Churchill Air Initiative Claims by RAF in Optimistic Task
Reds retake a city near Leningrad and press counter-attacks across the front. Red Star reports a hand to hand battle in city B with German forces driven back. Soviet losses under 100 while Germans lose thousands in separate engagements. Tass notes 263 German planes shot down over two days. Romanians near Odessa repulsed.
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Red Star
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Tass
Red Anmy
Odessa
N“ Tasssain
Adolf Hitler
Lutheran Meet Opens In City
Approximately 50 registered for the annual state meeting of the Women’s Missionary Society of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church at Emmanuel Church. State president Mrs. E R Trexler of China Grove presided. The morning included communion and a sermon by Rev. F L Conrad with assistants Rev. David Cooper of Charlotte and Dr S P Cauble of Eckory. Afternoon reports followed greetings from the Brotherhood Luther League and Children of the Church. Tonight at 8 30 Dr Edwin Moll of Washington D C, secretary of the foreign mission board, speaks as the highlight.
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Women's Missionary Socity
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Emmanuel Church
E.R. Trexler
China Grove
F. L. Conrad
Hostess Church
David Cooper
Charlotte
S. P. Cauble
F.ckory
Edwin Mol
Washington, D. C
Foreign ‘Ssion Board
The
United Lutheran Church
Temperamental Hess Seizes Hunger Strike Action
London report says Rudolf Hess, former deputy to Adolf Hitler, began a hunger strike while detained as a prisoner of war. He protests his treatment as a captured envoy and demands release to return to Germany. The Star notes Hess is confined near London and contends envoy status should permit his return.
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London
Rudolph Hess
Adolf Hitler
England
the Star
Hess
Germany
Marines Uninjured In Train Collision Near Oakley
A group of marines traveling from Parris Island to New York escaped unharmed when their Atlantic Coast Line troop train collided with a freight train near Oakley, 30 miles north of Charleston. The engineer, Grover J. Glaus of Charleston, was killed and the fireman was wounded and hospitalized at Moncks Corner.
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Parris
New York
Atlantic Coast Line
Oakley
Here
Grover J. Glaus
Moncks Corner
Roosevelt and Hull Discuss Neutrality Law Revision
President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull spent an hour and 43 minutes at the White House discussing the international situation with emphasis on revising the Neutrality Act. Hull declined to detail specifics beyond noting broad discussion. Willkie indicated support for repeal or modification, as Roosevelt planned further talks with legislative leaders before presenting a special Neutrality Act message.
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Roosevelt
Hull
White House
Carpital
Wendell L. Willkie
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Rumor of Roosevelt La Guardia Accord Stirs New York Politics
In New York City, whispers claim President Roosevelt and the three borough bosses Flynn Sullivan and Kelly have struck a deal to back Fiorello La Guardia for reelection. The tale prompts speculation among Tammany leaders of a strategic alliance to defeat the mayoral candidate.
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Bay
Tucker
Fiorello la Guardia
Broadway
City Hall
Fly7m
Bronx
Sullivan
Manhattan
Kelly
Brooklyn
Mr. la Guardia
Last Day Before 10 Percent Tax on Furs Jewelry and Perfume
Washington reporting that by midnight tonight furs jewelry and toilet preparations may still be sold without the new 10 percent tax. Purchases delivered after tonight face the levy from October 1. Lay away items must be home by tonight to avoid tax. Watches paid on later still in possession before tonight avoid the tax. Distillers pay the added liquor tax. a floor tax on old stock starts tomorrow bringing immediate price rises.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Sam
British Planes Hit Sicilian Airfields in Italy War Report
Rome reports British aircraft machine gunned and shrapnel bombed airfields at Cagliari in Sardinia and Catania in Sicily. The Italian high command said some damage occurred. Britain lost two planes at Cagliari and four more in air battles over the Mediterranean. an Italian scouting plane claimed three British kills before itself being downed.
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Cagliari
Sardinia
Catania
Sicily
Mediterranean
Eastern Front News From Third Reich Cites Fierce Fighting
From Berlin dispatches report heavy bayonet charges on the Southern Russo front with hundreds of Russian dead. On the northern front German and Finnish forces seize several towns between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega and take remaining islands. Italian troops east of the Dnieper purportedly exterminate enemy forces and seize thousands of prisoners as German forces target railway transports and rail hubs around Kharkov and near Leningrad. a winter campaign is hinted.
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Lake Ladoga
Lake Onega
Red Army
Dnieper
Kharkov
Leningrad
Murmansk- Leningrad
Italians Claim Reds Routed At Dnieper Battle
Italian high command reports sharp fighting by expeditionary forces between the Dnieper and a tributary. The battleground is said to be littered with Russian dead as Italian troops mop up remnants of four divisions, about 60,000 men, with over 3,000 prisoners taken.
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Rome
Dnieper
Germans Execute 24 In Measure To Stamp Out Revolt
Berlin reports 24 Czechs were executed by firing squads for plotting to overthrow German rule in Bohemia Moravia. A spokesman blamed Moscow and London for rebel plans, saying authorities waited to identify those involved. Three former army leaders named among the dead. The action followed a state of civil emergency in six districts. Munich pact anniversary noted as context.
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London
Bohemia and
Moravia
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Protectorate
Joseph ‘Bily
Hugo Votja
Franz’. Horacek
Protechemia
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Gestapo
Reich
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Bily
Bohemia
Vojta
Bratislava
Germany
Britain
France
Italy
Munich
Sudeten
DNB
Nelson Damaged By Fascist Bomb In Mediterranean Raid
The British admiralty said an aerial torpedo hit on the battleship Nelson, a fighter plane crew lost, and a motor vessel sunk during a weekend Italian air attack in the Central Mediterranean. Thirteen raiders were claimed destroyed. Italians reported several British ships sunk or damaged and eight Italian planes missing. The Nelson, a 33,950 ton ship commissioned in 1927, carried about 1,360 crew.
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Associated Fress
London
British Admiralty
Mediterranean
Vitalians
Con
Churchill previews possible British invasion of Europe
London reports Prime Minister Churchill in the House of Commons outlines Britain’s air-led initiative gain over Germany, two thirds cut in shipping losses in three months, and the possibility of invading the continent. He notes Hitler’s air-power shortage yet warns Britain faces ongoing invasion risk and stresses U S factory conversion to aid Russia. He cites supplies sent to Russia including aircraft, aluminum, copper, rubber and oil.
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London
Britain
Germany
Churchill
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
United States
Russia
Furniture and Lumber Pay Scales Fixed
The wage hour division of the U S Department of Labor will set a 40 cent an hour minimum for wood furniture and 35 cents for lumber, to take effect November 3. The move affects about 43 000 furniture workers and 168 000 lumber workers, mostly in the South, though many shops already meet or exceed the new rates. General Philip B Fleming announced approval of industry committee recommendations defining the furniture industry to include wood furniture parts and assembling, with wood parts from any source counted as furniture parts.
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United States Department of Labor
High Point
Highi Point
Labor Department
Philip B. Fleming
Washington
Fleming
South
General Fleming
Genera Fleming
McNair says Army leadership must improve not purge
Leesville La Sept 30 Lieut General Lesley J McNair chief of staff to army GHQ told second and third army officers leadership can and must be improved but there will be no drastic purge Time is fecting he urged replacing weak leaders with strong ones soon as possible He said many weaknesses stem from discipline and training ceilings noting errors in night blackout front forces and poor defense and scouting that could lead to slaughter if not corrected Alexandria La Sept 30 Army age limits will force a shakeup in the second army top ranks with Brig General Robinson and Colonels French and Ford nearing or passing age thresholds and slated for administrative posts while replacements await selection The changes not complete before January or later officials say
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la Guardia
Brooklyn and
Triborough Bridge
E.D.R
Hitler
der Fuchrer
Berlin
Fiorello
Leesville
Lesley J. McNair
Army General Headquarters
Louisiana
McWair
McNair
Alexandria
Second Army
Ben Lear
David A. Robinson
Marion
French
U. S. Army
Louis P. Ford
Army
War Department
Mica Plant Near Asheville Closed By Union Walkout
Asheville Mica Company operations halted by AFL driven strike at the nearby plant. J Fuller Brown states 40 to 50 percent of output served the defense program including insulation and sparkplug components. Strike called by Mica Workers Union Loz W245 at a mass meeting last night. production curtailment threatens defense material supply.
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AFL
Asheville Mica Company
J. Fuller Brown
Loz
Mica Workers Union
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Hulk
Willkie
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