Pay Respects to Bankhead and Rayburn in Capitol
Washington honors Speaker William Bankhead after his death from an internal hemorrhage at 66. A special session planned to elevate Sam Rayburn as successor, with President Roosevelt and officials attending. Bankhead’s body to be transported to Jasper, Alabama for burial after funeral in the House chamber.
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Guard Units to Join Regular Army in Ringaporh Area
Old artillery batteries in Ringaporh and Greenowille are set to become part of the regular army as the fifth infantry absorbs local guard units. Guardsmen will remain at post with government furnished quarters and army pay, likely moving to permanent quarters in South Carolina soon. Artillery guardsmen may be called to full time duty late November, stationed near Andlsonville, Fla. Major MacLendon notes possible rise in numbers but no firm redeployments yet. The local guard will be integrated about five days before departure, serving as civic adjuncts and spending several hours daily in drill as the transition proceeds.
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Arms Spending Expands Role in Postwar Economy
Large defense outlays push business activity and manufacturing capacity toward dual use. Auto and steel mills run near capacity as wholesale prices stay steady. Factory output and employment rise with peaceful consumer demand, while government spending aids wartime and peacetime production.
Goering Flies Over London in Allied Raids
RAF night raids hit Berlin and targets along the German, French, Dutch and Belgian coasts as military objectives were bombed. The report comes as Allied bombers strike across occupied Europe amid ongoing air operations.
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Ex Allies Clash In Morocco Air Clash Report
A Rabat dispatch said a French pursuit plane shot down a British seaplane near Cusitbiunen on Morocco’s Atlantic coast last Saturday after the British aircraft opened fire.
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Arraign Mosley In Staying Here
Magistrate T. Mack Metron set Tuesday at 11 a.m. for formal arraignment of John Mosley on a $10,000 bond tied to the death of Andy Roberta from a head blow. The case will transfer to the Sullivan circuit court grand jury for review. Mosley, a guard at a Kingsport plant, was released after an appearance bond signed by about 15 men following Roberta’s fatal altercation Friday night near the Borden Mill. Roberta died 30 minutes after hospital admission from a brain blood clot.
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Italians Pierce Egypt Lines
Italian columns heavily bombarded from the air and firing from British armored cores pushed 25 miles into Egypt to Bugbiy on the coastal road. Il Giornale d Italia says Graziani’s army still advances after destroying 60 tanks and armored cars, while the fortified line from Salam to Sidi Omar is described as well equipped and reinforced.
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Plane Factory To Be Expanded In Nashville
Vultee Aircraft Inc will spend about 5 million dollars to expand its Nashville plant. Vice president R W Palmer and secretary T C Sullivan, arriving from Los Angeles, said government plane orders support the expansion. The company earlier announced a 4 million expansion, raised to 5 million due to higher military orders and an 80 million backlog.
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Hull Scores Blast at FDR
Secretary Hull attacked Wendell Willkie in Illinois accusing him of ignorance of Czecho Slovak history and of blaming President Roosevelt for the Munich pact. Hull defended the administration stance under the Kellogg Pact and said the President never telephoned Mussolini or Hitler and urged peaceful negotiations among all nations.
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Dr Glenn Frank Dies In Auto Crash In Wisconsin
Dr Glenn Frank 52 a Republican political adviser educator and author was killed in a car crash on the eve of his campaign for public office in Greenleaf Wisconsin His son Glen Frank Jr 21 a reporter was fatally injured and publicity aide Theodore Stumpf 28 suffered burns and shock from accident details show Frank previously led the Wisconsin Republican party and served as university president before his 1937 farewell.
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Conscription Becomes Law In Wartime Draft Provisions
President Roosevelt signed the peacetime draft bill calling 16.5 million men aged 27 to 35 into military service. First 75,000 to be called within about a month after 18.5 million are registered, with further quotas of 100,000 to 128,600 monthly to reach 400,000 by January 1 and 600,000 in spring 1941. The law, the first peacetime conscription, authorizes government takeover of failing manufacturers and raises private pay to 30 a month for privates, while training lasts 12 months and service can be anywhere. Removal of jurisdiction and broader powers to armament production accompany the act. The House Appropriations panel postponed a vote on defense spending due to Speaker Bankhead’s death.
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Spain weighs joining war with Berlin axis
Ramon Serrano Suñer, Franco’s brother in law and interior minister, arrived in Berlin to confer with Hitler and Ribbentrop amid signs Spain may align with Germany and Italy. Observers say Spain could enter the war on the Rome Berlin axis, with Serrano Suñer seeking administrative insights.
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City Suffers Longest Day Raid of War
Germany's Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering reportedly flew over London in a Junkers bomber as Britain faced a day of intensive air raids. German guns duelled with British long-range ordnance across the Channel while London endured three daylight alarms and heavy bombardment. Dover suffered 11 injuries as German shells hit the town, and Allied reporting noted heavy Luftwaffe activity along the French coast amid hopes of delaying an invasion.
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Nazis Claim London Defenses Stronger Amid Heavy Luftwaffe Attacks
Berlin reports fierce German raids against London with heavy losses on both sides. British defenses claim 185 German planes shot down and 28 of their own down Sunday, while German targets include Bromley gas works, industrial sites, and ships off the Irish and English coasts.
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