Survivor says submarines torpedoed U S tanker off Brazil
A 19 year old survivor from the Panama registered tanker I C White told Rio de Janeiro officials that one or two unidentified submarines torpedoed and later shelled the ship near midnight about 600 miles off Brazil. The rescue ship Del Norte brought 17 survivors to port and Port authorities confirmed the midship torpedo hit. The incident coincides with U S debates over Neutrality Act revision and Panama’s opposition to armed merchantmen.
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I. C. White
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
H. W. Ackerman
Charleston
S. C
del Norte
Sane
Roosevelt
White House
Panama
Connally
D-Tex
Cabinet Council
Texan Parachutist Survives Devil's Tower Ordeal
A 30 year old Texas parachutist, George Hopkins, endured 12 perilous hours atop Devil's Tower after dark, guided down by eight veteran alpinists. He claimed fear never struck him and admitted climbing back up appealed less than facing the crowd below. The rescue drew crowds as helicopters and headlights watched from below.
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Sundance
Wyo
George Hopkins
Texas
Devil's Tower
Hopkins
Month Old Burns Cause Zanesville Childs Death
ZANESVILLE Sept 13 a dress fire around an open flame in a park near Crooks ville caused the death of five year old Ruth Ann Allwine daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Allwine. APALACHICOLA Fla tropical storm moving inland near Carrabelle La weakened as it progressed northward in the lower tip of Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Crooksville
Ruth Ann Allwine
Daniel Allwine
Apalachicola
Fla
Floridand
Mexico
Carrabelle
Used Implements in Great Demand on Farms
Mr. Farmer faces shortages of implements and parts creating a strong market for unused pieces. Advertise a Messenger Classified Ad to cash them in. three lines, three times cost 72 cents. Call 0242 to place your ad now.
Auto Accident Victim Dies in Local Hospital
Wesley Sanborn age 39 of Glouster Route 4 died Sunday at Sheltering Arms Hospital from injuries after being struck by an east bound car on Route 675 near the Greens Run bridge. The 15 year old driver was William Wemmer of Jacksonville. Sanborn survived by his mother five brothers and three sisters. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm Church of Christ Greens Run with Rev G B Courtney. Burial Bethel Cemetery.
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Wesley Sanborn
Glouster
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Sanborn
Greens Run Bridge
William Wemmer
Fourth St
Jacksonville
State Highway Patrol
Rena San
Germans execute 73rd in occupied France in reprisal
Paris reports the 73rd execution in occupied France as a Belgian is shot in reprisal for an attack on a German soldier.
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Paris
France
Strike Called After Attack On Unionist
Akron plant walkout halts 14 000 workers after the beating of Joseph Feineisen and his wife Edna at Oaks Pennsylvania gates last Thursday. The United Rubber Workers of America Local says management failed to act promptly and urges speedier company response. Two Goodrich employees Horace Anderson and Walter Butler face hearing. URWA seeks to organize a local at Oaks plant.
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Akron
Oaks
CIO
B. F. Goodrich Co
United Rubber Workers of America
Joseph Feineisen
Edna
Horace Anderson
Walter Butler
Goodrich
URWA
Noisy Teeth Made Soundproof With Resin
A New York report states that false teeth causing clicking noises when eating have been made soundproof using an acrylic resin related to synthetic rubber. Dr. Irvine R. Hardy of Columbia University Dental School explains the resin prevents clicking. In Elyria an auction sells the Bender Body Co. real estate and equipment, appraised at 1 221 000, after bankruptcy.
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New York
Irvine R. Hardy
Columbia University Dental School
Elyria
Bender Body Co
Willys-Overland Co
U S Aims for 2500 Planes Monthly by 1942
United States defense officials said warplane output should reach 2,500 military aircraft per month by end of 1941. September deliveries hit a record 1,914, signaling sustained rising production despite emphasis on long range bombers and a 30‑day month.
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Washington
United States
Office of Production Management
OPM
William S. Knudsen
Roosevelt
Robert P. Patterson
Army
Indian Summer Heat Wave Will Continue in Ohio
Unseasonably warm weather persists in Ohio with forecast little change in temperatures. Columbus cooled by rain after the mercury tied the 86 degree record set in 1916. In Colorado's Uncompahgre Valley six inches of snow covered the region.
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Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Montrose
Colo
Colorado
New Pomeroy Company Forms to Enter Magnesium Industry
Magnesium Metal and Power Corp organized in Meigs County seeks 250 shares of no par stock and powers to drill for oil gas and to produce gas for manufacturing. Key figures include Edgar Ervin Pomeroy attorney August W. Compton of Columbus connected to American Rolling Mill and Dr. A T Barton. The firm plans magnesium metal from local salt brines and to generate its own electric power due to regional supply limits.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Magnesium Metal and Power Corp
John Sweeney
August W. Compton
Columbus
American Rolling Mill Co
Edgar Ervin
A.T. Barton
Pomeroy Bend
Ervin
NYA in Ohio Cuts 14,000 Jobs in Streamlining Drive
The National Youth Administration in Ohio says it cut 14,000 workers and closed 180 community projects as part of a defense streamlining plan. State NYA chief Leo B. Jacobs noted about 10,000 workers remain, plus 17,000 student workers in schools, with 3,600 to be trained for factory work in three months.
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Columbus
National Youth Administration
Ohio
NYA
Leo B. Jacobs
Jacobs
Herbert Bans Double Tax on Three Articles
Ohio Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert ruled that the state sales tax cannot be added to the federal tax on jewelry cosmetics and furs. The state tax can still apply to articles like refrigerators and automobiles where the federal tax is paid by the manufacturer.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Petain Seeks Peace Cooperation With Roosevelt
The Vichy radio quoted Marshal Petain telling Monsignor Valeri that he would cooperate with President Roosevelt only for peace and not for war. NBC reported the interview, noting the potential for alignment if peace talks proceed.
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Petain
New York
Vichy Radio
Marsal Petain
Monsignor
Valerio Valeri
France
Roosevelt
NBC
Train Plunges Into River in Soo Canal Fatality Report
Two trainmen die when a Duluth South Shore and Atlantic locomotive with two cars plunged off a sagging bridge into the St. Marys River at Sault Ste. Marie. Sabotage wasn't ruled out as Fort Brady guards the defense canal and river traffic stalled for salvage efforts.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Mammoth
St. Mary's River
Soo Canal
Duluth
South Shore
Atlantic
Canada
Fort Brady
Whitefish Bay
Lake Superior
St. Mary's Canal
Great Lakes
Morth
Court seeks ruling on Ohio teacher tenure law
Columbus Kenneth C. Ray, Ohio's new education director, wants an early supreme court decision on the constitutionality of the recently enacted tenure law but lacks authority to file a test action. The statute requires school boards in districts of 800 or more pupils to grant continuing or life contracts after probationary periods.
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Columbus
Kenneth C. Ray
Ohio
Supreme Court
Aged Pomeroy Woman Escapes Injury in Fall
Mrs. Mary Smith 85 of Pomeroy escaped serious injury after losing balance and tumbling nearly 100 feet over an embankment near Peacock Avenue. Neighbors aided her homeward and she appeared none the worse for the fall.
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Pomeroy
Mary Smith
Peacock Ave
Child Missing Eight Days Found Alive In Wilderness
Pamela Hollingworth, five, vanished from a family picnic September 28 and wandered eight days in a cold woods. She weighed 45 pounds at disappearance, was found two miles from the picnic by CCC boys, frostbitten toes but in good condition, after surviving by rain, brooks, and no food. She asked to see her mother and father as rescuers brought her to safety.
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Conway
N. H
Pamela Hollingworth
Donn Fendler
Rye
N. Y
Maine
CCC
Brooks
Tornado Hits Western Cities Second Time
A fierce tornado ripped through the eastern edge of Kansas City and Blue River Valley, killing three people and injuring at least 135. Fairmount bore the brunt as hundreds of homes and many factories were damaged or destroyed.
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Kansas City
Blue River Valley
Fairmount
Independence
Blue River
Kay- Lee Mills
Nazis Face Severe Losses In Ukraine and Leningrad
London reports German high command claims victory over Russians in the Ukraine near the Sea of Azov but London quarters say Germans suffer severe losses as Soviet Black Sea guns pound invaders. Leningrad defense guns reportedly smash 19 German forts and silence batteries while Soviet forces repel landings and bombardments.
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Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Sea of Azov
London
Red Army
Leningrad
Hitler
Azov Sea
Fuehrer
Perekop
Red Fleet
Moscow
Kirov
Valdai Hills
Roslayv
Emolensk
Berlin
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Karelian
Kronstadt
Red Navy
Germany
Sabac
Old Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Richard K. Law
Foreign Affairs
Parliament
Ford Lays Off 20 000 Men at Rouge Plant
Ford Motor Company began laying off 20 000 workers at its Rouge plant as national defense demand fell. About 60 000 remain employed at Rouge. officials say defense production has not absorbed the laid off labor yet. The reduction may extend into next spring until bomber plant and related defense work reach full production.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Big Rouge
National Defense
Rouge
Ford
Anti-Catholic Charge Tied to Roosevelt War Policy
Virginio Gayda of a leading Fascist journal labeled President Roosevelt anti Catholic and accused him of seeking to reconcile Vatican relations to back his war agenda.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Roosevelt
Vatican
Prisoner Exchange Called Off Over Berlin London Rift
NEW HAVEN England British officials prepared to disembark sick and wounded German prisoners from hospital ships after London Berlin dispute ended in cancellation of the proposed cross channel exchange. The government said Germany breached faith in exchange arrangements.
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New Haven
England
London
Berlin
Germany
Hitler's new offensive may aim at peace offer to Britain
The column argues Hitler seeks to knock Russia out this year then press for peace with Britain and possibly the United States. It suggests a stalemate strategy centered on seizure of Ukraine and Caucasus riches to rebuild strength while awaiting Allied moves.
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Britain
Cairo
United States
Fuehrer
Russia
Europe
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Ukraine
Caucasus
Reich
Hitler
Continue Effort To Halt Midland Steel Strike
Efforts were increased to settle a strike at Midland Steel Products Co that halted Studebaker passenger car production in South Bend Indiana. Harold S. Vance Studebaker board chairman said lack of frames from Midland caused a shutdown of lines employing 6 000 workers yesterday afternoon.
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Cleveland
Midland Steel Products Co
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Harold S. Vance
Studebaker Board
Midland
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Miami
R. T. Allen
S. FE
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Smolensk
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