Turkey Delivers First Setback in Diplomatic War
European alliance against the Nazi Soviet pact faces early reverses as Turkey and Finland rebuff Moscow. Turkey rejects a Red influence zone and Dardanelles neutrality, while Baltic states seek protection with Finland. Roosevelt backs Baltic neutrality amid high tension in Stockholm and London reports.
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Turkey
Russia
Bonitea Press
Europe
Finland
Balkans
Dardanelles
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Poland
Black Sea
Franz von Papen
Berlin
Near East
Moscow
London
Balkan
Bulgaria
Large Scale Offensive Likely Behind Western Front
Reports from Paris say German railways and roads for 30 miles behind the front are crowded with troops and guns as a grand Maginot Line assault appears likely. Front lines show intensified patrols and ambushes amid bad weather. German losses cited as 6,000 to 7,000 men on Monday.
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Paris
Maginot Line
High Command
Saarbruecken
Arsenic Killer To Get Chair
Petrillo a Philadelphia arsenic murder lieutenant in an insurance ring was sentenced to the electric chair for the slaying of Ferdinand Alfonsi a WPA worker. The jury which found him guilty last spring recommended death. He told Judge McDevitt I still have God.
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Philadelphia
A.P
Herman Petrillo
Petrillo
Ferdinand Alfonsi
WPA
H. S. McDevitt
Eight Counties Receive First Proceeds Checks
Treasurers of eight Ohio counties received the first checks under a new law granting counties one fourth of forest product sale proceeds from state lands. Hocking County got 51.66 dollars, Athens 15 dollars, and Vinton 17.92. State Forester A. O. Alderman mailed the checks from Wooster, noting future larger revenues when fully in effect.
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Wooster
U.P
Ohio
Hocking County
Athens County
Vinton County
A. O. Alderman
Wooster Experiment Station
Praise Fifth Corps Area Columbus Up
The War Department congratulates the Fifth Corps Area in Columbus for filling the enlarged recruit quota and doing so 25 days before the deadline set by the department.
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Fifth Corps
Columbus
Fth Corps
Ship Battles Storm Hurts 20 Passengers On President Harding
A gale off the New England coast seriously injures at least 20 aboard the United States liner President Harding. The ship requests medical aid and morphine while Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton races to assist with a doctor and supplies. Other ships including Blairbet seek immediate help nearby.
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New York
United States
President Harding
New England
Coast Guard
Hamilton
Blairbey
Atlantic
Manhattan
Conte di Savoia
Third Official Shoots Self in Public Scandal
New Orleans based report states Lawrence Merrigan age 35 a former internal revenue collector shot himself in a hotel room amid a public scandal that has already claimed two Louisiana officials Dr James A Shaw and George Heidelberg. Merrigan had worked as an income tax consultant to ex LSU president James Monroe Smith who faces multiple indictments.
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New Orleans
Lawrence Merrigan
Internal Revenue
Louisiana
James A.shaw
State Conservation Department
George Heidelberg
National Youth Administration
Louisiana State University
Merrigan
James Monroe Smith
Jealous Suitor Wounds Woman Ends His Own Life
Canton, Ohio area report: Mrs. Marcella J. Meyers 27 was shot three times by a jealous suitor Monday afternoon and found abandoned in woods west of Canton Tuesday. She identified Norman J. King 49 as her assailant. King killed himself in a garage near his home hours after the attack.
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Canton
U.P
Marcella J. Meyers
Here
M. C. Rupert
Meyers
Norman J. King
City of Mandalay Sunk by German Sub
Ellerman Lines reports the British steamer City of Mandalay was sunk by a German U-boat in the Atlantic. The fate of the crew is believed to be saved.
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London
U.P
Ellerman Lines
City of Mandalay
Atlantic Ocean
Delaware woman dies after street car collision in Columbus
Mrs. Elizabeth Marriott, 62, of Delaware, died in a Columbus hospital yesterday from shock and head injuries after a street car automobile crash in the city.
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Columbus
A.P
Elizabeth Marriott
Delaware
Slew Ex-Mate To Stop His Second Marriage
Cleveland authorities prepared charges against Susan Banko 41 of Lakewood for the killing of her divorced husband Andrew 46 just before his planned second marriage. Banko was shot three times and reportedly wounded herself fatally.
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Cleveland
U.P
Susan Banko
Lakewood
Andrew
Banko
Germans Allowed One Egg Per Person This Week
Berlin reports one egg per person may be purchased from today through Oct. 24 with ration card presented. Authority announced the measure to regulate supplies during the period.
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Berlin
U.P
George Musson Sets Ohio Potato Harvest Record
Erie County farmer George Musson claimed a new Ohio potato harvest record with 414.7 bushels per acre of Katahdin potatoes.
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Sandusky
U.P
George Musson
Erie County
Ohio
Billings Plans Wedding After 18-Year Estrangement
Billings, freed after 23 years for a bombing he says he did not commit, announced plans to marry Miss Josephine Rudolph of San Mateo. The former labor organizer spoke about the hoped-for wedding following his release from Folsom Prison where he was a central figure in the case 18 years earlier.
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San Francisco
U.P
Warren K. Billings
Josephine Rudolph
San Mateo
Billings
Folsom
Pumpkin Show at Circleville Begins Today
Circleville hosts the 36th annual pumpkin show opening at noon with Pickaway County displays. Festive parades bands and pageantry greet visitors as public schools close for two days. A queen will be chosen from 12 county high school candidates and pumpkin pie will be the sole pie served in town eateries during the four day event.
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Circleville
U.P
Pickaway County
County Agricultural Society
Chamberlain Praises Air Defenses Amid War News
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons Hitler has not replied to allied peace terms and Britain must brace for larger Nazi air assaults. He cited early raids as a good start and warned surprises remain, noting only about one half of one percent of ships sailing from British ports were sunk this week, underscoring effective Allied countermeasures.
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London
A.P
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Chamberlain
Dillon Crist to be grand master at Ohio Masonic session
Dillon Crist an Alliance banker will be elevated to grand master before adjournment of the 130th annual Ohio Grand Lodge of the Masonic Order meeting in Columbus which opened today.
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Columbus
U.P
Dillon Crist
Alliance
Ohio Grand Lodge of the
Masonic Order
Travel bureau operator says Athenia carried guns when sunk
Gustav A. Anderson of Evanston Illinois filed an affidavit with the State Department stating the Athenia carried guns at the time of its sinking on September 3. Anderson quotes Chief Officer Copeland saying there were plenty of guns aboard.
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Acme
Gustav A. Anderson
Evanston
Lll
State Department
Washington
Athenia
Anderson
Copeland
Administration Moves To Appease Shipping Firms
Senate backers propose five point changes to the neutrality law revision to ease shipping restrictions. They seek limited trade with Australia and New Zealand, temporary trade halts after ship losses, no U S liability for cargo destruction claims, sworn cargo disclosures to port authorities, and time limits tied to the European war with revisions if a new war starts or ends.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Administration
United Press
Australia
New Zealand
United States
U. S
Jewelry salesman abducted in Cincinnati robbery
Serena Davis a 45 year old jewelry salesman for a New York firm was abducted by three bandits who robbed him of diamonds and other jewelry valued at 125000 dollars in Cincinnati Ohio. Davis is seen at police headquarters identifying robbers.
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Serena Davis
New York
Cincinnati
Davis
Dodge workers vote to strike at Chrysler main plant
A picket line formed at the Dodge main plant as UAW CIO says a strike was voted in the production dispute with Chrysler. A Dodge spokesman noted only a few hundred of the 11 000 day shift entered while machines ran where possible. Richard T. Frankensteen said the 13 to 1 vote approved by the international union had not yet been ordered.
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Detroit
U.P
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Corporation
Richard T. Frankensteen
Uaw-Cio
Probe of Pike County Election Irregularities Resumes
Ohio assistant attorneys general return to Waverly to finish probe of alleged voting irregularities in Pike County's 1938 election. Dozens of witnesses were questioned after the Pike County election board's dismissal by Secretary of State Earl Griffith.
Court Weighs Auto Tax Diversion for Relief Funds
The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of a new law allowing diversion of county automobile license tag revenues to fund poor relief. The ruling will impact local relief funding as legislators designed the measure to aid counties in meeting relief costs.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Women Will Mark Ohio Historic Spots
Cincinnati regional conference outlines a plan by the National Society of New England women to mark historic spots across Ohio Michigan Illinois West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
U.P
Michigan
Illinois
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
National Society of New England Women
Perkins Will Control Wage Hours Agency
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins has temporarily assumed control of the wage hour administration affecting over 12 million workers in interstate commerce. Lt. Col. Philip Fleming is expected to assume duties formerly held by Elmer F. Andrews as the transition unfolds.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
New Deal
Philip Fleming
St. Paul
Elmer F. Andrews
Miss Perkins
Andrews
Roosevelt
Fleming
GOP Opposes Bigelow Plan in Ohio Endorsements
The Ohio Republican State Central Committee endorsed U S Senator Robert A Taft for the presidential nomination and Governor Bricker for re election. It also voted unanimously against the Bigelow old age pension and initiative amendments on the November ballot.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
U. S
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Republican State Central Committee
Taft
Bricker
Television link photographs transcontinental at 235 miles
A television photographer aboard a luxury airliner at 21 600 feet photographed a man in the Empire State Building in New York and Maj. Gen. Delos C. Emmons aboard the plane. Emmons hailed the feat as opening vast possibilities for national defense communication. The test marked the first time TV signals were received beyond the normal 50 mile horizon.
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Washington
Empire State
New York
Delos C. Emmons
Gallia Highway Worker Hangs Self From Tree
Gallia Ohio state highway worker Paul Dillon, 30, of Crown City, hanged himself on a farm adjoining his father's property. The body was found early today. Dillon was married with no children and ill health was cited as the cause.
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Gallipolis
Paul Dillon
Greer Dillon
Crown City
Dillon
Treasury sells $3 million in gold to Brazil
The Treasury disclosed a sale of three million dollars worth of gold to the Brazilian government to stabilize exchange between Washington and Brasilia.
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Washington
Treasury
Soviet Troops Move Into Estonia Amid Baltic Censorship
Helsinki reports cut telegram and radio links with Estonia as military censorship spreads. About 21,000 Red Army troops enter Estonia in two columns from north and south, following a pre arranged plan after a treaty granting bases.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Esthenia
Baltic
Esthonia
Russia
Severe Sea Air Battle Off Dutch Coast Reported
Eyewitnesses near Schiermonnikoog Island report a sea air battle off the Netherlands coast with six warships and twelve planes. The engagement began at 11 a.m. and occurred outside Dutch territorial waters. participants were not identified and later disappeared from view.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Schiermonnikoog Island
Holland
Bigelow Denies He Is Governor Candidate
Reverend Herbert S. Bigelow, sponsor of old age pension and initiative amendments, denied he is a gubernatorial candidate. He said Democratic nominating petitions in his name were unauthorized. Draft Bigelow petitions circulated over the weekend by Charles Hubbell of Cleveland.
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Cincinnati
Herbert S. Bigelow
Bigelow
Charles Hubbell
Cleveland
Five Die in Powder Plant Blast at National Powder Plant
U.P. reports an explosion at the National Powder Plant near Eldred Pa. early today. Officials said five men in the gelatin plant were killed and the blast left a hole in the ground.
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Clean
N. Y
U.P
National Powder Plant
Eldred
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