Roosevelt to Sign Fast Act as National Guard Plans Emerge
Washington reports President Roosevelt is expected to sign a peacetime guard mobilization bill soon while the army outlines initial plans for major troop concentrations. The program envisions full divisions at several posts with reception centers at Fort Bragg Fort Custer Camp Hood and others, but funding limits allow only limited construction and early facilities for 400 000 trained men.
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Minn
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Texas Guard Status Uncertain Under Bill
Officials in Austin say the Texas guard is advised to expect no immediate recall for training under the stalled guard bill. Adjunct General Walt Page is away and two officers note the first call would likely form divisions from multiple sister units with prior training gaps. The guard comprises a complex division with 35 sections, varying by enrollment and geography as the policy wrestles with congressional inaction.
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Two Miss America contenders named for pageant week
Atlantic City based report states two Miss America contestants will be selected for the title, one described as shapely and talented while another is noted for being pretty. Bennett E. Tousley confirms plans to include a baby as a pageant feature during week events, with events scheduled September 7 to 8. Patricia Donnelly of Detroit is the current Miss America as hundreds vie for the crown.
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Bennett E. Tousley
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America
Patricia Donnelly
Dewoit
Heaviest Summer Visitor Count in Yellowstone History
Yellowstone Park reports a record surge in visitors up to July 21 with 304,913 entrants, a 28 percent rise over 1937's prior peak. Park official Egmund B. Ropers notes the milestone as the likely heaviest season in the park's history.
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Yellowstone
Egmund B. Ropers
Atonkey Likes Bananas And Chimpanzees Shun Mmeke
Atonkey shows a fondness for bananas oranges and apples while chimpanzees avoid Mmeke and prefer their own foods. The odd note reads with playful animal behavior observations and simple dietary contrasts.
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Atonkey
Whistling Bombs Hit Portsmouth Seaport
German dive bomber masses struck the southern English seaport of Portsmouth causing widespread destruction to houses and a movie theater. Rescue teams searched rubble as authorities counted casualties and assessed civilian damage after a shuftling bombardment feared to yield high tolls.
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Cylin
Ramsgate Destruction by German Air Raids Shocks Town
Ramsgate suffered massive ruin as German planes bombed the port city. Fighters and anti aircraft fire claimed ten enemy aircraft, while civilians endured shelters crushed and many left homeless. witnesses described fires, gas works damage, ruined homes, and miraculous escapes amid the bombardment.
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Wong
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Air Force
Casey Jones Sticks to Throttle in Modern Auto
HOT SPRINGS Ark Aum 24. J E Young retired railroad engines remains devoted to steam he travels highways in a steam powered automobile He says he knows more about steam than gasoline and searched nationwide before finding a year old steamer vehicle to match his belief.
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Largest Sorting Station Opened in New York
The Railway Express Agency opened its largest sorting and delivery station in New York, occupying an entire city block to handle heavy press shipments.
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New York
INA
Railway Express
Poison Death High Rate Set in Massachusetts
A Boston led report shows 8601 poisoning deaths in a decade from 1928 to 1983 with 9.83 percent of medical examiner cases due to toxic substances. Alcohol caused 52 percent of poisoning deaths, illuminating gas 21 percent, and various chemicals and drugs accounted for the rest alongside carbon monoxide and anesthetics.
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Boston
Masaachietts
Moore
Timothy Leary
Leo Alexander
Merrill Illuminating Gas
Italian Air Raids Target British Positions In North Africa
Rome reports heavy Italian air raids on British targets in North Africa on August 23 including airfields at Sidiharrani and Mersamatruh, and naval action near Alexandria with large fires. The bulletin notes an attack in the Gulf of Bomba damaging a submarine, plus bombing near Khartoum and raids on Massawa Berbera and Doebel. Seven Italian brigades claim Somaliland gains with hundreds of motorized units and tanks, and prisoners including Somalilanders abandoned after British withdrawal.
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War report reflects events from August 1945 and prior
The note surveys wartime events from twenty five years earlier including Brest Litovak fortress capture, German submarine policy talks after sinking the liner Arable, and a tense exchange between Hitler and the British ambassador about a truce. It also mentions German ships remaining airborne and global communications disruptions preceding a German warship’s arrival at Dang.
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State Department
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Port and People Suffer in Bombing of Portsmouth City
Bombs rain on Portsmouth causing massive ruin across home, business, and entertainment districts. ARP crews tally casualties as fires, wreckage, and refugees fill streets while RAF and anti-aircraft defenses try to stem the onslaught.
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Portsmouth
Fanny
Yukon gold still found in Klondike fields
Ottawa reports that Yukon streams yielded 108,078 ounces of gold in the year ended March. After decades of operation, reserves remain large though dredges replace traditional hushing methods as placer operators move to new Klondike fields.
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Ottawa
Yukon
Canadian Mines and Resources Department
Klondike
Niger
Northwest fur farmers back experimental chinchilla project
Portland notes a bold $120,000 investment by McKenzie silver fox ranch into 18 chinchilla pairs near Bugent to breed a premium fur. Chinchillas, imported from California, are scarce with only about 500 in the US and Canada. Experts expect 7 to 10 years before a commercial crop, as growers pursue home-grown coats amid eager, continuing effort.
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Bugent
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