Boston Parade Draws 2 Million as Legion Capes City
Boston witnesses a vast American Legion parade with police estimates of 2,000,000 spectators. 120,000 pass the State House in a display of Army units, coast defense guns, and 400 bands amid a city-wide shutdown. Governor Leverett Saltonstall observes as Wendell Willkie sends a regret telegram. The four-day convention opens with talks from Knudsen and messages from Roosevelt and Willkie.
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Boston
American Legion
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
State Capitol
Saltonstall
State House
Akron
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
America
William Knudsen
National Defense Advisory Commission
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Knudsen
Britain
Turkey Requisition of Road Machinery Drives Defense Effort
Ankara reports a government decree authorizes requisition of all construction and road building machinery to accelerate national defense. Owners must file equipment lists by September 28, with local boards to determine compensation for taken assets.
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Ankara
Turkey
Truck Kills Child Near Buffalo Home
Nancy Ehrensberger aged 3 was fatally injured when struck by a heavy dump truck near her Buffalo residence. The driver said the child ran into the path of the vehicle from a ditch by the Toad.
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Buffalo
Nancy Ehrensberger
Girl Enters Sixth Year in Sleeping Sickness Hospital
Erie, Sept 24. Seven-year-old Maxine Yarrington began her sixth year in a hospital as a victim of sleeping sickness. Stricken in September 1935 she remained in a deep sleep until October 1939 and awoke with no mentality. Doctors say recovery is impossible.
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Erie
Maxine Yarrington
Paint Can Hidden Loot From Pan-American Base Found
A battered paint can under a bed concealed $50,000 in stolen gold bullion from the Pan American air base. Police recovered about 90 pounds of gold in a house near the airfield in Port of Spain Trinidad.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Bootleg Raiders Find Man Bathing in Whisky
In Columbia South Carolina police raid a bootleg house hearing liquor but finding no whisky. A raider detects a tub and discovers a man bathing in whisky. The occupant and tub are taken to headquarters.
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Columbia
S. C
Neglected Acid Stomach May Cause Ulcers
Stomach specialists warn that constant acid conditions may lead to ulcers. Advertises Udga and Adga products offering relief for ulcer pain indigestion gas heartburn and related symptoms with a money back guarantee.
Palatable Draft Plan Aims for Public Support
Washington officials outline a five year selective service program to build a trained reserve, aiming 400000 in training camps by January 1. They stress public buy in as key to peacetime conscription and describe a workable physical standard and long term fitness for service.
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Washington
Selective Service Board
Roosevelt
Senate
Persgrrean
Charles Pruitt
Pruitt
Lamont Reported Killed in Dunkerque Action
Lamont J Roger S Lamont 41 formerly a New York law partner gave up his firm to join British forces and was reported killed in action at Dunkerque during the evacuation. An eyewitness saw the armored car he manned struck by a German tank gun. His commander Lieut Col H J Parham praised his daring and cool headedness.
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H. J. Parham
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Dixie
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Georgia
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St. Louis
Williams
Seattle
Wash
Howard Jensen
Lincoln
Neb
F. A. Reichenbach
Polk City
Pioneers Park
Omaha
Tommy” Tomlinson
TWA
D. W
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Cris F. Bryan
John E. Harlin
Aleem Wweean
Renee Poder
Wrinets
Cal
Brik Roll Siding
Felts
Collins Paint
W. Fayette St. Watten
Mr. Big
Stein Bloch
S. Salina St
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