Invasion bases attacked as Britain raids German coast
German plans and British raids dominate the wartime brief. Reports from London and Berlin describe heavy air actions as German bombers raid central London and RAF planes strike at Berlin, Gibraltar and other targets. News notes NLF and Atlantic City bunkers reference munitions and enlistments loom.
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Dahtr
Mlle
Beltish
Dy Associated Press
London
English Channel
Inverton
Telegraph
England
Strait of Dover
Berlin
Air Ministry
New York
Mackay Radio
Sulairia
Ireland
Lloyds Register
Donaldson Line
Lis
Glasgow
Gibraltar
LA Linea
Spain
jFrench
Morocco
Royal Air Force
Agen
Rumor Dakar Surrender Rumors Roil West Africa
Unconfirmed reports say Dakar, capital of French West Africa, may have surrendered to Free French and British expedition. Conflicting accounts hinder certainty on whether the city held out or if expeditionary troops gained foothold along the Atlantic route. No official confirmation has arrived.
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Associated Press
Vichy
Dakar
French West Africa
Alrigan
South Atlantic
Hope of congressional adjournment faces Washington
Sept 25 reports hint at an end to the session with adjournment near. Opponents of the Logan Walter bill concede the Senate will take up and likely pass the measure if Congress remains in session. Senator Minton of Indiana, a Democratic foe, says early adjournment could block or slow the bill, which seeks new legal curbs on agency decisions including Labor Relations Board rulings.
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Washington
Logan-Walter
Senate
Congress
Minton
Walter Legislation
Labor Relations Board
Special Troop Patrols Highway Duty in Pennsylvania
A troop of 69 state policemen began patrolling the cross state turnpike from Carlisle to Irwin, with headquarters at Bedford. Recruited weeks ago to serve through Christmas, the unit known as troop B will operate out of Carlisle Roxbury Somerset and Greensburg, as Senator Barkley noted delays in Congress may affect adjournment and a post election recess.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Trwin
Congress
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
M. Wilhelm
Tead&s
Senate Missioner
Dave
Bedford
Mnien
Carto
Lislé
Roxbury
Somerset
Grethis
Burg
C A Chaffee Accepts Midland School Offer
Carlton Chaffee, Corry Public Schools instrumental music instructor for three years, resigns to take a Midland Pennsylvania position near Pittsburgh. He was unanimously chosen by Midland board, earning about $500 more annually with greater advancement. He will stay until a successor is found. Mrs. Chaffee assists locally. Corry boy Ralph Jewell is Midland High principal.
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Carlton Chaffee
Corry
Midlind
Pillsburgh
Chaffee
Board of Education
Tri-State
LeRaysville
War on silent activities and alien control in Legion plan
The American Legion named Milwaukee as its 1941 convention city and adopted a program calling for strong control of aliens and suppression of silke versive activities. British actions bomb Gibraltar. German sources deny invasion reports. enlistments surge as draft quota nears. investment bankers warn against government encroachment on private finance.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Boston
The
American Legion Today
Philadelphia
Emmett
Connely
Investment Bankers Association of America
Last Chance to Register as GOP Gains in City
Voters rush to Municipal building to register before November election. Registrars stay open late and resume today until 10 pm to enroll new voters and process party changes. Republican enrollments outpace Democrats with 45 new Republicans versus 18 new Democrats. two Union City Democrats also registered. Miss Dorothy Hammond and Miss Mary Dempsty oversee registrations. Continued on page three.
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Union City
Wienshire
Dorothy Hammond
Mary Dempsty
Big Blast at Clairton Shakes Monongahela Valley Plant
An explosion at Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corp in Clairton, Sept 25, shattered two buildings in the agitating department. No workers were inside. about six suffered minor burns from tar and chemicals as a fire was quickly contained. A chemist noted a warning rumble before the blast, suggesting napthene from ruptured tanks ignited. Flames rose about 200 feet.
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Associres Rrese
Clairton
Pennsylvania, Industrial Chemical Corporation
Monongahelaiver
Hume
HELD FOR PLOT AGAINST HEIRESS IN FORTY THOUSAND SCHEME
A Canadian born Lyndhurst New Jersey homemaker Mrs Lillian Begas faces federal charges for extorting sixty thousand dollars from Helen Clay Friel heiress. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover said Begas confessed writing three extortion letters in six weeks and accepting a decoy package at Fulton Street entrance to the Hudson terminal. The plan aimed to buy a house with the embezzled funds after reading about Miss Frick tax payments and her steel magnate father Henry Clay Frick. The case awaits grand jury action.
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Associated Press
New York
Helen Clay Friel
J._Eigar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lillian Begas
Lyndhurst
N. J
Miss Frick
Hoover
Miss Prick
Henry Clay Prick
FBT
Fulton Street
Hudson Terminal
War warns Britain on Dakar move
Virginia Gayda, Fascist editor, warned Britain it would meet axis counter attacks if war spread to West Africa. Stefani, official Tiatlan agency, called British attacks to justify Da kar aim to block axis from using it as base against the American continents as ridiculous.
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Rome
Virginia Gayda
Britain
Wier Wumediste
West Africa
Stefani
Tiatlan
Guyda
Tl Giormile
England
Judge Hirt Speaks at Rotary Teachers Dinner in Corry
Judge William Fart of Erie spoke to Corry teachers and Rotarians at Hotel Corry in a stirring address on preserving democracy amid domestic unrest and war. He praised American democracy as a world miracle and urged faith in self-government rules from a primer. Guests included Corry teachers, Rotarians, and su p erintendent R S Dewey, with musical numbers by local performers.
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America
Jidge William &. Fart
Superior Court
Erie
Corry
United States
Ew. Wissinger
Cony
Teachers’ Association
R. 5. Dewny
Carlton Chaffee
B. E. Thomas
Leon Lindsley
Carlton Chailee
S. Dewey
Helen Prindl
Howard Krietz
Raymond Schreckengost
Cambridge Springs
R.S. Dewey
J. Desmond
Young student found slain near Ellison Park
Robert L. Forman, 18, University of Pennsylvania sophomore and Alpha fraternity member, was found shot to death in a bridle path near Ellison Park after being last seen at 12:30 pm Monday. Monroe County Sheriff said five bullet holes were in the head and one in the leg, suggesting a right-front shot from a car seat. Byron Davids was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle after being thrown from a car running board earlier today.
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Rochester
Robert L. Forman
University of Pennsylvania
Ellison Park
Young Forman
Fl Happy Alpha Fraternity
Sherif Albert W. Skinner
Mon-roe County
Bullet riddled body found in Florida Keys
A bullet riddled body identified as Leo Masci, a New York parole violator and former convict, was found in a remote Florida Keys waterways area about 40 miles from Miami. FBI records tied Masci to earlier robberies and aliases, with pending charges and a costly wardrobe marked by New York labels.
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Associated Prox
Miami
Bla
Sep
Eta
Florida Keys
Leon’ Magsi
Erle
Farmey
New York
Leslie Quige
FBI
James
Barker
Stace
Raymond Mills
Mansi
Bulumen
Quiggasid
jMasci
Plitsburgh
Leo Tood
Leonard Darel
Vinlavion
Fishermie
Massi
Far East Tensions Rise as Japanese Cut Indo-China Links
Front along Hanoi northward frontier narrows as Japanese advance disconnects Indo-Chinese capital from Langson. Tokyo orders halt to September 22 attack while both sides reaffirm pacific pact terms and insist on respecting Indo-Chinese sovereignty and limited Japanese military entry.
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Far East
C. Yates Melaniel Hanot
Tndo-China
Hanoi
Langson
Tokyo
Genelia Tele Auch
Japan
Fronel
Haiphong
into-China
Woman Brutally Murdered in Horsham Farmhouse
In Horsham Pennsylvania on September 28 a year old mother, Mrs. Helen M. Atkins, was found fatally wounded in a farmhouse stairway. Police report heavy blows crushed her head and neck. Husband James F. Atkins identified the body and could not explain her presence.
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Associated Press
Horsham
Pennsylvania
Toyeos
Wthel M. Ailes
James F. Atkins
Elks Form National Defense Committee in City
The Elks lodge announces a National Defense committee to carry out the order wide program for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Local members include Win Myers chair, John F P Austin, Quy M Akury, Clifton McLean, Harold Orage, with Carrie in hubbrie committee named. Ames Nicholson, Elks National Defense Commission chair, says members should pursue Americanism and defense, root out treasonous or subversive elements, and aid youth development across the country.
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National Defense
BPO
Elks
James Cars
Lodge
National Defense Committee
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
United States
Chase
Win We Myers
Chatrman
John FP
Austin
Quy M Akury
Cliwiton McLean
Harold Orage
Carrie
New York City
Ames Nicholson
The
Elks' National Defense
Madison Avenue
Nicholson
America
Guardsmen Ordered to Active Service by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt ordered 700 National Guard officers and men into active military service for two years. They will report October 15, with prior federal call heightening to 60,000 guardsmen. Units come from New York Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Mississippi Puerto Rico and Hawaii.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
National Guard
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Organization Day Observed By Company A
Company A to observe Organization Day Thursday evening at 7 45 o clock recalling the first morning of September 26 1919 when Corry boys joined Company A in the Argonne Forest offensive memory of World War I. The division memo, naming those hours and the decisive barrage and over the top moment, will be remembered at a program at the Hotel Corry.
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Corry
Argonne
U. S
Arpofiné Forest
Company A
Gram
Hotel Corry
De Gaulle Denies Dakar Yet Says Daler Operations Continue
Paris reports say French forces under General Charles De Gaulle were active around Dakar with continuing operations. A raid on Gibraltar by French planes in reprisal for British actions at Dakar caused casualties and damage, including a 35 000 ton ship Richelieu unable to navigate.
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DE Guulle
Dakar
Associated Press
London
Charles de Guulle
Daler
Gibraltar
British Accon
Charles de Gaulle
Naval Ministry
Richelieu
Ijt 1
Favorable for Fall Plowing Across State
Harrisburg reports favorable conditions for fall plowing and seeding statewide in the agriculture department summary covering the week ending yesterday. Except for the southeast portion, soil remains moist, the crop reporting service said.
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Harrisburg
Department of Agriculture
British planes begin Libya bombing operations
British planes bombed Tehra and Une bases in Libya yesterday, the Italian high command conceded but gave no details on Italian actions in Egypt. Garner kept mum on presidential problems during a Washington stopover, declining to see reporters or discuss reasons offered by aides.
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Libya
Rome
Tehra
Une Basis of Cuffs
aAnawse
Jed Teday
Egypt
Garner
ST. Louis
Washington
Sie
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CBS
Wiz-Neg
MBS
NEC
WJZ
NBC
Dan Tobin
Henry Cabot Lodge
America First
Earl Browder
WEAP
Hollywood Playhouse
Kay Kyser
WABC
Mister Meek
Dr. Christin
Summer Theater of Stars
WIZ
Chile
CBE
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Corry Evening Journal
Heart OF London
Eric Man
C. A. Chaffee
Midland School
Corry System
English
G. O. P. Gains
Judge Hirt
Rotary Teachers Fete
Suppers
Byron Davids
Curry Hospital
Leon Massi
Elks’ Defense Committee
Corry Lodge
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