Dubinsky Wins Fight on AFL War Measure Clash
New Orleans AP report says AFL law committee will recommend abolishing the assessment Dubinsky called used for war on the CIO. Dubinsky backs elimination and anti racketeering steps while opposing executive council suspensions. The resolutions committee approved a slightly changed anti racketeering measure as a compromise.
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Dubinsky
AFL
New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Law Committee Today
David Dubinsky
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Executive Council
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Resolutions Committee
White House denies Perkins resignation
The White House said Frances Perkins has not resigned as labor secretary and that the President has not discussed her resignation. Stephen Early, the press secretary, dismissed reports in the New York Times about Perkins tendering a resignation and Roosevelt’s acceptance.
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Washington
White House
Frances Perkins
Stephen Early
New York Times
Miss Perkins
Roosevelt
Early
Pope Urges Golden Rule in War to End Solemn Story
Vatican report says Pope Pius XII prayed for peace in our days and urged that combatants refrain from harm to others as they would have done to themselves. He lamented ongoing war and called for an end to terror and destruction, blaming contentious material aims and framing the hour as part of humanity's solemn story.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Christ
Germans Invite Survey of Wrecked Stations
Berlin reports Lt. Gen. Karl Bodenschatz guided foreign correspondents and military observers through stations Britain claimed were damaged by bombs. The railroad yards shown as busy and unharmed included areas under observation by U.S. army attaches and other foreign reporters.
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Berlin
Karl Bodenschatz
Hermann Goering
United States Army
Bomb threat at Boston Navy Yard prompts large security sweep
Marines searched nearly 5,000 day shift workers at Boston's navy yard today while police guarded against a report that an attempt would be made to bring a time bomb or dynamite into the yard.
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Boston
Logan-Walter Bill Backers Renew Fight in Senate
In Washington the Logan-Walter Bill supporters push the measure as the Senate convenes in the historic chamber after repairs to the Capitol roof. A looming quorum issue and opposition hints of anti-lynching amendments threaten passage and could trigger a southern filibuster.
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Washington
Senate
House
Victorious Candidate Asks Ballot Recount
Congress man Martin L. Sweeney a Democrat re elected by a two to one margin Nov 5 has asked a recount in 14 Cleveland precincts. He says he heard strange reports about the vote and demands the recount in the interest of honest elections.
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Cleveland
Martin L. Sweeney
Sweeney
Aged Man Ends Life After Shooting Affair
Hamilton report states 78 year old Frank A. Keever killed himself after a quarrel at Bethany. Deputy Sheriff A. E. Linkins said officers chased 83 year old Lee Young and fired a bullet through his hat.
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Hamilton
Frank A. Keever
A. E. Linkins
Lee Young
Bethany
Georgia Ruling Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court refused to review a Georgia Supreme Court decision that would group multiple concerns under one ownership for unemployment compensation assessments. The session also left intact a circuit ruling on securities misrepresentation and voided a Texas defendant’s conviction due to grand jury racial exclusion, with Justice Black delivering the unanimous opinion in Edgar Smith’s case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court
Texas
Justice Black
Edgar Smith
Houston
Believe Money Available for Pension Hike
Gov Bricker believes state revenue gains will fund old age pension increases up to 40 dollars monthly after January 1. State pension totals estimated at 2.5 million dollars annually with federal matching of five million. Not every pensioner will get the maximum. only those with needs. Finance Director Defenbacher collects department budget requests due by December 1 to draft a six month interim budget for the January legislative session.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Pension Department
H. D. Defenbacher
Texas Storm Cuts Power and Blocks Roads Across Panhandle
A severe Texas storm isolated Amarillo and the Panhandle by snapping communications lines and littering highways with trees and poles. Amarillo, without power or water, relied on amateur radio for news via gasoline generators. Borger and Pampa reported no new word. Flooding continued in East Texas farmlands as rains persisted.
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Dallas
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Borger
Pampa
Panhandle
Texas
New Poliomyelitis Cases Reported in Ohio Total 590
The State Health Department reported two new infantile paralysis cases in Cuyahoga County, bringing Ohio’s 1940 total to 590 with 18 active cases. The update notes the ongoing spread within the state and location details.
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Columbus
State Health Department
Cuyahoga County
Discovery may erase grains in photographs
Rochester new discovery by Dr. C E K Mees shows silver in developed film is a lacework of fine lines rather than grains. Using an electron microscope at 25 000 magnification, Mees demonstrates grain growth sprouts from silver bits and is influenced by developing chemicals. This could lead to smoother enlargements and better control of grain.
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Rochester
N. Y
C. E. K. Mees
Eastman Kodak Co
Mees
Dies to Reveal Results of Nazi Consular Probe
The Dies committee plans a supplemental report this week on alleged activities of German consular officials in the United States. The white paper accused a Nazi propaganda and espionage program, sparking clashes between Attorney General Jackson and Dies over the document and FBI conduct.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Jackson
Dies
D-Tex
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Vultee
California
CIO
FBI
Texan
America
World War II Reflections From a Colonial Farmhouse
A columnist in the midst of wartime Europe assesses Britain's improved position after Italian defeats and axis alignments. He discusses Stalin’s possible stance, Turkey’s caution to Bulgaria, and a Kennedy interview about democracy versus empire, concluding Britain fights for life, home, and hearth.
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Josh Horne
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Britain
England
Europe
Hungary
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Axis
Hitler
Turkey
Moscow
Bulgaria
Greece
Russia
Boston Glove
Joseph Kennedy
London
Galahad
Armco Puts Great Blast Furnace Into Operation
Armco's No 2 blast furnace in Hamilton returned to production today after remodeling to boost output to 700 tons of pig iron daily. Remodeling began August 15 at about $500,000 with additional plant improvements including 25 more by product coke ovens estimated to cost $600,000.
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Hamilton
American Rolling Mill Company
Armco
Burglar Escapes After Stabbing Columbus Man
A burglar surprised in an East Side home before dawn today stabbed Lewis W. Whitmer a 48 year old Pure Oil Co real estate representative. Whitmer was hospitalized at Grant with three stab wounds and knife slashes on neck, side and legs after a shotgun shot reportedly drove the intruder away.
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Columbus
East Side
Lewis W. Whitmer
The
Pure Oil Co
Whitmer
Grant Hospital
Sea Raider Near Neutrality Zone Shells British Freighter
A belligerent raider operated in West Indian waters within reach of Pan American neutrality, shelling the 9,430 ton British freighter Port Hobart about 500 miles northeast of Puerto Rico and 75 miles outside the neutrality belt where South American and Panama Canal lanes converge.
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New York
Puerto Rico
Great Britain
Hobart
South America
Panama Canal
Grange Urges Strong Defenses and Farm Income Support
The National Grange's 1941 platform outlines a fighting program for strong American defenses and a fair share of national income for agriculture. It calls for elimination of trade treaties harmful to agriculture, incentive payments for new crops, and continuation of certain government benefits.
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Syse
N. Y
National Grange
Louis J. Taber
Ohio State University Professor Alonzo H. Tuttle Dies
Columbus reports death of Alonzo H. Tuttle, 67, longtime Ohio State University faculty member for 40 years, due to heart failure over the weekend.
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O.S.U
Columbus
Alonzo H., Tuttle
Ohio State University
Pedestrian Killed by Car West of Logan
John B. Bartless 58 a Lancaster WPA worker died at Cherrington Hospital Logan after being struck on U S Route 33 near the McCarthy farm two miles west of the city. He suffered internal hemorrhages a fractured nose and a broken left leg. The vehicle was driven by Mr Lindsey Wes terville manager of Bennett Manufacturing Co with Mrs Lindsey traveling toward Logan. Bartless body identified by Lancaster relatives and returned for burial.
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Lindsey
Westerville
Bennett Manufacturing Co
Logan
Bartless
Joe Farbearn
Ohio Receives Large WPA Defense Funding Totals
Nine Works Progress Administration projects costing 1,354,615 have been approved for Ohio as part of the national defense program. WPA defense projects nationwide total 107,884,034. Commissioner Howard O. Hunter reports the nationwide figures.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
National Defense Program
WPA
Howard O. Hunter
Bristol Seaport Heavily Damaged in Coventry Style Raid
British communique reports west England raid from dusk to midnight causing major fires and casualties. RAF strikes hit Berlin Essen Boulogne Brest Lorient as Allies report heavy bombings across Europe amid Greece Albania front battles and Bulgarian stance shift.
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Germany
English
Bristol
Coventry
United States
Great Britain
England
All American Christmas Expected From War In Europe
Europe’s war shifts toy market toward domestic makers with Santa delivering a large toy year. US parents planned about 330 million dollars in 1940 toy spending, roughly 10 percent higher than last year. Merchandise Mart exhibitions and dealers predict a record Christmas with all American decorations and fewer imported trinkets.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Europe
Merchandise Mart
Germany
Athens Chest Contributors List From Community Campaign
The Messenger outlines three contributor classes for the Athens Community Chest drive. Class 1 covers business firms and professionals, Class 2 includes individuals giving $25 or more, and Class 3 lists firm employees contributing at least $1 per person or 100 percent participation.
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Athens’ Community Chest
the Messenger
Balance 11947 50 Reported in Solicitors Contributions
First reports show contributions received in several classifications totaling 11 947 50. Groups include Junior Chamber of Commerce group 1 anonymous donor E F Sells group 2 and Bethels Grocery group 3. Schools and public administration within the Athens Public School System are listed among recipients.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. F. Sells
Bethel'’s Grocery
Athens Messenger
East Side
West Side School General Administration
Athens
Central
Cleveland Wins Engine Laboratory Site For $8.4 Million Plant
Washington announces Cleveland selected as the site for an airplane engine laboratory with a congress appropriated sum of 8 400 000. John F Victory of the national advisory committee for aeronautics notes the long survey across the country and says Cleveland is a logical location to aid in developing the nation's air defense.
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Washington
Cleveland
Congress
John F. Victory
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Victory
Meigs Man Slashes Throat in Home Attempt
John Davis age 60 of Union Ave was found in his kitchen with his throat cut by a razor. He was taken to Holzer Hospital, Gallipolis, at 8 this morning. A nephew, James Hazelton Jr., found him. Authorities say Davis attempted to end his life. He was unemployed.
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Pomeroy
John Davis
Union Ave
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
James Hazelton, Jr
Davis
Roosevelt Refuses To Discuss British Loan
President Roosevelt returns to Washington at the start of a week that could intensify debate over extending loans to Britain. He gave no hint on whether he supports or opposes aiding Britain as it must pay cash for war equipment bought in the United States.
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Britain
Germany
Balkans
Greece
RAF
Havas
Vichy
Marseille
France
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
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