Danzig Dispute Seen Moving Toward Peaceful Settlement
A report from Rome notes Italy and Germany favor a three point plan to settle Danzig and Europe’s expansion issues, with aims including Danzig reunion with the Reich. Nazi and Allied officials discuss new proposals, and Earl Bruckhardt is said to seek talks in London as Mussolini reviews the developments.
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Rome
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
France
Danzig
Europe
Berlin
Earl Bruckhardt
League of Nation
Danwig
Poland
Free City of
Reich
East Prussia
Hitler
Beck
Albert Forster
Bruckhardt
London
Lord Halifax
Berchesgadden
von Ribbentrop
Ciano
Foreign Office
Warsaw
Count Ciano
Mussolini
T Duce
Mimic War Game On Across East Defenses
Associated Press reports the Army maps 50 000 men in upstate New York and 25 000 around Washington to defend the east against imaginary invaders. National Guardsmen totaling 12 000 from 13 states join regular troops at Lake Champlain. The plan runs through August 22 with skirmishes and a noon zero hour.
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Associated Press
New York
Washington, D.C
East
Atlantic
Plattsburgh
Lake Champlaign
Army of
Roosevelt at Sea on Ten Day Fishing Cruise
President Roosevelt sails the first leg of a ten day fishing trip aboard the Navy cruiser Tuscaloosa. He joined the voyage after a telephone conference with Secretary Hull and will monitor domestic and international developments by wireless through the cruise, with possible return toward Nova Scotia coastal waters.
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New York
Roosevelt
Nova Scotia
Tuscaloosa
Hull
Washington
Stock Quotations for New York Markets Aug 14
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine at 74, American Can 100 percent, American Power and Light 54, Anaconda 26, Bethlehem Steel 61 percent, Commonwealth and Southern 1 percent, Curtiss Wright 5, General Motors 47, International Harvester 53 3 4, Kennecott 35, New York Central 14, Northern Pacific 9, United States Steel 48, Pound at 4.085. Dow Jones averages show industrials 140.18, rails 28.56, utilities 26.62.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Matters
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Pound
Relief Flour Destroyed in Los Angeles Warehouse
Police seek clues to arrest suspects after attackers damaged about 96 000 sacks of state relief administration flour, causing an estimated 200 000 dollars in losses. Intruders broke into a warehouse and dumped acid from fire extinguishers onto the stacked sacks, soaking the flour and turning most of it into total loss, worsening Southern California relief shortages.
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Los Angeles
Cal
State Relief Administration
Relief Administration
California
WED AT FIRRBANKS FIRE DESTROYS HOME
The home of Mr and Mrs Eugene Wacker at Wacker City near Ketchikan was destroyed by fire. Firefighters faced no water supply and could only prevent spread while extinguishing the blaze.
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Firrbanks
Eugene Wacker
Wacker City
Ketchikan
Plane crash kills fourteen in Rio harbor
A Pan American clipper crash in Rio de Janeiro harbor killed fourteen people, including Yale economist Prof James Rogers and five other Americans. Pilot A G Person and three American crewmen died. eleven bodies recovered, search ongoing for remaining victims. Surviving Brazilian Mario Lyra described the descent as normal until the fall.
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Rio DE Janeiro
James Rogers
Yale
Harbor
A. G. Person
Trinidad
Rio
Art Talen
Mario Lyra
Ultimatum Issued as Seattle Ferries Face Strike
Gov Martin orders Puget Sound ferries back in service this week. The state will take over the ferries if the Island Boatmen's Union strike is not settled immediately. Ten thousand daily riders were left without service as the third strike in four years began.
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Seattle
Nelson Charles Granted Another Execution Stay
A stay of execution until October 14 was granted for Nelson Charles, the Ketchikan slayer, by District Judge George F. Alexander. Ziegler and King, attorneys for the Ketchikan native, moved to extend the time to perfect the appeal. Had the stay not been granted, Charles would have faced execution on August 22.
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Nelson Charles
George F. Alexander
Er Ziegler
King
Charles
Democracy Has Its Points and a Better Food Supply
Washington reports show a shift toward democratic resilience as food shortages press. The Agriculture Department promotes stamp relief to balance surpluses and aid health foods, with talk of letting stamps buy cotton goods to curb excess cotton. The piece contrasts German shortages with American shopping strains and hints at continuing policy debates.
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Washington
Germany
U. S
Voneress
Department of Agriculture
Department
Six National Guardsmen Die in Dud Explosion at Port Knox
Six Indiana National Guardsmen were killed and others wounded when a supposedly dud shell exploded on an arc field artillery range at Port Knox Kentucky during the annual summer training. Gen. Robert Tyndall ordered an immediate military inquiry. Killed were Corporals Charles Hendricks Roy Maxey and Privates Willis Snow John Jones and Arthur McCarty.
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Port Knox
Kentucky
Indiana National
Charles Hendricks
Roy Maxey
Willis Snow
John Jones
Arthur McCarty
Strengthening Orient Forces Reported By Allied Sources
Authoritative French sources say Britain and France are beefing up land and air forces in the Near East and Pacific to deter Japan after the Rome Berlin alliance. Britain has sent heavy reinforcements to the Suez Canal and Singapore while Indian Army units and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders arrived at Singapore. Eagle aircraft carrier and fifteen naval cruisers are due at the base this week.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Rance
Near East
Pacific
Japan
Suez Canal
Singapore
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Eagle
Navy
Connors and Sides Return from Routine Port Inspection
Collector of Customs J. J. Con and Deputy Mervin Side returned on the steamer Mount McKinney from a port inspection tour to Wetehikan Petersburg Wrangell Prince Rupert and Mysder.
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J. J. Con
Hors
Mervin Side
Mount McKiney
Wetehikan
Petersburg
Wrangell Prince Rupert
Myder
Tampered Rail Triggers Major Reno Train Disaster
In Nevada a rail was moved four inches inward and spiked, causing the Southern Pacific streamliner City of San Francisco to derail into the Humboldt River. At least 14 killed, 14 injured. investigators pursue an earless suspect described as a rail-focused man, with several railroad employees among the dead and injured.
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Reno
Nevada
Southwest
Southern Pacific
Humboldt River
Andy Welliver
Sparks
PBI
Bob la Duceur
Lewistown
Mont Lana
William Sked
Southern Pacific Railroad
Central
Humboldt
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
William Burton
Harry Schwein
George McDaniels
Arnold Robar
Charles Lewis
Milton Barta
Burl Ravens
Charles Johnson
Oakland
Cal
Walter Francis Gibbons
Berkeley
Helen Henry
Myrue Kobosky
Eland
Wis
Helen Howell
Elmer Martin
Oak Park
W. G. Jensen
New York City
Katherine Hare
Chicago
Oscar Vitt
Cleveland Indians
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First Auto Ride
Dorothea Swainson
Bermuda
Dorothea
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Floyd Bennett Field
L. F. Harman
Stanley M. Umstead
Wm. Zint
N.A.A
Donald F. Smith
Floyd Bennett
DOW, Jones
Pan Amercan
Seattle Ferries
Gov. Martin
Congress
By Preston Grover
First Baptist Church
National
Great Britain and
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