Ulmanis, the Latvian president ousted as Latvia sought Soviet adoption, died from injuries after an assault. Stockholm dispatch via Aftonbladet and the Exchange Telegraph confirms his death at age 62 following removal from office on July 20 and subsequent hospitalization in Riga. Vilhelm Munters, former Latvian foreign minister, is reported missing and feared killed by political enemies.
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London
Nebraska
Karl Ulmanis
Latvia
Soviet Union
Stockholm
Exchange Telegraph Company
Aftonbladet
Vilhelm Munters
Ulmanis
Riga
National Guard Units Move For War Maneuvers
Army troops crossing the new ten million dollar Mississippi River cantilever bridge join National Guardsmen bound for Sabine maneuvers in Western Louisiana. In Alexandria Beuregard a vast concentration camp trains 50 000 guardsmen from 13 states for three weeks ending in large scale war maneuvers near Camp Shelby and Hattiesburg.
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Baton Rouge
Sabine
Louisiana
Alexandria
Beaurfgard
National
Short Campaign Waged As Parties Pivot To Quick Race
Washington August 5 Democrats and Republicans finish organizing for a hastened presidential campaign of 10 to 11 weeks. The clash over Hatch Act limits surfaces as Henry Fletcher argues the $5 000 cap applies only to national committees, urging donors to channel larger gifts to state or local bodies.
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Washington
Democrats
Republicana
Henry P. Fletcher
Jackson
Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Burke-Wadeworth training bill sent to Senate floor
The military committee approved the Burke-Wadeworth compulsory training bill by 12 to 3 to require conscription of about 12 million men aged 21 to 34. Secretary of War Stimson backs it, aligning with President Roosevelt's plan, while opposition grows in the Senate.
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Washington
Military Committee
Senate
War Stimson
Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
Downey
Caliifornia
Johnson
Cale
Thomas
Idaho
Lanedeen
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Landeen
Congress
National Guard
Capitol Hill
Budget Bureau projects U S defense outlays near twenty billion
The Budget Bureau reports that current defense spending plus pending items push total outlays toward 20 billion dollars for the year. Already included is 1 060487009 in regular costs and defense expenditures, with further requests of 2 237191997 and 2 732060000 shaping the defense bill.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Congress
Forrestal Named Under Secretary of Navy
President Roosevelt nominated James V. Forrestal of New York to be undersecretary of the navy. Forrestal, former Dillon Reed executive and Roosevelts aide, is to fill a post created under the Reorganization Act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James V. Forrestal
New York
Navy
Forrestal
Dillon, Reed and Company
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