Nine Killed as Bomb-Laden Plane Crashes East of Denver
An army B-18 bomber from Lowry Field crashes 43 miles east of Denver during a bombing exercise. Two officers and seven enlisted men die. the wreckage is found after a night storm. Victims include pilot Second Lieutenant Wilbur A. Champagne and co-pilot Second Lieutenant Robert P. Schmidtchen, among others.
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Denver
Lowry Field
Watkins
Colo
Wilbur A. Champagne
Robert P. Schmidtchen
Air Corps Reserve
Valley Stream
Long Island
N. Y
William McDearman
Lebanon
Advises Against Further Bonds For Louisiana Roads
The Public Roads Administration urged the Louisiana Highway Commission to avoid issuing more bonds secured by the seven cent gasoline tax. A survey for Governor Sam Jones cited high maintenance costs on minor roads and recommended reducing road mileage and transferring gasoline tax proceeds to the highway commission. No action yet from the commission, but reorganization plans progress amid criticism of road maintenance costs rising from 238 to 439 per mile.
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Baton Rouge
al Public Roads Administration
Louisiana Highway
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Roads Administration
Highway Commission
The
Federal Roads Agency
Lana
Highway Commis
Welfare chief appeals doctors to curb ineligible hospital care
Baton Rouge August 3 welfare commissioner C Ellis Heni called on physicians statewide to cooperate in preventing ineligible patients from receiving treatment at state owned hospitals. He urged that only those certified as needy by the welfare department be admitted, amid concerns over hospital usage.
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Baton Rouge
C. Ellis Henican
Exer WB Saney
Brave Qmersspey
Guard Measure Sent to F D R for Signature
The Senate sent to the White House legislation authorizing the president to call the national guard and army reserves to active duty for up to 12 consecutive months. About 396,000 guards and reserve members could be mobilized within the Western Hemisphere or the Philippines.
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Washington
Senate
White House
National Guard
House
Western Hemisphere
Philippine Islands
General Walter Short Assigned to Fourth Corps Area Command
War department designates Commander Major General Walter C Short to lead the Fourth Corps Area headquartered in Atlanta Georgia succeeding Lieutenant General Stanley Embick effective October 1 Short comes from command of the First Division based at Fort Hamilton New York
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Walter C. Short
War Department
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
Stanley J. Embick
Short
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
Petroleum Held Defense Power for Americans
Oklahoma City August 23 A. weakness in the defense of war potential is seen in petroleum says W R Boyd Jr executive vice president of the American Petroleum Institute before the Interstate Oil Compact Commission He notes America has three times more crude reserves now than in 1917 and that refiners lead in aviation fuel production with capacity far exceeding the current air fleet needs.
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Oklahoma City
America
W. R. Boyd Jr
American Petroleum Institute
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
United States
Boyd
Roosevelt Opposes Delay in Compulsory Training Push
President Roosevelt declared he is strongly against postponing compulsory military training. He warned delaying drafts would slow the defense program and cited the need for immediate manpower to operate modern equipment. Senator Glass joined pro conscription efforts while Senator Maloney proposed delaying the select system until January 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Rockne
United States
Senate
Maloney
Connecticut
Glass
Virginia
House
Six Gunmen Hold Up N Y Train for Yonkers Mail Sack
Six gunmen on a New York Central local bound for Albany halted at Marble Hill at 2 am and seized only one pouch aimed for Yonkers. They cuffed two postal clerks, used a cleated plank, and fled after the three-minute holdup. Police say the pouch held nothing of value and the bandits sought a payroll of about 100000 dollars.
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N.Y
New York
Upper Manhattan
Yonkers
Federal
New York Central Railroad
Albany
Marble Hill
225Th Street
Willkie Campaign in South Planned
Willkie outlines a two week speaking tour in the western half of the country as leaders of an independent Democratic organization plan a regional push in the Solid South. They conferred with the candidate but did not decide on a separate ticket for any state, noting legal and practical factors will determine actions.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Evacuate Dover as German shells hit English coast
Red and green moving vans ferry belongings and residents from Dover a Kent seaport now on the front line. Despite no formal evacuation order many of Dover's 41 000 residents leave after German coastal shelling damages Fitzpatrick's wine shop a church and several homes and a cinema shakes from blasts.
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William J. Humphreys
Dover
England
Dover Hills
Kent
George Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
War Bulletins Report Haakon Leaving England for U.S.
The German controlled French radio said King Haakon of Norway has left England and is traveling to the United States after a family dispute with the British government. Also reported are British Surrey regiment troops withdrawing from Shanghai with a U.S. Marine band leading, and a former education official in Clermont-Ferrand facing a military desertion trial, date not set.
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Washington
War Department
George C. Marshall
United States
Marshall
Anti
New York
NBC
Haakon of
Norway
England
Shanghai
Surrey Regiment
International Settlement
United States Marine Corps
Educa
Clermont-Ferrand
Plar es Back London On French Foreign Policy Report
An authoritative British source comments on French Foreign Minister policy details and implications for Paris London relations amid ongoing diplomatic exchanges. The report notes cautious optimism and potential shifts in alliance dynamics as events unfold in Europe.
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Plares
London
War at a Glance highlights from the Europe crisis
The report notes British long range guns shell Calais in response to German shelling of Dover. German air raids hit three London suburbs while RAF bombers target Western Germany. Rome warns of Italian invasion of Greece if Britain holds Greek islands. Berlin hails the anniversary of the German Russian nonaggression pact.
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Britain
Calais
Dover
Channel
London
Island Kingdom
Germany
Rome
Italy
Greece
Berlin
Few Rounds Fired Across Channel by British Guns
London reports British guns fired a few rounds across the channel at German guns bombarding Dover from the French coast. Officials say the bombardment will not render Dover untenable and doubt battleships can silence German fire. Some guns may be dummy placements and the action viewed as practice with limited military value.
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London
Dover
Re Ba
Calais
Far Britain
Bombardment of London and strikes across Britain reported
Warplanes dropped salvos on three dense London districts and caused known fatalities. Mounting violence continued elsewhere in England and Scotland as British-range guns fired across the channel in retaliation.
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BOMA
London
Associated
England
Scotland
Channel
Soldier Killed in Camp Cravens Shooting at Vernon Parish
In Cravens Vernon parish at 2 30 am today Corporal William R Wilson of the Headquarters Battery First Battalion 7th Field Artillery Fort Bragg died of bullet wounds en route to Camp Beauregard One other soldier Private John H Tooley is in serious condition at Beauregard with bullet wounds Private William H Little of the same unit is held at the guardhouse on possible charge of murder or manslaughter Army authorities expect court martial for Little Civil authorities from Rapides and Vernon parishes join the inquiry Autopsy underway to determine exact cause of death
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Alexandria
Pirst
Camp Beaureggard
Anc
Cravens
Vernon Parish
William R. Wilson
Tery
7Th Field Levy
Fort N. C
John
Deputy Guillot Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot In Argentina
Buenos Aires Aug 23 V ice tor Guillot a member of the chamber of deputies died today police said from a self inflicted gunshot amid a political crisis sparked by President Ortiz resignation and allegations of land corruption in the El Polucat airport deal He belonged to the Radical Liberal Party and had faced ouster from the chamber linked to the case.
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Buenos Aires
Guillot
Chamber of Deputies
Roberto M. Ortiz
Chamber
el Polucat
Radical
Liberal
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J. Robert Fish
Springfield
Maas
Fish
New England
U. S
Izaak Walton
South
Haakon
Zay
Associated Press
Camp Beauregard
Deal
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