Willkie cites New Deal delay in housing for expanded army
On a westward campaign trip to New York, Wendell Willkie criticized defense housing delays as startling and disturbing while denouncing what he called a dictatorship pattern in New Deal actions. He labeled the Democratic Party kidnapped by New Deal figures and argued for a third term to counter power-hungry elites.
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Willkie
Buffalo
N. Y
Wendell L. Willkie
Rochester
New York
Syracuse
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Hopkins
Ickes
Corcoran
Cohen
Wallace
Japs Question U S Diplomat Over Escape Advisories
Tokyo informed sources say United States Ambassador Joseph C Grew was summoned to the Japanese Foreign Office and questioned about Washingtons urging Americans to leave the Orient. Shipping lines report solid bookings to the United States through mid December as many try to sail home via Manila.
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Tokyo
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Foreign Office
Washington
Orient
Manila
Try
Stettin
Bohlen
Otha
Magdenburg
Mersburg
Hamburg
Reichland
Dover
Nazia
Berlin
Europe
Britain
Egypt
Rome
New York
Australia
Mediterranean
Mauretania
Machine Ery
Romania
Ploesti
London
Russia
Iraq
Submarine Net Layer Construction to Begin at Lorain Yard
The American Ship Building Co will start building six submarine net layers for the U.S. Navy in a section of Lorain shipyards unused since World War II. The project marks a renewed wartime effort and defense orders for the Navy.
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Defense
Lorain
American Shipbuilding Co
U. S. Navy
Local Draft Boards Take Over Selective Service Advice
Registration completed on October 16 and local boards now operate nationwide. The NEA Messenger Selective Service Information Bureau in Washington has been discontinued and its office closed. Requests for draft information should go to the local boards where registrants reside.
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NEA Messenger Selective Service Information Bureau
Washington
NEA Messenger Information Bureau
The
Messenger
Roosevelt to deliver two political speeches on Oct 23 and 30
The White House announced President Roosevelt will give two half hour political addresses on October 23 and 30. Stephen Early said the Democratic National Committee arranged the events and they will likely be from the White House.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Democratic National Committee
RAF Flier Downs Four Nazis in 10 Minutes
London reports an unidentified RAF lieutenant downed four German Messerschmitt fighters in ten minutes and later shot down a fifth three hours later. The account highlights rapid air action against Nazi jets during ongoing operations.
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RAF
London
Air Ministry
Messerschmitt
Hiram Johnson Plans Speech Against FDR
Washington aides said Sen. Hiram Johnson California will broadcast a nationwide radio address at 10 p m EST Friday opposing a third term for President Roosevelt. Johnson who once backed Roosevelt has told friends he is opposed to a third term on principle and is expected to back Wendell Willkie.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Johnson
Wendell L. Willkie
Wellston Hound Wins In Large Beach Show
The West Virginia Fox Hunters Association field trials opened with over 300 hounds at the bench show described as the largest in the organization’s history. Scarlett O'Hara owned by Ben Dial of Wellston won the grand sweepstakes. Sun Dial Shamrock, also owned by Dial, was named best bitch in the sweepstakes.
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Spencer
W. Va
West Virginia Fox Hunters Association
Scarlett O'Hara
Ben Dial
Wellston
National Fox Hunters’ Association
Dial
Sun Dial Shamrock
Tremendous Loss of Soil Cited at Mississippi Valley Meet
Fort Worth soil improvement official John Fouts told the Mississippi Valley Association convention that the nation loses enough soil each year to fill a train of freight cars that could encircle the earth 18 times. The remarks were made during the annual gathering of mid continent business and agricultural interests in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
John Fouts
Fort Worth
Tex
Mississippi Valley Association
Tacks Strewn Across Lincoln Streets Deflate Cars
Police investigate tacks scattered in Lincoln business district puncturing tires. Officer Joe Offil found two of his tires went flat and summoned the street department after ten pounds of tacks were swept up. fifty autos had been damaged.
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Lincoln, Neb
Joe Offil
First Man's Club Formed To Send Off Recruits
In Sandusky a group of single men organized the First Man's Club to meet monthly and provide a real send off to draftees. The informal gathering plans to honor new recruits with supportive turnout and community camaraderie.
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Sandusky
Draft Machinery Ready To Begin Work Tomorrow
Selective service officials expect a volunteer police force of millions to ensure every man aged 21 to 36 registers for the first peacetime draft. About 1,000,000 registrars from election officials to teachers will run 6,500 local boards posting lists and issuing certificates, with registration hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Washington
Selective Service
National Selective Service
America
Lindbergh Warns U S Led Toward War in Broadcast
Col Charles A Lindbergh charged U S leaders have driven the nation toward debt weakness and war. He urged a plea for American independence and urged voters to demand trustworthy leaders who will steer the country toward strength and peace without excessive armament.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
America
Europe
Lindbergh
J E Mallory Dies Suddenly in Pomeroy
J E Mallory age 77 died suddenly Monday evening at Seakus Hotel where he resided. A 23 year Smith Drug Store employee he is survived by three sisters and a granddaughter. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 at Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Letart Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
J E. Mallory
Smith Drug Store
Seakus
Thornt Mallory
Meigs Co
Racine
Emma Mitchell
Pleasant
W. Va
Sadie Windon
No Convict Goods Excluded From Interstate Commerce
President Roosevelt signed a measure excluding prison made goods from interstate trade. Shippers of such goods across state lines face a $1000 fine and up to one year in prison under the new law.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Youth Despondent Over Draft Ends Life
Woodfield Ohio coroner reports 21 year old Henry Harrison a farm hand killed himself with poison due to fear of being drafted for the army. Coroner Paul Turner stated the death was caused by despondency over federal conscription.
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Woodsfield
Henry Harrison
Paul Turner
Draft Officials Go To School
Adj. Gen. Gilson D. Light reminded Ohio's 336 draft boards to attend a conference at Columbus Memorial Hall at 10 a m. tomorrow. At least one representative from each board is required, with an official from national draft headquarters on hand to answer selective service questions. Notices were sent last Friday to the No 1 man on each board.
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Columbus
Adj
Gilson D. Light
Ohio
Columbus Memorial Hall
National Draft Headquarters
Selective Service
General Light
Two Gallia Co Schools Closed Due to Paralysis
Two Gallia County schools Bidwell and Eno were ordered closed after reports of infantile paralysis at Storys Run and Eno. Mrs. John Veith aged 22 and Nellie Marie Walters aged 9 are ill and their homes were quarantined.
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Gallia Co
Gallipolis
Bidwell
Eno
Gallia County
Storys Run
John Veith
Nellie Marie Walters
Standardization Aims To Speed Warplane Output
Warplane production for the United States and Great Britain will be sped up through standardized manufacturing of similar aircraft. A four man committee will coordinate, with Morgenthau, Knox, Stimson, and Knudsen on a special informal group to smooth output across plants sharing contracts.
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United States
Great Britain
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Britain
Roosevelt
Navy
Knox
War Stimson
William S. Knudsen
Defense Commission
Army
Knudsen
Detroit Economics Club
Plane Pick Up Mail Service Starts Nov 12
All American Aviation announces a non stop airmail pickup service from Pittsburgh to Huntington with 22 intermediate Ohio Valley points starting November 12. The schedule runs twice daily except Sundays to towns including Weirton Wellsburg Wheeling Moundsville New Martinsville and others in West Virginia Ohio Kentucky and Pennsylvania. This becomes the fourth All American route under Civil Aeronautics Commission approval, with a fifth planned December 1 between Pittsburgh and Williamsport.
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Wilmington
Del
Pittsburgh
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Valley
Richard C. DuPont
All American Aviation, Inc
Weirton
Wellsburg
Wheeling
Moundsville
New Martinsville
Sistersville
St. Marys
Parkersburg
Ravenswood
Pt. Pleasant
Steubenville
Marietta
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Wellston
Jackson
Portsmouth
Ironton
Ohio
Cannonburg
Washington, Pa
Ashland
Greenup
All-American
Civil Aeronautics Commission
Williamsport
Relieve Marx of Guard Post in Ohio National Guard
The 37th Division of the Ohio National Guard began a year of training as Adj. Gen. Gilson D. Light announced that Col. Emil F. Marx has been relieved of command of the 148th Infantry. The War Department withdrew its recognition of Marx after a military board inquiry at Fort Hayes. More than 10,000 Ohio Guardsmen reported for duty at 7 a.m. and will undergo exams before heading to Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
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Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Adj
Gilson D. Light
Emil F. Marx
148Th Infantry
War Department
Marx
Fort Hayes
Light
Ohio
Roosevelt
Camp Shelby
Miss
Seek To Curb Speed in Unincorporated Villages
Columbus Ohio. Harry E Neal chief engineer of the State Division of Traffic Safety proposed zoning of highways to prohibit motorists from traveling through unincorporated villages at 45 miles an hour. He said present law imposes no greater restriction through unincorporated villages than on open rural highways. Under zoning limits below 45 mph could be imposed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry E. Neal
State Division of Traffic Safety
Neal
Ohio Marriage Licenses Rise as Draft Nears
Hamilton County's marriage license bureau had a busy day with 40 couples applying by 2:15 p m and expectations of 50 plus for the day. Clerk Charles Dotzauer cited springlike weather and draft registration as possible causes for a surge, noting the total was 200 to 300 percent above normal.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Charles Dotzauer
German air raids focus on London government buildings
A Rome broadcast said the German air force is shifting its London attacks toward government offices and the offices of newspapers and news agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rome
Drowns in Lake Celina during rescue in Grand Lake
James D. Wilson, 26, of Burnsville North Carolina, jumped from a fishing platform to retrieve a boat that broke loose and sank late yesterday in Grand Lake, drowning in the attempt.
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Celina
James D. Wilson
Burnsville
N. C
Grand Lake
Dispatches From Bucharest On Soviet Danube Delta Claim
Reuters reports from Bucharest claim Soviet troops advanced into the Danube delta of Romania amid a split with Germany over Romania. Italian controlled Albania notes 20 000 to 30 000 German troops near Durazzo as Tass denies advanced notice of German moves.
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Berlin-Moscow
Russia
Romania
Reuters
Bucharest
Danube
Rumania
Germany
Albania
Durazzo
Adriatic Sea
Balkan
Europe
Tass
Denmark
Kremlin
Berlin
Rome-Berlin
Far Fast Barred for Americans
The State Department tightened rules to stop Americans from traveling to the Far East or other non Western Hemisphere destinations. Officials said only urgent, demonstrable reasons will allow passport issuance outside the Western Hemisphere.
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Washington—M
State Department
Orient
Far East
Western Hemisphere
Night of terror as raids pound London and rubble grows
Russia finally reveals details on Soviet German relations as Nazi daylight raids strike London in waves at five minute intervals. Rescue workers search rubble for survivors after the worst night of the war.
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Rumania
Russia
Kremlin
English Channel
London
London Suffers Worst Night Raid of the War
London endured a seven hour night bombardment with massive fires as rescue crews pulled 40 to 50 people alive from a basement shelter beneath a bombed block. Reports say many more were killed amid the strikes from Hyde Park to the East End.
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Hyde Park
London
India Docks
East End
Murderer Stocksdale Thought To Be Insane Victim Identified
Police and county authorities investigate Dalton Stocksdale 23 after he allegedly shot his 50 year old mother as she read a Bible at home. Father said the son had acted queerly for weeks. Chief John Walsh announced the charge and ongoing inquiry into mental state.
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Dalton F. Stocksdale
Stocksdale
John Walsh
Dalton Stocksdale
Arrest Constable for Using Illegal Plates
Wellington police report Constable Tom McAdoo was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Paul Johnson on a charge of using illegal automobile license plates. The constable had recently faced complaints from the Kiwanis Club over his arrests of motorists.
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Wellington
Tom McAdoo
Kiwanis Club
Paul Johnson
Funeral services for Rocenna Taylor held at Poplar Ridge
Funeral services for 75 year old Rocenna Taylor, who died Monday, will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at Poplar Ridge. Mrs Traylor was aunt of Mrs. Mont Miller of Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Rocenna Taylor
Poplar Ridge
Traylor
Mont Miller
Middleport
Army of 8000 Volunteers Enlists to Register 185000 Men
In Cleveland the registrar program to enroll 185000 men in Cuyahoga County for military conscription drew 8000 volunteers. Officials at Public Auditorium were surprised by the crowd offering unpaid registration services last night.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Board of Elections
Bevin Survives Bomb Attack Near Labor Minister
In London last night a bomb shattered a room where Ernest Bevin minister of labor was sleeping. he escaped injury as the blast damaged the chamber but did not harm him.
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London
Ernest Bevin
KILLED IN COLLISION NEAR GROVE CITY
Leroy Neal 55 died in a two car crash near Grove City last night. Police said two vehicles collided on a rural road causing fatal injuries to Neal who was a passenger in one car.
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Columbus
Leroy Neal
Grove City
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