Wounded Exchange Talks Collapse Between Britain and Germany
London and Berlin quarreled over the terms of a proposed prisoner exchange, Britain demanding a complete sick and wounded exchange and Germany insisting on a prisoner for prisoner swap. War Secretary Margesson cited a breach of faith as the talks failed, with wounded Germans aboard hospital ships awaiting return to camps while the two nations dispute numbers and rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Britain
Germany
David Margesson
House of Commons
Newhaven
Margesson
Berlin
Canadian Colony Pays Tribute To Sir Herbert Holt
The Canadian colony in London held a brief memorial service for Sir Herbert Holt at St Martin in the Piccadilly Church. Rev. Eric Loveday led the service with two hymns a Psalm passage and a Revelation reading. Mourtiers included Maj. Andrew Holt Maj. Herbert Holt and Lieut. W R G Holt sons of the Montreal financier who died September 28. Attending were Maj. D C Simpson Canada House Viscount Bennett former prime minister Sir Edward Peacock of the Bank of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
IC P. Cable
Sir Herbert Holt
Church of St. Martin
the
Picid
Eric Loveday
Mourtiers
Andrew Holt
Herbert Holt
W. R. G. Holt
Hepburn’s $111,000 Ask Fueled By WPA Tale
Hollywood star Katharine Hepburn reportedly set her contract price at 111000 dollars after reading a WPA story in Hartford. She kept 100000 dollars for herself and handed 10000 to her astonished agent. The left hand corner notes this tale as part of a back page feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Katharine Hepburn
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hartford
Conn
Miss Hepburn
Curtin to Lead Australia as Premier After Defeat
John Curtin, a 56 year old opposition leader and key Labor figure, named premier designate after Prime Minister A. W. Fadden and his cabinet resigned following a 36 to 33 defeat in the House of Representatives test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Curtin
A. W. Fadden
house of representatives
Four Italian ships sunk in Mediterranean by British subs
London report from the admiralty states four Italian vessels including a troop carrying sailing ship were sunk and seven damaged by British submarines in the Mediterranean. It notes losses across a General class torpedo boat, guard vessel, two tankers and multiple transports and supply ships with several other vessels seriously damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
Mediterranean
admiralty
North Africa
Italy
Death Sentence On Premier Elias Is Suspended
Berlin reports from Prague state the death sentence on Premier General Alois Elias of Bohemia Moravia has been suspended to allow him to testify against other suspects. Nazi sources say the sentence remains pending but the carrying out is postponed while Elias may seek mercy from Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BERLIN
D.N.B
Nazi news and propaganda agency
Prague
Alois Elias
Bohemia-Moravia
Elias
prade
Drowned Conductor Engineer Collapse Halts Lake Superior Ore Traffic
A bridge collapse at St Marys Falls locks in Sault Ste Marie Michigan blocked two major canal routes. A freight train caused the arm of a lift bridge to sag and two train crew died. Wrecking effort began as authorities warned ships to reduce draft to ten and a half feet for safety.
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SALT STE, MARIE
Mich
Lake Superior
St. Mary's Bridge Co
Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Mary’s Falls
Sault Ste. Marie
lakes Superior
Huron
United States
Price Control Of Eggs Seen As Early Possibility
Price control for eggs is being considered as production declines and prices rise compared with last year. Agricultural reports show eastern egg prices higher than 1939 and 1940, with Winnipeg and Vancouver quotes up as well. Officials say immediate price control is unlikely despite possible stabilization, as erratic yearly trends persist and demand for eggs for Britain remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McCook
OTTAWA
Agriculture department
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Attlee to Represent Britain at Labor Conference
Prime Minister Churchill announced that Clement Attlee will travel to New York to represent Britain at the forthcoming international labor conference. Attlee is Labor party leader and Lord Privy Seal, acting for the prime minister in the Commons when absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Churchill
Clement Attlee
Labor party
Privy Seal
House of Commons
New York
Britain
U S Congressmen intervene in debate in British House
Cablegrams from 12 members of Congress and five Americans were read in the House of Commons in London in a debate on Ernest Bevin s proposal to remove 29 Oxford Group members from military service exemption Bevin said the group was not a religious movement The cablegrams named Senators Pepper Truman Thomas Capper Brewster and Smathers and five representatives praising the Oxford Group s moral rearmament program and its public recognition by Roosevelt Hoover Pershing and Halifax The article notes Bevin accused the group and mentions continuation on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
United States congress
house of common
Ernest Bevin
Oxford Group
Bevin
Ciaide Pepper
Flonday
Harry S Truman
Missouri
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Ralph Q. Brewost r
Maine
Walliam Ho Smathers
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Hoover
John d. Pershing
Tord Halifax
Sweep Boards At Portland Show
C R Daniel received a telegram from Portland announcing his baby heroes swept the Pacific Coast Livestock Exhibition winning first, second, third and the grand championship. The herd weighed about 1060 pounds on average and was shipped a week earlier, arriving just in time for the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Daniel
Portland
Mer
Daniel
Cruelty Punishment Considered by British Govt
London report says Britain is gathering evidence on Germans who may be responsible for murder oppression and cruelty in German occupied territories. Richard Law under secretary for foreign affairs told the House of Commons the subject of punishment is under consideration and the Foreign Office is consulting with allied governments. Actions are not passing unnoticed in the occupied areas or at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Oct
T— CA
Richard Law
House of Commons
foreign office
couny
2500 Planes Monthly U S Expectation By Defense Official
United States defense officials projected aircraft production to 2500 military planes per month by year end 1941. An OP.M. aircraft spokesman said the goal is achievable and production has clearly surpassed the hump. September deliveries totaled 1914 planes to the U S Army and Navy Britain and China, up from August and a record increase from 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STERLING FL GREEN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
United States
OP.M
Britain
China
British patrol repelled after raid near border in Tobruk area
Cairo report describes patrol activity on the Egyptian Libyan border and around Tobruk. A British patrol returning from a raid was attacked by superior forces, losing one officer and eight other ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAIRO
Tobruk
British genera
Germans claim new battle near Sea of Azov
Berlin reported a great battle fought and won 800 miles from German frontiers in the area north of the Sea of Azov as part of announced new operations. The communique said German and allied troops pursued the defeated enemy with motorized and tank units driving deeper into their lines.
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BERLIN
atrman high command
Sea of Azov
Hitler
Moscow
Grarman
Moscow front
salumns
U S Parley Snagged Over Neutrality Act Revision
Washington talks at the White House recessed after a two hour session among Roosevelt Hull Wallace and party leaders to hash out the neutrality act. Panama’s reversal on arming merchant ships complicates the move with Sen Connally noting potential neutrality modification benefits. Panama decision seen as aiding authorization for arming American flagships.
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Panama
WASHINGTON
White House
Senate
Alben Barkley
Roosevelt
Hull
Wallace
Murry J. Hopkins
house
Partamas
Tom Connally
Dem
Texas
Windsors to See High River School
Calgary, Oct. A drive inspection of the elementary flying training school at High River will precede the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Calgary on Wednesday afternoon. If plan holds, they leave the ranch at 3 pm and motor to High River, arriving around 4:28 pm, then proceed to Calgary by automobile after a brief inspection.
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CALGARY
R.CAP
High River
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Germans smash putsch led by a woman in Sabac town
German troops and two Croatian units crushed a putsch led by a lawyer’s daughter in Sabac, a Serbian town. Croatian guards loyal to Dr Ante Pavelić’s Croat state reportedly stormed Sabac, outnumbering German forces and halting the rebellion.
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CROATAN
BERLIN
Toe P
Ustarhas
Sabac
Dienst Aus Deutschland
istarhas
Ante Pavebc
Yugoslavia
Rebelba
Sapar
Tornado Smash Hits Kansas City Area
A violent tornado ripped through Fairmount area between Kansas City and Independence Missouri causing three deaths and many injuries. Hundreds of homes and industrial facilities along the Blue River were destroyed or damaged with property losses running into hundreds of thousands. Local victims include Mrs Dorothy Locas and her infant daughter Diana killed, while Mrs Ella Perkins also died. Rescue efforts aided by hospitals and responders followed the destruction as officials awaited full damage estimates.
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KANSAS CITY
Oct
Kansas C
Fairmount
Kansan City
Independence
Blue river
Dorothy Locas
Diana
Ella Perkins
kalleet
Russians Fight Back As German Offense Presses Central Front
Moscow dispatch says Red Star reports growing fighting intensity on the central front. Soviet forces under Marshal Timoshenko launch hard smashes against German armored wedges. Boidits detachments, supported by tanks, counter the German drive, with claims of German losses including 198 tanks and over a thousand killed or wounded, while German advances toward Soviet trenches are halted by fires and anti tank artillery.
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MOSCOW
Red Star
Marshal Timoshenko
Generail Boidits
ANG wilaion
weaters
Clerman
bottes
Re Star
Australians Reach Coast to Train for Britain Duty
About 579 Australian and New Zealand cadets averaging 23 years old landed at San Pedro aboard a passenger steamship. They journey to air schools in Canada for final flight instruction before heading to Britain for combat duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN PEDRO
Calif
New Zealand
Canada
Britain
Daylight raid roars across channel inland coast town
News bulletins report a daylight offensive across the channel against German occupied France with claims of severe German losses on the Perikop Isthmus and a Nazi division held at Genichesk. RAF operations leave two Italian freighters sinking near Malta and axis convoy attacked in the Ionian sea. Roosevelt reportedly favors loosening neutrality to allow US ships into combat zones. Duke of Windsor hunts as Canadian updates place him in Alberta. Germans occupy two Russian ports near Mariupol. Adrien Dorion named to Saskatchewan bench. Bahamas hurricane leaves several dead and multiple injuries. Quebec elections show Liberal victory. St Johns Napier remainders unsettled. Six more executed in Bohemia Moravia protectorate.
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CHANNEL
C.P
Revul Atr
LONDON
Perikop
Russian Ukraine
Crimea
Genichesk
Sivash
peninsula
RAF
VALETTA
Malta
feet
air arm
atta
Ionian sea
Italy
Greece
ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON
Rooevelt
United States
congressional teaders
DUKE OF WINDSOR
PERESKO
Alta
Rasch
Guy Weadick
BERLIN
Sea of Avoy
Mariupol
Oisipenke
Sea of Azov
Don river
Rostov
Dnieper river
ADRIEN DORION
SASKATCHEWAN
REGINA
Adrien
Dorion
Humboldt
Sask
Saskatchewan court of kings
BAHAMAS
NASSAU
QUEBEC
Union Nationate
Huntingdon
St. Johns-Napiervile
HANS BERLIN
Prague
Bohemia-Moravia
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AUSTRALIA
Attlee
Labor
U.S
AMERICAN NAVY YARD
Pandora
Portsmouth
N.H
Robert Alexander
U. S
Oxford
Hans
Von
AZOV
WINDSORS
HIGH RIVER SCHOOL
SINGAPORE
Och
PIAA
Robers Brooke-Popham
duclits
Far East
Russ
HMNS
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