Deadline For Prisoner Mail To Fort Worth
Postal officials set a deadline for AML parcels and letters to reach Fort Worth by Sunday morning. Mail from San Antonio must depart in time to be picked up by a transport plane in Los Angeles, then routed to the exchange ship Gripsholm. Postmaster Dan Quill noted postage must cover both parcel and letter mail to reach the prisoners in time.
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Yapan
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dan Quill
Priday
Fins Angeles
Gripsholm
Los Angeles
Italians Pour Into Rome Amid New Worries for Badoglio
Madrid dispatch notes a large influx of provincial Italians into Rome as fears rise that unrest may threaten Badoglio. Police report peaceful marches but many newcomers seek lodging and political aims, raising concerns of anti fascist sentiment and possible bombings in the capital.
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Rome
Badoglio
Madrid
Italy
Stell
Ierely
Shelley
Badoglio Enda
Mussolini
Germany
Badogno
Arenas
Pilotless Nazi Plane Crash Report Stirs Baltic Theories
STOCKHOLM Aug 27 The newspaper Aftanbladet cites a Malmo dispatch reporting a pilotless German plane crashed on Bornholm in the Baltic Sea with indications it was radio controlled No pilot found in the craft The event sparks speculation it may be a secret weapon Germany boasts about The report notes Bornholm lies 26 miles off southern Sweden across the Baltic from Peenemunde site of a German lab bombed Aug 17.
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Stockholm
Aftanbladet
Malmos
Bornholm
Baltic Sea
Snk
Borndale
Sweden
Baltic
Peenemunde
R.A. F
Drunken Bicycle Riding Draws Fine
Carl A. Mumbatgt, 39, was fined $20 in police court for drunken bicycling. He admitted having consumed a few beers while celebrating his new bicycle and claimed his speech was not slurred, despite heavy intoxication.
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Fnoadehaval
Carl A. Mumbatgt
Grunken
Munbaugh
Mumbaugh
Actress Joan Marsh Granted Divorce Amid Slap Allegations
Hollywood reports actress Joan Marsh won a divorce after testimony that she was slapped by her husband during a blackout. The witness stated she was slapped on other occasions and underwent months of medical treatment.
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Joan Marsh
Hollywood
Charl E. Belden
Itm
Belden
Lipper Executive Fined $20,000 in Copper Diversion Case
New York August 27. Abraham Ernst and his companies were found guilty of diverting more than 5000 pounds of copper from war effort to zipper production. He faced a $20,000 fine and one year probation in a federal judgment. The case highlights rapid Justice as authorities acted against wartime material misallocation.
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New York
Abraham Ernst
Ernst
Hearst Italy Broadcasts Ended After Shortwave Appeals
Hearst sponsored Italian American shortwave broadcasts ended after more than a month of patriotic appeals. OWI deputy director Joseph E. Barnes cited abroad developments and government stance as reasons for suspension. broadcasts featured Italian Americans from New York to California urging peace and brotherhood. 359 recordings had been collected.
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New York
Tly
Joseph E. Barnes
OWL
Atlantic
California
Bach
Italy
Eset
Frfm
Mussolini
Sielly
Thaly
Germany
OWI
Hearst
OWT
Robert W. Sherwood
Joseph I. Barnes
Fifty-seventh Street
The
Itte Hanarchy
Farnsworth Death Solved
Farnsworth dies after a fall at a New Hampshire farmhouse. Dr. Moore reports a basal skull fracture possibly from previous collapse at the Farmington farm home. Funeral services planned in Glendale and Vermont with burial in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire.
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All New Hampshire
Jung
Arthur Farnsworth
Iim
Bette Davis
Paul ‘Moore
Pfarnsworth
Hollywood Boulevard
Mantey
Farnsworth
Moore
Farmington
M. D
Glendale
Diatland
Sugar BI
N. Hf
Dairymen Plea for Immediate Relief Amid Milk Crisis
Telegram from the executive committee of the milk producers of the Sant Antonio milk shed warns 30 to 40 percent of producers may sell or disperse herds absent quick relief. They urge a dairy division investigation and action on higher subsidies and feed price ceilings as drought and rising costs hit milk production. Attending were County Agent H A Fitzhugh and dairy creamery men C G L Wallace and J A Clutter, with W Fordtran of Stockdale as chairman.
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Washington
Sant Antonio
Dairy Division
Agricultural Department
Grover B. Hill
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Marvin Jones
Tom Butts
War Food Administration
H. A. Fitzhugh
CG. L. Wallace
J. A. Clutter
William Fordtran
Dairy Feeds
Stockdale
Allies claim 306 enemy ships destroyed in Sicily drive
Allied fighters report destruction or damage of 306 German and Italian ships during the Sicilian evacuation from August 5 to 17. Of these, 24 sunk, 47 knocked out, 225 severely damaged by direct hits and near misses. Coastal air units added 4 ships sunk and 17 damaged, with 40 enemy aircraft downed and 75 Allied airmen rescued. The Allied air forces flew over 60,000 sorties totaling more than 200,000 operational hours, peaked by a daylong 1,460 sorties on Invasion first day.
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Mediterranean
Tactical Air Force
Tammany Hall Sold to Union
New York August 27 1927 Tammany Hall the home of the New York County Democratic committee since 1927 has been sold to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Local 91, which will use the historic building for its headquarters. The sale price was not disclosed and the building cost $950000 with current assessment about $500.08.
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New York
Tammay
Private Receives Life For Basquette Case
Army private George Rimke of Cleveland Ohio was sentenced to life in federal prison after finding him guilty of criminally attacking Ling Basquette a witness in the case. Prosecutor George H. Rawlins noted Rimke shouted threats before guards restrained him.
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Maroc Army Base
Cant
Fedlera
Army
George Rimtke
Cleveland
Ohio
Equri-Monial
Ling. Basquette
George HL Rawwiins
Lee Oflcers
Rimke
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