Program Would Make U S World Leading Air Power
President Roosevelt used a Boston Garden speech to push a plan for Britain to order 12 000 American planes and expand capacity to create the world’s strongest air power He said the defense priorities board would give favorable review to the British request and warned Republicans on farm policy while praising New Deal actions and farm relief measures The piece notes his attacks on Joseph W Martin and claims about army housing and preparedness with a page reference to ROOSEVELT Page Two
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United States
Boston Garden
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House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
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Congress
Army Air Corps
Steele And Hammer Suspended Over Inmate Transfer
Acting at Governor Bushfield's request the state board of charities and corrections suspended Superintendent Miller Steele and assistant Victor Hammer from active duty pending disposition of charges in Aurora County. The board defended sending inmate Thelma Olson to Yankton State Hospital for observation and attacked the county attorney's charges as politically timed. Democratic nominee L. W. Bicknell called the suspension purely political and not a solution to the school problem.
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George B. Otte
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State Training School
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Hammer
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Special Policemen To Patrol Streets In Huron
A 45 member Volunteer company will assist the Huron police tonight to patrol streets and protect property during Halloween. Police chief Harves Huntley says officers will prevent vandalism and arrest offenders for juvenile court action. Last night youths damaged windows, flattened tires, toppled garbage cans, and moved vehicles. two windows were broken by rocks from unknown offenders.
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Quintuplets Reported Born in France
French papers report a Lens couple welcomed quintuplets four boys and one girl with the mother surviving the birth. The family already has three other children and local officials say the babies are reported to be thriving.
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Expect Volunteers To Fill Quota For Initial Draft Call
Washington officials moved to clear local boards for selecting 800 000 trainees to report by June 15 for a year of training. Maj. Gen. Woodruff urged New England governors to supply 984 by Nov. 18, while the San Francisco area sought 1 630 for induction between Nov. 18 and 22. The plan aims to induct about 30 000 trainees by early December with volunteers prioritized, then a larger non volunteer call.
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British Speedboats Repelled by German Fire in Channel
Berlin reports German high command says Nazi artillery on the Flanders coast repelled British speedboats near shore under thick channel haze, likely destroying one. Explosions and fires were observed in industrial plants and docks along both sides of the Thames as German air raids on Britain continued. Weather hampered German air power, limiting raids to hit and run attacks by individual planes targeting random objectives.
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Hitler To Reveal Decisions Reached
Dispatch from Ghnyga Switzerland reports Hitler will reveal decisions reached by the Reichstag. The home briefing claimed the semi official Pelopress source in Geneva says the German Reichstag is ready to disclose conclusions. The quote references Stalin era figures as the information origin.
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Willkie fears war by April if Roosevelt wins again
On the Willkie train en route to Camden, he questions Roosevelt's past promises and cites 60 billion spent and nine million unemployed. He asks why the U S did not recover sooner, why defense was not adequate, and how a third term bid fits American tradition. He questions alliances with corrupt political machines.
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Invasion Harbor Bombing Report From London
Oct 31 1947 British ministry says RAF bombers scored many hits overnight on docks and ship berths in invasion harbor following earlier bombings. RAF squadrons targeted docks in Antwerp Flush ing and attacked the German base at Emden during daylight operations.
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Willkie Promises New Peak in Aircraft Production
Wendell Willkie told a Wilmington Delaware crowd that a Roosevelt request for 12,000 American planes would be insignificant if he becomes president. He said production would rise to a new high and would deliver planes by the hundreds, not the dozens, as currently produced.
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Plan for 12,000 bombers and $2 billion program reported
Washington reports a proposed program to build 12,000 additional bombing airplanes with an estimated cost near $2 billion. The plan would use automobile plants to assemble parts, with government or private industry to operate. Discussions followed calls from Great Britain and from defense officials led by William Knudsen, amid broader war production talks. Other items note London’s pressure against Italy and a looming strike threat.
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Counter Attack Recaptures Arms Near Ioannina Front
Greek forces reported a north Ioannina counter attack recapturing large quantities of abandoned arms and equipment from Italian invaders amid heavy fighting on the western frontier. Along the front, Greeks and Italians exchanged skirmishes as rains and mud hinder operations and a Greek air loss was confirmed.
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