Keller's Ninth Inning Hit Ups World Series Win
Charley Keller tripled and Bill Dickey singled him home in the ninth to give the New York Yankees a 2 to 1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 at Yankees Stadium. Joe DiMaggio was intentionally walked before Dickey's game winning liner. The finish came with one out in the final frame as umpires conferred on lineups and ground rules before Judge Landis threw out the first ball.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
Charley Keller
Bill Dickey
Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Keller
Ival Goodman
Joe DiMaggio
Dickey
Rhe DE Davasanseeenin
Aoe Mange Fosciccovee
Judge Landis
Reds vs Yankees in early inning action and defense
The report covers the first two innings of a game between the Reds and Yankees. Werber, Frey, Goodman, Crosetti, Rolfe, Keller, Berger, Derringer, and others are noted for specific plays and outs. McCormick opened the Reds with a single and Lombardi assisted a double play as Craft struck out.
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REDS
McCormick
Crosetti
Lombardi
Rolfe
Gordon
Dahlgren
Craft
Russia Intensifies Baltic Influence and Talks Amid Talks
Moscow moves to expand military and economic sway in the Baltic as Latvia Lithuania and Estonia seek results from talks with Soviet leaders. Lithuania's Urbsys met Stalin and Molotov at the Kremlin while Helsinki reports stress Soviet role in the Gulf and Baltic seas. The Turkish delegation remains in Moscow awaiting Ankara guidance on Black Sea Dardanelles issues.
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Moscow
Russia
Baltic
Karl Ulmanis
William Munthy
Krema
Joozas Urbsys
Kremlin
Stalin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Tass
Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Ankara
Black Sea
Dardanelles
U S To Protect Ships Abroad
Secretary Hull announced the United States does not recognize unrestricted interference with American ships and commerce. He warned American merchant vessels of special danger in Atlantic and Baltic waters near European belligerents and said a committee would study possible protections for warships in Latin American ports.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Atlantic
Baltic
America
Pacific
Vandenberg Decia
Cotton Subsidy Exports Hit 2.42 Million Bales
Government export subsidy program moved 2 420 000 bales of cotton and cotton products in August and September.
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Washington
Hitler Awaiting Clear Reply From Allies
Berlin dispatch says Reichsfuehrer Hitler expects a clear political reply to Moscow peace gesture from Prime Minister Chamberlain and Western powers. He may delay until after a Reichstag address and is preparing for a Warsaw entry as conqueror. outcome hinges on international reactions and subsequent talks with Russia and Italy.
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Berlin
Moscow
Hitler
Reichstag
Fuehrer
Warsaw
Russia
Italy
British Dominions to Send War Ministers to England
Ottawa reports Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King announced Canada and fellow British Commonwealth members will send cabinet ministers to London as wartime representatives. Australia New Zealand and the Union of South Africa are arranging to send ministers to London as soon as possible.
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Ottawa
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
British Commonwealth
London
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
England Seizes 33 000 Tons of Goods Bound for Germany
The information ministry said 33 000 tons of cargoes destined for Germany were seized by British contraband control in the week ending September 30, bringing total interceptions in the first four weeks of the war to 289 000 tons.
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England
Germany
London
Information Ministry
Polite Conflict On The Western Front Seen By A French Unit
Henry C Cassidys dispatch from the French army on the western front describes a restrained war. French officers avoid calling Germans by name, rifles speak with measured timing, and troops show little romance. A priest accompanies a soldiers interlude as Schubert and Offenbach draw polite applause. The men seek a future where Germany is divided and questions about American public opinion loom.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Fritz
J’attendrai
Schubert
Offenbach
Austria
Germany
Britain Awaits Peace While Testing Nazi Proposals
Britain keeps an open door to German peace offers but expects diplomacy to give way to a larger conflict. Official London says no formal German note has been received and The Times demands terms restore Poland’s independence and European security before any durable peace. Britain awaits Hitler’s Reichstag address.
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Dwight L. Pitein
London
Britain
Germany
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Times of London
Hitler
Poland
Europe
Times
Reichstag
Comptroller Seeks Bank Condition Reports From All National Banks
The comptroller of the currency ordered reports on the condition of all national banks as of October 2. The Federal Reserve Board requested data from 1,126 state banks in its system and 5,208 national banks. the FDIC did not join. In Raleigh, state bank commissioner Gurney P. Hood also called for reports from all state banks on October 2.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hood
Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
Expectant mothers urged to give birth at home in wartime Germany
Berlin Oct 4 report from the German Interior Ministry tells doctors that pregnancy should generally be carried out at home rather than in hospitals while the war lasts. Hospital space should be reserved for army needs and patients should avoid hospital if not absolutely necessary.
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Berlin
German Ministry of the Interior
Wallace Urges Eye To Future For Tobacco Growers
Kinston, Oct 4. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace urged flue cured tobacco growers to plan a long term program for economic recovery. Tomorrow voters will decide on 1940 production limits as a record crop of one billion pounds looms. Auction sales were suspended since mid September as British buyers quit. Wallace said government aid could help dispose of this year’s crop if production is controlled.
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Kinston
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Daladier vows to carry on war despite peace bid
Paris reports Premier Daladier telling the Chamber of Deputies that France will continue "the war imposed on us" amid a German Soviet peace offer. Authorities arrest two petition sig ners Lecoin and Jean Giono and probe 29 others under Sept 1 decree. France tightens economic war, aiming to cut German food imports and credits as gunfire and patrol clashes intensify along a 60 mile front.
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Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee
France
Poland
Lecoin
Jean Giono
Germany
Reich
Elysee Palace
Lebrun
Saar
Palatinate
Bergzabern
Pirmasens
Sweibruecken
Saarbruecken
Saarlouis
Meraig
Polish Jewish Protest Over Sachsenhausen Detainees
Polish Jewish women staged several Berlin synagogue demonstrations during the past week urging action for relatives held at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. German rabbis faced a dilemma as aiding the demonstrators could be seen as helping the enemy.
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Berlin
Sachsenhausen
Van Sides With Opponents On Arms Embargo Policy
Senator Van Vandenberg charged the administration aims to repeal the arms embargo to take sides in the European conflict. He warned such a repeal would shift neutrality and likened it to signaling support for one belligerent, risking treacherous outcomes and economic harm.
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Washington
Van
Mich
Senate
Vandenberg
Connally
Sonal
Neutra
Was
America
Italy stays out of war as Mussolini starts 1942 expo build
Rome reports Italy will not initiate a peace conference despite dispatches about Mussolini talks. Stefani News Agency quotes the regime denying any such plan and signaling wait for Hitler's Reichstag proposal. Meanwhile Mussolini inaugurates Via Imperiale work for the Rome Universal Exposition of 1942.
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Rome
lItaly
Stefani
Adolf Hitler
Rome-Berlin
Mussolini
Hitler
Italy
Via Imperiale
German Pilot Bails Out Over Dutch Territory
A 25 year old German military pilot was interned by Dutch authorities after bailing from a disabled plane near Nieuweschans. He landed by parachute while the plane crashed about 30 yards inside Germany after running out of fuel and losing his bearings.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Nieuweschans
Holland
Germany
France Faces Possible German Thrust Through Alsace
Basel report notes rumors of a German attack through Alsace and Burgundy gate with German forces concentrating in the Black Forest and upper Rhine forts. French fortifications line a 40 mile Alsace corridor toward Belfort as air activity increases and Swiss observers expect action aimed at Alsace rather than Switzerland.
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Basel
Switzerland
France
Alsace
Burgundy
Vosges
Jura
Black Forest
Upper Rhine
Istein
Germany
Rhineland
Gibraltar
Rhine Shallows
Rhine Valley
Tein
Mulhouse
Burgundy Gate
Belfort
Great Fort Belfort
Bergdoll Admits Fake Passport Use at Trial
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll testifies at court martial that he obtained a passport under the name Ben Nash on June 11, 1929. He identifies passport applications as his photo, cites travel checks as his handwriting, and says he secretly returned to the United States during his fugitive years in Germany. His counsel contends availability could affect escape charges and statute of limitations.
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New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Ben Nash
Ber
Josef Amman
Borro
Germany
Doll
Harry Weinber
Bergedoll
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