Roosevelt to Deliver All-Encompassing Foreign Policy Address
President Roosevelt planned a comprehensive radio address on foreign policy to be delivered at 10 P.M. DST. White House aides described it as all covering with no unanswer ed questions, focusing on the Russian aid mission and involving key figures like Soviet Ambassador Umansky and Secretary Hull. The address followed meetings with congressional leaders and a cabinet gathering after the president’s Hyde Park funeral return.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Constantine Umansky
Hull
Russia
W. Averell Harriman
Lear
Goaridey
Barkley
Woodrum
Connally
Legislative Chiefs
Hyde Park
N. Y
F War Stimson
Navy
Fox
Harry L. Hopkins
Strike at McKinnon Industries Halts War Work
A wage dispute sparked a strike by workers at McKinnon Industries Ltd in St Catharines Ontario after four months of talks with the United Automobile Workers. About 1,000 supporters gathered outside the plant as production may be cut at General Motors plants in Oshawa and Windsor and at Canadian General Electric in Peterborough. The union seeks hourly wage raises and bonus increases, while the company cites wartime policy and a rising cost of living bonus set to rise with the government index.
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ST. Catharines
Ont
McKinnon Industries,’ Ltd
United Automobile Workers of America
William Shennan
McKinnon
General Motor
Ashawa
Windsor
Chrysler
Canadian General Electric Company
Peterborough
McNinnon Industries
Uion
Dominion
Blackguard charge as Gallacher attacks Churchill in Commons
In London on September 11 William Gallacher the sole Communist MP called Prime Minister Churchill a blackguard to his face and accused him of dirty cowardly rotten action in the House of Commons. He later apologized to the House as he centered on Moore-Brabazon remarks about joint Russian German war aims.
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London
William Gallacher
Churchill
House of Commons
Gallacher
J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon
Moore-Brabazon
Eussis
Icelandic Vessel Hekia Sunk by Submarine with Losses
V Thor head of the Icelandic Government Trade Commission reports the 1,215 ton vessel Hekia was torpedoed and sunk in late June en route from Iceland to Canada. Fourteen crew are dead, six survivors rescued by a British warship, with no Americans aboard.
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Washington
V. Thor
Government Trade Commission
Iceland
Canada
Thor
United States
Berlin
NBC
New York
England
Hekla
Hehla
Maritime Commission
State Department
RAF Crosses Alps To Raid Northern Italy
British sources report heavy Royal Air Force bombing of Turin last night in the heaviest raid on Northern Italy to date. The main target was the Royal Arsenal with large fires seen from multiple bombers crossing the Alps in Stirling and Halifax craft.
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London
Royal Air Force
Turin
Italy
Royal Arsenal
Sicily
Mediterranean
Britain
Alps
Berlin
Air Ministry
U S Sends Large Food Aid to Britain Amid Higher Prices
London reports the United States is sending huge quantities of food to Britain. Paul H. Appleby, undersecretary of agriculture, says this will reduce American consumption and raise prices for what is bought. He warns of administrative and agricultural headaches ahead.
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London
United States
Britain
Paul H. Appleby
U. S
Appleby
US Tanks Arrive for Australian Armored Division
New York dispatch notes on September 11 that Australia’s Army Minister Percy C. Spencer announced the first tanks from the United States had arrived for a new Australian armored division. CBS recorded the BBC broadcast.
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U.S
Australia
New York
London
Percy C. Spencer
United States
CBS
BBC
North Carolina to Return to Standard Time Wehaves
Governor Broughton announced that North Carolinians will observe Eastern Standard Time again at midnight Sunday, September 28. Daylight saving time will be observed on September 28 with standard time resuming Monday, September 29, ending the summer time period.
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Raleigh
Sept. l
Broughton
Roosevelt Leases and Lend Plan Gaps in War Aid
President Roosevelt plans another Lease-Lend bill as U S aid to Britain lags. Only a fraction of promised weapons have reached theaters with less than 1500 fighting planes sent and few bombers. Submarine replacement pools and ship deliveries face delays. Disbursements from April to September 1 total under 300 million dollars, while Britain spends billions daily. agriculture outlays and deliveries lag amid a long purchase lead time.
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Ashingto
Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Britain
Moncey
England
U. S
Agriculture Department
Red Cross
Senate Panel Says No Gas Shortage Found
A special Senate investigating committee reported no real gas shortage in the east and urged immediate removal of restrictions. It faulted Interior Secretary Ickes and defense petroleum officials for creating alarm, calling the shortage a surplus in disguise and noting hearings would resume if needed.
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Washington
Senate
Interior
Ickes
Defense Petroleum
Maloney
D-Conn
Harold SR. Davies
Atlantic
Vichy Fires On British Plane
Vichy France reports anti aircraft guns opened fire on a British plane over the city in the early hours. Residents heard the engine roar and AA fire while the RAF may have been returning from raids on Turin and Genoa. A Budget Commission will meet later this month in Raleigh with a tax research panel to be appointed soon, Governor Broughton said.
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Vichy
France
RAF
Turin
Genoa
Italy
Movies Censored Declares War on Peace Side
Senate hearings heard charges that privately controlled censorship dominates the motion picture industry. John T. Flynn testified that production code administration by the Will Hays group forces independent producers to submit scripts and face high fees, with power to mold content and suppress pro peace voices.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce
America
John T. Flynn
Nyer
R-Nd
Clark
R-Mo
Flynn
Nye
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
America First Committee
Will Hays
Japs Set Up Defense Plan
Tokyo dispatch reports a national defense headquarters under direct imperial control to coordinate Japan Korea Formosa and Sakhalin defenses. General Otozo Yamada named commander in chief reporting to Emperor Hirohito with a plan to divide Japan into four military districts and place Korean and Formosan garrisons under the new authority. Also notes a proposed anti inflation campaign by the Korean Formosan economy and finance bodies. McKinney appointed Asheville assistant district attorney for the western North Carolina district.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Sakhalin
Otozo Yamada
Hirohito
Yamada
AIP
Japanese Economic Federation
Finance Ministry
Reds Push Deep Into German Front Lines In wartime report
Red Army counter attacks claim up to 12 miles of advance on the central front while repelling a German Finnish attempt on the Leningrad Murmansk line. Red Star reports gains around Leningrad approaches and the village “Y,” with Kiev and Odessa still under siege.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad-Murmansk
Red Star
Leningrad
Batties
Russia
Kiev
Ukraine
Odessa
Black Sea
Eremenko
Siubobrniy
Yelnya
Gomel
Smolensk
Soviet Information Bureau
Britain Sends Fighter Planes to Russia in Wave
British fighter planes are being sent to Russia and many have already arrived, per official statements. German reports from Leningrad describe pamphlet drops urging civilians to resist, with the city’s fate weighed as heavy bombardment targets food and munitions, electricity, and transport. Soviet losses include tanks and numerous prisoners in ongoing frontline battles, with German sources noting captures and terrain gains on multiple fronts.
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London
Russia
Wear East
Iran
Associated Press
Berlin
Leningrad
DNB
Executions Mark Tense Norway Occupation
Oslo and surrounding areas lie under German siege as Terboven tightens control. Two Norwegian labor leaders are executed by firing squad after summary trials, while four others receive prison terms. Quisling allies replace labor and employers heads, signaling a sweeping corporative state and possible expansion of the siege.
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Norway
Stockholm
Sweden
Oslo
Vidkum
Federation of Labor
Quisling
Employers’ Organizations
Lippestad
Virgo Han Steen
Norwegian Labor Federation
Rolf Wickstroem
Roosevelt Board Tackles Problem Of Strike Threat
A fact finding board appointed by President Roosevelt prepared to study a threatened nationwide railroad strike involving 1 250 000 workers. The panel led by Dean Payne Lyman Morse will begin in Chicago with a 30 day report deadline, while other labor actions unfold nationwide including a multi million dollar Curllss Wright plant strike in Beaver Pennsylvania and coal miners in Panther Valley delaying work over dues changes.
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National Railway Mediation Board
Chicago
AFL
Curliss-Wright
Beaver
Dry Guesne Light Company
Light Company
Pennsylvania
Panther Valley
CIO United Mine Workers
Union Electric Company of Missouri
Washington
St. Louis
Missouri
Ilinois
Iowa
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Moss
Fredrikstad
Sarpsborg
Osso
Astofjord
Joseph Terboven
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