Norris Sees Dictatorship In Draft Bill
Norris argues the draft bill creates a dictatorship while Burke defends conscription as the sole democratic method to ensure national defense.
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Newspaper
Somerset Daily American
Location
Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1940
Page
1
Peacetime conscription sparks Senate defense clash
In Washington Aug 12 Senator Norris warns peacetime conscription risks dictatorship while Senator Burke counters it preserves democracy and equal service. The Senate also hears attacks on Secretary Stimson and debate on voluntary enlistments. House defense measures move to aid those inducted with tax, mortgage relief, and eviction safeguards as May pushes swift mobilization. U S housing authority allocates 13.773 million for 3,601 homes and 14 western senators press for midwest armament factory construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Turner
Washington
Norris
Ind- Neb
Burke
D-Neb
Burkes
Senate
Wheeler
Stimson
Dmont
Henry J. Stimson
Vandenberg
Rmich
Clark
D-Mo
Army
May
D-Ky
National Guard
United States Housing Authority
Navy
Middle West
Willi Ss. Knudsen
Plan Turnpike Fete for Opening Day
Somerset Chamber of Commerce directors discuss parking and plans for Labor Day opening of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Robert Stoughton Jr. reports on a LiGonier meeting held last Thursday to prepare. Delegations from Johnstown Windber Meyersdale Berlin Friedens and others will attend the Tuesday country club gathering. A banner meeting is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Somerset Country Club
Robert Stoughton, Jr
Ligonier
Country Club
Johnstown
Windber
Meyersdale
Berlin
Friedens
Roberts Barn Fire At Justice Roberts Farm In Kimberton
A blaze at Justice Owen J. Roberts farm near Kimberton destroyed a two bulls, 25 tons of hay, 750 bushels of oats and farm machinery. Six fire companies from Kimberton Spring City and Royersford fought the flames. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberton
Chester County
Owen J. Roberts
United States Supreme Court
Mrs. Roberts
Spring City
Royersford
Slays Man Who Tired Of Her in Pennsylvania Mill Town
In Duquesne near Pittsburgh a 19 year old Irene wrago admitted to police she bought a .38 pistol for 5 dollars down and after several quarrels shot 24 year old Emil Walser inside their shared apartment. She said he threatened to leave her and she killed him. She also attempted suicide twice before the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne
John Gillingham
Gillingham
Irene Wrago
Emil Walser
Pittsburgh
Walser
Food Scarcer in France and Spain
Baltimore dispatch reports food supplies in France and southern Spain dwindling daily as Red Cross relief ship McKeesport returns from a $1,000,000 cargo. First Officer William Dougherty says supplies are shorter and gasoline is scarce. On board were hospital trucks station wagons and ambulances, sent back as there was little need in France.
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Baltimore
France
Spain
Red Cross
McKeesport
William Dougherty
Four Communists Arrested in Pennsylvania Petition Plot
Harrisburg Aug 12 Four men including state Communist party secretary Max Weiner were arrested on charges of falsifying nominating petitions to place Communist candidates on the November ballot in Pennsylvania. Warranted offenses include false affidavits and conspiracy to procure signatures by false statements. Bail ranged from 3750 to 750. Hearing set for Friday at 10. The inquiry followed a newspaper report listing signers in Dauphin county with some repudiating signatures or claiming they were told the petition served WPA wages or a third Roosevelt term or to keep the country out of war. The petitions reportedly carried 16000 signatures statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Communist Party
Pennsylvania
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Max Weiner
Stephen G. Zyvon
Mike Zappolo
Oliver Milton
Weiner
Milton
Zvon
Zappolo
Shelley
Roosevelt
State Election Bureau
Flood Babies Given Names Reflect Past Calamity
Two children born to southwest Louisiana refugee parents were named High Water Broussard and Submarine Johnson to remember the floods of 1949. The christening ceremony took place at city hall yesterday as the family marked the memory with symbolic names.
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Crowtey, Ta
Ave
Louisiana
City Hall
Submarine Johnson
Rieber Quits As Chairman of Texas Corp
Torkild Rieber resigned as chairman of the Texas Corporation citing publicity linked to his association with Dr. Gerhard A. Westrick German commercial agent and Nazi government liaison. The board announced the resignation after a meeting that ran from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and said the move was in good faith despite adverse circumstances. Westrick's activities in the US were under scrutiny after license and vehicle registrations were canceled for false statements. A Texas company official testified the firm had paid for a car used by Westrick with expectations of repayment. Rieber admitted directing a subordinate to aid Westrick in obtaining a license and offering use of a company car. He claimed it was sound business and noted Westrick was his German attorney.
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New York
Torkild Rieber
Texas Corporation
Gerhard A. Westrick
Rieber
Westrick
Scarsdale
State Motor Vehicle Department
Texas
Dr. Westrick
Supreme Court
Germany
$10,000 blaze devastates Shadyside storage building
Pittsburgh fire officials report a three floor blaze at Shadyside transfer and storage company inc. that began on the first floor and climbed an elevator shaft to the top floors. More than 20 residents fled as two firefighters were lightly injured and the fire was brought under control. The bomb and arson squad was ordered to investigate the incident, the city’s third six alarm fire in five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Shadyside Transfer and Storage Company, Inc
Skunk foils sheriff at courthouse in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Aug 12. A captive skunk challenged Deputy Sheriffs at the courthouse HQ. Chief Deputy Sheriff Rody Ruttenbusch wanted a pet, so Deputy Tom Iwin ski brought a skunk. The animal refused the role, prompting plans to deodorize it before resubmitting for adoption.
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Pittsburgh
Rody Ruttenbusch
Tom Iwinski
Iwinski
Ruttenbusch
Drowns in Pool at Local Recreation Site
Daniel Gotheridge, 33, a steel mill worker, drowned today in a swimming pool in Johnstown. Firemen recovered the body. Gotheridge had moved here several years ago from Bismarck, North Dakota.
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Johnstown
Daniel Gotheridge
Gotheridge
Bismark
N. D
Hoover Tells Willkie He Sees Victory
Former President Herbert Hoover assured Republican nominee Wendell Willkie of his election, after Willkie said goodbye to Elliott Roosevelt. Willkie met Hoover and General Hugh Johnson, discussed national defense, and noted Johnson as a top expert. He also spoke with Elliott Roosevelt about equal radio time and with Texans including John Jones and Mary Pickford before continuing his Texas swing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Ardery
Colorado Springs
Colo
Herbert Hoover
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Hoover
Willkie
Elliott Roosevelt
Wyom
Elliott
Johnson
Oliver A. Quayle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Quayle
Texas
Roosevelt
John Jones
Jesse Jones
Jones
Mary Pickford
Flier Missing and Pilot Burned in Atlantic Crash
Navy plane failed during gunnery drills off Wildwood New Jersey. Lieutenant Charles E. Rieben Jr. bailed out and survived. William C. Sayers, first class seaman, remains missing after a crash four miles offshore. Rieben is from Harrisburg and was treated at the navy air base hospital. Sayers and another crewman were aboard during summer maneuvers in the reserve unit that arrived August 3. Sayers’s brother Howard and parents Charles J. and his wife vacationing in National Park visited yesterday. The missing flyer was employed by Curtis Publishing.
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Cape May
N. J
Naval Reserve
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Wildwood
Chares E. Rieben, Jr
Harrisburg
Coast Guard
William C. Sayers
Philadelphaa
Howard
Charles J. Sayers
National Park
Curtis Publishing Company
Rieven
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Allentown
Battle of Britain Boosted by Luftwaffe Blitz
British papers report a renewed Luftwaffe onslaught along the Channel coast marking the start of the battle of Britain. Headlines from the Express and Mail declare the blitzkrieg is on as RAF faces its great test.
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London
Britain
Germany
Channel
Adolf Hitler
Express
Mail
RAF
Nazi long range guns believed operating from French coast
A Southeast Coast town in England reported heavy explosions around noon. The incidents sparked discussion that German long range guns could shell England from France, with references to World War II emplacements and Allied reconnaissance.
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French
England
France
London
Paris
Galais
Channel
Dover
Folkestone
Albanians Revolt Kill 400 Italians Across Albania
A British wireless report cited by NBC says at least 400 Italian soldiers were killed in an Albanian uprising active since Friday. Nearly 5,000 Albanians were under arms in Milidatti with 3,000 more in Mati. Three Italian warships evacuated troops to Durrazzo as fighting spread. King Zog, Queen Geraldine, and infant Skander were reportedly in London with his sisters.
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New York
British Wireless
NBC
Milidatti
Mati
Zog
Durazo
Exchange
Geraldine
Skander
London
United States
Japs Arrest 19 Aliens in Kwantung Zone
Tokyo reports 19 foreigners arrested at Dairen in Kwantung for anti-Japanese propaganda and short-wave radio possession. The crackdown follows widespread anti-British sentiment in Tokyo with mass meetings urging Britain’s withdrawal from the Far East.
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Tokyo
China
Doemi
Dairen
Kwantung
Korea
Japan
Britain
Far East
Shanghai
United States
Tairiku Shimpo
Kerensky and family aboard Scythia with refugees
The British liner Scythia arrived in New York with 162 British child refugees and 612 other passengers including 75 German refugees. Russian émigré author Alexander Kerensky and his wife were aboard. Kerensky said he lost all documents and possessions fleeing Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander Kerensky
Kerensky
Paris
Expel Morgan From France From Paris to Berlin
Paris dispatch reports Sherry Morgan, a Paris correspondent for Life Time and Fortune, ordered expelled from German occupied France. Officials said his presence in Paris was no longer desirable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Berlin
Sherry Morgan
Life
Time
Fortune
France
Germans claim air superiority over the Channel
Berlin reports a second straight day of heavy aerial blitz against southern England with 71 British planes shot down, bringing two day total to 164. Ports mouth Manston and Margate devastated as German raids target Portsmouth Dover and the Isle of Wight while warning of a planned advance toward London.
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Berlin
English
London
Britain
DNB
England
Portsmouth
Manston
Canterbury
Lympe
Hawkinge
Southend
Channel
Portland
Dover
Isle of Wight
Weymouth
High Command
Probe Death in Erie Investigates Creek Accident
Deputy Coroner Arthur Crowe opened an inquiry into the death of 31 year old Mrs. Sarah Stanford after she was struck by a diver while jamming in French Creek last Wednesday. Authorities did not identify the diver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Arthur Crowe
Sarah Stanford
J.amming
French Creek
Crowe
British Defenses Hold As Nazi Raids Roar Across England
London reports a massive aerial assault on Britain with 400 to 500 planes in waves from all directions. The air ministry announced 61 enemy aircraft destroyed yesterday while 13 British fighters were lost. German raids struck ports and coastlines, with reports of cannon fire and heavy bombing on Portsmouth Dover and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Air Ministry
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Portsmouth
Southampton
Dover
England
Hector Bywater
London News Chronicle
Channel
Calais
Boulogne
RAF
Italy
Somerset Weather Report by David Grove
Weather report for 24 hours from 5:30 pm Sunday to 5:30 pm Monday records 82 degrees high and low data missing. temperature compared to last year shows a maximum of 85 degrees and a missing minimum value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
MUNIN
Bathe
Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
City
Lower
New York
Boston
Miami
Chicago
Denver
New Orleans
Columbus
San Antonio
Weather forecast for West Virginia and surrounding states
West Virginia shows cloudy conditions with local showers in the west and south on Tuesday and Wednesday. Western Pennsylvania expects cloudy skies with warmer temperatures in the east and showers in the northeast on Tuesday and Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania remains partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with showers midweek. Maryland faces partly cloudy skies with a temperature rise in the interior Tuesday and Wednesday, then showers in the east at night and in the west later.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
East
Maryland
West Portion
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