Tip Says Arms Plant In U S To Be Bombed
A Bridgeport police guard surrounded the Remington Arms Company plant after anonymous tips warned of a bomb threat. Officials from the company and local authorities, including works manager James Hy Chasmar, said the warning originated from Brooklyn. The plant makes 30 caliber armor piercing and tracer cartridges for the U S government, with nearby powder dumps and a strengthened police force to handle emergencies.
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Packard Works On 2000 Rotary Engine Contracts
Detroit reports contracts for two thousand Rolls Royce 16 cylinder aviation engines entered by Packard Motor Car Co with United States and British governments. Washington senators Austin and Burke warn that income tax on future securities could cost states and municipalities 113 million annually if approved. London alarm sounded for the fourth time today at 6 51 p m. Amarillo Texas Wendell Willie urges southerners to abandon Democratic ties as Roosevelt seeks a third term breaking older tradition.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
United States
Washington
Austin Orv
Burke
D.-Neb
Amarillo
Vex
Wendell
Willie
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt orders 16 500 000 to register for possible war draft
The president signed the first peacetime conscription bid to call 16 500 000 Americans aged 21 to 35 to register on October 16 for potential service in a citizen army. Training will accompany 240 000 national guardsmen and the regular army, with total induction to begin after further orders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Smating Tawaatde
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
Congress
Law Unitia
Tt Alno
Draft Registration Steps Taken in Tennessee
The state board and election supervisors moved to activate registration for October 16 for about 400,000 citizens aged 21 to 86 under the National Selective Service Act signed yesterday by President Roosevelt. The action aims to mobilize Tennessee’s election machinery for possible draft service.
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Nashville
State Board At Election Supervisors
Tennessee
Optical firms charged with anti trust law violations
In United States district court, New York based firms and twenty corporations in the optical business were charged with violating anti trust laws. The case accuses them of illegal business practices across multiple entities and seeks legal action under federal anti trust statutes.
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New York
Infone Civicults
United States District
Japs Order Nationals to Prepare Leave if Tense Ties Worsen
The Japanese consul general ordered Japanese nationals to get ready to depart should Sino-Japanese relations deteriorate further, stressing precaution in the current tense climate between Japan and French Indochina.
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Japan
Blaze Ends Era In Big Stone Gap
A long stretch of 81 fireless days ended at noon Monday when Big Stone Gap firefighters battled a fire that partially destroyed the home of Baler and Susie Jackson. Nearby homes and businesses were saved from damage. The department's efficiency remained intact after the incident.
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Big Stone Gap
Voa
Baler
Susie Jackson
McCrackens Indicted In Death of Patrolman
In Sullivan County Circuit Court Eugene and Wayland McCracken were indicted for the murder of Traffic Officer John E. Mills. Jury venire expanded with 125 regular panels plus 100 special names for murder trial deliberations as Judge Shelburne Ferguson ordered.
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Sullivan County
Eugene
Wayland McCracken
John E. Mills
Shelburne Ierguson
Wayland
Lawyars
Ferguson
George Tipton
Preston H. Taylor
T. A. Dodson, Jr
Lyle Burrow
Bristol
Ilingsport
Burrow
Gene
John Baumgardner
Walter R. Gray
Howard Wilson
John R. Todd, Jr
Circuit Court
Bergdoll Must Serve Sentence
New York court rules Grover Cleveland Bergdoll must serve the full five year 1920 army court martial sentence and a separate two year 1933 flight to Germany sentence. Judge Knox upholds that a state of war existed between the United States and Germany at the time of Bergdoll’s desertion despite WWI hostilities having ended. Assistant U S Attorney notes Congress did not declare peace until March 3, 1921.
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New York
Dudge
John C. Knox
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Hig
Germany
Knnx
Bergsol
United States
U. S
Mathias Correa
Congress
Willkie Urges South Quit Democratic Ties
Amerilla Texas dispatch reports Willkie urging southerners to abandon Democratic ties over Roosevelt's third term push. He argues traditional loyalty conflicts echoing Texas rotation in office, claiming democracy requires rotating office holders to avoid totalitarianism. He cites Sam Houston and 150 years of tradition.
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South
Amerilla
Tex
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Roosevelt
Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
Willie
Voters Ballot In 3 States As Assn. Press Reports
Voters in New York Massachusetts and Wisconsin voted in today’s primaries while Connecticut Republicans held a nominating convention. New Mexico’s Democratic Senate race results promise a sequel. In New York ALP splits over third term sentiment. O Connor seeks Fay nomination. Massachusetts had no Republican or Democrat opposition for Senate. Wisconsin GOP race includes a dead man among nominees. Dr Glenn Frank was killed in a Sunday auto crash.
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New York
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Connecticut
New Mexico
U. S. Senate
Walsh
Henry Parkman
Boston Corporation
LaFollette
Progressive Party
Glenn Frank
KHA Opens Applications for White Project Housing
Kingsport Housing Authority announced plans to accept applications for 128 housing units in the White project beginning Oct 1, with occupancy targeted for December 1. R S Key said work is focused on interior trim, painting, sidewalks, and landscaping at the current site, while a proposal to fund a seventh Riverview Homes unit may be approved within two weeks using savings from two-unit contracts.
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Ity
R. S. Key
Hey
United States “Housing Authority
Riverview Homes
Key
Italy and Britain clash in Egyptian desert sands
Italian and British motorized columns battled amid sandstorms near Sidi Barrani in Egypt. The Italian high command claimed progress 54 miles inside the frontier, while British sources warned of heavy losses as air and ground forces bombarded Fascist forces.
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Sahara
Mediterranean
Egypt
Libya
Cairo
Sidi Barrani
Rodolfo Graziani
Matruh
Desert Frontier
Stefani
Italy
3Alum
Bugbug
Stiill
Nile Valley
Nazis Claim RAF Power Broken by German Attacks
Berlin reports that the German air offensive against Britain has broken the striking power of the RAF with London traffic centers and subway hubs hit hard. Authorized sources say British raids on German-occupied coasts are few while London industrial areas burn from large bombings.
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Berlin
Britain
London
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France
Belgium
Holland
Daylight Raids Hit London's Fashionable West End
German long-range guns on the French coast began shelling London as two daylight raids struck the Mayfair area including Bond Street Oxford Street and Hanover Square. Night raids caused fires and heavy damage but casualties were reported as not heavy. A hospital bomb incident and air battles accompanied the raids as Britain faced a grim Channel weather and renewed invasion fears.
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London
Britain
England
Bond Street
Oxford Street
Horkesley Square
Sloan Square
West End
Air Ministry
Mayfair
Hak
British Press Association
Straits of Dover
Adolf Hitler
Armstrong Arms
Birmingham
Dover
Tele- Rolla Royce
High Command
Liverpool
St& Running
Yorkshire
Whitby
Churchill Warns Germany Preparing Invasion Of Britain
In a House of Commons address Winston Churchill warned Germany is steadily deploying barges and ships for an invasion of the British Isles. He said Hitler will likely attempt the invasion when he sees the best opportunity and cited ongoing air raids and fighting in western Egypt as part of the broader war effort.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
British Isles
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Churchill
Japs Recognize Nazi Conquests in China
Shanghai dispatch notes the Nanking government officially recognizing Germany’s conquests in Europe and ending extra territorial rights in Holland Poland Belgium and Norway. Puppet leader Wang Ching Wei shows dissatisfaction with Tokyo while Shanghai press calls for more honest cooperation. American firms in occupied China renew complaints as an anti American embargo tightens.
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Nanking
China
Germany
Central China Daily News
Holland
Poland
Belgium
Norway
Wang Ching-Wei
Tokyo
Japan
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