Roosevelt May Call Congress for Special Session
President Roosevelt plans to announce a date for a special session to address neutrality reforms. Officials hope a brief session will repeal arms embargo restrictions aiding Britain and France, while avoiding protracted debate on neutrality amid wartime tensions.
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Many to Seek Governorship of Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports a flood of hopefuls for the Louisiana governorship as political scandals topple Huey Long’s machine. Nine candidates have announced. many more are said to be ready to run on platforms to curb graft and corruption amid state and federal probes.
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Engine back firing alarms Canadians in Quebec village
In St Benoit Quebec the back firing of construction engines caused a scare as residents fled into fields after a rumor of Ottawa being attacked. Three children caught cold while drenched by cold rain as about 10 families evacuated.
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Flashes In The News Collection Of Odd Local Tales
Philadelphia Robert Allison borrowed a cat to deal with a 12 inch rat under his baby's crib. The cat fled and a neighbor suggested chloroform but the druggist refused. A policeman with a vacuum cleaner trapped the rat and finished it off. Eldon James Thompson 18 fell 35 feet at Bagwell Dam and, after striking the spillway then plunging 75 feet, kept afloat until rescued and remarked I know how it feels to be a rubber ball. San Francisco restaurant sign bans war talk, inviting only shrimps crabs fish and diners. Bloomington Frithiof Burgesson parked then paid a $1 overtime ticket after presenting parking meter demo to city council. Des Moines an elderly pensioner now endorses checks by signing his name backwards after a near fatal illness.
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Refugees Flee Into Bukowina As German Advance Squeezes Poles
From Cernauti to the border, thousands of Poles escape westward into Bukowina seeking safety as German forces push toward Poland. Refugees report rumors and disrupted transport while border towns tighten precautions against air raids and match lighting after dark. Some Polish officials mention Warsaw holding out and possible Vistula defense plans. reports also hint German divisions recalled to the western front. Across Ukraine Poles pray for rain to aid the retreat amid the Indian summer conditions aiding movement.
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Ukraine
Leche Testifies In Weiss Mail Fraud Trial
Former Governor Richard W. Leche testified in the Sey mour Weiss mail fraud trial that the 19% sale of the Bienville hotel to Louisiana State University might include furnishings based on his memory of events three years prior He said furnishings were never discussed at board meetings approving the purchase and he would not use influence for the sale of furnishings. Judge Borah overruled motions for a directed verdict and instructed the jury not to draw conclusions from the ruling as the trial continued.
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Richard W. Leche
Seymour Weiss
Bienville
Louisiana State University
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Weiss
Rene A. Viesca
Wayne G. Borah
Borah
166 Colleges Approved for Air Training
The Civil Aeronautics Authority approved 166 colleges and universities in four states to join the civilian pilot training program. A further list will be released around September 13 with a projection of at least 300 more approvals by September 18. The plan trains about 11 000 new civilian pilots next year and extends to noncollege students via university extension courses.
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Little Rock
Mississippi
Millsaps College
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Meridian
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University of Tennessee
University of Chattanooga
Maryville College
Southwestern
Eighteen Bodies Taken From Thetis
Eighteen bodies were recovered from the sunken submarine Thetis in Moelfre bay off the north Wales coast. Sixteen more were brought ashore yesterday as divers hoped for calmer seas to recover the remaining victims from the June 1 test dive that left only four of 103 escaping.
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Roosevelt Praises Cancer Work As Conference Opens
President Roosevelt lauded the International Cancer Congress as it opened its third annual meeting in Atlantic City. He praised researchers and urged high standards while noting progress in cancer research and treatment ser vices. Separate notes report rising enrollments in Monroe Ouachita parish schools and Northeast Junior College orientation with buses delaying freshmen registrations.
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London Paris And Berlin Escape Attacks From Air
London Paris and Berlin resist mass bombing as western Europe remains in a cautious air war. Reconnaissance and pursuit flights soar while long range bombers stay largely unused. German aims hinge on persuading their public and achieving a quick Polish campaign end.
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Canada considers major expeditionary force overseas
Ottawa reports Canada offered its resources to Great Britain as war with Germany begins. Prime Minister Mackenzie King says Canada will safeguard Atlantic possessions, train air crews, and send munitions and food while deciding on infantry deployment. Estimated World War costs reach 3.9 billion dollars with potential to raise 90,000 troops.
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NO KNOCKOUT BLOW RECEIVED YET BY POLAND
SNIATYN Poland Sept 11 German lightning assault delivered a stunning blow to the Polish army but observers say no knockout punch. Military reports scarce, yet Poles saved most mechanized gear and hold part of their defenses. German air activity shifts to eastern Poland as a possible pincer trap forms in Pomerania. An army of 1,000,000 Poles is said to mass on the east bank of the Vistula.
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Boy Reported Drowned Near Bastrop
Emergency crew from Bastrop responded at 10 13 am to locate a young boy's body reported drowned in a lake near Bastrop. Details were unavailable pending the arrival and briefing from the scene.
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War Briefs From Various Capitals on Sept 11
Reports from Bucharest Ankara Brussels Riga Stockholm Niagara Falls and Montreal note Soviet troop moves Turkey’s cautious stance Oslo group talks Belgian neutral concerns export limits Poland’s Lipski voyage Niagara hydro plants security changes Cabot sighting of a German submarine on the Atlantic flight path near the Athenia wreck site.
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Fire in Lemnos theater kills forty, injures eighty
A movie theater fire on Lemnos island near the Dardanelles killed 40 people, mostly children, and wounded 80 others. The tragedy occurred in the early hours of September 11 as rescuers battled flames and smoke. local authorities assess the cause as undetermined.
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Germans abandon some Warsaw posts amid siege push
Polish radio reports four days of fierce fighting forced German invaders to retreat from Warsaw suburbs. Other dispatches note German advances near Lwow and a heavy western front with French and German actions across the Rhine Moselle sector.
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