Germans Prepared For 1940 Invasion Of Europe
Documents indicate Germany planned a fall 1940 assault on south and southwest England using 22 divisions with 17 in reserve. Army groups A and B would invade from the coast and windward ports, with airborne landings north of Romney Marsh and formations including infantry, mountain, armor, and reserve divisions.
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Berlin
England
Ostend
Dunkerque
Calais
Boulogne
Somme
Kent
Margate
Hastings
le Havre
Caen
Portsmouth
Brighton
Romney Marshes
Folkstone
6Th Army
Cherbourg
Bournemouth
Weymouth Bay
North Carolina Roads Hit by Flood Damage
Flooding battered major rivers including the Cape Fear Tar and Neuse with Crests at Elizabethtown Tarboro and Goldsboro. Red Cross helps 1500 families while officials report highways returning to normal aside from NC 87 and US 117 closures.
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North Carolina
Hiaty
Elizabethtown
Tarboro
Goldsboro
Cape Fear
Tar
Neuse
Highway Department
Weather Bureau
Wilmington
Kinston
Greenville
Fayetteville
Red Cross
U. S. 117
U. S. 64
U. S. 95
Rocky Mount
State Highway and Agriculture Departments
Highway Commission
A. H
Sandy) Graham
20000 War Veterans Sail To U S Ports From Pearl Harbor
A 48 ship carrier task force sails for Atlantic coast ports with 20000 veterans as passengers and an equal number as crew. They will join Navy day ceremonies and later redeploy to fleet units or reserve. Commanded by Vice Admiral Frederick Sherman, they will clear through the canal and dock at New York Baltimore Boston and other ports.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S. Atlantic Coast
Adm
Fred
Two Of Cult Are Serving Jail Sentences
In Chattanooga Tennessee two snake cult preachers G W Hensley and Tom Harden face fines of 50 dollars each or a dollar a day for breach of the peace during a healing service that followed a home owner's blind wife being bitten by a rattler Harden tears up at jail and Hensley declared himself a believer in snake handling
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C. R. Hartness
A. C. Floyd
G. W. Hensley
Tom Harden
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hensley
Harden
Dolly Pond
Martin Fleming
Gene Tatum
Honorary Degree Awaits Truman In Liberty Missouri
President Truman will travel to Liberty Missouri on November 15 to receive an honorary doctor of law from William Jewell College. Press secretary Charles G. Ross said the trip may link to a visit to Oklahoma City November 19 for the national industrial aviation clinic and to Ft Sill the same afternoon. He plans stops in Statesville and Raleigh November 2 and a Georgia Tech football game November 3 with a Warm Springs lunch November 4, but arrangements are not final.
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Washington
Truman
Liberty
William Jewell College
Charles G. Ross
Oklahoma City
National Industrial Aviation Clinic
Ft. Sill
Okla
Ross
Statesville
Raleigh
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Warm Springs
Wa Springs Foundation
Conference Votes on Rule Change for Veteran Players
Southern conference officials probe a telegraphic poll on permitting discharged veterans to transfer for football. Dr. Lee W. Milford says results expected soon as voting rules adjust eligibility for players with WWII service.
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Richmond
Southern Conference
Lee W. Milford
Clemson College
Richmond News- Leader
Lear
Ae Ge
Unemployment Legislation Sidetracked at Capitol
Washington dispatch reports the House Ways and Means Committee voted 14 to 10 to postpone a Senate measure liberalizing unemployment benefits. Rep Knutson cites strike pressure as the decisive factor while President Truman sought enactment. The panel will draft wartime tax relief and other measures as debate over a full employment bill intensifies.
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Washington
Capitol
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Truman
Doughton
D-Nc
Banking Committee
Schwellenbach backs 65 cent minimum wage proposal
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach urged a 65 cent hourly minimum for federally covered workers as Senate hearings opened on raising the wage from 40 cents. He argued a guaranteed living wage supports the economy and national purchasing power, noting many workers have never earned enough for an American standard of living.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Senate Labor
Pepper
Fla
Emperor Hirohito faces tenuous throne amid MacArthur talks
The World Today reports Hirohito may abdicate under pressure and could meet General MacArthur at the American embassy. The piece notes a potential shock to Japanese loyalties and warns anti monarchists may push for a coup as Japan shifts from divine rule to occupation leadership.
Dr Meadows Starts 3 Year Prison Term in Raleigh
Dr Leon R Meadows former president of East Carolina Teachers College surrendered at Central Prison Raleigh to begin a three year sentence for embezzlement and false pretense. Accompanied by Sheriff Ruel Tyson he reported at 1 p m and was placed in the receiving block. His appeal to the supreme court was filed late and may be dismissed.
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Raleigh
Leon R. Meadows
East Carolina Teachers College
Central Prison
Ruel Tyson
Pitt County
Meadows
Supreme Court
Harry McMullan
ECTC
Rain Outs Halt Yankees Cup Tilt?
Rain washed out Cleveland versus Detroit and Pittsburgh versus Cincinnati in the American and National Leagues, with two makeup games scheduled for tomorrow.
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Cleveland-Detroit
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Idle Strikes Near 350000 Amid Widening Labor Unrest
The Associated Press reports a surge in idle workers as strikes and work stoppages spread nationwide. Government moves to settle industry disputes accompany high tension in Detroit where Chrysler and the CIO UAW begin wage talks on a 30 percent increase. Michigan Governor Kelley orders an inquiry into the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel strike affecting 4500 workers and 50 more laid off.
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Chum
Chrysler Corp
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Detroit
Chrysler
Highland Park
Harry F. Kelley
Michigan
Kelsey - Hayes Wheel Company
White Oak Mill Idle as 2000 Workers Walk Out
Greensboro dispatch reports White Oak mill, part of the Cone textile system, idle after about 2000 employees walked out shortly after 7 am over wage scales for a small group. The strike began in the card room with card room workers refusing to start and others joining about 30 minutes later. other Cone units unaffected.
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Greensboro
White Oak Cotton Mills
Cone Textile System
Cone Mills
White Oak
Card Room
Soldiers To Get Discharges At GridIron Clash
Col Choate of Maxwell Field plans a live discharge demonstration during halves of the Auburn Montgomery game in Montgomery Alabama. Fifteen high point soldiers will receive their separation papers before spectators in a real procedure demonstration.
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Montgomery
Ala
Col
KR. BE. L. Choate
Maxwell Field
Sharp Clashes at Big Five Session in London
In London on September 25 the Big Five council saw tense exchanges between British Foreign Secretary Bevin and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov over boundaries, repatriation and food. Talks failed to advance major agreements as Molotov opposed Balkan frontiers talks and arms reduction clauses in peace treaties. He also floated a joint Allied policy in the Far East, suggesting MacArthur consult an inter Allied commission for Japan and Pacific policy. Byrnes resisted raising such questions at this conference.
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London
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Big Five Council
Austria
Balkan
Molotov
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Far East
Gen. MacArthur
Inter-Allied Commission
Japan
Pacific
U. S
James F. Byrnes
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
Tall Building Workers Learn Mountain Climbing Lesson
A New York strike by elevator operators paralyzed much of Manhattan, affecting 1.5 million workers in 2015 buildings. Union leaders warned of extension, while hospital and city officials prepared to deploy elevator crews as needed.
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New York
Manhattan
David B. Sullivan
Building Service Employes International Union
AFL
Union
Garment District
Sullivan
LaGuardia
Building Service
International Union
Empire State Building
Woolworth Building
Financial District
More Controls Are Clamped Upon Japanese
Tokyo dispatch reports Allied occupation of Japan may endure for years with limited forces. General MacArthur’s spokesman denies a Dallas Morning News report that the occupation could end in six months. US combat veterans press near Aomori as occupation expands to northern Honshu.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Palau
Aomori
Honshu
Pearl Harbor
Ted Dealey
Dallas
Tex
Morning News
Dealey
MacArthur flags long Japanese occupation with limited forces
General MacArthur, via a headquarters spokesman, warned that the allied occupation of Japan might last many years while maintaining minimal occupation troops. Emperor Hirohito, in a separate interview, recalled his 1941 expectation that Tojo would declare war in a formal manner and noted his war rescript was used differently after Pearl Harbor.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Emperor Hirohita
Frank Kluckhorn
Hideki Tojo
United States
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo leaders clash as DoBee dissolution eyed by board
DoBee chief says dissolution could be proposed at the next board meeting as three Tokyo dailies scan forming a new agency. MacArthur asserts tight control over Japan's politics and economy amid decrees on arms, finance, and press freedoms. Nobuyuki Abe remains under guard at his Tokyo home due to illness while awaiting further steps.
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Homma
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Tokyo
MacArthur
Max Desfor
Associated Press
Last Sea
Pdamn News
Inosuke Fued
Dobee
Ore
Japan
Hirohito
Pearl Harbor
Nobuyuki Abe
Korea
Town
Duane Hennessy
Navy eases discharge rule for sailors with large families
Washington Sept 25 The navy said enlisted men with three or more children under 18 may request release immediately under a broadened hardship policy. The change affects only enlisted personnel not officers and leaves the 10 point dependency system unchanged.
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Washington
Navy
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Aiken
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Delaware
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Mikado
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Nippon
Mmany
Dr. Meadows
Cone Mill
War Labor Board
Midtown Realty Owners Association
Realty Advisory Board On Labor Relations
WLB
Radio City
Comei
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