Britain Caused Zero Hour Controversy On Conscription
Senator Wheeler charged the army staff is using the crisis to push conscription and enlarge a peacetime standing army. He contended voluntary enlistments could meet defense needs with 415,000 additional men, questioning Secretary Stimson and administration motives and asking about potential invasions of South America or Mexico.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Army General Staff
Burke
D-Neb
Stimson
South America
Mexico
Nazi Naval Units Join Warplanes To Beat At Enemy Before Invasion
German forces push toward an English assault aiming to silence coastal batteries and destroy air facilities. Reports say DNB claims six hangars destroyed and twelve barrage balloons shot down as air battles flare over Portsmouth Alderney and English Channel targets.
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DNB
East Church
British navy torpedo boats clash with larger enemy ships at night
London reports late war bulletins that British motor and torpedo boats fought several actions with larger German surface craft during darkness. Southampton was bombed by raiders causing multiple fires as announced by the air ministry and home security ministry.
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London
Admiralty
Southampton
Air Ministry
Ministry of Home Security
Soviet Union backs Bulgaria in Romanian border demand
The official Soviet press stated that Bulgaria has the support of Soviet Russia for its territorial claims on Romania.
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Moscow
Bulgaria
Rumania
Russia
Petain Government Accuses Ministers of Betrayal
The Petain government formally accuses ministers and their close civil and military subordinates of betraying their charge by taking France into war unprepared.
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Riom
France
Petain
Greece rejects Rome Berlin suggestion on British guarantee
Athens reports Premier General John Me taxes refused a Rome Berlin proposal urging Greece to renounce Britain's security guarantee. High diplomatic sources said the Greek stance preserves independence and territorial integrity despite pressure from Italy and Germany.
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Athens
John Metaxes
Greece
Great Britain
Italy Signals Aiming At Greek And Yugoslav Territory
Rome based reports say authoritative Italian circles indicate Italy will claim parts of Greek and Yugoslav territory in a general settlement, with Albania under Italian rule.
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Rome
Italy
Albania
British planes shot down in Aalborg raid
Berlin report says eleven of twelve British aircraft attacking Aalborg Danish air base were shot down before noon. The tally for today reaches 38 British planes destroyed in all operations.
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Berlin
Aalborg
DNB
Baseball finals mix of scores across leagues
Summary of multiple baseball finals with American League and National League results. Boston, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago are listed among scorers and pitchers, with run totals and win loss details for each matchup.
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Boston
New York
Bagby
Heving
Terry
Peacock
Russo
Dickey
Lehrman
Joiner
Brown
Danning
Tobin
Masi
Berres
Storm leaves Georgia and South Carolina counties counting dead
The hurricane battered coastlines reported at least 35 dead with extensive property damage. Red Cross noted 25 deaths on St Helena Island near Beaufort and eight on Ladies Island. Savannah saw two fatalities as flooding and wreckage disrupted the region.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Red Cross
Washington
St. Helena Island
Beaufort
D. C
Bahamas
Ladies Island
Savannah
CCC
Huntington Island
Charleston
Burnet R. Maybank
Beaufort County
Maybank
Parris Island
Nat C. Wilson
Coulter Seeks Nogales View on Border Crossings
Eliot B. Coulter, acting chief of the State Department visa division, arrived in Nogales from Washington to confer with border officials on new border regulations before moving to El Paso to attend a border chamber meeting. Edward J. Shaughnessy of the immigration service was also due to arrive to plan the El Paso gathering amid reports of widespread crossing-card invalidations and business losses.
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Nogales
Eliot B. Coulter
State Department
Washington, D. C
E Paso
Tex
Border Chamber of Commerce
Edward J. Shaughnessy
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Borde
United States
Don Smith
San Cruz County
Friction Grows Between Yugoslavia and Italy over Zara death
Italian fascist press reports rising tension with Yugoslavia after the killing of Fascist dispatcher Leonardo Ciurcovich in Zara on the Yugoslav coast. Virginio Gayda accuses Greece of aiming to seize Albanian territory and uses the slaying as propaganda for annexation of southern Albania.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Yugoslavia
la Tribuna
Zara
Leonardo Ciurcovich
Ciurcovich
Virginio Gayda
Greece
Albania
Gayda
Daut Hoggia
Athens
Il Giornale D'Italia
State Office Certifies Candidates For Primary
The secretary of state's office certified 57 candidates for the September 10 primary to 14 county boards of supervisors. Forty Democrats and 17 Republicans seek 14 national and state offices. Prohibition candidates must be write-ins. Communist party was barred from the ballot.
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Phoenix
Secretary of State
Prohibition
Communist Party
Communist Movement
Neutral Military Experts See Start of Nazi Blitzkrieg
Foreign military attaches in Switzerland expected a German blitzkrieg against Britain within 72 hours. They noted today’s Dover air raids and German air control claims near the narrowest English Channel passage as signs of imminent action. Reports of 40 mile German guns at Calais and Dunkirk shelling behind Dover circulated but could not be confirmed.
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Bern
Switzerland
Europe
Calais
Dunkerque
Dover
Almazan Vows Return as Constitutional President
In a Havana radio speech General Juan Andreu Almazan, Mexican independence candidate, announced he would return to Mexico as constitutional president of the republic. He claimed victory, said deputies would obey the people, and protested restrictions on his broadcasts. He planned to return when conditions allowed and warned of actions by those in power to prevent it.
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Havana
Cuba
Juan Andreu Almazan
Mexico
Almazan
House
Senate
Congress
Representatives of
People
Promoter Mike Jacobs Delays Pastor Conn Fight
Rain forces postponement of the Bob Pastor Billy Conn bout from Polo Grounds to September 5 at Madison Square Garden. The promoter announced the change as scheduled for tonight.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Bob Pastor
Billy Conn
Polo Grounds
Madison Square Garden
German Raid Bombs Kill Mother During Heroic Rescue
London report describes a southeast England village air raid where a young mother died protecting her infant son. Rescue workers uncovered the woman crouched over the child as their home lay demolished. The boy had only minor injuries.
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London
Getra
Food Problem Of France Is Distribution
France faces half rations during harvest as meat dairy sugar and coffee use drops by half. Government vows no starvation but blockade and wheat order cuts aggravate supply. Distribution relies on gasoline and tanker availability amid war.
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France
Vichy
Germany
Great Britain
Canada
England Fights Off German Air and Sea Assaults
London reports Nazi bombers and ships pressed heavy attacks on the Channel coast and port cities like Southampton. British forces claim to have beaten off German surface craft and submarines with motor torpedo boats, shooting down many raiders while striking German targets from Rutland to the Bay of Biscay.
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English Channel
Admiralty
Rutland
Bay of Biscay
Germany
Borkum
Danhelder
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