Soviet Russia Begins Games Amid Frontier Disputes
Soviet news Tass reported Russia filed multiple protests with Romania over frontier incidents on the Soviet Romanian border. Moscow warned of grave consequences if casualties occur and accused Bucharest of violations by frontier troops and aircraft. Romania countered that Soviet forces fired first and that probes were needed for a satisfactory answer.
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Ruseiu
Bucharest
Tase
Russia
Aguinst
Tass
Rumania
Dekanozoff
Grigore Gafencu
German Leaders Weigh Balkan Move At Vienna Talks
At the Vienna conference German and Italian spokesmen urged decisive action amid Russian pressure over Besarabia and the Hungarian claim. Joachim von Ribbentrop warned delegates of a looming Axis attack as King Carol and advisers, including Iron Guardists, pressed for capitulation to Hungary.
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Transylvania
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Turin-Severin
Vienna
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Rome-Berlin
Carol
Crown Council
Bill aims to mobilize 400000 in defense draft program
The draft plan targets 400000 men if the selective service bill passes. Quotas allocate credit to states and cities based on current volunteers and reserve forces, with state boards distributing drafting figures and communities absorbing new draftees as ships and units come online.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Middle Western
Eounty
War Bulletin Updates From Fronts and Occupied Zones
World war items report ongoing fighting through winter with over a million prisoners. Bologna factory blast kills 10 and injures many as fire spreads. Mail service between occupied and unoccupied zones suspended. Luxembourg adopts Reichsmark as legal tender. Mexico eyes oil buyers as European belligerents seek supplies. British oil pipeline to Haifa reportedly closed amid Italian air raids. Malta bombardment and Kenyan defense actions noted.
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Rome
Il Popolo di Roma
Athens
Iraq
Haifa
Palestine
Tripoli
Car Crash on Wood and Hart Ends With No Injuries
Two cars collide at Wood and Hart streets as Fred Andrews and his mother Mrs. C P Andrews escape unhurt after their car overturns and lands on its side. Addison Amos, driving east on Wood, also involved in the wreck.
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Hart Streets
Fred Andrews
Jackson Street
Andrews
C. P. Andrews
Amos
Monroe Declares Huey Long Birthday Holiday Observance
Mayor H H Benoit announced Monroe will observe a legal holiday for Huey Long's birthday. Banks will close and most courthouse departments shut except the sheriff's office. City Hall stays open except for the health unit and city judge's office.
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H. H. Benoit
Monroe
Huey Long
Quachita Parish
British Knights Hold London Defenses Against German Raids
British fighters repelled waves of German bombers bound for London as anti aircraft fire and RAF Spitfires and Hurricanes protected southeast and northwest targets. The morning raid left at least 19 German planes shot down with six of the attackers lost in southeastern England. casualties and fires were reported in Manchester Liverpool and Rye amid ongoing night and day raids.
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Anl
England
Air and Home Security Ministries
Kent
Surrey
Manchester
Midlands
Wales
Air Ministry
Ministry of Information
Deep Shelter
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Liverpool
Birkenhead
Mersey
Britain
Atlantic
Henry James
Rye
Achen
Porit
Two Refugees Remaining in Lake Charles After Storm
Lake Charles reports only two of more than 3,000 refugees still in the city after the storm and floods. Both remain in St Patrick's Hospital for treatment. The closure of housing centers moved whites and 130 negroes by CCC trucks to Vermilion parish. About 50 rural families near Lake Charles will still be aided until self support. Gueydan remains under quarantine with restricted return.
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Inv Jurnament
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Senate House
Lake Charles
St. Patrick's Hospital
CCC
Vermilion Parish
Jane Perry
Red Cross
Gueydan
Deaths E B Decker 69 Monroe dies in Pineville hospital
Funeral services for E B Decker 69 of Monroe were held Thursday at 3 p m at the Flist Methodist church with Rev A M Freeman officiating Interment followed at Riverview cemetery He is survived by a son E B Decker Jr in the U S Army and a daughter Mrs Kenneth Eddy of Savannah Ga Mulhearn Funeral Home in charge
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Monroe
Pineville
Flist Methodiat Church
A. M. Freeman
Riverview Cemetery
Susan Files arrival in Columbia road family notice
Susan Files is born to Mr and Mrs Tilden Austin at Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic on August 28. A separate note states Romania sets minimum voting age at 30 years.
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Susan Files Austin
Tilden Austin
Columbia Road
Susan Files
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
Rumania
Willkie denounces conscription amendment as revolutionary
Wendell L. Willkie criticized the Overton-Russell section of the defense conscription bill calling it revolutionary and risky to free enterprise. He urged President Roosevelt to state his own views and said the issue merits debate. He issued a 1,100 word statement against the amendment allowing government operation of a plant if owners refuse to agree.
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Roosevelt
House Committee
May
Kentucky
House Rules Committee
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Rushville
Ind
Roorevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Secretary of War
Navy
Monroes Get State Positions In Labor Posts
H Armstrong and Vera Barlow are named in labor department roles with 20 workers issued work orders by the highway commission. The list includes W L Ellerbee, Jack Starr, O C Towry and others as replacements are expected to be announced soon. An acre in temperate zones receives heat from the sun equivalent to burning 230 tons of coal.
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O. C. Towry
George Lambert
C. F. Moore
Nozie Sciaro
Jack McMullin
Leo Fleming
F. J. Bamberg
L. E. Conn
Buddie Henderson
J. W. Cathey
M. L. Meredith Jr
J. W. Woods
Frank Towry
Frank Parrino
William B. Young
A. L. Standard
Joe Dixon
FE. D. Danberger
Theaters Co-owner Indicted by U S
George P. Skouras part owner of a large chain of theaters was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bribery and conspiracy. The case involves a $30,000 loan to former United States Circuit Court Judge Martin M Jen and alleged approval of asset sales by Theaters Corporation to the Skouras chain. Manton faces a two-year term for juice selling.
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Geor P. Skouras
Motion
United Sta Circuit Court
Martin T. M. Jen
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Skouras
Manton
Theaters Corporation
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