Chan Gurney Defies Hokum in Defense Stand
An Aberdeen editorial lauds Senator Chan Gurney for advocating complete aid to Britain and repeal of the neutrality act. It argues his stance places national security above party and criticizes those who hinder defense efforts. The piece praises his independent, wartime leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chan
Hokum
Aberdeen American News
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
United States
Senate
Hitler
Britain
America
Leapfrog Factories Show Russian Resistance Tactics
The dispatch highlights Stalin era leapfrog factories moving from Kiev toward the Volga region, bypassing front lines to bolster Soviet production. Cassidy, chief of bureau in Russia, notes the secrecy and strategic purpose behind these hidden facilities as German advance nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
Cassidy
Bureau
Russia
Stalin
Volga
Kiev
Bescow
Leningrad
Khrakov Les MacKenzie
SDEA Conference Opens with Leaders in San Francisco
Teachers descend on Diola Falls for the 1st District Conference of the Dakota Education Association. 2200 to 2500 educators register and study exhibits before an evening program featuring Dr Willis A Sutton and F A Strang. State Superintendent J F Hines will speak Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diola Falls
Uct
Akota Education Association
Willis A. Sutton
Atlanta
National Education Association
F. A. Strang
Itt
SDEA
J. F. Hines
F. B. Knight
Purdue University
H. 5. Freeman
Mobridge
State Sdea
J. M. Braude
Chicago Boys
Norway Accepts American Gifts of Ambulances and X ray Unit
King Haakon received two ambulances a mobile X ray unit and four tents from American groups led by Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr and Mrs. Biddle. The aid to the Norwegian Red Cross came via Norwegian Aid Inc Seattle Cranford NJ Committee of British War Relief Society Mrs Henry S Glazier NY Mrs. Henry Glazier Bronxville Men’s Club Reformed Church Utica NY British American Ambulance Corps eastern and western PA and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
King Haakon of
Norway
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Biddle
Cranford, N. J
British War Relief So~ciety
Henry S. Glazier
New York City
Men’s Club
The
Reformed Church of
Bronxville
N. Y
British War Relief Societies
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Utica, N. Y
British-American Ambulance Corps
Rumor of Nazi Landing in Cambridgeshire Proved False
London reports deny a high Nazi official landed in Cambridgeshire or that British troops were landed in France. Home guards were briefly mobilized as a rumor spread after bomber crews bailed out near daybreak. Authorities say no landing occurred and Moscow radio treated it as a rumor.
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Britain
France
London
Rudolf Hess
Cambridgeshire
Mimor
Hess
Fuehrer
Messerschmitt
British Press Association
Germany
Moscow
Amiens
Miners Accept Roosevelt Plan to Reopen Captive Mines
John L. Lewis announced the United Mine Workers will reopen captive coal mines immediately and for a period ending November 15 to align with President Roosevelt’s mediation effort. Night shifts may resume tonight with others returning tomorrow as leaders meet district officials. the agreement covers about 53,000 miners and follows Roosevelt’s fourth appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
Mayflower
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Taylor
UMW
William H. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
CIO
Kearny Damaged in U-boat Attack While Protecting Convoy
Navy reports detail the destroyer Kearny rushing to aid a beleaguered merchant convoy 356 miles southwest of Iceland, aiding in depth charges during a mass U-boat attack before a torpedo hit amidships. Eleven sailors were killed and the ship limped away with her damage.
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Kearny
Washington
Navy
Department
Iceland
Betton
Utah Democrat backs repeal of neutrality act with three Republicans
Senator Thomas of Utah said he would join Austin of Vermont Bridges of New Hampshire and Gurney of South Dakota to seek outright repeal of the neutrality law. The revision would erase arms embargo and belligerent port restrictions while preserving government control over munitions exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Utah
Gurney
Austin
Bridges
Washington
Senate
Vermont
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Wheeler
Montana
la Follette
Wisconsin
Nye
North Dakota
Walsh
Massachusetts
Espionage Trial Delayed Over Evidence Excerpts
In Minneapolis on October 3 defense demands readouts from over 100 newspapers pamphlets and speeches. government evidence to be introduced unsettles proceedings. Trial of 28 defendants on pedditious conspiracy hit postponement with readings to resume tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
I. Tommorrow
Russians Claim Gains In Moscow And Rostov Areas
Soviet reports credit frontline actions with pushing Germans back across the Narva near Moscow and seizing high ground to guard Rostov on Don. Tass notes repeated German crossings repelled and red Army counterattacks establishing positions on the south bank amid heavy fire.
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Moscow
Rostov
Russia
Nara
Rostov-on-Don
Tass
U.S
Donets River
Donets
Hitler
Kharkov
Semeon Timoshenko
Hostov
Caucasus
Crimea
Crieman
Black Sea
Sevastopol
East Front
Donets Basin
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Plane Crash Near Moorhead Traps Northwest Airliner Victims
Fourteen people died when a Northwest Airlines jet crashed two miles from Fargo Moorhead early Thursday. Captain Clarence Bates survived, yet shaken, while Eveline Berg and Charles Bailey, among the first on the scene, recounted attempts to rescue passengers and keep Bates calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorhead
Minn
Eveline Berg
Fargo
Northwest Airlines, Inc
Clarence Bates
Miss Berg
Bates
Berg
North~ West Airlines
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Seattle
Crois Hunter
NWA
Charles Bailey
Columbus
Bailey
Bob Donahue
Preiria
Northwest
St Paul
Civil Aeronautics Association
Moorhead Crash First Commercial Plane Mishap Since March Inquiry
A Northwest Airlines crash near Moorhead Minnesota today killed 14 people marking the first fatal commercial plane accident since a congressional inquiry began last March into a string of five crashes. The report cites prior disasters including an Eastern Air Lines wreck near Atlanta and a Transcontinental and Western accident at St. Louis.
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Moorhead
Associated Press
Northwest Airlines
Minn
Congress
Atlanta
William D. Byron
Maryland Democrat
Transcontinental
Western Air
St. Louis
TWA
United
Salt Lake City
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S. F
Berlin
Louise Lynn
Mex
Midwest
Ohio
Iowa
Inea Telephoto
N. D
E. A. King
Ned R. Wells
Georgia
Lovetteville
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