Roosevelt Moves Toward Backing Embargo Repeal In House
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt gains possible support from Senate critics on his embargo repeal plan as House Democrats show shifting views. Speaker Bloom says 63 Democrats who opposed outright repeal may now back the measure at the special session. Borah assails the policy as intervention while Roosevelt seeks to unite Congress behind the neutrality revision.
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Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Senate
Supreme Court
Bloom
New York
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Heat Wave Smashes Records Across Midwest
Chicago reports 102 in South Dakota and 103 in Kentucky as nine deaths are linked to the late summer heat. Schools close in seven states for a fourth day as forests, crops, and water supplies face strain.
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Chicago
Indiana
Kentucky
Iowa
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Vermillion
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Detroit
Kansas City
Topeka
Kans
Pittsburgh
Jefferson City
Huntington
W. Va
Bloomfield
German Submarine Sends SOS To Churchill Before Sinking Firby
The voyage of the British steamer Firby ended when a German submarine sank her off the Scottish coast. James Woodruff reported the German officer sent an SOS to Winston Churchill before the attack, and provided the captain with a drink and rations for the four wounded crewmen.
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London
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
James Woodruff
Churchill
Woodruff
Firby
Mills Accused by Secretary Withdraws Charges
Newt Ve Mills from the Fifth Louisiana district was arrested on two counts of assaulting his secretary Miss Cortez Murphy. The charges were withdrawn by Miss Murphy at noon per District Attorney Frank W Hawthorne under revised statute 990. bond set at $500 signed by C. W. Parnell. Bruises cited by Murphy were shown to officers as evidence before withdrawal.
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Newt Ve Mills
Louisiana
Miss
Nnt
Miss Murphy
Mills
Pilot Training School Sought at Local College Site
Dr C Colvert dean Northeast Junior College announced the Civil Aeronautics Authority chose the local institution for a pilot training school contingent on LSU approval. Selman Field would host flying operations with ground training on campus starting by October 1 and flying by October 15. Instructors paid by the government. students will log 72 hours ground work and 35 to 50 hours in the air over 18 weeks.
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C Colvert
Northeast Junior College
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Selman Field
Junior College
CAA
Calvert
Illinois Central Board Plans $8,000,000 Car and Locomotive Purchase
The Illinois Central board voted to spend 8 million dollars on new equipment including 1500 coal cars 1000 box cars and 10 Diesel electric locomotives. Bids will be sought once specifications are ready.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railway
LeSage and Adams Sentenced in Mail Fraud Case
Five defendants were sentenced by Judge Warne G. Borah for using the mails to defraud. Seymour Weiss Monte Hart and Dr James Monroe Smith received thirty months and 1000 dollar fines each. LeSage and Adams got one year and one day plus 9500 dollar fines. All remain in custody pending bond filings. Weiss faced ten years and the Huey Long machine loss of power after the verdict.
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New Orleans
Seymour Weiss
Monte Hart
James Monroe Smith
Warne G. Borah
Smuis C. LeSage
J. Emory Adams
Boreh
United States
Mersher H. C. Richardson
Dr. Smith
Huey Long
Louisiana
Wayne G. Borah
Huey P. Long
Louisiana State University
Long Denies Solons Paid Long Denies Solons Paid
Governor Earl K. Long issued a statement denying any legislator on the state payroll and rebutting charges by Senator James A. Noe and State Treasurer A. P. Tugwell about the debt moratorium commission payroll. He portrays Noe as exploiting innocence and dismisses calls of a shakedown as profitable for Noe.
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Earl K. Long
James A. Noe
A. P. Tugwell
Long
Noe
Number of bodies taken from Squalus listed
Portsmouth N H Sept 15 The navy official list of dead from the submarine Squalus follows the order of identification. Names include Joshua Casey Grand Ridge Fla and others with ranks such as fireman first class chief machinist's mate electrician's mate seaman first class and civilians like Don Smith of General Motors Corp Detroit. Lieutenant Joseph Patterson is named.
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N. H
Navy
Squalus
Joshua Casey
Grand Ridge
Fla
John A. Chestnutt
Oakland
Calif
John P. Hathaway
LaPorte
Ind
Eugene A. Hoffman
Cleveland
Huie K. McAfee
East Point
Alexander B. Keegan
Quakertown
Seaman
John M. Thomasa
Nashville
Robert R. Weld
Kooskia
Idaho
Don Smith
General Motors Corp
Detroit
John J. Marino
Marshalltown
Iowa
Joseph Patterson
Oklahoma City
Britain Calls Up New Army Conscript Group
Allied dispatch discusses Britain's conscription expansion and the strategic limits shaping British and French air support to Poland. It notes aircraft range, needed airfields, and the risk of lacking escort protection for long range bombing missions.
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Britain
Phosphate Cargo Seized From American Freighter Warrior
The Warrior, sailing from Mobile, is reported to have had about 5900 tons of phosphate taken by order of the admiralty. Naval authorities note ongoing seizures and detentions as Britain tightens wartime controls while conscripts are summoned and the Duke of Windsor is linked to a potential war assignment.
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London
Germany
Warrior
Mobile
Ala
Admiralty
Phosphate Export Association
New York
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Gornelo
Nieuw Amsterdam
Duke of Windsor
George VI
Windsor
Britain
Earl de la Warr
Board of Education
Sinister Secrecy Used In War Upon Submarines
The article discusses Britain and France applying news suppression as a war tactic against German U boats, mirroring World War I practice. It notes Allied silence on submarine losses, contrasted with publicized submarine successes, and cites U S naval experts on detection tech and subs remaining submerged during attacks.
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Albert W. Wilson
Associated Press
Britain
France
William S. Sims
United States Navy
Poison Escape Plot Fails at Stateville Penitentiary
At Joliet Illinois Stateville prison forty eight convicts held in solitary confinement after three murderers attempted a ladder escape aided by poisoned coffee shared with eleven unconscious guards. Warden Joseph E. Ragen reported the plan involved a 32 foot ladder and a rooftop approach before a lone conscious guard signaled help.
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Joliet
Ill
Stateville Penitentiary
Joseph E. Ragen
Ragen
North Wall
Patrick Joyce
Joseph Jarzorak
Peter Balourilis
Captured British Fliers Interviewed On German Broadcast
Three British aviators captured in a naval air action were heard on a German short wave broadcast from 7:32 to 7:52 pm EST. Flying Officer Edwards described rescue by a German airman and said he was treated well though under guard. Also interviewed were Sergeant Observer George Booth and Aircraftman Larry Slattery at a German naval hospital.
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New York
America
Grabbe
Edwards
George Booth
Larry Slattery
International News At Glance Highlights Front Movements
Paris reports German troops retreating down the Moselle valley as Saarbruecken is attacked from three sides. London notes destruction of submarines by destroyers and planes, conscripts called up, employment control bill passed. Moscow shows a large mobilization with 1.5 million reservists. Berlin claims gains in Poland and uses captured plants for war supplies. Basel notes a German attack near Wis embourg. Budapest says lightning war sweeps over half of Poland in two weeks.
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Paris
Moselle
Saarbruecken
London
Commons
Moscow
Berlin
Poland
Basel
Wissembourg
Budapest
Germany
Ministry of Information
Trier
Polish Ukraine
Warsaw
Jablona
Schweig
Switzerland
Mundat
Western Front
Saarebruecken
Britain
Orleans Parish Grand Jurors Launch Probe
The Orleans parish grand jury began its own corruption probe, with District Attorney Charles A. Byrne withholding witness names. He will present evidence including the conservation department’s purchase of a cabin cruiser given to former Governor Richard W. Leche, paid for by the department after Leche’s December gift.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Charles A. Byrne
Byrne
Conservation Department
Richard W. Leche
Leche
Monroes and West Monroe Merchants Push Earlier Thanksgiving
The Chamber of Commerce retail division asks Governor Earl K Long to proclaim November 30 as Thanksgiving Day, aligning with President Roosevelt who already designated November 23. Merchants argue the later date disrupts college athletic schedules locally, while many governors maintain November 30 nationally.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
Retail Merchants’ Division
Earl K. Long
George D. Holland
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
Long
German Hoarder Sentenced to 18 Months in Hamburg
Gustav Schmidt, 53, was found guilty under wartime hoarding regulations for stockpiling soap and laundry items valued at 70 marks. He received an 18 month prison term as authorities enforce rationing in postwar Germany.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Gustav Schmidt
British say U boats sunk by destroyers and planes
British ministry reports several German submarines destroyed by destroyers and aircraft. Survivors were rescued or captured where possible as the war widens on multiple fronts across Europe and Asia.
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London
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