Senate debate on neutrality program broadens support
Senatorial factions spar over a repeal of the arms embargo as administration officials press a strict cash and carry plan. The measure proposes abolishing the embargo for all American goods yet bars shipments to belligerents and sets 90 day credits with no renewals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Turner
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Peake
Geo
Borah
Daho
Vandenberg
RL Pet
Clark
la Follette
Wis
Puzzling Angles of Strange War Eyed by Dantell
E C Dantell reports on the uneasy, undeclared Western conflict and the German reluctance to unleash full war as Allied air activity and French plans test the Maginot line. He weighs German hesitancy, Goebbels propaganda, and the balance of power with Poland and Russia shaping the coming struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzer
Netherlands
Joseph Goebbies
Germany
Russia
Poland
France
Nazi Aaa Oe
Pan American Meeting Opens With Call to Resist Aggression
The United States urged 21 American republics to stand against belligerent actions near the Americas and offered economic aid. Delegates discussed a neutral maritime zone to protect commercial traffic and coast patrol shares. Narciso Garay was elected permanent president.
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Panama
United States
Sumner Welles
New World
Welles
Enrique Goytisolo
Peru
Miguel Angel Campa
Republic
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Narciso Garay
Estonia Envy Leaves Moscow After Brief Stay
Estonia's foreign minister Karl Selter abruptly cut short talks in Moscow and returned home within 15 hours amid reports of urgent Baltic business. Russian officials reportedly pressed Estonia as secrecy surrounded the conversations while Turkey sent a diplomatic mission led by Foreign Minister Sukru Saraoglu amid flag displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Estonia
Russia
Karl Selter
Turkey
Sukru Saracoglu
California Storm Leaves Dozens Missing and Wrecks Coast Boats
A late storm off California caused widespread damage with dozens of pleasure boats missing or wrecked along the coast. A large 80 foot yacht's ruin was found near Huntington Beach, but no such craft was listed missing. Floods disrupted rail highways and power. 35,900 phones were out, and rain threatened more. Twenty-three presumed drowned after the Spray capsized near Oxnard. Snow flurries and cold air hit the northern plains with readings dropping to 18 degrees at Minot and storms along the gulf coast.
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California
Huntington Beach
Los Angeles
Serean
Los Angeles Harbor
Los Amaeiee Yacht Club
Fish Ha
Weather Bureau
Point Mugu
Ae Oxnard
Chicago
Minot
N. D
Watertown
Bemidji
Minn
Sheridan
Wyo
Rapid City
Miles City
Mont
Sioux Falls
S. C
Pensacola
Pia
Morgan City
New Orleans
Midnight Blaze Destroys Fourth Street Home in Rome
Fire of undetermined origin gutted a two story dwelling on Fourth Street east of Thomas Street in Rome. Owner Emory Wyatt’s home housed two families, Lena McGhee on the first floor and Mack Perry on the second. occupants escaped in their clothes. Much of the contents were destroyed or heavily damaged.
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Ouse
Fourth Street
East Thomas Street
Bae
Emory Wyatt
Lena McGhee
Mack Perry
Allies Planes Bomb German Aircraft Plant Over Lake Constance
Swiss observers along Lake Constance near Romanshorn watched a night air raid on Friedrichshafen, home of a major Zeppelin plant. Officials reported at least 30 bombs were dropped despite anti aircraft fire, with planes said to have strayed into Swiss territory. Swiss authorities opened an investigation into possible violations of neutrality.
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Lake Constance
Switzerland
Romanshorn
Germany
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
DNB
High Command
Neua
British Continue Pamphlet Raids Amid War Struggle
London reports the war effort centers on munitions and supply as Prime Minister Chamberlain and ministers Burgin and Brown meet with Labor leaders Attlee and Greenwood at No 10. The council of ten to manage wartime munitions faces criticism from labor presses. Germany sinks two Allied ships with 11 British lives lost.
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London
Britain
Royal Air
Chamberlain
Leslie Burgin
Ernest Brown
Map
Clement Attlee
Arthur Greenwood
Downing Strete
Council of Ten
Germany
Floyd Gibbons to Be Buried in Washington
Floyd Gibbons 52 a famed war correspondent who died of heart disease at his farm near Stroudsburg will be buried in Washington Wednesday Funeral services will be at Dad temple Georgetown University at 10 a m Burial will be in Mount Olivet cemetery Washington
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Stroudsburg
Floyd Gibbons
Here
Washington
Dad Temple
Georgetown University
Warsaw Untaken Radio Discloses Warsaw
Radio dispatches from Budapest report that Warsaw remains under heavy artillery with Modlin to the northwest under siege. German announcers at 11 p.m. claimed Warsaw was not conquered and that Warsaw’s lone radio voice had been silent for over a day.
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Budapest
Warsaw
Modlin
American Legion debates neutrality policy at 21st convention
At Chicago’s 21st national convention the American Legion formed a foreign relations committee to draft neutrality guidance. Speakers including Henry Ford and Paul V McNutt urged staying out of Europe’s war while backing a united western hemisphere peace front. Secretary of War Woodring warned the nation must avoid unpreparedness and keep neutrality, with the final decision to be set by Congress.
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Chicago
American Legion
Congress
Roosevelt
U. S
Legion
America
Europe
Henry Ford
Detroit
Paul V. McNutt
Secrurity Administration
J. Monroe Johnson
Commerce
Adese T. Hines
Nation
Harry Woodring
Frank M. Andrews
Stephen F. Chadwick
The
U. C
Attorney Choisser Shot. Dr Gore Held in Benton
In Benton Illinois on September 25 publisher attorney Carl Choisser 46 was shot as he entered an alley near the Benton Evening News office. Dr George W Gore Sr 65 was arrested after yielding a self defense claim in the Retin shooting. Police say the two had quarreled over Gore’s defense in an October 16 trial.
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Benton, Ir
Carl Choisser
Benton
George W. Gore
Choisser
Illinois
Public Square
Benton Evening News
Sam Malone
The
State Areau of Investigation
Gore
James Nunell
Young Gore
Belgians Accuse Allies of Plot to Violat Neutral Belgium
Berlin dispatch says German sources warn that British and French forces are seeking a pretext to invade Belgium and the Netherlands, while Berlin emphasizes Germany’s western front focus and denies aims against England or France. The DNB reports massing troops near the tri-border area as a security measure against a hypothetical neutral invasion.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Berlin
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Reich
Ruhr
Lower Rhine
DNB
Britain
England
France
20000 Dead in Chinese Battle Near Changsha
Shanghai reports a joint Japanese Chinese claim of 29000 total battlefield deaths in the Changsha drive. Tokyo says forces closed to 25 miles from Changsha while Chinese officers claim repulse 60 miles away.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Changsha
Tokyo
Moscow
Drum Corps Takes Second in Chicago National Contest
The article reports Gallitzin Pa corps placing second with 93.2 points in the Legion youth drum corps division at Chicago, while Des Moines Sons of the American Legion won with 94.8. Portland Maine was third, Chelmsford Mass fourth, Sycamore Illinois fifth. The South City American Legion band won the organization’s national title with 96.175. Helen Warden, 16, of Union Street, was crowned national drum major and drum majorette champion at the Sherman Hotel event. She has led the corps for three years and balances duties as a cheerleader.
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Dusleames
Nior
Chicago
Gallitzin
Sons of the American Legion
South City
Helen
Sis” Warden
Dave Warden
Union Street
Legion
United States
E. A. Cain
Sherman Hotel
Cain
Los Angeles
Sunset News
Beaver School
Believed Naval Battle Staged Near Norwegian Coast
London reports no official naval engagement. however Norwegian coast residents observed day long cannonading at sea. Islanders near Bergen sighted ships moving northward amid gunfire and a large Swedish freighter Silesia was torpedoed, with crewmen rescued by the Swedish steamer Sueca.
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Copenhagen
Norway
Bergen
Stavanger
Silesia
Gothenburg
Sweden
Hull
England
Four Fleeing Convicts Nabbed After GAR Wreck
Four convicts escaped from the Northern Michigan prison at Marquette were captured near Menominee after a high speed pursuit. Their automobile overturned on a sharp curve five miles north of Menominee following a police barrier. a fusillade of shots occurred as officers closed in and rescued accompanying officials.
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Menominee
Mich
Michigan
Marquette
French Fight Two German Aerial Defenses in Two Battles
Paris dispatch reports French air forces defeated a German air fleet in two major battles on the Western Front. French officials said they shot down many German planes while losing two of their own, as bombardment prepared to push into the Haardt mountains near the Siegfried line. The offensive aimed to disrupt German defenses along a 20 mile stretch between Wissembourg and Pirmasens and along the Rhine's approaches.
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H. Taylor Henry Paris
Western Front
Germany
Siegfried
Paris
Haardt
Wissembourg
Pirmasens
Meee
Rhine
Karlsruhe
Haardt Mountains
Siegfried Line
Haardt Range
Vosges Mountains
Mosell River
Luxembourg
Lauterbourg
Adch
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Nye
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Eames
North
E. C. Dantel
Associated Press
West
Yoence
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Torm Ils
Rome
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