Senate Dems Urge FD To Keep Hands Off Congress
United Press reports influential Senate Democrats vow victory for Roosevelt arms embargo repeal if executive departments stay out of congressional affairs. Leaders reiterate the question belongs to Congress, fear executive pressure could split Democratic unity and affect votes for Carter Glass and Walter F. George.
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Senate
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
United Press
Carter Glass
Walter F. George
Cordell Hull
Executive Branch
Frederick van Nuys
Ind
West Coast storm tragedy claims dozens at sea
Searchers off Southern California combed the calm seas for about 40 missing from small boats that fled a heat wave and were engulfed by a sudden storm. Death toll could reach 44 with hundreds of wrecks along the shore and only three bodies recovered, two at Los Angeles Harbor and one at Point Mugu where the Spray capsized with 24 lives lost.
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Los Angeles
U.P
California
Los Angeles Harbor
Point Mugu
Pastor Remarries After Divorce Costs Him Job
Rev. John Malick former pastor of the First Unitarian Congregational Church Cincinnati says he wed Mrs. Joseph P. Devine widow of an insurance executive in Carson City Nevada on Sept. 7. He plans to move to Boston to continue in the ministry after resigning last June following disclosure of his intentions to divorce his first wife and remarry.
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Cincinnati
U.P
John Malick
First Unitarian Congregational Church
Carson City
Nev
Joseph P. Devine
Boston
Malick
Langsville Postmaster Dies in Parkersburg
Mabel L. Miller aged 48 died at Camden-Clark Hospital Parkersburg on Monday September 25 after months of illness. She served as Langsville postmistress for 22 years with funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Rutland M E Church.
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Langsville
Au.p
Mabel _ L. Miller
Camden- Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Inmate Pleads Guilty in Cane Duel Death
Inmate Alex Wilson aged 75 pleaded guilty to killing his buddy Nicholas Barcus aged 74 during a cane duel at Wetzel County Infirmary last June. Judge James F. Shipman sentenced Wilson to five years in the penitentiary with parole possibility.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Wetzel County Infirmary
James F. Shipman
Wetzel County
Alex Wilson
Nicholas Barcus
Red Army Seizes Suwalki in Polish Advance Toward East Prussia
The Red Army announced occupation of Suwalki Poland reaching within ten miles of German East Prussia. This rapid advance underscores growing pressure on Nazi forces as Soviet troops close in on the eastern front.
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Moscow
Red Army
Suwalki
Poland
German East Prussia
Hungary
Turkey
Russia
Black Sea
Hitler
Josef V. Stalin
Europe
No Longer Needs It Returns Old Age Aid
Toledo pensioner writes to Ohio Treasurer Don H. Ebright that he no longer needs the September pension of $25.53 as his children can care for him. Ebright replies that if all citizens were as conscientious there would be no state financial problem and funds to care for the needy.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Toledo
Ebright
Ohio
British Deny Sea Encounter Near Bergn
The British government ordered the Norwegian Coast Guard to investigate reports of heavy gunfire off the Norwegian coast near Bergn to determine if a naval battle occurred involving German submarines or other warships and a British convoy. London disputes the claim despite widespread earshot skepticism.
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Oslo
U.P
Coast Guard
Bergn
London
Norwegian
Skagerrak
Christiania
Republic Steel Announces $3 Million Expansion Plan
Republic Steel Corporation launches a major expansion and plant improvement program worth 3 million dollars. The move aims to meet rising demand for steel and will expand production capacity at its Cleveland facilities.
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Republic Steel
Cleveland
U.P
Republic Steel Corporation
U S Expected To Seek Safety Band In Ocean
The United States planned to propose a safety band around the western hemisphere at the Pan American neutrality conference. The plan would bar foreign belligerents within about 300 miles of Americas coasts and link with U S financial aid to economically strapped neighbors as Under Secretary Sumner Welles urged a peaceful, secure hemisphere.
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Panama City
Panama
U.S
United States
Europe
North
South America
Sumner Welles
Welles
Western Hemisphere
High Seas
Soviet Russia Shapes European Diplomatic Front Amid Rhine Battles
London reports Warsaw radio claims von Fritsch killed by secret police while Berlin says Germany and Italy may push peace moves on Poland. Moscow signals bold diplomacy as Suwalki near East Prussia and Turkish ties loom large. Naval actions renew off Norway as Allies test Maginot Line and U-boat campaign stretches Sweden’s wood pulp to England.
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United Press
London
Warsaw
von Fritsch
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Poland
Moscow
Suwalki
East Prussia
Panama City
United States
Washington
Senate Democrats
Congress
Sweden
England
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
France
Hitler
Bund Is Nazi Agency, Dies Group Hears
Washington report on the Dies Committee hearing where Gerhart H. Seger, former Reichstag member and editor of Neue Volkszeitung, calls the German American Bund an agency of the Nazi dictatorship. He says Bund members pledge allegiance stronger than to the United States and cites Kuhn’s prior testimony and Kuhn’s Germany arrest record.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Gerhart H. Seger
Reichstag
New York
Neue Volkszeitung
Bund
Seger
Reich
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Germany
Munich
Claim Germans Killed General
Warsaw radio reports from German prisoners claim Col. Gen. Werner Von Fritsch was assassinated by Nazi secret police. They say officers on the Warsaw front were arrested and that he did not die on the battlefield, sighting him last Thursday entering a car near Grodzisk and driving away. Official word says he died while leading an artillery regiment on patrol.
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London
Warsaw
Werner von Fritsch
von Fritsch
Grodzisk
Walther von Brauchitsch
War Boom May Check Anthracite Bootlegging
Harrisburg Pa. Pennsylvania Mines Secretary John Ira Thomas predicted the war boom would sharply curb anthracite bootlegging. He forecast tonnage rising from 46 million to 55 million tons as mines reopen and full schedules resume, with about 20 000 freelance miners leaving illegal work for legitimate employment.
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Harrisburg
U.P
Pennsylvania
John Ira Thomas
Mrs Morrow to Act as Smith College Head
Mrs Dwight Morrow became acting president of Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts as it began its 69th year. She will serve until a successor to Dr William Allan Neilson who resigned is chosen. Morrow has been a trustee for several years.
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Northampton
Mass
U.R
Dwight Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Smith College
Morrow
William Allan Neilson
Ohio board suspends 42 licenses near Cleveland
The State Liquor Control Board suspended 42 permits in the Cleveland area for five to 12 days due to possession of slot machines on premises.
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Columbus
State Liquor Control Board
Cleveland
John M. Kirwin longtime railroad cashier dies in Circleville
John M. Kirwin 69 cashier for the Norfolk and Western Railroad freight station Circleville died last night. He observed the 50th anniversary of railroad service last April 1.
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Circleville —Vu.hi
John M. Kirwin
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Steel Magnate Opposes Arms Sale Amid War Tension
Ernest T. Weir, head of the American Iron and Steel Institute, warns lifting the arms embargo could drag the United States into war. He opposes direct munitions manufacture for sale and says the country should avoid war profits while stressing neutrality and restraint.
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Pittsburgh
Ernest T. Weir
American Iron and Steel Institute
United States
Weir
National Steel Corporation
Thousands of Veterans Parade Through Chicago Route
The American Legion stages its annual parade in Chicago with about 250,000 Legionnaires and family members along Michigan Avenue. The procession, including auxiliary members and gold star mothers, is expected to take around 15 hours to pass in review.
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Chicago
American Legion
Michigan Boulevard
Legion Auxiliary
Gold Star
Legionnaires
First Canadian jailed under new war laws
Belleville Ontario reports George Restell became the first Canadian sentenced under the War Measures Act. He pled guilty to making statements likely to cause disaffection to the government and received six months in the Ontario Reformatory.
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Belleville
Ont
U.P
George Restell
Ontario Reformatory
Restell
Canada
Four Negroes Charged With Murder In Boxcar Tragedy
In Whitley City Kentucky four African American men were held on first degree murder charges after tossing three white men from a moving boxcar. Victims were Roy Williams 17 from New Philadelphia Ohio William Tittle 42 of Cincinnati and Lonnie Cox 45 of Clinton Tennessee. Cox Williams and Tittle died while the wounded survived. Preliminary hearing set when Cox recovers. Railroad detectives say the robbers were forced from the car before the killings.
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Whitley City
U.P
Philadelphia
George C. Walker
Somerset
Roy W. Williams
New Philadelphia
William D. Tittle
Cincinnati
Lonnie Cox
Clinton
Tenn
Cox
Williams
Tittle
London Prison Officials To Take Back Convicts
London Prison Farm officials left to bring back two escaped convicts Austin Allen 27 Muskingum County and Jack Downs 32 who walked away May 9. Both serving robbery sentences were captured Sunday James Cope Nelsonville officer arrested Allen at Kimberly near Nelsonville Downs was caught at Rockford Illinois.
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London
U.P
Austin Allen
Muskingum County
Jack Downs
James Cope
Nelsonville
Allen
Kimberly
Downs
Rockford
Ill
Select 4 339 Enrollees For Ohio CCC Camps
Direct or Robert Fechner of the Civilian Conservation Corps announced the selection of 4 339 new enrollees in Ohio for the camp period starting October 1. The 29 Ohio camps will hold about 5 800 personnel with 3 997 junior enrollees aged 17 to 23 and 342 war veterans.
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Washington
U.P
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ohio
Funeral set for Floyd Gibbons in Washington
Stroudsburg Pennsylvania reports funeral services for Floyd Gibbons veteran war correspondent and radio commentator who died Sunday night. Services are planned for Wednesday in Washington.
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Stroudsburg
U.R
Floyd Gibbons
Washington
Convicts Escape Marquette Prison With Toy Pistol Heist
Four inmates used a wooden pistol to abduct the warden deputy and two parole board members at Marquette Prison. They seized the warden's car and fled, later overturned near Menominee, pursued by a state and local posse. All four were captured hours later.
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Marquette
Mich
U.P
Marquette Prison
Menominee
Alcatraz
Michigan
Parole Board
Marvin L. Coon
William Newcombe
A. Ross Pascoe
Farl
State Supreme Court Faces Political Test on Civil Service Law
The Ohio State Supreme Court reconvenes to hear an ouster suit by Attorney General Herbert J. Herbert to challenge the appointment of civil service commissioner Herbert W. Mitchell. The case also tests whether Secretary of State Earl J. Griffith can dismiss Democratic referendum petitions on the civil service measure.
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Columbus
U.P
State Supreme Court
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert W. Mitchell
St. Clairsville
Earl J. Griffith
Expert neutral observers doubt Hitler can win long war
London based experts say Hitler cannot win a long war and Britain and France cannot win a short one. They foresee a drawn out struggle with the home front fragility and Allied strategy aimed at forcing capitulation, while maintaining a strong naval advantage and continued mass operations on the Western Front.
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Hitler
London
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
France
Germany
Siegfried Line
Ruhr
Britain
Police Capture Fugitive From Marysville Prison
Van Wert authorities say Virginia Miller admitted to being Virginia Brady 19 of Akron who escaped last June 19 from Marysville Women's Reformatory with Velma West and two other prisoners who were retaken Florence Sheline 23 of Gallipolis remains at large
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Van
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