Third Army Prepares for FourDay Maneuvers in Louisiana
More than 70 000 national guardsmen reserve officers and regulars take up positions in the Central Louisiana area to test the Third Army's ability to maneuver under combat conditions and keep troops fueled and fed. The weeklong exercise begins at midnight and ends next Tuesday with plans for troops to return to civilian jobs by August 24.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Third Army
National Guard
Stanley D. Embick
Camp Beauregard
Walter E. Krueger
Albert H. Blanding
Blues
Boyce
Camp Shelby
Miss
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Mississippi
Hth
13Th Field Artillery Brigade
34Th Ordnance Company
120Th Infantry
Embick
John S. Wood
Wood
Virgil L. Peterson
Army
John K. Herr
Frank M. Andrews
George C. Marshall
Nine year old resuced by life saving students at Magazine Beach
In Cambridge Massachusetts on Thursday night John Ferguson aged nine nearly drowned as twenty life saving students trained at Magazine Beach rushed to his aid. They dived in pulled him to shore revived him and sent him home.
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Cambridge
Mass
John Ferguson
Magazine Beach
John
Roosevelt Says U S Holds Talks For Bases With Britain
In a press conference President Roosevelt announced that the United States is holding conversations with Great Britain on acquiring naval and air bases for hemisphere defense with special reference to the Panama Canal. He added conversations with Canada regarding hemispheric defense, but gave few details.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Panama Canal
British Empire
Two Students Held in Teacher's Death in Havana
In Havana on August 16 two students were detained after the shooting death of Dr. Ramiro Valdes Daussa a Havana University professor and noted revolutionist. Valdes Daussa was killed when assailants fired on his car at a street intersection. Police say three suspects were in the car. one remains unaccounted for.
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Havana
Ramiro Valdes Daussa
Havana University
Valdes Raussa
Gerardo Machado
Battle of Britain fuels London fires and air fights
Suburbs of London suffer great fires as German raids intensify over the Thames. RAF fighters clash with German warplanes above the capital with 2,500 German aircraft reported in the channel area. RAF bombers strike cities in North Italy. two killed and five wounded. Italian and Greek tensions rise over sea incidents and Shanghai defense plans amid war in the far east.
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Britain
London
DNB
Thames
Channel
Italy
Rome
Far East
Japan
Shanghai Defense Committee
Shanghai
United States
British Empire
English
New York
British
Associated Press
Scotland
Cornwall
Fuehrer
Five Die In Big TNT Plant Explosion Near Joplin
An explosion wrecked a unit of the Atlas Powder Plant near Joplin Missouri killing five workers. The plant nearby manufactures about 2 million pounds of TNT monthly with orders largely from Britain. The blast hit the No 2 punch house and did not affect a new TNT unit ready to operate next week.
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Joplin
Atlas Powder
Missouri
Carthage
Jasper
Joe Bates
Leroy Crampton
Carterville
Sidney Dietz
Harold Gallagher
Webb City
George Brown
Prosperity
Ouachita Valley Boy Scout Council to adopt 1940 budget
The Ouachita Valley Boy Scout Council Finance Committee is slated to meet Friday afternoon at the Virginia Hotel with A. B. Clarkson and H. G. Frazer to set the 1940 41 budget and financial policies for districts and troops. Attending members include L. K. Brooks Ruston J. T. Shell Jr Bastrop A. B. Hagle Ferriday Hugh Mercer Winnfield and C. E. Hester Tallulah chair.
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Ouachita Valley Boy Scout Council
Virginia
Olan H. Black
Stanley staff to move to New Orleans clears office plan
About half the attorney general staff packed today to relocate to New Orleans where routine office work will be centered. Attorney General Eugene Stanley said he would stay mostly in Baton Rouge and the new crime commission would operate there.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Eugene Stanley
New
Crime Commission
Floods threaten Virginia communities as death toll rises
Rising rivers and creeks flood Western and Southside Virginia with at least five deaths reported in Virginia and heavy damage. The James river is forecast to crest at 19 to 20 feet in Richmond while the Dan and Appomattox rivers reach their highest in five decades. Floods halt traffic and force evacuations as authorities assess prison farm evacuations and Red Cross aid aids Western North Carolina communities.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Appalachian
James River
Richmond
Dan River
Danville
Appomattox
Petersburg
North Carolina
East Tennessee
Georgia
Carolinas
Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Caledonia
Roanoke
Asheville
N. C
Red Cross
Three Army Pilots Hurt in Nashville Plane Crash
At Nashville Municipal Airport an army ground loop during landing caused a collision between two Army planes. Second Lieutenant C. E. Trostel of Cincinnati suffered head and body injuries. Second Lieutenant Raymond F. Rudell of Buffalo was knocked unconscious and taken to hospital. A city employee also sustained injuries while the incident damaged both ships.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States Army
C. E. Trostel
Cincinnati
Raymond F. Rudell
Buffalo
N. Y
Air War Box Score Conflicts Grow Over Six Day Battle
Conflicting reports from German and British commands detail plane losses in six days of major air fighting since last Thursday. The dispute centers on casualty figures and operational success as both sides claim superiority.
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Associated Preas
Two Civil Suits Against Sheriff in Ville Platte
Assistant Attorney General W. D. Goff said two civil suits were filed in district court at Ville Platte against former Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles H. Pucheu. A writ of attachment was issued by Judge J. Cleveland Fruge under a reform-law provision. The suits seek state recovery for alleged misaccounts and withdrawals from sheriff salary funds totaling $3,881.
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Baton Rouge
W. D. Goff
Ville Platte
Evangeline Parish
Charles H. Pucheu
Goff
J. Cleveland Fruge
Pucheu
E. Herman Guillory
Sam Jones
Putchell
Scheduled Hanging At Bastrop First In Ten Years
Bastrop activity notes the first hanging in Morehouse parish in a decade and the first execution of a Black man for intra racial murder. Charlie Peyton, convicted of fatally stabbing his common law wife Jessie Burks in Mer Rouge in September 1938, is set to die between 1 and 3 p.m. on Friday. The parish last saw executions on March 7, 1930, for the murder of Bob Lee.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Charlie Peyton
Jessie Burks
Mer Rouge
Joe Winn
Bo Webb
Bob Lee
European war bulletins report French sea craft orders and Italy dispute
Berlin broadcasts urge French sea vessel owners to report to naval authorities and forbid pleasure trips in the Mediterranean. Rome says no Italian submarine sighting near the Greek cruiser Helle and frames the sinking as British maneuver. In Vichy, De Rocque reforms his party while preserving ideals. German experts describe 1940 crop prospects as average good with a strong food position and minimal cereal worry.
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Berlin
Vichy
France
Mediterranean
Rome
Italy
Tinos
Greece
Francois de Rocque
French Social Party
Croix de Feu
Premier Petain
de la Rocque
Europe
Reich
Germany
London Air Battle Reports Pivot From Nazi Onslaught
DNB described massive air combat over London as waves of Nazi bombers and fighters clashed with RAF formations. Reports warned of fires and bomb craters amid a blackout and censorship as London and Allied lines faced a daunting aerial assault unprecedented in warfare.
German Air Armada Attacks English Coast With Heavy Losses
Reporter describes a massive German air assault over a southeastern English town with hundreds of planes. Observers estimate two to four hundred aircraft over the coast and over the port, downing a barrage balloon named King Lear and causing fires but no reported child injuries.
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England
Armeda
Seroas
More Revenue Department Employees Fired in State
Baton Rouge Aug 16 Dis missal of 4 revenue department em ployes Thursday brought to 26 the number one from the force dur ing the last three months. Revenue Collector Rufus said the reductions include 679 to 415 in force while the franchise tax and motor vehicle license bureaus recently taken over by the department have been cut from 67 to 4.
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Baton Rouge
Revenue Department
Rufus
Chicago Opera to keep German Italian operas this year
Chicago Opera Company will not alter its 1940 schedule to remove German or Italian operas despite war in Europe. General Director Henry Weber said music is universal and audiences will not support excluding great composers. He noted the war may limit foreign imports but European singers stranded in the U S could boost American stages.
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Chicago
Chicago Opera Company
Henry Weber
Weber
United States
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