Damage Heavy But American Freighter Arkansan Attacked
A U S state department report says the Arkansan merchant ship operating for American Hewelian Steamship was struck by shell fragments during a heavy night air raid near Bentamber 41. None of the 38 crew, 36 Americans, were injured. The attack followed the sinking of the Seafarer in the Red Sea and amid rising tensions over US aid to Allied efforts in the Middle East. Winds shift east to north with Sunday’s high near 96 and low around 72.
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Washington
Arkansan
Suez
Roosevelt
America
U. S
State Department
Witter. Hoon
Hewellan
Steanighin Company
San Fran Anid New, York
Paul R. Jones
Gertmany
Freedom
Stas
United
Blazes
Red Sea
State de Partment
Aslonio
Arimles
Middle East
Sega
Calvo
Mystery of the Seafarer crash and alleged bomber misidentification
An affidavit to the American vice-consul at Port Said states the plane was most likely a Jordan 88 or a German craft, not a Malian plane, amid reports that the Steel Seafarer was sunk by two bombs. The third officer notes the bomber could not be clearly identified as Italian or other, while the ship’s white superstructure and masts contradicted Finnish wartime paint norms. All crew survived after the hull was blown below the waterline and the vessel sank.
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Luka
Port Said
Washington
Catra
State Department
Naked Force Debate Urges Axis Reply
Italian commentator Glayan ni Ansatle urged a naked force reply to Roosevelt's speech. Writing to Tele grate the commentator claimed Roosevelt's stance showed aggressive premeditation and insisted the Axis must answer with force rather than diplomacy.
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INS
Roosevelt
Glayanni Ansatle
1 Telegrate
Warplanes flee Gulf storm evacuation speeds up
In a rapid preemptive move Major General Herbert A. Dargue ordered the Third Air Task Force to evacuate about 400 aircraft from bases at Lafayette Baton Rouge Lake Charles New Orleans and other Gulf shore points. Planes were sent inland to Tennessee and to locations in Louisiana and Texas as hurricane warnings mounted. Some emergency Army airfields may be used if the storm strengthens and ground troops remain mobilized.
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Third Army
South
Louisiana
Gulfs of Mexico
Herbert A. Dargue
Third Air Task Force
Lafayette
Haton Rouge
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Heaumont
Port Arthur
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
Tha
Wether
Dargue
Thirg
British Vessel Losses Revealed in Week
Berlin reports Britain's shipping losses totaling 273000 tons in the week, according to DNB the official Nazi news agency.
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Berlin
Germany
Alr
aAylak
DNB
WCW
Two Men Injured in Somerset Street Auto Collision
Gilbert Aguilar, 21, of 404 Flanders street and Joe Luna, 26, of 1y Flanders street were struck by a van on Somerset Fond Saturday night and treated at Robert B. Green hospital. The driver was arrested by Constable Hd Schadlfer after a chase.
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Robert B. Green Hospital
Somerset Fond
Gilbert Aguilar
Flanders Street
Joe Luna
Hd Schadlfer
Hurricane Threat Spurs Army Airfield Windfall
Tropical disturbance neared the Gulf Coast as 80 Army planes landed at San Antonio and Kelly Field and Randolph Field reported 32 aircraft after sorties from Ellington Field. Forecasts warned of a 60 mph center near the Texas Louisiana coast with storm warnings issued from Carrabelle Florida to Sabine Texas.
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Texas
Louisiana
San Antonio
Kelly Field
Lake Charles
Randolph Field
Ellington
Houston
New Orleans
Sharricette Forte
Gulf Coast
U.S. Weather Bureau
Carrabelle
Fla
Sabine
Quisling Court Martial Affirms Sentences in Stockholm
The Quisling court martial sentenced five more to death and one journalist to life imprisonment. Later, Joseph Ter boven had the death sentences commuted to life. Olaf Gjerloen, editor of Oslo Morganbladet, received fifteen years hard labor and ten editors were sentenced to fourteen years.
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Stockholm
INS
Quisling
Auight
Nezi Cauleiter
Joseph Terboven
Olaf Gjerloen
Oslo
Morganbladet
WEATHER AND POLITICAL NOTES FROM HONDGH AREA
A fragmented dispatch reports unsettled conditions with cloudiness and showers in parts of Texas and the coast. It mentions British and Russian officials amid prompts to revise plans for continuing leadership in Iran and a wary stance on the shah’s regime.
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Ins
Iran
San Antonio Wd
Sieh Rizk Khan
Padlav
Tran
Trajan
East Texas
East
Yeatin
Shah
Meridian
Ener
Waper
Texas
Bomber Delivery Adventure by Chicago Herald American Publisher
Mr Marrill C Meigs publisher of the Chicago Herald American recounts sharing an exciting bomber delivery voyage to Britain. The piece opens a series on his temporary assignment as chief of aircraft branch production division Office of Production Management detailing wartime logistics and experiences aboard bombers.
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Marrill C. Meigs
Chicago Herald American
Britain
Office of Production Management
Wave of Seafarers Strike Hits Atlantic Shipping
A seamen's strike aimed at halting all ships in Atlantic ports began September 13 to press for higher war bonuses. About 300 crew walked off the ship Queen Evangeline near Weehawken, delaying a Bermuda bound cruise with 325 defense workers aboard. Union leaders threaten extended walkouts if bonuses remain unmet, while coastwise talks spread to multiple ports and lines.
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York
INS
Atlantic
A. F. of L. Union
Bermuda
Caribbean
Britain
John Hawk
England
Weehawken
N. J
Amerlean
Seampen
Alcoa Scout
Alcos
Trader
Alege Barnes
West Indies
J. F. Neal
Alcoa Shipping Line
Horta
Cahnar One
Seas Shipping Company
Waterman Steamship Company
New York
Pacific Northwest Rains Threaten Palouse Crops
Continued rains delaying farming for a month raise fears that farmers in Palouse country may salvage only a small portion of five million dollars in unharvested crops. Peas and wheat suffer the worst damage as fields stay waterlogged and harvests retreat.
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Pacific Northwest
Moscow
Idaho
Dutch Submarine Sinks 8000-Ton Supply Ship
A Dutch submarine operating with the British navy in the Mediterranean sank a heavily laden enemy supply ship of 8000 tons, according to a communiqué from the Netherlands admiralty in London dated September 13.
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London
Mediterranean
Netherlands
Warships Ready For Instant Action Against German Forces
The United States maintains alert naval forces and anti submarine measures to counter Nazi threats. Despite German attempts to limit American ships in western waters, Washington keeps its Iceland base and will defend supply routes, as President Roosevelt rejects a shoot first policy. Contined on Page 8.
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State
Navy
Montann
Iceland
Greenland
Roosevelt
United States Army
Avly
Atlantic
Thug Agai
John Adams
Garllebenty
Jefferson
Jose
Hamaphore
United States
Hitler
Teeland
U.S. Weather Bureau
An Un-American Address by Lindbergh in Des Moines
The Des Moines speech by Charles A. Lindbergh is labeled un-American for accusing three groups British Jews and the Roosevelt administration of driving the U S toward war The piece cites the Jews as a peaceful and loyal part of American life and condemns Lindbergh for stoking hatred and distrust while noting his prior opposition to hatred and division
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Lindbergh
Roosevelt
America
Haym Halomon
Bernard Baruch
Supreme Court
Cardozo
Raider Attacks Islands Amid Pacific Bases Damage
London report cites German raider striking two British supply bases in the Society Islands. French-owned islands in the South Pacific reportedly joined Free French forces after France fell. The raid damaged docking freights, warehouses, and other buildings before the raider fled as a heavily armed British ship arrived.
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London
Society Islands
London Evening Standard
Shanghai
Isands
Pacific
Charles’ de Gaulle
France
United States
Hing & Cavat
Samoa
Standard
Warship Massachusetts To Be Launched Sept 23
The U S S Massachusetts, a 95000 ton battleship, will be launched September 23 and commissioned seven months early as part of a vast naval construction program. It will carry 16 inch guns and is expected to be more powerful than the German battleship Bismarck. The ship will slide down the Bethlehem Steel yard in Quincy Massachusetts.
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Washington
INS
Navy Department
U. S. S. Massachusetts
Navy
Bethlehem Steel Company
Quincy
Mass
Soviet Offense Surges 360 Mile Battle Front Across Russia
Soviet forces push along a broad front from Smolensk to Kiev, claimed to crush dozen German divisions, kill about 12,500 troops, and recapture towns. Reports say Leningrad snow, heavy air support damages, and Bryansk and Kiev sectors face renewed pressure as Red Star cites large German losses and Soviet counterattacks.
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Moscow
Smolensk
Hlev
Russia
Levitngrig
Odessa
Red Air Force
Bucharest
Leningrad
Votinmunique
Soviet Union
Arete
Britis Radio
In & Broad
CBS
Vo Panzer Corps
Bryansk
Moscow-Kiev
Kiev
Red Star
Semyon
Timoshenko
Conalder
Trubchevsk
Lev
Kelebis
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