Real Blitz Begins as German Bombers Hit England
London reports the fifth air raid alarm of the day at 9 48 p m as German bombers roared over England. Official figures claim 46 German planes shot down and 21 British fighters missing though many pilots were safe.
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Germans Plot Claimed in Dominican Republic Suspected Fifth Column
El Mundo accuses Adolf Hitler's agents in the Dominican Republic of forming a fifth column to threaten the Panama Canal defenses. A dispatch by Samuel E. Badillo cites a Dominican-German Scientific Institute founded in 1937 as a central organization in the alleged conspiracy.
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Protests Over Romania Frontiers Amid Transylvania Tensions
In Bucharest on August 31 Foreign Minister Mihail Manoilescu stated Germany would fight for Romania if frontiers are violated. A UD-A report says peasants seized trenches in ceded Transylvania and vowed to die fighting rather than yield the region to Hungary.
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German Bases Reported For Transylvania At Vienna Pact
Bucharest reports at Vienna conference agreements to set German air bases and Nazi tank corps headquarters on Romanian soil. Rumanians begin demobilizing 1.3 million troops while plans to vacate northern Transylvania are pushed as Hungary gains ceded territory.
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Gotham Lawyer to Take Farley Post
President Roosevelt announced he would name Frank C. Walker of New York post master general, succeeding James A. Farley. Walker, a lawyer and motion picture theater operator, formerly directed the national emergency council and served as treasurer of the Democratic national committee.
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Hurricane Roaring Up Atlantic Coast Threatens New England
The weather bureau reports a tropical storm of full hurricane intensity moving north from 225 miles south of Hatteras toward the southern New England coast. Shipping is warned and storm warnings are posted from Wilmington to the Virginia capes. Authorities urge precaution and standby for further advisories.
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Collision Off Jersey Coast Smashes Ships
The freighters SS Seatrain Texas and the Norwegian ship Rolf Jarl collided in fog off the New Jersey coast, about 35 miles east southeast of Cape May. Both vessels reported no serious trouble, with Seatrain Texas saying no help was needed and Rolf Jarl signaling a plan to proceed to five fathom bank at daybreak.
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Italians Bomb British Forces in Africa and Red Sea Raid
Italian planes bombed British mechanized forces at Dar El Habra on the Libyan Egyptian frontier. The daily communique said a British cruiser in the Red Sea was hit by an Italian air formation and eight British soldiers were killed with nine wounded in a raid on Camp Agordat in Africa.
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Three of four candidates back rule at Pima County Hospital
In district No 2 of Pima county three of four supervisor candidates say they favor continuing the present policy that lets local doctors from the Pima County Medical Society run the county hospital with free treatment. One candidate, F B Pacheco, accuses irregularities in hospital management. J S Ayres could not be reached.
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Tovrea Packing Fire Damages Plant In Phoenix
An explosion of accumulated gas started a fire in the smokehouse of the Tovrea Packing company's plant today causing damage estimated at five thousand dollars. Fire crews quickly contained the blaze and prevented spread to adjoining buildings.
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Financial marts close Labor Day across U S and Canada
All U S financial exchanges and commodity markets will be closed Monday September 2 for Labor Day. In Canada the Toronto Montreal and Winnipeg grain exchanges will also close. European exchanges will operate next Monday.
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French Indo China Joins Rebellion To Aid Britain
Paris reports revolt in French Indo China and French West Africa joining the British war effort. Govern ment says uprising in Indo China led by General Catroux, extent unknown, while West Africa revolt limited to certain Europeans, not the native population. General De Gaulle had already said most of Equatorial Africa allied with Britain.
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Germany Lists 39 000 Killed In First Year
Berlin August 31 Nazis claim German army losses in the first year of war totaled 39 000 killed 143 000 wounded and 24 000 missing for 206 000 casualties. They add 1 050 German planes destroyed and 6 950 enemy planes downed by defense. 155 enemy barrage balloons shot down over the British Isles.
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Opposition To Draft Bill Faces Unified House Front
Washington reports scattered opposition to the Burke Wadsworth military training bill in the House as debate looms. Key fights are over age range 21 to 44 for registration and government power to seize industrial plants for defense. Some push to narrow the draft band to 21–30, while Rep. Thomason urges 18–64 registration with only 21–44 drafted.
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Arizona Man Named Judge Advocate General of VFW
John L. Sullivan of Phoenix former Arizona attorney general was named judge advocate general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the close of the 41st national encampment in Los Angeles. Clara Bowman of Globe was elected as one of six district council members of the auxiliary.
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Balkans Pot Boiling as Axis Maneuvers Stir Europe
DeWitt MacKenzie argues Hitler’s Balkan settlement averts immediate upheaval, though tensions flare in Romania Hungary and Greece fears Italian aggression. He notes Russian moves on western borders, and warns of the deal’s survival tied to Britain’s fate.
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British Bomb Berlin in First History Raid
British warplanes for the first time bombed central Berlin in a long night raid, wrecking apartment and business blocks and starting fires in the southeast. About 4 million residents sheltered as 98 planes were claimed shot down by Germany and British losses were reported.
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