Willkie Sees Dictatorship Risk in Conscription Amendment
Wendell Willkie condemned the Overton Russell amendment allowing the government to seize private plants for national defense as creating a potential dictatorship. He urged President Roosevelt to state his views, calling the provision sweeping and a threat to free enterprise and defense speed. He urged swift House action and warned the measure could deter plant expansion and hurt defense efforts.
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Bushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Senate
Overton
D-La
Russell
D-Ga
Secretary of War
Secretary of Navy
Willkie
Russell-Overton
Alben W. Barkley
Wendell Willkie
House
United States
Willkie Responds To Wallace Claim Of Party Agitation
Rushville Ind August 29 Wendell L Willkie criticizes Wallace’s charge that Republicans are agitators calling it 100 percent wrong in reaction to Wallace acceptance speech remarks Willkie saw the broadcast and offered a retort emphasizing the GOP’s stance on the issue.
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Rushville
Ind
Henry A. Wallace
Wendell L. Willkie
Wallace
Nye and Clark Cancel Peace Rally Appearance
Senator Gerald P. Nye and D Worth Clark withdrew from plans to speak at the emergency peace mobilization in Chicago on Saturday. They canceled after the Socialist party national labor committee charged the rally was Communist inspired and Murray Playner alleged Communist leaders of the American Youth Congress helped organize it.
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Chicago
Gerald P. Nye
D-Nd
D. Worth Clark
Id-Idaho
National Labor Committee
Socialist Party
Murray Playner
National Foundation For American Youth
American Youth Congress
Health Service Under Merit Plan
Harrisburg August 29 The State Health Department announced a merit system for placing its 800 employees under civil service.
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Health Service
Harrisburg
State Health Department
Civil Service
Somerset visit by Jay Cooke for informal campaign swing
Jay Cooke of Philadelphia Republican candidate for U S Senate and campaign manager Charles Morrison stayed with Secretary of Internal Affairs William S Livengood Jr in Somerset. Cooke spoke to the Republican Men of Pennsylvania in the county court house praising residents and urging voter registration ahead of the October 5 deadline. The group announced a mammoth rally planned for September 19 in Kingwood grove and presented an honorary membership to Wendell Willkie.
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Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
U. S. Senate
Somerset
Charles Morrison
Cooke
Morrison
Secretary of Internal Affairs
William S. Livengood, Jr
Executive Committee
Republican Men of
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
Court House
Alwys
GOP
Wendell Willkie
H. W. Smith
Kingwood Grove
Altoona Firms Must Pay $4000 Fines in Wage Case
In Pittsburgh on August 29 two Altoona firms were fined a total of 4000 dollars for violations of the federal wage and hour law. Puritan Knitting Mills Company officers faced 2500 dollars and R. S. L. Scuttlecocks Company officers 1500 dollars. All pleaded guilty and were placed on probation pending payment and restitution of overtime wages to employees.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Altoona
Puritan Knitting Mills Company
R. S. L. Scuttlecocks Company
Peace Time Draft Bill In House Emerges For Conscription
A peace time draft bill broadens the pool to all men aged 21 to 44 for military training, advancing from the House military committee with plans for passage by next week. The measure, approved 20 to 4, defers action on a proposal to seize defense plants over profits disputes while the Senate moves quickly on a defense appropriation and a plan to produce 17 000 airplane engines by mid-1942.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
House Military Committee
House
Senate
New York
Navy
United Aircraft Corporation
Army
United
Burke-Wadsworth
Committee
Rep. Brooks
D-La
Carol May Forms New Cabinet In Romania
Reports from Bucharest say King Carol II seeks to form a new cabinet amid axis mediation over territorial claims. He calls in iron guard leaders and royal councillors for crown council sessions on Vienna talks and a plan for Romania's defense near the Russian border.
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Bucharest
Carol II
Rumania
Iron Guard
Crown Council
Vienna
Avis
Transylvania
George Gratainu
Juliu Maniu
John Mihalache
Carol
Mihail Manoilescu
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Dobruja
Siretul River
Siretul
Essa
Bessarabvia
Russia
Night raids circle London as fire seen on horizon
German planes circled outskirts of London last night in a sixth straight night time raid. Anti aircraft fire was limited and central London remained largely untouched. Reports say a nuisance visit aimed at nerves, with a few fires set by incendiaries and some civilian injuries in the Scilly Isles and a southwest town.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
Sory
Scilly Isles
RAF
Air Ministry
Berlin
German marksmanship deemed poor by British soldiers
Cm by Drew Middleton with the British Army Southern Command reports from the field on Aug 20. He notes little damage from nightly German bombing, strong morale among soldiers and civilians, and contempt for German marksmanship. He describes limited factory damage, civilian casualties away from military targets, and a belief that British mobile columns will defeat Hitler's invasion using improved tactics. Auchinleck emphasizes cooperation among army, navy, and air force and mobility to converge on any potential landing area. He asserts Germans will try any landing but will face a strong reception.
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Drew Middleton
Adolf Hitler
C. J. B. Auchinleck
Southern Command
Narvik
Flanders
France
Britain
IAF
Territorial Disputes Top Axis Talks In Vienna
Germany and Italy pressed a new axis backed peace line over Transylvania during two hour talks with Hungarian and Romanian diplomats at the Imperial Hotel. Ribbentrop and Ciano sought a united front on the Hungary Rumania border while denying wider Russian clashes.
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Vienna
Germany
Italy
Transylvania
Hungary
Rumania
Porelen
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Istvan Csaky
Mihail Manoilescu
Valerie Pop
Ciano
Rumanian
Balkans
England
Bucharest
Carol
Russia
Dorohoi
Bessarabia
Bucovina
DNB
Mexico Agrees to Receive Spanish Refugees from France
Franco-Swiss frontier dispatch reports France and Mexico signed an accord to move about 200,000 Spanish refugees from the civil war era to Mexico. Mexico will cover transport and upkeep. all Spaniards to be welcomed regardless of creed, with France able to surrender any common law criminals upon Spain’s request.
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Les Verrieres
France
Mexico
Vichy
Washington
United States
Paul Baudouin
Louis Rodriguez
Parnell Thomas to Probe Camp Nordland Subversive Groups
Rep J Parnell Thomas said the Dies committee will hold hearings in Newark next week or the week after to reveal all about Camp Nordland the German American Bund and other subversive groups the inquiry aims to expose.
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Nordland Allendale
N. J
J. Parnell Thomas
Berlin Bomb Raids Strike Back At English Coasts
Nazi air force pounds England in retaliation for a three hour Berlin raid by British bombers. Stuka squadrons attack Portsmouth and other targets while German pilots report heavy anti aircraft fire. Fires erupt across Berlin as 10 killed and 30 injured. Authorities vow to halt communications during future raids.
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Berlin
Thames
England
Wales
Britain
Germany
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Norwegian
Admiralt
Portsmouth
Liverpool Harbor
Chatham
London
Thameshaven
Thames Estuary
Middlesbrough
Cardiff
Bristol
Eastchurch
Southend
Sheffield
Norwich
Coventry
Leuna
Leipzig
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
Berliner Boersen Zeitung
Senators Honor Farley in Senate Plea for Resignation
James A. Farley received bipartisan praise in the Senate as his cabinet resignation takes effect Saturday. Democratic and Republican members lauded his service and urged a smooth transition.
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Honor Farley Washington
James A. Farley
Senate
De Gaulle Wins French Equatorial Africa to Britain Support
General Charles de Gaulle announced that the French Cameroons Congo and Chad joined Britain against Germany. The move creates a land corridor from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and Red seas, strengthening Allied communications and hindering Axis naval and air movements.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Cameroons
Congo
Chad
Britain
Germany
de Gaulle
South Atlantic
Libya
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Red Seas
Philippe Petain
de Larminat
Near East
Equatorial Africa
Syria
le Gaulle
Africa
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
Vichy
Petain
British Broadcasting Corporation
New York
General de Gaulle
General de Larminat
French Equatorial Africa
le Clerc
Marmon Dies
Walter Carpenter Marmon died in Indianapolis at age 68 after a long illness. He was a member of a pioneer automobile manufacturing family.
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Marmon
Indianapolis
Walter Carpenter Marmon
Somerset Weather Report For 24 Hour Period
Daily weather record by David Grove shows the 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Wednesday to 5 30 p m Thursday with a maximum 66 and a minimum 58. A year ago the maximum was 81 and the minimum 53.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
Weather Observer
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic
Western Pennsylvania sees cloudy skies and showers Friday with a partly cloudy Saturday warmer trend and showers in the eastern and northern areas. West Virginia will have showers Friday and Saturday, then partly cloudy and slightly warmer with afternoon thunderstorms. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect cloudy periods with light rain Friday, followed by Saturday showers and a modest rise in temperatures.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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Frank Byrre
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Andongo
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