County Board Backs Class III Airport but Fails to Pick Site
Winnebago County supervisors endorsed establishing a Class III airport and planned to buy about 300 acres, but no purchase funds were authorized. The aviation committee will seek options on properties using a $1000 fund, with Oshkosh airport favored by the committee and opposed by Neenah Mequon area leaders.
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Winnebago County
Oshkosh
Ishkosh
Neenah and
Jenasha
Twin Cities
Ito
JWO
Cudahy Told There Is No Reprimand From Roosevelt
Ambassador John Cudahy told President Roosevelt there was no rebuke or threat of resignation over his London remarks on German occupied Belgium. Sumner Welles announced the incident closed after Cudahy reported press misquotations, noting his statement did not require any disciplinary action.
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Washington
John Cudahy
Belgium
Roosevelt
London
Cudahy
Sumner Welles
State Department
Welles
Associated Press
Willkie Plans Indiana Flight For Acceptance Address
Willkie will fly to Indiana for his acceptance speech to be delivered in Elwood and discuss conscription. He will stop at Kansas City airport for a brief layover and arrive in Indianapolis before motorizing to Rushville, his wife’s hometown. He renewed demand to reform campaign ad funding and warned of machine politics while naming foreign policy and national defense as top issues.
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William B. Ardery
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Indiana
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Rushville
Ind
Willkie
Elwood
Democratic National Committee
Great Britain
Parachutes Tied to German Hoax, UK Reports Say
Reliable British sources say parachutes in the Midlands and Scotland were part of a German hoax and that aerial troops had landed. Bells rang during an air raid alarm as investigators noted grain fields with untrampled stalks and sabotage instructions found nearby. German sources deny any landings as pure fantasy.
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London
Midlands
Scotland
England
Greek cruiser Helle torpedoed at Tinos harbor
Unidentified submarine torpedoed the 2,115 ton Greek mine layer Helle off Tinos harbor in the Aegean. One petty officer killed, several crew wounded, and reports say 30 to 31 casualties total. Vessel sank within an hour after catching fire. Sailings banned as Greece seeks neutrality amid rising tensions with Italy.
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Ben Ames
United Press Staff
Athens
Tinos
Aegean Sea
China
Greece
London
Tinos Harbor
Aegean
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Heile
Italy
Helie
Norwegian freighter Thermopylae tracked by mystery ship
The 6,655 ton Norwegian freighter Thermopylae radioed that a mystery ship was tracking her inside the neutrality zone. An initial message suggested a submarine attack but later said no distress and requested position information. Coast guard officials opened an inquiry.
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Mackay
Coast Guard
Oshkosh Cubs Triumph In State Tournament Tilt
Oshkosh Cubs defeated Sheboygan Pines 3 to 2 at Borchert Field to advance in the Wisconsin state amateur baseball tournament. Markesan beat Thompsons 1 to 0, with both winners moving to the fourth round Friday.
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Milwaukee
Cubs
Oshkosh
Sheborgan Pines
Borchert Field
Markesan
Thompsons
Racine
Kenosha Citent
Germans Raid London Area Air Battle Over Thames Valley
German planes crossed into London and attacked the lower Thames area including Tilbury and nearby naval yards at Chatham Sheerness and Rochester. D N B reported anti aircraft fire and air combat with British fighters, claiming several British planes were shot down and hangars bombed at Driffield Yorkshire.
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Richard C. Hottelet
United Press
Berlin
London
Lower Thames
River Thames
Newcastle
Vickers- Armstrong
Mid- England
Driffield
Yorkshire
Lower
Thames
Sheerness
Chatham
Rochester
Johnson Might Join Roosevelt Cabinet After Rejection
Louis Johnson, former Assistant Secretary of War, rejected Roosevelt's offer of special administrative assistant on national defense. He is considering another federal post and expects a decision in 10 days. Johnson resigned to allow Robert P. Patterson to assume War Department duties, while speculation grows about a cabinet role if offered.
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Washington
U.P
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
War Department
Robert P. Patterson
Henry L. Stimson
Crown Princess Martha Among 897 Sailors Leaving Finland
The United States army transport American Legion prepared to sail today from Petsamo Finland carrying 897 passengers including Crown Princess Martha of Norway and U S diplomatic officials Mrs Florence J Harriman minister to Norway and Mrs Frederik A Sterling wife of the American minister to Sweden and the Sterling children among the travelers.
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Fielsvik
Finland
United States Army
American Legion
Martha of
Norway
Petsamo
Florence Jaffray Harriman
Frederik A. Sterling
Sweden
Sterling
Milwaukee Fire Chief's Grandson Dies in Auto Collision
In Milwaukee a 4 year old, Peter Stein keliner, grandson of Fire Chief Peter Steinkeliner, was killed when struck by an automobile in front of his home. The child suffered a fractured skull in the fatal incident.
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Milwaukee
Peter Steinkeliner
House Rejects Plan To Restrict Guard to U S
The House passed legislation giving President Roosevelt authority to order up to 396,000 national guardsmen and army reservists into active service for one year. An amendment to limit deployments to the continental United States failed 210 to 110. Spokesmen urged a home guard as a replacement for guardsmen if called up.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
United States
Miller
Connecticut
New York
Massachusetts
Congress
Herbert H. Lehman
Senate Military Committee
Churchill warns invasion threat remains as Somaliland reverses noted
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons that Britain remains vulnerable to invasion and cited Italian advances in East Africa. He said Somaliland forces suffered reverses near Hargesia after a small British holding unit at Tagargan was driven back by two Italian divisions with armor and artillery. He also defended withholding details on the home security executive, noting such questions could harm national safety.
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London
U.P
Churchill
Commons
Britain
Somaliland
House
East Africa
Tagargan
Hargesia
Home Security Defense Executive
New Weather Forecast Debuts In Chicago Bureau
The Chicago weather bureau unveils a new forecast type aimed at more specific predictions a half week ahead. The system will be issued on Tuesday and Friday nights beginning this Friday, replacing the former Saturday morning weekly forecasts led by C A Donnel.
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Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
C. A. Donnel
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin Weather Summary for Friday Forecast
Parts of Wisconsin remain mostly cloudy with occasional showers or thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Temperatures show little change in the northwest, while conditions trend toward fair skies in the region by Friday afternoon.
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iBy Associated Press
Wisconsin
Geverally Fair
Phoenix
Syracuse
Beckstaff Observatory
House Committee Approves Base Period for Profits Levy
Washington Democrat Chairman Doughton announced the Ways and Means Committee approved using the best three of four years 1936 39 as the base period for excess profits taxes. The move hinges on delaying the tax measure as a whole which also covers defense plant amortization and repeal of Vinson Trammell limits on warship and aircraft production profits.
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Washington
House
Ways and Medias Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Wallace resigns as Secretary of Agriculture during Roosevelt era
Secretary Henry A. Wallace submitted his resignation to President Roosevelt, signaling a public letter to follow. He indicated discussions on a successor but offered no specifics and plans to depart August 27 for Des Moines to be notified of his nomination as Roosevelt's running mate.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Des Moines
Iowa
Second Army HG Guns Boom At McCoy In Maneuvers
Camp McCoy Wis national guard units advance field training for the battle of Wisconsin. The Fifty seventh field artillery brigade with 75s and 153mm guns fires on moving and fixed targets. The Sixty second brigade and cavalry regiments from Kentucky and Ohio join in five hour sessions as infantry conduct battalion level drills. A plan for a new reconnaissance troop to bolster the Fifth division is outlined by Brig Gen Lloyd R Fredendall to over 2,000 officers, including 105 enlisted men and five officers, with 20 scout cars and 12 motorcycles proposed. The general says current armament is adequate.
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Camp McCoy
Wis
National Guard
Wisconsin
Fifty-seventh Field Artillery Brigade
Michigan
Joseph H. Lewis
William L. Marlin
Cleveland
123Rd Cavalry Regiment
Kentucky
107Th Cavalry
Ohio
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Fredendale
16 LIVES LOST IN SOUTHERN FLOODS
The article reports 16 deaths across the Carolinas Virginia Tennessee and Georgia from torrential floods. It notes millions in property damage and significant infrastructure repairs along the up country while lowlands threaten further overflow. Asheville eyes relief as water service resumes with repairs to main pipelines.
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Asheville
No C
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
Southern Railway
Ridgecrest
P M Burdette
London Air Raid Rages as German Bombers Hit Croydon
A squadron of 30 German bombers attacked Croydon Airport and its outskirts near London today. Antiaircraft guns fired and Royal Air Force fighters pursued the raiders as mothers rushed children to shelter and smoke rose from the field. Simultanous reports from Berlin claimed bombs over Tilbury and London, marking a major escalation in the war.
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London
Croydon
Empire
Europe
Royal Air Force
Bordeaux
Cologne
France
Air Ministry
Wallace Carroll
United Press
Berlin
Tilbury
Thames
British Urgently Seeks US Destroyers and Planes
Secretary Morgenthau said Britain repeats every week urgent appeals to buy old US destroyers. He noted the destroyer issue began several months ago and remains active. Requests to purchase more airplanes are also in negotiation.
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Washington
Morgenthau
United States
Treasury
Hemisphere
Wisconsin Woman's Clubs to Choose Delegates for National Convention
Milwaukee UPI reports two Wisconsin delegates will attend the first biennial National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs convention in Detroit in Sept 2021. Presidential nominee Wendell Willkie will address the delegates on Sept 20. Mrs. Harry E. Thomas from Sheboygan said the four state federation clubs Milwaukee Kenosha Waukesha and Marathon counties will select the delegates from their membership.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Wisconsin
National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
Detroit
Harry E. Thomas
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas
Federation
Kenosha
Waukesha
Marathon
Iola Farmer Killed by Bolt During Storm
Iola farmer Oscar Wop land, 61, was killed yesterday when a bolt struck as he sought shelter under a tree during a storm. The incident occurred in Isla as rescue units responded to the scene.
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Isla
Oscar Wopland
Iola Farmer
Umier
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