British Ships and Nazi Planes Clash in North Sea
London report says repeated clashes Monday between British warships and German bombers in the northeast North Sea caused no British casualties. A German squadron reportedly escaped a British patrol off Norway, while Eyewitness noted British daylight flights along the German frontier and anti-aircraft barrages.
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Edwin Stout
London
North Sea
Admiralty
Norway
Western Front
France
Germany
Aix-la-Chapelle
Aachen
Luxembourg
Des Moines Council Rejects Probe Into Beating Charge
In a storm session the Des Moines city council refused to order an investigation into claims that Dr. Hubert H. London was beaten by police after his fatally wounding gun battle. Safety Commissioner Henry Hasbrouck agreed to receive and file the request from Charles P. Howard, editor of the Iowa Observer.
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Edwin Stout
Winterset
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Associated Press
Iowa Statehouse
State Senate
Service
New York City
London
Stout
Velma Cruz
Cedar Rapids Gazette
New York
Hubert H. London
Henry HasBrouck
Charles P. Howard
Iowa Observer
Maxie Rosenbloom Weds Muriel Faeder in Las Vegas
Famous boxing champion turned actor Maxie Rosenbloom married Muriel Faeder in a Las Vegas ceremony. The couple wed after a long-known bachelor image, marking a new chapter in Rosenbloom's Hollywood career.
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Hollywood
INS
Maxie Rosenbloom
Las Vegas
Muriel Faeder
AFL HURLS PEACE MOVE BACK AT CIO
At Cincinnati the AFL rejected Roosevelt peace pleas and urged labor unity be sought with the CIO only if the CIO shows willingness to resume talks. The 59th convention backed continuing the AFL peace committee and approved aid to anti un Americanism probes.
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AFL
CIO
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Labor Movement
Resolutions Committee
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Dies
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
United States
International Brotherhood of Foundry Employes
Molders’ Union
Executive Council
Death by Own Action At Des Moines Blamed On Fate
Polk County Coroner A. E. Shaw said John Babski a 50 year old of Polish descent hanged himself in his basement and linked the death to concern over relatives in Poland amid wartime fate. The coroner described the death as suicide.
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Des Moines
Polk County
A. E. Shaw
John Babski
Babski
Poland
Plot to kidnap Henry Fonda child thwarted by police
Hollywood police disclosed a plot to abduct one of Henry Fonda's children was foiled. An 18 year old girl reported overhearing two men discuss the plan on October 3. Detectives from Los Angeles and San Bernardino investigated and a guard was posted at the Fonda home.
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Hollywood
Henry Fonda
Homer B. Cross
Cross
San Bernardino
Miles Ledbetter
Loyd Hurst
Los Angeles Police Department
Fonda
Frances Seymour Brokaw
New York
Mrs. Fonda
Roosevelt Urges Mobilization For Human Needs Aid
President Roosevelt used a radio address to back the 1939 mobilization for human needs and local community chests. He framed it as a home front effort to defend democracy and urged every American to enlist in aiding less fortunate neighbors. The call stressed charity begins at home and the family as the social core.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Europe
Leiserson Attacks NLRB Ruling On Boston Globe Case
Dr. William H. Leiserson, Roosevelt's NLRB trouble shooter, charged two fellow board members with overstepping authority in an arbitrary decision favoring the CIO affiliated American Newspaper Guild. He said the ruling helps the guild dominate a worker group without a majority. The case concerns the Boston Globe Newspaper Co. decision.
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Washington
INS
William H. Leiserson
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Ics
Leiserson
CIO
Boston
Boston Globe Newspaper Company
Radio Listings Show Wide Daytime Schedule Changes
Frequency of European situation broadcasts forces schedule changes across stations WMT WGN WSUI WHO KFJB WOOD WOC WOCC WOI and others. Many programs shift times or are canceled including news, music, dramas, and John Brown family segments.
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WMT
WGN
WSUI
KFJB
Wood
Mr. Keen
Gene Ludlow
Woc—New
Fulton Lewis, Jr
WGN Ao
Herne
WOCC
WHO
Aldrich Family
Green Hornet
Johnny
Wwoc
Lightning
Jerence Grange
Woc
Heidelberg Arch
Iowa
We the People
Wmt—Int'l
America
Bob Hope
Heidelberg Orch
Walter
Judith Arlen
Austin and
Scott
Jack McLean
Orch
Eee Oodman
Nocturne
Abe Lyman
Dick Jurgens
Emery Deutsch
Cab Calloway
Jack Jenney
Late News
Geo. Olsen
Jack Jenny
Jack_ Jenny
Joe Reichman
Jimmy Dorsey
Count Basie
Dick Jurgen
Radio Schedule Fragments From Various Stations
A readable fragment lists 4:45 to 5:50 time blocks across stations including WMT WHO KFJB WGN WSUI WOI WOC and WOOcC. Programs include Singin Sam Little Jack Little's orch Cavalcade of Drama Tom Mix Adventures and Orphan Annie with news and luncheons.
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WGN
KFJB
WMT
Don Roth
WOC
WSUI
Affternoon
Happy Gang
Cedar Valley Hubilles
Voice of Iowa
Wwolf
WOI
Earl Hunt
WHO
Variety
Wwoc
Cedar Vailey Hillbillies
Joe Doakes
WOII
Lem
Martha
Woocc
Orch
Ralph Ginsburgh
Betty
Bob
Alice
Arnold Grimm
Judy and
Jane
Harold Turner
Betty Crocker
Mary Marlin
Wocc
Joyce Jordan
Court Hussey
Ma Perkins
Tom Owen
Cowboys
Bob Millar
Pepper Young
Bible Truth
School of the Air
Guiding Light
Karnival
Wayne West
B. B. Hickenlooper
American Legion
Vic
WOIL
Medical Society
Upper Iowa University
Mark Love
Len Salvo
Johnson
Melody_ Time
Irma Glen
Charlie Flagler
WISUI
Kitty Keene
Vi Dailey
Sam
Wee Sonia
WN Kfjb
Ek Pes
Economic Problems Forum
Julia
Uncle Jonathan
Jack Armstrong
Cavalcade of Drama
Wooc—Kaltenborn
Orphan Annie
Ridicule Nazi Soviet Trade Bluff Stuns Washington Experts
Washington economists call Moscow’s large scale trade exchange claim an outright bluff. They argue Russia lacks exploitable surpluses and that German exports to the Soviet Union would be limited by Germany’s own shortages and capacity constraints.
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Washington
INS
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Reich
Announcement Leaves Materials and Orders Undefined
A public notice outlines an upcoming fill of orders but omits which materials are required and what orders must be completed. Officials did not specify scope or deadlines, leaving vendors unsure of obligations.
Ice Cream Monopoly Indictments Upheld
CHICAGO United States District Judge Philip L Sullivan rejected a defense bid to invalidate a federal grand jury that returned an indictment charging 40 defendants with a nationwide ice cream monopoly violating the Sherman act The November indictment named 20 corporations and their officers The defense argued grand jury illegality lack of jurisdiction constitutional questions under Capper Volstead and duplications in the indictment
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Chicago
U. S
Philip L. Sullivan
War risk rates cut for neutral trans pacific cargoes
Marine underwriters in New York said on Monday they halved war risk rates on trans Pacific cargoes carried by neutral vessels not US owned and on belligerent ships, aiming to ease voyage costs amid the war.
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New York
Ap) — Marine
United States
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Dean
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