Nazi Russian breach widens over Balkans
Nazi Berlin signaled a major aerial onslaught against Britain with a night raid on London described as chaotic. The Balkans tense as Turkey and Soviet Russia reportedly move toward a stop the axis pact and large Soviet and German forces face off near Galati across the Danube.
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Berlin
Britain
London
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Dunkerque
Hitler
Thames
Channel
Balkans
Turkey
Soviet
Russia
Balkan
Greece
Germany
Danube
Galati
Europe
Rumania
Bessarabia
Iention
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ismet Inonu
Pershing's Son Among New York Registrants
Francis Warren Pershing son of Gen. John J. Pershing registered in New York among 1,107,000 men in the first peacetime draft. Aged 31 he said he would do anything including kitchen police if called for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Francis Warren Pershing
John J. Pershing
A.E.F
Young Pershing
Sugar Control Law Extended by President
President Roosevelt announced the extension of the 1937 sugar control law for one year. The signed measure pushes the quota provisions to expire December 31, 1941, one year beyond the previous expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Kite House
Republic Gets Contract for Small Arms Material
War Department awards Republic Steel Corp of Massillon Ohio a contract for small arms material valued at 68 856 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Washington
War Department
Republic Steel Corp
Massillon, O
Willkie to Speak in Six Ohio Cities Crowds Anticipated
In Columbus AP reports Wendell Willkie Republican nominee tours six Ohio stops including Mansfield Marion Springfield Dayton and Hamilton before a Cincinnati Crosley Field rally. Governor Bricker and other GOP leaders accompany him as crowds are predicted record in Cincinnati. Taft criticizes New Deal in New York state tour.
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Columbus
Wendell L. Willkie
Ohio
Waauaweee
Womal Carer
Ultmorr
Willkie
Buffalo
N. Y
Mansfield
Marion
Springfield
Dayton
Hamilton
Cincinnati
John W. Bricker
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
U. S
Ed D
Myers Y. Cooper
Crosley Field
Cincinnati Reds
Robert A. Taft
New York State
Albany
Taft
Senate probes alleged Hatch Act violations
Senate campaign investigating committee called two federal agency officials to explain alleged Hatch Act violations. John M. Carmody of the Federal Works Agency and Agriculture Department officials were questioned over pamphlets printed at government expense and political activities by Agricultural Adjustment Administration staff in multiple states.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Gillette
D-Ia
Special
Senate Committee
John M. Carmody
Federal Works Agency
Democratic
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Alan Valentine
Democrats-for-Willkie
Federal Works Administrator
United States
Bombay Hit By Worst Hurricane in History
A powerful hurricane battered Bombay with winds near 75 mph wrecking buildings and sinking between 50 and 100 fishing craft in the harbor. Port officials fear many fishermen and harbor workers are drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Former Legion Chief To Answer Lindbergh
Colonel Louis Johnson former assistant secretary of war and former national commander of the American Legion is to speak tonight at 9 30 p m in a radio broadcast on MBS as a reply to Col Charles A Lindbergh's speech Monday.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
American Legion
Charles A. Lindbergh
Four Columbus Persons Killed in Auto Mishap
An automobile rolled over on a curve near West Jefferson early today killing four Columbus residents and injuring two others. Sheriff Gorman Clark of Madison County identified the dead as Ralph Coleman Ben Valentino Bernice Bell and Jean Bell.
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Columbus
West Jefferson
Gorman Clark
Madison County
Ralph Coleman
Ben Valentino
Bernice Bell
Jean Bell
Willkie Bids For Factory Farm Ballots
Wendell L. Willkie urged farm and factory cooperation as his running mate Sen Charles L McNary attacked the administration on farm policy Norris defended the New Deal but urged praise for Roosevelt and Wallace Oct speeches from the White House set for Oct 23 and Oct 30 McNary accused the New Deal of dodging farm problems La Guardia Byrnes Taft and Ickes spoke on defense and labor policy in varied Ohio New York Newark and Elmira venues
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Wendell L. Willkie
Charles L. McNary
Norris
Willkie
Ohio
Mansfield
Washington
National Committee of Independent Voters
Roosevelt
Wallace
White House
Stephen T. Early
McNary
Hutchinson
Kans
National Defense
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
Newark
N. J
Byrnes
Elmira
N. Y
Ickes
Akron
Wendell Willkie
Lawrence Walters Dies At New Straitsville
Lawrence Walters 71 died Monday evening at his son William Walters home in New Straitsville after months of illness. He formerly lived in Old Straitsville and is survived by four sons Charles and Ray Walters of Detroit Michigan Earl and William Walters of New Straitsville. His wife died in January 1939. Funeral services set for Thursday 2 p.m. at the Apostolic Church with burial in the local cemetery.
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New Straitsville
Lawrence Walters
William Walters
Walters
Old Straitsville
Charles
Ray Walters
Detroit
Mich
Earl
Apostolic
Price tag set for four Ohio River bridges in Wheeling
Wheeling city council was told that 2,630,000 dollars would be a fair price to acquire four Ohio River bridges. Consulting engineers prepared the figure for a citizens committee proposing purchase. The bridges are owned by the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company and the Wheeling Bridge Company.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling City Council
Citizens Committee
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company
Wheeling Bridge Company
Draft Registrations Pace Set Across Regions
Morris Harvey College registrar claims a record 28 registrations in 14 minutes as the football team registered before a game. Hank Greenberg, visiting Geneva city hall, registered in Chinese and English dialogue. Chinese registrants sign in Chinese characters with John L. Hong interpreting. Rose Del Buono joins five sons and son-in-law to register. Two blind men and several deaf mutes register with sign language and lip reading. Joynt family of Clear Lake registers their seven sons. Count Rene De Chambrun, descendant of LaFayette, registers in New York after serving with the French army on the Maginot Line and in Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
L. S. McDaniel
Morris Harvey College
Morris Harvey
Youngstown
Philadelphia
Northwest School
John L. Hong
New York
Rene de Chambrun
LaFayette
U. S
France
Maginot Line
Belgium
Roosevelt takes control of defense related exports
President Roosevelt invoked national emergency powers to requisition equipment and supplies for defense. An executive order directs the Army and Navy munitions board to survey and decide on requisitioned items and whether to sell or dispose of them in the public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Dallas Tops as America's Safest City in NSC Report
Chicago reports Dallas Texas completed 135 days without an auto death and captured the National Safety Council title of America's safest city from Providence Rhode Island.
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Chicago
Dallas
Tex
Providence
R. L
America
National Safety Council
Fascist Press Sees Threat to U.S. in Orient
In Rome Il Popolo D Italia military commentator Mario Appelius warns that Britain reopening the Burma road to China could spark a U S response and draw the United States into war. In Hanoi Major General Sumita vows Japan will block U S supplied war materials reaching Chiang Kai-shek.
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U.S
Rome
Britain
Burma
China
United States
Mario Appelius
Mussolini
Il Popolo D'Italia
Appelius
Winston Churchill
Japan
Hanoi
Indo-China
Raishiro Sumita
Chiang Kai-Shek
Davey Accused Of Dodging War Service By Veteran Leader
Columbus report says Martin L. Davey avoided military service in 1917 by his wife filing an affidavit of dependency. War Veterans Republican Club of Ohio president Thomas L. Tallentire questioned Davey after his criticism of Gov. Bricker enlisting as an army chaplain.
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Columbus
Thomas L. Tallentire
The
War Veterans Republican Club of Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Tallentire
Davey
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Union of Episcopalians And Presbyterians Seen
Kansas City report says the Episcopal House of Bishops approved a resolution urging Episcopalians in churchless communities to join Presbyterian congregations while stressing no merger plan will be pursued at the current triennial convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Episcopal House of Bishops
Duke University President William P Few Dies at 72
Dr. William Preston Few, president of Duke University, died at Duke Hospital at 7 a.m. after a heart attack a week earlier. He was 72.
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Durham
N. C
William Preston Few
Duke University
Duke Hospital
President Roosevelt Proclaims Draft Day Unity and Readiness
The draft address emphasizes national unity and defense mobilization. Roosevelt notes sixteen million young Americans register for training and defense, framing democracy as the cause of youth and the path to a peaceful, free world through armed readiness. He urges calm resolve, duty, and continued national strength for liberty.
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America
Young Bandits Sought After Sid ney Deputy and Motorist
Two youths hunted in Ohio for abducting Hamilton County deputy sheriff William Herper and a Sidney motorist. Robert Young of Sidney tied to a tree near here, robbed of his watch five dollars and part of his clothing as two bandits fled in his car. A wrecked car matching description was found near Sidney and Herper was handcuffed to a tree after being confronted at a parked car on a highway.
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Sidney
Ohio
Hamilton County
State Highway Patrol
Robert Young
Here
William Herper
Hamilton
Herper
Cincinnati
Seminole Braves Agree To Register for Draft
In Miami Florida after a ceremonial council of their elders the Seminole Indians agreed to register for national conscription. About 65 young men had announced they would hide in the Florida everglades rather than submit to the draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida
United States
Florida Everglades
Five Die As Train Hits Auto in Illinois
Five persons were killed and another critically injured when their automobile was struck by a Rock Island Lines passenger train at a crossing in East Moline Illinois early today. The dead were Clarence Tadlock Alice Mary Wood Arline Norpel Elmer Asmus and Linley Landon.
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East Moline
Ill
Rock Island Lines
Clarence Tadlock
Alice Mary Wood
Arline Norpel
Elmer Asmus
Linley Landon
Waco Plant Operating At Peak Production
Troy news reports Waco Aircraft Co. running at 21 planes weekly with day and night shifts. The plant employs 750 workers and has produced 146 trainer ships for the Civil Aeronautics Authority to date.
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TROY
Waco Aircraft Co
Waco
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Nationwide peacetime draft drives 16 million to register
The United States initiated peacetime draft registration with an estimated 1.25 million men per hour, aiming for 16.404 million registrants aged 21 to 35 by tonight. From governors to mayors, communities marked the day with bonuses to volunteers and banners, while officials projected 5 million called for training in the next five years.
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Selective Service
Roosevelt
John
Army
Navy
Marine Reserve
United States
House of Representatives
Harold E. Stassen
Joseph M. Ball
C. Elmer Anderson
Minnesota
Carl Zeidler
Milwaukee
Ohioans Enroll In National Draft Registration Day
In Columbus and across 8500 precincts volunteers opened registration for men 21 to 35. About 859000 Ohioans are expected to sign up under the selective service law. Booths operated 7 am to 9 pm. lines extended reminders for those awaiting registration. Special registrars visited hospitals and students at Ohio State University campus filled roughly 2000 11 question forms.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
George M. Neffner
Ohio State University
Circleville Attorney Harry B Weaver Shot Dead
Circleville attorney Harry B. Weaver aged 71 was shot and killed. He is buried in Forest Cemetery today.
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Circleville
Harry B. Weaver
Forest Cemetery
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NEA
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Legion
Lindbergh
Geneva
Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tiger
Geneva City Hall
Rose del Buono
Stanton School
Northwest Public School
Serena Davis
Clear Lake, Ia
Thomas P. Joynt
Clear Lake
Dalton Stocksdale
Fostoria
Kenton
KDR
Slacker
Union of
Episcopalians and Presbyterians
DUKE
Joseph H. Ball
St. Paul
Harold Stassen
Ernest Lundeen
Seminole Braves
Illinois
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