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  2. THE AIR WAR

    After losing 28 planes in daylight raids on south-eastern England with big formations of bombers and flighters on Wednesday, the Germans continued their widespread night attacks until just before dawn yesterday with single planes or small groups. Much of the ...

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  3. CONSCRIPTION IN U.S.A.

    WASINGTON, Aug. 28.—The Senate to- day passed the Conscription Bill, which will now go to the House of Representatives, by 58 votes to 31. As adopted by ...

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  4. R.A.F. OFFENSIVE.

    LONDON, Aug. 29.—Berlin, which was raided by the Royal Air Force on Sunday night, when armament factories were bombed, had another raid alarm 24 ...

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  5. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

    LONDON, Aug. 29.—The war with Italy, both on the Italian home front and in the eastern sectors, continues to be confined almost entirely to the air ...

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  6. AXIS AND THE BALKANS.

    LONDON, Aug. 29.—While at the moment the chief interest, as regards the Balkans situation, has shifted to Vienna, where the Rumanian and Hungarian ...

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  7. WHEN THE TIDE TURNS.

    LONDON, Aug. 29.—Discussion has been increasing, following the Prime Minister's reference last week to British offensive campaigns next year or in 1942, ...

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  8. NAZI STORY OF PILOT'S ERROR.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—According to the Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press (American), it has been officially announced there that Pilot-Officer Robert ...

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  9. PLANE PRODUCTION.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—President Roosevelt said at a Press conference that the Government had 10,015 army and navy planes building and deliveries were ...

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  10. DEFENCE BY ATTACK.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—Air Chief Marshal Sir R. Brooke-Popham, in a speech at a Rotary Club luncheon today, said there was a great danger of pressing too much ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. PACIFIC COAST DEFENCES.

    VANCOUVER, Aug. 29.—The Assistant Attorney-General of the United States (Mr. Norman Littell) announced today that an International Commission for the ...

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  12. THE ROME STORY.

    LONDON, Aug. 29.—Extensive operations by Italian planes in the Eastern Mediterranean and a sharp land encounter on the Sudan-Eritrea frontier ...

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  13. MORE MONEY FOR AIRCRAFT.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—Aiming to provide a full squadron of Spitfires for the Royal Air Force, Northern Ireland has provided funds for eight machines in 15 days, the ...

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  14. DECLARATION OF WAR.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Senator Holt (the isolationist leader) is reported by the Associated Press a7 having declared that he has been informed ...

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  15. PROVINCIAL ATTACKS.

    Apart from London there were wide spread raids during the night in the provinces. Enemy planes were reported from 13 towns in the south-east and ...

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  16. IN THE CAPITAL.

    London had its longest air raid alarm of the war. So far as could be judged the enemy .planes again operated singly, but the alarm lasted practically all ...

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  17. FRENCH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—An announcement issued today' by the Petain Government at Vichy stated that a "British-Inspired rebellion" had broken out in France's ...

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  18. NAZIS IN AMERICA.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Mr. H. A. Wallace, in accepting the Democratic nomination for the Vice-Presidency in a speech at Des Moines (Iows) said the ...

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  19. THREAT TO GREECE.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—The Athens correspondent of "The Times" says that further concentrations of Italian troops have been observed along the ...

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  20. BATTLE ON COAST.

    LONDON. Aug. 29.—While inspecting damage done by enemy air raids yesterday at Ramsgate and other parts of the south-east coast, the Prime Minister (Mr. ...

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  21. DISPUTE REPORTED SETTLED.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—The Bukarest correspondent of the British United Press states that a Russian-Rumanian commission is reported to have settled the ...

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  22. EMPIRE AIR SCHEME.

    LONDON. Aug. 28.—A reduction in the time of training aircraft pilots and crews under the Empire air scheme as a result of increased facilities was announced ...

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  23. NORWEGIAN OBJECTIVES.

    LONDON, Aug. 29.—The Admiralty announced today that Skuas (dive-bomber monoplanes used in the Fleet Air Arm) carried out offensive operations yesterday ...

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  24. ARMED NEUTRALITY.

    STOCKHOLM, Aug. 28.—The Minister for Defence (M. Skoeld) in a speech to- day said: "The neutrality of Sweden is an armed neutrality, meaning that if ...

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  25. SKIPPER'S HEROISM.

    LONDON. Aug. 28.—The captain of a Dutch ship will be decorated by Queen Wilhelmina with the Willemsorde—the Dutch equivalent of the Victoria Cross— ...

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  26. GERMAN NEWS SERVICE.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—Investigators appointed by the Dies Committee which is investigating un-American activities visited the New York offices of the ...

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  27. AUXILIARY SQUADRON'S BAG.

    LONDON. Aug. 28.—A Glasgow squadron composed of "week-end" (auxiliary) pilots has now destroyed 63 enemy planes without loss. ...

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  28. VITAL TARGETS.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—The dislocation of industrial life in Germany and the damage to industrial plant and, in particular, German synthetic oil works by ...

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  29. A TOWN'S HUNDRED RAIDS.

    LONDON, Aug. 29.—A south-west town, after its 100th raid, has suffered only a few persons killed, and shows no sign of significant damage. An observer who ...

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  30. KELLOGG PACT ANNIVERSARY.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—The Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull), in a statement issued on the twelfth anniversary of the signing of the Kellogg ...

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  31. DOMINION AIRMEN.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—Welcomed by the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Mr. Jordan) a large contingent of New Zealand pilots, air gunners and naval ...

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  32. RED CROSS MACHINES.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—Nazi "Red Cross" seaplanes appeared over the Channel to- day, but they hugged the French coast. British naval craft which went out in ...

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  33. GERMAN VICTORIES.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—The Berlin news agency alleges that German Roman Catholic bishops have decided that special ceremonies of gratitude to the ...

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  34. RUSSO-GERMAN TRADE.

    MOSCOW, Aug. 28.—Dr. Schnurre. a Nazi trade expert, has arrived at Moscow at the head of a German trade delegation, which includes high officials of the ...

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  35. CLERGYMAN SUMMONED.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—'Am I likely to prejudice my own boy's safety by showing a light to the enemy?" asked the Rev. W. H. Hopkins, a Bedfordshire rector, ...

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  36. COMPASS SIGNS ON HIGHWAYS.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—Signs showing the eight points of the compass are being erected on main highways for the benefit of military convoys. The whole of the ...

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  37. TALL POPPIES FINED.

    LONDON, Aug. 28.—The Earl of Shaftesbury, chairman of the Dorset County Council, Viscount Cranborne. a former Under-Secretary for Foreign ...

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  38. THE VATICAN NEWSPAPER.

    LONDON, Aug. 29.—A message from Rome today states that a Vatican city official has denied a report that the Vatican organ "Osservatore Romano"' is ...

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