Opposition Concedes Senate Majority for Neutrality Repeal
A senior opposition strategist said the administration could win Senate approval for repeal of the Neutrality Act by about twelve votes, but House support is uncertain. The report notes anticipated heated debate, the Legion's expected influence, and talks of partial reform to arm merchant ships in defense waters.
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Washington
Senate
Britain
American Legion
F Poosevelt
Akron Murderer Is Given Life Sentence
Albert B Loyens, 58, will be taken to Ohio Penitentiary to serve a life term for the murder of 24 year old Ruth Zwicker, a music teacher cremated last Easter in a furnace at the North Hill Methodist Church. A nine to three jury convicted him of first degree murder with mercy.
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Akron
Albert B. Loyens
Ohio Penitentiary
Ruth Zwicker
North Hill “Methodist Church
FDR Opposes Army Control of Industry
President Roosevelt rejected proposals to place greater defense industry control in military hands, a major development in a behind the scenes battle over defense production and export regulation. Analysts described a split between factions labeled New Dealers and Army Bureaucrats, with disputes over power and reform.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Export Control Administration
Roosevelt weighs timing on giant tax bill decision
President Roosevelt said he does not know when he will sign the $3.55 billion tax measure. He arrived at Hyde Park for a brief stay and thought 48 hours would suffice to study the bill, noting delaying it a day or two would cost the government nothing. The conference yielded no major news.
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Dent Roosevelt
Washingen
Roosevelt
North Dakotan Named Commander of Legion
Fargo resident Lynn VA Stambaugh was named national commander of the American Legion in Milwaukee. He pledged to uphold the convention's stance on unswerving support for the government's foreign policy as he assumed command of the organization's affairs.
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Milwaukee
Lynn VA. Stambaugh
Fargo
N. D
The
American Legion
Bus Driver Stricken Quarantines Pupils in Ohio Route
Ravenna report says Deerfield Township school bus passengers 20 pupils quarantined after driver Glen McEldowney aged 22 contracted infantile paralysis and was taken to Cleveland City Hospital.
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Ravenna
Deerfield Township
Glen McEldowney
Cleveland City Hospital
Roosevelt Returns to Hyde Park Amid Estate Matters
Franklin D Roosevelt arrived at Hyde Park to spend the weekend and settle affairs related to his mother's estate. The visit focuses on personal matters as the family gathers at the Hudson Valley home.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Hitler's Offensive Threatens Soviet Positions Across Front
The piece outlines a broad Nazi push on both flanks of a 1100 mile front threatening Red forces, with implications for Europe and a possible impact on Japan. It discusses potential access to the Persian Gulf via the Caucasus and Iran, and the risk of widening the war if Germany gains control of the Middle East and threatens India and Egypt.
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Ukraine
Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Reds
Nippon
United States
Caucasus
Persian Gulf
Iran
Persia
Middle East
India
Egypt
British report nazi ship sunk by u s navy
London dispatch says a Nazi raider may have been sunk by U S naval forces as Roosevelt seeks 1.5 billion sterling for aid to 1948. Panama reports a raider sunk. Col Knox announced searches near the Canal. Balboa officials kept silent.
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London Daily Express Dispatch
New York
Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
United States Navy
Panama
Col. Knox
Canal
Washington
Balboa
Canal Zone
Nazi Executions Rise as Revolts Spread in Occupied Europe
The Associated Press reports renewed firing squad executions in Paris after Communist demonstrations. Across Axis territory, 115 killed and 71 wounded in a week amid uprisings. curfews in Paris and harsh penalties in Vichy France. In Belgrade and Zagreb resistance actions wounded German troops, while Oslo lifts a civil siege after strikes. two union leaders executed and hundreds arrested.
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France
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Yugo
Slavia
Zagreb
Croatia
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Occupied
Maran
Berlin
Naziland
Germany
Oslo
Agreements in Two Strikes Are Reported
The AFL electricians in Kansas City returned to work after Kansas City Power and Light agreed to reinstate all strikers including five accused of sabotage. Striking sailors offered arbitration on certain conditions after the Maritime Commission moved to seize three tied up vessels from the Alcoa Line. Washington mediation efforts failed to end the 44,000 CIO United Mine Workers strike in captive mines run by major steel firms in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky.
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Kansas City Power and Light Company
AFL
Maritime Commission
Alcoa Line
Washington
Mediation Board
CIO United Mine
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
McCloy cites German army at 9 to 10 million troops
John J. McCloy told a Michigan Bar Association meeting that Germany fielded about 300 divisions totaling nine to ten million men, with perhaps 100 divisions yet to enter the Battle of Russia. He warned of possible spread of hostilities to the Mediterranean, Spain, and North and West Africa.
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Jackson
Mich
John J. McCloy
Russia
Michigan Bar Association
War Department
Mediterranean
Spain
Africa
McCloy
Europe
Baruch Urges Nationwide Price Ceilings to Cut Costs
Bernard M. Baruch, head of the War Industries Board, told Congress that a ceiling on the entire price structure is the greatest single necessity of the crisis and would save twenty percent or more of all appropriations.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Congress
Guard Officer Merger With Army Planned
Washington reports reveal plans for merging National Guard units into the Army. Secretary of War Stimson announced officers may be assigned to non guard outfits when appropriate. The move aims to integrate guard forces into the broader army structure.
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Washington
War Stimson
Army
Guard
War Department
Jewish residents wear yellow stars in Berlin protest
Jewish residents in Berlin today appeared with large yellow stars on their left breasts bearing the word Jew. The act underscored anti Semitic sentiment as authorities and onlookers watched.
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Berlin
7 260 Ohioans to be drafted next month
Ohio selective service officials announced a draft of about 7 260 men for induction next month. The call includes 7 000 white and 260 Negro draftees between Oct 6 and Oct 29, with age-adjusted releases from training for older service members.
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Columbus
Ohio
Carl Wahl
Army
Camp Shelby
Miss
National Guard
Selective Service
Mrs. Gertrude Blum Dies in Lancaster Hospital
Logan report says Mrs. Gertrude Blum 61 wife of George Blum of near the city died this morning after a two week illness in Lancaster hospital. She leaves one son Myra two grandchildren four brothers and three sisters. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 PM conducted by Rev. C. B. Clendennin with burial at Fairview Cemetery near Rockbridge.
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Logan
Gertrude Blum
George Blum
Lancaster
Myra
C. B. Clendennin
Fairview Cemetery
Rockbridge
Argentinans Hurl Bombs At Nazi Envoy House
In Buenos Aires two small bombs were thrown before the German ambassador Edmund Von Thermann's embassy residence during a hostile demonstration. He has faced congressional pressure over alleged abuse of his diplomatic privileges and a push for expulsion from Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Edmund von Thermann
von Thermann
Argentina
William Coen Dies Thursday in Stewart Area
William Edward Coen, 73, a retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad foreman, died in a Parkersburg hospital after a long illness. Funeral at Bethany Church Sunday 1:30 p.m., burial in Wyers Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Irene Zimmerman and Mildred Rogaski, two sons James and Kenneth, brothers Jacob Archie Charles R D Curtis, sisters Rebecca Gibbins and Linda Loar, and several grandchildren. Wife Lydia and two sisters preceded him in death.
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William Edward Coen
Parkersburg
Bethany Church
Wyers Cemetery
Coen
Rome Township
Athens County
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Irene Zimmerman
Mildred Rogaski
Guysville
James
Kenneth
Beebe
Jacob
Archie
Charles
Athens
R. D
Curtis
Akron
Rebecca Gibbins
Linda Loar
Columbus
Lydia
Train scatters $5,000 along railroad track
An accident to a mail pouch on the Baltimore and Ohio line at Aurora Indiana unleashed about $5,000 in bills and silver. The pouch burst and money scattered for more than a mile along the right of way after being thrown from the station.
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Aurora
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
Switzerland County
Hoover Rescues Roosevelt and Hoover Tows on River
In Red Wing Minnesota towboats Roosevelt and Hoover encountered danger on the Mississippi River as Franklin D. Roosevelt was saved from trouble and Hoover carried out the rescue.
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Hoover
F.D.R
Red Wing
Minn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Russians Face Annihilation As German Drive Rages East
German high command claims Poltava captured and Kharkov threatened as four Russian armies are trapped in Central Ukraine. Kiev gates reported reached, Kronstadt silenced, and Odessa bombardment intensifies with heavy losses on both sides. Naval and aerial actions extend from the Baltic to the Sea of Japan.
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Kiev
Poltava
Ukraine
Kharkov
Adolf Hitler
Donets
Red Army
Kronstadt
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Black Sea
Odessa
London
U.S.S.R
Sea of Japan
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United States
le Havre
France
South Wales
East Anglia
British Air Ministry
Netherlands
Belgian
Door to Door Campaign Aims 1942 Farm Production Boost
A nationwide door to door farm canvass targets 7,000,000 farm families to align 1942 crops with defense needs. Wayne Darrow said state food goals call for more meats and dairy, less wheat and cotton, with no penalties, just patriotism and profits. County agents will track pledges by December 1 and report totals to Washington.
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Chicago
United States
Wayne H. Darrow
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Midwest
Ohio
Darrow
AAA
Washington
America
Axis
Authority Sought To Use New 38 Mile Gas Pipeline
Gas Transport Inc asked the Federal Power Commissioner for authority to operate a 38 mile pipeline under construction by its parent Anchor Hocking Glass from New Era West Virginia to Gravel Bank Ohio. The company said Ohio Fuel Gas will carry gas from Gravel Bank to Lancaster.
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Washington
Gas Transport, Inc
Federal Power Commissioner
Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation
New Era
W. Va
Gravel Bank
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Lancaster
Army's Canned Goods Costing 4.45 Million Purchase
Chicago quartermaster officials announced a procurement of more than 41 million cans of vegetables for the army at a total cost of 4 451 017 48 dollars. The item was disclosed by the Chicago Quartermaster Depot.
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Chicago
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