Rayburn to Speak for Neutrality Act Revision in House Vote
House debate on the Senate form of Neutrality Act revision intensifies as Speaker Rayburn plans to address the floor in support. Roosevelt’s foreign policy stance hangs on the outcome, with last minute shifts and defections among Democrats signaling a tight vote ahead of the expected roll call.
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House
Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Pheebe
Rayburn
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Hitler Plans New Drive On Moscow
Reports say German and Russian reserves mass at the central front as a possible climactic battle for Moscow looms. In the south, Crimea fortifications rise at Kerch with Luftwaffe raids aimed at oil fields. German losses are described as heavy with major armored divisions affected. A Moscow attack division moves into the Volokolamsk area. Soviet forces bolster lines amid bitter frost and mud. In the Far East, Tokyo cautions over a hostile USJapan standoff while US Senator Murray warns war possible if negotiations fail. Kurusu’s mission to the United States is labeled futile by critics.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Kerch
Caucasus
Russia
High Command
Crimean
Fedor von Bock
Hitler
Volokolamsk
London
Far East
United States
Washington
Murray
D-Mont
Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
America
Saburo Kurusu
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Kurusu
China
Ohio Plane Factories Given Defense Orders
Army grants orders for light weight low powered airplanes after tests in Louisiana summer maneuvers. Contracts awarded to Aeronca Aircraft Corp Middle Town Ohio for 54792 Taylorcraft Aviation Corp Alliance Ohio 654149 and Piper Aircraft Corp Lovxhaven Pa 123108.
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Washington
Army
Louisiana
Aeronca Aircraft Corp
Middletown
Taylorcraft Aviation Corp
Alliance
Piper Aircraft Corp
Locxhaven
Bigelow Loses Damage Suit in Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed a Lucas County ruling and dismissed a $250,000 libel suit by Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow of Cincinnati against Clement O. Mininger of Toledo, rejecting claims he was a paid lobbyist for the single tax movement. John B. Kelly urged abolishing school namework to allow more play and exercise for youths.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Bigelow
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Lucas County Common Pleas Court
Bigelow
Clement O. Mininger
Toledo
Arkan diamond mine discoverer Huddieston dies at 84
Murfreesboro Ark reports the death of John Wesley Huddieston age 84, long noted as a reputed discoverer of the Ark and Arkan diamond mines about 35 years ago.
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Murfreesboryv
Ark
John Wesley Huddieston
Arkan Bss
Gieg
Adequate Defense of America Means Hitler Defeat
Worcester, Mass. AP Secretary of Agriculture Wickard told farmers that adequate defense requires overproduction to defeat Hitler. He vowed U S force in oceans if interests are menaced and urged rapid material deployment to Russia, China, and England. Grange leaders pressed for policy changes beyond subsidies. Louis J. Taber warned of farm losses after the war and proposed a two price system to stabilize income while allowing export parity.
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Worcester
Mass
Wickard
America
Hitler
United States
National Grange
Russia
China
England
Louis J. Taber
National Farm Organization
Taber
Liquor Profits Rise in Four Weeks Ended Sept 27
Net profit from liquor sales and gallonage tax totaled 1,450,515 for the four weeks ended Sept. 27, up 311,421 from September a year ago. Four-week sales reached 4,972,183 with operating expenses 287,986 and advances 848,246. For the first nine months profits and gallonage tax revenue totaled 13,606,487 on 47,178,344 in sales, up 19.84 percent from last year, while expenses declined to 2,534,668.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Hell-Diver Tested At Columbus Airport
A Curtiss-Wright SB2C-1 known as the Hell-Diver was tested at Port Columbus for the first time in 11 years. Chief test pilot Barton Hulse led a seven day test series for the navy, with the aircraft being one of two naval craft built in the Curtiss-Wright plant in Columbus.
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Columbus
Port Columbus
Barton Hulse
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Navy
Curtiss- Wright
State workers get three day Christmas holiday in Bricker plan
Governor Bricker announced an extended Christmas holiday for state government employees. The days off will be December 20 26 and 27.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
U S Renews Finland Peace Efforts Amid Hunger for Security
Washington reports indicate the United States and Great Britain may resume efforts to end Russo Finnish hostilities. Helsinki signals openness to talks while rejecting Russia's initial peace overture. Secretary Hull cautions that Finland’s commitment to Nazi Germany is not yet settled.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Finland
Helsinki
State Department
Russia
Hull
Army Bakers Learn Art of Pastry at New York Exposition
Fifteen soldiers from the U S Army Headquarters Corps School for bakers and cooks at Governors Island visited the National Hotel Exposition in New York. Chef Paul Col demonstrated elaborate confections while soldiers asked for tips on turning ordinary foods into decorative creations using pastry tubes and oil paper.
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New York
Paul Col
Waldorf
Army
U. S. Army Headquarters Corps School For Bakers
Governors Island
Societe Culinaire Philanthropique
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Steel Mill
Lincoln
Clyde D. Longworth
Dalton
Ohio
Col
Longworth
Cal
Porter Dicken Hurt in Crash In Athens County
Porter Dicken, 64, of 303 W Union St Athens County dog ward en, sustained multiple injuries after his car collided Wednesday afternoon with a truck driven by Clarence Will, 43, of 389 Richland Ave on the Baker Settlement Road. Richard Gooseman, 15, riding with Dicken, had minor injuries. Dicken suffered cracked ribs, arm and leg injuries and facial cuts. he was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with an expected afternoon release.
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Porter Dicken
W. Union St
Athens County
Clarence Will
Richland Ave
Baker Settlement Road
Richard Gooseman
W. State St
Dicken
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Interrupt Classes So Pupils May See Cow
In Kansas City a mother visited a teacher after her child asked about paralyzed milk. Only six of 40 pupils had seen a cow, so classes were interrupted by a visit to a dairy farm to show one.
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Kansas City
Cultural Understanding Tends Toward Defense
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in Cincinnati urged that cultural understanding with South American republics strengthen national defense. She spoke at a forum linking cultural ties to security in the nation.
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Cincinnati
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dalrymple resigns from mediation board over coal mines ruling
Sherman H. Dalrymple the international president of the CIO United Rubber Workers resigned today as an alternate member of the national defense mediation board due to the body's ruling on the captive coal mines issue.
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Akron
Sherman H. Dalrymple
CIO
United Rubber Workers
National Defense Mediation Board
White House
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
UMW
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Thomas Kennedy
Tomorow
Murray
Kennedy
Defense Mediation Board
Lewis
Mediation Board
Ickes
Canton
Naval Ordnance Plant
Ravenna
Army
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Rationing Predicted For Essential Commodities
A.C.C. Hill Jr of the Federal Division of Priorities told the 48th Ohio Chamber of Commerce convention that rationing of essential commodities is the only way to safely navigate a period of high demand and metal shortages. He said the defense program and civilian demand push shortages beyond current priorities. The rationing system would let the economy be managed as a whole with each industry weighed in its economic role.
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Toledo
A.C.C. Hill, Jr
Federal Division of Priorities
Hill
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Defense Class Set in Athens
The FBI will run six day civilian defense training courses for subordinate police officers in 260 cities starting Monday November 17. The program follows earlier courses for police chiefs and executives in 55 FBI headquarters cities, with Athens scheduled March 9 to 14 among the listed locations.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Athens
Long Jail Terms For Numbers Writing In Columbus
In Columbus police chief Otto Kaffis intensified a gambling crackdown after two women and a man were arrested for playing the Numbers. Three writers received jail terms of 60 days with a $500 fine for William Hartnett, 15 days with $300 for Robert Mertz, and 10 days with $200 for Lawrence Egger.
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Columbus
Otto Kaffis
William Hartnett
Robert Mertz
Lawrence Egger
Youthful Navy Cook Prefers Brig to Kitchen
A 19 year old Navy cook at the U S Navy Training School Dearborn Michigan Frank Alex Gabor was picked up for absence without leave for the fourth time in 11 months. Detectives woke him at his home and he acknowledged the officers. He remarked that he preferred the brig to the kitchen and that there would be no more cooking.
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Cleveland
Frank Alex Gabor
U. S. Navy Training School
Dearborn
Mich
Harry Eaton
John Corso
John
Gabor
Greenville Man Will Direct Work on Dam
Paul B. Jenkinson aged 38 and a Greenville Ohio native was named resident engineer for the Bluestone flood control dam on the New River near Hinton West Virginia.
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Greenville
Huntington
W. Va
Paul B. Jenkinson
Greenville, O
Bluestone
New River
Hinton
Japanese liner Taruta Maru to bring 635 evacuees home
Tokyo reports the liner Taruta Maru will dock in Yokohama tomorrow carrying 635 Japanese evacuees from the United States, marking a return movement amid postwar reconciliation.
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U. 8
Tokyo
Yokohama
United States
Day, 45, Girard funeral director, dies in accident
Julius H. Day of Girard, a funeral director age 45, was struck and killed by an automobile while crossing a street near his home.
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Youngstown
Julius H. Day
Girard Funeral Director
French Army General Dies in Plane Crash
General Charles Huntziger, minister of war and commander of the French army, killed with seven others when his plane crashed near Le Vigan. A briefcase containing papers was found intact beside the wreckage, as authorities believe he dumped them to save the documents.
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LE Vigan
France
Charles Huntziger
North Africa
Huntziger
State Patrol Training School Graduates 27
Columbus reports 27 new state patrolmen after a 10 week training program. They are the latest group since the Legislature authorized boosting patrol personnel from 200 to 300. 44 graduates had earlier completed training.
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State Patrol Training School
Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Egypt Air Raid Kills 64 in El Faiyum Oasis
An Egyptian communique reports 64 people killed and 95 wounded in an air raid on the El Faiyum Oasis, Egypt's largest oasis, during the previous night. The blast caused extensive damage and prompted emergency evacuations.
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Cairo
Egypt
el Faiyum Oasis
Owens quits as CIO labor adviser in OPM reshuffle
John Owens of Columbus Ohio resigns as chief CIO labor consultant for the Office of Production Management after CIO President Philip Murray and others quit the mediation board. Owens leads the CIO in Ohio and the sixth district United Mine Workers.
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John Owens
Columbus
OPM
Philip Murray
Mediation Board
Owens
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Truck Drivers Authorize New Defense Strike
About 300000 union truck drivers and 800 motor carrier fleet operators faced a possible showdown as a strike authorization loomed. The dispute centers on wages and hours with 11 Midwestern states tied to national defense, including Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Indiana Ohio Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa Nebraska and Missouri.
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Chicago
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Central State Employers Council
Midwestern
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Libyan front urged as second fighting front in war debate
In Parliament Laborite Emanuel Shinwell urged Britain to open a second front with Libya to aid the Soviet Union. He questioned why the Libyan offensive had been delayed and warned such an action could distract the Nazis and increase wartime impact.
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London
Britain
Russia
Libya
Emanuel Shinwell
Shinwell
Soviet Diplomatic Plane Overdue Amid Weather Reports
British authorities said no word had been received about the Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinov United States Ambassador Laurence A Steinhardt and Sir Walter Monckton on a flight from Russia to Teheran. Iranian officials suggested the plane may have turned back or made an unscheduled stop due to bad weather.
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London
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Walter Monckton
British Information Services
Cairo
Russia
Teheran
Iran
Hearts or Heads in Finland and Europe's Aid Debate
The essay weighs America’s stance toward Finland’s war with Russia against Hoover’s relief efforts for Europe. It argues broader justice requires considering world stakes, noting Finland’s resistance affects Soviet defenses and Allied safety, not just Finland’s welfare.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Finland
America
Russia
Hoover
Europe
United States
Amunist
Land
Leningrad
Baltic
Rail workers weigh joining Dec strike by operating employees
Nine hundred thousand railroad workers in non operating crafts awaited a leaders decision on joining the strike called by 350000 operating employees for December 7 8 and 9. Delegates from 14 unions debated the board proposal of a nine cent hourly raise about 13 percent and one week paid vacation.
General strike fears loom as U S labor action grows
In Parliament debate Austin Hopkinson warns a general strike may follow a wave of walkouts by five big unions after rejecting a 7 percent wage offer in favor of 30 percent demands. Roosevelt calls talks with UMW leaders as coal, telephone and steel industry disputes intensify amid looming national disruption.
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London
United States
Austin Hopkinson
Britain
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