British Coast Town Bomb Victim Tragedy Report
Report on a raid along the southeast coast with German planes shot down by British fighters near Folkestone and Dover. Casualties include families killed by bombs, fires, and shelter collapses as air battles rage over coast towns and Berlin raids follow.
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Doons
Uhe
Folkestone
Cies
Sessiont
Folkestana
Messerschmitt
Raia
Manies
Uive
Messerschmitts
Dayer
SLI
Midlands
Fils
Aai
Iiso
Berlin
Londem
Air Ministry
Portland
Ruhr
Germany
Hardy
Wales
England
Wihles
Fielde
Earler
Patha
Minlands
Ingland
Gerronng
Gennan
Warkwell
Pos
Portland Bill. S
Lands End
Bimingham
Kingston
Govertry
Bowds
Vari ‘Ous
Reich
Berl
Loskok Vestaitiay
Air Battler
Walle
More Than 6000 Planes Ordered By Defense Commission
WASHINGTON Aug 26 The defense commission reported to President Roosevelt that as of Aug 17 contracts outstanding for 6747 army and navy planes were to be delivered. Treasury figures show 301% army planes across combat observation and training and 2831 navy planes including 1221 combat and observation and 1610 training types. Delivery dates not disclosed. Horton said 5,008,000,000 in funding limited pacing. Critics argued defense program slows but plans to deliver about 2200 planes in late 1940 and 2500 in early 1942, with 25,000 completed planes by July 1942. Training expansion aims to add 1000 pilots monthly by late September and production rising to 36,000 yearly by end of 1941.
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Defense Commission
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
White House
Robert Horton
Pub- Melty
Navy
Horton
Congress
Vandenberg
RoMbi
Investi
Fation
Byrd
D-Vr
Army
$7 Station Theft Hoax Reported
Reported theft of $7 from a filing station at 403 South New Braunfels Avenue Monday proved a hoax. Robert Mamey of 344 Park Drive owns the station and claimed the attendant stole the cash. Juvenile authorities questioned the attendant.
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New Braunfels Avenue
Robert Mamey
Park Drive
Polloc Ie Uerploye
Contesard
Texan Undergoes Rare Heart Surgery in Corpus Christi
In Mathis hospital a 40 year old farm laborer Arturo Gonzalls of Edroy underwent an infrequently performed pericardial operation after a chest stab during a knife fight. Three stitches were placed, ribs were cut, the pericardium exposed the heart and a blood clot removed. The procedure was described as rare.
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Corpus Christi
Mathis Hospital
Arturo Gonzalls
Edroy
Physicianus
Randolph Field Becomes Mini Hollywood For Paramount Film
Randolph Field hosts a film unit for Paramount’s Wings of Desire project with 11 actors and crew on site. Ray Milland, Veronica Lake, Bill Holden, Constance Moore, Wayne Morris and others are part of the cast with Ted Reed directing and Art Rosson supervising outdoor scenes using two independent camera units. Graduation scenes at Kelly Field planned Friday with an expected three week shoot and significant local attendance.
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Ray Milland
Bill Holden
Constance Moore
Bristt Donley
Veronica Lake
Wayne Morris
Hollywood
Ted Reed
Trough Joe Clay Roberts
Littlheater
Reed
Art Rosson
EIUM
Rosson
Kelly Field
Richard Webb
Jack Chapin
Alan Hale Jr
Renny McEvoy
Harlan Warde
Charlie Drake
Harry Davenport
Hobart Cavanaugh
Phil Brown
Army Plans for Construction of Cantonments and Camps
The War Department announced detailed plans to house troops in cold climate cantonments and warm weather tent camps nationwide. Nearly 19,060 men will be housed at Fort Clark with a reception center at Fort Sam Houston. Forts and camps across the country including Camp Normoyle, Fort Brown, Camp Shelby, Camp Lewis, Camp Robinson, and others will host square divisions and various troops as part of the mobilization. Two coast artillery units are slated for Camp Hulen and Fort Bliss.
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War Department
Fort Clark
Fort Sil
Oka
Fort Sam
Houston
Normoyle
Fort McClelland
Ala
Bevile
Camp Jackson
Falmouth
Mis
Port
Dix
N. J
Camp Blanding
Fla
Shelby
Camp Shelby
Miss
Fort Lewis
Wash
Camp Robinson
Ark
More Sinkings by U Boats Claimed
Berlin dispatch reports Nazi high command claims heavy British shipping losses by U boats and a raid on England, with submarines sinking tens of thousands of tons and two hundred and fiftieth aerial victory by a Richthofen unit commander.
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Berlin
INS
England
Warmwell
Richthofen
Baron Mantried
Pan-Am Dinner Invite for City Leaders at Governor's Palace
Mayor Maury Braverick and city commissioners plus their wives were invited Monday to a Pan-American dinner at the Governor's palace on Friday September 5 at 7 p.m. Mexican consul Omar Josefe will be principal speaker and report on the Havana Pan-American conference held last month.
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Maury Braverick
Moniay
Governor's Palace
Tpan
Omar Josefe
Havana
Annual Payroll Across Federal State and Local Governments
The annual payroll of employees in federal state and local governments totals about 4 billion dollars. The figure reflects nationwide public sector compensation across multiple government layers.
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Sual
Trotzky Assassin Plot Tied to Sylvia Ageloff and Paris Meetings
The narrative traces Sylvia Ageloff’s ties to the slain Trotsky and a web of associates including the Belgian count Frank Jackson, alias Van Den Dreschel, who courted Sylvia in Paris and New York. It notes OGPU and FBI intrigue, alien couriers, and a 1940 Mexico connection as officials pursued answers about Juliet Poyniz, Rudolph Clement, and Trotzky’s killers amid.Stan Stalin’s shadow war.
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Ageloff
Sylvia Ageloff
Europe
Sylvia
Trotzky
Ruth
Finland
Paris
Frien
Hsomothers
Tne Gummounist
The
Daily Worker
Longon
Frank Jackson
Daggues Morand van den Dreseld
Routit
New York
Juliet Poyniz
New York City
St Gintot
van den Dresehd
SyWwin
Parle
Rudolph Clement
Trotky
Clement
OGPU
Troteky
Ignace Reivs
Stalin
Kotzky
Lavaline
Switzerland
France
Irwin Wolf
Barcelona
Leon Sedov
van den Dreschel
United States
Sylvis
American Communist Party
Mexico City
Thi
Browder-Wiener
Jack Stachel
Fed
vVan
Mexico
Unitul
Vrotzky
Vrogaikr
America
Robert Shelden
van den Dreseidd
Urotake
Kremlin
State Department
Win den Dresend
Tank
Charles Dinan
von den Dresehd
Juliet Porntz
Rubens
Sens
Toot Entighy
International Revolutionary Movement
Soviet Union
Communist International
Moscow
Trotsky
Bogus Coins Found in Auto Credited to Sheridan Man
Police found 101 counterfeit nickels inside a parked car after a four hour interior search. Jim Langston of Sheridan Wyn identified as owner of the coins’ maker said he cast the coins to pose as a good sport and sold leather bells and cowboy gear. he was taken into federal custody.
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Polies Moiday
Jim Langston
Sheridan, Wyn
Langston
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