Death of King Boris Sparks Balkan Power Struggle
The death of King Boris of Bulgaria triggers a regional crisis as Germany faces collab oration problems across Europe. The BBC and other outlets report protests in Sofia, suspensions of foreign communications, and a shift in Bulgaria's policy toward Russia amid royal succession questions and potential regency or reform.
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London
Balkans
Boris of
Bulgaria
Germany
Europe
Moscow
rTadio
Hitler
Sofia
United States
Bogdan Philov
Axis
Boris
Radio France
Balkan
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Russia
Philov
Simeon 11
Kyril
Turkey
Berlin
Inventor Bryson Dies in Accidental Gun Incident at Eagle Mills
Tandy Arnold Bryson, noted inventor and consultant engineer for major firms, died in an accidental gun cleaning mishap on his Eagle Mills farm. Born in Gallatin Virginia, he studied at Sewanee and Rensselaer, later rising to chief engineer then VP at Tolhurst Machine Works before guiding roles at General Laundry Machinery and American Machine & Metals.
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Eagle Mills
Tandy Arnold Bryson
Mr. Bryson
Gallatin
Venn
University of the South
Sewanee
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tolhurst
Tolhurst Machine Works
Philadelphia
General Laundry Machinery Co
Tolhurst House
American Machine & Metals, Inc
Baseball scoreboard roundup of major leagues with multiple games
National League results include Brooklyn over Philadelphia 3-1 and 8-0, Boston over New York 4-2 and 1-0, Cincinnati over St Louis 5-3, 81 over Cincinnati 2 in 11 innings, Chicago over Pittsburg 11-2, Pittsburg over Chicago 3-1. American League games show New York over Boston 6-4 in 10 innings, 5-1, Washington over Philadelphia 5-4 in 11, Detroit over St Louis 15-5 and 4-2, Cleveland over Chicago 2-1 and 6-1. Eastern League notes Hartford over Albany 2-1, Albany over Hartford 2-1, Elmira over Wilkes Barree 4-3, Wilkes-Barre over Elmira 11-7, Utica over Springfield 4-1 and 5-0, Scranton over Binghamton 4-2 and 6-1.
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louis
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington
Hartford
Albany
Elmira
Wilkes-Barre
Utica
Springfield
Scranton
Binghamton
Allied Air Raids Intensify on Italy From Rome Northward
Allied air units extended night bombing across southern and central Italy with raids reaching north of Rome. Flyers reported intensified round the clock blows, and stated the Italian foe appeared to be deserting.
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North Africa
Italy
Rome
Nazis in Russia Retreat From Donets Front
Soviet dispatches report huge gains as German lines crack in the Donets basin. Red Army claims 6 000 Germans killed and nearly 100 villages taken amid mass surrenders on a 450 mile front between Bryansk and Voroshilovgrad. Russians say Kharkov region and Lyubotin valley falls threaten a 200 mile retreat to the Dnieper.
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Lenden Upi
Russia
Dnieper
Moscow
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Bryansk
Red Army
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Kuban
Bans
Lyubotin
Pyel- Voerksla
Poltava
Dnieper Ever Bend
Ciano Flees In Disguise From Rome to Munich
Former Italian foreign minister Count Galeazzo Ciano reportedly escaped from Rome in disguise with his wife and three children. Reports quoted Innsbruck to Munich travel by car and said German underground radio Atlantik claimed his arrival in Germany. The broadcasts also said eight detectives guarded his home and his wife left daily with the children for brief walks.
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London
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Germany
Rome
Atlantik
Daily Telegraph
Daily Express
Benito Mussolini
Innsbruck
Munich
Associated Press
Ciano
Edda Mussolii
They Could Be Drafted
Col George Baker of Selective Service warned that many fathers in nondeferrable jobs could be drafted after October 1. An Associated Press survey shows most nondeferrable fathers wait to see what Congress does when the draft reconvenes. Some pre Pearl Harbor workers in essential fields may be exempt, but others registered may face induction if quotas require.
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Washington
Col
George Baker
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Employment Service
Tomorow
Associated Press
Congress
Wells Says Global Socialist Revolution Key To End Chaos
H G Wells tells Excelsior Mexico City that there is no exit from current chaos except a worldwide equalitarian socialist movement. He warns humanity will only deepen distress without such a overhaul and advocates universal rights and end to destructive war.
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H. OG. Wells
Carlos de Nexri
Mexico City
Excelsior
Sava
Carlos DE Negri
Associated Press
London
H. G. Wells
Wells
Excelsior of
Mexico
U S Flyers Held by Soviets Reported Interned In Kamchatka
Moscow radio quoted a Tass dispatch saying an American plane landed on Kamchatka peninsula on August 12 and its crew was interned. The crew reportedly said they had conducted a raid on Japanese Kurile Island positions and were forced to land due to engine trouble. The note explained Russia is not at war with Japan.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kamchatka
Paramushiro
North Pacific
Aleutians
Tass
Monitor
Kurile Islands
Japan
Manville and Bride Plan Reno Trip After Brief Nupial
Tommy Manville said his bride Macie Marie Ainsworth would board the 5:30 train to Reno after money matters were settled. He noted this would be his seventh wife, a 19 year old Texas showgirl to stay at the Riverside Hotel in Reno, following a quick split seven hours and 45 minutes after their wedding.
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New York
UPI
Tommy Manville
Macie Marie
Sunny)Ainsworth
Reno
Manville
Riverside
Tommy
Murdered WAC Found In Indianapolis Hotel Room
Corp. Maoma L. Ridings a 32 year old WAC stationed at Camp Atterbury Ind was found dead in a downtown Claypool Hotel room with jagged cuts on her neck arms and wrists and blood on the face floor and body the case remains a mystery as police and camp authorities investigate.
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Indianapolis
Corp
Maoma L. Ridings
WAC
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Claypool
Warm Springs
Noel Jones
Allied landings reach Arundel in southwest Pacific
General MacArthur reported Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific confirmed American troops have landed at Arundel, west of New Georgia, without opposition. Arundel lies between New Georgia and Wanawana Island, as fighting continues near Salamaua where Japanese forces have yielded ground at the edge of the airfield.
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Southwest Pacific
N.P
Arundel
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
Wanawana Island
Salamaua
General MacArthur
Germans Battle To Crush Danes In Copenhagen Harbor
German troops seized control as fighting raged in Copenhagen after Denmark’s navy scuttled 45 ships to prevent capture. King Christian X was interned, and nine Danish vessels escaped to Sweden as Germany declared martial law amid a volatile battle near the Baltic Sea frontier.
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Stockholm
Germany
Denmark
Copenhagen
Sweden
Royal Guard
Little Kingdom
Hermann von Hannecken
Baltic
Berlin
Christian X
Sorgentfri
Toulon
France
Jane's Fighting Ships
Lista
Wels Tvel
Helsin
Will Punish Instigators of Atrocities
Washington says the United States will punish the instigators and perpetrators of German crimes in Poland. The State Department cites trustworthy information on crimes carried out with utmost brutality by German invaders, four years after their march into Poland began the European war.
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Washington
United States
Poland
Europe
State Department
Swedish Plane Missing Over North Sea With Crew and Passengers
A Swedish civilian plane with four crew members and three passengers vanished yesterday over the North Sea while flying from Scotland. Swedish aircraft and some from the German occupation army in Norway launched a search for the missing craft, one passenger may have been an Iranian diplomat onboard.
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Stockholm
North Sea
Scotland
Norway
Penicillin Fails Watertown Patient in Copenhagen Case
Ruth Donley, 18, of Copenhagen, died in a hospital yesterday from a rare bloodstream infection after nine days of penicillin treatment with 800 000 units. The report notes the drug as a rare new wonder cure.
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Watertown
Mise
Ruth Donley
Copenhagen
Berlin Night Nerve Racks Up Curfew For Bomb Damage Cleanup
Goebbels orders Berlin residents to stay indoors at night unless approved. ABC reports move aims to force public participation in cleaning bomb damage while housing loosens as flight to countryside grows. Spaniards note Berliners show risky rescue efforts despite growing despair and shortages.
Nineteen Coal Miners Die In Blast In Birmingham
Nineteen coal miners were killed and 25 injured after two gas explosions at Republic Steel Sayreton No 2 slope near Birmingham Alabama. Among the dead were E J McCrosain state mine inspector and George Ferguson Sayreton superintendent who led rescue attempts two miles from the opening. The second blast occurred about 1 am leaving over 100 miners safe. The first blast at 10 30 pm produced a long sheet of flame and rescue crews reported recovering bodies as they searched for trapped workers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Republic Steel Corporation
Sayreton No. 2
E. J. McCrosain
George Ferguson
Sayreton
Republic
Frank Loggins
Joe Nail
McCrossin
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