Collapse of Industrial City Faces Imminent Threat
German troops close in on Leningrad within 32 miles as the city braces for siege. Soviet defenders include hastily mobilized volunteers alongside regular Red Army units and street barricades on the southern front. British and Russian forces halt fighting in Iran as Moscow reports a cautiously optimistic stance on the central front.
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Associated Press
Leningrad
Middle East
Iran
Peoples’ Army
Dnieper
Moscow
Beaverbrook seeks tanks for Iran Egypt and invasion plans
The British Supply Minister returns with assurances on tank division between American and British forces. The main hurdle remains transporting 32 ton tanks across the Atlantic, as larger vessels demand far more ships than lighter 12 ton models. A 26 ship convoy with 560 light tanks would require about 44 ships for the same number of medium tanks.
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Washington
Lord Beaverbrook
Iran
Egypt
Beaverbrook
Chrysler
U. S
Atlantic
England
Africa
Alexandria
Playboy Heir Plans Fifth Marriage and Adoption
Tommy Manville, heir to an asbestos fortune, says he will wed Beverly Paterno for a fifth time after her divorce from Joseph P. Paterno. He also plans to adopt Paterno's four year old son Joseph Jr. and make him an heir to the fortune.
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Tommy Manville
Beverly Paterno
Joseph P. Paterno
Manville
Tommy
Nazi Police Round Up French Anti-Communist Legion Members
In German occupied Versailles Aug 28 Nazi police began rounding up Anti-Communist Legion members to probe accomplices in the Colette assassination plot against Laval. Three legionnaires Andre Brecht Emil Jean and Abraham Trzrbuche were condemned to death and held at barracks after being found with matching revolvers. A new Anti-Communist Court in Paris has handed down three death sentences as disorders surface across German occupied France.
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Versailles
France
Paul Colette
Pierre Laval
Colette
Laval
Marcel Dent
de Gaulle
Dent
Andre Brecht
Secrrtary
Communist Part
Emil Jean
Abraham Trzrbuche
Paris
Iran cabinet orders army to cease all resistance
Teheran dispatch says the new Iran cabinet ordered the Iranian Army to stop resisting the British and Russian forces. The move is viewed as ending hostilities after a four day invasion and turning the Abed invasion into a peaceful occupation.
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Teheran
Iran
15 Percent Reduction On Gas Seen
Washington report says gasoline supplies at Eastern filling stations will fall 15 percent in September versus July. Ralph Davies acting Petroleum Coordinator testified before a Senate inquiry, presenting figures he said prove a real shortage of gasoline and oil for heating and industry during winter.
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Washington
Ralph Davies
Davies
Senate
Defense order plant ablaze ends in fatal fire
SAN JOSE Cal Aug 28 One man died and four others were burned in a brief fire at a $12,000,000 magnesium plant built for defense orders. Donald Bonefield 26 died hours after the blaze. Two gravely burned but expected to recover others less severely. FBI has opened an investigation.
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San Jose
Cal
Donald Bonefield
Othr
FBI
Stock Quotations and Averages for Alaska and Major Stocks
Closing stock quotes list Alaska-Juneau at 44, American Can 83, Anaconda 20%, Bethlehem Steel 70, Commonwealth and Southern 4%, Curtiss Wright 9%, International Harvester 53%, Kennecott 38%, New York Central 12%, Northern Pacific 7%, United States Steel 58, Pound 4.03. Jones averages show industrials 127.86 rails 30.22 utilities 18.69. The temperature note compares Canada and Chile.
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New York
Alaska-Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Jones
Congress Uses Polls to Gauge Public Opinion Ahead of 1942
Washington dispatch notes lawmakers increasingly rely on polls as election season nears. It recalls Rep. William T. Pheiffer of New York's 16th district who mailed letters asking voters to pass them along, gathering opinions on the Lend-Lease bill and influencing his early votes.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
William T. Pheiffer
New York
Pheiffer
Congress Lessons From A Poll Debate Prompt
A fragment notes that a recent poll debate taught Congress a hard lesson and mentions ongoing poll efforts by members of both houses, hinting at continued discussion in later pages.
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Congress
Turks Fear Nazi Push For Batum
The Associated Press reports rising Turkish anxiety over Nazi plans in the Black Sea region. Axis sources claim Hitler seeks temporary Turkish water access near Batum with no further Turkish demands, while Soviet forces drive toward the Dnieper and Germans eye a southward arc along the Black Sea coast.
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Associated Press
Turkey
Tran
Germany
Axis
Istanbul
Hiller
Black Sea
Hitler
Hhis
Dnieper
Tower Ukraine
Sea of Avoy
Robert Ditman Begins First Year Of High School
Robert Dita arrived aboard the Aleutian with plans to start his first year of high school this fall. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Haas of Juneau and has ties to the Anchorage City Band and the school band.
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Robert Dita
M. J. Haas
Juneau
BE. Griffith
Gullgon
Richardson Highway
Robert
Anchorage City
President Roosevelt Delivers Message to Japan’s Nomura
President Roosevelt personally handed a message to Japanese Ambassador Nomura for Prime Minister Konoye at the White House. Nomura met with the President and Secretary Hull as tensions rise over Pacific policy. Nomura declined to answer questions about the contents or discuss possible protest representations to Russia or the United States.
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Washington
Ang
Konoye
Roosevelt
Admiral Nomura
United States
Nomura
White House
Pacific
Cordell Hull
Japan
Russia
Vladivostok
Japan May Stake Life on Tanker Issue with Russia
Tokyo reports indicate Japan may risk its Far Eastern prestige over gasoline and foil shipments to Russia. Nichi Nichi states the tanker question is a major policy test and Japan has pressed Moscow and Washington for curbs on shipments seen as provoking disquiet in Japan.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Nichi Nichi
Russa
United States
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