Crabs and Umpires: Johnny Evers Recalled in Press Tale
Westbrook Pegler recounts sitting near Johnny Evers at a World Series. He recalls Evers nicknamed the crab for clashes with umpires and his playful taunts toward Hank O'Day. The piece notes Evers enjoyed provoking the crowd yet often justified his actions as part of the game.
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Johnny Evers
Crab
Evers
Mr. Evers
Johnny
Hank O'Day
Henry
Mr. O'Day
John
Hank
Willkie Opens Fact Finding Day in China
Wendell Willkie spent over four hours in Chungking visiting four government educational institutions and greeting eager Chinese students who cheered him. He met withducation minister Chen Li-Fu at lunch and hosted Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault, U.S. Army Air Forces in China, at a later luncheon. Willkie also tried Chinese food with chopsticks and drank Sahoshing wine.
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Chungking
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Chen Li-Fu
Claire L. Chennault
United States Army Air Forces
China
Ten Killed When Airplane Crashes at Botwood
Details remain unclear as 10 men died in a Saturday crash off Botwood Newfoundland. The plane with 37 aboard reportedly split its hull and was towed to shallow water after sinking. Among the dead are Captain Dwight G. Thomas and Lieutenant Colonel James E Whittaker, with other victims from New York area, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida.
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New York
Botwood
Newfoundland
Eastern Defense Command
First Army
State Department
St. Johns
Dwight G. Thomas
Lincoln
Neb
Michael C. J. Doyle
Laurelton
N. Y
John R Redmond
Jackson Heights
Navy reports Grunion submarine overdue and presumed lost
The submarine Grunion, launched at Groton in 1940 and commanded by Lieutenant Commander Mannett L. Abele, has been overdue in the Pacific for some time and must be presumed lost. Next of kin have been notified.
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Navy
Pacific
Groton
Conn
Mannett L. Abele
Quincy
Mass
Panama
Cavite
Manila Bay
U. S. S. Grunion
Hooper
Abele
Annapolis
Grunion
Catherine E. Abele
Riverton
R. I
American planes and pilots beat enemy in combat tests
Washington reports that official combat statistics and testimony from Army Air Forces leaders show American aircraft are a match for or superior to enemy planes. The House military sub-committee on aviation cited these figures and said the box score proves pilots perform exceptionally well in actual combat.
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Washington
Congressional
United States Army
Uncle Sam
Army Airforce
House Military Sub-Committee On Aviation
Army Air Forces
House
Eleven Arrested On Speed Violations In New Orleans
Eleven weekend arrests for violations of the wartime 35 mile speed limit in New Orleans were announced by Acting Police Superintendent J. J. Purcell. A Jefferson parish ordinance is set for adoption within ten days. Roosevelt to address radio tonight urging support for the annual mobilization for human needs and community chest drives.
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New Orleans
J. J. Purcell
Jefferson Parish
Washington
Roosevelt
Nations Scrap Drive Officially Under Way
President Roosevelt announced at a Boston conference that the government will allocate civilian needs in an orderly and equitable fashion. He urged distributors to speed the flow of goods from farms and factories to consumers to support the war effort and avoid dislocations.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Nationwide scrap metal drive kicks off this week
The all-out scrap metal collection begins this week with three weeks to gather piles for war needs. Trucks will roam cities and parishes as routing maps are finalized. Schools compete for a $3.8 prize from Louisiana newspapers while gold mines of scrap are found and reported. Owners are contacted to allow removal to junk yards with options to sell or donate. Street car rails may be salvaged after government guidance.
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Uncle Sam
Parish
Louisiana
Law bars enemy aliens from holding state office in Louisiana
Attorney General Eugene Stanley ruled a man who began naturalization papers remains an alien until completion. The 46 year old Italian state highway employee cannot hold state office under a new law making it a misdemeanor to employ enemy aliens. An enemy alien is defined as a national of a country at war with the United States.
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Baton Rouge
Eugene Stanley
State Highway Department
Stanley
Highway Department
State of
Louisiana
United States
German reinforcements push toward road of dead at Stalingrad
Soviet dispatches report Germany pouring reserves into Stalingrad along the road of dead, swelling to over 500000, while no breakthrough is achieved. Pravda notes two infantry divisions and a tank division added, with fierce fighting near a fortified hill and a factory settlement.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Teen Confesses to Killing Man He Hitchhiked With
Bay City reports 16 year old confessed to fatally beating Clyde Valentine 39 of Detroit on a country road in Midland county. He then took Valentine’s car and belongings and pretended to be his victim on a daytime automobile tour until captured later Sunday. The youth previously served time in a juvenile corrective school for theft.
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Bay City
Mich
Frank W. Anderson
Clyde Valentine
Midland County
Anderson
Valentine
Millions Of Children Rally For Scrap Drive In War Aid
An army of American children mobilizes nationwide to collect scrap metal for mills aiding the war effort. Governors urge full effort as President Roosevelt praises civic duty and schools declare holidays to boost salvage. Texas kids become junior rangers and other states run detective, canvass, and banner campaigns to win war bond prizes.
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Associated Press
Europe
Texas
Texas Rangers
Lone Star State
New York
Albany
Oswego
Falconer
Jamestown
Virginia
Richmond
Stalin Demands Allied Help on Second Front
Stalin replies to AP questions alleging Allied aid to Soviet Russia has been limited and stresses that creating a second front in 1942 is of first rate importance. US and British ambassadors discussed the letter informally at Spasso House to clarify its phrases.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
United States
Stalin
Russia
William H. Standley
Archibald Clark-Kerr
Spasso House
Soviet Russia
Forced French Labor Ships Out To Germany From Paris
Paris under Vichy rule begins evacuation of 133000 French workers bound for German plants. The first train carries complete factory crews and foremen selected in record time, designated for immediate work, with more departures to follow as Laval accelerates the labor transfer plan.
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Paris
France
Germany
Pierre Laval
Desert town seller heads to army after auction
Max Noah auctions off his desert town in southwestern Arizona including water works and hotel facilities to G. E. Svensson of Wilton to enlist in the army. Noah resigns as mayor and other posts as he seeks entry with a few strings to pull.
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Tacna
Ariz
Max Noah
Arizona Desert
G. E. Svensson
Wilton
City Water Department
Bureau of Rights and Power
Noah
Desert
Phoenix
Yuma
Heroic Fortrook Fortress Flight Homeward Tale
The Flying Fortress "Phyllis" survived a Meulane raid over France with two motors out and a wing hole, returning to England despite 200 fuselage holes and damaged controls. Pilot Lieutenant Charles Paine led co pilot Lieutenant Robert Long navigator Lieutenant Stanley Kermarek and waist gunner Sergeant Herbert M Hurt in the extraordinary escape.
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United State Flying Fortress Command
England
France
Phyllis
Meaulie
Charles Paine
Cross
Fortress
Paine
Robert Long
Sweetwater
Tex
Stanley A. Kermarek
Muskegon, Mich
Herbert M
Supreme Court Reassembles for 1942 43 War Term
The Supreme Court begins its wartime term in Washington with about 450 cases ready after a four month recess. The court may issue rulings clarifying presidential powers during a military crisis. Justice James F Byrnes resigned Saturday to become economic stabilization director. no replacement timetable announced.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James F. Byrnes
Redbirds Win World Series In Five Games
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees four games to one at Yankee Stadium to clinch the title. Rookie George Kurowski hit a ninth inning home run with Walker Cooper on base for the winning run as the Cardinals closed out a 4 2 victory before about 70 000 fans. The piece notes early Yankee scoring by Rizzuto in the first inning and Musial and Kurowski producing key hits for the Cardinals.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
St. Louis Cardinals
Yankees
George Kurowski
Walker Cooper
Rizzuto
Rolfe
Brown
Hopp
Cullenbine
DiMaggio
T. Moore
Cardinals Musial
W. Cooper
Kurowski
Gordon
Goering Sees Second Front Key to War’s End
Neutral observers interpret Goering’s Oct 4 speech as urging a second front to hasten Europe’s war end by next summer. He outlined defense formulas for coming months and warned allied action must begin before they take full effect. Analysts say partial organizational progress could prolong the war.
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Bern
Switzerland
Reichsmare Shal Goering
Europe
Germany
Goering
Higgins Shipyard Site Foundation Declared Sound
Holt Ross reported that Michaud site foundations for the Higgins shipyard are as solid as downtown building foundations in New Orleans. Orloff Henry testified the shore foundations compare favorably to 18 story Canal Bank and Masonic Temple structures. Committee travels to Washington for further hearings beginning Thursday morning.
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Michaud
Higgins Shipyard
American Federation of Labor Committee
Higgins
Holt Ross
A. F. L. Presid
William Green
Orloff Henry
Canal Bank
Masonic Temple
Charles J. Marquetti
Oreleans
Washington
Sesssons
Furether
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