Roosevelt seeks quick session to repeal arms embargo
President Roosevelt pushes for a short special session focused on emergency acts and a cash and carry approach, aiming to repeal the arms embargo or revise neutrality law. Senate and House leaders split on neutrality, with public debate polarized by figures like Coughlin and Ford while factions weigh who benefits from repeal.
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Senate
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Warren R. Austin
National Munitions Control Board
Charles E. Coughlin
Henry Ford
America
Germany
Cash and carry plan for neutrality debate
An editorial argues that without an embargo Britain and France could rely on cash and carry. Opponents contend the policy would serve neutrality by treating belligerents equally, allowing purchases only on cash terms and shipped in their own ships.
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America
Isle of Harris
Trials Set to Open Oct 2 in Newburgh Gambling Probe
Trials for more than 70 defendants in a grand jury probe of gambling, vice and corruption in Newburgh and Orange County will start Oct. 2. Anthony and Angelo Marcelli of Middletown pleaded innocence after arraignment on gambling indictments. First trial lines up John J. Coyle of the Newburgh Food Merchants Association and Oscar G. Massie, grocer.
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Orange County
Ely W. Personious
Anthony and
Angelo Marcelli
Middletown Brothers
Raymond P. Whearty
John J. Coyle
The
Newburgh Food Merchants Association
Oscar G. Massie
Steel output hits 74 percent in Buffalo area
Buffalo area steel production reached 74 percent of capacity as demand surged. Bethlehem Steel’s Lackawanna plant restarted its 32d open hearth furnace after a halt, signaling a broad resumption of operations amid the order flood.
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Buffalo
Bufalo
Lackawanna
Bethlehem Steel
British Prize Liner Bremen Involved In Kattegat Action
Reports from Lassoe Island and Copenhagen describe heavy firing in the Kattegat Strait near Gothenburg amid possible submarine hunting. Observers claim British destroyers may have surprised German subs while folk in Folkestone and Deal noted naval activity and water columns offshore.
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Sweden
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Copenhagen
Lassac
Folkestone
England
Dover Strait
Deal
Japanese Plan for China Rule Headed by Wang Ching Wei
A Comei dispatch from Shanghai reports at a Nan king conference leaders of the Japanese dominated Peiping and Nanking administrations agreed to form a central regime under Wang Ching Wei former Chinese Premier to rule in Japanese occupied territory The move would position Wang as the legitimate leader of the Kuomintang Chinese government party.
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Wang Ching-Wei
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Comei
Nanking
Peiping
Wang Ching- Wei
Sug Giop
Bald Lal Waly
Kuomintang
Flying Boats Rescue Crew of Sunk Ship Kensington Court
Royal Air Force flying boats rescued the 34 crew of the tramp steamer Kensington Court after it was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic. Two aircraft picked up distress calls. one boat carried 14 men, another rescued the remainder as the ship went down. The incident marked RAF’s first sea rescue of shipwrecked sailors.
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Royal Air Force
Kensington Court
Atlantic
Ministry of Information
Ministry
The
Court Line, Ltd
Kensington Court Crew Air Incident Reportedly Capsized
Survivors say one of the Kensington Court’s boats capsized before RAF flying boats arrived. The remaining boat was in danger of sinking as rescuers appeared.
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