Soviet Hint At Partition Of Poland Alarms Allies
Pravda hints settlement of possible Polish partition as Soviet forces mobilize 4 million. Nazi Germany presses Polish defense around Gdynia and Warsaw while Siegfried Line artillery pummels Saar sector. Far East moves signal potential Shanghai changes as Allied officials await action.
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Poland
Narew
Vistula
San
Siegfried Line
Saar
Paris
Saarbruecken
Far East
China
Shanghai
Ohio employers fail to pay unemployment fund
Columbus report says after 33 months of operation of the Ohio law, twenty two thousand two hundred forty eight liable employers have not contributed to the state unemployment compensation fund. Administrator H. C. Atkinson cites misunderstandings as the cause and notes Ohio law is more inclusive than the federal statute.
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Columbus
H. C. Atkinson
Miner Kills Two in Tintown Rampage Near Salina
Salina district reports a one eyed coal miner Martin Vnuk aged 49 went on a murderous spree in Tintown, killing two people and wounding four before police forced him from a barricaded two room shack with rifle fire and tear gas. He was hospitalized after exposure to gas and will face charges in Greensburg. One victim was the mother of 12 who had testified against him.
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Salina
U.P
Martin Vnuk
Greensburg
Vnuk
Tintown
British Ship Van couver City Torpedoed Off English Coast
Radio Marine reported that the British vessel S S Vancouver City had been torpedoed. The crew took to lifeboats after the attack, with the position given as 51.23 N 7.03 W off the southwestern coast of England.
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New York
U.P
Radio Marine
S. S. Vancouver City
England
Nazis Say America Not Included in Their Plans
Berlin wireless dispatch says German diplomacy dismisses any plan to seize or alter ownership of American territory. The note follows Roosevelt’s pledge that the United States would aid Canada if attacked.
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Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Poland
Hermann Goering
Berlin
Gdynia
Warsaw
America
U.P
Roosevelt
United States
Canada
FBI Probe of Building Industry Expanded Nationwide
Justice Department agents revealed grand jury investigations will cover 25 or 30 cities instead of nine, expanding the largest anti trust prosecutions to include several of the nation’s biggest cities. The drive, starting next month, aims to curb widespread anti trust violations in construction, costing about $500000 but saving the public millions in costs.
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Washington
U.P— Justice Department
Justice Department
Department
Wage Increases Ordered for Textile Workers
The Wage Hour Administrator Elmer F Andrews ordered wage increases for 175000 textile workers effective Oct 24 overriding Southern protests. He approved a recommendation for a single national minimum wage of 32.2 cents an hour for the textile industrys 650000 employees, up from 25 cents with the Oct 24 automatic rise to 30 cents.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Roosevelt
German Patrol Plane Shoots Down Netherlands Aircraft
The official news agency called it most regrettable that a German patrol plane shot down a Netherlands plane yesterday near Ameland off the Dutch coast.
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Berlin
U.P
Netherlands
Ameland
Millionaire Waiter and President Dishwasher Aboard Ship
The liner President Monroe, returned from the war zone to Jersey City, required all aboard to work. Among workers were Walter Weingehimer a millionaire head of Calamba Sugar Company, W S Neumann a Cleveland music student, Joseph Di Amato a Boston language teacher, and William Robertson Jr a banker. Men who worked received $82.58 each, covering half their passage.
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N. J
U.P
President Monroe
State Department
Genoa N
Kenneth Graham
Walter Weingehimer
Calamba Sugar Company
Philippines
W. S. Neumann
Cleveland
Joseph di Amato
Boston
William Robertson
Amherst, Jr
British Polish war toll rises as open city raids reported
Polish broadcasts claim 1 500 civilians killed in German raids on open cities including Warsaw. Prime Minister Chamberlain vows Britain will not attack women and children. he cites restraint by Britain and France per Roosevelt accord. Lords hear Germany will observe Geneva protocol bans on poisonous gases and bacteriological warfare.
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Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Warsaw
Hitler
Roosevelt
Britain
Commons
House of Lords
Viscount Halifax
Germany
Fink Defense Calls Witnesses In Infant Death Case
The defense for Velma Baker Fink, 22, Clyde, seeks to prove temporary insanity from domestic troubles as the motive in the murder of her infant son. She separated from Ervin Fink a week before the death born by Caesarean operation and returned to her parents' Clyde home. Sheriff H L Myers and Deputy Ted Paul testified that she confessed being disgusted after an incident at night June 13 when her baby would not finish its bottle.
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H. L. Myers
Ted Paul
Humane War Is Popes Aim
Pope Pius expressed to Belgian ambassador Adrien Nieuwenhuys that he will restrain belligerents for humane warfare until an honorable peace becomes possible for all. He pledged to alleviate war suffering by urging adherence to international rules to spare civilians and prisoners and to avoid poisonous gas.
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A.P
Pius
Holy See
Adrien Nieuwenhuys
Castel Gandolfo
Arms Narcotics Liquor Found at Prison Farm
London prison farm raided by guards under acting superintendent W F Arimine. They seized a sawed off shotgun a .32 caliber revolver and a peck of knives along with narcotics and liquor, State Welfare Director Charles L Sherwood said.
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Columbus
U.P
London
Charles L. Sherwood
W. F. Ar Imine
Sherwood
Duke of Windsor Arrives at Buckingham Palace Today
The Duke of Windsor reached Buckingham Palace at 3.55 pm after returning to England from Colman's Hatch Sussex where he and the Duchess are guests of Maj. Edward Dudley Metcalf, a former equerry and longtime friend.
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London
U.P
Duke of Windsor
Buckingham Palace
England
Colman’'s Hatch
Sussex
Edward Dudley Metcalf
Memorial drive seeks 17000 to buy Taft birthplace home
A Cincinnati meeting opened a drive to raise 17000 dollars to purchase the birthplace home of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft for a memorial. Funds will support restoration and preservation of the historic site.
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Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
Bodies of Squalus Sailors Retrieved in Portsmouth
Naval detachments and undertakers remove the 26 dead sailors from the submarine Squalus after it was raised to the surface and towed to the Portsmouth Navy Yard. The 26 lives will receive full military funerals as a naval board assesses the disaster causes before repairs and seaworthiness work proceed.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U.P
Piscataqua River
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Naval Board of Inquiry
Price rises ease in war tied food costs says Perkins
Secretary Frances Perkins reported a Labor Department survey across 12 cities shows a sharp early rise in prices for 10 major commodities after the war began, with eight of them now showing little change since Sept. 7. Lard and navy beans continue to rise.
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Washington
U.P
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Labor Department
Europe
Veterans urge halting of communist speech in Cincinnati
Hamilton County Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars asks City Manager C O Sherrill to use lawful means to restrain Earl Browder from speaking on September 23. The resolution claims the Communists endorse the Soviet Nazi pact and advocate a policy violating U S neutrality in the European war.
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Cincinnati
Iu.p
Hamilton County Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
No Referendum on Corn Marketing Quotas
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace announced there will be no referendum on corn marketing quotas for this year's crop. He cited a 1939 prospect of 2 993 000 000 bushels total supply including a 470 000 000 bushel carryover, short of the 3 030 000 000 bushel threshold for a mandatory referendum.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Heat persists as Ohio endures record September temperatures
Columbus reports 87 degrees at 10am with the all-time September high tied at 95 earlier as cities like Van Wert 104 Wilmington 102 Lima 98 and Jackson 97 endure a regional heat wave. Weather officials cite stagnant air currents and a warm South flow with no relief for several days. The forecast calls for continued warmth tonight and Friday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mercury
van Wert
Wilmington
Lima
Jackson
L. K. Waiters
WU. S. Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Britain Seizes U S Ship Cargo Under War Blockade
Britain tightens contraband control and seizes 5900 tons of phosphate aboard the U S steamer Warrior of Mobile amid examination of Neutral ships for cargoes to Germany. Wheat prices jump another 20 cents on the Chicago board of trade.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Warrior
Mobile
Germany
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
One CCC Camp To Be Dropped During Winter
The Civilian Conservation Corps plans 29 camps in Ohio for the enrollment period Oct 1 to Mar 31, one fewer than summer. A soil erosion camp near Elyria in Lorain County will be closed. Up to 5,800 enrollees including veterans are to be distributed across camps in numerous counties and forest units.
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Washington
U.P
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ohio
Robert Fechner
Elyria
Lorain
Fechner
Logan
Clinton
Adams
Muskingum
Preble
Ross
Fairfield
Coshocton
Licking
Champaign
Wayne
Wood
Defiance
Hancock
Madison
van Wert
Seneca
National
Lawrence
Hocking
Wayne Purchase
Scioto
Vinton
Ashland
Germans Arrest Many In Bohemia and Moravia
Prague reports from the German official news agency say arrests occurred in Bohemia and Moravia. Officials deny a claim that 400 Czechs were seized as hostages for sabotage in the protectorate.
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Bohemia
Moravia
Prague
U.P
Today
Protectorate
Bohemia and Moravia
Sub Captain Receives Bread From German U Boat After Ship Sunk
Captain Thomas Georgeson of the British freighter Winkleigh describes a German U boat commander boarding his lifeboat and offering four loaves of bread and cigarettes to his crew after the Winkleigh was torpedoed on September 8. Georgeson and 36 crew members reached port aboard the Statendamp.
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Thomas Georgeson
Winkleigh
Georgeson
Presidential Plans Profit By Situation
The White House said submarine activity and the sinking of the Athenia influenced President Roosevelt to call Congress to meet on September 21. He aims to repeal the arms embargo and possibly revise the neutrality act, with European developments and congressional sentiment guiding the move.
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Washington
White House
S. S. Athenia
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen T. Early
Early
Athenia
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Italy Keeps 1942 World Fair Plans Undeterred
Rome reports Premier Mussolini has issued orders to maintain progress on the 1942 Rome World’s Fair, asserting Italy’s peaceful aims. Officials note a government directive to remove inscriptions deemed unfriendly to England as part of the ongoing preparations.
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Rome
U.R
Benito Mussolini
Italy
England
Flying Dreadnaughts Launch Nonstop Flight to Hawaii
Navy PBY Flying Dreadnaughts with 98 officers and men embarked set out from San Diego for a nonstop hop to the Hawaiian Islands. The mission replaces a squadron rushed from Honolulu to Manila to join neutrality patrol duties in Philippine waters.
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Cal
U.P
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Honolulu
Manila
Philippine
Funeral services for J. W. Van Dyke in Philadelphia
Funeral services will be held Friday for J. W. Van Dyke age 89 board chairman and former president of the Atlantic Imnert Company who died here yesterday.
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Philadelphia
O.R
J. W. van Dyke
Atlantic Imnert Company
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