Bermuda to lease air bases to United States for 99 years
Bermuda's assembly voted to lease air bases on Great Bermuda Sound to the United States for 99 years. A future request for naval bases may also receive sympathetic consideration, per a London-posed directive and messages from Bermuda’s governor. The assembly discussed the governor general’s remarks on local wishes and possible changes to terms.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Bermuda Assembly
United States
Great
Bermuda Sound
Lord tMoyd
London
Great Sound
Debate on Bermuda defense plans prompts possible revamp
A three-quarter hour discussion on Bermuda defense raised questions about new approaches to home defense. Speaker Conyers urged immediate action to strengthen local forces and promised urgent review of the islands defense structure amid talks between Britain and the United States on air bases and related measures.
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United States
Re Conyers
House of Assembly
Intensified War Upon Italy Seen
London dispatch reports the London Sunday Express predicts a likely intensification of the war against Italy. The political correspondent warns of sensational developments and notes strong naval and aerial forces may be engaged, signaling dramatic future actions.
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London
England
Italy
London Sunday Express
Banner of King Victor Emmanuel Removed at Windsor
A banner naming King Victor Emmanuel of Italy as a Knight of the Garter was privately removed from St. George’s chapel at Windsor Castle. The banner was placed beside farmer Kate Wilhelm and other German knights who were struck off the Garter rolls.
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London
Victor Emmannuel of
Thily
the Garter
Britain
St. George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
Katen Wilhelm
Dover Shelled by Long Range Guns
Dover, England, Aug. 24. British long range guns on the channel coast exchanged volleys with Nazi railway cannon at Calais and Boulogne. German shells hit a house in Dover killing a woman and injuring a man. a child escaped unharmed. RAF and anti-aircraft defenses repelled air attacks as Spitfires pursued bombers along the coast.
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Dover
England
Channel
Calais
Boulogne
Royal Air Force
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Junkers
I Butler
R.A. F
Ide Alr
France to hand over remaining Toulon ships to Italy
London August 24 The Daily Depress reports the French government is expected to turn over to Italy the remainder of the Toulon fleet including the worst Strashourp destroyers leaders and several submarines, signaling a major transfer of naval assets.
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London
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Daily
Depress
Toulon
Strashourp
No Ilion Reaches Home After Louisiana Mock War
Mortram Houstons Second division and Second engineers who stayed to cleanup, and the First battalion of the Thirty-eighth Infantry returned home from Louisianas mock war at Fort Sill. The division departed Cravens Louisiana in a single column at 3 20 p m. The column split into north and south columns under Lieut Col G K Nulsen and Lieut Col R McT Pennell. The Second divisions band played concerts at Newton and Madisonville on the return trip. South column reached San Ouston at 1 p m Saturday and north column ten minutes later.
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Jess
Thirty-eighth Infantry
Sty~ Tone
Fort Sill
Lowsiana
Cravens
Ab Jasper
G. K. Nulsen
R. McT. Pennell
Newton
Madisonville
Sam
Ouston
Dutch Steamer Kermes Arrives After Submarine Attack
A Portuguese dispatch reports the Dutch steamer Kermes torpedoed about 300 miles off Lisbon, with a large brig in its hull, as it arrived in London harbor after the attack. The master’s cited crash occurred while en route to England.
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London
Kermes
England
Chinese forces seize Chichew and disrupt rail line
The Chinese Eighth Route army reports capture of Chichew and cutting the Rankow Tientein railway near Peiping. In London, a German raider dropped 23 small white powder packages on an English district as reported by the London Daily Mail.
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Peiping
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Eighth Route Army
Rankow-Tientein
London
OMSI
London Delty Mail
Rabbi Nussbaum Arrives From Berlin on Exeter
Rabbi Mak Nussbaum and his wife arrived in New York aboard the Exeter from Berlin. He reports only four of Berlin’s twenty-five synagogues remain standing as most were burned and he left his granddaughter Hannah with relatives due to a law barring children from leaving Germany. He will move to Muskogee Oklahoma to lead a pulpit in a new synagogue.
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Mak Nussbaum
Berlin
Exelur
sHll
Hannah
Germany
Stephen
Nussbaum
Muskogre
Okla
A. Man
Charles Stehlin
Miami
Fla
Exeter
Joseph
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Fury Abated In ATR Raids Over Britain
London dispatch reports a noticeable abatement in German air and sea pressure over Western Europe. The piece notes reduced submarine activity and less intense channel attacks, while pondering German aims and new tactics as Britain maintains confidence in repelling the onslaught. Italy advances in Africa, threatening the Red Sea approach to Alexandria and Port Said, with implications for Mediterranean fleet safety.
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Symiate, Inc
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Britain
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Diermans
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British Africa
Somaliland
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
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Sudan
Kenya
Alexandria
Port Said
Mediterranean
Hitler
Fort Worth Jury To Hear Killing Case Monday
Witnesses in the murder and criminal attack case against Tommie Juartis, 23, of Grandview, are to be brought to Fort Worth Monday for grand jury proceedings. District Attorney Gean B. Turner announced the decision after a conference of Tarrant and Johnson county officials. The suspect is charged in an August 7 attack that killed Mrs Horton Allon, an expectant mother, at a Fort Worth hospital.
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Fort Worth
Tommie Juartis
Grandview
Gean B. Turner
Cleburne
Tarrant
Johnson County
Ate
Horton Allon
Worth Hospital
Parrot Pete Demands Toast and Coffee in San Antonio
A pet parrot owned by Jerry Hever at 3252 West Craig Place wakes with a demand for toast and coffee each morning. The bird named Pete enjoys rides on the handlebars of Heller’s bicycle and repeatedly urges, Let's go, Jerry, let's go.
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Pete
Jerry Hever
West Craig Place
Jerry
Heller
Ramburg Root Beer Incident At Crane's Beach
Bathers at Crane's beach in Ipswich reported hearing shooting from four parked automobiles. Police traced the noise to a case of home made beer that had exploded after a rough ride along the beach road, alarming beachgoers.
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Ipswich
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Crane's Beach
Pallce
Canada Fugitive Held in U S Virginia Minn August 24
A German fugitive from a Canadian war prison camp, who used the name Manuel Tischer, was transferred to the border patrol at International Falls after capture in Virginia by Immigration Agent Robert Hodgson. He carried two crudely drawn maps of the US-Canada border and was held for Canadian authorities. Fischer said he was captured by British troops in Belgium and sent to Canada for internment.
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Minn
INS
Manuel Tischer
International Falls
Robert Hodgson
Hodgson
Red Rock
Ont
Port Arthur
Fischer
Belgium
Canada
Bullitt Denies Pledge To Aid France Was Not Made
Ambassdor Bullitt denied to Senator Clark that he pledged the United States would go to war if France was drawn into conflict after Poland’s invasion. He said no letter or cabinet-seating incident showed such pledges and that he never followed orders to Bordeaux or reported to Roosevelt on un-discussed incidents. A separate crash in Romania killed 14, including the propaganda minister.
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Willem C. Bullitt
Clark
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United States
Poland
Germany
Bullitt
Congressional
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England
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New Orleany Item Tribune
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