Complete Repeal of Neutrality Act Is Urged by GOP Senator
Senate debate shifts to a full repeal of the Neutrality Act as Senator Gurney urges removing all restrictions. He attacks administration policy on labor and defense, arguing isolationism and personal power threaten national security. Supporters expect a Wednesday vote with roughly 51 backing the broader repeal.
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Washington
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Chamber
House
Fired CIO Organizer Takes Cleveland Job
Wyndham Mortimer, previously fired as a CIO UAW organizer after the outlaw strike at North American Aviation Plant in California, is hired as CIO UAW organizer for the Thompson Products plant in Cleveland. A. J. Petersen, president of the CIO district auto council, announced Mortimer's hiring.
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Cleveland
Wyndham Mortimer
Cio-United Automobile Workers
North American Aviation
California
Ciouaw
Thompson Products, Inc
A. J. Petersen
CIO District Auto Council
Mortimer
Editor Declares U.S. Submarines Active in Mediterranean
Italian editor Virginio Gayda claimed in Il Giornale d Italia that the United States was attacking Italian submarines in the Mediterranean. He cited prior unconfirmed statements that U.S. subs were operating in the region.
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Mediterranean
Rome
Virginio Gayda
United States
Il Gironale D’talia
Six Army fliers rescued after bomber split in Sierra snow
Six airmen parachuted from a storm damaged B 17 over the Sierra Nevada were found at Bassi Ranch about 35 miles east of Georgetown. Two other crew members rescued the previous night, while pilot L M H Walker remained missing. The bomber en route from Reno to Sacramento split in two at 200 miles per hour, throwing crew into swirling snow.
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Sierra Nevada
Corp. Sterling Ison
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Pvt
Alden H. Stookey
Corning
Tells Peak
Georgetown Ranger Station
Reno
Nev
Sacramento
Coast Guard Placed Under Navy by President Executive Order
President Roosevelt issued an executive order placing the Coast Guard under the Navy. The move transfers 290 ships, 50 aircraft, 1,700 officers, and 20,000 enlisted men to Navy command, effective immediately at Hyde Park estate announcement.
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Coast Guard
Navy
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Secretary of Navy
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park, N. Y
Dues Inspection Halts 31 Palmer Workers in Akron
AFL pickets halted 31 Palmer Match Co. workers at the plant gates in Akron area turning back 25 for delinquent dues and admitting six. This followed a prior disturbance in the local match industry within five days while Diamond Match Co. operations in Barberton remained idle due to unionists' refusals to work with unaffiliated employees.
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Akron
AFL
Palmer Match Co
Diamond Match Co
Barberton
Gallia County Merchant Found Dead in Store
Gallia County merchant Noah Wood aged 60 at Gage Gallia County was found dead in his store Sunday night. He died of a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Tuesday.
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Noah Wood
Gage
Gallia County
Wood
Frank Found Dead After Street Car Collision
John A. Frank, 58, died of a heart ailment after driving his street car into a barn and later slumping at an office desk while checking receipts. Police reported no foul play. The incident occurred last night in Columbus.
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Columbus
John A. Frank
King George II of Greece Plans U S Visit
London reports King George II of Greece plans a visit to the United States with a sizable entourage within weeks. The move is attributed to the large Greek population in America and the trip’s length remains unspecified. He arrived in London on September 22 from Egypt.
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George II
Greece
United States
George
Egypt
U S Aid for Children in France Approved
U S officials said Britain granted permission for a Red Cross ship to carry relief to children in unoccupied France late this month. Negotiations remain for German and Italian safe conducts. The ship would sail to Marseille around November 20 with milk concentrates and clothing purchased by Red Cross funds under Red Cross supervision.
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Washington
State Department
Britain
United States
Red Cross
France
Marseille
Most Farmers To Get Smaller Soil Benefits
The Agriculture Department cuts soil conservation program payments for all major crops except wheat and some tobacco. Wheat payments rise to 10.5 cents per bushel from 8 cents, while Virginia sun cured tobacco rates increase from 0.3 to 0.9 cents per pound.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Virginia
Toledo Pastor Burns Mein Kampf on Altar
Rev. Lynn Young burned a copy of Mein Kampf on the altar at Parkside Christian Temple last night as the congregation sang an old hymn and the national anthem. He waved Christian and U S flags over the dying embers.
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Toledo
Parkside Christian Temple
Lynn Young
United States
Packers Bears Game Fatalities Among Spectators
In Chicago and Green Bay a crowd of 46,484 at the Packers Bears football game saw two spectators die of heart attacks during the event.
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Chicago
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Flying fortress crashes kill two in California
At San Anselmo and nearby areas three or more P-40 crashes killed two fliers and injured another. Louis R. E. Speckman and Thomas Leroy Truax died near Bald Hill after their planes collided. Lieut. Walter D. Radovyich parachuted down but broke a leg. Several other fliers remain missing as search operations continue across multiple airfields and routes.
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San Anselmo
San Francisco
Louis
R. E. Speckman
Thomas Leroy Truax
Bald Hill
Walter D. Radovyich
Santa Venicia
Army
A. B. Dannell
R. D. Leimbacker
March Field
Moffett Field
San Jose
Robert Agnew
Stockton
Richard N. Long
Connellsville
Fresno
Speckman
Truax
Radovich
Washington State
Secrecy Clamps Down on Bomber Crash Details
Five men died when a twin motor bomber plunged into a cornfield near Findlay. Army Air Corps investigators from Patterson Field searched the wreckage over an acre but disclosed no findings. The crash occurred Saturday afternoon as the plane emerged from mist laden clouds, striking the Clymer farm fence and burning debris.
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Army Air Corps
Patterson Field
Dayton
L. L. Clymer
Here
Hope Fading For Missing S. S. Sailors
The fate of the U S S Reuben James crew remains uncertain as Navy officials report no new information and families endure anxious days. Unofficial counts estimate up to 76 sailors unaccounted for out of a 120 crew, a potential record casualty for a regular combat ship since 1898.
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Washington
U.S.S. Reuben James
Maine
Naval Communications Nerve Center
Navy
Havana
Expect Light Vote in Ohio General Election
In a war distracted year fewer than 2,000,000 Ohioans are expected to vote in the general election. Voters face local issues with 873 cities and villages electing mayors and council members, 1,988 districts selecting school boards, and 1,400 townships choosing trustees, justices of the peace and constables.
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Ohio
Kentucky Soldier Dies In Head-On Collision
CAMP EDWARDS Mass A Kentucky Private Banner Conn 21 of Rush attached to the quartermaster corps died in a head on collision Saturday in Marstons Mills. The crash raised the death toll to four in the village incident.
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Banner Conn
Rush
Quartermaster Corps
Marstons Mills
Hitler’s Atlantic note omits U.S. Iceland patrol context
The piece argues Hitler’s document on the Greer and Kearny incidents omits that both destroyers were operating between the United States and Iceland. It notes the omission hides German limits and aims to claim Roosevelt lied about Navy usage as U.S. forces defend Iceland as a vital Atlantic outpost.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Adolf Hitler
Greer
Atlantic Ocean
The
United
States
Iceland
United States
Germany
Hitler
Roosevelt
U. S. Navy
Open Conferences Start on Captive Mine Dispute
In a smoke filled room the defense mediation board opened conferences to settle the CIO United Mine Workers captive mine dispute with steel and coal interests across seven states. Nine of eleven board members attended with Chairman William H. Davis as talks began and a four hour daily mediation plan was set.
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Washington
Defense Mediation Board
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers
William H. Davis
Roosevelt
Lewis
UMW
Coal and Steel Industries
Union
Hearings on Maximum Coal Prices Resumed in Washington
Washington resumes a hearing on a Bituminous Coal Consumers' Counsel petition seeking maximum price limits. The division noted rising prices and potential need for a price ceiling, with a new compliance case set for December 1 in Zanesville, Ohio against Holbein Coal Co. for selling coal below the minimum price plus transport.
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Washington
Zanesville
C. Leroy Holbein
Holbein Coal Company
Guggenheim Dies at 73, Noted Philanthropist and Benefactor
New York report that Simon Guggenheim, 73, former Colorado U S Senator and renowned industrialist, died last night at Mount Sinai Hospital. He and his brother built a vast mining and smelting empire and founded the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation in 1925 with his wife in memory of their son.
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Simon Guggenheim
U. S
Colorado
Mount Sinai Hospital
Guggenheim
Daniel
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
Outcome of Conference At White House Remains Secret
President Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King held conversations described as about anything and everything. King called his weekend at the Roosevelt home profitable, while officials kept the outcome of the talks undisclosed.
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White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
King
Priority receipts on road materials in Ohio
The State Highway Department received today priority ratings for materials on 14 additional road projects, bringing total approved to 104. Ratings on 116 projects costing about 17 million dollars were requested from the Office of Production Management. Assistant highway director G. R. Logue said the priorities would assure project completion. 14 bituminous surfacing jobs estimated at 792 thousand dollars were approved.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Office of Production Management
G. R. Logue
Price Bill Faces Storm Over Farm Price Ceilings
Washington sources report a price control bill for commodities and defense rents advanced in committee despite White House opposition. The banking committee backed higher farm prices before ceilings and plans were seen to seek White House support to overturn the action. Debate unlikely before next week.
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Washington
House
Banking Committee
White House
Husking Champs Compete in Illinois Tournament
In Tonica Illinois 22 contestants from Illinois Iowa Indiana Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Ohio Pennsylvania South Dakota and Wisconsin compete in the national corn husking tournament with champions and runners up from state events.
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Big Corn Land
Henry A. Wallace
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Indiana
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Missouri
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Wisconsin
U S War Information Board to London mission
The United States plans a seven man mission to London to coordinate war information. The group under Colonel William J. Donovan will review observers reports for the state war and navy departments and relay them to central offices for briefing and action.
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London
United States
Information Coordination Organization
William J. Donovan
State
War
Navy
Roosevelt
Guard Placed at President's Youngest Son Home
A security guard is assigned to John Roosevelt's residence in Los Angeles after an intoxicated man was arrested while attempting to enter the Roosevelt home.
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Los Angeles
Secret Service
John
Japanese liner Tatuta Maru carries nearly 1000 evacuees home
San Francisco reports nearly 1,000 Japanese passengers are rushing to depart aboard the Tatuta Maru, returning to their homeland.
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San Francisco
Soviet Army Is Shattered in Crimea War Echoes
Reports say Nazi forces shattered the Soviet army in the Crimea with a successful lightning drive toward Sevastopol and Kerch. German command claimed 53,175 prisoners, 230 tanks, 218 guns and vast matériel as Kursk near Kharkov fell to advancing troops.
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