Willkie Challenges Roosevelts War Promise on Campaign Train
Wendell Willkie heads east from Chicago for campaign addresses and a dinner with Alfred E. Smith aboard Willkie’s special train. He disputes Roosevelt’s pledge to keep the U.S. out of foreign wars and questions whether the New Deal kept 1932 pledges. Willkie plans three night addresses in New York and says the President’s past vows fail the public.
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Willkie
New York
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Harmon
N. Y
Bronx Coliseum
Manhattan Center
New York Herald Tribune
Roosvelt
Former Ball Player Held for Throwing Eggs at Willkie
Former third baseman Charles Mulrain 53 admitted in police court he drank beer and threw one or two frozen eggs at candidate Wendell Willkie on a Chicago train platform. He called it an apology. officer said a frozen egg can be a deadly weapon.
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Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
Charles Mulrain
Harold P. O’connell
Mulrain
Thomas J. Duffy
Willkie
la Salle Street
Duffy
Ft. Riley
Kans
13Th Cavalry
Philippine Islands
Ft. Sheridan
Roosevelt to Deliver Major Philadelphia Address Tonight
President Roosevelt will “take off his gloves” in a national address at Philadelphia Convention Hall on National Youth Day. The speech, titled America Looks to the Future, airs at 9 15 p m EST on NBC and CBS, funded by the Democratic National Committee. Willkie travels east from the Midwest and will speak in New York City at The Herald Tribune Forum after Roosevelt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
Philadelphia
Wendell L. Willkie
NBC
CBS
Democratic National Committee
America
Willkie
U S Repossessing Warplanes From Allies
The United States began three moves to reclaim more than 200 American made warplanes sold to foreign countries. President Roosevelt requisitioned 110 planes sold to Sweden awaiting shipment in Farmingdale New York and similar action was expected for 10 planes ordered by Thailand detained at Manila. The United States also pursued repossession of 100 plus planes on board the French carrier Bearn blockaded at Martinique.
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United States
Army Air Service
Roosevelt
Sweden
Republic Aviation Corporation
Farmingdale
New York
Thailand
Siam
Manila
Bangkok
Bearn
Martinique
Caribbean
Thumb Sucking Seen as Distress Signal in Children
LANGHORNE Pa An institute on the exceptional child heard today that a youngster sucking his thumb may be sending out signals that he is bored or unhappy Dr Harry Bakwin of New York University told parents at the Woods Schools child research clinic urging them to avoid shaming and nagging.
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Langhorne
Woods Schools
Harry Bakwin
New York University
Ministry orders 2000 buses to London to ease traffic
The Ministry of Transport directs 2000 auto buses from provincial cities to be brought to London to relieve traffic in the besieged capital.
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London
Ministry of Transport
Lunch Break Bomb Threat Ends in Explosion
A London bomb disposal squad left for lunch after a delayed action bomb was detected and prepared for removal. While the crew dined, the bomb exploded. no injuries were reported.
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London
New Pension Mark Is Set In Ohio October Disbursements
Columbus Ohio October pension distribution totaled 2 985 341 to 130 318 recipients. The state Division of Aid for the Aged reported a new high in both beneficiaries and monthly disbursements averaging 22 91 dollars. Since January 1939 more than 30 000 names were added to the rolls with 12 000 new names after a 2 000 000 appropriation. Totals for 1940 payments reached 28 644 155 to date.
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Columbus
Tom McCaw
State Division of Aid For
Ohio
McCaw
Senator Holt Accuses Envoys of Spreading Fear
Senator Holt of West Virginia charges that the United States envoys to three war torn European nations were recalled to spread fear for political purposes. He made the claim in Washington last night citing officials and posts affected by the move.
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Holt
Washington
D-Wva
William O. Wilson Dies At 58 In Ohio
Cleveland report says William O. Wilson 58 former Ludlow Typograph Co representative in Ohio died yesterday from a heart attack suffered five weeks earlier in Tiffin. He was well known to printers across the state.
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Cleveland
William O.wilson
Tiffin
Ludlow Typograph Co
Ohio
40 Hour Work Week Takes Effect at Midnight
Washington reports the 40 hour work week becomes effective at midnight for about 2 million interstate workers moving from 42 to 40 hours. Officials say the standard is not rigid and defense industries already run on 40 hours. Exemptions for white collar staff and seasonal processing workers expand. The minimum wage target of 40 cents an hour is slated for 1945.
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Washington
National Defense Commission
Walsh-Healey
Canal Highway Dedication Set for Friday in Nelsonville
Nelsonville prepares for a dedication of the Hocking Canal Highway with a big parade, speeches, and markers. The event is led by C D Shafer and involves the State Highway Department and WPA with participation from local officials, Scouts, and merchants.
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Canal Highway
Nelsonville
Hocking
Fulton Sts
Lloyd Evans
Civil Works Administration
State Highway Department
Works Progress
E. D. Northrup
Columbus
WPA
Harry A. Mettler
Retail Merchants Association
C. G. Dew
Harry Simmons
Athens
Drive for Air Corps Recruits
The War Department announced a campaign this week to recruit 20,000 regular Air Corps personnel. Regular army enlistments reached 3,198 last week, with 5,024 the prior week as total peacetime strength sits at 355,000. Enlistments in the Fifth and three other corps areas met requirements, while five remaining regions were nearly fulfilled.
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Washington
War Department
Air Corps
Work Week Reduction Affects Ohio Workers
Authorities estimated that 848000 Ohioans were covered by the federal wage hour law and 197120 would be affected by the two hour reduction in the maximum work week. The law currently sets 42 hours for interstate commerce workers and shifts to 40 with time and a half for overtime.
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Washington
Cornhuskers' Contest To Start With Bang
A noon shot from a miniature cannon will launch 20 top cornhuskers into the shocks at Alexander farm for the 1940 Ohio shock corn championship. About 25 000 spectators expect fair weather, but rain is possible as clouds gather over the rural carnival scene.
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Marion
Alexander Farm
Ohio
Carol and Lupescu Arrested in Spain
Former King Carol of Romania and Magda Lupescu were placed under virtual arrest in Seville Spain with possible return to Nazi controlled Romania. Ernst Ardareanu a former palace minister accompanying the king also arrested during the exile after abdication.
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Seville
Spain
Carol of Romania
Magda Lupescu
Bucharest
Romania
Ernst Ardareanu
Carol
Willkie Gives Up Time for Lewis on Radio Hookup
John L. Lewis will speak Friday night over a 300 station radio hookup after cancellation of Willkie time that would have conflicted with the Lewis address fueling speculation he might back the Republican nominee.
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Willkie
Lewis
New York
P —Cio
John L. Lewis
Waiting Miss Schwanke Awaits Selective Service Number
Miss Reika Schwanke, registered under the selective service act, waits for her draft number 14. She fears disappointment if exempted and was convinced by a Minnesota registrar to register after a miscast news report. numbers cannot be transferred, so she may still be called.
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Reika Schwanke
Austin, Minn
Bricker Defends Sales Tax Against Repeal Critique
NEW PHILADELPHIA Bricker defends the sales tax at a Tuscarawas County breakfast, calling repeal demagoguery. He argues the tax funds local governments and warns repealing it would trigger new, hidden levies. He notes business cutbacks of 10 percent to win state business in the prior four years.
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John W. Bricker
Bricker
Tuscarawas County
Morgan Relative Held For False Swearing In Greene County
Elizabeth Morgan of Yellow Springs pleaded innocent to an indictment charging she swore falsely in a Socialist Party candidate petition. Prosecutor Marcus Shoup identified her as daughter in law of Arthur E. Morgan former TVA chairman.
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Xenia
Elizabeth Morgan
Yellow Springs
Marcus Shoup
Greene County
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Socialist Party
Safety Council Recommends State Driver Examination Board
The Governor's Safety Council committee urged a senate panel to create a 70 member state examining body to test new automobile license applicants. Chairman Sen. Robert H. Hoffman noted only 36,000 of 240,000 annual applicants are examined due to limited facilities.
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Columbus
Governor's Safety Council
Senate
Robert H. Hoffman
R-Franklin
Bricker praised for saving Ohio taxpayers money says league
The Citizens Tax League of Ohio told Gov. Bricker that the state purchases and printing chief, despite weak laws, saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands. The study cites 1937-38 law violations and 1939-40 efforts yielding $60,000 in sales tax and cigarette stamp savings and $38,535 on coal purchases.
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Columbus
Citizens Tax League of Ohio
John W. Bricker
Ohio
League
8. P. Bush
Tax League
Former Confidante of Presidents Dead
George Bruce Cortelyou aged 78, longtime confidante of three presidents and holder of three cabinet posts, was found dead in his Huntington home. He began in 1891 as private secretary to the fourth assistant postmaster general and later served as secretary to Cleveland, McKinley, and Roosevelt, with cabinet posts under Roosevelt including labor and commerce, postmaster general, and treasury.
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Huntington
N. Y
George Bruce Cortelyou
Cleveland
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Labor and Commerce
the Treasury
Freight Rates on Corn Reduced by Railroads
Railroads in the Central Freight Association territory will cut carload freight rates on corn from Southern and Central Indiana and Ohio into Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis and Winchester Indiana from 3 to 2 1/2 cents per hundredweight starting December 1 to meet track competition.
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Cincinnati
Central Freight Association
Indiana
Ohio
Louisville
Indianapolis
Winchester
Ind
Break Ground for New Lockland Plane Plant
Cincinnati officials and Wright Aeronautical executives joined to break ground on a $32,000,000 airplane engine plant in Lockland. The project aims to boost aircraft production and job creation with the new facility.
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Lockland
Cincinnati
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Willkie Faces Tough Night in Ohio Tour
In Ohio campaigns heated by Postmaster Walker visit and Bricker hard line, Willkie faces a demanding schedule with Akron speeches after Warren stop. Davey challenges editors to debate as Bricker vows a strong National Guard stance and no third term parade plans move through Cleveland and Wood.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank C. Walker
Cleveland
Wendell L. Willkie
Akron
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
Ohio National Guard
Lakewood
Willkie
Warren
Goodyear Hall
Akron Armory
Firestone
Civilians urged to help check defense price increases
Gerrit Vander Hooning, president of the National Retail Grocers Association, urged creation of civilian committees to support the federal price checking program to prevent price imbalance during national defense spending, speaking to the Ohio Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association in Columbus.
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Columbus
Gerrit Vander Hooning
National Retail Grocers Association
Ohio Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association
Longview Reporter Tops Draft Registry as No 1
Longview Washington The Longview Daily News reporter Carlton Moore investigated which of the citys 6139 draft registrants would be recorded as No 1 Card shuffle results in Moore being numbered No 1 amid a reveal of the draft process and registry details
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Longview
Wash
Carlton Moore
Longview Daily News
Minimum Army draft standards set height weight and health rules
Washington informs readers of new army induction standards. Height ranges from 60 to 78 inches, weight minimum 105 pounds, vision 20 100 or corrected to 20 40, hearing 20 feet or 10 20 in each ear, and selective disease exclusions. Teeth and limb defects noted with specific allowances.
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Washington
Naval Blow At England Is Nazi Aim
Reports from Berlin and London describe Axis pressure on France to join the war against Britain and a potential Franco German Italian fleet collaboration. Laval and Petain maneuvers are cited as pivotal amid calls for a peace if France declares war on Britain. British raids on Britain pace by air losses and shelter casualties accompany Italian claims of Red Sea convoy torpedo totals.
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Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Pierre Laval
Republic
England
Berlin
Britain
Switzerland
Marshal Petain
Maxime Weygand
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Dakar
Senegal
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Petain
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High Command
Red Sea
Gayda
Kimberley
Francesco Nullo
Germany
Hamburg
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Kidam Today
Turkey
Suez Canal
Universul
Spain
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Japan
Burma Road
China
America
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