City of Flint Seized by Emden After Rescuing Seamen
The City of Flint, an American freighter, was captured by German cruiser Emden near Tromsø after delivering 38 British sailors from the torpedoed Stonegate. The German prize crew interned the City of Flint’s 42 crewmen as it entered Arctic waters toward Murmansk. The ship had previously saved 38 Stonegate survivors and earlier attempted to rescue 220 Athenia victims.
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White House Demands Release of City of Flint from Murmansk
The United States planned to urge Russia to release the freighter City of Flint, seized by a German prize crew and taken to Murmansk. Officials argued Germany had no right to send a neutral ship into a port absent extraordinary circumstances, though American law deemed the voyage lawful.
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Talks Delayed Again over Finland Soviet Talks
Finnish delegates returning to Helsinki suspend Kremlin talks amid hints of new Soviet demands or a near compromise. Reports say Finland seeks free port rights and duty free entry for goods to a Russian port on the White Sea, while resisting ceding the Aaland Islands and parts of Gulf of Bothnia. Paasikivi leads talks with Moscow, with further conferences not anticipated until Helsinki directs.
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Poland's Gold Reaches Paris in Hazardous Journey
Seventy tons of Polish gold seized from Warsaw during the war arrived in Paris after a dangerous trek by truck ship and train. The operation, attributed to former Polish premier Ignacy Pszeszewski, sent the gold via Romania and the Black Sea to Constanza before reaching France. The Polish government in exile said the treasure would serve as capital for a future Polish state.
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Senate votes to curtail debate on neutrality legislation
The Senate unanimously agreed to limit debate on the administration's neutrality bill, capping general remarks at 45 minutes per senator and per amendment as it moves toward a final vote this week. Browder case developments are noted with Mrs. Hester Huntington posting $7,500 bond to secure his release from detention.
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City of Flint Seized by Germany Amid Ocean War News
Britain reports further success against German submarines and announces the seizure of the American steamer City of Flint, which sailed from New York on October 3 and did not reach a UK port. Shipping sources note complex international-law questions for Washington to study. The air ministry claims British planes attacked two more submarines, and a Lisbon wireless distress call from the British freighter Baron Forbes reported sighting another submarine in the Atlantic.
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U S Accused of Blocking Soviet Japan Relations
A Shanghai dispatch to Izvestia accuses the United States of pressuring Japan to block Soviet Russian Japanese ties. It claims Washington agents push neutrality as masking isolationist policy to strain U S S R relations and Japan.
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Soviet Promises Full Report Of Freighter Captured By Raider
Soviet Russia said it would provide full information on the American steamship City of Flint captured by a German raider and sent to a Soviet Arctic port. US Ambassador Steinhardt pressed for details on the ship and the 42 crew. Information expected from Murmansk where the prize crew took the vessel.
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Emden Seizes City of Flint and Crew of 42
The German cruiser Emden captured the City of Flint last week as a prize of war. Captain Joseph Gainard commands 42 aboard. The United States seeks information on the crew from Moscow and Berlin as the White House and lawmakers weigh the incident.
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Nazis Remain Staunch On Demands For Peace
Berlin dispatch reports the Reichstag speech by Adolf Hitler is the sole basis for peace talks. Germany will not accept alternatives and remains firm on its demands as of October 24 according to AP via DNB.
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Father Of Nine Dies In Chair
Grover C. Odum, 51, a York County farmer and father of nine, died in the electric chair at the state penitentiary at 6 30 a.m. He was convicted for the fatal attack on his 19 year old son in law Delbert Cochrane. Odum proclaimed he harbored no spite or hate and urged others to meet him in Heaven. The sentence was carried out by State Electrician Sam Cannon. Odum spent his last minutes with three clergymen and the prison chaplain before the execution. Actual statements by Odum included a religious appeal and a final message of no ill will. The death occurred after a short time strapped in the chair, with Dr. L H. Jennings confirming death after a three minute eight second execution.
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Knox argues sea power sustains free enterprise in peace
Col. Frank Knox told a Cleveland chamber of commerce that the United States can maintain a free enterprise system in peace or war by building a two ocean navy and a 600000-strong land force. He urged minimal mobilization to protect democracy without dictatorship and warned against fears of wartime control over business.
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Irate husband shoots wife and kills self over beer bottle
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on October 24 state police said Stanley Cerkinski 53 shot his wife Helen 43 after an argument over a beer bottle and then killed himself after failing to retrieve the bottle from his coat pocket leaving eight children mother and father dead.
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Greer to Speak at Armistice Day Event
Dr. I. G. Greer of Thomasville superintendent of the North Carolina Baptist Orphanage will address the Armistice Day celebration in Greensboro on November 11.
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Poilus Repulse Nazis Three Times in Forest Raids
French military commentators report three German assaults on a village in the Warndt Forest were repulsed. German raids aimed at recovering lost soil continue, while France notes a raid east of the Moselle with prisoners and a machine gun. A French ambush north of Forbach captures a German lieutenant. The Rhine front remains calm.
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Konstantinos Hadjipateras Sunk by Submarine in North Sea
Fifteen crew members including the captain reached an English port in lifeboats after their 5,962-ton Greek steamer Konstantinos Hadjipateras was sunk by a submarine in the North Sea. The captain said three crew members and the English pilot were missing.
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