Russian Help Ships Hurried to Boston Port
The Maritime Commission announced new procedures for aid to Russia. Beginning next Tuesday all aid cargoes will move through Boston Port with the army base pier as the assembly point to use port facilities efficiently and prevent congestion. The move aims to handle the growing volume of materials essential to Russia's defense efforts.
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Washington
Boston
Maritime Commission
Army Base
Russia
35 Died In Ship Sinking
Washington dispatch reports that 35 foreigners died when the Bold Venture was sunk off Iceland last Thursday, raising American casualties aboard ships attacked at sea to 94. The freighter Lehigh and other safeguards saved all aboard. Secretary Hull condemned Nazi aims for terror on the high seas.
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Washington
Hull
African Bulge
Bold Venture
Iceland
Kearny
German Offensive Stalled Near Moscow And Rostov
A London source reports Hitler’s Moscow drive halted short of the city with German striking power waning on the Moscow and Donets fronts. Soviet claims say Rostov defense holds and Taganrog evacuated. Berlin emphasizes Donets advances and destruction of Soviet arms while weather hinders movement.
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Hitler
Moscow
London
Leningrad
Administration Senators Push Broadening Ship Arming Bill
Indications grew that administration forces would lead a push to expand the arm ship bill so American merchant vessels could sail anywhere on the high seas. Connally urged possible amendments and warned against a full repeal of the neutrality act while noting some provisions should be kept. Roosevelt pressed for early neutrality revision as Lehigh sinking cited to justify arming merchant ships.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Connally
D-Tex
Wendell L. Willkie
Jony
Roosevelt
Bilbao
Spain
Gold Coast
Equator
South America
Africa
Germany
Congress
New York
Willkie
Navy Takes Control of Merchant Shipping
Maritime circles report the navy is routing all ships leaving eastern ports and directing Pacific shipping, following a similar move on the west coast. American insurers issue a new war risk schedule effective tomorrow raising rates for U S flag shipments, with a notable jump to 5 percent for Cape of Hope routed cargo to South Egyptian ports.
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New York
United States
West
Atlantic
Pacific
Cape of Hope
Strikers Return Hint at Battle Over Great Lakes Steel Plant
Strikers at the Great Lakes Steel plant in Detroit voted to return to work only if 16 suspended leaders are reinstated and a new contract is pursued. CIO and SWOC officials warned the army would seize the plant if it stayed closed. Meanwhile, Birmingham steel strikers returned to work as disputes spread to California, New York, and New Jersey. The plant, employing 8,600, has heavy defense orders.
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Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Detroit
CIO
Birmingham
California
New York
New Jersey
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
The
Great Lakes Steel
John Doherty
SWOC
Chicago
FDR Misses Spelling Of German U-boat Phrase
President Roosevelt fumbled spelling the German phrase spurles versenkt used as the wartime epitaph for U boats. He asked how to spell it and suggested spurlosss before a corrected version. He apologized for rusty language in a light press conference moment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lehigh
Second Lend-Lease Bill Into Senate Debated
The $9.985 billion second lend-lease bill moved to the Senate from the appropriations committee with unpublished testimony showing $325 million earmarked for 50 convoy escort ships. Testimony also warned that some funds may be diverted to aid Russia and that current food purchases for Britain will run out by month’s end. Debate slated to begin tomorrow with prospects of quick passage.
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Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Russia
Great Britain
Seminole Woman Sues Ada Grocer for 37500
Mrs. Anna Miller sues Louis Futterman for 37500 damages from an August 10 automobile crash near Oklahoma City. She alleges injury and a miscarriage days after the collision, seeking 8750 for injuries, 12250 for pain, and 16500 for loss of the unborn child, with claims of four weeks disability and ongoing incapacity.
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Anna Miller
Seminole Wednesday
Louis Futterman
Ada Grocer
Oklahoma City
Futterman
Local WPA Office To Move This Week
C. D. Johnson district W P A engineer announced the office will move this week to the second floor of the Oklahoma State Bank building. The current one room brick office sits behind the county courthouse and the new space is provided by the bank.
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C. D. Johnson
W.P.A
Oklahoma State Bank
Marriage Licenses Issued to Paslay and Carriker
A marriage license was issued Tuesday by the court clerk to Truman Paslay 21 of San Antonio and Marie Carriker 18 of Holdenville.
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Truman Paslay
San Antonio
Marie Carriker
Holdenville
Early Neutrality Repeal Urged in Capitol Fight
President Roosevelt urged early congressional action to revise the neutrality act to allow American ships into belligerent ports. Wendell Willkie and 100 Republican leaders called for outright repeal, arguing for freedom of movement and ship armament as six US vessels were sunk in six weeks. In committee, supporters pressed for broader repeal beyond arming ships, while critics warned of sinking risks.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen Early
Senate
Ent
Early
Rotary of State Hall
Wendell L. Willkie
House
Lehigh
Foreign Relations Committee
Petain Announces 50 Executed in Retaliation Wave
Marshal Petain told France that 50 hostages were shot this morning in Nantes by German authorities for the assassination of German officers. Admiral Darlan appealed to the nation as a second officer was reported killed in Bordeaux within 48 hours. A further 50 are to die if the two suspects aren’t captured by midnight tomorrow, as Germans arrest 50 more in Bordeaux.
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Vichy
France
Phillipe Petain
Bordeaux
Jean Darlan
Nantes
Paul Drederich Hotz
Petain
Army of Occupation
Boulevard St. Georges
Fatal Accident Claims B L Scott Banker in Odessa
B L Scott a 37 year old cashier at Liberty National Bank of Oklahoma City died in a hospital in Odessa after an auto truck crash while on a West Texas inspection trip. Ned Holman bank president traveled to Odessa to be with Scott until his death. Scott began in banking in 1918 and rose to cashier in 1933, later serving as Oklahoma City school district treasurer before resigning last December. Services likely Friday in Stigler, with survivors including his parents in Stigler and two brothers.
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Odessa
Texas
B. L. Scott
Liberty National Bank of
Oklahoma City
Ned Holman
Scott
H. E. Bale
West Texas
A. J. Martin
Okemah, Oklah, National Bank
Liberty National Bank
Holman
Muskogee
Okla
Stigler
Hisents
Zack Scott
Lester Scott
Arms Speedup Called to Preserve Uninterrupted Defense Output
The U S Office of Production Management urged uninterrupted defense production and warned that strikes or slowdowns are the greatest aid to aggressors. The policy echoes President Roosevelt’s call to mediate labor disputes and stresses cooperation of labor and management as essential to a growing war program.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Roosevelt
OPM
OPM Council
William S. Kudsen
Sidney Hillman
Stimson
Navy
Knox
AFL
Seattle
Iceland Cabinet Members Resign
A Reuters report from Reykjavik states the Icelandic government has resigned. At the regent’s request it will stay in office until a new government is formed.
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London
Reuters
Reykjavik
Iceland
Pessimist By Bob Blanks Jr
An early piece by Bob Blanks Jr sketches a comical scene with a co author Harp doubting a plan as a wife hurries home to bake bread pudding. The brisk vignette uses local dialect and light satire to portray domestic life and clever misgivings.
Japs Scoff At Navy's Spirit
A Tokyo radio broadcast heard in New York claims the US Navy cannot sink German submarines or battleships despite the shooting order issued by President Roosevelt. It notes the destroyer Kearny's severe damage with 11 crew killed and ten wounded and calls this a serious honor problem for the U S Navy.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
CBS
Roosevelt
Kearny
Cement Plant Given Big Job
The War Department announced a $101 520 contract award to the Oklahoma Portland Cement company for cement in the national defense program. The firm with offices in Oklahoma City and plants in Ada supplies cement for the Oklahoma City Midwest air depot and the Tulsa bomber assembly plant along with other defense projects.
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Washington
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
War Department
Oklahoma City
Ada
Oklahoma City Midwest Air Depot
Tulsa
Instructor Cadet Killed in Night Patrol Plane Crash
A Kelly Field instructor Lt. Harold H. Jessen and Cadet A B O'Brien were killed when two Army night patrol planes collided north of San Antonio. Observer G B Meador, 23, was critically injured. The crash happened during return to base in bad weather, with Jessen's aircraft skidding onto the Fredericksburg highway.
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San Antonio
Kelly Field
Here
Harold H. Jessen
B. O’brien
G. B. Meador
Jessen
Fredericksburg
Britain Seeks U S Engineers for Large Road Rail Plan
London reports that Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden says Britain has approached the United States to form a large scale road and railway construction organization employing American engineers. The proposal aims to accelerate postwar infrastructure work and cooperation between nations.
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London
United States
Anthony Eden
Rains Scatter Across Oklahoma With Heavy Totals
Observer Wahlgren forecast continued clouds and showers across the state after heavy rain drenched regions from Guymon to Clinton. Cities reported varied rainfall with Guymon at 2.46 inches and Oklahoma City seeing scattered showers totaling a tenth of an inch by daybreak.
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Associated Press
Guymon
Oklahoma
Harry Wahlgren
Wahlgren
Oklahoma City
Rogers
Gage
Clinton
Elk City
Geary
Waynoka
Carnegie
el Reno
Chickasha
Frederick
Chandler
Shawnee
Ponca City
Durant
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Donets
Maloyaroslavets
Kremlin
Orel
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Mtensk
Kalinin
Red Army
Bryansk
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WPA
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