Senate Appropriations Boost for Two Ocean Navy and Army Mobilization
The senate appropriations committee approved a 5.008 billion dollar bill funding early construction of a two ocean navy and arming an army of 1.2 million. Debate on Burke Wadsworth conscription and mobilization plans continued as Maloney and Capper proposed alternate selective service timelines. Willkie backed selective service while anti conscription forces pushed to defer draft to 1941.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Capper
R.-Kans
Maloney
D.conn
Wendell L. Willkie
D.-Conn
Willkie
Mexican Gunboat Halts U S Ship
U S navy on the west coast received a message that the American freighter Herman Frasch was stopped and boarded by a Mexican gunboat about 70 miles from Acapulco. Verification is sought from the 11th district in San Diego. Acapulco lies about 1500 miles south of San Diego. Mackay Radio reported the message addressed to all U S naval and commercial stations.
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San Francisco
U. S. Navy
Herman Frasch
Frasch
Acapulco
Mexico
Naval
11Th Naval District
San Diego
Mackay Radio
Baseball Finals National Final Summary
National final results show New York and Cincinnati games with Hubbell Danning Derringer Riddle Shoffner Lombardi Wilson listed among participants. American final includes Cleveland Boston Deckson Humphries Dorsett Hemsley Pytlak Heving Foxx with 712 to 716 style scoring. Detroit at New York and Chicago at Philadelphia report rain delays.
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New York
Cincinnati
Hubbell
Danning
Derringer
Riddle
Shoffner
Lombardi
Wilson
Cleveland
Boston
Deckson
Humphries, Dorsett and Hemsley
Pytlak
Detroit
Chicago
Philadelphia
FDR Seeks Swift Action on Canadian United States Defense
President Roosevelt urged the State War and Navy departments to quicken steps to implement the mutual defense pact with Canada and set a Thursday deadline. A permanent joint North American defense board will include four to five U.S. members named by Thursday to meet Canadian counterparts early next week, with meetings to occur across the two countries as the effort develops.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.S
Roosevelt
State, War and Navy Departments
United States
Canada
Washington
North America
State
War
Broken leg ends racing career for Bim Elech at Saratoga
In Saratoga Springs on August 19 Col. E. R. Bradley announced X rays show a broken bone in Bim Elech's foot. Veterinary inspection finds a broken bar from the frog to the side wall, requiring at least six months plus four more months to muscle. Retirement to stud is decided, with no return to action before 1942 if at all.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
E. R. Bradley
Bimelech
Black Toney
Bradley
Albania Deploys Guards at Greek Consulate in Tirana
In Tirana Greek consulate and other Greek sites received guards as anti Greek sentiment rose. Italian and Albanian gendarmes guarded the consulate and Greek establishments in Valona Argirocastro Porjoedda and nearby southern towns. Albanian papers attacked the Greek government amid reports of Greek persecutions in Diamaria.
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Reynolds Packard
Tirana
Albania
U.P
Valona
Argirocastro
Porjoedda
Diamaria
Greece
Bullitt warns of real threat as U S invasion danger grows
Philadelphia August 19 William C Bullitt U S ambassador to France urged conscription and rapid aid to Britain to deter a German attack on the United States He warned America is in grave peril and urged action to reinforce the British fleet citing the Maginot line analogy and calling for public support to press senators representatives and newspapers.
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Philadelphia
U. S
France
William C. Bullitt
United States
Great Britain
Independence Square
State Department
America
Washington
Hitler
Independence Hall
General Pershing
Pershing
Bullitt
Atlantic
Belgium
Western Hemisphere
Bullitt Called Out In Senate Tirade Over Antiwar Speech
Senator Clark accuses Ambassador Bullitt of treasonable tone in criticizing allied policy and warning of a German attack if Britain loses. Clark says Bullitt’s Philadelphia address urged unprovoked war and equates to false to the republic.
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Washington
Clark
Idaho
Senate
William C. Bullitt
Great Britain
Bullitt
Storms flood central Arizona. ranch worker killed
A ranch worker died near Coolidge after being electrocuted while handling a wet switch. Florence residents sand-bagged to protect homes and businesses as two storms dumped heavy rain, causing power outages and canal overflow. A governor riding in a flood-threatened arroyo nearly overturned. a Phoenix home was struck by lightning.
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Coolidge
Florence
Governor Jones
Arizona
Tommy Martin
Steel
Phoenix
Arizona Edison Company
Sam Snead Wins Canadian Open in 18 Hole Playoff
Sam Snead of Shawnee-On-Delaware Pennsylvania won the Canadian Open golf championship in Toronto defeating defending champion Harold McSpaden of Winchester Massachusetts by one stroke in the 18 hole playoff. Snead carded 71 to McSpaden 72 in the decisive playoff round.
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Toronto
Sam Snead
Shawnee-On- Delaware
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Winchester
Mass
Snead
McSpaden
Britain makes whole island a defense area in air war
London reports Britain declared a defense area for all regions as Nazi air raids press the struggle. The Home Security Ministry ordered regional commissioners to issue urgent defense measures wherever needed while RAF jets seek air superiority over the French coast and English Channel.
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London
Britain
French
Isles
Ministry of Home Security
England
Wales
Scotland
Britain Surrenders Somaliland to Italy in Africa Blitz
Britain relinquishes the 68,000 square mile Somaliland protectorate after a two week Afrika blitz by a numerically superior Italian force. Evacuation of troops was conducted with heavy losses reported for Italian forces and uncertainty over evacuation routes. The move follows France's collapse and affects British defenses in the region amid broader wartime tensions.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Somaliland
Britain
Channel Isles
France
War Office
Possble
Red Sea
Aden
German Scouts Range Britain In Fight Lull
Berlin reports Nazi air scouts range British coasts as Germany signals a possible decisive strike. Two British planes were shot down near Ramsgate and a third seen in flames. air fighting was light as reconnaissance and photography missions continued over southern England. Hitler warns Britain to treat parachute troops by international law or face reprisals on British aviators.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Britain
Ramsgate
Thames Estuary
DNB
England
Adolf Hitler
U S Warns Germany Ship Must Be Safe
The German embassy says the U S army transport American Legion, carrying about 900 Americans, is in grave danger due to mineinfested waters near Scot- land as it sails from Petsm a Finland toward home. The United States warned Germany in a formal note that the voyage must be completed without molestation by Nazi forces.
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Washington
U. S. Army
American Legion
Scot
Germany
United States
Petsamo
Finland
State Department
Hitler Attacks Nearing Peak Inside Luftwaffe Assault Effort
DeWitt MacKenzie reports intensified German bombing as Hitler presses for a quick showdown with Britain. He aims to control the air before October weather halts large scale raids, while Britain steadies its defenses and offensive actions along the French coast.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
England
Fuehrer
Britain
Berlin
Knudsen and Arnold Launch Long Continental Tour
William S. Knudsen production chief of the national defense commission and Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold chief of the air corps departed by army transport for a cross country inspection tour of army aviation centers and major private aircraft factories to assess air activities and spur progress.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
National Case Commisson
Henry H. Arnold
Air Corps
British say Nazi planes lost in seven days
London reports air ministry tally shows British fighters shot down 513 Nazi aircraft in the past week. Of these 377 were bombers or fighter bombers, 73 percent of enemy losses. Twenty-two British fighters were lost yesterday with 12 pilots safe. seven-day totals exclude anti aircraft and other causes.
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London
Air Ministry
Normal Electric Use Authorized In City After Storm Damage
Citywide power restrictions lifted as Normal electric use resumes after storm damage to a Tucson power plant. Water services returned to normal as turbines restarted, ending weeks of outages that forced reliance on gasoline pumps for pumping.
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Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
City Water Department
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FDR
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Indiana
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Wickard
Paul H. Appleby
Iowa
Wallace
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English Channel
Africa
Berbera
British Somaliland
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Continent
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Tucson Daily Citizen
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State Theater
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