Closed Hearings on Ship Arming Bill Voted
Washington Oct 2044 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12 to 9 to hold closed hearings on the House approved ship arming bill with hearings slated to begin tomorrow Chairman Connally said the session would end by 5 pm Friday Secretary of State Hull is expected to be the first witness Opponents called the move a gag rule Senator La Follette protested time limits and said he would not be bound by secrecy. Republican leaders led by Wendell Willkie seek repeal of the Neutrality Act amid a bipartisan push Government officials and lawmakers discussed the issue with party allies toward widening a repeal effort
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Hull
la Falsette
Clark
D-Mo
Glass
D-Va
Wendell L Willkie
Pepper
Fla
Senate
Austin
Bridges
R-Nh
Lator Gurney
R-Sd
Willkie
Aggres
German General is Killed in France
In Nantes, German General Holtz, commanding the Nantes region in German-occupied France, was shot and killed today by two assailants who then fled. The incident occurred in Place St Pierre as he headed to his headquarters. French and German authorities launched an immediate search. Holtz was a municipal official with the German occupation forces.
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Vichy
France
L ¥ Ol
Nantes
St. Pierre
Nanter
Holtz
Woon
Haltz
Bombers Of Army Forces Roar Over State And Inland
Army bomber flights roared inland over North Carolina and nearby areas as the Third Interceptor Command staged a week long mimic warfare. Spotters logged flights near Laurinburg Newberry and Wilmington while interceptor bases and sub bases launched in response to plotted bomber courses. Cor. on Page 2-Col. 2.
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Robert J. Cranford
North Carolina
Third
Laurinburg
N. C
Newberry
S. C
Charlotte Army Air Base
Walter H. Frank
Charleston
Wilmington
Wlmington
Geveral Interior
Warner Brothers Executive Testifies He Paid Off Extortion Demands
Warner Brothers executive Maj. Albert Warner testified in federal court that he paid Bioff and Browne 80000 to avert business paralysis. Prosecutors say Bioff and Browne extorted about 5500,000 from film producers under the Federal Anti Racketeering Act. Testimony aligns with statements from Schenck of Loews and Michel of 20th Century Fox, detailing demands and reductions from initial 2,000,000 to 50,000 a year from several studios.
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New York
Warner Brothers Pictures
William Bioff
George E. Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Bioff
Warner Brothers
Major Warner
Uthat
Nicholas M. Schenck
Loew's, Inc
William Michel
20Th Century Fox Films
Schenck
Michel
Browne
Ugu
Rep Lawrence J Connery Dies of Heart Attack
Washington mourns as Rep. Lawrence J. Connery of Massachusetts dies at 46 from a heart attack. A long serving member since 1937, Connery was the second immediate family member to die in office, following his brother William P. Connery Jr. He died yesterday after a recent bout with illness as the House paused its business in his memory.
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House
Lawrence J. Connery
Dmass
Congress
Connery
William P. Connery, Jr
Burlew Behind Oil Shortage Tale Revealed
Washington report identifies Harold Ickes ally Burlew as the bureau crat who forged the oil famine idea. Burlew, longtime Interior official, steered red tape with oil interests and shaped events in Roosevelt era intrigue.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Fihbert KR. Burlew
America
Harold L. Ickes
Burley
Hitler Eyes Sea Control as U S Destroyer Kearny Attacked
Secretary Hull branded the torpedoing of the destroyer Kearny as part of Hitler’s push to seize seas and continents. Germany warned ships to stay out of a North Atlantic zone or be sunk as Navy reports raise casualties and missing crew. Hull taunted that diplomacy won’t curb “international highway men” as 21 casualties are confirmed and 11 missing after the attack.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Kearny
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
North Atlantic
Hall
Secretary of State
Keamy
Germany
U. S
Panay
Yangtze River
China
Tiwo
Navy
President Roosevelt to meet Harriman and Hopkins on aid for Russia
President Roosevelt planned a conference today with W Averell Harriman and Harry L Hopkins on aid for Russia. Harriman and Hopkins were modulo guests at Hyde Park, with Hopkins returning from Arden to join the president for lunch. Harriman would fly to Washington to consult State War and Navy officials before a further meeting tomorrow.
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Russia
Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Harry L. Hopkins
Harriman
Washington
Hopkins
Arden
N. Y
White House
State, War
Navy Departments
United States
Diane
Reds Claim Nazi Losses Mount Across Eastern Front
London dispatch notes Pravda stating German killed and wounded near four million, with Soviet figures detailing 445 trucks, 25 tanks, and 70 cannons destroyed in Bryansk Kalinin sectors. Stalin proclaims Moscow under siege as German forces threaten within 37 miles, fierce fighting ongoing near Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslavets sectors.
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Associated Press
London
Pravda
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Mozhaisk
Maloyaroslavets
British Workers Demand Second Front Opening
London workers from 300 workshops and 300,000 arms workers urged Prime Minister Churchill to press for an immediate second front. At a wartime conference despite official ban, Walter Swanson led a major demonstration demanding sacrifices be shared by Britons as well as allies.
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London
Russia
Churchill
National Council of Engineering and Allied Trades
Amalgamated Engineering Union Executive Council
Walter Swanson
Britain
RAF HITS TRAIN IN FRANCE AND FIRES TWO FREIGHT CARS
RAF airmen carried out a sweep across occupied France derailing an ammunition train engine and tender set afire. They also damaged two freight trains and burned barges near Calais according to the air ministry. The attack followed poor weather keeping British bombers grounded for a third night. Supreme Court refuses review of FTC order against Ford over alleged misleading six per cent financing plan for automobiles.
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London
France
Air Ministry
Calais
Ministry
Ser Eee
Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Trade Commission
Ford Motor Company
Jap Premier Calls For Iron Unity In Nation
Tokyo reports Premier General Tojo urged iron unity among all fighting arms and the people to withstand encirclement by foreign powers. He ordered a unified central civil and military administration and began sweeping police bureau changes after a temple visit.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Eiki Tojo
Ise
Greeks Claim 15000 Killed by Bulgars in Greece
London dispatch reports the Greek government in exile claims 15,000 Greeks died in massacres by Bulgars in Kavalla district and Drama province after Axis occupation. It says 330 Bulgars and seven Germans were killed by Greeks who were largely unarmed. The cable notes reprisals followed hostages shot indiscriminately and cites eyewitnesses.
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CPI
Kavalla
Drama
Greece
Cédonia
Bulgaria
Nazis claim US destroyer sunk in British convoy attack
Berlin reports an eye witness said a German submarine sank one of two destroyers traded from the United States for bases during a North Atlantic convoy attack last week. The high command said ten freighters and two destroyers were sunk in the three day engagement as flames and explosions marked the sinking vessels. An anonymous eyewitness described the mid ocean battle attracting other U boats.
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Berlin
North Atlantic
United States
Britain
High Command
CNB
German bombers set 3000-ton vessel afire in channel
Berlin reports a 3000 ton vessel was set afire in St George's Channel by a German warplane. The raid targeted Great Yarmouth along the English southeast and east coasts during night operations by German bombers.
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Berlin
St. George's Channel
Great Yarmouth
Vardvil marks 30th anniversary as Presbyterian minister
New Bern North Carolina Dr Charles G Vardvil president emeritus Flora Macdonald College celebrated his 30th anniversary as a Presbyterian minister yesterday with services at the First Presbyterian Church where he was ordained June 21 1891.
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New Bern
N.C
Charles G. Vardvil
Flora MacDonald College
First Presbyterian Church
Government May Have To Take Over Factory
The defense mediation board failed to resolve the dispute between CIO workers and Air Associates Inc a key airplane parts supplier. The issue hinges on a CIO claim of lockout after wage disputes. The board urged immediate reinstatement of strikers with no discrimination and the company asked 30 days to complete. The matter was referred to President Roosevelt who may consider government seizure as in prior defense strikes.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
CIO
Air Associates, Inc
Defense
Defense Mediation Board
United Automobile Workers
Bendix, WN. J
American Aviation
Ingtewood
Calif
Army
Navy
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Rock Company
Kearney
N. J
Air Associates
Broard
Conan Page
Encirclement Move Begun By Nazis in Donets Valley
Berlin reports battered Russian forces under Marshals Timoshenko and Budyonny brace for a stand in the Donets Valley as German units with Italian Hungarian and Slovak allies push toward Rostov within 30 miles. The high command says a vast German operation has begun to meet the Donets stand while Leningrad remains cut off and Moscow front counterattacks falter.
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Timoshenko
Budyonny
Donets
Busit
Rostov
Caucasus
Germany
Leningrad
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Red Army
High Command
ONC Raliots
Don River
DNB
Germany and Italy attack Long remarks over Italy bond
Berlin sources denounce Breckinridge Long for suggesting Germany would pull one million Italian troops from Italy. They call the claim a propaganda move and stress the Mussolini Hitler alliance will not be broken. Fascist circles in Rome echo that Americans misunderstand the two nations’ bond.
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Breckinridge Long
Italy
Germany
Long
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Daly
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Russia
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
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Reich
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