Machinery Makers Weather Tax and Market Swings
Worthington Machinery and Equipment, a New Jersey plant, shows how heavy industry profits ride cycles. In six months after tax, the firm earned 1.3 million on a vast shop of casting and machines. Long run, executives warn of four good years, two fair, and four terrible. The industry funds growth during prosperous periods, then tames costs to survive downturns.
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Paul Gesner
John Beckley
New York
Beny
Harrigan, N. J
Worthington Mp and Machinery Company
Morey
Fli
Alorgz
H. C. Beaver
Crism
Worthington
Shipa
Big River Bridge Collapse Drowns Two on Train
A freight train crossing the Soo River bridge at Sault Ste. Marie plunges into the water when the north span buckles. Engineer Hazen Willis and Conductor Dave Monroe drown, Fireman Carl Zelmer and Brakeman Francis Peller escape. Sabotage rumors are discounted as guards fortify the canal bridge amid ore traffic and defense mobilization. Rescue and salvage operations begin to lift the locomotive and two cars from the river as crews assess the span and restore vessel movement.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Mammoth
St. Mary's River
Duluth
South Shore
Atlantic
Canada
Hazen Willis
Dave Monroe
Carl Zelmer
Francis Peller
Minnesota
Fort Brady
Great Soo Locks
E. H. Anderson
Anderson
Albert Penman
Penman
F L Support of Aid in War Seems Assured
Seattle Oct 7 Without audible dissent the 1st American Federation of Labor convention moved toward endorsing full United States aid to Britain and allies. President William Green urged support for national defense and aid. Delegates from Indiana urged an emphatic stand that war must be won and accepted full responsibility.
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Seattle
American Federation of Labor
Onventon
United States
Britain
Willam Green
Executive Council
Carl H.ullen
Indiana
Motor base work near completion at Camp Polk
Camp Polk La Oct 1 A Fourth echelon motor base for heavy maintenance is about 2 percent complete costing 326 068 constructed by W Horace Williams Co for New Orleans Also nearing finish are gasoline storage and dispensing system 221 134 ninety percent complete an athletic field house 12 1634 forty five percent five chapels 102 800 83 percent access roads 261 191 97 percent officers club 99750 eighty eight to ninety eight percent complete shed 229 112 ice plant 41377 thirty nine percent complete
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Camp Polk
W. Horace Williams Company
New Orleans
R. R. Sartain
Third Armored
Camp ‘Polk
Williams Company
Ebe Rabalais
Bunkie
Glossel-Taylor Company
Shreveport
LeBlanc Brothers
Baton Rouge
Fincher Construction Company
Dallas
Tallahassee Hit By Strong Tropical Storm Winds
Tropical storm cross Florida from the Gulf of Mexico brought near hurricane force winds and heavy rain to Tallahassee for about four hours. Meteorologist J W Smith reported 65 mph sustained winds with gusts to 75 mph as the storm weakened over southern Georgia. Trees were down in the wooded belt inland from the Gulf.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Georgia
Bahama Islands
J. W. Smith
Weather Bureau
The
Gulf
Six bodies recovered from large bomber crash at Agassiz Peak
Six officers and men died when their B-14 bomber crashed on Agassiz peak. Wreckage found near Tucson by Lt James Cochran. Bodies carried by stretcher to await ambulances from Albuquerque. Names include pilot Lt A T King co pilot Lt R H Conway and crew Lt W W Crim Lt D C Boyd Cpl L E Gillem and Pvt L T Morfeld.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Army Air Corps
Lofty
Agassiz Peak
Albuquerque
N. M
James Cochran
Tucson
A. T. King
R. H. Conway
Wilbur
W. W. Crim
D. C. Boyd
Pendleton, Ore
Air Base
L. E. Gillem
Spokane
Wash
L. T. Morfeld
Springerville
State appeals again to U S Supreme Court over Shushan case
Louisiana Attorney General Eugene Stanley renewed a bid to let the state sue A L Shushan and others for more than 1 million dollars alleging fraud and bribery in the New Orleans airport project. He cited out of state entities bribing Louisiana public officials, affecting levee district funds.
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Washington
Louisiana
A. L. Shushan
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Eugene Stanley
Stanley
Board of Levee Commissioners
Orleans Levee District
Shushan
Orleans Dredging Company
Lake Pontchartrain
Teachers Attend Music Conference in Louisiana
The first fall music conference for Louisiana public school teachers will be held October 17 at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute with five education authorities presenting lectures and demonstrations. A two day session follows October 20-21 at Louisiana State University, with further sessions October 22-25 at Southwestern Louisiana Institute and Louisiana State Normal.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Lloyd V. Punchess
State Education Department
State Department of Education
Edward Meliver
Chicago
Ill
Helen M. Hosmer
State Normal School
Potsdam
N. Y
Irving Cheyette
State Teachers College
Indiana
Elmer Uggen
Minneapolis
World War II battle claims clash over Ukraine front
German high command claims victory in a new Ukraine battle while London reports heavy German losses. Russians say they repelled landings near Leningrad and destroyed many German tanks. Moscow front operations are denied by Berlin and prisoners exchange disputes surface as war continues.
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Associated Press
Ukraine
London
Hitler
Central
Moscow
Leningrad
Germany
Berlin
Snow Deluges Uncompahgre Valley Halting Montrose Power
Six inches of snow swept over the Uncompahgre valley in western Colorado. A snow laden tree toppled and snapped power lines, leaving Montrose without electricity for four and a half hours.
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Colorado
Montrose
Quick Panama Change Bears On Neutrality
Washington leaders met at the White House as Roosevelt, Hull, Wallace and Hopkins plus eight lawmakers debated modifying the neutrality act. The current law bans arming American merchant vessels and their entry into combat zones. Panama’s sudden policy reversal on arming ships added last minute complications. Senator Connally viewed Panama’s move as aiding neutrality changes and speeding authorization.
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Washington
Oct
White House
Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
Hull
Wallace
Harry L. Hopkins
House
Panama
Connally
Texas
Tot Found Alive After 8 Days In Wilderness
Pamela Hollingworth, five, wandered eight days with frostbitten toes after vanishing from a family picnic in Conway New Hampshire. Weighed 45 pounds at disappearance September 28 she appeared in good shape when found by group of CCC boys led by Foreman William Matsor two miles from the picnic site. She wore green coveralls and red sneakers despite exposure to cold rain and 22 degree temperatures.
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Conway
N. H
Pamela Hollingworth
Donn Fender
Rye
N. Y
Mt. Katahdin
Maine
Woodlore
CCC
William Matsor
British And Nazis Apparently Fail In Prisoner Exchange
British authorities say a flagrant breach of faith by Germany led to sick and wounded prisoners on Newhaven hospital ships being disembarked and sent back to camp. The status of Rudolf Hess remains unresolved as talks over repatriation stalled.
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London
Newhaven
SIZZLING HEAT BESETS TROOPS CAMPAIGN TRAINING IN D. C.
Soldiers of the First Army begin a two month maneuver period in Camden and surrounding areas under General Hugh A. Drum. The heat remains intense as three corps stage separate exercises to train officers and men. Despite the heat soldiers in winter uniforms completed the first day’s tests with no serious effects. The 104th evacuating hospital serves the 29th division made up of guardsmen from Virginia Maryland and the District of Columbia.
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Camden
D. C
First Army
Hugh A. Drum
104Th
Virginia
Maryland
District of Colum
Mother of three mayors succumbs in Arkansas
Mrs. M. J. Bailey, 78, mother of three Arkansas mayors, dies at her Parkersburg Illinois home. Survived by four sons, including Ernest Bailey of Cabot Henry Bailey of Jacksonville George Bailey of Lonoke and Aaron Bailey of Little Rock, plus two daughters.
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Cabot, Ark
M. J. Bailey
Arkansas
Parkersburg
I‘l
Ernest Bailey
Cabot
Henry Bailey
Jacksonville
George Bailey
Lonoke
Aaron Bailey
Little Rock
Tornado Hits Kansas City Area Leaves 3 Dead 135 Injured
A furious tornado struck the eastern edge of Kansas City and nearby Blue River valley causing three deaths and at least 135 injuries. Fifty five hospitalized, many homes and industrial plants damaged or destroyed, including Kay Lee mills with $50,000 loss.
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Kansas City
Blue River Valley
Forty-Third Street
Kensington Avenue
Fairmount
Sugar Creek
Survivor recalls single torpedo sank tanker J. C. White
A 19-year-old survivor from the Panama flag tanker J. C. White said one torpedo may have sunk the American owned ship 606 miles off Brazil in a midnight attack. He and 16 other survivors were taken aboard the rescue ship Del Norte for questioning by Brazilian authorities and U.S. officials.
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Rio DE Janeiro
J. C. White
Brazil
H. W. Ackerman
Charleston
S. C
del Norte
United States
Naval
West Niles
I. C. White
House Votes Legal Thanksgiving Day
Washington dispatch reports the House passed a bill to set the last Thursday in November as a legal holiday to be known after 1941 as Thanksgiving Day. It ends the two Thanksgiving traditions created since 1939, with the Senate now required to act for nationwide unification.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Soviet claim big victory at Leningrad and central front
Red Star reports fierce central front fighting as Timoshenko’s forces smash German wedges. Boldin detachments with tanks and planes attack Nazi concentrations, with 198 tanks, 1000+ killed, and 31 planes downed in one action. 62 of 81 German tanks said destroyed on the western front near Moscow. Moscow launches broader war news including Leningrad siege actions and Nazi executions abroad.
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Moscow
Red Star
Semeon Timoshenko
Boldin
British bomber command praised for two years of war
London reports a 130 page government booklet extolling Britain’s bomber command for two years of war. It says the strategic air offensive against Germany will grow in intensity and that German nerves are rising as British raids continue without mercy. The publication details attacks on invasion preparations and ships across Cherbourg to Amsterdam.
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Britain
Legation
London
Germany
Bomber Command
Plac
Cherbourg
Amsterdam
Peyton Peyton New Deputy Marshal in Louisiana
Percy G. Peyton of Shreveport sworn in as deputy United States marshal for the western district of Louisiana. He resigns as deputy collector of internal revenue after accepting the marshal appointment, with Philip H. Mecom officiating and Louis E. Lew Blanc approving.
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Shreveport
Percy G. Peyton
United States
Western District
Louisiana
Philip H. Mecom
Louis E. Lew Blanc
Peyton
Internal Revenue
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