Quick Agreement With New Government Would Oust All Nazi Agents
Istanbul dispatch reports Hitler warning Turkey on use of Black Sea waters while denying other territorial demands. British and American envoys press Middle East access as Germany and Italy move troops toward Bulgaria and Greece. Iran seeks quick accord to remove German agents and safeguard supply routes to the Soviet front.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Axis
Adolf Hitler
Black Sea
Germany
Husrev Gerede
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Fuehrer
Eastern Front
Dardanelles
Britain
United States
Sukru Saracoglu
Ankara
Iran
Italy
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
London
U.R
Middle Eastern
Red Army
Tehran
Hull
Nomura
Konoye
Siberian
Vladivostok
Japan
South Pacific
China
Russia
Michigan Copper At 15 Cents Protested By Arizona Miners
Charles F. Willis of the Arizona Small Miners Association protests a government plan to fix Michigan copper at 15 cents a pound. He argues such a ceiling discriminates against Arizona copper and would act as a tariff barrier. He cites rising costs and a wage increase for miners as justifications.
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Michigan
Arizona
Phoenix
Charles F. Willis
Arizona Small Mine Operators Association
Donald Wallace
Office of Price Administration and
Civilian Supply
Washington
United States
Uncle Sam
Willis
Reds Blow Up Great Dam To Cripple Nazis
Moscow reports confirm the Red army destroyed the $110 million Dnieper river dam as part of a scorched earth policy to deny German forces crops, machinery, and matériel in Ukraine. Peasants and workers uprooted or destroyed equipment, and power plant facilities near Zaporozhye were made useless to invaders.
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Moscow
U.P
Dnieper
Russia
Red Army
Ukkaine
Josef V. Stalin
Ukraine
Zaporozhe
Dniepropetrovsk
Berlin
S. A. Lozovsky
Evacuation Acknowledged in Ukraine Amid Front Battles
Soviet communique confirms evacuation of Dnieperopetrovsk. Red Army under Gen. Konev pushes central front, smashing through fortified lines near Smolensk and Gomel. Battles also around Odessa and Kingisepp as rains may aid Leningrad defense.
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Moscow
Dnieperopetrovsk
Ukraine
Henry Shapiro
U.P
Leningrad
Red Army
I. A. Konev
Red Star
Konev
Smolensk
Gomel
Black Sea
Odessa
Dniepropetrovsk
Dnieper
Hango
Kingisepp
Kingisepp, Gomel
Supreme Soviet
Kiev
Hangoe
Finland
Baseball results from National and American leagues
St Louis defeats New York 5 to 3 in a nine inning game as Pollet Hartnett and others contribute. Pittsburgh beats Philadelphia 24 to 1 behind Eaves Raffensberger McCullough Earley Berres Livingston. Washington trounces Chicago 4 to 1 with strong batting and pitching. Detroit tops Boston 5 to 4 in a tight contest. Cleveland edges Philadelphia 3 to 0 while New York loses 2 to 3 to St Louis in another decisive matchup.
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St. Louis
New York
Pollet
W. Cooper
Melton
Carpenter
Adams
Hartnett
Minimum Old Age Pensions Of $30 Proposed By Senate Panel
A Senate committee recommends liberalizing social security to provide a $30 monthly minimum pension to all unemployed persons over 60. They urge start of old age insurance benefits at $30 and a payroll tax rise to 6 percent by January 1, 1944, costing about $4 billion annually.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Arkansas
California
Three Executed As France Moves In Assault On Laval
In occupied France authorities rounded up more than 300 enemies of the Laval regime amid the Laval Deat assassination plot. In Paris and Versailles three men were executed by anti communist courts as Laval and Dent lay gravely wounded in hospitals.
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France
Laval
Versailles
Paris
Russia
Germany
Pierre Laval
Paul Colette
Marcel Dent
Colette
de Gaullist
Charles de Gaulle
Deat
Menzies Resigns as Australian Prime Minister
Sydney August 28 Prime Minister Robert G Menzies resigned after a bitter clash with the Labor party over his plan to go to London. Deputy Arthur W Fadden was chosen unanimously to succeed him at a joint United Australian and Country party meeting.
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Sydney
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Labor Party
London
Arthur W. Fadden
Fadden
United Australian Party
Country Rty
Menzies
Three Tucson Council Members Support Sewer Need
Three Tucson councilmen urge sewer installation in Cottonwood and Southwestern additions to curb health hazards from outdoor privies. They discuss funding with WPA aid but hesitate to order work if owners bear 100 percent cost. several members voice support while awaiting federal help.
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Cottonwood
Southern Pacific Sanatorium
South Main Street
Tucson
Old Pueblo
Fred D. Lee
Fomer L. Shantz, Jr
W. H. Codd
J. 0. Niemann
Halbert W. Miller
William Stuart Nicholas
H. O. Janstad
Nieman
Works Projects Administration
Council
Osborn Protests Joint Tax Return Policy
Governor Osborn protested to Washington against revising federal tax laws to require joint returns. He argued such change would invade state sovereignty and abrogate Arizona’s community property law. He warned the proposal would destroy citizens rights in eight western and southern states.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Osborn
Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Caucasus War Front Seen If Germans Push East
Dewitt Mackenzie argues a joint Anglo Soviet front could form in the Caucasus as Nazi forces advance along the Black Sea coast. He cites Iran’s occupation as opening a route into Russia and stresses the strategic importance of the Caucasus for oil, ports, Turkey, and supply lines.
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Iran
Britain
Russia
Tehran
Dewitt MacKenzie
Causasus
Black Sea
Berlin
Zaporozhe
Dnieper
Hitler
Persia
Caucasus
Caspian
Americas Agree To Take Vessels In Western Ports
Twenty one American republics announced they would place in operation all foreign ships found in western hemisphere ports. The inter American financial and economic advisory committee said the move aims to relieve shipping shortages caused by the European war.
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Washington
inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee
Britain
Near East
Hutton and Grant Deny Wedding Plans in Mexico
Cary Grant and Barbara Hutton arrived separately in Mexico City and denied marriage rumors. Miss Hutton said she will stay about three weeks to visit her baby and return to New York. Grant echoed that there are no plans to wed and his trip is strictly for vacation with friends.
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Mexico City
Cary Grant
Barbara Hutton
Mexico
Miss Hutton
Woolworth
Count Cort Haugwitz-Reventlow
Denmark
New York
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