Pepper urges Roosevelt to act on neutrality act via emergency powers
Senator Pepper argues the president can suspend parts of the neutrality act by executive order and later seek congressional approval. He says the president could arm merchant ships and navigate belligerent zones by revoking and restoring the proclamation as needed. Taft warns such action risks unilaterally entering war without Congress.
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Taft
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Christmas Twice Observed in Rodanthe and Wilmington
Rodanthe observes Christmas twice with December 25 and January 5 Old Christmas, while Wilmington also marks a second Christmas on January 6.
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Rodanthe
Wilmington
County to raise wages without increasing seven mill tax
County officials contemplate salary boosts for about 221 county employees amid living cost pressures while keeping the current seven mill tax rate for 1942. Controller Harvey M. Wills notes payroll is a small share of revenue and hints raises may be funded without tax hikes.กับ
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Couny
Harvey M. Wills
Willis
County Commissioners to Meet in Erie in 1942
Dell Darling chairman of the Erie county board of commissioners says the County Commissioners Association will hold its 1942 convention in Erie. About 400 people attend annually. This marks the third time Erie has been chosen for the gathering.
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Bree Anteen
Two Oil Workers Die From Gas Fumes at Gatehouse
Two New York Transit Company workers Kenneth Mitchell age 27 from Pleasant Valley and Claire Monihon age 35 of Olean were asphyxiated by fumes from unrefined gasoline at the Abbott Road gatehouse in Lackawanna. The tragedy was found by Joseph Mosack 57 of West Seneca owner of the Greenwood garage near 1488 Abbott Road.
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Greenwood Avenue
Lackawanna
Kenneth 8. Mitchell
Pleasant Valley
Claire Monihon
North 21St Street
Olean
Joseph P. Mosack
Harlem Avenue
West Seneca
Greenwood
Bradford
Largest Military Reservation in the United States
The Honey Lake bombing range in California covers 269000000 acres, making it the largest military reservation in the United States. The vast site spans a wide desert area used for testing and training activities.
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United States
Honey Lake
California
Hearing Nears End on Rivers Canal Plan
A congressional hearing on canalizing the Beaver and Mahoning rivers nears its end. Since Monday testimony has given the House Rivers and Harbors Committee conflicting views on whether the canal would boost industry or become a costly venture.
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Washington
Beaver
Mahoning
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Congress
Italy Adds Ten Foods To Ration A In New Edict
In Rome on October 3 the government announced additions to ration A including potatoes beans lentils milk cheese and eggs joining bread meat fats spaghetti flour cornmeal and sugar. Parmesan remains scarce as cheese stocks are controlled and lines form while milk eggs and potatoes were already limited.
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Rome
Italy
Blast injures 24 in Cumberland factory district
A massive explosion shattered three two story buildings in Cumberland Maryland injuring 24 people with two in critical condition. Theodore Hershberger of Cresaptown was not expected to live and Dr John Christ Hershberger was trapped in ruins for nearly an hour. Fire followed the blast and damage topped 100000 dollars as shoppers fled debris.
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Associated Press
Cumberland
Maryland
Theodore Hershberger
Cresaptown
John Christ Hershberger
Christ
Carl Wagner
Judge Shull to Rule on McClure Appeal in Chester Case
Judge Samuel E. Shull was to rule on a request for a directed verdict in the fraudulent conversion trial of former State Senator John J. McClure over the Chester water works sale. Prosecutors argued the charges mirrored earlier racketeering counts, while defense contended conspiracy would not merge with fraudulent conversion. The jury had heard World Series coverage during the proceedings.
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