Embargo Repeal Seen as Aid To Allied Victory
Senator Warren R. Austin says repealing the arms embargo would help Britain and France win the war. He calls the bill a national defense act and argues it allows allied access to U S arms to speed victory while avoiding pledges of future aid. Debate in the Senate continues amid isolationist and pro repeal positions.
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Washington
Senate
Warren R. Austin
Roosevelt
Great Britain
France
United States
Britain
Austin
Germany
Berlin broadcaster taunts Britain tied to ex-British officer
The Berlin radio figure known for taunting British listeners in a strong Oxford accent is suspected to be Norman Baillie-Stewart, a former British army officer who was convicted in 1933 of being a German spy.
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Berlin
Oxford
Norman ‘Baillie-Stewart
Plan Army of Minute Men Training 250000 Guardsmen
The War Department moves to create a minute man army by expanding drills to two weeknights per week and a monthly weekend session added to the annual two weeks of summer maneuvers. Officers from captain rank may observe regular army exercises. The plan may push Congress to alter current drill limits.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Congress
Fifth Army Division To Go to Alabama
Maj. Gen. Daniel Van Voorhis announced that all units of the Fifth Division in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky will move to Fort McClelland Alabama. The streamlined division will be away about four months as arrangements are made to receive troops. Fort Hayes Fort Thomas Ky and Fort Benjamin Harrison will be garrisoned by minimal care taking detachments.
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Columbus
U.P
Aniel van Voorhis
Fifth Corps
Fifth Division
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Fort McClelland
Ala
War Department
Fort Hayes
Fort Thomas
Fort Benjaminarrison
Treasury to borrow to maintain a comfortable level
Treasury will borrow cash for the first time this year next Monday to sustain a comfortable working balance amid the current international situation. Secretary Morgenthau said the Treasury would sell 50 million dollars of short term bills in cash in addition to 100 million dollars of bills to replace those coming due.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Race Syndicate Quits Columbus U P Ohio
Nationwide News Service reported the race track information service ceased operations in Ohio on the eve of a state court suit hearing. The move ends the formation efforts tied to the Columbus area project and affects pending legal action.
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Race Syndicate
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Nationwide News Service
Hio
Sub Search Centers Off Maine Coast
Navy and Coast Guard hunted a reported foreign submarine off Maine waters as the Iroquois with 584 Americans aboard neared New York. An amphibian craft was to join the search from Salem, but efforts remained futile with no official comment.
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Boston
Navy
Coast Guard
New England
Salem
Nantucket Shoals
New York
Portland
Arthur R. Greenleads
Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries
Iroquois
Erich Raeder
Athenia
Toledo Executive to Seek Relief Funds from Bricker
City Manager George Schoonmaker and seven officials travel to Columbus to urge Gov Bricker to convene a special session. They seek re enactment of the Milroy Funding Bill which funded $997000 for relief last year. The city owes $800000 to creditors and grocers have cut credit.
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Toledo
A.P
George Schoonmaker
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Milroy
Draft Dodger's Wife Becomes Mother Yet Again
Mrs. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wife of the WWI draft dodger, gave birth to her sixth child, a girl, today. The announcement came as Bergdoll serves an eight year sentence at Governors Island.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Governor’s Island
Solid Labor Front Against NLRB Advocated by Lewis
CIO opened its annual convention with John L. Lewis proposing the federation join the AFL in challenging the National Labor Relations Board. He attacked board decisions favoring craft unions over industrial unions and blamed unemployment and New Deal policies for economic chaos threatening democracy.
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NLRB
Lewis
San Francisco
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
CIO
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
Cincinnati
Ture
Labor Relations Board
Wagehour
Taft Bricker Reach Agreement On Ohio Delegate Plan
Governor Bricker announced a concord with U S Senator Taft on selecting Ohio delegates to the 1940 Republican national convention. The meeting at the executive residence drew more than 150 politicians and officials as Bricker cited an economy program and solid finances while pledges were kept. Attendees reportedly agreed to oppose the Bigelow old age pension amendment in the upcoming vote.
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Columbus
WUP
U. S
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Fired Janitor Wounds Official Then Kills Himself
In Parkersburg West Virginia Samuel Creel aged 55 a former courthouse janitor shot Commissioner W O Holliday aged 69 at the Wood County Court courthouse. Holliday was wounded as Creel who had been dismissed fired a pistol then killed himself.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
U.P— W
Nazis Plan Mass Move of 100000 Polish Germans
Berlin reports Germany intends to withdraw 100000 Germans from Poland’s portion of the former Polish Corridor and 120000 from Estonia Latvia and Lithuania. Baltic Germans would be settled in the Polish Corridor while arrivals from Estonia Latvia proceed by ship. Some Baltic Germans would stay with no guarantees. property left behind would revert to the Nazi state with compensation.
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U.R
Germany
Russia
Poland
Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Galicia
Baltic Republics
Gdynia
Esthonia
Riga
Baltic Countries
Nurse Delivers Baby as Mother Dies After Birth
A 22 year old mother Mrs Gertrude Epstein died hours after giving birth on Friday in Chicago. The newborn girl, born with infantile paralysis, is described by physicians as perfectly healthy and normal.
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Gertrude Epstein
Chicago
Johnson warns U S must rapidly boost army and air power
Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson told a West Virginia convention that Germanys rapid Polish victory shows the need to quickly expand U S manpower and equipment. He urged 600000 M day troops ready with weapons and supplies and said air power is a dominant factor demanding an eight day force ready to defend the United States.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Louis Johnson
Poland
U. S
International Association of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
National Association of Casualty and Surety Agents
Johnson
Germany
Army Air Corps
United States
Probe Grand Jury Scandal in New Orleans Opens
The Peoples' League orders an open hearing in district court on charges that District Attorney Charles Byrne obstructed a grand jury investigation into crime and corruption. Judge George Platt halted the session after two jurors were arrested for contempt as public unrest follows Huey Long era scandals.
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New Orleans
U.P
Peoples’ League
Charles Byrne
League
Byrne
George Platt
Louisiana
Huey Long
Hoover Re-Elected as Honorary President of Harding Memorial
Herbert Hoover was re-elected honorary president of the Harding Memorial Association and other officers were re-elected. The group announced 100000 visitors to the late president's tomb during the past year.
Dr Charles W Super Dies After Years Of Service
Dr Charles William Super seventh president of Ohio University has died at his home at 44 West Union Street shortly after 9 pm He was born in 1842 in Pottsville Pennsylvania and graduated from Dickinson College in 1866 His leadership helped expand the university adding commerce and music departments and securing state aid in 1886 for the Normal College now the College of Education He remained active in education despite a hip fracture in 1936 and his long career left a lasting mark on Ohio University
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Charles William Super
Ohio University
W. Union St
Phi Beta Kappa
Dickinson Callaga
Super
State Normal College
College of Education
Pottsville
New Berlin
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Canfield, O
Mahoning County
Meadville
Ohio
Lordstown
Grange Opposes Pension Plan and Board of Education
Walter F. Kirk, state Grange master, condemned the proposed November pension amendment and a state board of education as dangerous to farm and home security. He argued against pensions for those over 60 and said the plans would double tax burdens on other citizens.
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Columbus
Bigelow
Board of Education
Walter F. Kirk
Kirk
German Peace Plea Heard in French Line
German troops blasted Adolf Hitler’s peace speech from loudspeakers in front line trenches toward French positions along the Maginot Line. The move aimed to sway French troops and undermine morale amid ongoing fighting.
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Paris
U.P
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Mayor orders Kent clean up slot machines after student spending
Kent Mayor William S. Harvey orders a general clean-up of slot machines following a Kent State University report that students are spending money on gambling. The move targets machines on campus and nearby areas to curb student losses.
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KENT
U.P
William S. Harvey
Kent State University
France Seeks Peace in Far East Report
London dispatch reports that France favors a peace with Japan and has indicated to Chiang Kai-Shek that China should conclude a peace treaty with Japan. Wang Ching-wei urged to negotiate through rival leader. British hints of unchanged China policy cited with Halifax assurances to the Chinese envoy.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
France
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wang Ching-Wei
Wang
Britain
Far East
Viscount Halifax
Quo Tai- Chi
Ohio State Trustees To Appoint President
Ohio State University trustees will hold a special meeting on October 30 to discuss presidency candidates. Miss M Edith Campbell chairwoman said progress toward an early appointment was made and several candidates were eliminated, paving the way for a decision.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
M. Edith Campbell
Cincinnati
Nine Killed as Train Hits Car in Ontario
A car carrying seven school children and two women was struck by a Canadian Pacific passenger train at a crossing in Etobicoke Ontario killing all nine occupants. Local authorities investigate the collision and determine fault.
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Ontario
Etobicoke
Ont
U.P
Canadian Pacific
Ohio Chamber of Commerce Convention in Cleveland
The 46th annual convention of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce scheduled for November 16 and 17 will be held in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
U.R
The
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Rumors of Armistice Spark Berlin Celebration
Wild rumors spread through Berlin claiming an armistice and British government resignation. Crowds rushed wine shops and gathered near Hitler’s chancellery as radio offices denied any official announcements and officials urged calm amid mounting speculation.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Ler
Fuehrer
Benito Mussolini
Viacheslav Molotov
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Rome
Replies From Allied Chiefs Are Awaited
Adolf Hitler pressed for peace while warning war would forge greater unity to fight to the end. Daladier’s reply and Chamberlain’s upcoming address frame a tense moment as Britain reports RAF gains against U boats and mood sharpens on the Rhineland. Naval skirmishes, Soviet troop movements near Finland, and Franco German tensions color a volatile diplomatic scene.
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Adolf Hitler
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Soviet
Russia
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
London
Royal Air Force
Daladier
Neville Chamberlain
Dominions
Rhineland
North Sea
Aaland Isles
Baltic
Moscow
Berlin
Saar
Moselle
Torch Resident Dies After Long Illness
Arthur C. Watson 81 died at home after a long illness. Born in Meigs County he came to Torch as a child and lived here since. Survived by wife Lil Lie Mickle Watson two sisters Emma Posey Athens Ed Carleton Coolville one son D P Watson Belpre and two grandsons Alden Connell Watson. He was a member of the local Methodist Church. Funeral services are planned Wednesday at 3 PM at the Methodist Church with burial in Rockland Cemetery.
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Arthur C. Watson
Meigs County
Lillie Mickle Watson
Emma Posey
Athens
Ed Carleton
Coolville
D. P. Watson
Belpre
Alden
Connell Watson
Methodist
Rockland Cemetery
Young Columbus Boy Dies From Auto Accident Injuries
Jack Hamilton five-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Hamilton of Columbus died today from injuries after being struck by an automobile.
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Columbus
U.P
Jack Hamilton
Glenn Hamilton
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