Roosevelt says food surplus seen to end shortages
President Roosevelt told the American people that there is an actual surplus of all foodstuffs and no repetition of wartime shortages. He noted some elevated sugar and staple prices but asserted overall prices remain lower than wartime levels. Secretary Wallace added that inflation fears were unfounded and that a planned program would limit price rises and curb profit-seeking.
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Washington
Sept
Roosevelt
Amercat
Wallance
Wallace
Wellbee
Alurney
Murphy
Serteriliy
Prosecution Builds Fraud Case Over University Check Theft
In New Orleans the government tied a $75,000 Bienville hotel furniture loan to a National Equipment Company payment and mail fraud scheme. Witnesses from Whitney National Bank traced the university check’s path to deposit and alleged misused funds as defense argues the payment became bank property.
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New Orleans
Levimour Weiss
Loewiswan State University
Bienville
Weier
Goverment
University Board of Supervisors
Brenville Hotel
National Equipment Company
Oreleans
Baton Rouge
Weiss
John J. McGoey
Whitney National Bank
Jules J. Bourg
The
Whitney Bank
Joseph F. Moore
Joseph Baker
Whitney
L. M. Shaw
Refugee on Way Home Earns a Cent
Stranded in Europe two weeks ago Miss Alice T Scheh returns home with a penny she earned on the way. A cancelled sailing left her in Italy with little money. She talked the steamship company into $20 and reached Le Havre. United States Lines officials gave her a job on the Manhattan as stenographer and typist at one cent a month. When the ship docked she had officially earned less than half her salary, but officials said they were paying her anyway.
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New York
Europe
Alice T. Scheh
Miss Scheh
Italy
Steamship Company
le Havre
France
United States Lines
Manhattan
Government Predicts 12 380 000 Bales Of Cotton For This Year
The agriculture department forecast this year’s cotton crop at 12 380 000 bales gross weight with Sept 1 conditions at 70 percent of normal and an indicated yield of 244.7 pounds per acre. State figures show Missouri 350 000 bales, Virginia 15 000, North Carolina 464 000, South Carolina 833 000, Georgia 1 027 000, Florida 16 000, Tennessee 484 000, Alabama 953 000, Mississippi 1 664 000, Arkansas ???.
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Washington
Sgriculture Department
Census Bureau
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Olympic Club declines Wiedemann resignation offer
The Olympic Club of San Francisco rejected the resignation of Nazi Consul General Fritz Wiedemann after a fake telegram threatened mass resignations. Club officials denied sending the message and mystery sender details remained unresolved as Wiedemann prepared his next move.
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San Francisco
Fritz Wiedemann
Olympic
Wiedemann
Frank J. Foran
Foran
Olympic Club
Canada Parliament Opens War Aid Debate as Britain War Looms
Ottawa enters emergency session with Prime Minister Mackenzie King set to outline government steps for national emergency. Parliament expected to authorize emergency expenditures and decide on Canada’s support for Britain, with 36 orders in council detailing defense spending totaling 16.45 million dollars, including nearly 8.92 million for immediate needs.
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Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
W. L. MacKenzie King
Britain
Lord Tweedsmuir
Europe
Wounded Seamen Fire in New Orleans Quarter
In the French Quarter, Mrs Joseph Wakeman and Blair Rowell were wounded by stray bullets fired during a fight between seamen. Both injuries were not serious. Police sought three National Maritime Union organizers who allegedly provoked the clash. no other injuries reported.
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New Orleans
Joseph Wakeman
Shreveport
Blair Rowell
National Maritime Union
Proclamation Limits War Prep Involving Key U S Branches
President Roosevelt proclaimed a limited national emergency to safeguard neutrality and boost defense without a war footing. Four executive orders will raise army and navy strengths, bolster the national guard and marines, aid Americans home from war zones, and expand federal investigatory staff. He stressed no full mobilization and outlined Pan American talks, neutrality pledges, and a report on the Athenia sinking.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Navy
National Guard
Marine Corps
State Department
Welles
Panama
Union of South Africa
Germany
Canada
Athenia
London
Long asserts expenses cut at hospital in Louisiana
Governor Earl K. Long reported a $750 monthly drop in East Louisiana State Hospital expenses after a special board meeting in Jackson. Dr. C. S. Miller was named acting superintendent, salary raised to 500 monthly, and a $5,000 Idlewild plantation sale to a board member's wife was discussed.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
East Louisiana State Hospital
Long
Jackson
C. S. Miller
J. J. Aye
Miller
W. W. Durham
Wade H. Long
David M. Ellison
East Feliciana Parish
Ellison
J. H. Mc
Writer Tells Of Hearing Shots Which Started War
Associated Press staff writer describes the dawn of the German Polish conflict in Danzig on September 1. He details the Schleswig-Holstein firing on Westerplatte, the harbor upheaval, and arrival at the waterfront as air raids loom.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
Danzig
Heinzerling
Free City
Riga
Latvia
Vistula
Schleswig-Holstein
Westerplatte
Adolf Hitler
Dan
Woman Seeks Divorce After 27-Year Wait in Jersey City
Rebecca Duhne told Advisory Master Marshall Van Winkle that her 27 years of patience with husband Frederick Buesser Jr. have ended. She demanded a divorce and Van Winkle granted the request, noting the time waited as sufficient for him to start living with her after marriage.
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Jersey City
N. J
Rebecca Duhne
Marshall van Winkle
Frederick Buesser, Jr
Guttenberg
van Winkle
Indiana State Fair and Mrs Manford Celebrate 87 Years
Mrs Rachel Manford marks 87th year attending the Indiana State Fair as it reaches the same age with the fair itself. She says she has attended every year.
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Indianapolis
Rachel Manford
Manford
Simmons Charged In Divorce Suit Over Alleged Theft of Clothes
David Simmons faces a divorce case after his wife reportedly took his clothes while he was bathing. The dispute centers on personal property during the separation period.
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Los Angeles
David Simmons
No Charge Yet Made In HoldUp At Faser's Drug Store
A man identified as C. E. McMillan was captured after fleeing the scene of a store robbery at Faser's drug store 3404 DeSiard Street. McMillan, 26, of Chickasha Oklahoma, claimed Wigington, 26, of Anadarko Oklahoma, was his partner. Wigington was killed by the store owner. McMillan said they stole a car in Oklahoma City Tuesday night and McMillan was on parole from Texas Huntsville prison. No formal charges had been filed against McMillan this morning.
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Faser
DeSiard Street
Ouachita Parish
C. E. McMillan
Chickasha
Okla
Clarence A. Wigington
Anadarko
McMillan
Texas
Huntsville
Wigington
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma City
Geologist for Byrd Killed in Air Crash Near Home
George A. Thorne Jr. 37, a Chicago geologist on Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic expedition, died in a plane crash near his summer home in Harrisville New Hampshire. His torching aircraft burst into flames as it touched woodland. firemen retrieved the body amid uncertain cause. Thorne had been slated to accompany Byrd on a new South Pole voyage and had an Antarctic glacier named after him. He leaves a widow and siblings.
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Harrisville
N. H
George A. Thorne, Jr
Chicago
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
South Pole
Thorne
George A. Thorne
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Won't Return to London Today
The British press reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will not yet return to Britain today and plans for the homecoming are not complete. Fort Belvedere is their expected first stop upon arrival, with a likely motor car journey across France and a channel port.
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London
British Press Association
Fort Belvedere
Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield
Britain
England
Retail trade rises as war begins boosts postwar purchases
The Dun and Bradstreet weekly review reports retail trade nationwide for last week was 6 to 11 percent higher than the same period a year ago. Shoppers bought goods despite hostilities, with broad sales in most cities and textiles especially active. Wholesale markets showed strength with many ripe for heavy buying and wool goods selling despite price gains. Dry goods orders for the rest of the season were filled at steady to slightly higher prices.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet Weekly Review
German Army Enters Warsaw as War News Escalates
German supreme command says armor units entered Warsaw at 5 15 p m local and advanced toward Nadarzyn 12 miles southwest of the capital. Submarine sightings near Nantucket lightship and Dutch mine explosion plus Warsaw radio talk of a Polish offensive frame a broader wartime picture.
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Berlin
Supreme High Command
Warsaw
Nadarzyn
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