Two-for-One Retaliation Demanded After Kearny Torpedoing
The Kearny destroyer was torpedoed 350 miles southwest of Iceland while on patrol to capture or destroy Axis submarines. Senator Pepper urged two sinkings for each attack, Rep Cox called it a pivotal incident, and Senator Bridges urged arming merchant ships. The attack follows Roosevelt’s shoot-on-sight orders and the Sept. 16 activation.
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Washington
United States
Kearny
North Atlantic
Pepper
D-Fla
Cox
D-Ga
Cnthe
Iceland
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Hitler
Bridges
House
Roosevelt
Secretary of Navy
Berlin
Rome
Axis
Hit
U. S
Great Britain
Navy
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Harold R. Stark
Thief of Naval Operations
Greer
Japs Roll Out Their Big Guns In Saigon Parade
Smuggled artillery shown in Saigon as Tokyo reports a warlike cabinet replacement for Prince Konoye. Army spokesmen warn Japan to be fully prepared for the worst, signaling intensified conflict in the region.
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Indo-China
Saigon
Tokyo
Prince Konoye
Japan
Joseph Grew
U. S
Teijiro Toyoda
Perry County Prosecutor To Face Contempt Charges
Perry County's newly appointed prosecutor R. M. Alspach of Inville was cited for contempt in federal court by Referee G. H. Butt. He was ordered to appear before Judge Mell G. Underwood next Wednesday for failing to report on an estate he holds as trustee for five years and to account for assets left by Jesse Lee Love, former Somerset dealer.
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Colum
R. M. Alspach
Inville
Perry County
G. H. Butt
Alspach
Mell G. Underwood
Butt
Jesse Lee Love
Somerset
Revision Fees Admit Defeat
Opponents of arming merchants ships concede defeat in the House and push for a quick final vote by avoiding time consuming amendments. Republicans plan to send the resolution back to the Foreign Affairs Committee to examine neutrality act revision at length. Democrats cheer the move as a barrier to a swift vote on repealing the gun on cargo vessels prohibition.
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Washington
Foreign Affairs Committee
Children Contribute To Community Fund Pennies From Slot Machine
Indianapolis prosecutor Sherwood Blue presented 45.73 dollars to the Indianapolis Community Fund on behalf of local children. The pennies came from a confiscated slot machine at Twenty-First and Bellefontaine Streets. Judge John L. McNelis ordered the money turned over after learning the machine was mainly used by children.
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Indianapolis
Sherwood Blue
Twenty- First
Bellefontaine Sts
John L. McNelis
Grain Prices Rally After Yesterday Drop
Chicago traders saw a sharp early recovery as grain prices surged with wheat up over 4 cents a bushel, corn up to 3, oats 2, and soybeans nearly 8 cents. Traders cited reduced nervousness over the international situation driving the rebound.
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Chicago
Ohio U President Dr James Granted Leave for Brazil
Dr. Herman G. James president of Ohio University receives two leaves of absence to accept a State Department posting in Sao Paulo Brazil to foster US South American cultural ties. First leave starts January 1942 for three months, second begins July 1 1942 for one year.
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Herman G. James
Ohio University
Department of State
Sao Paulo
Brazil
United States
South America
E. C. Eikenberry
Hamden
I. M. Foster
Washington, D. C
NYA Trains 5100 for Defense Jobs in Ohio
Ohio NYA administrator Leo B. Jacobs announced that 1,553 youths joined 69 defense training projects across 24 communities, bringing total trainees to 5,100. Trainees earn 25 dollars for 100 hours while receiving shop instruction and related schooling in public schools.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Youth Administration
Leo B. Jacobs
NYA
Swedish Government Halts Nobel Prizes for One Year
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports the Swedish government will skip awarding Nobel prizes for a year. Decision affects all prize categories and disrupts the traditional ceremony timetable.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
River Men Oppose Beaver Mahoning Canal Defense Claim
The Upper Ohio Valley Association called the Beaver Mahoning Canal plan a defense hindrance after the House Rivers and Harbors Committee approved canalization at an Army engineers estimated cost of 48 million dollars. Youngstown interests supported the project to supply a water route from Rochester to Struthers aiding the steel industry.
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Pittsburgh
Upper Ohio Valley Association
House
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Army
Youngstown
Steel Industry
Rochester
Ohio River
Struthers
Strike plans delayed at Consolidated Air plant amid wage talks
At the San Diego bomber plant Consolidated Aircraft Corp an executive board delayed planned strike action to allow settlement in Washington. CIO workers at Bendix New Jersey threatened mass action after two weeks of walkouts seeking higher pay. The Air Associates plant faces orders worth 5 million while Consolidated has contracts totaling 750 million and 28 000 employees. Local sheriff warned mass violence as mediation boards push for immediate job restoration.
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San Diego
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Bendix
N. J
Air Associates, Inc
CIO
AFL Machinists Union
Consolidated
Washington
William R. Browne
Charles Edison
Air Associates
CIO United Auto
National Defense Mediation Board
Leroy Hill
Two Girls and a Boy Charged in Maryland Slaying
In Portland Maine two Alexandria Virginia teens and a boy are charged in the death of Grainger G. Browning 40. County Attorney Albert Knudsen says the initial claim that a man attacked a girl was retracted and the motive is now said to be stealing Browning’s car to accompany the girls.
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Portland
Alexandria
Grainger G. Browning
Maryland
Albert Knudsen
Herbert H. Cox
Browning
Ida May Price
British General Gort Reveals Dunkirk Evacuation Realities
London reports publish the official British commander Lord Gort's account of Dunkirk. He cites equipment shortages, poor coordination, and government control over surrender decisions. Gort notes Weygand urged a counterattack during evacuation and faults in French cooperation and information.
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London
Flanders
Lord Gort
Dunkerque
Maxime Weygand
British War Office
Gort
Eight U S Ships Sunk In European War Toll Rises
The report lists eight American owned vessels sunk since the start of the European war including the tanker IT White torpedoed Sept 27 in the South Atlantic. Other casualties include City of Rayville off Australia 1940 with one death, Charles Pratt off West Africa Dec 21 1940 with two missing, and Robin Moor torpedoed in the South Atlantic May 21 with no lives lost. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
U. S
White
South Atlantic
Rayville
Charles Pratt
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
West Africa
Robin Moor
Nye proposes peace rider on lease bill
Senator Nye proposes attaching a peace rider to Roosevelt's lend-lease bill to urge the president to seek a negotiated peace abroad. Nye says the administration's inaction on stopping the conflict has become a national burning issue. Secretaries Knox and Roosevelt discussed transferring two recommissioned submarines to Britain as part of the current aid measures.
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Nye
Washington
N. D
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations
Navy
Knox
Oil price hike urged to conserve reserves, prevent well abandonments
FINDLAY O O Donnell president of the Ohio Oil Company calls for an immediate crude oil price increase. He says small wells are being abandoned as equipment moves to newer areas and urges priorities for steel to maintain facilities and enable exploration for new oil sources.
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Findlay
O. O. Donnell
Ohio Oil Company
Donnell
Shopping Rush Lifts Ohio Sales Tax Revenue
A buying rush rivaling the Christmas period boosted Ohio sales tax income for the week ended Oct. 4 to 1,466,605, an increase of 378,368 over 1940. State Treasurer Don H. Ebright said anticipation of new federal taxes effective Oct. 1 amplified the surge.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Funeral services for Minnie A. Sines
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie A Sines aged 89 previously announced for Sunday afternoon will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o clock. The change was made at the request of her son Everett Sines of Los Angeles who will not arrive until Monday.
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New Straitsville
Minnie A. Sines
Everett Sines
Los Angeles
Cal
New REA Allocations Include Ohio Plants
New Rural Electrification Administration allocations name Belmont Electric Cooperative St. Clairsville Ohio 117000 Midwest Electric St. Marys Ohio 46000 and Firelands Electric Cooperative North Fairfield Ohio 82000 with funding targeted to local utility projects in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Belmont Electric Cooperative, Inc
St. Clairsville
Midwest Electric, Inc
St. Marys
Firelands Electric Cooperative, Inc
North Fairfield
Year Old Vessel Survives Attack in North Atlantic
The new five million dollar U S S Kearny was torpedoed 350 miles off Iceland but stayed afloat and resumed under its own power with 125 to 150 crew aboard. No casualties were reported. The attack followed related tensions as Japan's leadership shifted and U S warships faced a rising Pacific crisis.
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North Atlantic
U.S
Greer
United States
Roosevelt
Japan and Russia War News Across Berlin Moscow Fronts
The Tokyo cabinet crisis raises fears for U S and British interests in the Pacific as Tokyo moves on Moscow. Nazi advances near Moscow report 60 miles out while Odessa falls and Rumania proclaims victory. Washington debates Tokyo crisis in Capitol Hill with Roosevelt holding tight secrecy.
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Washington- Tokyo
United States
Nichi Nichi
Admiral Takahashi
Japan
Takahashi
Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Berlin
U.S.S.R
Kazan
Orient
Washington
Capitol Hill
Pacific
Gillette
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
Tokyo
Roosevelt
British Planes Bomb Naples Amid Casualties
British planes bombed Naples early today killing 12 and wounding 37. Fires were quickly exti nished, according to Italian officials. The raid touched a major maritime and industrial hub with ships, rail equipment and motor cars among its outputs. A counter blow at sea followed as an Italian torpedo boat reportedly sank a British submarine in the Mediterranean.
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Rome
Naples
Tyrrhenian
High Command
Mediterranean
Ohio Relief Costs Fall Sharply in 1941 Nine Months
State Welfare Director Charles L Sherwood said September relief expense dropped to 1 159 972 dollars a decrease of 647 265 from September last year. For the first nine months of 1941 relief spending totaled 13 217 489 dollars, down from 18 804 150 in 1940.
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Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Canadian Airmen to Visit Kent Legion Rally
The largest Royal Canadian Air Force party to visit the United States will display at an American Legion rally in Kent, Ohio, on Sunday. The group includes 11 officers 223 airmen the Ottawa central air force band and a Toronto exhibition squad.
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Ottawa
Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
American Legion
Kent
Air Force
Central Air Force Band
Toronto
King’s Artist Adolphe de Bathe Dies in Car Crash
English portrait painter Adolphe de Bathe, 71, known for depictions of King Edward VII and Queen Victoria, died in a suburban Bedford automobile crash. The accident occurred as he traveled with a companion, authorities said.
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KING
Cleveland
Bedford
Adolphe de Bathe
King Edward VII
Queen Victor
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NEA Telephoto
James
THE
Associated Press
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Detroit
Orval J. Kincaid
Land Steel Products Co
Aluminum Co
Kinen
CIO National Association of Die Casting Workers
Aluminum Workers Organization, Inc
Monarch Aluminum Manufacturing Co
Minnie Sines
Hyde Park
Eiko Tojo
Fumimaro Konoyue
Nichi Nicht
Jap Press
Tojo
China
Russia
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Odessa
Black Sea
Sea of Azov
Donets
Bucharest
Leningrad
Hugh G. Grant
State Department
Thailand
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Grant
Europe
Kent Legion
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