Two American Ships Halted by Sea Craft
Unidentified submarine sighted near Nantucket lightship as the British liner Arandora Star reports warnings of submarines along its 11 day Cherbourg to New York voyage with 441 aboard including 260 Americans Captain Edgar Wallace Moulton cites warnings but declines hazard discussion State Department officials then respond with silence awaiting fuller reports on threats to halt orders and potential firing on noncompliant ships
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New York
Nantucket
Arandora Star
Cherbourg
Southampton
Edgar Wallace Moulton
Admiralty
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Hamburg
Germany
Ample Food Supplies Foreseen by Agriculture Department
The agriculture department forecast harvests of bountiful proportions for crops and fruits, with milk and egg production at or above last year. A presidential proclamation relaxed sugar quotas to boost domestic marketing, aiming to prevent price spikes as wartime shortages ease.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Europe
California
Grateful dog Doc Lou profits in auction deal
In Chesapeake City Maryland a coon hound named Doc Lou sold for 25 cents and earned 49 400 percent profit by winning 123 prizes for owner Charles Barnes of Glencoe Pennsylvania. In Waterbury Connecticut Joseph Gamache Jr. argued his reckless driving defense claiming haste to reach a dog fight. In Los Angeles a cafe wedding proposal led 22 year old Greeba Webb to accept a mock marriage and seek annulment after the cafe demanded a license to the stranger.
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Chesapeake City
Doc Lou
Charles Barnes
Glencoe
Waterbury, Conn
Joseph Gamache, Jr
Bristol
Gamache
Los Angeles
Greeba Webb
Kenneth Webb
London to Deconcentrate Government Staff Amid War
The British government will move 700 to 900 staff out of London while keeping the capital's government intact. No ministerial evacuations planned and departments to be relocated remain secret. Officials stress decentralization rather than abandoning London. The move aims to preserve efficiency during wartime.
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London
France
Germany
Ouachita Parish Schools Register 5462 First Day
On the first day of school 5462 Ouachita Parish students registered across two schools. Ouachita Parish High led with 2278 total students 489 elementary and 1789 high school. Crosley 749 elementary. Calhoun High 331 elementary 102 high school.
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Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
Ouachita Parish High School
Monroe
Crosley School
West Monroe
Calhoun High
Millsaps
Okaloosa High
Ransom
Lenwis
Swartz
A. L. Smith
Sterlington
Drew
Mitchell
Fondale
Eureka
Lapine
Fairbanks
Watson
Cypress
Claiborne
Cheniere
Mt. Vernon
Birthday party tragedy claims two in council bluffs
Mr and Mrs Edward Brewer and their one year old daughter Shirley were en route to Shirley s first birthday party when a heavy hearse skidded into their car killing the father and daughter and seriously injuring the mother in council bluffs indiana last night.
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Council Bluffs
Edward Brewer
Shirley
Hart testifies on sale of Bienville hotel furniture to LSU
Monte E. Hart, first of five defendants to testify, says he handled selling Bienville hotel furniture to Louisiana State University for 75 000 in a case alleging mall fraud. He explains the sale was to settle debts and notes that Weiss wanted to divest from the failing Bienville property. He ties his role to the Lee Circle Hotel interests and the Roosevelt hotel ownership.
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New Orleans
Monte E. Hart
Seymour Weiss
Bienville
Louisiana State University
Hart
Weins
Warren Doyle
National Equipment Company
Lee Circle Hotel Company
L. S UU
Lee Circle Hotel Corporation
Roosevelt Hotel
Weiss
L. S
United States
Freshmen Orientation At Northeast Junior College
About 350 freshmen attended orientation at Northeast Junior College over Monday and Tuesday morning. Dean C. C. Calvert expected the largest freshman class in the college’s history. Registration began 1:30 pm Tuesday and runs through Wednesday, with sophomores registered Thursday through Saturday. Classes start next Monday. Buses delayed 140 freshmen reaching Monroe, while over 200 attended Monday’s events. Four private buses served the eastern Northeast Louisiana area and arrived with the freshmen. Music courses will be offered to the public for private lessons.
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Northeast Junior College
C. C. Calvert
Monroe
Louisiana
Calvert
Ten thousand Americans still in Britain
The American embassy reported ten thousand Americans remain in the United Kingdom and Ireland. About seven thousand are in Great Britain with four thousand lacking passage home, while three thousand are in Ireland. Five ships are en route to assist, but officials say larger boats are needed.
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London
United Kingdom
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
United States
British Isles
Struggle Looms Over Neutrality Act Revision
Washington September 12. The House Rules Committee chief Sabath predicts a special session around October 1 to consider Roosevelt plans to repeal the arms embargo of the Neutrality Act. Senate opposition led by Borah signals a bitter fight with a campaign kickoff, including a planned radio address.
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Washington
Sabath
Ilinois
House Rules Committee
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
England
France
Germany
Borah
Idaho
REA allotments total 7 993 500 for rural electrification
Washington reports allotments totaling 7 993 500 by the Rural Electrification Administration. Included are Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation in Lafayette Louisiana for 98 000, Coahoma Electric Power Association in Clarksdale Mississippi for 142 000, and Twin County Electric Power Association in Hollandale Mississippi for 60 000.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation
Lafayette
Coahoma Electric Power Association
Clarksdale
Miss
Twin County Electric Power Association
Hollandale
Germany Sinks Another Ship in Submarine Campaign
The Associated Press notes Germany holds a seven to one advantage in merchant tonnage destroyed as submarines target Britain. In nine days 16 allied ships sunk totaling 87 038 tons. Germany loses five ships and a destroyer by accident. Three neutral ships also go down.
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Germany
Great Britain
Oresund
Baltic Sea
Trelleborg
Sweden
Copenhagen
Denmark
X rays fed by a mouthful through new tube aids cancer reach
At the Atlantic City congress Howard Blakeslee reports a slender mouthpiece tube that places X rays within an inch of cancer growths by inserting the device in the mouth or body cavities. The device aims to spare healthy tissue by focused rays and air cooling prevents burns.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
New Haven
Ashley W. Oughterson
Robert Tennant
Edwin A. Lawrence
Canada votes 100 million for aid to Britain
Ottawa approves a 100 million dollar appropriation for war expenditures in or beyond Canada while Parliament leaves open the option of sending expeditionary forces. Prime Minister King says no expeditionary force is being considered, despite debate and a rider vote. Pattullo in Victoria urges conscription and US action if Canada and the United States send 2,000,000 troops abroad.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Press
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Victoria
United States
Pattullo
Roosevelt
Kingston
Cotton Loan Urged by Commissioners in Agriculture Group
The Association of Southern State Commissioners of Agriculture approved a government ban on the 1939 cotton crop and urged a loan with an interest cap of three percent. Louisiana's Harry D. Wilson will speak for the group at the Washington conference while supporting net weight loans for cotton batting. They also urged excluding cotton from the wartime contraband list and urged soil conservation benefits and an immediate peanut loan program.
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New Orleans
Association of Southern State Commissioners of Agriculture
Harry D. Wilson
Louisiana
Washington
Wisconsin
Secretary of Agriculture
Goering Takes Personal Charge at Polish Front
Berlin reports say Field Marshal Goering rushed to Poland to take charge of aviation operations as Hitler stays nearby. Officials note Polish resistance and German losses dampen hopes of a rapid Warsaw surrender, despite blitzkrieg momentum in western Poland.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Goering
Adolf Hitler
Dawkins imposes secrecy on Monroe federal term
Judge Ben C. Dawkins orders secrecy on witness names and grand jury subject matter for the Monroe federal court term opening October 2. The decree, attached to jury venire drawings, forbids disclosure before trial to prevent prejudice or harm to the prosecution.
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Shreveport
Ben C. Dawkins
Monroe
Dawkins
Browder Forecasts German Revolution To topple Hitler
Earl Browder general secretary of the US Communist Party told a Madison Square Garden mass meeting that revolutions inside Germany would destroy Hitler. He linked the Soviet Reich pact to improved US and Russian conditions and predicted a democratic German uprising to end Fascism in Europe.
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New York
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Germany
Hitler Browder
Madison Square Garden
Rome
Europe
Russia
Troop Augmentation and Frontline Actions Across Europe
Allied leaders Chamberlain and Daladier meet in France amid reports of French French-British forces probing the Siegfried line east of Saarbrücken. German three front offensive around Random Lodz and Warsaw stalls near the capital. Polish defenses hold stiffly as refugees flee into Romania and Swiss observers monitor possible French drives.
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Paris
Germany
Siegfried
Saarbruecken
Warndt
Warsaw
Random
Lodz
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Britain
Pollus
Siegfried Line
Sierck
Auterbourg
Cable
Townsend
Hitler
Chamberlain
Daladier
Basel
Switzerland
Baden
Haardt
Rhine
Lloyd Lehrbas
Budapest
Lwow
Cernauti
Rumania
Bug
Narew
Lublin
Felicjan Slawoj
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