Prisoners Who Escaped Found Near Oldberg
Florence August 24 two youthful convicts William Cates 20 serving 12 to 18 years for kidnapping for robbery and Phil Schumacher 19 sentenced to five years for robbery were captured two miles north of Oldberg after abducting Mrs R P Anderson wife of the prison auditor and steward Schumacher worked in the homes of three prison officials near the gate and Cates on a prison farm the gun used in tying Mrs Anderson remains under investigation the escape occurred after they seized a car and fled with the trusties in custody since December 15 1939 and February 1 1940 respectively
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Florence
Gene Shute
R. P. Anderson
Anderson
William Cates
Phil Schumacher
Oldry
Shute
Gila River
Sacaton
Alva Weaver
Large Lumber Mill Burns Up in Flagstaff Fire
Officials of Southwest Lumber Mills Inc. planned to rebuild the planing mill after a night blaze that destroyed it. Loss was estimated at 75000 dollars by resident manager Graham McNany, while the saw mill remained operating thanks to the Flagstaff fire department 60 mill workers and about 200 volunteers aided by favorable winds.
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Flagstaff
Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc
Graham McNany
Legion Urges Education and Patriotic Measures in Arizona
The organization condemns flag misuse and calls for Americanism education in public schools. It backs home guard units under state and county authorities and asks release of defense plans. A health bill is urged while 15 resolutions honor cooperators, including Commander William R. Bourdon.
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Menr
Legion
Bisbee
Arizona
William R. Bourdon
Holbrook
Traffic Death Toll Is Increased To 139
BISBEE Aug 24 Arizona counted 139 dead in 1940 traffic accidents today with Wayne Jones Coolidge youth killed in a car truck collision eight miles west of Willcox late yesterday. Jones rode in the truck which skidded overturned twice the driver Sam Atwood escaped injury. A Willcox man Dick Ellis drove the car and a passenger in the car was injured. Theda Stewart Globe had been killed in a similar head on collision near Globe yesterday.
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Arizona
Theda Stewart
Globe
Weird Hopi Snake Dance Sets Three Villages
Fire at a fair complex prompts large scale evacuation and salvage of Wells Fargo historic exhibits including a stage coach and the golden spike. Doris Crenshaw delayed removal to protect relics as flames spread near San Francisco and California buildings.
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San Francisco
Wells Fargo
Central
Union Pacific
Promontory
Utah
California
Federal Plaza
San Francisco Bay
U. S. Navy
Doris Crenshaw
Fair Administration
California Commission
Senate Debates Burke-Wadsworth Draft Bill Amid Delay
The Senate opened debate on the Burke Wadsworth compulsory military training measure after a 25 minute delay due to missing senators. President Roosevelt urged speedy enactment and a draft of all men 21 to 30 was discussed with predictions of a final vote next week.
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Gibson
Senate
Roosevelt
Maloney
D-Conn
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Wheeler
D-Mont
Congress
Senator Walsh
D-Mass
House
Hopi Snake Dance Set For Three Villages In Arizona
In Holbrook Arizona August 24 the Hopi announce the annual rain prayer snake dance will be staged tomorrow in Hotevilla Sipapovi and Shongopovi. Rain has fallen recently and roads are tricky. this marks the first simultaneity of the three villages dance. Tourists fill northern Arizona hotels awaiting the ritual famed for rattlesnakes corn meal sprinkling and offerings to the underworld gods.
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Holbrook
Ariz
Hotevilla
Shipaulovi
Shongopovi
Seth Wilson
Wilson
Keamns Canyon
Arizona
Rumanians and Bulgarians Grind Through Dobruja Talks
The exchange centers on southern Dobruja with Craiova talks amid cabinet shake rumors. Romania seeks to cede Silistra in exchange for a Baltic port free zone for Constanta and an international highway to the Black Sea. Observers fear an agreement to disagree.
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Juliu Maniu
Maniu
Carol
Craiova
Dobruja
Silistra
Danube
Bulgaria
Baltic
Black Sea
Rumania
Constanta
Germany
Berlin
Helmuth Lanx
Foreign Office
Turin- Severin
Italy
Bucharest
Italy aims to curb British influence in Balkans to mold Greek policy
The piece argues Italy seeks to push Britain from Greece and the Balkans, pressuring Greece to abandon ties with Britain to ease Italo Greek tensions. It suggests Italy views Greece as within its empire of influence under the new order aligned with Germany, and hopes for a swift settlement of the Greek Albanian dispute through this shift.
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Greece
Albania
Britain
Italy
Balkans
Germany
Sea lion dies after towel incident at Toledo Zoo
A Turkish towel dropped into the Toledo Zoo sea-lion pool was eaten by the animal and caused its death. Zoo officials seek a replacement sea lion, with the animal valued at $35.
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Toledo
O. U.P
Officials Skeptical Of Slayer Trotsky Death Claim
Mexico City officials voiced doubt about the confessed slayer Frank Jackson's note claiming Leon Trotsky ordered an assassination plot against Stalin and Soviet leaders. Trotsky’s attorney said to disprove the note while Jackson, wounded, awaits consular action and possible prosecution alongside Sylvia Ageloff in hospital custody.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Frank Jackson
Coyoacan
Jackson
Albert Goldman
Chicago
OGPU
Goldman
United States
New York
Sylvia Ageloff
Brooklyn
Jose Manuel Nunez
Federal District Police
Miss Ageloff
British Antiaircraft Hold Off Big German Raid Over England
Unofficial counts say 400 to 500 German planes were over the British Isles with 15 to 20 shot down. Ramsgate suffered damage to homes and offices while casualties were light. London gunfire and distant explosions were heard as German forces attacked the southeast and southwest coasts. British long range guns and Spitfires fought back, one German aircraft plunging into the sea.
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British Isles
London
Tte
Ramsgate
Dover
England
United Press
English Channel
Messerschmitt
German high command claims success against Britain amid intensified air attacks
German sources report British fighter formations ineffective against the German onslaught as Luftwaffe raids resume on southern England. Submarine efforts claim sinking more than 100000 tons of British shipping in eight days, including merchantmen Severnleigh and Brookwood.
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England
DNB
High Command
Midlands
Arizona Grants Unemployment Benefits to Bus Strikers
The Arizona unemployment compensation commission will pay benefits to 10 Pacific Greyhound lines bus drivers on strike. Payments cover weeks since May 16 1940 after the NLRB designated the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen as the bargaining agent. Utah may follow, others await action. Recipients must refunds any earnings while on strike, each eligible for up to 15 dollars weekly for 14 weeks.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Unemployment Compensation Commission
Pacific Greyhound Lines
Arthur M. Davis
National Labor Relations Board
Brotherhood of Railway
Utah
Davis
Greyhound Lines
Arizona
Fall Guy Houston Lineman Hurt By Yellow Jacket
K R Andrews a telephone lineman in Houston was nipped by a yellow jacket at the top of a 30 foot pole. He ducked and swung as the insect dived and circled again. He fell to the ground and suffered two broken ankles.
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Houston
Tex
K. R. Andrews
Andrews
Renewed German Air Raids Hit British Isles in Multiple Waves
D N B reports today that German air raids targeted county Kent with a large formation of numerous planes. The attack came in several waves, each containing at least twenty aircraft.
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British Isles
D.N.B
County Kent
Analyse of German Big Bertha like coastal guns in WWII strategy
The article reviews the German 18 inch siege guns and a so called reconstruction naval weapon. It contrasts their limited accuracy and reloading needs with standard 12 inch guns used for convoy shelling. It notes potential battlefield uses for terror and coastal bombardment if invasion proceeds.
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Paris
London
Hitler
Small world reunites sisters after 18 year separation
In Lancaster Pennsylvania Mrs John Wagner and her sister Miss Norma Heffly rediscovered each other after 18 years apart when a mutual friend arranged a chance meeting. They learned they had been living only 24 miles apart, sharing an unexpected resemblance.
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Lancaster
John Wagner
Norma Heffly
Before War Concessions and Britain’s Defense Stand
The passage outlines debates among Englishmen on avoiding conflict with concessions versus a strengthened defense. It argues that pessimism is dangerous and urges building armaments and mobilizing economic power. It links national security with social reform and poverty abolition as part of defense.
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Britain
Bridges Nation to Face Investigation on West Coast
Bridges Nation was on the west coast and prepared to start the investigation. The Smith act, which provides for registration and fingerprinting of aliens, was intended to alter a loophole in the law under which deportation proceedings against Bridges were dropped last December.
Arizona Again To Register Warrants
Arizona began registering warrants again, moving from cash basis used at the start of the fiscal year. About 140000 dollars in warrants had been registered by noon and the total was expected to reach 200000 dollars. Warrants had not been issued since June 6.
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Phoenix
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