Alaska Delegate Warns of Russian Military Build Up
Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond reports concerns over large Soviet military activity in Siberia and a Soviet claim that Alaska’s sale under the Czar was illegal. He cites a submarine base in the Komandorski Islands linked to German technicians and hints of a base at Big Diomede in the Bering Strait. He warns of possible Axis aligned pressure if Japan and Russia cooperate.
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Washington
Alaska
Anthony J. Dimond
Siberia
Dimond
Komandorski Islands
Big Diomede Island
Bering Strait
Little Diomoere Island
Britain Faces Nazi Pressure Haltingly Met by U S Naval Aid Talks
Washington sources reveal high level talks with Britain on wartime aid involving destroyers and motor torpedo boats. Britain promises to cede Western Hemisphere island assets and base rights in exchange for U S naval support. Roosevelt aides and cabinet members, including Republicans, have received the terms favorably despite the crisis.
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Washington
Great Britain
England
United States
Britain
Roosevelt
British Bombers Strike Northern Italy Again
British bombers attacked northern Italian cities for a second time in three days. Fascist authorities reported two killed and five wounded, with no property damage details. In Africa, Somali raids suggest Italian forces pressuring the British toward retreat into hill fortifications near Bernberg.
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British Isles
Alps
Italy
Somaliland
Bernberg
English Navy Under Attack by Italians
Rome reported a two hour raid by Fascist planes on the English Navy in the eastern Mediterranean and African waters. The communique said many bombs damaged ships and port facilities but were aimed only at military objectives, with no residential areas hit.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Pangborn ready to launch Atlantic bombing pilot task
Clyde Pangborn says only State Department approval stands between him and sending American aviators to fly bombing planes for Britain. He will hire American pilots at 150 dollars weekly to move British planes from factories to fields. Pilots would earn 1000 dollars monthly for two Newfoundland to England flights. Co pilots 800 dollars monthly. Radio operators 3800 monthly and mechanics 500 monthly.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific
Clyde Pangborn
State Department
Atlantic
England
Pangborn
Japan
United States
Newfoundland
Canada
Shanghai settlement sectors reallocated by defense command
Shanghai August 16 The Defense Commanders of the Shanghai International Settlement have allotted the United States and Japan each one of the sectors formerly occupied by British troops. The United States obtained the central sector while Japan received an outlying area.
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Shanghai
Shanghai International Settlement
United States
Japan
Stock Quotations From New York Close
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine 4 percent and a range of other shares including American Can 93, Anaconda 19, Bethlehem Steel 73 3/4, General Motors 44 4, United States Steel 50 3/4, Kennecott 25 1/4, New York Central 10 3/4, International Harvest er 4 14 percent, Curtiss Wright 6 7/8, Northern Pacific 5 7/8, Commonwealth and Southern 1 percent, Pound 4.03 percent.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Pound
Dow Jones Averages Reported For Today
The report lists the current Dow Jones figures with industrials at 121.28 rails at 26.17 and utilities at 21.50 reflecting market levels for the day.
Singapore’s Great Cathedral Built With Convict Labor
A historic construction near Singapore used convict labor to raise a grand cathedral. Workers were sourced from penal establishments, their toil underpinning the city’s religious landmark.
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Singapore
U S Talks To London On Naval Base Deals
President Roosevelt announced negotiations for U S bases in Great Britain as defense talks with Canada also move forward. British and Canadian officials indicated favorable terms, with possible bases around Barbados and Trinidad and potential Pacific coast sites, while denying links to destroyer sales.
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Washington
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Canada
Windward Island
Caribbean Sea
Barbados
Trindad
Venezuela
Ottawa
MacKenzie King
United States
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
New England
Pacific
Alaska
Tank Plant To Be Built By Chrysler In Detroit
Chrysler Corporation has contracted to build a $23,000,000 plant to manufacture tanks costing $33,500,000. Tank production should start in about 13 months and will employ 4,000 to 5,000 workers. Tanks will weigh 20 to 30 tons each.
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Washington
Chrysler Corporation of Detroit
Four Divorces Filed in District Court
Divorce suits filed in District Court include Lena Sarah Webber versus Clyde Bryan Webber for desertion Emma Brown Sandman versus David G Sandman for non support Harry G Kinney versus Lucille May Kinney for incompatibility and Donald M Graham versus Evelyn Bailey Graham for incompatibility.
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Lena Sarah Webber
Clyde Bryan Webber
Emma Brown Sandman
David G. Sandman
Harry G. Kinney
Lucille May Kinney
Donald M. Graham
Evelyn Bailey Graham
Coast Guard Northland Armed for Greenland Cruise
The Coast Guard cutter Northland, armored and with three guns, heads for Greenland from New York. Officials deny plans but describe a possible scouting mission along Greenland’s southern coast as part of Western Hemisphere defense. The ship’s departure follows armor work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and links to a Greenland radio station.
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Washington
United States Coast Guard
Northland
Greenland
Coast Guard
Montauk Light
West Coast
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United States
Five Die In Atlas Powder Plant Explosion Near Joplin
Five men were killed when an explosion wrecked a unit of the Atlas Powder Company plant six miles east of Joplin Missouri. The plant employs 400 workers and produces about 2,000,000 pounds of TNT monthly.
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Joplin
Missouri
Atlas Powder Company
Here
Occupy Poland Leader Vows Germans Will Stay
Berlin reports Hans Frank the Governor General of occupied Poland told a Nazi mass meeting in Krakow that Germany will not abandon the land. He asserted Germans are in the land and will never leave it again.
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Berlin
Hans Frank
Occupied
Poland
Krakow
Balkans Tension Escalates as Greek Destroyers Bombed
Athens reports two Greek destroyers bombed by planes believed Italian. London says Italian troops massing near Greek border in Albania. Turkish press warns of retaliation under British Turkish pact. British notes confirm Italian submarine activity near the Helle sinking. High authority confirms Italians conducted the air attack.
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Europe
Athens
London
Albania
Turkey
Balkans
Greece
Italy
Great Britain
Navy Ministry
New Chief of General Staff for Red Army
Moscow reports General Mertskov has been named Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army. He succeeds Marshal Shaposhnikov who asked to resign due to ill health.
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Moscow
Meritskov
Red Army
Marshal Shaposhnikov
Terrific Battle In Progress Over London Bombing Run
German bombers raid London suburbs and the Thames Estuary reaching near St Pauls Cathedral as fires rage and anti aircraft guns roar. British planes fight fiercely to ward off waves of Messerschmitts. DNB reports describe the largest aerial battle in history with vast numbers of planes crossing the channel and targets across the east end.
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London
Thames Estuary
St. Paul's Cathedral
Assocted Press
DNB
British Empire
English Channel
East End
Berlin
Britain
High Command
England
Thames
High Road
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