Offensive minent On West Front Prompts Heavy Fire
Paris reports heavy artillery ready to open on German lines along a 10 mile front from the Moselle to the Haardt Forest as a general offensive looms. Reinforcements lift German strength opposite Maginot to 700000-800000. Troops tanks and trucks move at night while German propaganda travels beside the Rhine.
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Henry
Cassidy
Paris
Moseller
Haardt
Aeh
Horn
Maginot
Pargent
No-Man’s Land
Iman
Noro
German U-Boat Sinks Repulse After Royal Oak Hit
Berlin reports the same submarine that sank the Royal Oak torpedoed the battle cruiser Repulse. The vessel, commissioned 1916 and rebuilt in 1936, displaces 32 000 tons with a crew of about 1180 to 1205 and carries six 15 inch guns and four aircraft. The commander’s report awaited as floods hamper French communications and the Polish campaign nears its end.
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Berlin
Supreme Army Command
Royal Oak
Poland
Repor
Rhine
Lorraine
Meuse
Mouzon
Saonelle
Britannia
Hungarian Death Legion Arrests Shake Hungary
Hungarian Nazis report police seized 140 members of the Hungarist Death Legion to thwart a planned coup. Authorities allegedly confiscated guns and ammunition while plans included assassinating 17 parliament members. One leader was captured in a Budapest air shelter. five leaders escaped to Austria.
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Budapest
Death Legion
Legion
Austria
RAF Inflicts Heavy Losses On Germans Over Scotland
German aircraft attempted to attack coastal objectives in Scotland this afternoon. The Royal Air Force engaged the raiders and inflicted heavy casualties, according to the British air ministry. Observers noted the Firth of Forth area lies within 500 miles of German bases and speculated docks or shipyards as possible targets.
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London
Scotland
British
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Firth of Forth
North Sea
Edinburgh
Surgeons Plan Spread of Training to Boost Rural Care
The American College of Surgeons announced a three year spread training plan to train 500 new surgeons annually and place them in rural districts. It involves 381 hospitals in the United States and Canada approved for the program to replace past voluntary methods and raise surgical standards nationally.
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Iladelphia
American College of Surtoday
Canada
Insul
Beal to Face House Group
Beal the former Communist serving 17 to 20 years in North Carolina for conspiracy to murder Gastonia police chief O F Aderholt will testify before the Dies Committee investigating un American activities in Washington under guard tonight. Governor Hoey announced Beal will testify at the committee request by his agreement and with his lawyers consent. A subpoena arrived last night for Beal and prison fugitive officer J S Braswell will accompany him. Expenses will be paid by the Dies Committee. Beal entered prison in 1938 for the 1929 strike riot death.
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Fred Erwin Beal
North Carolina
Gastonia
Washington
Dies
Congressional
Hoey
Beal
J. S. Braswell
Dies Committee
O. F. Aderholt
Russia
Amend Credit Clause In Arms Embargo Bill
San Francisco report cites CIO leader John L. Lewis condemning Communists from policy councils. Washington coverage notes administration moves to remove 90 day credit provisions in the arms embargo bill to require cash from belligerents. Senators discuss extending cash requirements to private firms and Johnson Act constraints. Continued on Page Two.
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San Francisco
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organiza
Washington
Senate
Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Finnish Envoy Paasikivi Returns to Talks With Moscow
Helsinki reports Dr. Junho Kusti Paasikivi and Finnish officials return from Moscow for further discussions with Soviet leaders. A communique was expected after a government meeting in Helsinki, with more talks possibly delayed until after a Nordic conference in Stockholm.
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Helsinki
Foreign Office
Moscow
Junho Kusti Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Elias Erkko
E.S.T
Foreign Ministry
Aimo Kaarlo Cajander
Finland
Baron Aarnon S. Yrjo- Koskinen
Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Witt Hancock
Russia
Europe
Turkey
Balkans
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Baltic
Aaland
Urge Storage Rate For CCC
A group of southern House members urged the Commodity Credit Corporation to set a monthly storage rate of 15 cents per bale on cotton stored as collateral while crop loans are outstanding. They also pressed for lower insured storage costs and named a three member committee to aid negotiations.
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Washington
Southern House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Commodity Corporation
House
Representative Pace
D-Ga
Carl Robbins
Pace
British Airplanes Make Reconnaissance Flight
British officials report RAF flew over northern and central Germany last night while Germany claims Repulse torpedoed and put out of commission. Berlin says the ship was sunk by the same submarine that sank Royal Oak. Naval observers foresee swift limits on the new submarine offensive and warn of possible air attacks on ports. Churchill departs tomorrow.
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London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Air Ministry
Admiralty
Berlin
Royal
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Britain
Turks Fortify In Caucasus In Wartime Mobilization
Istanbul reports feverish Turkish military buildup amid alleged Soviet troop masses on the Caucasus frontier toward Iran. Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu rebuffed three Russian demands and warned Turkey could mobilize about 2,000,000 men while keeping neutrality unless Britain and France fight Russia. The Moscow Tass denial followed as the Turkish fleet held at the Dardanelles.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Russia
Caucasus
Iran
Persia
Sukru Saracoglu
Moscow
Poland
Balkan
Germany
Rumania
Saracoglu
Great Britain
France
Italy
Britain
Tass
Trocp
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Dr. Robert Haab Dies at 75 Former Swiss President
Zurich dispatch reports the death of Dr. Robert Haab age 75 at his home. Haab twice led Switzerland as federal president in 1922 and 1929 and served as Swiss minister to Berlin during World War I after being elected to the Federal Council in 1918.
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Zurich
Robert Haab
Switzerland
Berlin
Balkans Fear Russian Arm Will Reach For Bessarabia
Moscow reports warn that Russia seeks to extend influence in eastern Europe with talks on Finland and Türkiye. Rumors persist Russia may press for Bessarabia with Poland’s frontier shift linking Hungary, altering Balkan power.
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Balkans
Bessarabia
Russia
Germany
Rumania
Poland
Tass
Hungary
American Tobacco Co Faces Charges
The Federal Trade Commission accused the American Tobacco Company of discriminating among customers by delivering free goods to some and not to others. The complaint cites Robinson-Patman Act violations with chain stores and retailers receiving compensation for displays and extended payment times beyond ten days.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
American Tobacco Company Today
Heavy Loss of Life In Chinese Tragedy
In Shanghai on October 16 the Yangtze River vessel Hsin Taiki Maru capsized 12 miles from Woosung with 400 to 500 Chinese aboard. A Japanese tug recovered 60 survivors. the British steamer Hanna aided but salvage numbers are unknown. The ship's capacity was about 200 persons.
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Shanghai
Woosung
Hanna
Lithuanian Troops Set to Advance into New Polish Territory
Berlin report from Kaunas states Lithuanian forces will march tomorrow into the former Polish land newly reacquired under the Russian Lithuanian pact. The dispatch from the official German news agency notes the move comes amid shifting territorial arrangements in the region.
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Berlin
Kaunas
Lithuania
Three Sailors Missing After Norwegian Ship Strikes Mine
Amsterdam reports the Finnish steamer Emmi arrived with eight Norwegian Gressholm sailors who said their vessel was sunk by a mine en route from Stavanger to Antwerp. Three crewmen are missing.
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Amsterdam
Emmi
Muiden
Gressholm
Stavanger
Antwerp
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