Senate Presses Roosevelt as Europe Peace Mediator
A wide Senate urge Roosevelt to mediate the European war amid neutrality debates. Senators on both sides favor the president stepping in if Berlin signals a chance for settlement. Administration officials remain silent as Hull declines comment on Berlin dispatches. Roosevelt says nothing at Hyde Park. Senator Johnson calls it an honor and sees a path to an honorable peace, with continued cautious restraint from U.S. leaders.
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Yanks Break Loose with Four Home Runs to Beat Reds 7 3
The New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7 to 3 in the World Series, their third straight win. Charley Keller hit two homers, DiMaggio and Dickey also connected, as Junior Thompson struggled but yielded only five hits in five innings.
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Bill Dickey
Paul Derringer
Bucky Walters
New York
Expanded Army Orders Training of 70,000 Troops
The War Department ordered an unprecedented winter training of more than 70,000 troops to form new divisions into a mobile fighting force. Plans also hint at expanding the Regular Army by 53,000 to a peacetime 280,000, with training at Forts Benning, Sam Houston, Lewis, McClellan, and others.
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Woodring
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Wash
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Fort Knox
Camp Ord
Calif
Finland Delays Moscow Reply and Calls Army Reserves
STOCKHOLM Oct 7 Finland announced the calling up of new army reserves and delaying a reply to a Russian invitation to a Moscow conference. Observers said the timing of the color call and the Moscow invitation were significant though not officially linked.
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Moscow
Russia
Defense Ministry
Elias Erkko
Wilno status in doubt as Lithuanias seeks capital
Reports from Moscow say Wilno workers oppose Lithuania reclaiming the city in exchange for concessions to Soviet Russia. Soviet broadcasts mention annexation to Soviet White Russia and possible transit rights or a naval base. a plebiscite or convention may be considered in newly won Polish White Russia and Ukraine.
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Wilno
Russia
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V. Krusheff
Chamberlain to Elaborate Stand In Wednesday Talk
British press and political circles foreshadow a detailed statement from Chamberlain outlining Western powers war aims in response to Hitler. Editorials and the government rhetoric yesterday suggest acceptance or negotiation of Hitler's terms is unlikely.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Germans Seek Hurried Peace as War Prospects Grow
Berlin dispatch reports Hitler confident his peace proposals will bear fruit and that trenches could be emptied by Christmas if powers act. German leaders said an immediate armistice might be possible if proposed by Roosevelt or another major neutral to pave a basis for a general settlement in Europe.
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Roosevelt Offers No Comment On Armistice Talk At Hyde Park
Hyde Park, Oct. -White House aide Hassett said the president had no comment on Berlin armistice reports. The president kept to his estate and stayed in touch with Washington while a U S submarine sighting near Miami was acknowledged but not detailed.
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Allies Hope To Stall Off German Offensive
Paris dispatch reports French and British sources say the Allies sought to delay a major German offensive to let winter weather and the blockade sap Germany’s strength. Observers note October end as a practical window before harsher winter conditions, with air operations limited in December and January.
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Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Adolf Hitler
Submarine sighted in Atlantic near Miami within neutrality zone
The temporary White House announced a foreign submarine was sighted yesterday about 15 miles from Miami. Nationality not disclosed and sighting details not released. The report follows Roosevelt disclosures of subs off Southern Alaska and Boston.
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Winston-Salem Boy Killed In Accident
Fred Dalton Whitley seventeen, of near Winston-Salem, was killed when his bicycle collided with a car at a suburban intersection. He was thrown against the car and died en route to a hospital. Son of D A Whitley, a farmer from Winston-Salem route 5. He had been working on a neighbor’s farm.
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Pair Saved From Blazing Boat Off Eastern Coast
The Adventurer of Southport burned at sea after an explosion caused by a backfire. Captain Homer MccKeithan and his mate Tony McKeithan swam until picked up by another boat as the rescue craft stood three quarters of a mile away.
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Kuhn of Bund Freed on Cash Bail at Tombs Prison
Fritz Kuhn national chieftain of the German American Bund posted 50 000 bail in cash at Tombs Prison and was released after being held since September 29 in default of bail.
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Fritz Kuhn
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Decree Expands Death Penalty for Treason Ties
Berlin reports a decree under German treason law sharpens penalties by making attempted treasonable acts punishable by death, up from the former maximum of life in prison.
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Top Grid Results From Yesterday Dominion
Yesterday's college football scores include Duke 37 over Colgate 0 and North Carolina 13 over Virginia Tech 6. Other results feature Clemson 25 over N C State 6, Alabama 7 over Fordham 6, LSU 26 over Holy Cross 7, Nebraska 6 over Minnesota 0, Notre Dame 17 over Georgia Tech 14, Tulane 12 over Auburn 0, and Navy 14 over Virginia 12, with V M I 2 beating Davidson 0.
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G men Investigate Arizona Sabotage On Battleship
FBI agents headed by J Edgar Hoover probe reported sabotage aboard the battleship Arizona during gunnery drills off Southern California. Hoover cautioned about an undisclosed incident and also watched the steamship Iroquois after a German tip claimed it would be sunk en route to New York with refugees.
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FBI
French Swiss Frontiersmen Face Off Across Calm Border
On the tense front between Geneva and Basel both nations mobilize to protect neutrality while keeping clear there is no intent to attack. French and Swiss gunners man frontier posts with flowered guns and shared border quirks, including a Swiss soldier with a house in France and a back porch in Switzerland.
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