Nazis Move to Base Hints Stir Hungary Romania Row
Reports from government circles say Nazi air bases and headquarters for panzer and motorized units will be set up on Hungarian soil following the Vienna conference. Romanian mobilization proceeds while Transylvania tense crowds denounce the Vienna decision and call for armed defense.
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Hungary
Bucharest
Vienna
Rumania
Transylvania
Balkan
Cluj
Italy
Romania
Carol
Vasiele Noveanu
Noveanu
Germany
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Craiova
George Bratianu
Juliu Maniu
Paul Teleki
Count Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Michail Manoilescu
Valerian Pop
Berlin
United States
Officer Gunman Fight Death Duel in Theater Lobby
In Times Square last night a policeman and a gunman fought in the Plymouth theater lobby. Patrolman Joseph Schecker and a teen, James Mitchell, were wounded as the suspect fired and then killed himself. The gunman’s identity was not learned.
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New York
Times Square
Mple
Joseph Schecker
James Mitchell
Plymouth Theater
Broadway
Eighth Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Schecker
Mitchell
Sheckers
Roosevelt names Walker for Postmaster General
President Roosevelt selects Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania for postmaster general and says the cabinet nomination will be sent to the Senate next Wednesday.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Frank C. Walker
Pennsylvania
Senate
Northwestern to suspend paper on Labor Day
Oshkosh daily will not publish Monday for Labor Day. The newspaper will observe the holiday with no issue and all staff except those on local news coverage will have the day off. The observance follows the paper's longstanding custom in Oshkosh.
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Northwestern
Oshkosh
Jon
Draft Plan Opposed By Methodists in Wisconsin Conference
The Wisconsin conference of the Methodist church opposed military conscription in peace time and supported conscientious objectors. It urged individual conscience in emergencies, condemned anti Semitism, and urged telegrams to Wisconsin Senators Wiley and La Follette to oppose the Burke Wadsworth bill. The report urged building a society shaped by Christian ideals.
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Wisconsin
The
Methodist Church
Social Service Commission
Conference
Wiley and la Follette
Roosevelt and Lehman Discuss Seaway Pact With Canada
In Hyde Park, President Roosevelt and New York Governor Lehman met to renew talks on the Great Lakes St. Lawrence waterway power development. The meeting signals potential linking of defense and energy initiatives under U S Canadian cooperation and may frame future policy. Lehman will join Roosevelt at a Roosevelt Home club gathering in Dutchess County where brief remarks are anticipated.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Uup
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Roosevelt
Canada
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
White House
North America
Lehman
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Home Club
New Deal
Dutchess County
Cheese Festival Set for September 5 to 7
The annual fall festival and cheese celebration will run September 5 to 7. Organizers aim to surpass 6,248 pounds sold last year and attract about 15,000 attendees.
German fifth column in Dominican Republic eyed by El Mundo
El Mundo in San Juan reports Adolf Hitler agents in the Dominican Republic conspirin g against American sovereignty and liberty. Dispatch by Samuel E Badillo alleges a German fifth column studied military bases from Lake Enriquillo to Samana Bay in 1939 and maps for a potential seaplane base threatening Panama Canal defenses.
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Newspaper of
Puerto Rico
Hitler
Dominican Republic
Americas
San Juan
D.p
el Mundo
Adolf Hitler
United States
Panama Canal
Samuel E. Badillo
New World
North
South America
Third Reich
Republic
America
Panama
Guantanamo
Cuba
Bermuda
Santo Domingo
Adolf Meyer
Hamburg University
Dominica
Richard Weyl
Fred Marschal
Weyl
Badillo
Enriquillo
Caribbean
Venezuela
Lake Maracaibo
Samana Bay
Hurricane Nears Carolina's Coast
A tropical hurricane menaces the North Carolina eastern seaboard with storm warnings from north of Wilmington to the Virginia capes. The center is expected near Cape Hatteras tonight as western regions report record flood damage and missing persons.
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Wilmington
N.C
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Virginia Capes
Cape Hatteras
Asheville
N. C
Carolina
Norfelk
Coast Guard
Acosta
Frying Pan Shoals
Norfolk
Morehead City
Industrial conscription substitute debated in Congress
Washington lawmakers weigh a substitute to the Russell amendment enabling defense orders and plant seizures on a rental basis. The house panel to meet Tuesday to decide on a commandeering industry amendment while Willkie attacks the plan as socialist.
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John R. Beal
United Press Staff
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Russell
Senate
Army and Navy
Military Affairs Committee
House Rules Committee
Eugene E. Cox
Georgia
House
United States
Richard B. Russell
Wendell L. Willkie
William
America
Sen
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Willkie
Ville de Hasselet Sunk Amid War Time Losses
Mackay Radio reported the Belgian liner Ville de Hasselet, formerly the American Trader, torpedoed while on the New York to Liverpool run. If confirmed, it would mark the fourth loss among eight former US liners sold to Societe Maritime Anversoise. The ship built in 1923, 480 feet long, had reached Liverpool and was preparing to sail back to the United States.
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New York
Mackay Radio
KGT
England
United States
Liverpool
Societe Maritime Anversoise
Antwerp
Belfast
Chester
Harding
Ostend
Belgium
Bay of Biscay
Ville de Gand
Ireland
French Revolt Acknowledged in Asian and African Territories
The French government announced a revolt in French Indo China and French West Africa after French Equatorial Africa joined the British war effort. Leadership in Indo China was linked to General Catroux, while West Africa unrest remained limited to some Europeans and had not spread to natives.
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Vichy
France
French West Africa
French Equatorial Africa
Catroux
Rock Falls Parched as Rain Misses Region
In Wisconsin near Eau Claire Rock Falls residents hoped for rain while rock creek ran too low to power the flour mill. The area has not seen rain for over a month leaving crops and pastures drying and burning.
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Eau Claire
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Rock Falls
Rock Creek
Four Indians Dead in Wittenberg Crash Near Wisconsin
Four Tomah Indians were killed in a collision near Wittenberg Wisconsin last night. The dead are Lawrence Marksman about 30 his wife Mrs Marksman about 30 Robert White 37 Mrs Marksman's brother and a man tentatively identified as Mr Smith an Oneida Indian. Russell Lyons of Wausau driver of the truck was seriously injured.
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Wittenberg
Wis
Tomah
Weather Summary and Forecast Across Regions
Partly cloudy tonight with cooler conditions expected. Sunday and Monday look fair though showers are possible in the Great Lakes north and east. Temperature trend shows a downward path at the period start with a slight rise toward the end. highs around the mid 70s and lows in the 30s to mid 40s are reported by official stations.
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Ds Riss
Lenin
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwasker
Phoenix
Anz
Bismarck
Great Lakes
Ninkaum
German air loss tally tops 46 in London raid
London reports the Luftwaffe struck in a fourth London raid within 12 hours. The air ministry says at least 46 enemy planes were shot down and one bomber last night, with 21 British fighters missing. An unofficial count claims about 60 German bombers and fighters were down by noon.
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London
Germany
Messerschmitt
Willkie Commences Stumping Tour Sept 14
Republican nominee Wendell L. Willkie works on a six to seven stop tour starting September 14 from Rushville to Detroit with a likely Coffeyville opener on September 16. He picks up support from Throop Shipstead Emery and Straus and plans speeches on New Deal attitudes toward business and recovery. He meets veterans leaders and AFL officials as he broadens outreach.
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Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Detroit
Midwest
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Northwest
East
Coffeyville
Kan
George R. Throop
St. Louis
Roger W. Straus
New York
Jewish Cochairman
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Willkie
Europe
Edward Ahaves
Decatur
Harry W Colmery
Topeka
American Legion
A “Willkie War Veterans National Committee
William L. Hutcheson
Indianapolis
A F. L
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Jomers
Wilkie
Missing Woman Safe In Refuge In Wisconsin Woods
Mrs. John Geng who became lost Tuesday while picking berries wandered two days and nights, reaching a neighbor’s home after a 200-strong search. She suffered exposure but was found safe.
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Phillips
Wis— i
John Geng
Apartments Wrecked In Air Attacks
Berlin reports bombardment as Nazi air raids hit the city. Bombs destroy several apartment houses and business buildings, start fires in the southeast, and damage the Siemens Schuckert electrical works. About 4 million residents endure the raid.
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Berlin
Siemens Schuckert
Bomb Drops by Germans Reach Five Million Tons in War Year
Berlin reports German bombers dropped 5,900,000 bombs weighing over 75,000 tons in three years of war. The raids totaled 3,500 attacks, with 220 days of bombing and extensive nighttime assaults on Berlin. Civilians died and fires raged in southeast Berlin near the Christus church and Bethesda hospital.
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Berlin
Derground
Fire Department
Linden Street
Evangelical Christus Church
Diefenbach
Bethesda Hospital
Siemens Schuckert
West Berlin
England
Weekend of fair cool air planned for Labor Day weekend
Chicago reports a fair cool Labor Day weekend across the middle west with showers limited to Myer Valley and clear skies near the Great Lakes. Major railroads bus lines and airlines will add equipment to handle expected heavy holiday traffic and airlines anticipate record travel.
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Chicago
Middie West
Myer Valley
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Air Nes
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