Debate intensifies as neutrality bill faces final vote
Washington notes Vice President Garner urges quick end to debate on arms embargo repeal and seeks a Senate rule limiting discussion. Senate leaders weigh restricting debate while Nye and neon deny plans to delay action amid a two to one admin majority.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Garr
Kends
Garner
Roosevelt
Plo
KS Barkley
Mary
Barkley
Neon
R-Calif
Ate
Johnson
Senate
Johnson urges final vote on neutrality stance amid arms embargo debate
Senate debate on neutrality legislation intensifies as Senator Reynolds announces opposition to repealing the arms embargo. Johnson remains confident that final vote will reach soldiers bound for France despite possible shifts in opinion when war drums beat. Continued on Page Two.
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France
Johnson
Senate
Reynolds
D-Nc
West German area shelled as French press attack report
Paris dispatch says French heavy artillery shelled a 20 square mile zone on the extreme northern western front aiming at German headquarters near Nenning Linz Winderingen and Saarbourg. German guns replied at night as observers note 105 millimeter batteries and heavier guns in position.
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Paris
Nenning
Linz
Winderingen
Saarbourg
Castle Thorn
Moselle
Rhine
de Maureillan
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Anach
Wissembourg
Gamelin
Russia watches Dardanelles as Moscow critiques pact
Izvestia denounces the British French Turkish accord and warns Moscow must monitor Dardanelles approaches. The piece links the pact to shifts in Finnish and Russo talks resuming soon, while detailing Moscow’s possible new tone with Finland and a push to bolster Polish western Ukraine plebiscites.
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Moscow
Russia
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Izvestia
Germany
Soviet Union
Turkey
Rumania
Bulgaria
U. S
France
Mediterranean
Italy
Finland
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Helsinki
Karl Ritter
Foreign Office
Berlin
Franz Tiso
Slovakia
Ukraine
Poland
Stalin
Turkeys Move Toward Britain France Alarms Officials
Berlin reports authorize officials warn Turkey joining Britain and France may cost its independence like Poland. Izvestia article calls the mutual aid pact a flawed peace instrument and warns Russia could now seize the Dardanelles, signaling a threat to Turkey.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Berlin
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Poland
Republic
Izvestia
Moscow
Russia
Dardanelles
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Foreign Office
Wage Hour Changes Spark Labor Struggles for Industry
The United States Chamber of Commerce warns wage hour standards set to take effect next week will raise hardships for firms. The act lowers the standard workweek from 44 to 42 hours and increases the minimum wage from 25 to 30 cents per hour.
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Ashington
United States Chambermmerce
U. S. Imber
German coast vessel torpedoed by mine near Denmark
Copenhagen reported 71 crew members of a German coast ship were lost when it struck a mine in shallow waters off Moen. Four were saved by a Danish plane and one body recovered. the rest were listed as dead. The vessel TOlton e sank in under a minute after hitting mines.
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Scopenhagen
D of Moen
Two German Planes Shot Down In Duel
Norwegian fishermen reported Bergens Aftenblad that two German planes were shot down from a squadron of six attacking two British destroyers and a British seaplane about ten miles off Norway. The British seaplane also was forced down but, with destroyer protection, resumed flight. The battle occurred in the North Sea this afternoon.
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Bergen
Norway
Bergens Aftenblad
North Sea
Barbara Hutton in United States With Mystery Beau
Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow returns to the United States amid questions about her status. The mystery man Robert Sweeney, 28, American golfer and London resident, travels with her on the Conte de Savoia. She declines engagement or marriage details and silent on citizenship plans as she delays divorce actions.
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New York
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
United States
Europe
Conte de Savoia
Robert Sweeney
London
Barbara
Curt Haugwitz- Reventlow
Reno
Florida
Allies Reported to Back Turkey Pact With 60 Million Pound Credit
Britain and France allegedly followed up their mutual aid pact with Turkey by a 60 million pound credit. About 25 million pounds in arms and ammunition were to be advanced to bolster Turkey’s role guarding the Dardanelles. No official confirmation yet. Weygand and Wayvell discussed equipment with Turkish officers and attended a banquet at the French embassy.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Ankara
Britain
France
Turkey
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Maxime Weygand
Mediterranean
Archibald P. Wayvell
Middle East
Europe
Neutrals Eye Debate Closely On Embargoes
Washington dispatch reports that small neutral states in Europe closely watch the U.S. Senate debate on neutrality with focus on arms embargo and shipping limits. Nations like Norway Denmark Holland Sweden Belgium Finland and Switzerland already restrict arms shipments. licenses are not granted to belligerents. The question remains whether a U.S. embargo lift would prompt them to ease their own restrictions, given fears of reprisals and historical wartime port rules.
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Washington
Europe
Senate
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Sweden
Belgium
Finland
Switzerland
United States
Germany
Rover Boy Defeats East Carolina Teachers in Last-Play TD
In Greenville on October 21 Chick Murray of Mars Hill intercepted a late pass and ran 6 yards for a touchdown as West Carolina Teachers College edged East Carolina Teachers College 12 to 6 in a tense finish.
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Greenville
Chick Murray
Mars Hill
Tan
West Carolina Teachers College
East Carolina Teachers College
Asheboro Safe Robbery Called Amateur Job By SBI Agent
State Bureau of Investigation agent Melvin C. Hoover called the Asheboro safe robbery an amateur job. He said thieves ripped the safe with heavy tools and escaped with about 150 dollars, leaving more money behind in their haste.
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Raleigh
Melvin C. Hoover
State Bureau of Investigation
Asheboro
Attack On English Convoy Boomerang To German Forces
London reports at least three German planes shot down and another forced to alight on the North Sea as 12 enemy aircraft attacked a British convoy today per the admiralty and air ministry.
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London
North Sea
Admiralty and
Air Ministry
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Germany
Russia
Turkey
Lincolnshire
England
Grimsby
Hore-Belisha
Britain
Wales
David Lloyd George
East
Baltic
Ukraine
Romania
Poland
Baghdad
Iraq
Italy’s Balkan Stand Strengthened by Pact and Voice
Rome asserts Italy will influence Balkan future despite the Turkish British French pact. Virginio Gayda says Italy’s vital interests in the Balkans go beyond economics. A German speaking Tyrol transfer pact with Germany is noted.
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Rome
Italy
Balkans
Virginio Gayda
Germany
Tyrol
Austria
Gayda
Il Giornale D'l Italia
Mediterranean
Frank Gayda
Turkey
Balkan
Russia
RAF May Abandon Leaflet Warfare Reported
The British Royal Air Force may be ordered to end leaflet drops and start bombing against German targets if raids on Scotland continue. A mass raid could be planned on or near German lines, with the decision to shift policy by the British cabinet in consultation with France.
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France
R.A.F
Britain
Royal Air Force
Scotland
Western
Methodists Vote To Set Up Eleven Districts In Western Conference
In Greensboro the Western North Carolina Conference adopts eleven districts with district superintendents paid 4800 dollars annually. A prior amending motion sought 4500 dollars. final action sets 4800 with a commission-determined percentage to balance pastors salaries. The session also approved conference business and delegate elections.
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Methodists
Western Conference
Greensboro
North Carolina
the Methodist Church
West Market Street Church
Walter B. West
First Church
Salisbury
Commission On World Service and Finance
Soldier with Victoria Cross lays wreath on own grave
In a France graveyard an officer with a prosthetic leg and the Victoria Cross returned to a grave where his missing leg was buried and laid flowers on his own headstone. He had earned the VC for reconnaissance and combat, later rising to high rank in the British Expeditionary Forces.
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Drew Middleton
France
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