Noe announces Senate run after posting bond in tax case
Democratic National Committeeman James A. Noe publicly declared his bid for the 1942 U S Senate seat in New Orleans after posting a $5 000 bond on a 1935 income tax evasion charge. He and Seymour Weiss are named in an indictment alleging a scheme to pay fictitious salaries to hide profits for a six stockholder corporation tied to Huey P Long. Noe called the indictment fate irony and pledged to contest the seat held by Senator Allen.
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Democratic National
James A. Noe
United States Senate
Louisiana
United States
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Seymour Weiss
Federal
Cortion
Huey P. Long
Long
Huey Long
Nazis Minimize English Raids Amid September Battle Report
Berlin reports say British raids on Germany in September were mostly off military targets with 1.6 percent hitting them. Nazis claim 7.5 thousand bombs struck open fields and civilian sites while British losses reached 2,474 aircraft in August and September. Shipping losses attributed to Nazi submarines total 5 million tons. air force 2 million tons.
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Freighter Beached to Stop Flood After Pipe Breaks
Freighter Panamanian loaded with gasoline and cargo for Japan was beached in Bolivar Roads to halt flooding as an intake pipe break floods engine rooms. The ship listing 15 degrees to port was aided by tugs amid fear of capsizing near Galveston anchorage while officials investigate the break. The Panamanian had completed loading at Texas City and had anchored in Galveston harbor awaiting permission to sail.
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Japan
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Galveston News
Italian Army Forces Move To Greek Front
Italian troops in Albania, about 130000 men and 120 tanks, have shifted to posts near the Greek frontier. Movements from Albania continue as Greece braces for possible air raids, with authorities noting Greek defenses fully manned and a permanent concentration of forces.
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Kidnappings Express War Turmoil and Naval Clash News
War bulletins report A Miller director of Astra-Romana Oil handed to Romanian police after kidnapping and Percy Clark missing in similar circumstances. A British submarine torpedoed an Italian destroyer in the Adriatic on Sept 22. Thailand and French Indo China move troops to border amid recent incidents.
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Ploesti Oil
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Admiralty
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Osris
J. R. G. Harvey
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Bangkok
Thailand
Siam
British Navy Defeats Its Own Air Force in Mock Raid
Alexandria Egypt Oct 4 British warships returned from an 1800 mile Mediterranean and Aegean sweep claiming a victory over their air arm. They dodged an Italian fleet, downed four Italian planes, and reported two Italian airmen killed after bailing out and drowning. Malta and the Egyptian coast saw reinforcements and patrols with no bombardment of Italian bases.
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Larry Allen
Alexandria
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Mediterranean
Aegean
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Malta
Rodolfo Graziani
Planes In Relays Thunder Up River To Attack London
German planes relayed up the Thames to strike London and a southeast coast town in a heavy attack. British sources described the bombardment as the worst the area had endured, with earlier dawn strikes on a convoy near the Strait of Dover and gunfire near Cap Gris Nez. One lone four engined bomber dropped bombs on marshland injuring nine people.
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Admiralty
Governor Jones Opens Tour of Parish Fairs in State
Governor Sam Jones started a nearly month long tour of parish agricultural fairs. He will speak on constitutional amendments in the November 5 election, his administration progress, national defense, and agricultural policy. He plans speeches in Arcadia Bienville parish and Coushatta Red River parish en route to the Fourth Congressional District race for the Washington post.
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Sam Jones
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Alexandria
Raymond H. Fleming
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Arcadia
Bienville Parish
Coushatta
Red River Parish
Fourth Congressional District
Washington Post
Henry A. O'Neal
Army shatters recruiting record in September enlistments
Washington reports the regular army enlisted over 45,000 volunteers in September, breaking the prior monthly record of 39,589 set in May 1917 after the United States entered World War I.
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City Leaders Confer On Food Stamp Plan
Mayor H H Benoit and chamber officials join Ouachita Parish group in Baton Rouge to press State welfare department for approval of a local food stamp program. Officials note state agreement is needed. plan could begin once cooperation is secured and requirements are met.
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George Pipes
Ouachita Parish
H. A. McDonald
George Holland
Chamber of Commerce
W. S. Terry
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E. N. Thompson
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Surplus Marketing Administration
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Harry Williams
West Monroe
Benoit
Pipes
Ticklish Pacific Setup Discussed By Konoye
Tokyo oct 4 premier Konoye told Kyoto reporters that war or peace in the Pacific hinges on US Japan mutual understanding and cooperation with axis aims. he warned that US rejection could lead the axis to fight to the finish while seeking to adjust ties with soviet russia and oppose communism in the orient. trade with the netherlands east indies was said to be progressing smoothly with favorable results expected.
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Coast Guard assigns 150 men to protect ships in harbors
Washington reports the coast guard assigned 150 men today to protect vessels against sabotage and perform other new tasks in American harbors as part of expanded duties.
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Series Play By Play Somber Tigers Reds clash in early inning chaos
Werber hits a deep leadoff double for the Reds launching a run as Goodman singles to score him. M McCormick and Ripple fan, while Lombardi and Joost strike out for the Reds in a tense first half inning. Tigers respond with Myers and Gehringer outs as Al Greenberg earns loud ovation before Campbell doubles in left center. Continuation noted on page thirteen.
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Joost
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al Greenberg
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War at a Glance: Hitler Mussolini Meet at Brenner Pass
AP reports a Brenner Pass talks between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini with implications for US relations and the war on Britain. Allied air raids ease by bad weather while London and Berlin see quiet nights, and British claims credit sinking Italian destroyer and several submarines, with German u-boat offensive from French bases.
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Detroit Tigers Break Reds Tie With 7th Inning Burst
In Briggs Stadium Detroit stages a 13 hit attack to beat Cincinnati 7 to 4 and take a 2-1 World Series lead. Rudy York and Pinky Higgins hit seventh inning homers to break a 1-1 deadlock and knock Turner from the mound. Reds add runs in eighth and ninth, Tigers answer with two in their half of the eighth. Attendance climbs near 57,000 as Bridges starts for Detroit.
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Pinky Higgins
Jim Turner
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Walter O
Spike) Briggs, Jr
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Joost
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Defer Action On Chest Setup
At a Twin City Comm Chest big gifts committee meeting chaired by G Hicks, rating of donor cards was postponed until the Chest budget committee can meet and approve each agency's requested amounts. The panel reviewed agency budgets but could act only after combined budgets are approved, with a renewed rating of donor cards planned for early next week.
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Twin City
Prominent Fort Worth Couple Found Dead In Car
In Fort Worth Texas Mrs Gwendolyn Pelton 34 a noted horsewoman and wife of oilman Herbert E Pelton and Gerald Earl Freeze 41 were found shot to death this morning in an automobile near the Stove Foundry road just outside the city. Justice of the Peace Hurley ruled the inquest verdict murder and death by own action. Freeze held a pistol in his right hand while Mrs Pelton slumped at the wheel. Pelton was shot through the head and Freeze in the right temple a blood stained note was found in Freeze's trouser pocket.
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Herbert E. Pelton
Gerald Earl Freeze
Stove Foundry Road
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