Hoover Warns Against Isolation and Calling for Defense Aid
Former President Herbert Hoover argues in a radio address that the United States should neither retreat into isolation nor rush to intervene in the war. He urges impregnable defense and providing tools and ships to democracies while avoiding sending American troops. Hoover says Hitler will be crushed by internal forces and warns against forcing freedom by war, stressing American strength as the path to peace.
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Chicago
United States
Herbert Hoover
Hitler
England
America
Outlaw Power Strike Quelled in Kansas City
Police seized six men after a four hour outage in Kansas City caused by an outlaw strike against the Kansas City Power and Light Company. Gov. Forrest C. Donnell mobilized the Missouri Home Guard as officers ejected about 25 strikers from the Northeast power station.
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Kansas City
P— Swift
John B. Gage
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Missouri Home Guard
Forrest C. Donnell
Gage
Anderson
AFL
Independent Union of Utility Employes
Governor Bricker to Review Ohio 37th Division at Camp Shelby
Governor John W. Bricker plans to visit Camp Shelby Mississippi next month to review Ohio's 37th Division in training. He will travel directly from New York where he addresses the Ohio Society on October 13, after canceling other prior engagements.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Camp Shelby
Miss
Ohio
Bricker
New York
Ohio Society
Plum Brook Plant Guard Ring Displayed by Army
Ohio newspapermen toured the Plum Brook ordnance works near Sandusky to view a protective ring of 48 guard houses equipped with machine guns and powerful searchlights around the government facility valued at 32 million dollars. Army officers accompanied the reporters on the tour.
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Sandusky— (P
Plum Brook
For Sale Ad Promises Quick Cash in The Messenger
Readers urged to place a For Sale Ad in The Messenger to sell unneeded items. Cash buyers allegedly boost buying power, with a contact number 0242 for prompt action.
Roosevelt's Envoy To Vatican Ends Mission
Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt's envoy to the Vatican, informed Pope Pius XII of the President's determination to help Britain crush Hitlerism. Taylor's special mission is considered at an end after his Rome visit last week and meetings with the Pope.
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Vatican City
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Pius
Britain
Taylor
Rome
Pope
Veterans Lead 75th G A R Parade in Columbus
About 40 old soldiers in blue marched at the head of a mile long parade in Columbus for the 75th annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. They walked the route rather than ride in cars, recalling Civil War era service.
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Columbus
America
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio Agricultural Defense Board to Meet Wickard in Chicago
Members of Ohio Agricultural Defense Board will confer with Secretary Wickard in Chicago tomorrow and Friday to discuss policy and farm support.
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Wickard Columbus
Ohio’s
Agricultural Defense Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Chicago
Second Army Chief Escapes Capture Plot
A seven man Blue unit from the Third Army simulated an attack on a Second Army headquarters using smoke pots to test a capture attempt on Lieut General Ben Lear. Lear was away. Smoke bombs sent staff outside while the seven held under military arrest after refusing to cooperate. The Red Army claims the group seized a Second Army truck and drove 150 miles around Red lines.
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Second Army
Third Army
Red Army
Ben Lear
Lear
Red Lines
Milwaukee Legion Parade Draws 800000 Spectators
Delegates to the American Legion national convention set policy goals for national defense while residents across Milwaukee and nearby communities watched a 12 hour parade. Police counted about 800000 spectators, exceeding local population, as veterans marched with bands and drum corps. National Commander Milo J. Warner called the pageant a tremendous display of American spirit.
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Milwaukee
Legion
Milo J. Warner
Toledo, O
Spirit of America
Lancaster hunter becomes first 1941 season fatality
John W. Ralston, 24, a Lancaster glass worker, was killed yesterday as the first victim of Ohio's 1941 squirrel hunting season. Coroner J. D. Dupler reported a companion, Lincoln Ayers of Lancaster, fired the fatal shot. An inquiry was scheduled for today.
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Lancaster
John W. Ralston
Ohio
J. D. Dupler
Lincoln Ayers
Pre-Marital Tests Often 65 Percent Accurate
Dr. Frances E. Senear of the University of Illinois told Michigan physicians that pre marital blood tests for syphilis are accurate about 65 percent of the time. He cited stage of disease and interference by other illnesses as causing false results and urged caution before diagnosing syphilis without additional evidence.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Illinois
Michigan
Frances E. Senear
Department
Dermatology
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Michigan Medical Society
Senear
Senate Moves To Pass Record Defense Tax Measure
The Senate expected to approve a vast defense tax bill late today, raising about 13 billion dollars next year. The compromise measure, replacing House and Senate versions, would impose new or higher taxes on individuals and corporations to fund the defense program.
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Senate
House
Barkley
D-Ky
Treasury
Assurance on Relief for Columbus Athens County
Athens County Relief Director Dale Ziggaroos said in Columbus that the county will not run out of funds for its direct relief program this year. The State Emergency Board provided 5500 for September, and money for early October orders may be short. A decision on October orders will come later this month as the board plans to reconvene on October 5.
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Athens County
Dale Ziggaroos
Columbus
State
Ziggaroos
Germans Threaten To Execute More Hostages
In German occupied Paris German authorities said hostage shootings would extend to all classes of the Paris population in reprisal for attacks on Germans. The announcement followed the death of a German non commissioned officer from bullet wounds inflicted Monday by an unidentified assailant.
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Paris
France
Army of Occupation
Revision calls for lease lend and neutrality acts
Senator Gillette of Iowa urged revising the neutrality and lease lend acts in light of Roosevelt shoot on sight orders. He said changes are inevitable to define presidential authority, while Roosevelt avoided questions on future actions after barring defensive waters and ordering the fleet to protect friendly shipping. The president named Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as special assistant for lease lend matters.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Roosevelt
Congress
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Strike of Machinists Closes Steel Plant
About 3000 workers were idle as the finishing plant of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co in McDonald suburb shut down after an unauthorized walkout by CIO machinists. John L Mayo of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee said the union had not sanctioned the stoppage.
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Youngstown
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co
McDonald
CIO
John L. Mayo
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Child crushed to death by car in Ashtabula
Two and a half year old Wayne John Kallio died when his grandfather backed an automobile from a garage. The accident occurred yesterday in Ashtabula, and authorities investigated the child’s death.
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Wayne John Kallio
Clears Conscience of 45 Year Old Theft
A letter to John T. Sanders, harness shop operator in Logan, contained a dollar and a note admitting a theft from his grandfather's shop 45 years ago. The writer claims the money settles a guilty conscience and offers to let Sanders frame the one dollar.
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Logan
John T. Sanderson
Two Killed in Truck Train Crash at Ordance Plant
A truck driver and a trainman died in a collision near the Ravenna ordnance plant main entrance. The trucker was Robert W. Parise of Malvern and the locomotive fireman Harold W. Denney of Cleveland. Denney fell from the engine after the truck’s gasoline tank exploded spraying flames through the cab.
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Ravenna
Ravenna Ordnance Plant
Robert W. Parise
Malvern
Harold W. Denney
Cleveland
Denney
National PTA Seeks Safety Drive For Children
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers urged its 2.5 million members to mobilize for traffic safety after a rise in child deaths. A 56 page safety manual was distributed to 28,000 local parent teacher associations for regional conferences study courses and community activities.
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Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Ohio to observe Thanksgiving with FDR request
Gov John W Bricker announced Ohio will observe Thanksgiving Day on November 20 as requested by President Roosevelt. A few states plan November 27, the traditional date.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Great Lakes ore fleet at full capacity for fifth straight month
The American ore fleet on the Great Lakes stands at 292 ore carriers in service, operating at 100 percent for the fifth consecutive month according to M A Hanna Co statistics.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
M. A. Hanna Co
Mysterious blasts sink three Swedish destroyers off Stockholm
A series of explosions shattered three Swedish destroyers off the east coast near Haarsfjaerden Fjord south of Stockholm. The Goteborg sank first with 31 dead plus crew losses on Klas Horn and Klas Uggla, as oil fires hinder rescue efforts.
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Sweden
Haarsfjaerden
Stockholm
Anthracite Miners Demand Lewis Act in Dues Fight
In Hazleton area District Nine CIO United Mine Workers call for John L. Lewis to visit within two weeks to counsel 175 delegates. The revolt includes 22,000 miners walking out and 50 collieries closed as dues and assessments rise. Lewis has not commented beyond calling it routine.
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Hazleton
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
CIO United Mine Workers of America
Shenandoah- Mahanoy City
Union
UMWA
District Seven
District One
Lewis
Shenandoah Industrial Union Council
St. Nicholas
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Roosevelt mocks movie probe as Chaplin style satire
President Roosevelt ridiculed the Senate investigation into wartime movie propaganda labeling it cartoonish. He denied pressuring the industry to feature propaganda and challenged the inquiry. Senator Nye criticized the president for not intervening sooner in efforts to halt the probe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Charlie Chaplin
Nye
R-N.d
Clark
Dmo
Axis bombing of Cairo sparks war speculation in press
The war column ponders why Axis bombed Cairo noting Cairo protests to Rome and Berlin. Analysts weigh aims from pressuring British withdrawal to tying Allied forces, with risks of Moslem world backlash and potential British retaliation on Rome.
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Spitzbergen
Germany
Cairo
Islam
Rome
Berlin
Egypt
Britain
Hitler
Russian
Ukraine
Middle East
Iran
Persia
Axis
Italy
London
Ussolini
Eternia
Athens
CIO Steel Workers Open Talks With Four Little Steel Firms
In Youngstown Ohio the CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee opened negotiations with four Little Steel companies for a new contract. The talks include a union shop and a dues collection system.
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Youngstown
CIO Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Neotiations
Little Steel
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