Germany and Russia threaten clash over Romania
Russia and Germany escalate as the Axis vow to defend or seize parts of Southeast Europe. Soviet maneuvers and a threatened attack on Romania coincide with Hungary pressuring Transylvania. Red fleet rehearses possible sea battles amid growing tension in the Balkans.
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Associated Prees
Russia
Red Army
Germany
Ruc Rinia
Europe
Httle
Rumania
Trisylvania
Hungary
Red Fleet
Roosevelt Macks Canada Defense Gaps Push US Aid
Roosevelt and Mackenzie King discussed Canada’s weak defense with only two divisions and scant anti-aircraft units. US strategists warn Newfoundland and Nova Scotia are vulnerable to a Nazi air invasion via Iceland, making American forces potentially defend Canadian soil. Senator McNary stresses public power as a major New Deal issue in Oregon.
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Washington
Roosevelt
MacKenzie Sing
U. S
New England
Newfoundland
Maritime
Canada
Norway
MacKenzie King
England
Iceland
West Indies
Dominion
United States
Hitler
Europe
Maine
McNary
Wendell Willkie
Oregon
Senator McNary
Alaska Must Be Fortified Highway Must Be Built
SEATTLE Aug 30.Representative Joseph W Martin Jr Republican National Committee Chairman told a Seattle audience that Alaska must be fortified at the earliest possible moment He also urged building the International Highway to Alaska as a vital business and defense project for the Territory.
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Seattle
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Alaska
Reds Ready 10 Invade Us Says Alaska Claim
Seattle report quotes Donald Mc Donald, a 60 year old Alaskan road engineer, asserting Russia has 10,000 troops on the Siberian coast preparing to invade Alaska. He claims winter naval access blocked for US, while Russian icebreakers could open a Yukon route. He warns of fifth column risks and strategic sabotage. Also notes brokers Ken Edwards and A Van Mavern traveling in Lynn Canal and Sgt Theodore Schumacher aboard the Denali bound for Chilkoot Barracks.
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Seattle
Donald McDonald
Siberian
Alaska
McDonald
United States
Yukon
U. S. Navy
Ken Edwards
A. van Mavern
Denali
Lynn Canal
Washington to Juneau in One Day Is Record
Mrs. Ann Archibald Assistant Vice President of Pan American Airways completed a record flight from Washington D C to Juneau Alaska in 26 hours. She traveled via American Airlines Northwest Airlines and Alaska Clipper as part of a group of aviation officials. She noted she knew Alaska's Delegate Anthony J Dimond in Washington.
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Ann Archibald
Pan American Airways
Washington
D. C
Juneau
Alaska
Archibald
American Airlines
Chicago
Northwest Airlines
Seattle
Anthony J. Dimond
Wallace warns of appeasement risk at Democratic rally
Des Moines Iowa Aug 30 Henry A Wallace Democratic vice presidential nominee warned that a Republican victory would force the United States into repeated economic concessions to totalitarian powers. More than 7000 listeners crowded the speech as Wallace, accepting the nomination, said appeasers would prevail if Republicans win for they backed the party financially and politically.
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Des Moines
Towa
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Wallace
Europe
Americans slain by Italians in Sudan mission station attack
In Cairo the British Governor General of Anglo Egyptian Sudan reports an Italian air attack on a remote mission station in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan killed two American missionaries and wounded two others despite the flag waving by the missionaries. The assault near Doro Upper Nile occurred August 23 with Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grieve among the dead and Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Oglesby wounded. The station is described as isolated with no military target nearby. Dr. and Mrs. Grieve, Spokane natives, had left Spokane in 1939 after his medical internship at Deaconess Hospital. He was 28, she 27, and they were connected to Whitworth College and Knox Presbyterian Church.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sudan
Doro
Upper Nile
Robert Grieve
Kenneth Oglesby
Spokane
Stock Quotations New York August 30 Quoted Values
Closing quotes show Alaska Juneau at 4 percent and Bethlehem Steel at 79 7/8. Major stocks include American Can 96 and General Motors 48. Dow Jones averages list industrials 128.88 rails 27.77 utilities 22.38 with miscellaneous gains and losses across leaders.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Pound
DOW, Jones
Margaret Colwell 18 Returns to Teach at Ju deau
Fourth grade teacher Margaret Colwell, age 18, is back in Ju deau Public School teaching after returning by steamer Baranol.
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Margaret Colwell
Judeau
McFadden
Margaret McFadden
Juneau
General Marshall Speaks Captivates Capitol Hill Audience
Washington dispatch notes General George Catlett Marshall Chief of Staff of the Army draws unmatched attention from senators and congressmen. President Roosevelt elevated him from among 33 senior officers, a notable rise not tied to West Point graduation. Continued on Page Five.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Gen
George Catlett Marshall
United States Army
Roosevelt
Pershing
MacArthur
Craig
West Point
Roosevelt avoids taking sides on conscription bill clash
President Roosevelt dodged questions on the conscription bill provision and a Willkie demand, saying an attempt was to pull him into a political dispute. He praised Wallace’s speech but refused to comment on party appeasement. He said talks with Britain on naval and air bases progress well, but he would not forecast a date for a formal announcement. Also notes Miss Margaret McFadden returning aboard the Baranof.
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Rosevelt
Willkie
Overton
Russel
Congress
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Great Britain
United States
New World
Music Instructor and Wife Aboard Baranof Passenger
Robert White, instrumental music instructor for Juneau Public Schools, travels as a passenger on the Baranof. He is accompanied by his wife, Mrs. White.
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Baranof
Robert White
Juneau
White
London Air Attacks Test City as Shoppers Look On
German bombers raided London triggering three air raid alarms and sheltering crowds in suburbs. British fighters engaged in fierce dogfights while RAF bombers hit targets in Essen and other German and allied targets. The Ministry reported 42 German planes down and ten British aircraft lost.
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London
British
Air Ministry
Krupp
Essen
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Ministry of Information
Great Britain
Germans claim air superiority after raids on England
Berlin dispatch says Nazi bombing squadrons attacked airfields in South England, mainly Hampshire, destroying about 51 British planes while losing about 15 German craft. German reports claim victory in air battles with fires raging at Liverpool and Birkenhead, targeting industrial plants and ports along the Mersey. Also notes two teachers, Sister Mary Berthilda and Sister Mary Florence, returned on the Denali after summer courses in Beattie.
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Berlin
DNB
England
Hampshire
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Mersey
Mary Berthilda
Mary Florence
Denali
Beattie
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States
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Empire Today
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