Loyalists Dig In Behind Maqueda as Rebels Advance
Government troops prepared a counter offensive eight miles from Maqueda while insurgents pressed toward Madrid. Madrid refugees reported the capital near war as air raids and gas precautions intensified. La Voz accused Mallorca of Italian occupation, and loyalists leveled the Alcatraz tower.
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Russia
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Uruguay
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Dolores
Maria Aguilar
Big WPA Funds Spent on Airfield Projects Across States
The Works Progress Administration plans to complete 506 airport projects in 438 localities at an estimated total of 75 million dollars with 40.7 million coming from WPA funds. In New York City Floyd Bennett and Miller Fields receive portions, while New York State New Jersey and Connecticut list multiple projects. Seaplane bases are included and overall progress shows rising federal investment in modernized air facilities. A classified ad about a full-size mattress sale follows.
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Bureau of Air Commerce
Submarine Flotilla Stationed at Vladivostok
Vladivostok report says a new secret Soviet submarine flotilla is stationed in the harbor to deter a Japanese attack. Estimates place forty to fifty subs in the clandestine Pacific force, with eight already in the Vladivostok area per Japanese sources. Observers note the subs are small, easily concealed, and likely for defensive use.
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Associated Press
Vladivostok
Siberia
Japan
Hitler May Step Aside To Preserve Moral Leadership
Berlin reports circulating that Adolf Hitler may resign as Nazi Chancellor but keep the title Der Fuehrer. Hermann Goering could serve as executive administrator while Hitler acts as the nation’s moral voice, free from routine duties.
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Adolph Hitler
Hitler
Germany
Goering
Utica Returns Vote Totals From Deering Flight
Official precinct returns from Utica arrived by mail today after being flown in from Deering.
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Utica
Deering
Absentee Votes Counted Today Following General Election
Votes cast under the Absentee Voting law passed by the last legislature were counted at the Clerk of the Court's office today. The tally includes observers noting subs manufactured in Europe and shipments from Russia.
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Nome
Europe
Michael
Russia
Only Way to Avert Strike Oct Ist Says Director
Washington Sept 22 Joseph B Weaver Director of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat indicated that the only sure way to avert a lockout of time minded workers on the Pacific Coast October 1 would be the appointment of a Maritime Commission before that time The White House indicated that members of the Commission will be appointed by President Roosevelt in a few days Weaver explained that the Maritime Act gives the Commission authority to control subsidies to ship owners and to establish minimum wages and working conditions for maritime workers Bridges Has Conference Ivry Bridges president of the Powel branch
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Washington
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Commission
Sailors Union Signals Readiness for New Contract
The Sailor's Union of the Pacific notified shipowners it was ready to contract again before the September 30 deadline but accused employers of shifting grounds to avoid the agreement. The dispatch from San Francisco dated September 22 cites friction over terms and the next step in negotiations.
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