Republican Senators push to repeal Neutrality Act with Willkie support
A group of Republican Senators led by Austin Bridges and Gurney, backed by Wendell Willkie, plans to demand outright repeal of the Neutrality Act. Democratic senators Glass and Pepper already support wiping the law. The move adds bipartisan effort, while the Foreign Relations Committee advances ship arming and aims to revise the broader act. The situation is shaped by strategic delays and a U-boat incident near Iceland.
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Republican
Senate
Willkie
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Glass
Pepper
Fla
Austin
R-Vt
Bridges
Gurney
R-Sd
U. S. Detroyer Kearny
North Atlantic
Iceland
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Tojo Declares Japan Encircled and Calls Iron Unity
Japan faces a pivotal hour as Premier General Eiki Tojo urges iron unity to meet what he calls the encirclement by foreign powers. He reshuffles police bureau heads and signals firm action on foreign policy with the United States Britain China and the Dutch East Indies. The Asahi notes Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo will press a measured approach to the Pacific friction.
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Tokyo
Japan
Eiki Tojo
War Office
War Ministry
United States
Britain
China
Dutch East Indies
Russia
Asahi
Shigenori Togo
Pacific
National Move to Nationalize Job Insurance
The Times Star reports Paul V. McNutt confirmed President Roosevelt will ask Congress to authorize complete federalization of Ohio’s unemployment compensation system and other states. He said action would come before discussion and left for Washington with a draft bill for nationwide unemployment insurance.
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Cincinnati
The
Times Star
Paul V. McNutt
Roosevelt
Congress
Ohio
BUC
McNutt
United Service Organizations
Washington
Brown Purse Returned to Owner at Athens Barn
A brown purse containing money and car keys was found at the Athens Livestock Sales barn on Wednesday and returned to owner Forrest Johnson of New Marshfield. George Cline of Chauncey found it and prompted a local notice about rewards and classifieds.
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Athens
Forrest Johnson
New Marshfield
Mr. Johnson
George Cline
Chauncey
Circleville Soldier Dies In Fall From Train
The body of Private George Reeser Jr., Circleville, Ohio, was identified as the soldier killed in a fall from a passenger train near Goshen Indiana. Fort Hayes officers Lieut. John B. McCure and Corp. Wallace McClain viewed the body and confirmed the identification. The man had earlier been identified as Private Richard Butler of Columbus because he wore Butler's raincoat.
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Columbus
Goshen
Ind
George Reeser, Jr
Circleville
John B. McCure
Wallace McClain
Fort Hayes
Richard Butler
Butler
Railroads Accept Roosevelt Board For Wage Dispute
The five man Roosevelt fact finding board was accepted by railroad management to arbitrate the wage dispute with 1 260 000 organized employees. The railroads and unions must request arbitration and accept the board's recommendation. J Carter Fort, chief counsel for the railroads, stated acceptance at the start of today’s hearing as witnesses were cross examined. Oral arguments were set to begin later.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
J. Carter Fort
Fort
Windsors Arrive in New York for City Visit
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived in New York by car from Jersey City to begin a several day visit. They plan to see the city from end to end during their stay.
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New York
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Jersey City
N. J
Hudson
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Plum Brook Plant to Hire 3300 at Full Production
Captain Jermain Rodenhauser announced Plum Brook ordnance plant will employ about 3,300 workers when fully operational. The first line is set to start on November 15.
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Sandusky
Plum Brook
Jermain Rodenhauser
General Strike Threatens Pittsburgh in AFL Labor Dispute
Government representatives and business leaders moved to arbitrate as unions threaten a general strike in the Pittsburgh district. AFL building trades seek removal of non union labor from Duquesne Light's Wireton $8 million generating plant.
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Pittsburgh
All American Federation of Labor Unions
Chamber of Commerce
AFL
U. S. Labor Department
Charles R. Ward
James Ahearn
Duquesne Light Company
Wireton
AFL Building Trades
Seven Ohio Farm Boys Win National Awards
Kansas City Missouri seven Ohioans high ranking young farmers received American Farmer awards at the 14th National Future Farmers of America convention. Applications limited to one per thousand future farmers in each state evaluated farming activities investments earnings school and community leadership and scholarships.
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Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
Akron Teamsters End Eight Day Strike
Akron AFL Teamsters Union members vote to accept a compromise proposal and end an eight day strike against 56 long distance trucking firms. The union sought a 15 cent hourly wage increase within a 60 to 75 cent scale. Details of the compromise were not disclosed.
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Akron
Ammunition stocks cited as insufficient for a week
Washington Rep Thomas R New Jersey warned that U S ammunition reserves would last only one week if fighting matched current Russo German scale. He urged immediate action to restore supply and support for the army amid ongoing operations.
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Washington
Thomas
United States
Birthday Flyer Fulfills 87th Milestone Flight
Hugh Campbell of Mt. Vernon flew from Columbus to Cincinnati and back Sunday for his 87th birthday. It was his first airplane trip and included a visit to his great granddaughter in Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Hugh Campbell
Mt. Vernon
Cincinnati
Crete Called Costly Lesson for Germans
Lt John F E Minter Jr of the 501st Parachute Battalion at Fort Benning argues Crete was a Pyrrhic victory for Germany. He estimated about 13 000 Nazi parachutists were dropped on Crete, many wiped out, and says the invasion exposed flaws likely to shape England plans.
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Washington
UPA
Crete
England
John FE. Minter
501St
Fort Benning
Hminter
Infantry Journal
Mother Is Witness of Shooting of Her Son
Lorain police say Julia Blair age 40 is charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband Leo Blair 45 after a quarrel. Blair's mother Mrs George Blair witnessed the shooting.
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Lorain
Patrick Ginty
Julia Blair
Leo
Blair
George Blair
Ginty
1 124 Red Sympathizers In Federal Pay Dies
Chairman Dies of the House committee released names of 1 124 federal employees deemed to have strong leanings toward Moscow. The list was given to the Attorney General as part of the Un American Activities investigation.
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Washington
Dies
House
Moscow
Assassination Hits Nazi Official in Vichy France
General Holtz, gendarmerie commander for the Nantes area, was shot to death in central Vichy as he passed to his office. Two assailants fired with pistols and shotguns, then fled the scene before police cordons could trap them. German authorities warned of consequences as the attack marked a bold strike in the occupied zone.
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Vichy
France
Holtz
Nantes
Occupied
Paris
Food Shortage Seen in Russia
Washington reports Russia may seek U S food supplies, especially wheat, due to lost Ukrainian grain areas. Officials suggest importing grain to Vladivostok could free Siberian stocks for western European Russia. No indication of a formal approach, but war strains on supplying troops and civilians.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Ukraine
Agriculture Department
Vladivostok
Hitler
Kerney
Navy
Kearny
Iceland
Ohio Division Pioneers In New Hit Run Attack
Major General Beightler of the 37th Division described a destroyer force style of mobile hit and run warfare developed from Indian guerrilla tactics. He noted its use in Louisiana maneuvers and praised its impact on enemy communications and patrols during a recent defense day celebration in a town of about 8 500 residents.
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Ohio Division
Pioneers
Kent
Berghiser
37Th
Louisiana
Germans 57 Miles From Red Capital
Moscow remains under siege as Stalin declares martial alert while German forces push within 57 miles of the capital. Soviets report fierce fighting in Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslavets sectors and claim defense stiffens.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Mozhaisk
Maloyaroslavets
Vyzama
Kaluga
Moscow Radio
Orel
Pravda
Afghanistan expels Nazis from the country
Afghan authorities ordered the expulsion of more than 200 German and Italian nationals. King Mohammad Zahir Shah accepted a British offer to allow safe conduct home via India, Iraq or Turkey. The action closes a 2000 mile front across southwest Asia with allied forces in control of surrounding borders.
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Teheran
Iran
Afghanistan
Asia
Kabul
Afghanstan
Mohammed Zahir Shah
India
Iraq
Turkey
Soviet Union
Man Admits Shooting Father Over Shirt
In Zanesville Ralph Kennison 37 confessed to killing his father Edgar L. Kennison 65 after a quarrel over ownership of a shirt. Police Lt. Fred Quigley said Thelma Kennison reported hearing a gunshot following the dispute and the death occurred yesterday.
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Zanesville
Donald Kincaid
Ralph Kennison
Fred Quigley
Edgar L. Kennison
Quigley
Kennison
Thelma
Prohibition Crusader Forecasts Dry Comeback Nationwide
WESTERVILLE on the eve of his 86th birthday a veteran crusader against liquor said the spread of local option in central states signals a dry comeback. Dr Howard Hyde Russell predicted local option will spread nationwide and offset a setback for dry forces since the 1933 repeal.
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Westerville
Howard Hyde Russell
Cheesemakers Protest Ohio Milk Marketing Act
Swiss cheese makers in Holmes, Tuscarawas, Coshocton and Wayne Counties organized to oppose Ohio's new milk marketing act. A spokesman for the Swiss Cheesemakers of Ohio says the act will handicap operations and impose an undue burden on the industry.
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Columbus
Holmes
Tuscarawas
Coshocton
Wayne Counties
Ohio
Swiss Cheesemakers of
Start Probe of Death Of Scioto County Man
Coroner Virgil Fowler planned an autopsy to determine the cause of death of William Brooks 61 of Wheelersburg Scioto County found unconscious with a skull injury in a wrecked car on a country road after a Friday incident. Sheriff Earl Brandel said the car had been stolen.
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Portsmouth
Virgil Fowler
William Brooks
Wheelersburg
Scioto County
Earl Brandel
Missing Kearny torpedo loss shocks Washington
The U S Kearny torpedoed 21 casualties including 11 missing feared dead. Navy identified attacker as a submarine likely German and noted first U S Navy losses from belligerent action since earlier Panay incident.
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Washington
U.S
Kearny
Navy
Atlantic
U. S
Panay
Yangtze River
China
Youth Pleads Guilty to Slaying of Schoolmate
Cambridge Massachusetts reports Raymond L Woodward Jr a 16 year old pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the mutilation slaying of 15 year old Con stance Shepp a Reading suburb neighbor last July. Conviction carries the death penalty in Massachusetts.
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Cambridge
Mass
Raymond L. Woodward, Jr
Constance Shepp
Reading
Boston
Massachusetts
Portsmouth Man Held After Fatal Argument
Sheriff Earl Brandel said he would file a manslaughter charge today against Waynard Mosley aged 31 after the death of John Bloomfield age 23 from a brain concussion. Bloomfield sustained injuries in a fight ten days earlier following an argument over a load of lumber.
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Portsmouth
Earl Brandel
Waynard Mosley
John Bloomfield
Brandel
Bloomfield
Mosley
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