California storm claims at least fifty lives in wrecks
A tropical storm sweeping Southern California and Catalina Island caused extensive destruction with a death toll near fifty and property damage over a million dollars. Ten bodies were recovered from ocean wrecks, with many vessels reported lost or submerged and searches ongoing by coast guard and Navy units.
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Los Angeles
California
James Cooteworth
United States Navy
Coronado
Calif
Catalina Iland
Weather Bureau
Alamitos Peninsula
Long Beach
Los Angeles Yacht Club
Fish Harbor
Coast Guard
Point Mugu
Oxnard
Spray
Seadog
Floyd Gibbons On His Last Journey
Floyd Gibbons wartime correspondent died of heart disease at his farm near Stroudsburg Pennsylvania at age 52. He planned to cover Europe’s war before death. Surviving siblings Edward T Theodore Mayer Donald Margaret Chapman attend burial at Mount Olivet and funeral at Dahlgren temple Georgetown University.
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Stroudsburg
Floyd Gibbons
Globe
Washington
Gibbons
Edward T
Theodore Mayer
Newton Centre
Mass
Dahlgren Temple
Georgetown University
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Donald
Milwaukee
Wis
Margaret Chapman
Chicago
War On Submarines Related By Churchill
Senate leaders urge White House to stay hands off in the congressional fight over the neutrality program. Roosevelt backs congressional choice, while some Democrats and administration officials weigh in cautiously. The foreign relations committee delayed action on the bill until Thursday to give more time.
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Washington
Senate
White House
State Department
Executive Branch
Congress
Roosevelt
Administration
George
Georgia
Capitol Hill
Foreign Relations Committee
Churchill Says British Convoy System In Full Operation
Churchill told the House of Commons that Britain has armed its merchant fleet and fully activated convoy systems. He stated attacks on submarines are now five to six times more frequent than in the last war and that armed ships are departing shores. The admiralty will arm all merchant vessels and fast liners to defend against U boats and aircraft.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Britain
Chamberlain
Churchill
British Empire
Former City National Bank clerk held for embezzlement
Walter William Tabor Jr a former City National Bank employee was arrested by a U S marshal on five charges of abstracting and converting bank funds to his own use. He was released on a $2000 bond. The shortages totaled a few hundred dollars and were repaid by the youth's family after irregularities were found in February 1938.
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Baton Rouge
Walter William Tabor, Jr
City National Bank
United States
Carey Andrew Phillips Tabor
Bank
United States District Attorney
Silesia and Phryne among warship losses rise
Allied and neutral ships suffer a wave of sinkings as the 52nd ship loss in the war includes the 2,850 ton freighter Silesia and the 2,660 ton French collier Phryne sunk near the English coast. Crews rescued. Sweden protests Germany over pulp carriage. Britain reports 31 ships lost in 23 days, neutrals 10. Total tonnage destroyed approaches 230,574 with 739 deaths.
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Preas
England
English
Britain
Germany
France
Repeal Law On Deputies Faces Remote Special Session
In Baton Rouge Governor Earl K. Long said a special session before January is extremely unlikely. Reports from New Orleans claim talks with administration leaders aim to restore sheriff deputies' appointing power, angering sheriffs who backed home rule, with a January 1940 primary looming.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
New Orleans
Frank Clancy
Jefferson Parish
Long
Air corps effort to win CAA training for Northeast Junior College
The Greater Baton Rouge aviation committee named four members to press Governor Earl K Long, Acting President Hebert, and LSU board of governors for CAA training approval for Northeast Junior College at Selman Field. The CAA has approved an air training course for the college, aligning with national programs. LSU Tulane LSU Normal and Southwestern Institute already host similar corps, though LSU’s board rejected a local corps plan.
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Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Baton Rouge
CAA
Northeast Junior College
Selman Field
Earl K. Long
Hebert
Louisiana State University
Board of Governors
University
Joe Durrett
H. K. Touchstone
C. E. Woolman
D. Y. Smith
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Tulane
Louisiana State Normal
Southwestern Institute
American Republics Ponder Neutrality in World War Debate
Delegates from 21 American republics met in Panama to chart neutrality strategies in the European war. President Narciso Garay praised the conference as it seeks a peace without oppression and vows to resist peace imposed by bayonets and cannons.
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Panama
Narciso Garay
Investigation of Leche Hall charges begun in Ruston
The Lincoln parish grand jury opened an inquiry into irregularities in Leche hall construction at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. Construction superintendent Wortisch and firm official Samma Caldwell testified. a profit figure and prior related projects were noted while officials pledged further investigations.
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Leche Hall
Ruston, la
Lincoln Parish
Leche
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Truett L. Scarborough
Phillip W. Wortisch
New Orleans
Caldwell Bros
Hart
Samma Caldwell
W. S. Shattuck
State Board of Education
Warren Easton Hall
Louisiana State Normal College of
Grand Jury
Louisiana Tech
Blind youth aims at reporting career at State College
Robert A. Ross, a 21 year old from Altoona, lost his sight seven years ago in an explosion and now attends Pennsylvania State College as a journalism freshman with his seeing eye dog Rita. He notes Rita’s misdirections to Schwab auditorium and Old Main, but she guides him through most campus routes as they attend classes amid 5,800 students. Dean Warnock asks students not to assist the pair.
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State College
Robert A. Ross
Altoona
Pennsylvania State College
Rita
Ross
Schwab Auditorium
Old Main
Arthur R. Warnock
Cow Theft Suspect Gets 18 Months Road Work
In Orangeburg South Carolina a detective followed human tracks to a cow theft arrest. The suspect admitted he put shoes on the cow to mislead pursuers and received an 18 month sentence to perform road work.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Man Reports Robbery While Sleeping at Aid Society
Nathan Jacobson of Punxsutawney Pennsylvania told police he was robbed of eight hundred dollars while sleeping at the Association for the Improvement of the Poor.
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Pittsburgh
Nathan Jacobson
Punxsutawney, Pa
The
Association For the Improvement of the Poor
Actress Merrick Divorces Wealthy Broker Over Nazi Claims
Los Angeles reports former actress Leslie L. Merrick seeks divorce from J Walling Merrick, wealthy broker, alleging he undermined her rights and kept her awake with constant praise of Der Fuehrer and Nazi ideas.
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Los Angeles
Herr Hitler
Leslie L. Merrick
J. Walling Merrick
Merrick
Indictment in LSU embezzlement case names Smith Weiss Hart
Orleans parish grand jury charges Dr. James Monroe Smith Leon Weiss and Monte E. Hart with embezzling 62485.86 from Louisiana State University in the 1935 Charity hospital building move and return. Bonds set at 25000 each. DA says funds were diverted from intended building costs for personal use.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
James Monroe Smith
Leon Weiss
Monte E. Hart
Louisiana State University
Charity Hospital
George P. Platt
Criminal Court
University
Weiss
Smith
Hart
Caldwell Brothers and Hart
Hart Enterprise and Electrical Company
Smith, Hart and
Charles A. Byrne
Byrne
Long Trip to See Father Proves Futile in War Time
William H. Haase mechanical engineer from Spokane Washington made an 11000 mile journey to visit his aging father in Germany. In Hamburg on August 26 he received a warning from the American consul to depart within thirty minutes. He left for the Netherlands border and returned to the United States aboard the Holland American liner Zaandam. Haase last saw his father a retired furniture manufacturer aged 72 in 1921.
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New York
William H. Haase
Spokane
Wash
Germany
Haase
Zaandam
Hamburg
Ratzeberg
Netherlands
Legion Parade Opens National Convention in Chicago
Thousands line Michigan Avenue as the American Legion marches 9 000 strong in murky rain, concluding at Soldier Field. In Cincinnati the AFL metal trades union drafts a neutrality resolution backing Roosevelt policy with balanced terms, signaling likely stance for the main AFL convention.
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Chicago
Flanders
American Legion
Michigan Avenue
Soldier Field
Argonne
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Congress
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
Former Legion Chaplain Ezra Clemans Dies at 78
Des Moines Sept 26 Apoplexy ended the life of Rev Ezra Clemans once national chaplain of the American Legion and United Spanish War Veterans He served as chaplain in the Spanish American Mexican border and World War I and will receive full military honors at burial in Owatenna Minnesota He was visiting his daughter Mrs Harold W Cooper when struck born Faribault Minnesota and educated at Shattuck Military Academy
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Des Moines
Ezra Clemans
American Legion
United Spanish War Veterans
Padre Clemans
135Th Minnesota Infantry
Owatenna
Minn
Clemans
Harold W. Cooper
Faribault
Shattuck Military Academy
Hitler Returns From Eastern Front
Adolf Hitler arrived back in Berlin today after a reported return from the eastern front. No further details were disclosed.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
French Cabinet Dissolves Communist Party in War Sentiment
Paris reports Premier Daladier's wartime cabinet decrees the dissolution of the Communist party in retaliation for Soviet non aggression pact with Germany and Poland invasion. The action follows intensified fighting as Warsaw fortresses fall and German troops press into the city amid heavy Allied air support.
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Paris
Daladier
Communist Party
France
Russia
Germany
Poland
Rhine
Associated Press
Warsaw
Zweibruecken
Swiss
Switzerland
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Jones
AIR Corps
Smith, Weiss, Hart
State University
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Legion
Hitler
Mokotowski
Mokotow
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Wolski
Szczesliwicki
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