Submarine Sightings Reported Near Key West and Maine
The White House said navy patrols spotted a small foreign submarine about 20 miles west of Key West with two non American oil tankers nearby. President Roosevelt noted prior sightings off Miami Boston and Alaska as officials verify details while keeping information classified. In Maine, Maine fisheries official Arthur Greenleaf and two aides observed a gray 200 foot submarine near the lightship five miles southeast of Portland, as naval observers declined to comment on nationality.
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Washington
Upi
White House
Navy
Key West
Fla
Stephen T Early
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Miami
Early
Maine
Boston
Pacific
Alaska
U. S
Caribbean
Coast Guard
Portland
Iroquois
Arthur Greenleaf
United States
Greenleaf
Luther Greenleaf
Fred Duplessen
H E Rodgers Found Dead in Garage
Harold Eugene Rodgers a 39 year old petroleum engineer for the Danubail Company was found dead in his garage at 3305 Harrison Street after a shotgun blast heard by neighbors around 10 30 am. Mrs Rodgers rushed to the scene as neighbors and a passerby Crain assisted.
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Harold Eugene Rodgers
Harrison Street
Mr. Rodgers
Danubeil Company
Rodgers
Panhandle
See Rodgers
Burning House Parade Opens Fire Prevention Week
A burning cottage was hauled along Polk Street behind a fire truck to kick off Fire Prevention Week in Amarillo. The parade, led by the Amarillo High School band, featured big fire trucks and insurance trucks. Mayor Ross Rogers proclaimed the week and urged households to check wiring and clean homes as schools join the effort.
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Polk Street
Amarillo
Eleventh Avenue
Polk
Third Avenue
Fred Fyfe
Ross Rogers
KGNC
Potter County
Clark Regal
Wisconsin salesman resigns from red party over pact
Kenneth Goff of Delavan Wisconsin testified before the Dies committee that he joined the Communist party in Milwaukee on May 2 1936 under the name John Keats. He resigned from the party and the Young Communist League citing the German Russian pact and unAmerican ways. The Dies committee said investigators could not determine how intruders vandalized files in the committee offices.
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Washington
Kenneth Goff
Delavan
Wis
Communist Party
Young Communist League
Dies
Goff
Milwaukee
John Keats
U. S
Martin Dies
Democrat
Texas
House
Father Teaches Son Turns Into Injury at Lesson
In Wharton New Jersey on October 9, Samuel Palmer began a football lesson for his seven year old son Billy. While carrying the ball Palmer was tackled by Billy and suffered a broken collarbone from the fall. The boy learned quickly but the elder Palmer sustained the injury.
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Wharton
N. J
Samuel Palmer
Billy
Palmer
German Civil Employee Severely Harmed for Treason
Berlin report says Herman Krueger a civil employee in Kreuz was severely harmed today after a treason conviction for divulging state secrets to an undisclosed foreign intelligence service. The incident follows his conviction and official handling by authorities in Berlin.
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Berlin
Herman Krueger
Kreuz
Soldiers halt fighting to watch Remich village football match
In Luxembourg on October 9, French and German troops paused their Moselle front combat to attend a village game in Remich. The match drew troops from Weis across the river, who watched from the German side as garrisons and batteries observed a cease-fire extended through dusk before fighting resumed later in the evening.
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Luxembourg
Remich
U.P
Moselle
Weis
Germany
Borg Hill
U. S. Business Enters New Era Says Economists
New York Oct 9 U S business is seen entering a period of recovery driven by domestic conditions and the European War. Early peace could trigger a temporary recession. 50 economists surveyed favored a long upturn with variations on duration and impact of European events.
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New York
United States
Europe
Associated Press
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather outlook shows fair and cooler tonight with Tuesday also fair. In New Mexico expect generally fair and warmer conditions through Tuesday. Temperature extremes over 24 hours: max 171, min 57. Noon reading today 67. Curtain Rods Ama Shade Equip.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
Navy Band Heads Tri-State Fair Winter of Entertainment
The Tri-State Fair opens with the United States Navy Band in Amarillo, presenting two concerts on November 1 with Lieut. Charles Bentner conducting and "March Amarillo" featured. Four Broadway plays follow, with ticket sales led by the High School Band Parents Association.
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Tri-State Fair
Panhandle
United States Navy
Charles Bentner
Amarillo
Washington
Milton Cox
New York
Clifford Odets
Eva le Gallienne
Hedda Gabler
Clifford Goldsmith
Lionel Barrymore
Navy Band
Legitimate Theater Corporation of America
High Plains
Cox
Frost Tonight Predicted for Texas Panhandle by Mr. Collman
Weather expert Mr. Collman forecasts the first frost across the Texas Panhandle tonight with near 40 degree lows in Amarillo and Texline likely to see frost. He notes recent general rain moistening fields, with Panhandle crops largely matured so damage from frost should be limited.
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Chil- Gress
Adrian
Claude
Dumas
Follett
Hereford
Pampa
Panhandle
Shamrock
Spearman
Stratford
Clovis
Des Moines
Lovington
Springer
Tucum
Cari
Clayton
Texline
Dalhart
Oklahoma
Hollis
Elk City
South Plains
Peas Valley
New Mexico
Sandia Mountains
Acros
Coliman
Finklea Car Found Again After Long Search
North Finklea of the Finklea Electric Company reports recovering a motorcar sought since mid August. The car was located in a Pittsburgh parking lot by Pittsburgh police and verified by Amarillo and local authorities, after previous sightings in Colorado and at an Amarillo church.
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W. L. Finklea
Finklea Electric Company
Pittsburgh
Amarillo
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Finklea
Mr. Finklea
Supreme Court to Hear Labor Board Challenges
The Supreme Court opened its 1939 40 term by agreeing to hear new challenges to the National Labor Relations Board. The session also passed on cases including a capital stock tax appeal and a Chicago bank stockholders petition related to a $45 million debt to the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
New Labor Board
Central Republic Trust Co
Chicago
Working Week Cut To 42 Hours Soon
The wage hour act reduces non overtime work weeks from 44 to 42 hours. The change takes effect for work weeks starting after midnight October 23. Employers with weeks beginning October 23 start the reduction October 30. The minimum wage rises from 25 to 30 cents at midnight October 23.
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Washington
U.P
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Danish Stations Detect S O 5 From Finnish Steamer
Danish radio stations picked up a S O 5 message today from the 2026 ton Finnish Steamship India owned by Nautik Steamship Co of Aabo. The message read only S O 5 mine and then nothing further was heard.
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Copenhagen
India
Nautik, Steamship Company, Ltd
Aabo
Agriculture Department Lowers 1939 Cotton Estimate
The Agriculture Department projects 1939 cotton output at 11,928,000 bales, down 452,000 from the September forecast. Also noted is a historical item marking Antwerp’s fall to German forces and a Russian retreat in east Prussia dated 25 years prior.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Antwerp
East Prussia
Chandler Resigns to Take Senate Position
Albert Benjamin Chandler resigns as Kentucky governor to accept appointment as United States Senator filling the vacancy caused by M. M. Logan's death. Lieutenant Governor Keen Johnson succeeds Chandler and first acts by issuing Chandler's senatorial commission. Johnson had won the Democratic nomination for governor.
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Frankfort
U.pi
Albert Benjamin Chandler
Blue Grass
Kentucky
United States
M. M. Logan
Keen Johnson
Richmond
Chandler
Happy
Johnson
Washington
Senate
Albert B. “Happy” Chandler
United States Senate
Marvin Logan
Logan
Alben Barkley
Roosevelt
Barkley
Senate Leaders Block Attempt at Peace Recess
Senate leaders blocked a three day peace recess pitched by Senator Johnson to show support for a European peace, while Secretary Hull said no peace talks had begun with Germany, Britain, or France. Johnson warned of a possible renewal after Downey finishes his neutrality address. House members push for at least twenty hours of debate on neutrality legislation.
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Senate
Washington
Johnson
Colorado
Chamber
Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Germany
Hull
Britain
France
Barkley
Kentucky
Downey
California
Rep
Fish
New York
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Motorcycle Love Triggers Bigamy Case In New Orleans
Mrs. Dale Smith twenty six explains to police why she did not divorce her first husband before marrying Horace Lynn Breach Jr. She says rides on his motorcycle led her to marry him and adds she offered to pay half costs after telling her husband about the affair.
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New Orleans
Dale Smith
Beefore
Horace Lynn Breach, Jr
Port Allen
Jones Against Embargo Act
Marvin Jones argues the current embargo act fails as a neutrality act and urges a neutral policy to keep the nation out of war. He cites dangers from unrestricted American shipping and travel under the act and calls for tighter controls on exports and materials to belligerents.
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Marvin Jones
Hermit with DIY dentistry found after woods search
Frederick Nolte, 34, living as a hermit in Staten Island woods near Springfield, used stolen dental tools to fill and extract teeth and make false ones. Police recovered his supplies and he led detectives to his caches before being booked on burglary and possession of burglar tools.
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New York
Frederick Nolte
Nolte
Central Islip State Hospital
Springfield
Staten Island
Dean Smith
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Red Party
Henry Paynter
J. Anderson Fitzgerald
University of Texas
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U. S. Navy Band
North
Statue of Liberty
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