Hitler Signals Major News With Moscow Push
Hitler broke his silence in a winter relief rally claiming a "gigantic new development" was under way. The big news proved a renewed German drive toward Moscow with offensives from Smolensk, Valdai, and Bryansk areas, amid Russian worry over advancing forces and broader questions of strategic aims.
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Moscow
Smolensk
Valdai
Ain
Kirke Simpson
Donets-Don
Hitler
Frank Donets Basin
Berlin
Germany
Donets
Mariupal
Ossipenko
Sea of Azov
Leningrad
London
England
Red Cross
Britain
Reich
Calendar notes of October observances and meetings
The schedule lists Columbus Day on October 12 with the American Public Health Association gathering in Atlantic City. October 13 brings a National Academy of Sciences meeting in Madison Wisconsin. October 16 marks a gathering of AP editors in Chicago. Alaska Day is observed October 18.
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American Public Health Association
Atlantic City
National Academy of Sciences
Madison
Wis
Associated Press
Chicago
Alaska
Descriptive account of Serbian resistance and wartime executions
A German report portrays a Serbian girl as a Chetnik leader amid mass revolts in Yugoslavia. It cites German efforts to quell guerrilla actions, with executions across occupied Europe, including Bohemia Moravia and Paris. The piece notes Gestapo activity, Heydrich's influence, and clashes in Marnay, plus the Seine death of an Anti Bolshevist League figure.
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Joan of Arc
Old
Yugoslavia
Former
Budapest
Serbia
France
Bohemia-Moravia
Belgium
Holland
Alois Elias
Klapka
Prague
Gestapo
Czechoslovakia
Reinhard Heydrich
Marnay
Paris
Anti-Bolshevist League
Seine
Dashing Latin Rosa Hosts Raul Taborda Visit
Raul Damonte Taborda known as the Martin Dies of Argentina arrives in the United States with nine deputies invited by the U S House to discuss Nazi activities. He led raids on subversive hangouts, fought a duel after a quarrel with Miguel Osorio, and became a Pan American defender allied with Roosevelt in 1938.
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Raul Damonte Taborda
Martin Dies
Argentina
Chamber of Deputies
Taborda
U. S
House of Representatives
Miguel Osorio
Roosevelt
Rio de Janeiro
Radical Party
Castillo
Labor AFL To Give All Factional Clash Echoes at Convention
The AFL CIO split surfaced as President Green and allies vowed full support for the president's program. FDR urged peaceful labor unity. Carmody warned a low bid contract in Wayne County defense housing could trigger AFL opposition. Detroit layoffs at Ford Rouge plant were announced amid defense production pressures. CIO UAW counters with smaller layoff figure. A defense factory boosts morale with sung records and rising output.
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AFL
Greenall
United States
FDR
Wayne County
Mich
CIO
APL
Carmody
Detroit
Henry Ford
Harry Bennett
National Defense
Big Rouge
OPM
Ciouaw
Gandhi Says Nonviolence Cannot Be Fully Followed
Gandhi warned that no one can fully follow the noble principle of non violence to its logical conclusion. Rand reacts to news of her fiancé’s marriage saying she is disturbed and notes that one does not commit bigamy.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
Sally Rand
Old-Time Legends and Daring Feats Highlight A Patchwork Tale
A collage of short items recounts Unkapapas legend of three maidens saved by a levitating rock, stunt flier George Hopkins parachuting atop Devil's Tower, ministers proposing modernized religion, a daredevil survive tale at Longue Sault rapids, a CCC boy and a hitchhiking encounter with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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George Hopkins
Devil's Tower
Wyoming
Blood tests curb syphilis in marriage laws rise
A move from secrecy to education in the 1930s led 26 states to require pre marriage blood tests. A survey of 16 states shows 1.28 percent of test takers had syphilis, while American Social Hygiene Association estimates 3.24 percent of adults nationwide are affected.
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Oregan
Council of State Governments
The
American Social Hygiene Association
Neutrality Law Debated After Ship Sinkings
The sinking of the Panama-flag Pink Star and the tanker White off Brazil spurred Roosevelt to urge neutrality law revision. Nye warned history could repeat Wilson’s arming bill episode as Congress debates changes. A new lend-lease bill drives administration push while Republicans doubt spending, and officials cite broad aid to Britain and expected repayment in kind.
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Panama
Iceland
Roosevelt
Washington
William Melto
Hull
Nye
Congress
Senate
House
R-N.d
Wilson
U. S
FDR
Hitler
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Britain
House Appropriations Committee
Admiral Land
Maritime Commission
U.S
Germany
State Acheson
Inflation fears drive inflation debate and war effort notes
Washington discussions on curbing inflation include price and wage controls and broadening social security as criticized by officials. McNutt objects to social security expansion while noting installment buying limits. Defense costs are outlined, with projected production of thousands of planes and rapid Navy keel laying. OPM suggests saving metal by omitting bells on fire engines as a wartime efficiency measure. Congress acts to grant government control of defense machinery and supplies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McNutt
Smithy
Defense
Thurman Arnold
Justice Department
Anti-Trust
OPM
Navy
Congress
Short Short Stories Won World Series 1941 Yankees Dodgers
A compact roundup lists notable 1941 events: Yankees win the World Series over the Dodgers, Fred Walker noted as Panama president, Dr. Arnulfo Arias linked to U S plans, six Avie fliers killed in an Arizona crash, three Kansas City residents lost in a tornado, nine in a West Indies to Georgia storm, Walter P. Armstrong elected ABA president, Peggy Landon and William Mills Jr marriage, Grand Coulee Dam generator project moves forward, deaths of Louis Brandeis Helen Morgan and others.
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New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Fred
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
U.S
Arizona
Kansas City
West
Indies
Florida
Georgia
American Bar Association
Walter P. Armstrong
Memphis
Peggy Anne Landon
Alf M. Landon
William M. Mills Jr
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington
Louis BD. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Marland
Oklahoma
Helen Morgan
Farmers reap higher pay as meat demand grows
American workers earn more and buy more meat while shipments to England rise. Packing houses bid up livestock prices to farmers, tightening supplies. A Department of Agriculture chart shows farmers earning more than a year ago. The outlook for farmers is described as best in years.
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England
Agriculture Department
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