Finland Braces as U S and Allies Seek Safe Separation
Finland hopes diplomacy from the United States and Scandinavian nations will deter Russia from demanding sovereignty infringements. A 21 plane Russian recon ended near Helsingfors as 60,000 refugees fled and Civil Volunteer Corps prepared to bolster the 255,000 strong army amid tanks and heavy artillery along the frontier.
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United States
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Russia
Finland
Borga
Lovisa
Helsingfors
Women's Auxiliary Corps
Britain and France reject Hitler peace terms in Commons
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Germany must remove the Hitler regime for any real peace. He warned the German government alone stood in the way of a settled peace and denounced Hitler's proposals as vague and unreliable. Nazi sources predicted the war would continue after rejection.
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House of Commons
London
Great Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Chamberlain
Britain
Europe
Berlin
U.P
Italy
Russia
British Empire
Lindbergh to Broadcast Second Radio Address Friday Night
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will speak again on U S relations to the European war Friday night from 9 30 to 9 45 over Mutual Broadcasting. The address continues his earlier call to keep the United States out of the conflict.
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Lindbergh
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Mutual Broadcasting System
Coordination of Relief Agencies Urged by FDR
President Roosevelt warned that continuing war will deepen human suffering. He urged full coordination of voluntary relief agencies to prevent duplication and waste in delivering humanitarian aid to those affected by the conflict.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Marietta Man In Serious Condition After Parkersburg Crash
Dr. Otto Oelsner aged 62 of Zanesville is in serious condition from injuries suffered in an automobile accident at Parkersburg West Virginia yesterday. He was hospitalized after the crash and authorities reported him in critical but stable condition.
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Marietta
U.P
Otto Oelsner
Zanesville
Parkersburg
W. Va
UAW to Vote on Chrysler Strike Across 13 Plants
The United Auto Workers prepares to hold a strike vote among locals in 13 Chrysler plants across Michigan Indiana and California affecting about 55000 workers. The action follows a dispute over work schedules with a five day cooling off period required before any walkout.
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United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Detroit
United Automobile Workers _Union of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
Chrysler Corporation
Michigan
Indiana
California
Richard T. Frankensteen
Cio-Uaw
State Labor Board
Chrysler and
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs
Coal production hits new weekly high in 1937 comparison
The National Coal Association reports U S bituminous coal output at about 10 150 000 net tons for the week ending Oct 7 the highest since Dec 11 1937. The year earlier week yielded 7 995 000 tons and 9 704 000 tons in 1937. The rise is linked to heavy industries and European war demand.
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Washington
U.P
National Coal Association
United States
Pilot Jumped From Crashing Plane At 6000 Feet
Army test pilot Capt. Murray C. Woodbury bailed out when controls locked at 6000 feet. The circling aircraft brushed his face with its tail during descent. He landed safely. the plane crashed near him on the Patterson Field reservation at Dayton.
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Dayton
Murray C. Woodbury
Wright Field
Patterson Field
Coal court suit charges Cleveland firms with inferior Pocahontas coal
Federal district court files allege three Cleveland companies and their operators sold coal advertised as Pocahontas but graded inferior. The suit names 20 members of the Pocahontas Operators' Association in Bluefield West Virginia.
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Coal Campanites
CLEVELAND—+U
Pocahontas Operators’ Association
Bluefield
W. Va
Federal District
Cleveland Companies
Logan Taxicab Driver Robbed and Car Stolen
An unidentified man, a passenger in a Logan taxicab, robbed driver Wilfred Six of one dollar in change and stole the cab near Harper Run on U S Route 33. Police stopped the taxi after a hole was shot in a rear tire in Lancaster. the robber fled and was not captured.
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Logan
Wilfred Six
Lancaster
Harper Run
U. S. Route 33
Graff Elected President of Ohio Retail Grocers Group
A. F. Graff of New Philadelphia was elected president of the Ohio Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association at the convention concluding yesterday.
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Toledo
U.P
A. F. Graff
New Philadelphia
Ohio Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association
Rigid Shipping Restrictions in FD's Plan May Be Changed
Washington sources indicate Senate leaders will likely modify some neutrality ship restrictions in Roosevelt's plan. Key Pittman and committee chairs convened talks with Hiram Johnson and Josiah Bailey on freedom of the seas and exemptions for Pacific trade. Bailey warned repeal of the arms embargo signals a home and abroad vote in favor of broader involvement, while isolationists and administration allies press for balance to preserve the merchant marine.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Key Pittman
Nev
Foreign Relations Committee
U.P
Robert M. LaFollette
Wis
Senate Today
United States
Bailey
Maritime Commission
Johnson
Pacific Ocean
Australia
Germany
William E. Borah R
Idaho
Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
Dies Committee Eyes Navy Yard Spy Infiltration
The Dies Committee prepared to investigate alleged Communist infiltration into the Washington Navy Yard after a Soviet general testified that Russian spies exist in the U S army and navy. Subpoenas are ready to serve on 10 Navy Yard employees named by witnesses as active Communists or strongly sympathetic to Communism.
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Washington
U.P
Dies
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Communist Party
Allied and German actions reported on multiple fronts
French communique claims heavy German losses in Moselle corridor repulsed patrolling and German forces retreating with wounded left behind. British say they seized the liner Cap Norte in the South Atlantic. Germany reports active patrols and artillery on the west front, a French plane downed south of Lauterberg, and air and sea control in the North Sea. German lines state Polish forces reached points along the Bug River at the Soviet border and accuse Poles of using British mustard gas in defense.
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Moselle
Cap Norte
South Atlantic
West Front
Lauterberg
North Sea
Poland
Bug River
Five Children and Driver Die in WV Bus Cliff Plunge
A Big Creek School bus with five pupils and driver Herbert Belcher plunged 150 feet down a hillside near War West Virginia. Sixteen injured students were treated and released while 64 others remained hospitalized in serious condition. Belcher perished from crush injuries after the wreckage was on railroad tracks. He said a spindle on the axle broke before the bus went over the cliff.
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WELCH
W. Va
Big Creek
War
Ralph Earls
Bartley
Charles Colvard
Raysal
Herbert Belcher
Maxine Beavers
Ernest Woody, Jr
Lucille Mullins
Belcher
CIO Silent on FC's Newest Peace Appeal
In San Francisco CIO leaders avoided comment on President Roosevelt's peace appeal between labor's two top bodies. John L. Lewis gave no sign of a harmony conference with the AFL. Other CIO officials suggested further intensification of the labor dispute. The convention's third day backed a resolution condemning the wage hour administration for lacking a basic wage structure and calling for higher minimum standards.
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San Francisco
U.P
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
Labor
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Steer Breaks Free Injures Crowd at Lancaster Rodeo
A rodeo steer broke from its pen at the Lancaster Fair injuring eight people and sending one woman, Mrs. Fred Henderlick of Columbus, to a hospital with chest and shoulder injuries. Cowboys corralled the animal after it charged into the midway as the steer was being run in bull dogging.
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Lancaster
U.P
Fred Henderlick
Columbus
Cap Norte Seized in South Atlantic
Semi official naval sources report the 13 615 ton German liner Cap Norte captured somewhere in the South Atlantic. The British press association supported the claim of the capture.
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London
South Atlantic
Refugees criticize Iroquois voyage treatment after crossing
Five hundred seventy seven refugees aboard the Iroquois complained of harsh ship conditions after surviving storms and wartime rumors. They said some passengers slept on the floor and were charged first class fares, while big suites remained locked.
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New York
Coast Guard
Thomas Murphy
Society Lifer Appeals for Texas Justice
Richard Gallogly, serving a Georgia life sentence, seeks Texas aid to avoid extradition. His wife, charged with abetting the escape, appeals publicly for Texas justice. Georgia demands custody. Texas Governor O Daniel may order a hearing as Attorney General Arnall arrives in Austin.
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Dallas
Tex
U.P
Richard Gallogly
Georgia
Texas
Gallogly
New Jersey
Ellis Arnall
Austin
Ohio Faces Record Low Relief Contributions This Fall
Ohio welfare director Charles L. Sherwood said the state will likely cover only about 31.5 percent of September relief costs, the lowest share under the new relief act. August contributions were about 32.7 percent. The program currently caps monthly outlays at 750 000 dollars, with November set to rise to 1 000 000 dollars for winter.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles L. Sherwood
Veteran AFL Official Announces Resignation
Frank Morrison, 80, longtime secretary treasurer of the American Federation of Labor since 1896, announced his retirement at the 59th AFL convention. The move came just hours before delegates elected officers for 1940 as a special order of business.
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Cincinnati-Au
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Morrison
AFL
Five Die as Tri-Motor Plane Crashes at Ford Airdrome
A tri motor military plane crashed into a building during take-off at Ford Airdrome killing five persons aboard and injuring others. Investigations begun to determine cause and identify victims.
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BOME
U.P
Ford
Chamberlain Sees War Yielding A Different World
Prime Minister Chamberlain warned the war would bring a new world order, not an uneasy truce. He blamed Hitler for rejecting peace and urged German willingness to restore confidence and disarmament. Parliament noted Lloyd George delaying conciliation, while Britain eyed implications of a Russia trade deal and a continued Nazi threat.
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Chamberlain
Commons
Russia
Hitler
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Europe
David Lloyd George
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Italy
Soviet
French Hold Firm as Germans Press Moselle Front
German forces attacked French outposts along the Moselle corridor with heavy fire but were driven back by French and British artillery. Reported German losses were heavy while French and Allied guns target Saar Valley routes and Siegfried Line fortifications.
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Paris
Moselle
Rhineland
Saar
Workers Get Pay Increases Under Fair Labor Rules
Wage hour officials estimate 650000 workers will gain raises and 1750000 will have shorter hours as the fair labor standards act enters its second year. The national minimum wage for about 12 million interstate workers rises October 24 from 25 to 30 cents per hour and the work week falls from 44 to 42 hours with time and a half required after that. A separate order raises textile industry minimum wage from 25 to 32 1/2 cents per hour for 600000 workers.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
PTA report targets Bigelow pension plan in Ohio convention
Delegates to the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers would elect officers today. Convention leaders predicted the PTA would oppose Bigelow proposed fifty dollar monthly old age pension plan. A report condemning the proposal was to come before the delegates.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
P.T.A
Bigelow
Veteran Ohio Restaurateur James Mills Dies in Cincinnati
James O. Mills 56, a veteran Ohio restaurant operator with ventures in Columbus Cleveland and Cincinnati, died in Cincinnati. He began as a Columbus Athletic Club bookkeeper later becoming its steward and opened his first Columbus restaurant in 1910.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
V.P
James O. Mills
Columbus
Cleveland
Mills
Columbus Athletic Club
Staward
Divorces Granted to Hollywood Actresses
Hollywood report states Judge Beardsley granted Betty Grable an uncontested divorce from Jackie Coogan on grounds of extreme cruelty. Miriam Hopkins divorced her third husband Anatole Litvak in Reno yesterday, accusing him of cruelty and other factors.
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Hollywood
John Beardsley
Betty Grable
Jackie Coogan
Kid
Miriam Hopkins
Anatole Litvak
Reno
Gestapo End Negotiations Rome U II Himmler and Bocchini
Heinrich Himmler head of the Gestapo was expected to conclude talks with Arturo Bocchini chief of Italian police on repatriation of German subjects from the Italian Tyrol.
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Gestapo
Rome
U.2
Heinrich Himmler
Arturo Bocchini
Italian
Tyrol
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Hiram W. Johnson
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Silent On
Quois
Cobh
Erich Raeder
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Mid- Atlantic
Edward Griffin
Farmy
Randolph Field
William Griffin
St.Louis
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