Britain Deemed Aggressor as Molotov Denounces War Policy
Moscow reports Premier Molotov declares Britain an aggressor and calls restoration of Poland senseless while Mussolini reshuffles Italian leadership and Rome signals neutrality. British and German propaganda duel amid U-boat actions and heavy artillery along Maginot Siegfried lines.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Great Britain
Supreme Soviet Council
Poland
Molotov
Germany
Britain
Winnie Ruth Judd Returns to Arizona State Hospital
Winnie Ruth Judd, the woman dubbed a maniacal murderer, went back to the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane after escaping six days ago. Authorities disclosed parts of her six day and night whereabouts today. A recent photo shows Judd taken weeks before her escape.
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Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital For the
Mrs. Judd
Finland to Moscow with written reply to Soviet demands
Helsinki Finland reports the mission returns to Moscow with a written reply to Russia demands that spurred Finland to mobilize on a war footing. The public remains uninformed on the reply specifics while Russia is said to seek three small islets near Kronstadt and minor Karelian Isthmus border changes.
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Helsingfors
Finland
U.P
Moscow
Russia
Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Karelian
Leningrad
Soviet Agent Tied To West Coast Marine Labor Troubles
William C. McCuistion testified before the Dies Committee that a direct Soviet military intelligence agent named George Mink controls behind the scenes among West Coast mariners. He said Mink is brother in law to the head of the Communist International and has led American marine workers since 1922.
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Washington
U.P
William C. McCuistion
Dies Committee
George Mink
Mink
Communist International
United States
German Heavy Artillery Bombards French Village
German heavy guns shelled a village about six miles behind the front lines yesterday afternoon marking the first time such shells were fired at objectives far behind French lines. This development was disclosed today in Paris.
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Paris
U.P
Byrd Snowmobile Is Pulled From Ohio Ditch
A Byrd snowmobile built for Antarctic travel was pulled from a creek bed near Gomer Ohio and stood ready to resume its Chicago to Boston journey. An accident killed a woman in Greenville as Charles Sawyer and Mrs Nichols Grillot, Ohio national Democratic officials, prepared for Jackson Day events in Columbus.
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Ohio
Lima
U.P
Antarctic
Chicago
Boston
Gomer
Washington
National Democratic Committee
Charles Sawyer
Nichols Grillot
McCartys
John J. Jaster
Capitalsville
Columbus
A. L. Hess
Death penalty sought in Flying Lochinvar case
Ernest Pletch 28 faces a first degree murder charge after prosecutors say he killed Flying Instructor Carl Bivens to satisfy a urge to fly. Prosecutor Vincent Moody seeks execution in the state gas chamber and cites a new confession recanting self defense. Trial set for Macon County with multiple counties claiming jurisdiction.
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Macon
Ernest Pletch
Carl Bivens
Vincent Moody
Jefferson City
Pletch
Moody
Bivens
Macon County
Indianapolis
Shelby
Linn
Brookfield
C B Parker Local Physician Dies at 65
Gallia County physician Dr Claude Bradbury Parker, age 65, died of cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Vinton, he moved to Gallipolis in the 1890s where his father practiced medicine. He had been staff physician at Athens State Hospital and leaves his wife Grace Gist, his mother Mary B Parker, and sister Garnet Parker Erwin. Funeral plans tentatively set for Thursday.
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Gallipolis
Claude Bradbury Parker
Parker
Vinton
Edward W. Parker
Claude Parker
Athens State Hospital
Grace Gist
Athens
Mary B. Parker
Garnet Parker Erwin
Columbus
Britain denies Athenia carried arms. ship sunk in 1939
Britain states the S S Athenia carried no arms or munitions and was not to be used as a raider after Canada. An air raid alarm rang in Kent County as officials stated the Athenia sank with 26 American dead. In Lima, Peru, Humberto Gallino and another brother are overdue on a planned 4100 mile New York to Lima flight as ships and planes search for them.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Great Britain
S. S. Athenia
Canada
Lord Lothian
Victor Gal’lino
Actot
Hull
London
W.P
Barclay-Grow
Gustav Anderson
Kent County
North
Evanston
South America
Lima
Peru
New York
Humberto Gallino
Covington Driver Loses Leg After Halloween Prank
Covington Ky October 31 A trolley bus operator Thomas Horton 55 lost a leg as the indirect result of a Halloween prank. A group of youths jerked the trolley off the wire and while he tried to restore it a passing car crushed him against the bus.
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Covington
Thomas Horton
Mule Skinners Replace Mules With Motors at Fort Hayes
Soldiers at Fort Hayes and observers at Fort Benjamin Harrison report the Army will replace 164 mules with motor vehicles for the 10th Infantry and the 11th. Maj. Gen. Daniel Van Voorhis notes speed for machine gunners will rise from about 2.5 mph to 35 mph.
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Columbus
U.P
Fort Hayes
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Daniel van Voorhis
Pastor Winnie Judd Terrorizes Clergyman and Wife
Winnie Ruth Judd, the escaped killer, forced a Tempe pastor and his wife to shelter her at knife point last Sunday. The minister described a four hour standoff with the woman, who did not eat or sleep and eventually disappeared after being taken toward a state hospital.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Winnie Ruth Judd
Jordan
Sheriff's Office
State Hospital
Winnie
Toorless
Fear Fate of Crew Aboard City of Flint
Officials fear for 41 American sailors aboard the freighter City of Flint heading toward Germany. Reports from Tromsoe Norway say the ship took aboard supplies that could let it cruise for some time and was preceded and followed by German armed merchantmen.
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Germany
England
Hitler
Britain
Great Britain
France
Reich
Washington
W.P
City of Flint
Tromsoe
Norway
Break Up of Roosevelt CIO Ties Seen Likely with Wheeler as Pick
Washington report says Roosevelt and CIO chief John L. Lewis are weakening partners and Lewis leans toward Senator Burton Wheeler as a preferred 1940 presidential candidate. Lewis signals Roosevelt is not an available 1940 contender while others see Roosevelt remaining a possible candidate until he steps out.
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Lewis
Sen
Wheeler
Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Culbert L. Olson
California
Los Angeles
Philip Dunne
Conference of
Dunne
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Labor
Mr. Roosevelt
Fight Looms in House Over Neutrality Bill to Conference
In Indianapolis Senator Taft warned that wartime power could turn government dictatorial under planned economy ideas while urging mobilization through private enterprise and higher taxes. In Washington, House opponents moved to prevent sending Roosevelt's neutrality bill to conference as votes tighten ahead of possible late week action.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
United States
Indianapolis Bar Association
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Test of Trade Program Seen
A bipartisan Senate bloc moves to oppose extending the reciprocal trade program amid a constitutional challenge. The State Department says it has no objection to a court test, with Gov William H Vanderbilt of Rhode Island indicating Minnesota and Kansas may join if a method exists to bring the case to court. The administration plans a strong defense of the program as a keystone of the good neighbor policy.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
State Department
William H. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Minnesota
Kansas
Vanderbilt
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Jenkins Rejects McNutt Plan Over Ohio Pension Dispute
Ohio Representative Jenkins declines McNutt compromise on an old age pension fund withheld since October 1938. He urges Senate approval of his bill directing treasury to pay the $1,338,160 claim, criticizing bureaucratic overreach and urging congressional action to make right the Ohio payment.
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Washington
Jenkins
Ohio
McNutt
Social Security Board
Senate
Treasury
House
Congress
Court of Appeal
Britain Claims Balkan Treaty Nears Conclusion
British quarters report a Balkan pact including Italy to resist Russian and German expansion. An Italo Greek non aggression treaty is near conclusion. Romania may join as Italy's principal ally. A Belgrade Balkan conference is expected to convene.
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London
Italy
Balkans
Romania
Belgrade
World of Tomorrow World’s Fair Closes for Winter Reopen May
New York’s World of Tomorrow closes for winter with a planned May 25 reopening for a second season. Total paid admissions reach 26 million, plus 5 million more on passes. Average daily attendance stands at 140 thousand.
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NEW York
U.P
Ohio Valley Flood Protection Urged Amid War Threat
Dr. Charles E. Holzer, Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress head, warns war could coincide with floods in the Upper Ohio Valley. He cites 1936 37 losses of 612.5 million in property and production and urges a $640 million Army Engineers flood control program to safeguard the region key to steel, coal, and munitions supply.
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Holzer
Ohio Valley
Charles E. Holzer
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress
United States
United Press
Gallipolis
U.S
National Defense
Ohio River
E. M. Markham
Army Engineers
U. S. Army Engineers
Congress
Army
Pittsburgh
N National Defense
Roosevelt Proclaims November 23 as Thanksgiving Day
President Roosevelt designated November 23 as Thanksgiving Day and urged national gratitude for peace amid global turmoil. The date shifts from the traditional fourth Thursday to the third Thursday of November.
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Roosevelt
Washington
U.P
United States
Industrial Employment In Ohio Rises In September
Ohio sees sustained rise in industrial employment in September across major cities and manufacturing groups per Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research and the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
Ohio State University
Bureau of Business Research
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Allow Hunting In State Forest Expansion
Supervised hunting in state forests will be extended from the squirrel season to cover rabbit and pheasant season opening Nov. 8. Hunters must check in with a conservation officer and report game and observations on leaving. More than 100000 acres are designated, including Zaleski State Forest and Ross Hocking State Forest across Vinton, Ross, and Hocking Counties.
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Columbus
U.P
Conservation Division
Vinton County
Ross-Hocking State Forest
Ross, Vinton and Hocking Counties
Rolling Mill Firm Reports $600,793 Q3 Profit
Middletown based American Rolling Mill Company said its consolidated earnings for the third quarter of 1939 totaled 600,793 dollars, reversing last year’s 556,994 dollar loss for the same quarter.
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Middletown
U.P
American Rolling Mill Company
Mt Gilead Janitor Dies by Drowning in School Cistern
Benjamin Kidwell, 75, formerly employed as a janitor at a Mt Gilead school, died by his own action today by drowning in a cistern on the school grounds. The incident occurred at the site where he once worked.
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MT. Gilead
U.P
Benjamin Kidwell
Toledo Council defeats plan for daily newspaper tax
Toledo City Council votes six to three against drafting legislation to impose a one cent tax on daily newspapers, rejecting the proposal.
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Toledo
U.R
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