Arming of Merchant Ships Emerges in Neutrality Debate
President Roosevelt signaled a likely move to arm American merchant ships as part of the shoot-on-sight policy to defend shipping, noting a possible Neutrality Act modification next week. Senator Austin urged unified support for repeal while Senator Tobey warned it could draw the U.S. into war. The Pink Star loss near Cape Farewell prompted discussion as armed American-owned ships under Panamanian registry were noted.
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Washington
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Cas
Austin
Tobey
Senator Tobey
RNH
Mr. Roosevelt
Sister of Mrs. Holzer Dies Suddenly Today
Gallipolis reports the sister of Mrs. C. E. Holzer Warner Boos died suddenly today in Casey. She is survived by her husband and a son. Interment will be Saturday in St. Marys Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Warner Boos
C. E. Holzer
Holzer Hospital
Casey
Small Acreages In Demand Near Athens
Readers seek small acreages near Athens for sale or rent and are urged to advertise in the Messenger Classifieds. The notice promotes using classified ads to reach potential buyers or renters. Call to place an ad today.
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Athens
Messenger
Houston Hit By 100 MPH Hurricane Wrecking City
A fast moving hurricane struck Houston Texas causing several deaths and millions in damage. Power outages flooded streets and shattering plate glass. 800 Texas defense guardsmen aided law enforcement while refugees filled the Coliseum and City Auditorium. Rice crop damage totaled about 1.7 million dollars.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
Nacogdoches
Shreveport
Main
Texas Defense
Olympiad Athletic Stadium
Ray Ashworth
Britain proposes huge pool of food reserves for Europe
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced a British proposal for a vast pool of food reserves to feed Europe in the postwar emergency. The plan has U.S. support via Ambassador John G. Winant who called it of great prospective usefulness. The move follows approval of the eight point Atlantic charter by the council.
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London
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Council of Allied Governments
Anthony Eden
U. S
John G. Winant
Ex Husband of Mae West Denied Support
San Bernardino California Superior Judge Charles L. Allison denied Frank Wallace's petition for $1,000 a month support and $2,500 attorney fees in a separate maintenance suit against Mae West. The judge questioned Wallace's motives, finding no proof of good faith. Wallace and Mae West separated in 1911.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Frank Wallace
Mae West
Charles L. Allison
Allison
Wallace
Miss West
De Gaulle's Free French gov't formation alarms Allied leaders
The War Today notes rising French resistance under Nazi occupation and the British aim to time a larger anti-Hitler strike. It describes General De Gaulle creating a London based Free French government to coordinate revolt with Allied actions, while urging restraint to avoid premature uprisings that could be crushed.
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France
Hitler
Charles de Gaulle
London
Vichy
de Gaulle
Autumn Fashion Tips From The Messenger Edition
The Messenger presents fall style notes featuring hats with curtains daring slit skirts sheath gowns and window pane plaids. It highlights plaid reversible coats vv necked sweaters and pirate styled hats plus guidance for men from Athens merchants.
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Athens
William Thompson Dies at Home Near Logan
Logan staff report miner and farmer William Thompson age 64 died at his home near Logan after a two year illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. He is survived by wife Belle Thompson and four children Frank Roy and Ruby Thompson plus Nellie Linton.
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Logan
William Thompson
Lack of Repair Funds Hurting Ohio Roads
Ohio Highway Director Hal G. Sours told the Ohio Safety Conference that many highways are being hammered to pieces by heavy defense program tonnage and insufficient funds for repairs. He cited aging main highways as the cause of accelerated disintegration under increased traffic.
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Cleveland
Ohio Safety Conference
Hal G. Sours
Ohio
Sours
Duke of Windsor Energetic on U S Canada Trip
The Duke of Windsor commenced a six week vacation through the United States and Canada proving as energetic as the Prince of Wales. Edward governor of the Bahamas and his duchess arrived from Nassau and began a busy round of visits with aides tiring to keep pace.
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Miami
Fla
Duke of Windsor
United States
Canada
Prince of Wales
Edward, Govenor
Bahamas
Nassau
French Freighter Monselet Sunk by British Planes
The French freighter Monselet was bombed and sunk by British planes last Saturday after leaving Sfax, Tunisia, bound for France with a cargo of phosphates, according to French announcements.
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Tunis
Monselet
Tunisian
Sfax
France
10-Year-Old Admitted to Western Reserve University
Cleveland reports that 10-year-old Kenneth Wolf won admission to Western Reserve University after extensive examination by the admission committee. His mother, Mrs. H. M. Wolf, praised his abilities and recalled his early sentence development at four months.
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Western Reserve
Cleveland
Kenneth Wolf
Western Reserve University
H. M. Wolf
Former Meigs Sheriff J A Willock Dies at 65
J A Willock 65 native of Meigs County and five time sheriff died at his home on Mulberry Ave Pomeroy. Funeral at his home Friday with Rev Don McMillin officiating and Beech Grove Cemetery burial. He served in the Spanish American War and held various trades before long sheriff tenure under his father and subsequent elections.
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J. A. Willock
Meigs County
Mulberry Ave
Don McMillin
Beech Grove Cemetery
Middleport
Willock
Chicago
Hhe
Co. 7Th Ohio Regiment
Gallipolis
W. W. Willock
Harry Rice
Union Favors Releasing 25 Cargo Vessels
The Seafarers International Union called membership meetings to discuss releasing 25 strike bound ships as President Roosevelt urged movement. The Sailors Union of the Pacific said its members voted to release the vessels at noon. The Marine Firemen Oilers and Water Tenders Union aligned with the SUP followed suit.
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New York
Seafarers International Union
AFL
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Roosevelt
Sailors Union of the Pacific
New York Harbor
Marine Firemen, Oilers and Water Tenders Union
SUP
Aluminum drive nets 11 million pounds collected
Washington reports a nationwide aluminum collection campaign totaling 11,835,139 pounds, enough to build about 1,900 fighter planes. The Office of Price Administration had forecast 15,000,000 pounds.
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Washington
OPM
Vandals Wreck Interior of Cleveland Church
Police hunt vandals who broke into the Italian Christian Church in Cleveland poured black paint on redecorated walls ripped up about 100 bolted chairs and toppled the pulpit in the incident under investigation by authorities.
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Cleveland
Mediators Move To End Ohio Farm and Factory Strife
In Columbus AP mediators acted to end slowdowns affecting farm and factory output in Ohio. A strike crippled International Harvester Springfield plant operations and 18 Shelby County growers protested low tomato grading and prices, jeopardizing the government Food-for-Britain program. AAA officials met with crop inspectors and growers to resolve the dispute over grade A harvest levels, down from 75 percent last year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Springfield
International Harvester Company
Shelby County
Minster Cannery
AAA
Morgenthau urges farm price controls as inflation weapon
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Banking Committee that federal controls should cover farm prices as well as other prices. He criticized the bill’s farm price exemption as a major defect and urged removing the inflexibility to attack inflation and protect farmers’ long term interests.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
House
Banking Committee On
Treasury
Fear 14 Dead in Clash With Mexican Troops
In Mexico City gunfire on Avenue Del Castillo in Chapultepec Heights left between four and fourteen people dead as Mexican troops clashed with aggrieved workers seeking a mass interview with President Manuel Avila Camacho. Avila Camacho ordered an immediate investigation and expressed regret.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Avila Camacho
Avenue del Castillo
Chapultepec Heights
Republic Steel to Boost Pig Iron Capacity 35 Percent
Republic Steel Corp announces a 35 percent capacity increase for pig iron under a defense plant corporation program. The move aims to expand production for defense needs and support wartime steel output.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Defense Plant Corporation
Republic
Troops Seize All Airports In Argentina
Army troops completed the occupation of all military airports in Argentina and arrested several young aviation officers. The moves, seen as a response to potential uprisings, followed a congressional probe into Nazi activity. Airports at Parana Cordoba El Palomar Mendoza El Plumerillo Coronel Pringles and the Cordoba aircraft factory were reported seized.
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Buenos Aires
Chamber of Deputies
Argentina
Parana
Cordoba
el Palomar
el Plumerillo
Mendoza
Coronel Pringles
Villa Mercedes
Former State Senator Indicted as Nazi Agent
Frank B. Burch of Akron Ohio formerly Ohio State senator and state central committeeman was indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to register with the State Department as a secret propaganda agent of the German government. The indictment stems from a Justice Department probe of publishing houses suspected of German financing and control.
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Washington
Frank B. Burch
Akron
Ohio
State Central
Superintendent Upheld By County Home Board
Marietta report says Washington County Children's Home trustees upheld Supt. Alfred G. Marquis and his wife after investigating mistreatment complaints from 17 girl wards. Board found inmates well fed clothed and not subjected to cruelty.
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Marietta
Washington County Children's Home
Alfred G. Marquis
Wickard Urges Farmers To Seek Draft Deferment For Food Drive
Secretary Wickard called on American farmers to produce enough food for England to defeat Hitler while meeting U S needs. He urged farm workers to seek deferment under the selective service act, even with local draft board appeals. He noted price trends and argued retail increases lag behind consumer income.
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New York
Wickard
England
Hitler
United States
San Francisco
Chicago
Administration
Soviet War Report: Germans Reels Back on Leningrad Front
Red Army forces claimed to have halted German advances near Leningrad with an all day assault that routed the 136th Infantry Division and recaptured a key approach point. Red Star described continued Soviet pressure on Budyonny’s troops in Ukraine and German counterattacks being repulsed.
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Leningrad
Semeon Budyonny
Ukraine
Red Star
Norway
Kiev
Odessa
Black Sea
Murmansk
Russia
Arctic
Bulgaria
Peter Grabrovsky
Sofia
Ankara
Boris
Germany
Turkey
RAF Goes Into Action At Side of Russians
The RAF has joined the Soviet side on the eastern front and in its first engagements a squadron destroyed seven German Messerschmitt planes with the loss of one fighter. A ministry communique described patrols in bad weather over the eastern front and successful encounters with enemy fighters.
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London
RAF
Ai Ministry
Savannah man digs up coins, buys defense bonds
Savannah Georgia resident J H Googe dug up about 600 in old coins from a pecan tree yard, took the find to a bank and bought eight defense bonds yesterday.
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Savannah
J. H Googe
Bricker Proclaims Fire Prevention Week in Ohio
Governor John Bricker designates October 5 to 11 as Fire Prevention Week in Ohio, urging public attention to fire safety.
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Columbus
John Bricker
Ohio
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