Clark Says Roosevelt Exceeded Peace Time Limit on War Powers
Missouri Senator Clark charged President Roosevelt misused emergency powers beyond peacetime. He accused Louis Johnson of stoking fears over national shores and argued the new emergency decree lacks real limits. Clark warned the Canal Zone transfer consolidates executive authority without wartime need.
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Roosevelt
Washington
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Velt
Ark
Louis Johnson
Senate
Rocky Missourian
Congress
Anama Canal Zone
Canal Zone
United
Britain reports 158000 troops sent to France in first five weeks
War Secretary Hore Belisha told the House of Commons Britain dispatched an expeditionary force of 158,000 to France in the war's first five weeks. Churchill announced Britain now leads in merchant shipping with losses of 5809 tons vs 13615 tons won, a 7806 ton balance in Britain’s favor.
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London
Leslie Hore- Belisha
House of Commons
Britain
France
Hore-Belisha
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
Belisha
Middle East
Citizens Flee Helsinki as Paasikivi Talks Open in Moscow
Helsinki and Viipuri face a civilian exodus as 129000 citizens signalled readiness to evacuate amid a Moscow mission led by Juho Paasikivi. Government lifts private car ban and offers free rail and bus tickets while schools close and lines form at stations.
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Helsinki
Eljas Erkko
Finland
Tobacco markets reopen after wartime suspension in Carolinas
Reopened sales across Carolinas see averages near 15 cents per pound with highs near 17 to 18 cents and some over 30 cents for top grades. Wilson reports a 17.38 cent average on 6.9 million pounds on hand plus 600 thousand more in transit. farmers pleased despite some damaged weed from hot storage. British buyers return aided by funds on loan programs, with strong offerings noted and regional variances in price.
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Baleigh
Carolinas
Timmoneville
D. C
Yestern
Wilson
Do. N. Blackman, Jr
Rs. S. C
Rham
Finnish Body Arrives For Soviet Conference
Moscow receives Finnish delegation led by Dr Juho Kusti Paasikivi as Russia pursues political and economic talks to solidify influence over the Baltic region. Pravda lauds peace efforts while troops mass on Finland's border and nearby fronts show military strength in the area.
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Helsinki
Viipuri
Moscow
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
PT Bakes
Luis Luliuveu
Russia
Finland
Baltic
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Potnta
Sweden
Communist Party
Pravda
Britain and Soviet Union strike timber trade pact
London reports a commercial agreement between the British ministry of supply and a Soviet trade delegation to swap Russian timber for British rubber and tin. Details on quantities were not released, but the trade level is expected to match peacetime norms and carry political weight.
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London
Ministry of Supply
Authoritative
Purge Under Stalin Said To Claim 35000 Red Army Officers
General Walter G. Krivitsky testified to the Dies Committee that the 1936 37 purge in Russia killed about 35 000 Red Army officers. He added Stalin sent 300 000 to 400 000 people to imprisonment or exile and millions to concentration camps.
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Washington
Walter G. Krivitsky
Dies Committee
Russia
Red Army
Krivitsky
House Committee
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Rhea Whitley
Germany
War Industries Institute
General Staff
Europe
Central Europe
Interna
Leaders Say Aims Similar To Fuehrer's
Berlin sources say official Germany sees no conflict between Daladier's war aims and Hitler's peace proposals provided security guarantees. They caution France's Maginot line alliance with Britain complicates unity and await Chamberlain's war report before forming a formal stance.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Associated Press Bureau
Europe
Daladier
France
Hitler
Germany
Maginot
Britain
Chamberlain
Gas Explosion Kills Two In Pittsburgh East End
An old apartment blast from a leaking gas hot plate in Pittsburgh’s East End killed two brothers John Robaski 24 and Joseph Robaski 19 and seriously wounded his wife Rose 22 and their 15 day old son John Matthew Robaski.
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Pittsburgh
East End
John Robaski
Joseph Robaski
John
Rose
John Matthew Robaski
Nazi North Sea Attacks Continue Despite Losses
Berlin reports the Luftwaffe ordered to persist with attacks on British warships off the North Sea in cooperation with surface forces. The move, hailed as a major wartime directive, follows two German planes force landing in Denmark after disrupting British ships near the Norwegian coast. Britain counters that raids caused no damage.
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Berlin
North Sea
Poland
Warsaw
Denmark
Norwegian
Germany
Iroquois to Arrive Under Naval Escort in New York
The threatened American liner Troquois, protected by a U S Naval convoy, was due to dock in New York with 584 passengers from Europe. Arrival time and position were kept secret as destroyers and a coast guard cutter guarded the ship.
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New York
Troquois
Europe
United States
Thenia
U.S. Lines
Coast Guard
Light Nazi Attacks Repulsed Amid Weather Hampering OPS
Paris reports indicate German feebler assaults along the western front were repulsed after night fighting with weather hampering operations. Skirmishes intensified south of Saarbrucken and Pirmasens, and observers warned of a possible larger offensive before week’s end.
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Paris
Saarbruecken
Pirmasens
Moselle
VSS
Gallogly Seeks Texas Justice in Murder Extradition Case
Richard Gallogly, a 29 year old Georgia life sentence escapee, surrendered in Dallas seeking Texas justice and claiming he will not be extradited to continue payment on a murder sentence. He said he fled from Atlanta after an escape aided by his wife and was moving through five states. He believed real men in Texas would understand his case.
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Dallas
Richard Gallogly
Georgia
Texas
Smoot Schmid
Harry
Atlanta
Reidsville State Prison
Gallogly
Justich
Oglethorpe University
Three Die in West Virginia School Bus Crash
A disabled 70 passenger school bus plunged 75 feet off a highway near War into Norfolk and Western tracks. Three students died Maxine Beavers Lucille Mullins and Ernest Wood and 62 were injured, many critically, as hospitals in Welch treated the wounded. The bus driver H L Belcher blamed a front axle spindle failure. It marked the first deaths in West Virginia school transportation.
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W. Va
Big Creek High School
Norfolk and Western Railway
Maxine Beavers
Battle
Lucille Mullins
Raysal
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Ernest Wood
Bartley
Grace Hospital
West Virginia
H. L. Belcher
H. M. Auer
War
Charleston
Farley Sets Record For Standing Handshake At Postmasters Meet
Postmaster General Farley shook hands with over 4000 delegates at the National Association of Postmasters convention in Washington in three hours on a hot October day. Handshake rate reached about 22.22 per minute, with small boys mixing into the line and no one left unshaken.
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Washington
Farley
National Association of Postmasters
Papa
Hoey to Speak at 100th Anniversary of Cetenary Church
Governor Hoey will address the centennial observance at Cetenary Church in Smithfield on Sunday as the town marks its 100th year with ceremonies.
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Smithfield
Hoey
Cetenary Church
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