Neutrality Act Revision Seen
Washington October 15 Secretary Knox said the navy was ready to arm merchant ships as fast as ships reach port once Congress authorizes such action The House Rules Committee granted parliamentary flight to the measure lifting the neutrality act ban on arming ships The Foreign Affairs Committee approved the proposal Knox noted guns would be supplied as ships arrive He cited armed British ships as evidence that arming merchantmen protects them against air and submarine raiders Three months and about 200 ships were estimated to need arms with the process taking that long Rep Michener criticized procedural delays and urged swift action
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Washington
Knox
House Rules Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Nox
Navy
Case Foreign Affairs Commimitte
Michener
R-Mich
RAF and German defenses dominate Western Front in new raids
London reports British air forces strike southern Germany and coastal targets while Germany defends western front. RAF attacks prompt Germany to keep over 40 percent of fighters on the west and shift resources from Russia. Four aircraft lost in night operations, one in daylight. Coastal Command hits vessels off Norway and the Baltic Islands.
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London
RAF
Germany
Russia
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Norwegian
Tisian Islands
Serbs Reported In Full Revolt Against Nazis
London dispatch reports that Serbian resistance against German rule has reached rebellion status with about 80,000 armed rebels led by army officers. Bands disrupt roads by firing on autos. one group attacked a munition dump near Smederevo. Italian village burnings said to fail as axis garrisons hold few cities.
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London
Legation
Smederevgo
Belgrade
Power Curtailed in Southeast If No Rain or Pool Plan
Atlanta Oct 15 Engineers study southeastern power systems to avert forced curtailment starting Nov 3. FPC officials and nine state representatives form a technical committee to pool output for efficient distribution. If no benefit from pooling and rain fails by Oct 26 a 20 percent curtailment is planned and may extend nationwide.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Power Systems
Federal Power Commission
Public Service Commissioners
Power Company
Leland Olds
Federal Commission
National Defense Industries
FPC
Olds
High Point Chosen for Next Presbytery Meeting
Orange Presbytery elected Dr. D. L. Blackwell of Leaksville as moderator, succeeding W. Kerr Scott of Raleigh, and selected High Point for the next session to be held January 13.
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Greensboro
Orange
General Marshall cites heavy German losses in Moscow drive
General George C. Marshall told a Senate subcommittee that German forces were paying a tremendous price in material for gains in the drive on Moscow. He avoided predictions on Russia's fate, while President Roosevelt expressed no doubt about the lease lend program's success.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate
Moscow
Army
Appropriations
Alarshall
Russia
Roosevelt
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Marshall
Auto Output Slashed in January 1942 Production Cut Ordered
Washington October 15 Leon Henderson OPM civilian supply director ordered at least a 51 percent reduction in passenger automobile output for January 1942 versus January 1941. The combined slash to conserve defense materials yields at least a 36.3 percent drop for the first half of the model year starting August 1. Henderson warned the January quota of 204,848 cars may not be met due to possible material shortages, notably steel strip stock.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
OPM
Henderson
Washington secrecy report on Allied aid to Britain China Russia
A confidential U S report details arms shipped to Britain since Dunkirk totaling about 750 million dollars through August, with Britain receiving mostly outdated stocks. China and Russia exports were modest and not yet aligned with promises. The piece notes limited aircraft production and ongoing concerns as war risk rises.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
United States
Britain
Russia
China
Dunkerque
Great Britain
U.S
England
Hitler
CIO Ends Strike At Hillsdale On Request By DMB
The CIO United Automobile Workers called off the Hillsdale Michigan strike at Hillsdale Steel Products on request of the Defense Mediation Board. The move clears the way to resume transmissions for 70 percent of army tank production at Spicer Manufacturing in Toledo. Labor Dept certified the case after AFL UAW threatened to strike over CIO rehiring of discharged workers.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers
Hillsdale Mid. Steel Products Company
Spicer Manufacturing Corporation
Toledo
Ohio
R. J. Thomas
Auto Workers
Detroit
Defense Mediation Board
Labor Department
Spicer
AFL
Hillsdale
AFL United Automobile Workers
Michigan
Afluaw
Hillsdale Steel Products
Thomas
Mediation Board
Washington
CID Steel Workers
Gary
Ind
American Can Company
Wwo
Chicago
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Seamen Spied For Germany on Trial in Espionage Case
In New York a statement read at the trial of 15 men charged with espionage conspiracy alleges German agents solicited U S seamen in Genoa to aid Germany before the war. Richard Kleiss, a 45 year old chief cook aboard a United States liner, supposedly gathered information on naval building and procured blueprints of the renamed troop transport West Point from the liner America.
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Get
Italy
Genoa
Germany
Richard Fl. Kleiss
Cook
United States
FBI
Richard Johnson
Kleiss
Manhattan
America
West Point
Nazi Mop Up Near Moscow Lets Germans Move More Troops East
Berlin reports encirclement of Bryansk and Vyazma near completion enabling larger German forces to be sent to the Moscow front. Soviet and German claims vary on progress with heavy Russian counterattacks repelled on both flanks as Moscow air raids continue and defense mobilizes across the capital.
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East Front
Nazis Halted At Azov Sea Report Says German Drive Reined In
London Reuters Moscow dispatch reports German advance east of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov halted. Russian forces withdrew to new positions with heavier German losses. Analysts note Hitler has thrown vast artillery into an attack and warn Germany may be finished if Moscow falls. Some sources suggest Germans may have captured Rzhev west of Moscow, with heavy fighting near Mozhaysk, while Red Army hopes for stalemate.
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Red Army
Upper Volga
Moscow
Izvestia
Red Star
Kalinin
Payer Saists
London
Reuters
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Don Valley
Hitler
Germany
Alascon
Vermont Governor Calls GOP for Foreign Policy Showdown
Vermont Governor William H. Willis urged an extraordinary GOP caucus to debate the party stance on foreign policy. He sent a letter to U.S. Representative Joseph W. Martin asking for a national party discussion reflecting the Vermont Republican mood.
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Vermont
Gop
Montpelier
William H. Willis
U.S
Joseph W. Martin
Rmass
Ford Warns Wage Ceilings Could Defeat Price Bill
Washington October 15 Rep Thomas F Ford Democrat California told House Banking Committee members that a wage ceiling would prevent passage of a price control bill. He urged avoiding labor injection into the measure to ensure any bill could pass. Patman pressed for immediate reporting of a price fixing bill, while Lubin noted retail prices lag raw material costs, citing significant increases in raw materials and finished goods but smaller rises in some clothing and food prices.
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Washington
Thomas F. Ford
Calift
Ald
House Banking Committee
House
Ford
Patman
Isador Lubin
Labor Statistics
Lubin
Pereale Dresels
Colonization Plan Rejected by Mexican Chamber
MENICO CITY Oct 15 Proposed colonization of Lower California by 100000 Sinarquistas was opposed by the chamber of deputies after a heated debate that labeled the semi military group a shock brigade prepared by Nazi agents. By acclamation the chamber asked President Avila Camacho to withdraw approval, saying Lower California would become a base for Nazi activities. Deputy Alfredo Felix Diaz, sponsor of the resolution, called the Sinarquistas an axis sponsored fifth column obeying plans of espionage by Hitler agents and a threat to Mexico and the world’s democracies. He stressed Magdalena Bay’s strategic naval base role and that fifth column elements should not gain a foothold on the peninsula.
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Menico City
Lower
California
Mhamber of Deputies
Chamber
Manuel Avila Camacho
Lower California
Alfredo Felix Diaz
Sinarquistas
Mexico
Magdalena Bay
Diaz
Coluram
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