Trampled To Death in Harlem Hoax
New York August 18 Three women died and about 60 injured as a crowd of 10 000 stampede at a Hudson River pier after counterfeit excursion tickets were revealed to be valid in Harlem. Aboard the State of Delaware officials halted boarding and police detained 15 excursionists as investigators seek responsibility for the scam.
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New York
Hudson River
Delaware
Harlem
Marion Worrell
Rose Grant
Marha Murraine
New York City
RAF Pounds Bremen Hull Hit by Nazis
RAF fighters repelled most German raids on Bremen and Hull as reports said many were trapped for hours. Axis losses were eight bombers and 39 fighters. British losses numbered 76 planes in the week, deemed acceptable given effort. British bombers swept Sicily and sunk 17,000 tons of Axis shipping in the Mediterranean over 48 hours.
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Germany
RAF
Luftwaffe
Britain
Berlin
London
England
Channel
le Touquet
Mediterranean
Sicily
Admiralty
Catania
Air Ministry
Archibald Sinclair
Hull Bombardment Report Hits Hull and Air Base
Berlin reports Luftwaffe raids on Hull Harbor with direct hits on warehousing and military facilities and major explosions at Armthorpey Yorkshire air base. German fighters and bombers sank a 4000 ton freighter and damaged another vessel while British raids on western and northwestern Germany occurred.
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Hull
Berlin
England
High Command
Armthorpey
Yorkshire
Orf
Scotland
Germany
Murder Suspect Held After Poughkeepsie Incident
Police report that Charlie Adams, 61, was killed in a pool area incident in Poughkeepsie on August 18. Detectives pursued murder clues as Adams was hospitalized, then held for 30 days on a disorderly conduct charge amid ongoing investigations.
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Poughkeepsie
Charlie Adams
Jal
Adams
Japan Refuses Port Call as Talks Grow Beyond Borders
The President Coolidge refused a port call to take 100 Americans home amid Japan’s protests of an encirclement by Anglo American and Soviet fronts. The State Department studies citizen removal. Dingell urges mass concentration camps if Americans are blocked. Moscow talks with Soviet officials proceed despite timing uncertainties. Pepper supports adopting the eight point declaration. Connally warns Congress against immediate action due to recess and Senate attendance.
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Japan
S.S
Coolidge
Germany
Tokyo
Thailand
State Department
Dingell
Dmich
Hawaii
Moscow
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
White House
United States
Pepper
D-Fla
Navy
Knox
Congress
Roosevelt
America
Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Durham
N. C
Great Britain
Russia
House
Senate
Parley Near Canadian Air Base Reported in Sheltered Waters
Washington reports say Roosevelt and Churchill met in waters near a Canadian coast air base. The cruiser Augusta and battleship Prince of Wales anchored nearby with auxiliary ships and planes maintaining a vigil. The base location was chosen to allow quick access for advisers to reach the talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Canada
Augusta
Prince of Wales
Army
Navy
Jdvisers
Lord ‘Beaverbrook
Ules
Dane Beale
Girl Human Torch Ready to Change Act If Ickes Says So
Palisades Park New Jersey August 18 The entertainer Kyle asks Secretary Ickes if she should stop performing as a human torch to aid national defense She spends the season spraying gasoline igniting it then plunging into a water tank covered with flame and notes she uses over 300 gallons of gasoline per summer and will change her act if advised by Ickes
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Ickes
Palisades Park
N. J
Bee Kyle
Kyle
British Bomb Syracuse Harbor In Sicilian Raid
Cairo Aug 18 The R A F Middle East says bombs from low altitude hit the central mole and rail sidings at Syracuse Sicily setting fires that merged into a blazing hell of flames 300 feet high. Explosions raged as shipping suffered damage and barracks at Cape Passero were burned. Hurricane fighters later returned to strafe seaplanes and wounded Italian craft were reported destroyed or damaged.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sicilian
Syracuse
Middle East
Artiductes
Cdar
Fleet Air Arm
Cape Passero
Convict Sutton’s Camouflage Plan Foiled at Prison
In Philadelphia the Eastern State Penitentiary foiled William Slick Willie Sutton’s jailbreak attempt. He fashioned a plaster mask and imitation hand as camouflage and hid a rope woven from many strings in his cell. Sutton previously escaped Sing Sing but was recaptured.
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Philadelphia
Eastern’ State Penitentiary
William
Slick Willie
Sutton
Sing Sing
Mountbatten Aboard U S Bound Plane From Lisbon
Lord Louis Mountbatten and Lady Mountbatten were among 19 passengers aboard the Dixie Clipper bound for New York from Lisbon. British sources suggested he was en route to the United States to assume command in the Pacific theater.
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Lord Mountbatten
Lisbon
Portugal
Louis Mountbatten
Tevae Temaeces UY
Lady Mountbatten
Royal Navy
China
United States
Pacific
British patrols press Tobruk assault gains in Axis lines
British Middle East command reports ongoing operations from Tobruk as patrols strike the Libyan port area. The statement notes steady actions inflicting losses on the Axis, with considerable bombing of enemy positions by German forces.
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at-Tobruk
Cairo
Egypt
Pathe
Middle’ East Command
Tobruk
Japan tightens travel controls amid Tokyo press campaigns
Foreign Office orders governors to bar or delay departures of foreigners, officials to report before leaving. Washington and Tokyo clash over the President Coolidge incident as Grew meets Toyoda. Newspapers accuse the US and Britain of hostile plots while Japan expands rationing and boosts wheat and potato production to replace rice.
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Foreign Office
Coolidge
State Department
Washington
Jniner
United States
Shanghai
Japan
Joseph Clark Grew
Teijiro Toyoda
Coolidge Case
Miyako
Russia
Vladivostok
America
Britain
Sea of Japan
Mos- Japan
Germany
Revue Diplomatique
Labor Department
Tokyo
Agriculture Ministry
Defense Priorities Slow 200 NYC Projects
New York City comptroller Joseph D. McGoldrick says the Federal defense priorities system is delaying about 200 city capital projects. He urges a moratorium on nonessential new work and stronger debt reserves to handle potential national emergency effects. Subway, bridge and building work are among those impacted.
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New York City
New York
Joseph D. McGoldrick
McGoldrick
Board of Estimate
Churchill to lead British team to Moscow for wartime talks
Churchill returns to England and likely heads Lord Beaverbrook the British supply minister for a Moscow conference with the American delegation. The group will include military naval air and economic experts and aims to discuss production and supply with authority for action. Russian prospects for winter war are viewed as improving.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Moscow
Pacific
Roosevelt
Ukraine
Germany Urges U S to Reflect Before World Policeman Role
A German spokesman urged the United States to rethink becoming a world policeman after the Churchill-Roosevelt meeting. He noted U S experience with gangsters but accused Washington of misunderstanding Europe and said decisions about the new order come from the vigorous peoples of the European community, not New York or Washington.
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Berlin
United States
Washington Daily
New York
Washington
Australia to Hear Parley Report From Menzies
Melbourne Aug 18 Prime Minister Robert G Menzies may brief Parliament Wednesday on the Roosevelt Churchill talks and disclose more than has been released already authoritative sources said today.
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Melbourne
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Roosevelt Churchill
China ready to aid Chungking postwar reconstruction
Foreign Minister Quo Tai Chi stated China would make full contribution to post war reconstruction in response to the Roosevelt Churchill declaration. He called the task harder than winning the war and urged supreme efforts and resolute statesmanship from the democracies and their leaders. The Chinese government and people welcome and endorse the declaration.
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China
Chungking
Quo Tai-Chi
Leahy Leaves Vichy for Bern Trip
Admiral William D. Leahy and his wife depart Vichy France for Bern by car in the first trip since his posting as U S ambassador. The rest visit aims to meet Leland Harrison in Switzerland and then proceed to Geneva for a four to five day excursion.
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Vichy
France
William D. Leahy
United States
Wif
Bern
Admiral Leahy
Leland Harrison
Switzerland
Geneva
RAF Men Seek Flying Leg Status for Bader
RAF pilots compete to deliver a new artificial leg to Douglas Bader, the legless ace held at a German internment camp, with parachute delivery offered by Germany via the Red Cross. Masters of the mission vow secrecy as selection hinges on jet specifications and Bader's acknowledgment.
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RAF
London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Douglas Bader
R.A. F
English Channel
Bader
RB. A. F
Ju. Bs
Moon
State Expenditures Exceeding Billion Reported for Year
Albany reports the year’s total expenditures topped one billion dollars with general fund disbursements near 793.7 million. Local payments and tax allocations reached about 265.7 million as Comptroller Morris S. Tremaine releases the first annual audit after restructuring.
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Albany
New York
Morris S. Tremaine
Department of Audit and Control
Comptroller
Tremaine
Gift Dog Aids 7 Year Old in Race Against Death
A brown stray dog named Brownie comforts Geraldine Devlin a 7 year old heart patient in Philadelphia after her beloved Sandy vanished. Geraldine’s father says Brownie’s presence lifts her spirits as doctors remain at a loss for her condition. In El Paso, Texas, Don C Driver Jr receives orders for pilot training after two years of cadet prep.
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Philadelphia
Geraldine Devlin
Wemetdt
Galsner
Sandy
Thelma Fish
Brownie
Lerner
Gerry
Walter Devlin
Dot
Geraldine
Browne
Ara
el Paso
Tex
Don C. Driver
Pacific Coast
Carter's Little Liver Pits Claim Glorified Health Boost
Ad promises a miraculous effect from Carter's Little Liver Pills for digestion and energy. Claims conceal a long history of consumer misinformation and urge readers to purchase 10¢ or 25¢ packages to feel "glad to be alive."
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Carter
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