Roosevelt and Hull weigh changes to Neutrality Act
President Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park and plans talks with Hull and congressional leaders on amending or repealing the Neutrality Act. Willkie backs any move to relax the law while Hull pushes for a full revision. Connally endorses arming merchant ships and expanding zones, citing freedom of the seas.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Hull
Congress
White House
Wendell L. Willkie
Capitol Hill
Ess
Jatés
Willkie
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Inspectors To Get Increase In Ohio Mine Board
Ohio Board of Mine Examiners moves to reclassify 25 deputy mine inspectors for immediate pay raises of 600 dollars yearly. Deputies move to Class Two with 2800 dollars base, while Class One inspectors would earn 3600 dollars after upcoming exams. A proposed 25 000 dollar mine laboratory location was discussed with Zanesville as a possible site.
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Columbus
Ohio Board of Mine Examiners
General Assembly
E. L. Thrower
Cleveland
George A. Strain
Zanesville
Nazis blame Britain and Russians for Czech uprisings
Berlin reports 24 Czechs executed for plotting to throw off German rule. Spokesmen blame Moscow and London for rebel preparations in Bohemia Moravia. Executed include Army General Joseph Bily Division General Hugo Votla and Brigadier General Franz Horacek. Munich Pact anniversary noted.
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Berlin
Moscow
London
Bohemia and
Moravia
Paris
Norway
Holland
Protectorate
Joseph Bily
Hugo Votla
Franz Horacek
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Bohemia-Moravia
Germany
Britain
France
Italy
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Morgenthau's Profit Cap Faces Fresh Senate Opposition
Secretary Morgenthau proposed limiting corporate profits to six percent drawing renewed pushback from Senator Vandenberg who called the plan an indirect repeal of capitalism. Morgenthau said the measure would not reach Congress before next year and would not apply to 1941 business, signaling continued criticism.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Vandenberg
Mich
Congress
600 Enemy Planes Destroyed by Britain
London reports the war office states that 600 enemy planes have been destroyed by anti air craft fire over Britain since the war began.
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Britain
London
War Office
Grand jury indicts Nemick and wife in slaying of mother
Ash tabula County grand jury indicts Nick Nemick and his wife Alice for first degree murder in the June slaying of Catherine Nemick at their home west of Deferson. The defendants are 42 and 31 respectively.
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Ashtabula
Ashtabula County
Nick Nemick
Alice
Nemick
Catherine Nemick
Deffersen
Sun Suit-Clad Child Missing in Near Freezing Search
In Conway New Hampshire a five year old girl Pamela Hollingworth vanished during a picnic in near freezing weather. Volunteers lanterns search the woods while her father Joseph Hollingworth a Lowell Massachusetts lumber company superintendent appeals over a sound truck. Footprints found near Iona Lake offered hope but dwindled as night fell. Foresters use five radio sets two airplanes and 100 soldiers from Fort Devens along with Pammy's dog Shag to aid the search.
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Conway
N. H
Pamela Hollingworth
Joseph E. Hollingworth
Lowell
Mass
Lumber Company
Pammy
Daddy
Pam
Iona Lake
Pamela
Fort Devens
Shag
Portsmouth Patrolmen Shot by Prisoner
Two Portsmouth patrolmen were wounded when a prisoner jerked a revolver from an officer’s holster and fired six shots before being subdued. Patrolman Harold Downard, 33, was shot twice in the back and side, while Patrolman William Setters, 48, was hit in the left knee. The suspect was identified as Owen H. Campbell, 33, by Police Lieutenant Edward Hamilton.
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Portsmouth
Harold Downard
William Setters
Edward Hamilton
Owen H. Campbell
Man Confesses Slashing Neighbor Over Uniform Colors
A 54 year old man confessed to slashing the throat of neighbor Edward Leventhrop, 58, in Cleveland during an argument over Spanish American War uniforms. Police Sergeant Lawrence Witzgerald reported today.
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Cleveland
Edward Leventhrop
Police Sergi
Lawrence Witzgerald
Aerial Torpedo Strikes Nelson in Mediterranean Action
The British Admiralty reported an aerial torpedo hit on the battleship Nelson during a weekend Italian air raid in the central Mediterranean. The attack caused loss of a fighter plane crew and the sinking of a motor vessel, with thirteen raiders declared destroyed as convoy movement continued.
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London
British Admiralty
Mediterranean
Italy Rationing Begins as Stores Inventory Goods
Italians faced shortages as clothing textiles hats and shoes ran low and shops began inventories in preparation for rationing. Local merchants announced measures to curb shipments and ensure fair distribution under wartime controls.
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Italy
Rome
Letter of Protest Brings Freddie Back
Identified as Kansas City news, a protest letter from Sally Lindauer prompted bakery officials to reassign Freddie to his former route. Freddie is restored to the neighborhood delivery rounds after perceived favoritism or mistreatment sparked a public outcry.
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Freddie
Kansas City
Ol’ Freddie
Sally Lindauer
Ol’ Ereddie
Traffic Deaths Reach All Time High in August
Chicago report shows 3910 traffic deaths in August, 21 percent above last year, and an eight month toll of 24030, 18 percent higher than 1940. National Safety Council cites need for nationwide safety campaign authorized by President Roosevelt ahead of the Safety Congress in Chicago.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
National Safety Council
National Safety Congress
Dodge Briggs Plants Closed By Strike Across Detroit
Detroit strikes hit the Dodge Division of Chrysler Corp and the Briggs Manufacturing body plant, leaving about 20,000 workers idled. UAW CIO official says Briggs strike was unauthorized, about 400 men involved over seniority. Chrysler warns Plymouth division could close if Briggs stoppage lasts. Chrysler cites a walkout in a department with 100 laid off due to reduced production.
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Detroit
Dodge
Chrysler Corp
Briggs Manfacturing Co
Melvin Bishop
Uaw-Cio
Briggs
Chrysler
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Mother Poisons Son Who's In the Way
Cleveland court convicts Cathrine Keiper 21 of administering poison to her infant son Andrew using disinfectant. She faces a mandatory sentence of two to 15 years at Marysville Reformatory for the crime, after admitting motive as financial. Willis Jr. 18 months also mentioned in caregiving conflict.
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Cleveland
Catherine Keiper
Willis, Jr
Andrew
Marysville Reformatory
Would Hitler back out of the war and how?
Dewitt Mackenzie argues Hitler wants to quit if he can rule Europe, but cannot abandon conquest. He discusses rumored peace feelers, suggesting a Soviet separate peace and a German led new European order with Britain confined to its possessions, leaving most of Europe under Reich dominance.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Jacksonville
Florida
Fuehrer
Berlin
Germany
Europe
England
Britain
Norway
Netherlands
Reich
John Bull
Search for Pamela Hollingworth Near Conway Mountain
A posse of over three hundred hunts the Conway New Hampshire mountain wilderness for five year old Pamela Hollingworth amid fears she cannot survive the freezing temperatures.
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Conway
N. H
Pamela Hollingworth
Pension Funds Shifted To Aid For Aged Division
In Columbus the Board of Control moved funds totaling 75 521 70 from State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson to the Division of Aid for the Aged to finance mailing pension checks for the last quarter of this year and all of 1942 A court challenge to the board authority followed. Norman Beck deputy state auditor argued the transfer was unlawful while special counsel W G Schuessler contended the law permitted the shift and required action rather than question.
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Columbus
Ohio
Board of Control
Joseph T. Ferguson
Norman Beck
W. G. Schuessler
Government orders 1941 refrigerator cuts to save steel
The 43.2 percent production reduction for the last five months of 1941 affects 30 factories and 45 000 workers as Priorities Director Donald M. Nelson tightens output to conserve strategic materials for defense. Auto production has also been slashed and further curbs are expected for home appliances.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Willkie's Son Enters Naval Reserve School
Philip Herman Willkie, 21, son of Wendell L. Willkie, took the oath as a candidate for the U S naval reserve midshipmen’s school aboard the training ship Wheeling in New York. His mother expressed mixed emotions about sons entering military service but supported duty.
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New York
Philip Herman Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
Wheeling
Japanese Parachute Troops Landed at Chuchow
Chinese military authority said a small detachment of Japanese parachute troops landed yesterday at Chuchow, an important rail junction 30 miles south of Changsha, but all were killed or driven away. In Columbus a man reported his wait for a bus cost $15 when someone slipped the money from his pocket.
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Chungking
Chuchow
Changsha
Columbus
Walter Corrigan
Portsmouth
Churchill predicts war will last through 1942 amid renewed raids
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned that the war would extend at least into 1942 and that Hitler might strike anew across Egypt, Spain, Africa and the British Isles while Britain seeks air initiative. Soviet reports from Leningrad claimed gains against German forces and mass counter attacks near the city.
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Britain
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Egypt
Spain
Africa
Enceland
Danger of Invasion Is Still Serious Churchill Declares
Churchill warned invasion danger remains real and winter will not remove the threat to Britain. He told Italy that British warplanes would bomb Rome if war conditions required, while other fronts show mixed progress with Soviet and Allied actions in the east.
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London
Hitler
Crimea
Perekop
U.S.S.R
Leningrad
Red Army
East Front
Dnieper
Ukraine
Berlin
Russia
Red
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Toyoda
Washington
Nichi Nichi
Wage-Hour Director Sees Four-Hour Shifts
SAN FRANCISCO Col. Philip B. Fleming, federal wage hour administrator, predicted a four hour shift schedule may be developed for defense industries to keep machines running continuously without exhausting workers.
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San Francisco
Col
Philip B. Fleming
Defense
Cleveland Voters Cast Non-Partisan Mayor Primary
Voters in Cleveland participate in a municipal primary to choose two nominees for mayor from five candidates in a non-partisan race.
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Cleveland
Onion from California nets $65 at Red Cross bazaar
A bank official in London received an onion from California that raised $65 for a Red Cross charity bazaar, adding to the event's fundraising total.
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London
California
Red Cross
37th Division Is Proclaimed Best in Army
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler of Ohio's 37th Division declared the unit the hardest hitting and fastest in the army after maneuvers in Alexandria Louisiana. The division seeks early clearance to return to Camp Shelby Mississippi as other units request movement. Beightler indicated further training at Camp Shelby will iron out deficiencies and did not confirm any new post assignment within the United States. The Ohio regiments gather at Flatwood Louisiana awaiting orders.
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Alexandria
Robert S. Beightler
Ohio
87Th
Camp Shelby
Miss
43Rd
Camp Blanding
Fla
Flatwood
Beightler
37Th
United States
Office Strike Threat Looms at Plum Brook Plant
Captain Frank Ray reports an AFL Office Workers Union strike ultimatum. The union says it will strike tomorrow unless grievances are settled tonight, including higher pay and reinstatement. Union organizer John Clark cites 300 members among 1000 Plum Brook workers and 40 to 50 similar complaints at other sites.
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Sandusky
Frank Ray
Plum Brook Ordnance Plant
AFL Office Workers Union
Ray
OPM
Washington
John Clark
Plum Brook
Hearing set on gas pipeline operation from West Virginia to Ohio
A Federal Power Commission hearing is scheduled for October 7 in Washington. It concerns Gas Transport Inc. applying to acquire and operate a natural gas pipeline from New Era West Virginia to Gravel Point Ohio. The line would supply Anchor Hocking Glass Corp and Ohio Fuel Gas Co.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Gas Transport, Inc
New Era
W. Va
Gravel Point
Ohio
Hocking Glass Corporation
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Navy designates sponsor for Cleveland cruiser launch
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox designates Mrs. Harold H. Burton wife of Ohio’s junior senator as sponsor of the new cruiser Cleveland to be launched November 1 at Camden.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Harold H. Burton
Ohio
Cleveland
Camden
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