One Of Navy's Newest War Vessels Damaged In Patrol
President Roosevelt announced the torpedoing of the destroyer Kearny southwest of Iceland occurred in the American defence zone. Navy Secretary Knox urged discretion, and the president said the navy would handle details. Officials noted earlier torpedo attempts on the Greer nearby but did not confirm broader orders.
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Navy
NYDE PARK
Roosevelt
United States
Kearny
Iceland
navy department
Washington
Frank Knox
Europe
Greer
No Gains Are Made By Germans
Moscow dispatches report Russian forces staunchly hold lines west of Moscow as battles rage with fierce German assaults. Official texts claim Russians repelled two German spearheads into Red defenses in Vyazma and Kalinin sectors and note no rainfall affected the fighting.
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MOSCOW
Vyazms
Kalinin
Red
Unes
Tojo Named Japan Premier Designate Amid Crisis
Lt Gen Eiki Tojo, 56, war minister and son of a soldier, chosen to form a new government as Japan faces tensions with Russia and the United States. He met with elder statesmen and Admiral Oikawa after palace summons, aiming to present a tentative cabinet after the emperor’s shrine ceremonies.
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TOKYO
Eiki Tojo
Japan
Fumimaro Konoye
Russia
United States
Konoye
Berlin
China
Hirohito
Gen Tojo
Koichi Kido
Tojo
Koshiro Oikawa
Head Harvester Company Dead
Beverly Hills California October 17 Harold Fowler McCormick 69 chairman of the board of the International Harvester Company died Thursday after years of heart trouble. The Chicago harvester family leader had been in ill health for several years.
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BEVERLY HILLS
Calif
Harold Fowler McCormick
International Harvester Company
Chicago harvester family
Allan G McLean Named Executive Assistant in War Services
Ottawa October 17 Allan G McLean announced as executive assistant by War Services Minister Thorson in the National War Services Department.
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OTTAWA
Allan G McLean
national war services department
War Services
Thorson
Caribou Herd Envelops Plane In Canadian North
Pilot George Gilmour of United Air Services slept aboard his plane near Point Lake north of Yellowknife. He awoke to find his aircraft surrounded by a migrating herd of caribou forming a moving forest as the animals settled around the lake bank for the night. The Cana dian Pacific Bulletin reports the remarkable scene in what natives call the land of Hide sticks.
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George Gilmour
United Air Services
Canadian Pacific Bulletin
Gilmour
Point Lake
Yellowknife
Mobilization of 112th Battery R.C.A. Authorized
Mobilization of the 112th Battery R.C.A. Canadian Army Active at Lethbridge was authorized by Military District No. 13 officials. A commanding officer is yet to be confirmed and recruiting starts after appointment. The battery will join the fourth division.
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ALGARY
C.P
R.C.A. Canadian Army
Lethbridge
Military District No
House backs arming of American merchant ships
The U S House approved arming merchant ships by a 259 to 138 vote after torpedoing of the destroyer Kearny. The measure repeals parts of the neutral act and allows arming during the May 27 emergency with bonds adjusted to vessel and cargo value. Galleries were packed for the historic vote.
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WASHINGTON
Kearny
United States
House of Representatives
senate
Roosevelt
house
Aussies Prepare Home Defences
Melbourne dispatch reports the Australian cabinet completed a review of plans to maintain and strengthen an uninterrupted defence line from India through Malaya to north Australia and New Zealand. The war cabinet and service chiefs met after Japan and Portugal agreed to a Japanese air service between Indo China and Timor, with aircraft likely passing over the Dutch East Indies which refused oil supplies.
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MELBOURNE
India
Malaya
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Portugal
Indo- China
Timor
Netherlands East Indies
Brave Men Must Never Be Sacrificed Again Says Daily Express
The Daily Express cites Gen Viscount Gort urging better armed expeditionary forces. He notes Dunkirk lessons require equipment on a scale commensurate with the tasks faced to prevent needless losses.
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LONDON
The
Daily Express
Viscount Gort
France
Lord Gort
Dunkerque
Nye Seeks Peace Move In Lease Bill Rider
Senator Gerald Nye proposes adding a rider to the $5.985 billion lend lease bill instructing President Roosevelt to explore a negotiated peace. He says public sentiment grows for action to halt the war and warns larger appropriations may be needed if the conflict lasts longer.
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WASHINGTON
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
United States senate
Roosevelt
senate appropriations
Nye
Troopships of Soviet Are Attacked
Nazi spokesmen claim new Soviet industrial areas south of Moscow and a Moscow region power station were captured. They report German air force attacks sank or damaged 14 merchant ships and destroyed a Soviet motor torpedo boat near Odessa, with six ships totaling 30,000 tons sunk and eight more large ships hit.
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BERLIN
Moscow
high command
Odessa
Black Sea
Britons Quit Moscow Said by Authorities
A British military mission in Moscow was reported moving toward Kazan as Moscow framed as a temporary capital observers said London had lost tact with the mission and news of the assault on Moscow remained unclear. Diplomatic staff reportedly fled to Teheran and other capitals amid Soviet defense plans.
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LONDON
cPi
Moscow
intenor
Kazan
News Chronicle
Washington
Tokyo
Stockholm
Teheran
Atom
Kazanka
Valga
Jong
US. NAVY
UPi
United States navy
dpartment
Ledayhat
MEDICINE HAT
D. N. MacCharles
amasy
office of production management
Britain
RAF AGMN
SENGAST PORT CARQO
C.P
Beniin
Bengash
Libyan
R.A.F
Nett sharm
Mediterranean
Ural mountains
Volga
HMN
FRANCE
BERLIN
Leon Albert Linst
D.N.B. Nasi
Soviet Union
Vladivostok
ADMIRALTY
C.PJ
Endorse Aid To Russia But Denounce Communism
The AFL halted its 61st convention in Seattle endorsing full aid to Russia while denouncing Communism. The final day included suspension of the Brewery Workers union from the federation after a heated dispute with the Teamsters. The resolutions urged that Stalin's triumph would threaten free institutions as much as Hitler's would.
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SEATTLE
American Federation of Labor
Russia
Brewery Workers’ union
tradders
brewery workers
teamsters’ union
resolutions committees
executive council
Stalin
Europe
Hitler
Fire destroys Red Deer apartment building
Fire of unknown origin gutted a three storey, 366 room apartment home in Red Deer, leaving 15 families homeless and causing about $10 000 damage. Fire began in the basement and spread via a rubbish chute. Fire dampers kept the blaze to the structure. no injuries reported as residents escaped before the flames.
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RED DEER
Altr
Washington graved view on Tokyo cabinet overturn
Washington officials and lawmakers voiced grave concern over Japan's cabinet overturn and the growing danger to American and British interests in the Pacific. Senator Clay Gillette and others warned militarists may push new ventures, possibly attacking Siberia as Shanghai insiders predicted rapid Far East developments. President Roosevelt remained at Hyde Park as the situation unfolded.
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WASHINGTON
Orient
Capitol Hill
Pacific
Clay Gillette
Dem
Iowa
Tokyo
Japan
SIBERIA
Gillette
Shanghais International
Far East
Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
Kearny torpedoing spurs cross party U S blame talk
Republican senator and Democratic representative said the torpedoing of the U S destroyer Kearny in the North Atlantic is linked to Axis moves in Japan. They called the act deliberate and tied it to German submarine strategy and escalating tensions, with President Roosevelt and war plans cited.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Kearny
north Atlantic
Japan
John W McCormack
Massachusetts
lcratic
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Hitler
Charles A. Eaton
New Jersey
George H. Thinkham
Rep
Roosevelt
Bombing of Naples by British planes sparks fires
British planes bomb Naples causing fires in the coastal city of 927000 population on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Italian officials say fires were quickly extinguished. Malt command reports a sea counter blow. an Italian torpedo boat sinks a British submarine. Details are unclear.
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ROME
Naples
Tyirherdin
Munitions Supply Contracts Revealed for Ottawa
A government notice announced ware contracts for munitions supply with a total value of 10 205279 marked from October 1 to October 7. The department contres awaited approval and the details were released yesterday.
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OTTAW
contres
Russian Cavalry Charge Hun Tanks Across Eastern Front
Dispatches from the southern front report Soviet cavalry attempting to blunt German tank advances in eastern Ukraine. Four to five squads charged German armor with artillery and planes. the Germans said the cavalry ranks were decimated and that 800 prisoners, 300 horses and 51 pieces of artillery were captured.
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BERLIN
Ukraine
Heavy Russian Artillery Halts German Advance in War Sector
In the Varra sector heavy Russian artillery fire halted the German advance despite air and ground pressure. Reports mention motorized infantry in small detachments and paratrooper trots as part of the defense.
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arks
Germi
Vvarra
Navy ships few ordered into port for instruction
US Navy department said only a small number of American merchant ships were ordered into port for voyage instructions. The brief bulletin notes limited fleet activity amid wartime measures.
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House foreign affairs committee
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New York
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U.S. House
Pacie
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George D. Aiken
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