Tokyo claiming crisis eased amid U S reaction awaited
The imperial diet is summoned for a five day session starting November 15 as Japan asserts progress in talks with the United States. A government spokesman says Roosevelt and Hull have reacted, while Tojo’s new cabinet seeks to show resolve and mobilize industrial resources. The move follows a shift in U S policy toward the Archangel aid plan.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Russia
Sidy
Archangel
Pacific
Windivostole
Mde Ly Koh Ts
Tablet Information Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
Corel
Hull Tg
Air
Hut
Ishii
Hideki Tojo
Domel Guid
Stopan
Leg Amputation Reported For Erie Man Babbitt
Word from Nesbit Memorial hospital in Pennsylvania says Franklin Babbitt of Erie had his left leg amputated at the hip to save his life after a dangerous blood clot formed. Relatives reported he passed a difficult operation and is hoped to recover, with a lengthy illness noted previously.
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Kingston
Hatim
Franklin
Babbitt
Erie
Frank T. Babbitt
Corry
Neaster Pennsylvania Hospital
Nesbit
Gasoline station manager bonds after peace disruption
Raion vermins, manager at a West Smith Street gasoline station, was placed under 300 bond to keep the peace. He was ordered to pay the case costs and damages to the Rhodes Auto Service door after a hearing before Alderman G H Gordon. He was arrested on malicious mischief and breach of the peace following a quarrel over a gasoline sale to a trucker customer.
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Raion Vermins
Ax Uesso
West Smith Street
Rhodes Auto Service
G. H. Gordon
Perkins
W. R. Rhodes
Evenusiny
Knox warns Far East collision likely in May
Washington October 24 Knox declared to naval munitions makers that a clash in the Far East is virtually inevitable if Japan continues expansion. He cited strained relations and said Japanese plans show no intent to abandon expansion, stressing British and Russian material needs in a hurried conference.
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Knox
Far East
Tory Knox
Fifty Bordeaux Hostages Executed as Nantes Group Delayed
Fifty French hostages were shot in Bordeaux for the killing of a German officer, while 50 others due for a firing squad at Nantes were reprieved to next Monday. The reprieves came from German authorities acting on pleas from Petain and Darlan, with officials citing pressure and appeals as the cause for delaying the executions.
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Vichy
France
Bordeaux
Nantes
Petain
Darlan
Eéhiemnique
Bordean
Roosevelts Support Boosts LaGuardia Candidacy for NYC Mayor
Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports President Roosevelt endorsing Mayor Fiorello La Guardia for a third term as New York City mayor. In Lewistown Pennsylvania a garage loft fire kills two children, Lonell Hancock Jr. and Shirley Ann Mahomty, aged four and three. In Chicago a parachutist, Arthur Starnes, sets a U.S. record by free falling from 30,000 feet and landing safely after deploying at 1,500 feet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Piorelly LaGuafia
Amarinin la— ‘Hor Momines
New York City
Lachyardia
Lewistown
Juniors Terrace
Chicago
Arthur Starnes
United States
Senators split 55 vote for widening freedom of seas
Washington Jan 24 Informal administration poll shows 55 senators would vote to amend the pending armed ships bill to permit American merchant vessels to sail anywhere. A maximum of 60 may back removing neutrality act restraints while hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee continue.
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Associated Brest
Washington
Qet
Seven Seas
Seméc Foreign Relations Committee
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Dga
Wendel L. Willie
Barkley
Senate
Hall
Pepper
Iald
Johnson
R-Celif
Wilson
Olmstead Nomination Confirmed by Senate
Senator Bridges declares charges against Brig. Gen Dawson Olmstead unwarranted as the Senate confirms his nomination to chief signal officer of the U S Army with rank of major general. Washington report notes Bridges urged delay amid an investigation deemed unnecessary.
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Bridges
Washington
Toring
Senate
Dawson Olmstead
Gorry
Ciief
U. S. Army
New Hampshire
Olmstead
Vandenberg Demands British Pay U S Billion For Food
Senator Vandenberg demands Britain reimburse the United States in cash for one billion dollars worth of food under the lend lease program approved by the Senate. He argues Britain’s payments from English distributors amount to siphoning U S funds into the British treasury. Senator Taft warns the program could become an international WPA and questions Britain’s willingness to repay.
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Washington
Tor Vandenberg
R-Mich
Great Britain
United States
Senate
England
Vandenberg
Syphon
United States Treasury
Sriust
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Taf
Iis
Moscow Declares Will Build Vast Armies For Resistance
Russia plans huge new armies and vows never to yield as curfews ease. Gas dealers favor continuing the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. station curfew for service rationing. Harold L. Tokes, defense petroleum coordinator, says curtailment aids operations and dealers report higher late afternoon sales. Ickes notes reduced fuel shortage and returning tankers, with stocks up from prior year. Distributors in several cities show strong support for maintaining the evening suspension.
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Russia
Moscow
Corry
Harald L. Tokes
Defense Petroleum
Ickes
United States
Allamtese Board
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Voters Here Margin Tops Democrats in Corry Race
Election canvass shows Republicans leading in Corry precincts with margins over the Democrats, including a 368 to 0 edge in Bemuckis and broader statewide totals. Registered voters total 4,618 in Corry with 1,999 Republicans and 1,483 Democrats. other parties listed. The report also notes German losses and Moscow front developments in World War II coverage.
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Bemuckis
Dory
The
Registration Commission
Erie
Talloy
Corry
Evie Oy
Baugher Quits Harrisburg Post as Deputy Treasurer
Erie man Clifford G. Bougher resigned today as deputy state treasurer citing health reasons. Nelson A. Bryan of Wilkes-Barre was named acting deputy, with the position paying $7,500 annually, after Wagner appointed Bougher to the post last May.
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Erie Coury
Ni! Health Forces Action
Harrisburg
Clifford G. Bougher
Erie
Nelson A. Bryan
Wilkes-Psarre
G. Harold Wagner
Erie Boy Killed in Traffic Accident
In Erie, 14 year old Harry C Wickwire Sr. died Thursday afternoon in a traffic collision. Coroner Dr Charles Leone said investigation points to the boy’s own negligence as he stepped into a car's path driven by George Trojanovich R D 1 and Walter Burke awaiting fuller findings.
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Harry C. Wickwire
Moothover Fond
Hear
Charles Leone
Peruish
Bombing of U S Ships Reported by AP
An Associated Press dispatch from Honolulu reports that a U.S. ship carrying supplies to British forces in the Red Sea was repeatedly bombed by German and Italian planes. John Stowe of Brooklyn describes the attack as terrifying, noting the planes failed to hit their target. A massive raid involved about 300 planes and lasted six hours.
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Byitgilly
United States Bay
John Stowe
Brooklyn N.Y
Stowe
Devs
Red Sea
Army bomber crashes on Twin Sister peaks in remote area
Bulletins report a bomber crashed atop the highest Twin Sister peaks about 25 miles from Hamilton Field, with five officers and men involved. In Romania, a time bomb explosion in Odessa killed many Axis captives and Romanian commander Glogojeanu is among the dead. The Coast Guard intercepted the freighter Detroit er SOS. in Mexico, rescue crews brace for 80 marooned on a crumbling island in the Rio Grande. US steel output records were smashed. 1941 year-end total near 82 million tons, potentially matching rest of world combined. President Roosevelt announced the U S will nearly double the armed forces program immediately. In Butler Pennsylvania, Marcus A Back, 49, killed and Frank Huff, 18, injured in a Route 38 auto crash.
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Hamilton Field
Call
New York
United States
American Tron & Steel Institute
Butler
Marcus A. Back
Huff
Meadow
Here
Warning on Halloween mischief from city chief
Chief of Police D Flanigan warns Halloween pranksters to stop window soapings and other mischief. He vows arrests for vandalism and urges harmless fun, noting plans to keep officers on alert and parade plans may be limited. Two more stories note unlicensed dogs faces penalties after city inspection and a state dog agent visit.
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W Waenine
Hallowen
Flanigan
Orden
Amy
Hallowe'en
B. Poirer
Paul Dundon
Edinboro
Bronk Street
Heigh Orhoor
Grading Progress on West Main Street Project
Erie based Fry Construction Company holds the contract for west Main Street grading with a fall completion target dependent on weather. Concrete work and removal of obstructive features are planned next, including relocation of a residence and telephone poles to clear the right of way. Local officials push to speed up the project and clear the corridor for highway improvements.
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Werk
West Malis
Gowe Streat
Srem
Fry Construction Company
Erie
Leonard Ghistopher Hope
Mull' Street
Gales Street
Pont Swime
Bradford Fire Destroys Supply Store and Damages Car
Bradford reports a damaging fire in the downtown area destroying a supply store and causing extensive damage. Fire crews struggled to control the blaze as smoke and high winds hindered efforts. A second incident involved an Essex car damaged after swerving to avoid a collision with a pole near the Avro Supply plant.
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Bradford
A. Dowlingley
Avemin
Edward Larkin
Wiley
Greenberg Light Cumny
Bocupils
Suversl Jibusind
Twrenvar
Brave
Tie Hous
Alto
Werne G. Morton
First Avenue
Harry Morton
Weat Chijrrts
Morton
Avro
British Free French In New Offensive Near Aden Gulf
Vichy governed Djibouti reports British and Free French forces opened an attack into French Somaliland. Allied troops pushed about three miles inland while an advance into the Gulf of Aden area is noted. British and Free French forces aim to disrupt U S war supplies via the Suez route.
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Associated Press
Vichy
France
French Somaliland
Tibutt
Dasenaito
Tai
Gulf of the Same
Jibutl
Archibald P
Middle
Transersin
Caucasus
Ukraine
Middle East
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Frerch
Gulf of Aden
London
Aden Gulf
Red Sea
Hammond Named Chairman of Sewer Authority
Worth Hammont was named chairman of the newly formed Municipal Authority created to manage the proposed sewer treatment disposal project. Howard Loveland was named temporary chairman and Ora Stennett temporary secretary as the authority organized.
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Sewer Authority
Worth Hammont
Howard Lovesend
Imien
Pulley Wed
Paderal Works Agency
Ratien Speperam
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