Willkie Campaigns Through Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts
Wendell L. Willkie campaigned in Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts urging an end to the New Deal restraints on production. He spoke at New Haven to about 42,000 people and promised to accelerate the economy while criticizing current rules for businesses.
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Draft Cannot Be Escaped By Seeking Defense Jobs
Selective service headquarters urged men not to seek defense industry work to dodge the draft. Maj. Joseph F. Battley warned that volunteering could backfire, and local boards would check deferment claims by job duration. He said the army can fill most of the first 400,000-strong quota from volunteers, and those in deferred classes would not be accepted even if they volunteered.
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Draft Officials To Confer In Columbus
Adj Gen Gilson D Light announced Ohio draft boards meet in Memorial Hall Columbus at 10 30 am next Wednesday to discuss drafting 15 000 men from 859 000 registrants on Oct 16 A national draft HQ representative will answer questions He also said 17 medical centers will offer 10 500 National Guardsmen examinations after mobilization Oct 15 for a year at Camp Shelby Miss Centers listed including Portsmouth Cincinnati Dayton Greenfield Columbus Lima Defiance Toledo Camp Perry Cleveland Mansfield Akron Canton Youngstown McConnelsville and Zanesville
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Ohio ROTC Enrollment Rises to Eight Thousand
Approximately 8,000 Ohio students are enrolled in Reserve Officers Training Corps units this year Col. Arthur L. Fuller fifth corps area ROTC officer estimated today The figure shows an increase of 1,200 over last year
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Cigaret Smuggler Captured in Fremont
David Davis aged 23 of Cleveland was fined $3 for speeding in Fremont. Police found 10,000 cigarets in his car and C H O'Brien of the State Tax Department said Davis admitted transporting 520,000 cigarets from Michigan into Ohio. State tax plus penalties totaled $468 plus 50 percent.
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David Davis
Cleveland
C. H. O'Brien
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Ohio
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Russian forces hold Black Sea war games amid Near East tension
The Russian army and navy conduct coastal drills along the Black Sea as tensions rise in the Near East, signaling readiness for potential developments in the region.
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Near East
Squirrels Question Social Order in Pueblo Park
In Pueblo Colorado a park official quipped that missing winter nuts undermine squirrels sense of security and their faith in the social order. The remark came as Ikenberry explained the urban park behavior.
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Colo
Ikenberry
Mees Board Agrees After Expenditure Report
Pomeroy Board of Education says satisfactory arrangements are made with Floyd Mees clerk and board member and Meigs County representative in the Legislature. A state examiner found an alleged improper expenditure of 140 dollars in painting school rooms. Mees refused to resign at last week's meeting.
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Floor Collapses at Parsonage Reception
The living room floor of the South Bellaire Methodist Parsonage collapsed during a reception last night, dropping about sixty five attendees into a dark basement amid damaged water and gas mains. No serious injuries reported to Rev. L Chester Lewis's event.
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WPA rolls rise 43142 in weekly relief totals
The Work Projects Administration reports 43,142 more people on work relief rolls between September 25 and October 2, bringing the total to 1,746,510.
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Washington
Work Projects Administration
American Youth to Begin Greatest Peace Time Assignment Next Week
Washington report outlines the October 16 nationwide selective service registration for men aged 21 to 35. About 16 404 000 young men must sign a tan card, be ready for four years of service, carry an identification card, and report major changes in status. Registration runs 7 am to 9 pm with employer cooperation urged.
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British Wool Reserve To Be Stored in The United States
The British government and the United States have agreed to store a British wool reserve in the United States. The Ministry of Supply announced the reserve could reach 250 million pounds of Australian wool purchased by Britain and held for U S emergency use.
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Ministry of Supply
Perkins Says Roosevelt Sick of Presidency
Kansas City Frances Perkins secretary of labor said in an interview that President Roosevelt was sick and tired of being president a year ago but the situation developed so that he had to carry on.
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Kansas City
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Athens County Food Stamp Plan Hinges on Levy
A two mill relief levy for Athens County is tied to a Food Stamp Plan approval. The plan could bring about 300000 dollars in federal funds annually. Paul H. Jordan instructed Washington County officials to review finances. the administration will install plans only if regulations are met.
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Milwaukee
Surplus Marketing Administration
Carl H. Beasley
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Frank Woods
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Cattle Prices Slow Market In Chicago
The Chicago cattle market shows near 14 dollars per hundredweight for choicest beef as high prices curb activity. Government agents cite limited quality fed beef and rising consumer demand as factors in slowed trading and frequent bargaining delays after the usual hours.
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Founder Dies but Grenfell Association Carries On
Sir Wilfred Grenfell dies at 75 in Charlotte Amalie but the Grenfell Association vows to continue its work providing spiritual comfort and medical care to Labrador fisher folk, Indians, and Eskimos. The group had already stated it would press on as long as people need its services.
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Wilfred Grenfell
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Sign Inventor Wilde Dies in New York at 45
Francis E. J. Wilde, a noted inventor and builder of electric signs, died last night in New York. He was 45 and well known for innovations in signage technology.
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Francis E. J. Wilde
Al Smith To Speak For Willkie In Brooklyn Oct 23
Former Gov Alfred E Smith will deliver his first campaign address for Wendell L Willkie in Brooklyn on October 23 in what is likely to be carried nationwide by broadcast.
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Automobile Crash Kills Two On Dixie Highway
A car left the Dixie Highway near Toledo, skidded 200 feet, struck a utility pole and climbed a tree before fatal injuries to both occupants. Police ongoing investigation.
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Dixie Highway
Anglo American Bond Tightens Against Axis, War News
Reports say U S and Great Britain discuss joint Pacific defense amid fears of Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance. Bombing raids pound London and St Pauls with fires. De Gaulle’s Free French land in Cameroon. oil interests in Romania sink as axis moves unfold.
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Career in Air Corps Begins For FD's Son
Elliott Roosevelt, 30, second son of the President, starts as an Army Air Corps captain in the procurement branch of Wright Field. He arrived with his wife, was checked at the gate, and admitted after presenting Col Echols telegram. He has no prior military service.
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Army Air Corps
Roosevelt
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British Seize Art Treasures From Excalibur Ship
British authorities at Bermuda removed over 500 paintings and a box of Rouault illustrated books from the American export liner Excalibur last week. Masters cited include Gauguin Degas Manet Monet Cezanne Renoir Picasso, valued around 500000 dollars. Officials said Britain viewed the works as enemy art and a German ruse for dollar exchange. reports claim they came from Paris museums.
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Ohioan AP correspondent reports Luftwaffe raid on London
Robert E. Bunnelle, AP London correspondent, recounts a Nazi air attack on a central London apartment building. He describes bombs forming a triangle around his rooftop flat, a lobby smashed, a gas main fire, and his night spent fleeing through glass-strewn streets before filing his dispatch.
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Luftwaffe
Part-Time Parents Criticized by PTA
Cincinnati reports on the 35th annual Ohio PTA Congress where speakers denounce “Mothersfor-a-Day” and “fathers-for-an hour or two” as neglecting duties. Mrs. Bertha Ashby Hess of Jackson Michigan defines the showy parent as lacking yearlong responsibility.
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Jackson
Mich
Fan Is Sentenced for Vegetable Throwing
Iceman Carmen Guerra is suspended 30 days as a star in the vegetable throwing league and faces another inning Friday. He was convicted of disorderly conduct for throwing tomatoes at Hank Greenberg in a game with the Cleveland Indians on Sept. 27 and fined $50 with a $500 bond set for a motion hearing.
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Hank Greenberg
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Cleveland Indians
Sales Tax Collections Rise 12.3 Percent in Ohio
Ohio's 1940 sales tax receipts through Sept 28 totaled 36.63 million dollars, up 12.3 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to State Treasurer H. Ebright. The report was released today in Columbus.
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Ohio
N H. Ebright
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