Germans Drive French From German Soil At Frontier
The German army announced the first phase of western war ended with complete French withdrawal from German soil and the French rear guard pushed beyond the Saar River into France. Berlin stressed no new peace moves and a new tactic signaling no quarrel with France. The communique noted short but bitter fighting as French troops left behind German soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Army High Command
Germany
France
High Command
Great Britain
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Foreign Office
Hitler
Saar River
Hornbach-Bitche Road
Democrats Agree to Permit U. S. Vessels to Carry Goods
A group of Democrats on the foreign relations committee reached a final agreement to allow American ships to carry all goods except arms to selected belligerent ports in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and other waters. Surface ships may reach ports south of 30 degrees north, while aircraft could operate to Western Hemisphere ports including Bermuda and Newfoundland. Combat area designations could restrict shipping. president proclaimed areas could bar sections. Senate plans to wind up debate this week and start considering amendments. Seven opposition senators discussed uniting against relaxing cash and carry provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
South Atlantic
New Orleans
Atrcoraft
Pittman
D-New
Europe
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Nye
D-Nd
Johnson
R-Calif
United
Methodists In Split Sessions
Greensboro notes closing hours of divided Methodism as three conferences meet. Atlantic Blue Ridge, Western North Carolina and North Carolina conferences discuss leadership, officers are elected, and daily sessions mark move toward unification this Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Atlantic-Blue Ridge
Methodist Episcopal Church
Western North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
North Carolina
Methodist Protestant Church
Wallace E. Brown
Clare Purcell
J. H. Straughn
Methodist Protestant Conference
Atlantic Blue Ridge
Centenary Methodist Church
Brown
North Carolina Christian Advocate
Nashville Christian Advocate
Conference Brotherhood of the Southern Methodist Church
Purcell
West Market Street
Western North Carolina Conference
South
Edgar H. Nease
H. C. Northrup
C. W. Bates
Bates
Britain France Turkey Sign Mutual Aid Pact In Med
London reports Britain France and Turkey signed a mutual aid treaty for a minimum of 15 years to assist each other in the eastern Mediterranean. The pact keeps Turkey neutral regarding the current Allied war against Germany while pledging long term security cooperation. Chamberlain announced the signing in Ankara and said the full text would be released tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
France
Turkey
Mediterranean
Germany
Chamberlain
Ankara
House of Commons
Russia
Britain
Turkey Signs Mutual Aid Pact With Britain And France
Ankara reports Turkey has signed a mutual assist pact with Britain and France to aid in case of aggression in the Mediterranean. The treaty, signed in Ankara, includes economic and military clauses and foresees ratification by the Turkish parliament. Franz von Papen was recalled to Berlin amid these developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sukru Saracogl
Moscow
Russia
Turkey
Turk
Refik Saydam
Fersi Kakmak
France
Rene Magsigli
Ambassdor
Ankara
Weygand
Britain
S. Hughe M. Knatchbull - Huges
Wavell
von Papen
Franz von Pape
Turke
Berlin
Tur
Portland Doctor Elected Public Health President
Portland physician Adolph Weinzir was elected chairman of the health officers section of the American Public Health Association. Malcolm Bow of Edmonton and E R Coffey of Washington named vice chair and secretary, with new council members Henry Vaughan of Detroit and William Richardson of Chapel Hill joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
American Public Health Association
Adolph Weinzir
Portland
Ore
Malcolm R. Bow
Edmonton
Can
E. R. Coffey
Washington
Henry F. Vaughan
Detroit
William P. Richardson
Chapel Hill
N. C
Army Leaders Plan Increase To 153000 Men
Washington October 19 The War Department has laid out detailed plans to raise the U S land forces by 153000 men under recommendations from authoritative sources. The proposal aims to expand manpower across regulars and reserves to bolster national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Duke of Windsor Tours Front With Gloucester and Gort in France
The Duke of Windsor and his brother the Duke of Gloucester visited front lines in France with Lord Gort, inspecting pillboxes, breastworks, and trenches. Guards, dressed in khaki overalls, man pillboxes and dig deep trenches as they mount guard in French towns. The report notes the contrast between London pomp and battlefield practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Windsor
Gen
Gort
France
Duke of Gloucester
Lord Gort
London
England
Empire
Hyde Park
Earth Tremors Felt In East Across New England
Seismologists described the October tremors as severe and felt in Worcester Springfield and Lawrence Massachusetts Nashua Keene New Hampshire and Portland Augusta Maine. Cars swayed and a Portland driver spilled coffee while a Keene resident felt a dizzy spell as the house shook. About 500 quakes occur yearly in New England with the last nearby quake a week ago near Manchester New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Weston College
Worcester
Springfield
Lawrence
Mass
Nashua
Keene
N. H
Portland
Augusta
Manchester, N. H
Earthquake Felt in Northeastern Ohio Early Today
Father Joseph S Joliat seismologist at John Carroll University reports a slight earthquake likely in southwestern Ohio. Instruments recorded the tremor from 6 58 a m lasting about nine minutes with a Cleveland area woman also reporting sensations at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Father Josephs
Joliat
John Carroll University
Ohio
Conference closes with dramatic broadcasts from Nordic leaders
Finland's President Kyosti Kallio and the kings of Sweden Norway and Denmark spoke in broadcasts marking the two day Scandinavian Conference ending in Stockholm. They thanked President Roosevelt and Latin American states for support amid Finland facing Soviet demands and Baltic expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustaf
Sweden
Kallio
Finland
Roosevelt
Stockholm
Norway
Denmark
Soviet
Russia
Kyosti Kallio
Bund Still Combating Communism Says Kuhn
Fritz Kuhn testified before the Dies committee that the German American Bund still fights Communists in the United States though it approves the Russo German pact. He affirmed continued opposition to Communists and explained Germany’s economics amid heated exchanges with Rep. Starnes and committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fritz Kuhn
Dies Committee
Bund
United States
Starnes
Rep
D-Ala
Kuhn
Dies
D-Tex
Russia
Germany
Bulgaria Premier resigns as Moscow ties grow
Premier George Kiosselvanoff and his cabinet resigned amid Bulgaria’s shift toward closer cooperation with Soviet Russia. Stefan Mihaloff, pro Moscow deputy, expected to be named to form a new government for a policy stance amid Southeastern Europe tensions and Soviet influence in the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
George Kiosselvanoff
Bulgaria
Soviet
Russia
Stefan Mihaloff
Moscow
Boris III
Kiosseivanoff
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Poland
Europe
Balkan
Kiosselvanoff
Balkans
Two German airmen reach shore after North Sea crash
The air ministry reported two German airmen, shot down over the North Sea Tuesday, drifted ashore in a collapsible rubber boat near Whitby. They said two companions in the Nazi bomber were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Air Ministry
North Sea
Whitby
Four Fliers Killed in Army Bomber Crash on Black Mountain
In San Diego California on October 19 four airmen died when a two motor Army bomber crashed on Black Mountain fifteen miles northeast of the city. Deputies found four charred bodies near the burning wreckage and noted remains of practice bombs and cameras nearby. The aircraft appeared to be from March Field Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Black Mountain
Here
Shriff's
March Field
Riverside
Hitler annexes Pomorze and Upper Silesia creates two gaue
Adolf Hitler proclaims the annexation of Pomorze Pommerellen and Polish Upper Silesia into the Reich. Two new gaue are created West Prussia and Posen with appointed Reichs Statthalter. Danzig becomes seat of the Prussian governor and Posen the capital of its district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Pomorze
Pommerellen
Upper Silesia
Reich
Tony
West Prussia
Posen
Fuehrer
Danzig
Hitler
Germany
Poland
Child Dies in Wilson After Spider Bite
Lucille Bunn five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs H B Bunn of Bailey died in Wilson at a local hospital from paralysis attributed by physicians to a spider bite on her face two months earlier.
Pelley Summoned For Court Hearing In Asheville
William Dudley Pelley head of the Silver Shirts of America was summoned by Superior Court Judge Zeb Nettles to appear in court on charges of violating two suspended sentences. The capias requires his arrest and a $10,000 bond for the November term. He is accused of conspiring with enemies of American institutions and publishing material aimed at overthrowing the government and insulting the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts of
America
Asheville
United States
Zeb Nettles
Pelley
French Report Nazi Troops Thrown Back On West Front
Paris reports German infantry thrusts on the western front repelled at several points amid a quiet night. German floods and fighting around Apach are noted as French observers cite main positions held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Front
Paris
War Ministry
Siegfried Line
Rhine
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Gene Maxime Weygand
Eern
Archibald P. Wavell
Middle East
Drew Middleton
By Wake Werner
Maginot
Apach
Luxembourg
Daladier
Rhine-to-Moselle
Luaembourg
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