London braces for harsh winter as bombing worsens
London faces a brutal winter with continued German air raids. The plan prioritizes defense, mass evacuation of women and children, and expanded shelter for those staying. Officials report bombings in southwest London with casualties feared and several raiders shot down near Dorsetshire. Evacuation of over 22,000 schoolchildren in two weeks is cited as the scale of relocation efforts.
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Britain
Surrey
Dorsetshire
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Malcolm MacDonald
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Nazis Seek Jap-Red Non-Aggression Pact To Bolster Position
Berlin reports, sourced from informed officials, say Germany is aiding efforts to bring Russia and Japan into a non aggression agreement. The three power pact does not push Soviet Russia toward the Rome Berlin Tokyo axis, but invites nations to join as they see fit. Pravda and Izvestia echo the pact, noting US Britain links and neutrality for Russia.
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Russia
Japan
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Tzvestia
Pravda
Communist Party
United States
Britain
London
Germany
Spain Open to Axis Ties but Not War Entry, Says Rome Talks
Reports from Rome and Berlin say Spanish officials near Mussolini and Serrano Suner see potential for an axis alliance but no pressure for Spain to enter the European war. British air defenses claim highly successful raids on London with substantial German aircraft losses and naval targets in the British Isles.
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Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Ramon Serrano Suner
Spain
Associated Press
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Britain
London
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Ireland
Scotland
Dover
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iLen
Adolf Hitler
Severano Suner
Count Galeazzo CIA
Seocum
Serrano Suner
Gibraltar
Popolo di Roma
Politi
House Acts Excess Profit Tax Measure Of 25 50 Per Cent Passed
Bobby Dunkelberger and Garrett lead 6 up at halftime in a 36 hole quarter final for the Southern Amateur golf championship with a seven under par 64 in the opening 18 holes. Senate approval of a 25 to 50 percent excess profits tax moves the measure toward the White House for signing as Congress eyes a defense funded session and another major appropriation on its calendar.
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Jack
Atlanta
Bobby Dunkelberger
Garrett
Carolina
M Ballentine
George MacAllister
South Carolina
Dunkelberger-Garrett
Washington
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Heart Doughton
D-Nc
House
Senate
Congress
Mexican Leader Killed in Monterrey Clash
Brigadier General Andres Zarrosa, ally of rival candidate Juan Andreu Almarxan, was shot dead in a battle with police and soldiers in Monterrey. Authorities say Zarrosa tried to incite an uprising against the government.
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Monterry
Mexico
Andres Zarrosa
Juan Andreu Almarxan
Zarmosa
Man pleads guilty in kidnapping of 3 year old
Wilhelm Muhrenbroich admitted guilt today in the kidnapping of Marc de Tristan, a 3 year old, in Redwood City. Sentencing was deferred to Friday with potential life imprisonment without parole.
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Wilhelm Muhrenbroich
Marc de Tristan
Plane Crash Fatal Near Washington
John Gormiey of Lancaster Pennsylvania a student pilot died from a fractured skull after his plane crashed on a farm near Washington D C several hours earlier.
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Washington
John Gormiey
Lancaster
Here
Raleigh Utility Chief Reports Lumber Rate Accord
Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne announced an agreement between railroads and shippers setting intra state freight rates for foreign and domestic lumber at the same level. He had previously considered a petition by railroads to raise intra state rates to match interstate rates, an estimated 30 percent increase averaging two and one half dollars per hundred.
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Raleigh
Utilities
Stanley Winborne
Bombs Rain on Nazi Cities in RAF Raids
London reports indicate violent blasts in Berlin Mannheim and other German cities as RAF heavy bombers attacked for over three hours. The air ministry said power plants were struck again and invasion bases at Dunkerque Calais Ostend Boulogne Le Havre were pounded in the raids.
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Boulogne
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le Hayvre
Japanese Push Toward Yunnan Frontier
Chinese dispatches say Japanese forces advancing from French Indo China via Kwangsi are moving north toward the Yunnan frontier, with reports citing Kaobang about 70 miles north.
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Chungking
Indo-China
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Willkie Gains Backing Amid Foreign Born Vote Shifts
Washington dispatch reports Republicans hope to win major cities by appealing to foreign born voters who backed Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936. Ital ians Irish and Germans are said to be wavering with reactions to Roosevelt comments. Actions by Roosevelt such as La Guardia appointment aim to reassure Italians and Irish voters while investigations into the Chavez Dempsey primary test Hatch Act enforcement in New Mexico.
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Ray Tucker
Wendell Willkie
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Roosevelt
Charlottesville
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France
I Duce
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Jackson
Chavez
Arrest Sparks Protest Over Freeman Beating in Romania
The U S legation in Bucharest filed a strong protest over the arrest and alleged beating of H. L. Freeman of Saratoga Springs N Y by Iron Guardists amid a probe into an oil sabotage plot. Freeman was released after the intervention. The British legation said Gen Ion Antonescu pledged a full investigation of five Britons held briefly by Romanian secret police.
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United States
Legation
H. L. Freeman
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Iron
Freeman
Ion Antonescu
Broughton Urges Orphans Training in America Leadership
J M Broughton spoke at Mills Home in Thomasville for the North Carolina Orphanage Association urging that orphans be trained for defense and to build livelihoods through vocations. He warned Europe also encroaches on children and stressed tradition and self reliance supported by federal aid access.
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Thomasville
J. M. Broughton
America
Europe
Encaden
North Carolina Orphanage Association
Mills Home
Baptist Oranage
Jeanne H
Sela Parag
Attack On Indo China Border By Japs Told
Survivors and disheartened French officers recount a Japanese breakthrough at Langson on the northern border of French Indo China. They say the attack followed alleged Japanese demands and caught defences by surprise, with 65 seriously wounded and a rapid three day collapse of a month’s preparations. A French battery was destroyed and officers describe how a flanking move was held up for two days.
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Indo-China
Langson
Pbanna
Bhachane Demandes
Langston
Illsness Fatal To WPA Chief Harrington
Colonel F. C. Harrington 53 longtime Army officer and head of the Works Progress Administration died in New London Connecticut after an intestinal obstruction. He had undergone surgery September 23 and spoke with aides in Washington last Friday before his condition worsened Sunday. His two children William and Eleanor were at his side in Connecticut.
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Conn
F. C. Harrington
Lawrence and Memorial Associated Hospitals
Harrington
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Tees
William Harrington
Yale
Eleanor Harrington
Davidson Issues At 5.25 Premium
Raleigh report lists Local Government Commission offering 80,000 Gastonia public improvement bonds to Kit efer and Arnold Inc of Raleigh. Bonds carry a premium and details show Canton street bonds at 1 2 percent and various school and sewer bonds with different interest and premiums.
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Kitefer and
Arneld, Inc
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Ehaiek
Arnold Ae
Canton Street
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