Labor Day Rant Attacks Wagner Act as Liberty Threat
Westbrook Pegler argues on Labor Day that the Wagner Act harms freedoms by compelling workers into unions led by accused elites. He cites Sidney Hillman, David Du, and a Chicago shooting as evidence against the New Deal movement and Labor Party influence in New York politics.
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New Deal Party
On Movement
United
Sidney Hillman
David du
Chije
United States
Operng
Eliman
Amer
Labor Party
New Deal
Kew Deal
Dubinaky
Wader Pain
Senate military affairs panel hears Wheeler bill view
Lieutenant Colonel Francis V. Kerr testified that the Wheeler bill reflects war aims while warning selective service cannot reveal strategic plans. He predicted changes in military manpower and warned the bill might not shift outcomes depending on high level decisions.
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Whey
Senate
Fves
Italy
Francs V. Kerr
Legislative
Luneen
Convicted Rapist Rimke Escapes From March Field
Private George Rimke, 22, of Cleveland, sentenced to life for raping Lina Basquette, fled from a guard unit at March Field. Authorities alerted Los Angeles and Burbank police as Rimke was last seen around midnight and blamed Captain George Rawlins for the prosecution.
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George Aul Rimke
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Ohio
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Lina Asquetc
March Field
Rayburn
Los Angeles
Burbank
Basquette
California
Elbert Lewis
March Lela
Rimke
George Rawlins
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Germans claim capture of Comm Forces The Faire
Allied broadcasts report German seizure of Genoa and intense street fighting along Milan Genoa railway links. Italians urged to cut enemy communications as seven decisive days loom.
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Associated Press
London
Milan
Genoa
Italy
Naples
Cale
Bra
Hye
Calabria
Rome Capitulates as German Forces Take City
Allied reports say Rome faced a German assault and capitulated under Field Marshal von Kesselring. The Italian government under Marshal Badoglio reportedly remains, while Germans push to establish their puppet regime in Rome and continue in northern Italy.
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London
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Vatican City
von Kesselring
Hitler
Erwin Rommel
North
Africa
Italy
Reuters
Berlin
Trieste
Bozen
Cremona
Bern
Pietro Badoglio
Pietro Caviglia
Caviglia
North Africa
Fifth Army
Naples
Petro Badoglio
Allied Push Reinforces Forces Toward Lae in Pacific War
Allied troops and artillery rush to Lae from Port Moresby and Port Moresby fronts as Australian and American units advance within miles of the aerodrome. Airfield activity intensifies with constant transport flights over Owen Stanley ranges during daylight.
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Southwest Pacific
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
New Gainea
Douglas
Lae
New York
la Guardia
Moresby
Engineer Killed as Trains Crash Near Horseshoe Curve
An engineer, J. B. Welshans 61 of Pitcairn Pennsylvania, was killed when an engine overturned in a derailment two miles east of Horseshoe Curve. Two freight trains and a train of empty passenger cars were involved causing main line traffic disruption for hours. Three cars derailed in the westbound freight, then a passenger train struck a derailed car and another freight piled into the wreckage.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Horseshoe Curve
J. B. Welshans
Pitcairn
Pittsburgh
Allied Air Attacks Press Italy as Balkans Tension Grows
Allied air forces bombed military targets in Italy including bridges and rail yards near Capua Cancelle and Grossetto to disrupt German moves toward the Naples beaches while war strains rise in the Balkans with Albania invasion fears and strategic options discussed by Allied planners.
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Italy
Balkans
Balkan
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Romania
Albania
Nahs
Garbage strike hits New Orleans sanitation drive
New Orleans workers walked out for higher wages as about 10 percent to 20 men joined strikes across four districts. Milton Eschette, a garbage burner, says he was fired for organizing a wage committee and was booked by police on a loitering charge. Several men reportedly earned four to four dollars and seventy five cents per day.
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New Orleans
B. L. Blum
Milton J. Eschette
Eschette
Italians Leaving Posts in France Cross into Switzerland
Italian troops are abandoning posts in southern France with about 2000 crossing into Switzerland and surrendering their arms. Some claim they fought through German road blocks while others handed over weapons to French guerrillas. A large force remains encamped near the Mont Cenis tunnel halting German railtraffic.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Journal de Geneve
Mont Cenis
Susa
Red army closes on Kiev as new offensives push east
Soviet reports say Mariupol and Barvenkovo captured, with Red Army advancing along a 100 mile front from Bakhmach to Zenkov. The center aims at Prihak southwest of Romny while right wing moves toward northeast Kiev, threatening Poltava and the Dnieper line.
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Sea of Azov
Donets
Allied Forces Attack Capua and Southern Italy
Northwest African air force bombers attacked Capua and Sarnello in the Capua area north of Rome. Cosenza and Canzano targets hit while roads and bridges attacked. Large bomber sweeps on southern Sardinia. night raids on Grossetto rail yards. Eleven Axis planes destroyed, seven Allied aircraft missing. Thousands of Allied troops landed in the Naples area.
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Italy
Naples
Capua
Cancelle
Scanzano
Grossetto
Rome
Northwest African Air Force
Artiairerult
Sardinia
Sarnbello
Cosenza
Canzano
Response to loan drive stalls early surge in bond buying
Washington reports strong initial public response to the treasury war loan appeal of 15 billion dollars. Officials credit Allied victory and Italian surrender for momentum but note many areas had already topped quotas before the campaign opened officially. No preliminary totals yet. released tomorrow.
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Washington
Treasury
Department
Italian Ships Surrender To Allies At Gibraltar
Italian navy units including two fight cruisers two destroyers and two auxiliary aircraft carriers arrived at Gibraltar and surrendered to Allied forces. Berlin claimed Italian battleships and cruisers were sunk by German bombers near Sardinia Corsica and La Spezia fled toward Allied ports. Further broadcasts said Italian naval units joined German forces and that Italian ships were forced to Patras by Nazi bombers during breakout attempts.
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London
Berlin
Sardinia
Corsica
Rome
la Spezia
DNB
Associated Press
Germany
Reuters
Balkans
Patras
Northeast Junior college orientation welcomes new class
Orientation exercises at Northeast Junior College featured Dean C. C. Colvert stressing preparation for service and leadership within two courses, a bachelor’s track and a terminal program. Faculty and student leaders outlined advising, registration, and social activities as freshmen began registration.
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C. C. Colvert
General C B. Hodges
Louisiana State University
A. L. Tatum
Barbara Shuster
Maxine Martin
Marion Blanchard
Massie McConnell
Albert Cloud
Billie Himes
Mary Elizabeth Meeks
Purple Jacket Club
W. R. Hammond
Frederick Logan Pond
Annie Lee West Stah
Olive Lusk
Purple Jackets
Roosevelt as Peace Table Chairman Suggested by Wallace
Vice President Wallace urged making Franklin D. Roosevelt permanent chairman at the peace table. He argued Roosevelt's contacts and geography knowledge make him indispensable and the Roosevelt name carries global influence. Wallace said peace aims for a workable world and noted the U S has less territorial ambition than other nations.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
U S Embassy in Argentina Guarded in Buenos Aires
Police assigned to the U S embassy in Buenos Aires to prevent possible demonstrations after the resignation of Foreign Minister Segundo Stern. Uniformed officers patrolled the downtown building and streets as a precautionary measure with no incidents reported.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Segundo Stern
Sterni
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