Peace Conference Bid Sparks Senate Debate in Washington
Senators Wheeler Lundeen push for Roosevelt to invite a European peace conference. Norris, Nebraska Independent, calls such move useless. Wheeler says Hitler must agree to a conference to discuss Poland and Czechoslovakia. Lundeen favors a conference table as a path to peace. final shipping pact allows American ships to carry non armament goods to belligerent ports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Demaryat
Montana
Hitler
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Daladier
Hitter
Sea Warfare Toll Rises as 79 Vessels Sunk
The Associated Press reports Germany expands submarine and air attacks on Allied shipping. A tally shows 79 ships totaling 384,360 tons sunk since Sept. 3, with Britain adding 40 vessels after the City of Mandalay and Yorkshire losses 500 miles off France. Survivors number 300 from the Mandalay and Yorkshire per the Independence Hall.
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Associated Press
Germany
City of Mandalay
Yorkshire
Cork
Ireland
City of
Mandalay
Independence Hall
France
Royal Oak
Roosevelt
United States
Flenewal
Nasi
State Champion Will Not Defend Cornhusking Title
SIOUX FALLS Oct. 19. Richard Anderson Sioux Falls oil station man who has won six South Dakota titles will not defend the 1939 crown in the state championship at Hudson Oct. 25. A twisted back has bothered him for some time and will keep him out of this year's contest. He would like to compete but says the doctor advised him to lay off husking contests for a while.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota Cornhuskers
Hudson
Richard Anderson
South Dakota
Anderson
Andrson
Doc
Hitler Annexes Polish Regions With New German Gau
Berlin reports Hitler announces formal annexation of Pomorze Pommerielien and Polish Upper Silesia into the Reich. Two new gaus West Prussia and Posen will have reichsstatthalter appointees. Danzig and Posen named seats. Annexation restores prewar borders, affects about 3000 square miles and reflects broader shifts ahead.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Pomorze
Pommerelien
Upper Silesia
Reich
West Prussia
Posen
Fuehrer
Danzig
Hitler
Germany
Poland
Polish Republic
Russia
Foland
Lover's Quarrel Ends in Double Homicide in Falls City
Falls City Nebraska October 19. A gun battle near midnight left Guy Kleckinger 54 dead from two shotgun blasts and his daughter Joan Kleckinger 21 wounded critically. The shooter Halph Asenborg 30, former lover of Joan, was killed by Kleckinger as he fired at them. Police and bystanders reported a chaotic scene as a neighbor's children fled and the fatal shots were exchanged.
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Falls City
Neb
Guy Kleckinger
Joan Kleckinger
John Wiltse
Halph Asenborg
Miss Kleckinger
Asendorf
Ralph “Asendorf
Asenagrs Hs
Joe Lucklum Captures Beadle County Husking Crown
Joe Lucklum an employee in Armour and Company’s beef kill department at Huron won Beadle County’s 1939 corn husking championship held at Lampe farm southeast of Huron. He husked 1149 pounds or 15.8 bushels in 80 minutes, to best runner up Joe Corbin of Iroquois who had 1090 pounds. Lucklum will represent Beadle County at the state contest near Hudson next week. The event drew about 500 spectators and was conducted under County Agent L. L. Ladd.
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Joe Lucklum
Armour & Company
Huron
Beadle County
Luckium
Lampe Farm
Hudson
Joe Corbin
Iroquois
Corbin
Lyncklum
Martin
Baum
Harold ’ Dubois
Hitchcock
Frank Bloodgood
Huron Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Penney Company
Shin
L. L. Ladd
Mediators Enter Chrysler Strike
Detroit reports the state labor mediation board stepped into the Chrysler UAW CIO rift as 57,000 workers faced a stalemate. Chrysler VP Weckler rejected mediation on production speeds while union leaders claimed a slow down and lockout, with a joint Lansing conference tentatively requested.
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Detroit
State Labor Mediation Board
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
United Automobile
Corporation
Lansing
Herman L. Weckler
Chrysler
Arthur Raab
Weckler
Uaw-Cio
Dodge
Richard T. Frank
Ae Uaw-Cio
Direc
Germany Reduces Western Front to Peace Time Boundaries
German high command announced the first phase of the war ended with a complete withdrawal of French troops from German soil amid limited local fighting on the western front. Rain slowed operations, while German losses and enemy air activity were detailed, and Paris claimed all quiet with French troops still on German soil along much of the northern flank.
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Germany
Associated Press
Poland
Paris
War Ministry
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Apach
Luxembourg Peider
Daladier
Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Rhine-to-Moselle
Luxembourg
Paul Ferdonnet
Stuttgart
Melvin Whiteleather
Berlin
Saat
Hornbach-Bitche Road
France
Belin
Turkish Deal Shifts Tilt Toward Allies
Turkish rejection of Soviet demands signals a major wartime swing toward the Anglo French alliance. Observers in London and Paris call it a blow to the Nazis and foresee Turkey regaining influence in the Balkans and Near East, curbing Soviet pressure as it partners with Britain and France.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Turkey
Russia
Europe
London
Paris
Balkans
Near East
Balkan Peninsula
Germany
Britain
France
Les Tuhbey
Injuries Fatal To Huron Negro
Alfred Glenn Warren, 21-year-old Huron negro, died at a Sioux Falls hospital after a fall from a 15-foot scaffold at the state penitentiary. He fractured his skull while working on west block reconstruction and had been sentenced to 18 months for burglary. Warren, from Huron, lived with parents Mr and Mrs Jerry Warren and sisters Hazel and Ethel. funeral plans awaited.
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Alfred Glenn Warren
Huron
Jerry €. Warren
Indiana Avenue
Hazel
Ethel
Sioux Falls
Spon
Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock and Horse Show Opens Sunday
Omaha officials announce the Ak Sar Ben Livestock and Horse Show begins Sunday at the arena and runs through October 28. The event features the Midwest live stock parade, hundreds of 4 H club entries, a dog show, and numerous daytime and evening entertainments for attendees.
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Omaha
Midwest
Aeth
Turkey signs mutual aid pact with Britain and France
London and Paris greet Turkey's commitment to aid Britain and France if they face war in the eastern Mediterranean while Berlin shows gloom. The pact, signed in Ankara with observers General Weygand and General Wavell present, aims to deter German influence in SE Europe and may keep Turkey neutral toward the USSR for now.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Associated Press
Turkey
Britain
France
Europe
Russia
Mediterranean
Germany
Greece
Rusovania
Soviet
Chamberlain
Ankara
House of Commons
Maxime Weygand
Archibald P. Wavell
Weyland
Wavell
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