Roosevelt Nomura Talks Signal Review Of Japan Policy
President Roosevelt and Ambassador Nomura held a man to man discussion that traders diplomacy officials call a possible first step toward a sweeping review of issues between the United States and Japan. Tokyo announced Nomura’s message outlined Japan’s attitude toward the Pacific situation after a cabinet meeting.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Kichisaburo Nomura
Tokyo
Nomura
Pacific
Fumaimaro Konoye
Hyde Park
N. Y
Office of Production Management
Hull
White House
State Department
Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler Ignites AFL Conspiracy Claims
Pegler denounces William Green and the AFL leadership alleging a conspiracy to undermine U S government authority through unions. He cites George Browne Willie Bioff Joe Padway Meyer Lewis and Nick Circella as connected figures in a Chicago gangster network tied to extortion and bootlegging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United States
A. F. of L
George Browne
Willie Bioff
Capone Nitti
Joe Padway
Washington
Green
Padway
Browne
Chicago
Meyer Lewis
Pacific Coast
Bioff
Nick Circella
Dean
Colony Club
Gold Coast
Corn Belt
Britain and Russia consolidate gains in Iran after invasion
Aug 29 report says Britain and Russia move fast to finish Iran occupation and press terms. Allies seek German technicians, transport rights from Persian Gulf, and oil flow to sustain forces. Occupation would control strategic points until war end. Tehran to retain domestic administration. NBC’s Agronsky cites peace framework with loans and compensation.
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London
Britain
Russia
Iran
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Moscow
Persian Gulf
Middle East
Teheran
Martin Agronsky
NBC
Turkey
Ankara
Red Hot Used Car Deals Till September First
Many buyers are urged to act now before September 1 as Monroe used car dealers raise down payments and tighten credit terms. The classified page advertises current liberal offers and urges immediate selection of car and dealer.
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Monroe
Soon to Finish Plane School at Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls August 29 The air corps technical school at Sheppard field valued at 15 million dollars will train 26 000 students for ground crew work. Construction covers 604 acres with 420 barracks housing 63 per, a 1500 bed hospital, 10 mess halls and two 1200 seat theaters.
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Wichita Falls
Sheppard Field
Air Corps
Uncle Sam
Army Officers to Tour War Fronts
A group of army air force officers led by Major-General George H. Brett will tour African near east Mediterranean and Atlantic fronts to study British needs for American aviation equipment. The departure date and itinerary are not public.
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Washington
Army Air Force
George H. Brett
Air Corps
War Department
Brett
Ray A. Dunn
James B. Newman
Army Engineers
Jack W. Perry
Air Forces
Harry C. Short
Middletown
BE. M. Powers
James H. Doolittle
K. G. Boyd
General Brett
Laval in Paris Wounded Bullet May Cause Infection
Doctors planned emergency surgery to remove a bullet near Laval's heart after a high fever suggested possible infection. The wound's proximity to the heart raised peritonitis fears, while officials barred some during hospital visits. Reports also covered broader counter moves by French police and details about the assassin Paul Colette.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
France
Laval
Paul Colette
Marcel Deat
Meknes
Morocco
Germany
Deat
Roosevelt forms seven man supply priorities board
President Roosevelt creates the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board with Vice President Wallace at its head to direct all national resources toward military needs and ease civilian hardships as production efforts are reorganized. The move follows weeks of criticism over arms output, agency overlap, and material delays.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Ministry of Supplies
White House
Office of Production Management
Fear in Iran as Truce Talks Begin Amid Bombardment
A new Iranian government order halts resistance to British and Russian forces thirty minutes after Soviet warplanes bomb Tehran suburbs. Refugees report hundreds of casualties from Russian air raids on Zenjan and other towns. fear grows as rumors of an armistice prove false.
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Daniel Deluce
Teheran
Iran
Ali Faranghi
James S. Moose, Jr
United States
Legation
Amercan
David D. Fritzlan
Zenjan
Azin
Meshet
Karaj
Washington police claim confessions in two slayings
Police say Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe confessed to the killings of Miss Jessie Strieff and Mrs Rose Abramowitz along with five other sex crimes in New York and Washington. Edward J. Kelly announced the arrest and stated confessions are credible, linking the suspect to the downtown capital case and the Des Moines office worker murder.
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Washington
Metropolitan Police
Edward J. Kelly
Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe
New York
Jessie Elizabeth Strieff
War Department
Des Moines
Strieff
Congress
Kelly
Rose Simon Abramowitz
Oklahoma executes Louisiana farmer on honeymoon murder
Warren Abby, 58, a Louisiana farmer and social worker, was executed by electric chair at 12:07 a.m. He claimed no premeditation for killing his 78-year-old wife, Julia, during their honeymoon trip after meeting in Cherry Valley. Abby said he feared a gun by his spouse and insisted the act was forced on him.
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M’alester
Okla
Warren Abby
Louisiana
Abby
Fred Hunt
Jess Dunn
Clinton
Julia
Cherry Valley
Ark
California
Clemency Granted In Louisiana Governor Grants Pardons
Baton Rouge Aug 29. Governor Sam Jones grants pardons commutations and restored citizenship in the secretary of state records. Recipients include Merrill Ferrara Orleans parish convicted of carnal knowledge restored citizenship and J C Waal pardoned for burning an automobile. Others listed are Gaylord Cross rapes sentenced 1934 life to 15 years W R Bowdan larceny pardon Charles Bruce Johnson cattle stealing restoration Frank Maugurro burglary commutation time served Harry Car Skaden robbery 1938 pardon and restoration Jerell Bilberry listed as continued on fifth page.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Secretary of State
Merrill Ferrara
Orleans Parish
J. C. Waal
Gaylord Cross
Rapides
W. R. Bowdan
Bossier
Charles Bruce Johnson
Avoyelles
Frank Maugurro
Orleans
Harry Car Skaden
21St District Court
Jerell Bilberry
Union
Traffic safety record and left turn rule
The report shows year to date accidents 358, personal injuries 44, and deaths 4 versus last year’s 310, 54, and 5. It notes a traffic rule forbidding left turns from any street part when a vehicle approaches closely, and requires signaling the left turn with the arm signal.
Three Youths Die in Melville Road Crash
Three youths aged 17 to 20 were killed and three injured when their car collided with a produce truck on LeBeau road near Melville Louisiana. The truck driver from Hope Arkansas was uninjured. Injured were transported to Alexandria and Bunkie hospitals.
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Opelousas
LeBeau
Simon Stelly
H H Downs
Hope
Ark
Ted Hollace Melancon
Willie Wilbert Harvey
G. B. Parker
Roy Jackson
Raymond Couvillion
H. Bordelon
Melville
J. J. Stage
Alexandria
Bunkie
Axis leaders conclude five day eastern front meeting
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini wrapped up a covert five day session on the eastern front amid cannon fire. They spoke of removing war causes and forging harmonious European cooperation under axis victory, while inspecting fronts and meeting Goering and Rundstedt.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Roosevelt-Churchill
Fuehrer
Duce
Il Duce
South Front
An Duce
von Rundstedt
Reichsmarshal
Goering
Red Air Power Persists as War Stretches Into Winter
News from New York reports that after more than two months of fighting the Soviet air force remains potent and a continuing threat to German operations. Military officials say Russia's large air strength challenges German air superiority and hampers blitz tactics used in Poland and Western campaigns.
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New York
Russia
Poland
Norway
Low Countries
France
Balkans
President OKs Deridder project in defense works list
Presidential approval authorizes 7.18 million dollars for 27 defense public works projects to bolster health safety and welfare. Deridder Louisiana receives 508 222 dollars for water works and sewer system while Hattiesburg Mississippi gets 200 000 dollars for a recreation center.
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Washington
John M. Carmody
Federal Works Administrator
DeRidder
Hattiesburg
Miss
World War II Fronts and Diplomatic Moves Aggressive War Aims
Hitler and Mussolini plan a five day set of meetings to coordinate war goals with a focus on the eastern front. Tallinn falls to German forces after a weeks long siege as battles rage in the Baltic and Black Sea theaters. Red armies counter and retreat logistics amid Odessa Kiev in peril. Japan's cabinet convenes to assess relations with the United States while seeking a peaceful Far East settlement. British and Soviet aligned forces push to secure Iran route as Duisburg bombardment continues.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Mussolini
Nazi High Command
Tallinn
Estonia
Gulf
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper
Leningrad
Odessa
Kiev
Washington
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Far East
Iran
Duisburg
French
German envoy charged in Argentina over Nazi gifts
Buenos Aires reports say German Ambassador Edmund von Thermann was charged by a congressional committee with taking money from German welfare groups and using it for Nazi ends. The probe notes 60,000 Argentines of German origin in Nazi-aligned cells and cites a 100,000 peso receipt alleged to bear von Thermann’s signature.
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Buenos Aires
Edmund von Thermann
House of Deputies
Argentina
Adolf Hitler
Raul Damonte Taborda
von Thermann
Congress
Berlin
Foreign Office
East Louisiana Hospital Threats Reported Amid Unrest
East Louisiana hospital staff threatened to release criminally insane patients sabotage the power plant and injure officials. State police kept 30 officers on duty as investigators probe disturbances that began after disputes over changes in routine and assignments. Fifty seven employees were dismissed and ten resigned, with board backing Superintendent Donaldson and Institutions Director Snee.
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Baton Rouge
East Louisiana Hospital
State Board of Institutions
F. A. Donaldson
Mississippi
Byron Williams
Donaldson
J. E. Snee
Germans claim Tallinn seized as Baltic fighting escalates
German high command says Tallinn fell after a hard battle and Paldiski port was captured. Soviet losses included destroyers and transports sunk in Tallinn harbor as Finns report fires over Viipuri and a large air and sea assault in the Gulf of Finland. The Dnieper region city of Dniepropetrovsk also fell, with the Dnieper dam destroyed and thousands taken prisoner.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Tellinn
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Helsinki
Tallinn
Viipuri
Leningrad
Paldiski
Ukraine
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper
Free Lunch Funds Distributed to Louisiana Parishes
Louisiana state education officials distributed 80 001 44 to fund the free hot lunch program as the first of three payments to parishes. Superintendent John E Coxe said January 1 and March releases will follow. Parish totals include Caddo 4 728 15 and East Baton Rouge 3 095 13 with many others listed.
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Baton Rouge
State Department of Education
John E. Coxe
Acadia
Allen
Ascension
Avoyelles
Beauregard
Bienville
Bossier
Caddo
Calcasieu
Caldwell
Cameron
Catahoula
Claiborne
Concordia
DeSoto
East Baton Rouge
East Carroll
East Feliciana
Evangeline
Franklin
Grant
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Conference of Pacific Nations
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Westbrook Pegler
Texas
Marshal Petain
Versailles
Marcel Dent
Super Board ON War Work
U. S
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Oklahoma
Ralph K. Davies
Maloney
Connecticut
Senate
Davies
REDS
Okays Deridder
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Eureka Groceries
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Jitney Jungle Stores
George Tonore
Walker’s Grocery
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