Roosevelt Estimates Europe War Cost At 275 Million
President Roosevelt said the United States would need 275 million dollars in January as a deficiency appropriation to cover neutrality patrols and mass troop training for the European war. Officials expect defense outlays to exceed two billion next year as army and navy budgets expand. He noted 100000 additional troops and more long idle destroyers would be mobilized to reinforce neutrality defenses and training.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Sheppard
Tex
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Scrugham
New
House
Naval Appropriations
Navy
Department
Congress Apoe
Orto Rico
Caribbean
Ovelt
Army
Marine Corps
Justice Department
Community Fund Drive Extended
The Community Fund campaign extends for several more days as auditors work on late pledges. A. B. Haneke, general chairman, urged accelerated solicitation and prompt reports, noting the goal remains distant with meager returns from government employees and industrial groups while residential division nears 80 percent completion.
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Community Fund
A. B. Haneke
Willie and Willis discuss a boy with a candy store father
In a casual aside, Willie remarks that while he dislikes Stinker, a boy who tries to be good deserves leniency because his father runs a candy store. The exchange hints at character judgment and family influence.
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Stinker
Rickeys Hair Oil Charges Dismissed
John Joseph Denel, owner of a barber shop and tavern, faced a gin service charge at a tavern licensed for 3.2 beer only. A patrolman seized two gin lickeys and the chemist reported the substance was hair oil glycerine flavored like gin with no alcohol, leading Ex cise Commissioner Lawrence Mc Daniel to dismiss the charge.
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ST. Louis
John Joseph Denel
Excise
Lawrence McDaniel
Oliver Wallace
McDaniel
Administration Wins First Test on Embargo Repeal Skirmish
The House sent the neutrality bill to a conference with the Senate after voting 237 to 177 to end debate on the procedure for considering the measure. Administration leaders hailed a 60 vote roll call as a sign of a safe margin for repeal, while opponents urged bringing the Senate bill to the floor for amendments. The fight over lethal weapons and conferees’ instructions will continue in the coming days.
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Washington
House
Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee
Weekly Coal Output Rises to 2,970,000 Tons in WV
West Virginia reports 2,970,000 net tons of bituminous coal produced in the week ended Oct 14, up from prior weeks. Pennsylvania follows with 2,575,000 tons as national output totals 10,450,000 for the week, while year-ago figures show lower production across the same period.
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West Virginia
U. S. Department of the Interior
Pennsylvania
Mussolini Purge Highlights Shifts in Fascist Leadership
DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes Mussolini's leadership shake up as a purge to remove a challenge to his authority while strengthening a neutral stance amid the war. He notes Goering’s huntsman mobilization in Germany to counter the English blockade pressures and the broader England Germany clash.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Mussolini
Il Duce
Germany
West Prussia
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Goering
Reich
England
Explosion disrupts Howe High School science class
Principal Charles R. Thompson led a room 13 science lesson on Vibrations when a violent blast rocked Howe High School in Howe Texas on October 31. The explosion injured three students and routed about 400 others from the building as emergency crews responded.
Key Found On Mad Killer Winnie Ruth Judd
Phoenix October 31. The escape of trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd from the Arizona state asylum is clarified by Dr. Louis J. Saxe stating a hospital key was recovered from Judd and that she planned to flee to Mexico. Judd allegedly fled after being recaptured, with a minister reporting she appeared hungry and sought refuge while planning to move to Mexico.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Asylum
Mexico
Louis J. Saxe
Judd
Los Angeles
Tempe
Paul R. Ankerberg
Free Methodist Church
World’s Fair Closes Amid Halloween Rain After $156 Million Run
New York reporters note the 1939 World’s Fair ends with rain dampening crowds and a skeleton crew guarding valuables. Officials plan a 1940 May 25 reopening as bargain records and attendance miss the forecast by about 24 million. An Eskimo family in an air conditioned igloo remains on site through winter.
Nazi scouts cross into France near Maginot line report
Western front dispatches claim German scouting troops crossed into two French villages before the Maginot line and returned with war booty. Officials later cast the report as outdated while Nazi party paper front pages the story.
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Berlin
DNB
Western Front
Voelkischer Beobachter
Maginot Line
October Traffic Fatalities Rise In West Virginia
West Virginia reports 42 traffic deaths in October, three more than September, as state police hope for safer Halloween. Supt. C. C. Tallman notes year to date total 273 killed, compared with 308 in the first ten months of 1938, leaving safety gains overall intact.
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West Virginia
Hallowe’en
C. C. Tallman
Army Dictatorship Rumors Cloud Reich in Germany
A Budapest Reuters dispatch circulated in London with reserve claims that a military dictatorship and a new coalition government may be formed in Germany. No confirmation was available, and the report was not verified.
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London
INS
Reuters
Budapest
Germany
Mussolini Shuffles Aides and Pro German Officials
Premier Mussolini overhauls Fascist leadership in a sweeping cabinet and military shakeup. Three army air force and Blackshirts chiefs replaced after talks with Germany. Pro German figures Starace and Alfieri removed from cabinet. Ciano and Grandi remain influential.
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Rome
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Dino Grandi
Il Duce
Negligence Blamed in Surge of Mine Deaths
Mine experts reviewed records as officials warned about negligence amid a rise in coal mine fatalities. Chief Rhinehart reported at least 38 miners died in October while output climbed, with about 420000 tons per fatality. He led a conference with 35 inspectors to study statewide conditions.
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N. P. Rhinehart
Department of Mines
Rhinehart
Masked Thousands Parade Downtown In Gowns
Charleston residents joined a late night parade on Capitol Street in costumes from rags to velvet gowns. Police Lieutenant William Lacy reported two Cabin Creek men firing a .22 pistol. they are jailed. Families and seniors dressed in varied disguises, including Uncle Sam, skeletons, witches, clowns, pirates, and sambos.
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Charleston
Capitol Street
Cabin Creek
William Lacy
Mamma
Papa
Brother
Uncle Sam
Powers Asked To Guard Crew Of Freighter City of Flint
The United States urged Germany and Britain to protect the crew of the captive freighter City of Flint as it neared the Baltic. Secretary Hull directed representations to avoid actions risking Capt. Joseph A. Gainard and 41 crew members. Ambassadors Kennedy in London and Kirk in Berlin delivered the protest. no reply by midnight Berlin time. Officials feared mine explosions, shelling by a British warship, or a German prize crew turning on the crew. German admiralty was believed to have prize crew routes through minefields, but safety would not be guaranteed against British or drifting mines.
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INS
City of Flint
State Department
Germany
Britain
Hull
Joseph A. Gainard
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Alexander Kirk
Berlin
Skaggerak
Baltic
Hull Defends Reciprocal Trade Program Amid Senate Criticism
Secretary of State Cordell Hull pushes to keep the reciprocal trade agreement program despite rising congressional opposition. Senators including Borah attack the policy as critics push for Senate approval of trade pacts with Argentina and other South American nations. The administration seeks an extension of authority due next June, with a bipartisan push to subject pacts to Senate review.
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INS
Sec. of
Cordell Hull
Borah
Ida
Hull
U. S
Congress
Senate
Argentina
William H. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Asst. Sec
Henry F. Grady
Snow Heavily Buries Backbone Mountain Region
Three inch snowfall hit Backbone mountain area with Tucker county road crews removing snow from U S 219 between Elkins and Parsons as light precipitation lingered in Charleston. Lois Ford of the road commission noted snow in Elkins turning to rain and flurries in Greenbrier county as overcast skies persisted and temperatures fell to the low 40s.
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Tucker County
U. S. 219
Elkins
Parsons
Lois Ford
Road Commission
Department of Information
Greenbrier
Charleston
Molotov Links Soviet Russia With Nazis in Historic Talk
Soviet Premier Molotov used an extraordinary Kremlin session to pledge increased practical aid to Nazi Germany and to condemn Roosevelt for meddling in Russo-Finnish talks. He accused Britain and France of imperialist war and announced Soviet casualty figures as his report on European developments extended over two months.
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INS
V. K. Molotov
Nazi Germany
Roosevelt
Molotov
Russia
Great Britain
France
Finland
Baltic States
U. S
Philippines
Senate
U. S. Senate
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Kremlin Palace
U.S.S.R
Josef Stalin
Helsingfors
Kremlin
Gulf of Finland
Turkey
Black Sea
Poland
Ukraine
Red
Britain
Big Guns Duel Along Front
Paris dispatch reports marked activity on the western front with land skirmishes and heavy artillery duels as German long range guns shell Siegfried positions. Aerial action included several planes downed on both sides while observers note limited gains and reconnaissance over the Maginot region.
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Lorraine
Moselle
Saar
Luxembourg
Sarreguimines
High Command
Saar Front
Berlin
Maginot Line
Germany
Warndt
Frozen Sleep patient dies amid hibernation cancer trial
A 46-year-old Oklahoma farm wife died during a nine day hibernation intended to prolong life against cancer. Autopsy found a gall bladder stone blocking the duct. doctors said removing it during hibernation would have been fatal. Cancer had spread in the abdomen though not deemed the death cause.
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Pryor
Okla
E. A. Leach
Tulsa
W. D. Herrington
War News Dispatches From Europe Imply Censorship in War Reporting
Gazette readers are reminded that European war dispatches are always filed under censorship in the countries issuing them. The note emphasizes the likelihood of controlled information reaching the audience during the ongoing conflict.
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