Alexandria to get two new army training camps
The War Department plans two tent camps near Alexandria to train one division each. Beauford Forest Hill site southwest of the city and Beaver Creek area north of Camp Beauregard will host units with Beauregard serving as rations HQ. Training could resume for national guardsmen in a year if funding passes.
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Camp Beauregard
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Third Army
Trotsky Near Death After Mexican Attack
report from Mexico City says exiled Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky is "very low" after a skull fracture from a pickaxe assault. The attacker, posing as a friend, is identified as Jacques Mortan Vandreischel, a Persia-born Belgian subject. Doctors note reflexes fading but pulse stabilizing. medical staff plan specialist aid and flights to Mexico City for further care.
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Mexian
Jacques Mortan Vandreischel
Persia
Francisco
Diego Rivera
Trot
Ames P. Cannon
Socialist Workers Party
Trotsky
Mexico City
Walter Dandy
Johns Hopkins Univerity
Cannon
Harry Fischler
Los Angeles
Antarctic Service Awaits Daybreak For Sun Return
In frigid conditions the United States Antarctic Service staff at West Base await the end of a four month winter night. Paul A. Siple says the sun should appear around noon, with the sun’s daily visible period increasing over the coming weeks as daylight returns.
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Washington
Thenited States Antarctic Service
Paul A. Siple
West Base
Refugee Ship Bill Sent to Roosevelt
The House sent to the White House a bill to permit American vessels to transport refuit children from war Europe, after agreeing to minor Senate amendments. The measure authorizes ships flying the American flag with safe passage guaranteed by bel rcats to bring children to the United States.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Belrcats
Europe
British Vessel Docks With Child Refugees
The Brit ish liner Samaria arrived in New York with 210 child refugees saved from bombed England. The youngsters cheered at sight of the Statue of Liberty and clutched knapsacks as they met the Americans who will shelter them for the duration. A six year old in Scottish kilts spoke of air raids and bombs witnessed.
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New York
Samaria
England
Donald Miller
French Fearful of Axis Moves
Chancy Switzerland August 21 British long range bombing of Northern Italian and Southern German war industries is heightening Petain era fears of broader German and Italian occupation in France. Germans base aircraft on the western Vosges and Jura to intercept bombers while France doubts Italian bases at Marseille and Rhone valley and fears Loire south control.
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Britain
Italy
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Germany
France
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Jura
Marseille
Rhone Valley
Loire River
Probe Requested on Vessel Orders in Minefield Route
Senator Bone urged a congressional inquiry into why the refugee ship American Legion was sent through a mined area despite German warnings. The army transport carried 897 passengers from Petsamo Finland to New York and reportedly passed through waters off Scotland Germany said were mined. It departed Finland Friday night.
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American Legion
Senator Bone
Petsamo
Finland
New York
Scotland
Germany
Auto Accidents injure 3 in Monroe area
City police treated two early Wednesday wrecks near Monroe. Frank Trichel Jr. escaped serious injury after leaving DeSiard Street, while Tiny Anthony of Brass Rail Nightclub suffered a crushed chest in a Winnsboro road head on collision. A second unnamed passenger had minor burns and was released. No charges were filed.
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Frank Trichel Jr
DeSiard Street
Trichel
St. Francis Sanitarium
F. P. Rizzo
Winnsboro
Tiny Anthony
Brass Rail
W. M. Barker
Anthony
Rizzo
Walter Thompson
Reitzell
Attorney General Advises Justice Dept Employees
Washington Aug 21. Attorney General Jackson circulared that justice department officers and employees may keep their positions while joining the armed forces during the present emergency.
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Washington
Jackson
Justice Department
Armed Forces of
United States
Leaders Fight for Draft of Capital and Men in War Effort
Senator Lee, Oklahoma Democrat, denounced industry leaders as unpatriotic for delaying defense orders to protect profits and taxes. He urged a Burke Wadsworth style bill to require lending money to the government at low interest when manpower is drafted, tying wealth to national defense amid orders delays.
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Lee
Oklahoma
United States
Senate
Army
Navy
Congress
Great Britain
House
Military Committee
Burke-Wadsworth
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pepper
Florida
American Plans Ready For Naval Air Depots
The United States has plans ready to quickly establish new naval and air bases to close gaps in hemisphere defenses. After Lord Halifax stated agreement in principle for 99 year leases from Newfoundland to the Caribbean, President Roosevelt may act by executive action to acquire sites such as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, similar to 1903 action. Churchill announced Britain’s offer to lease suitable sites.
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United States
Roosevelt
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Newfoundland
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
Guantanamo
Cuba
Winston Churchill
Maestri Seeks Aid From Governor Jones In Baton Rouge
Mayor Robert S. Maestri of New Orleans met Governor Sam Jones at the statehouse to seek financing for federal works in the city. He was joined by City Property Commissioner J P Skelly and City Auditor Walter Ryan as Crutcher observed. The discussion followed Maestri’s claim that legislative tax cuts have reduced city revenues by 3.9 million dollars annually.
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Louisiana
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
Sam Jones
Maestri
Huey Long
J. P. Skelly
Walter Ryan
Jones
Earl K. Long
Long
WPA
James H. Crutcher
Skelly
Ryan
Crutcher
Editor in China dies of wounds after attack
Chan Ching-Chong, editor of Tarmei Wan Pao, died in Shanghai from gunshot wounds inflicted by an unidentified assailant who struck as he left his home in the French sector. The attack occurred Monday amid tensions at the paper with American ownership noted.
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Chan Ching-Chong
Tarmei Wan Pao
Sme
Italian warning marks total block on British waters
War bulletins report Rome warning neutral shipping to stay within 12 miles of British coasts signaling a total blockade of British Mediterranean territories. Vichy notes France lost 306 planes and 982 German craft in the month to June 10 while French air strength sits at 58 thousand or 29 percent of fighting effectives, with German air power five to one stronger.
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Vichy
France
Air Ministry
Army and political moves cited in Britain Greece Italy tensions
The Das arte Korps warns Britain might push the United States to annex Canada. In Athens the Greek Army cancels leaves and bolsters forces amid Italy related tension. London reports Bren gun production to rise 2 percent.
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United States
Canada
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Athens
Greece
Italy
Dent Hoggia
German naval lieutenant escapes Ontario internment camp
An enigmatic report from Ontario notes a year-old German naval lieutenant who escaped from a Northern Ontario internment camp on Monday, with details sparse about his current whereabouts and fate.
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Ontario
Romania to cede Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria
Reuters from Bucharest reports Romania has definite agreement to cede Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria, restoring the 1912 frontier. Provinces Durastor and Caliacra to be ceded and occupied within three weeks as the new boundary is to be policed.
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Reuters
Bucharest
Rumania
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Durastor
Caliacra
Dobruje
War at a Glance and Global Tensions Rise
Air war reports from Britain and Germany describe shifting tactics with hit and run raids and widespread night assaults. Greece suspends leaves and mobilizes reserves as tensions with Italy intensify while Rome declares a total blockade and Mediterranean air sea battles erupt. Trotsky near death after a Mexico assassination attempt.
Alliance Would Embrace Defense Of Canada, Other Possessions
Unofficial but well informed sources say Britain seeks a US alliance with Canada and Western Hemisphere defense, aiming for a broader pact and joint diplomacy in the Far East. Talks between Roosevelt and Mackenzie King reportedly moved toward a joint defense board and possible naval cooperation if the British fleet is lost.
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Britain
Western Hemisphere
Far East
Great Britain
Roosevelt
W. L. Mackenzie King
Joint Defense Board
Canada
Seaboard
Pacific
Sitka
Northerda
Ammunition dumps ignite at Gibraltar amid unrest
Reports describe fires and explosions at the Rock of Gibraltar amid rising tensions. Local authorities urge caution as residents observe the dramatic scene and potential damage to nearby installations.
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Briteain
Rock of Gibraltar
Reiding
Three Charged in Old Murder Case in Violet Louisiana
Three St Bernard parish men face manslaughter charges in the 1939 killing of Mrs Angeline Treadaway at a Violet shrimp packing plant during a strike. Bills of information were filed by N F Hertz attorney general against Adam Melerine Peter Guerra Silvio Molero to avert prescription. The case follows political clashes in the parish.
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St. Bernard Parish
Angeline Treadaway
Violet
N F. Hertz
Adam Melerine
Peter Guerra
Arabi
Silverio Molero
Delacroix
Hertz
St. Bernard
Man Shot in Duel Dies in Sanitarium
Ruston Aug 21 Special Hammond Tubbs about 35 died at 8 30 a m in a sanitarium here after a revolver duel on Bernice main street with Marshal George Wise who is wounded in the stomach and leg Wise remains under treatment Tubbs shot the marshal when the latter attempted to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly
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