Executions Reported in Bulgaria Pressuring Turkey in War Context
Reports from Sofia indicate Communist deputies were executed and former Peasant Party members interned as martial law looms. Anxious dispatches from Ankara note German pressure on Bulgaria and a potential showdown with Turkey, with Berlin split on Turkey’s involvement.
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Bern
Switzerland
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
East
Ukraine
Ankara
Germany
Russia
Striking Employes Of Captive Mines Go Back On Jobs
Back to work whistles sounded for 14 000 striking employees in captive mines across Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky as the National Defense Mediation Board urged a 30 day no work stoppage and three days notice for any halt The controversy stemmed from the United Mine Workers demand for a union shop contract while district seven PMWA officers voted to quit work and seek a commission from international president John L Lewis and members to ratify the move AFL machinists at Consolidated Aircraft San Diego prepared for a strike vote over wages as Hillman was asked to mediate and the Seafarers International Union expanded a war bonus strike in West Indian waters
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylania
West Virginia
Kentucky
National Defense Mediation Board
United Mine Workers
PMWA
International
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Tojay
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Two Big Italian Liners Are Sunk In Mediterranean
British submarines reportedly sunk two Italian liners and damaged a third while attacking a Mediterranean convoy carrying Axis reinforcements to Libya. The action occurred in mid Mediterranean last Thursday, with the 24,469 ton Vulcania class possibly all involved. No figures on casualties or exact reinforcements were released.
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Libya
Admiralty
Middle East Command
German Submarines Sink 309000 Tons of British Shipping
Berlin reported that in the last ten days German submarines and speedboats sank 309000 tons of British shipping in British service. A German spokesman said sinkings are increasing despite Britain's safety measures. King George of Greece arrived at a northern British port after being driven from Athens and Crete. Moscow issued a decree barring returnees to the city without food cards. About 100 Norwegians were killed escaping to Britain when two small ships were sunk near Bergen. A factory explosion in northwestern England injured many, while another blast in Middlesex caused a large fire but spared staff.
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London
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Crete
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Goteborg
Sweden
Bergen
Briton Press Association
England
Press Association
Middlesex
Vichy France Faces Pressure Amid Sabotage Fears
Authoritative sources say fear grows in Vichy that France could fall to occupation if sabotage and shootings by Communist elements persist in the German zone. Petain's appeal for unity is seen as a move to preserve the status quo until war is decided, while Paris notes show shifting opinion in both occupied and unoccupied areas. 335 reprisal deaths have occurred, and German troops remain in place to maintain order.
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Switzerland
Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Petain
Paris
Tribune de Lausanne
United States
Lis
Man Dies After Seven Years in Prison Conscience Torment
Harold Malmberg, 27, who killed a friend years ago and later faced seven years of prison life, died in the Nebraska penitentiary hospital after swallowing poison three days earlier. Warden Net Olson said he was a model prisoner who never sought parole but could not face his conscience.
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Neb
Harold ‘Malmberg
Disapproval of Postponing 1942 Elections
An informal canvass shows the House and Senate Judiciary Committees would not back moving to call off or postpone the 1942 Congressional elections amid the war crisis. Roosevelt has not endorsed delaying democratic processes. some associates hint cautiously. The piece notes constitutional rules on election timing and possible state waivers, with leaders Sumner and Van Nuys identified.
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Ray Tucker
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Senate Judiciary Committees
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Washington
United States
Senate
Congress
Nan Sumner
Texas
Senator van Nuys
Indiana
Hurricane Heads for Texas Coast Forcing Louisiana Evacuations
New Orleans dispatch reports a Gulf hurricane moving west toward the Texas coast. Weather Bureau advisories warn of hurricane winds and very high tides, prompting evacuations from the Louisiana coast including Lake Pontchartrain areas. Coast Guard rescues and train evacuations were noted amid rising water and highway closures.
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Brownsville
Tex
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St. Marks
Fla
Jacksonville
Atlantic
Charleston
Cape Hatteras
Tragedy After Kidnapping Near Fort Knox Ends in Death
In Elizabethtown Kentucky a Columbus Ohio mother Mrs Ruth Bentz and her abductor Bean died in a head on collision near Fort Knox. The driver of the other car was Eugene Myers of Elizabethtown and three others were seriously injured. Bean had been dismissed from a filling station for intoxication before the incident. Private Bentz Jr and Miss Ruth Vore were in Fort Knox visiting. The motive for the kidnapping was not determined.
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Columbus
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Ruth A J. Bentz
John A. Bentz
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Broken Arrow
Okla
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Bentz
Ruth Vore
Ray
Myers
Evidence From Espionage Hearing Reveals Data Theft
London reports RAF 36 hour weekend offensive against Germany and occupied territories. More than 600 bombers and fighters, 20 fighters and seven bombers lost, five percent return rate. In New York, Edmund Carl Heine admits turning over extensive aircraft production data to a German spy, with documents bearing the alias Heinrich. Messages from a Long Island radio station to Hamburg were also introduced as evidence.
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Lily Stein
Heinrich
Long Island
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Gestapo
Subcontracting Emphasis by Odlum at Defense Clinic
New York Sept 22 UPI Floyd B Odlum director of the OPM contract distribution division urged at the National Defense production clinic that big firms must spread work through subcontracting to preserve the democratic economic structure. He noted millions of machine hours are wasted while orders sit with firms that will take 18 months to fill urging use of on hand resources including less efficient shops to avoid wasted defense opportunities.
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New York
UPI
Floyd B. Odlum
OPM
National Defense
Priorities Division
Labor Supply Branch
Arty and Navy Procurement
Odlaim
Albuquerque Gas Supply Snapped by Weekend Rainstorms
Continued rainstorms were in prospect for New Mexico today after mountain cloudbursts snapped Albuquerque's natural gas supply and inundated two cities over the weekend. Gas was being restored to hospitals and businesses, but about 70,000 residents of Albuquerque faced missed meals and cold baths as the main pipeline in the Lava Beds area was shattered.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Japan Waits War Trend Amid Tokyo Power Struggle
Honolulu dispatch from Sept 24 reports anonymous Shanghai-sourced observers say militarists still dominate Tokyo despite Emperor Hirohito taking army control. They claim war with Russia and Britain looms, Tokyo life deteriorates, and American access to oil through Japanese waters is a temporary concession.
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Shanghai
Orient
Tokyo
Hirohito
Russia
Great Britain
Vladivostok
Hope for Agreement in Tokyo Report
The Japan Chronicle of Kobe an English language publication under foreign office control said there was reason to hope that even at this late hour a satisfactory agreement might be reached. continued on page 2 column 1.
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Japan Chronicle of
Kobe
Foreign Office
War's Turning Point Nazis Hold Staking All On Russian War
Two senators close to the international scene said the outcome of the current push in Russia would decide if the Nazis must sue for peace within six months or could wage a long war. They cited German attempts to crush the Red Army before winter, warning failure could lead to seeking peace with Soviet Union and Britain. Page 2 continuation noted.
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Washington
Russia
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Great Britain
Germany
Pepper D-Flat
Foregin
Vpage
Mosquito boats raid Gibraltar sinks ships in night action
Italian claim of a tiny assault force sinking three ships and damaging a fourth in Gibraltar harbor contrasts with a British report of two large Italian liners sunk and a third damaged in the Mediterranean. RAF attacks near Tripoli also reported. details on crews' fate remain undisclosed.
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North Africa
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Valian
German Submarines Claim 16 Vessels Sunk Or Damaged
Berlin reports German submarines and long range bombers damaged or sunk 16 merchant ships in two convoys and separate vessels. A Hitler HQ communique says U boats sunk 33 ships and damaged another, with details on raids west of France and near the Faeroes. Three escorting ships allegedly evaded, leaving the convoy to its fate.
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