Willkie Promises Jobs for Every Home in Defense Push
Wendell L. Willkie spoke in Shibe Park Philadelphia declaring a wartime mobilization to place a job in every home and to expand armament production. He criticized the New Deal as incompetent and warned of imminent danger, urging a peak in American industry to outpace dictators. The large crowd cheered as he urged national defense from a leading manufacturing city.
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Shibe Park
Philadelphia
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
America
Thirteen Colonies
Dawn and Night in History Says Dr Newton
A preacher likens modern turmoil to a biblical night with a coming dawn and a changed world. He warns that fear grips humanity as old eras end while new ones begin, urging faith that things not shaken will endure and all things made new by divine power. Dist'd by United Feature Syndicate.
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DR. Newton
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
One Believed Dead In Indiana Blast
A blast at the Commercial Solvent derivative plant in Terre Haute Indiana killed one man believed dead and injured two others. Three workers escaped the derivative plant while four from the adjacent five story building escaped unharmed. Tom Sanky was missing after being trapped in the small building. Two secondary explosions occurred within the same small structure as flames spread to the larger factory section.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Commercial Solvent Company
Tom Sanky
Sanky
Gridmen Swelter as Mercury Reaches 80 in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports a Saturday heat wave with the temperature peaking at 80 degrees by 2 p.m. after a week starting at 50. Readings show a mild Friday with highs near 66 and 63, followed by 60 at midnight, per local weather data.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Vinton Grocer Killed After Car Hit By Train
A Vinton grocer A E Travis 63 died when his car was struck by a Rock Island passenger train at Second avenue crossing. The car was pushed 200 feet and his body dragged about 100 feet. Coroner called, no inquest. He was born September 5 1877 and married Sylvia Moody in 1932. They moved to Vinton in 1937 and ran Mossman grocery. Funeral Monday at Fry funeral home, burial Evergreen cemetery.
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Vinton
Jack Franklin
Travis
Roxbury
N. Y
Sylvia M. Moody
Mossman
Fry Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Export Liner Examelia Afire Off Jersey City Dock
Fire broke out early Saturday in the hold of the 5081 ton export liner Examelia tied at Jersey City dock. The ship was scheduled to sail for India with a miscellaneous cargo.
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INL
Examelia
India
Roosevelt Defends Education and New Deal in Hyde Park
President Roosevelt pledged full access to education in the United States as he dedicated Franklin D. Roosevelt high school and two other schools in Hyde Park New York He argued against censorship and warned that tyranny fears free exchange of ideas He also defended New Deal public works as essential for jobs morale and national defense He noted a two network radio broadcast to share the address amid World Series coverage.
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N. Y
INS
Roosevelt
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bureau of Propaganda
America
Democratic Board of Strategy
Weather Outlook October 5-9
Temperature should run above normal early and mid period with a trend toward cooler air by the end. A rapid warming occurs in the middle of the stretch followed by a cooler finish as a weather pattern shifts.
Knox Warns of Axis Pact Challenge to U S Life
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told the National Police Academy the Japan Germany Italy alliance poses the greatest threat to the American way of life. He warned the United States must be ready to fight and defeat enemies far from shores, with a strong fleet and united allies.
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Navy
Frank Knox
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National Police Academy
Navy Department
Japan
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
United States
Europe
England
Reds Even Series with Derringer Win in Detroit
Paul Derringer won his World Series debut as the Reds beat the Tigers 5 to 2 to knot the series at two games each in Detroit. Key early scoring included Goodman and Ripple driving in runs, while Derringer limited Detroit after a tense first inning. The game drew 54,093 fans.
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McCormick
York
Bartell Goodman
M McCormick
F. McCormick
Higgins
Goodman
Ripple
Wilson
McCosky
Tigers
Bartel
Gehringer
Joost
Myers
Frank McCormick
Clay Smith
Trout
Derringer
Bartell McCosky
Gehri
Two Apiece In Sixth From McKaln And Bartell In Ninth
Cincinnati and Detroit game details show McCormick driving in runs and Greenberg, Nipple, and Hiceins contributing. Pitcher errors and defensive plays are noted with McCormick and Derringer handling key hits and outs.
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McKaln
Bartell
Cincinnati
Detroit
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Goodman
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Grenberr
Willains
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Arnovich
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Wits
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McKain
McCormick
Derrincer-Myers
Basil
Klemin
Ormsby
Ballanfant
Birthday in iron lung for Mrs. Eck at St Luke's
Mrs. Kenneth Eck of Independence celebrated her 23rd birthday while recovering from infantile paralysis in an iron lung at St. Luke's Hospital. She relies on a rubber compressor to breathe 16 times a minute, can move only some body parts, and looks forward to visiting daughter Judith Ann who also recovered from a paralytic attack.
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Kenneth Eck
Independence
Eck
St. Luke's Hospital
Mrs. Eck
Gazette
Juanita Sipple
Mount Vernon
British Fight Back In Daylight Nazi Raids On London
British fighters and anti aircraft batteries repelled three daylight Luftwaffe raids on London. The first raid lasted under an hour with one bus driver killed by a bomb near his vehicle. The second ended after a 30 minute aerial clash above the city. bombs fell on London’s east end injuring and killing residents during a tour by Herbert Morrison and Admiral Sir Edward Evans. Simultaneous raids hit the Midlands and towns across southern England as officials reported 20 German planes involved.
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Herbert Morrison
Sir Edward Evans
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England
Air Ministry
Shell Loading Plant To Be Built Near Burlington
Iowa Senator Herring announced an $8 million shell loading plant to be built on the Skunk River between Burlington and Keokuk. The facility would employ about 4,000 workers and be the first west of the Mississippi in the Midwest, with Ottumwa a possible later site. The plant will be funded by the government under contract and operated privately after completion.
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Senator Herring
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Skunk
Burlington
Keokuk
Herring
Towa
Mississippi River
Skunk River
Ottumwa
Midwest
National Defense Commission
War Department
Linn Will Have Three Draft Boards Names
DES MOINES Gov George A Wilson recommended to President Roosevelt the names of 595 Iowans for appointment to 119 local draft boards. Three Linn county boards include Leo J. Custer John C Reid W F Shadle and lawyers and doctors. Other eastern Iowa boards list numerous local businessmen farmers lawyers and physicians to form the 119 boards.
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Tom Woods
W. H. Hasek
Cedar Rapids
Horner Death Believed Near at Retreat
Governor Henry Horner long an invalid has fallen into a serious turn for the worse and death is believed near. The report came from his Winnetka retreat as officials stated his condition deteriorated rapidly today.
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Winnetka, Ili
Henry Horner
Acting Governor Named Amid Horner Health Crisis
In Winnetka Illinois Lieut. Gov John H Stelle was declared acting governor after Gov Henry Horner was reported in critical condition. Stelle who once tried to seize the governorship assumed the duties Saturday.
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Winnetka
Henry Horner
John H. Stelle
Roosevelt to Order Automatic Draft Deferments for Dependents
President Roosevelt is expected to order automatic draft deferments for men with dependents. Revised rules will place deferment candidates in a broad class system, with class one for immediate service and class two for essential employment. Many dependents may avoid call, and college students may receive medical exams after registration, though legally deferred until July 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Selective Service Boards
Selective Service Committee
Axis expected to strike Britain on multiple fronts
Reports from Bern and Berlin say Germany plans a multi point invasion of Britain and Italian backed advances toward Egypt and the Suez while Spain may target Gibraltar. German and Italian leaders pledge a campaign to prevent a winter lull and force Britain toward defeat with widespread attacks.
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Switzerland
Britain
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Suez
Nile Valley
Ethiopia
Spain
Gibraltar
Italy
Germany
Axis leaders map winter advance against British Isles
A wartime report says Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a three hour council at Brenner Pass to plan a winter drive aimed at delivering a knockout blow to Britain. Italian forces may join the effort with a renewed push toward the Suez Canal as U.S. intervention on Britain’s side is considered.
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British Empire
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England
Brenner Pass
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Wilhelm Keitel
Britain
National Zeitung of
Essen
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Rome
British Isles
U.S
Right Place But At Wrong Time: Man Hit By Brick
Henry Gerdes a 45 year old Marion man was struck on the head by a brick dislodged from a 40 foot silo while helping fill on the Old Marion road at 10 30 a m He was taken to St Luke s hospital by ambulance and regained consciousness shortly after treatment Doctors said he did not have a concussion and his condition was good
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Henry Gerdes
Marion
Gerdes
Marion Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Refugee Child Prays Nightly Amid War News
The Montreal Gazette reports a six year old English refugee, daughter of a British officer, prays nightly. Her prayer asks God to bless mummy and daddy and all soldiers and sailors and airmen and pleads for safety if God is bombed, lest they be sunk.
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