Roosevelt at Hyde Park With Hopkins
President Roosevelt arrives at Hyde Park with Harry L. Hopkins for two potential addresses over the next three days. The Home Club gathering on the lawn of Moses Smith is expected to hear remarks, with a radio address anticipated Monday on national issues and the Axis war.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Washington
Roosevelt Home
Moses Smith
Frank C. Wallace
James A. Farley
Office of Production Management
North Atlantic
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Hopkins
London
Moscow
Roosevelt Home Club
Arthur Smith
Moses
Finns Claim Viipuri Capture as Soviet Evacuation Pace
Finns today claimed the capture of Viipuri in their push toward Leningrad. Berlin reported the Luftwaffe attacking ships evacuating Russian troops from Tallinn with forty-three ships sunk and forty-seven damaged.
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Transports and War Vessels Hit in Frontline Actions
Official reports say German forces denied a Gomel retake 30 miles east and emphasize air force operations over the Gulf of Finland and Leningrad. Russian freighters totaling 11 000 tons were damaged plus seven more ships. a Russian cruiser was hit. German planes bombed rail lines to Leningrad and shelled Russian troops. 25 Russian planes were shot down near Odessa with four German planes lost. A 4 000 ton Russian transport off Odessa was heavily damaged. Central sector raids targeted rail lines and troop and supply trains.
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Kiev
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Gulf
Odessa
Axis Leaders Plan Russia Invasion To Urals
Rome reports Hitler and Mussolini agreed to push the invasion of Russia only to the Urals with Asiatic Russia left to the Soviets. Axis forces are about 200 miles from Moscow and 1,500 miles from the Urals as plans for winter action and broader influence in the Far and Middle East are discussed.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Russia
Ural Mountains
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Gayda
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Moscow
Urals
Europe
Africa
United States
Far East
Middle East
Senate Acts On Tax Bill Next Week
Washington reports lawmakers moved to secure Senate votes for prompt passage of the finance committee's 3.672 billion dollar revenue bill. The measure would raise taxes on individuals and corporations, widen the tax base, and reduce exemptions, with new nuisance taxes on items from cars to phonographs.
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Secretary of the Treasury
RAF Rakes Reich Bases In Two Raids
London reports RAF strikes across the channel at dawn and night raids. British bombers hit Mannheim Faannian Vestern Germany and Le Havre docks and railways. Five aircraft failed to return while the German air force remained largely inactive with minimal damage reported on the east coast.
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Vestern
Germany
le Havre
Air Ministry
Laval Patient Worsens as Paris Executions Rise
Laval fights for life after bullet removal delays due to infection fears as reports confirm eight more executions by German firing squad in Paris bringing total to eleven since Laval was wounded. Three executed for espionage include Count Henri Destienne Dorbes and Jean Doornik.
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Henri Destienne Dorbes
Jean Doornik
Soviet Russia
Paul Colette
Versailles
Colette
Marseille
Fire destroys Leuckel Company yard near Trenton
A $200,000 blaze swept the Leuckel Company yard in Trenton New Jersey threatening nearby facilities including the New Jersey State Prison and the Roebling Sons plant before Fire Department crews halted it. Investigators opened a probe into the blaze yesterday with crews working to determine the cause.
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Leuckel Company
Maver Yara Ana Gameges
Wilson & Stokes Lumber Company
New’ Jersey
John+ A. ‘Roebling Sons’ Company
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Ennsylvania Allroad
Russians Report German Retreat By Digging In and Surrender
Soviet dispatches describe Germans using buried tanks as pill boxes and dropping debris after fuel runs out. They claim numerous German prisoners, Odessa defense with volunteer detachments, and Leningrad holding. big clashes near K with heavy German losses and Russian artillery destroying batteries, mortars, machine guns, tanks, and trucks.
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Odessa
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Adessa
Leningrad
Tass
Pravda
Army. Mail Held Bonanza at Fort Riley
Army men at Fort Riley Iowa say the postal business booms as 693000 Selectees write about three letters weekly. Pvt Clarence Faulkenhainer of Dubuque Ia notes the government sells around 3 243 000 dollars worth of postage stamps and doubles if letters receive responses.
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U.S
Fort Riley
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Clarence Faulkenhainer
Dubuque
Finns Capture Viipuri After Week Long Battle
Helsinki confirms Finnish forces have captured Viipuri the fourth city of Finland after a fierce week of fighting. Initial gains came at the airport and the Viipuri castle with house to house fighting into the city center as Russian rear guards destroyed the town in retreat toward Leningrad. Viipuri with about 75 000 residents fell as dawn broke.
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Finland
Viipuri
Russia
Scandinavia
Leningrad
Oil Exports in Focus as U S Japan Talks Open
U S officials and the Japanese embassy discuss tightening oil export controls under Roosevelt order. The move aims to restrict pre war shipments, with quotas set on exports before Japan’s 1937 invasion of China. No oil has shipped since the restriction, while two Japanese tankers left West Coast ports after the order.
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State Department
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China
Japan
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Manchukuo
San Pedro
Seattle
War Today: Washington’s hardening unsettles Japan
Excerpted remarks describe a shift in U S policy toward a stronger Far East stance. Japan fears the United States will slow its Asia drive and bolster China and Russia, undermining Tokyo’s conquests and threatening its hold on occupied territories.
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United States
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Russia
Hitler
Bombers Strike Chungking In 141st Raid
More than 100 Japanese bombers attacked Chungking today in its 141st raid. The five hour assault heavily targeted the university district and surrounding areas, leaving thousands homeless as smoke and destruction spread across the capital.
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Patrolman and Fireman Shot After City Wide Holdups
In New York City, patrolman Charles Castora and fireman Alberto Boston were seriously wounded in a running gun battle with a bandit after a series of holdups from Greenwich Village to Harlem. The suspect, Edward Young, was arrested after exchanging gunfire in Sutton Place and Harlem.
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Charles Castora
Alberto Boston
Greenwich Village
Harlem
Castora
Boston
Agettal Wmkes Orcan Ae
Edward Young
Young
Fashionable
Sutton Place
Tokyo Hears Accord With U S As Evacuations Begin
British Embassy warns nonessential Britons to leave Japan as evacuation ships head toward the country. Foreign minister Toyoda and Ambassador Craigie reportedly reached a deal for safe passage home for Britons and Japanese subjects. Diplomatic circles warn Konoye may fall without U S rapprochement, risking a move toward Axis alignment or a large military campaign.
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Tamsui
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News Week
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Vladivostok
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Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Konoye
America
Indispensable Man Released From Jail For Defense Work
Norristown Pa August 30 The indispensable man Edward V Fineran 46 was released after a week of a four month sentence for drunken driving and hit run defense work for Midvale Steel Company officials said he was indispensable He was described as a master forger one of five foremen in charge of a 7500 ton hydraulic press used to make Navy heavy armor plate for battleships Judge Dannehower suspended the remainder of the sentence admonished him and fined him 18
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Edward V. Fineran
Midvale Steel Conteens
Wil' ‘Ham F. Dannehower Fineran
Charen
Ratine
Fineran
Dannehower
Pinersn
Europe Axis Leaders Dismiss English Input In New Order
Berlin reports say Hitler and Mussolini reject Britain’s role in Europe’s postwar order. Axis sources praise a European living space and cite Serbia’s Milan Nedic state as evidence of evolving plans. Berle’s call for an American century draws sharp United States skepticism from German commentators. A boy in Ebenezer, Wayne Capell, 9, was fatally wounded in a firearm accident.
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Il Duce
Trolley Painter To Try His Hand At Landscapes
Denver veteran Hugh J. Bachman 69 spent 50 years painting street cars now retires to landscape painting with passion. He says I’m a nut about painting. In Edina Missouri drought hurts crops and a man finds a small purse while clearing dead vines.
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Colo
Hugh J. Bachman
Bachman
Edina
Rhoades
Buckner Fined for Forest Fire At Taunton Lakes Camp
Stanley Buckner prominent pottery executive faced a $600 penalty for starting a rubbish fire without a permit at his Taunton Lakes camp. The blaze scorched 2,500 acres of woodland and damaged several cottages, yielding a $400 fine and a $200 penalty.
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Stanley Buckner
Taunton Lakes
Lewellen Citizens Back Pool and Street Upgrades
In Lewellen Nebraska Mayor Paul Temple lauds civic spirit after Carl Beard donated 5000 dollars for a public swimming pool now in operation. Banker B C Delatour privately financed resurfacing of two downtown blocks with curbs and gutters installation.
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Paul Temple
Carl Beard
B. C. Delatour
Patron Finlay Fined Fifty For City Firearms Violation
St. Paul Aug 30 Thomas Findlay a barroom patron fired an automatic pistol at a cash register keyboard ringing the bell seven times but only the five cent indicator appeared. Judge Fine fined Findlay fifty dollars in municipal court for violating the city firearms law.
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Thomas Findlay
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Findlay
Payday Moves Up In Fort Riley After Labor Day
Fort Riley Kansas reports the end of month payday will be advanced to Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, altering weekend plans for service members and civilians.
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Fort Riley
Kas
News reaches Navajo country on Selective Service rule
In Keams Canyon Arizona two Navajo youths Haska Yazza 24 and Roy Huskey 30 rode 55 miles to the Indian agency to report they have learned they must register for possible military duty. They told Superintendent Seth Wilson of their new obligation as the draft education effort expands into remote Northern Arizona areas.
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Ariz
Arizona
Navajo Country
Indian Agency
Seth Wilson
Haska Yazza
Roy Huskey
Auchinleck Confers With Gen Catroux In Damascus
Damascus August 29 delayed UP Gen Sir Claude J. E. Auchinleck British Middle East commander arrived and held a long conference with Gen Georges Catroux Free French commander. Auchinleck was accompanied by Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson British commandant for Palestine and Transjordan.
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Catroux
Damascus
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Middle East
Georges .Catroux
Henry Maitland Wilson
Palestine
Transjordan
London
Churchill
Accident claims life of workman at Acme Steel Works
An accidental death verdict was returned for Zdislaus Gajek, 22, an iron worker at Acme Steel and Malleable Iron Works, who died after being struck on the legs by a heavy metal weight while at work. He died in a Buffalo hospital yesterday.
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Zdislaus Gajek
Gajek
Acme Steel and Malleable Iron Works
National City Bank Closes Canton Branch in China
The National City Bank of New York closes its 39 year Canton branch due to Japanese restrictions. The bank will operate only from Shanghai Tientsin and Tokyo branches in China and Japan.
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N.Y
Bombing Damages Hit British Shipping in Luftwaffe Attacks
Berlin reports twelve thousand tons of British shipping damaged in English waters. Two ships of 5,000 tons each and one of 2,000 tons were hit. Night raids also struck airports in England and some German towns suffered casualties and apartment damage.
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England
Germany
Eden calls for broader weapons drive to match enemy
Eden urged continued supply of weapons worldwide including Russia, the Far East, Libya and Germany. He argued the Russian soldier fights for a just cause and that Britain must back Iran against German influence, warning of German agents in Iran and a later Iraqi rebellion. He pledged withdrawal from Iran when military conditions permit and insisted Iran’s independence be protected.
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Russia
Far East
Libya
Germany
Iran
Britain
Iraq
Eden
Retail-for-Defense Week Proclaimed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt proclaimed September 15 to 20 as Retail-for-Defense Week to educate the public about the benefits of buying defense saving stamps. He urged citizens to participate and make the period one of outstanding relief in the sale of the small denomination stamps.
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