British offer U S base rights for 99 year leases
Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Britain will offer the United States 99 year leases for air and naval bases on Western Hemisphere possessions, likely Newfoundland and the West Indies, with no request for return. He urges timely U S reinforcement of Britain’s navy as German raids intensify. War pictures from London to New York via wireless relay show the air raid on England.
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Approval Given To Registration for Military Service
The House Military Committee today gave tentative approval to registration for military service of men from 16 1064 inclusive. Tall people require greater quantities of food due to larger skin surface and heat radiation.
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Flynn Drives Democratic Campaign Shift to Decentralized Plan
Washington reports Ed Flynn, who became National Chairman last Saturday, moved quickly to deny Hopkins any role in a White House council of war with Roosevelt and Wallace. Flynn pushes a decentralized campaign structure with regional offices led by local leaders, naming New York, Chicago and others as key sites.
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Barber Shop Repartee on Weather and Third Term
Washington ledger captures a Capitol barber shop exchange as senators and a congressman spar over weather jokes and the unsettled idea of a third term. The dialogue features heated quips about Hitler, New Deal politics, and Roosevelt’s future.
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Ickes labels Willkie attack on Roosevelt demagogic
Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes responded to Wendell L. Willkie's acceptance speech by calling the Republican criticism of Roosevelt's foreign policy ill conceived and demagogic. He branded the GOP a party of appeasement and linked Willkie to Tammany Hall and Samuel Insull. Willkie called Ickes' charges plain falsehoods and expressed astonishment at presidential authorization.
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Stock Quotations From New York and Dow Averages
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine at 4 percent American Can 94 Anaconda 19 Bethlehem Steel 76 Commonwealth and Southern 14 Curkiss Wright 7 General Motors 45 International Harvester 42 Kennecott 26 New York Central 11 Northern Pacific 64 United States Steel 51 Pound 4.02 dollars Dow Jones averages Industrials 231.17 rails 26.58 utilities 21.62 Carlyle back Jack Carlyle Territorial Treasurer’s office returned Westward yesterday at the Gastineau Hotel.
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Berlin Air Raid Alarms Sounded as British Planes Approach
The German government announced that air raid alarms were sounded in Berlin shortly after midnight as British planes approached. Berlin claimed the British forces were driven away before reaching the capital.
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Raiders chased away over northeast England
Aug 20 British government said Nash raiders were reported last night over northeast England and two Midlands districts. Anti aircraft guns opened fire and drove the invaders away after they struck an unidentified town in northeast England.
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New British Bombing Raids Hit German Bases
Royal Air Force bombers struck Kiel and thirty enemy airfields in occupied territories, setting dromes ablaze and shelling nearby airports. Transport ships were hit directly, with dives on five troop transports. Germans reported fires at Stomer and raids on Berlin caused shelter panics. A long range German gun may bombard Southeast England.
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Nazi trade counsellor Westrick bound for Orient aboard Nita Maru
Dr Gerhardt Westrick Nazi trade counsellor to the United States sails from Los Angeles on the Japanese liner Nita Maru en route to the Orient via Siberia and Soviet Russia. He was long suspected of arriving to influence propaganda for Germany.
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Metzgar Leaves For Notre Dame Studies In Alaska
Frank Metzgar son of Mrs L H Metzgar suited for the states on the Aleutian yesterday afternoon. He plans to re-enter Notre Dame for amos studies.
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