Counsel Avers Russians Sent Slayer 10 Job
Albert Goldman, Trotsky’s American attorney, said Vandendreischdl admitted he was ordered by the Ogpu to kill Trotsky or forfeit his mother's life. Goldman reported the attacker’s link to Sylvia Agaloff and Ruth, Trotsky’s secretary, and planned to question Vandendreischdl in Mexico City.
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Chicago
Albert Goldman
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Goldman
New York
Vandendreischdl
Ogpu
Russia
Mexico City
Jacques Vandendreischdl
Frank Jackson
Vandendreischd
Sylvia Agaloff
Brooklyn
Ruth
Sylvia
Samuel Ageloff
Camp Beauregard Expansion Sought in Louisiana
Governor Sam Jones announced that offers to expand Camp Beauregard near Alexandria to train 75 000 to 90 000 men were accepted by the War Department. Current facilities train 5 000 with over a million invested, climate allows year round training, and leases are sent to Washington for approval.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
South
Raymond H. Fleming
Jones
War Department
Fleming
Louisiana
Con
National Guard
Soldier is killed by train in state near Camp Beauregard
Alexandria La August 22 Alexander Black about 38 Conn y M Florida National Guard died in the First Evacuation Hospital at Camp Beauregard at 426 am today from injuries sustained late Wednesday night when he was run over by a train. The body is being prepared by a local funeral home and will be shipped to his home today. The man was struck by the train near Pringlehurst 17 miles south of here where his unit was camping during Third Army maneuvers.
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Alexandria
Alexander Black
Conny
Florida National Guard
Camp Beauregard
Ccal
Rpringhurst
Ere
Third Army
Youth 15 Arrested After Wild Car Chase
A 15 year old Monroe youth who fled from the Louisiana Training Institute in Monroe led officers on a multi vehicle chase Wednesday night. He stole three cars damaging one before capture by Franklin Parish deputies. He had been held for transport of stolen cars and was returned to Monroe after custody by institute authorities. He planned another escape but was discouraged by fellow inmates.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Sheriff's Office
Franklin Parish
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe Institute
Monroe Institution
Shreveport
Franklin
Decision Sought On War Actions In Supreme Court
The government asks the Supreme Court to review two World War shipbuilding cases against Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. The suits, filed 1925 and 1936, involve about 13.365 million dollars in profits. The government seeks recovery or payment of excess profits, after losing in district court and on appeal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Francis Biddle
Fontenot Sets Liquor Tax Rules Effective September First
Baton Rouge revenue chief Rufus W. Fontenot announced that new increased liquor taxes apply to all floor stocks on the effective date September 1. Wholesale inventories must be filed by September 30 and retailers by September 15, with notices sent to about 4,000 dealers. The tax package totals about 8 million dollars in new revenue, including tobacco and other levies, offsetting planned license cuts.
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Baton Rouge
Rufus W. Fontenot
Revenue Department
Army Chief Says Material Abundant for Draft Training
General George C Marshall asserted the War Department has ample material to train all men drafted under the Burke Wadsworth bill. He said 30 caliber rifles are available for 3,000,000 soldiers and that training benefits from semiautomatic and 30 caliber rifles equally. He noted troops in four areas faced no major equipment deficiencies beyond modern items like anti tank and anti aircraft weapons.
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Washington
George €. Marshall
Army
War Department
Senate
Marshall
Pepper
Florida
Barkley
Kentucky
Colonel Barton Drops bid for Democratic committeeman
Colonel T. H. Barton of El Dorado withdrew from the race for Democratic national committeeman from Arkansas. His name had been certified to the county committee for publication on next Tuesday's ballot before the withdrawal. Walter G. Riddick of Little Rock remains unopposed for the post at the August 27 second primary.
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Little Rock
Ark
T. H. Barton
el Dorado
Arkansas
Walter G. Riddick
Barton
State Committee
Zay Held on Desertion Charge in Clermont-Ferrand
French press says former Education Minister Jean Zay is detained at Clermont-Ferrand on desertion charges and to face court martial. He was among 24 ex-ministers who fled to North Africa before the armistice and later reported in Marseille under police escort from Rabat.
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Vichy
France
Jean Zay
Clermont-Ferrand
Zay
Chamber of Deputies
North Africa
Marseille
Rabat
Indian Nationalist Congress rejects British self rule offer
Wardha India August 22 The All India Nationalist Congress working committee after a five day session passed a resolution condemning the latest British proposal for ultimate self rule. It urged Indians to oppose the British government in public protest meetings.
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Wardha
India
All- India Nationalist Congress
Britain
Seeing Is Believing City Judge Dismisses Case
In Oklahoma City on August 22 Frank G. Hart charged with running a stop sign claimed obstruction by over ton of something blocking the sign. He presented a photo to Acting Police Judge Gowdy who stated I can't see the sign either and dismissed the case.
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Oklahoma City
Frank G. Hart
Gowdy
Exports Jump in War Trade Boost as Demand Soars
War driven demand for airplanes steel and other supplies lifted US exports 35 percent to 3.273 billion for the 10 months ending June 1. Shipments rose to major British empire Latin America and the Far East, offsetting losses in Germany and its occupied territories.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
British Empire
Latin America
Far East
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Scandinavia
Mediterranean
Empire
Africa
South Seas
Near East
England
War at a Glance: German raids tighten blockade in Europe
Long-range German shore batteries shell a British convoy in the Straits of Dover. Luftwaffe raids resume on Britain with claims of 1 000 Nazi planes since June 14. Italy reports sinking a British submarine and torpedoing a destroyer as RAF raids Libyan targets and Gibraltar. Egypt vows neutrality unless attacked. Germans cite shipping west of Ireland to prove blockade reach.
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Straits of Dover
Britain
RAF Claire
Mediterranean
Italy
Gibraltar
RAF
Libyan
Egypt
Ireland
England
Mupe Lueldt
British and French conflict deepens in wartime straits
In Vichy French dispatches Foreign Minister Paul Boncour calls Britain's refusal to lift the blockade an act of hostility and cites the July North African raid on French warships. German coast batteries near Boulogne open fire on an Allied convoy aided by a smoke screen as RAF and naval forces clash along the English coast and in the Mediterranean.
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Sallum
Egypt
Alexandria
Vichy
France
Britain
Paul Baucdoin
Churchill
North African
Petain
England
Boulogne
Logne
Calais
English
Europe
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Cairo
War Ministry
Libia
Archibald P. Wavell
Middle East
Hitler
Napoleon
Roosevelt Plans Tennessee Speech On Labor Day
Senator McKellar said President Roosevelt agreed to speak September 2 in dedication at Chickamauga Dam near Chattanooga Tennessee. The Labor Day address marks his first formal speech since accepting a third term and will be in the TVA region.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Roosevel
Chickamauga Dam
Nooga
Tenn
Chickamaugs Dam
TVA
Ceeul Ae
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Associated Press
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