Roosevelt urges quick neutrality revision to arm merchant ships
President Roosevelt calls for swift revision of the Neutrality Act to allow arming American merchant ships and to lift bans on travel to belligerent ports. He warns Nazi power aims threaten freedom of seas and pledges to defend U S ships and waters against submarines and attacks. He notes world conditions have dramatically changed since 1935.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Hitler
Congres
Adolf Hitler
Hiller
Geneas
Corruption Ties at A F of L Convention in Seattle
The article outlines graft and extortion connections linked to AFL leaders including Jace Browne and associates like Nick Cirino and Louis Kauff, tied to unions and local operations. It notes indictments on corruption charges, a Chicago scene, and the broader power structure under the federation.
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American Federation
A. F. of L
Seattle
Jace Browne
Chicago
A. F. of L. 4A
Executive Council
New York
O. L
Browne
Nick Cir
Louis Kauff
Newark
Defense housing contract policy sparks labor policy inquiry
The Senate defense investigating committee demanded immediate clarification of labor policy for a 979000 dollar Wayne County Michigan defense housing project. Chairman Truman said the panel would probe why the P. J. Rorer Lumber bid to Detroit firm faced delay amid A F L influence and potential repercussions. Evidence suggested officials feared political fallout if the contract went to the lowest bidder. The panel planned more witnesses, possibly Sidney Hillman, to expose why the Car company had not been awarded the bid.
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Truman
Wayne County
Mich
Carmody
Xis
Office of Product Management
P. J Rer Lumber Company
Detroit
Tru
OPM
Ithey
Lend Lease Passage Seen Fast By House Leader
Washington Oct 9 Speaker Rayburn forecast quick passage of the 5.985 billion lend lease fund in the form set by Roosevelt. Some critics admitted efforts to block it would fail. Day proposed a Russian amendment. others vowed to try to strike the entire fund from the 6.159 billion appropriation bill. Ditter would seek cent for small businesses struggling for raw materials. Administration moves aimed for final vote tomorrow night after sessions.
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Wall Minority
Ibus
Ditter
Ivania
Torrow
China stages big offensive near Hankow Ichang
Chinese forces launch their largest attack in four years, striking Japanese lines on multiple fronts around Hankow and Ichang along the Yangtze. Japanese authorities acknowledge fighting continues with Chinese claim of gains near Ichang and several strategic points briefly captured before Japanese retakes.
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Chungking
Central
China
Hankow
Yangtze River
Ichang
Generlissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Former Edison associate Charles L. Clarke dies at 88
Newton Mass October 9 Charles L Clarke a former associate of Thomas A Edison and a noted electrical engineer died today at age 88. He joined the Edison lab at Menlo Park in 1880 and installed the first Edison central lighting station system in 1882 in New York City. Clarke later served as chief engineer for Edison Electric Light in New York and consulted for General Electric from 1911 until his 1930s retirement.
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Newton
Mass
Charles L. Clarke
Thomas A. Edison
Clarke
Edison Laboratory
Menlo Park
N. J
New York City
Edison Electric Light Company
New York
General Electric Company
Germans claim victory in 110 day war with Russia
The World Today reports Berlin radio and high command claim Soviet forces are fatally weakened with 1,000,000 Red Army troops trapped as Moscow drive advances. It says Orel fell, British observers doubt a continent invasion, and Japan acknowledges a major Chinese offensive while a German envoy negotiates with the Nanking regime.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Hitler
Berlin
Red Army
Orel
Bryansk
China
Zchang
Nanking
Green P. A. F. L. backs Roosevelt in defense unity pledge
Seattle Oct 9 in a national broadcast President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged members not to strike over defense production while supporting Roosevelt. He pressed peace with the CIO, complained of denied reopenings, and urged directing future appeals to the CIO for talks on labor unity.
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Seattle
Roosevelt
America
Willian Green
Amercan Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Green
A. F L
CL. O
Labor Unity
United States
Romance ends in Brooklyn as woman shoots lover
A 24-year-old factory worker shot her 27-year-old sweetheart Gus Scaletta as he kissed her goodbye in a dark hallway after midnight. Scaletta, a navy yard welder, was hospitalized in critical condition seeking transfusions. The girl, Mary, was jailed on felonious assault and weapon charges. she sobbed that he was leaving her.
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New York
Brooklyn
Gus Scaletta
Navy Yard
Hubert Montella
Joseph Manzo
British warn of peril as German thrust edges Russia
London editors warned that the German offensive may threaten Soviet Russia and Britain itself. The Daily Express urged immediate action to aid Russia, while The News Chronicle floated the possibility of a British landing in Europe if it could relieve pressure. Analysts foresaw Russia's fate within weeks, noting Hitler’s personal stake in the push and Moscow’s riverine defenses.
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London
Russia
Britain
Red Fleet
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
America
News Chronicle
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Fahy Seen Likely Appointed Solicitor General
Washington reports Roosevelt may name Charlies Fahy solicitor general. Fahy has served since June 13 after Biddie moved to attorney general. Born in Rome Georgia Fahy studied at Georgetown and built a long federal career including at the interior and labor boards. Other names mentioned include Corcoran and Minton, with Minton reportedly not interested.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charlies Fahy
Fahy
Francis Biddie
Justice Department
Labor Relations Board
Rome
Georgetown University
Santa Fe
N. M
Department of the Interior
Labor Board
Biddie
Thomas G. Corcoran
New Deal
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Minton
US and British financial envoys reach Hong Kong
H Merle Cochran and Sir Otto E Neimeyer designated by the United States and Britain as financial envoys to China arrived in Hong Kong today aboard a clipper from the United States.
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Hong Kong
H. Merle Cochran
Otto E. Neimeyer
United States
China
Clipper
Helen Morgan dies famed torch singer of Show Boat
HELEN MORGAN, famed torch singer known for sobbing ballads in Show Boat and Can't Help Loving That Man, died in Chicago at 41 after surgery for spleen removal. Her husband Lloyd Johnson and mother Lulu Morgan were at her bedside.
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Chicago
Helen Morgan
Flo Ziegfell
Torch
Lloyd Johnson
Los Angeles
Lulu Morgan
High Falls
N. Y
Henrotin Hospital
Miss Morgan
Danville
Montreal
New York
Julie
Eduardo Petri
Metropolitan Opera School
Ziegfeld
Sally
Cost of travel to rise tonight in federal tax hike
Washington reports a 5 percent travel tax to take effect at midnight as part of a recent tax bill. The levy applies to passenger tickets on rail, bus, air, and ship routes, with exemptions for local buses under 35 cents and taxicabs, and no freight tax this time.
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Washington
Panama Crisis Deepens As President Flees To Cuba
Panama City reports Dr Arnulfo Arias fled by air at 5 30 am Tuesday to Barranquila Colombia and is now said to be in Cienfuegos Cuba Frnesio Taen Guardia sworn provisional head of government backing closer ties to the United States The country remains quiet with police reserves in barracks US forces on leave recalled.
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Panama City
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Barranquila
Colombia
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Frnesio Taen Guardia
United States
Panama Supreme Court
Washington
Hull
State Department
Panama Canal
Pamela Hollingworth Ready for Ice Cream Escape
Pamela Hollingworth, five, missing eight days in a New Hampshire mountain forest, was found and kept on a liquid diet. Her father Joseph Hollingworth said she may be moved to a Lowell hospital soon for full recovery. Frost bit feet swollen but no gangrene. blisters appeared after rescue.
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N. H
Pamela Hollingworth
Dunstable
Mass
Joseph E. Hollingworth
Lowell
Chamber Company
Pamela
Convicts at Eastern State Penitentiary Donate Blood
In Philadelphia on October 9 more than 1,200 of the penitentiary inmates volunteered for Red Cross blood donations for the army and navy. Dr John McGraw said volunteers among prisoners exceeded those of the surrounding public.
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Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
Inc Service
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
John McGraw
Red Cross
How Germans Got Roosevelt Letter Mystery
Washington October 9 The capital buzzed over how the German government obtained President Roosevelt’s personal letter to Premier Stalin promising U.S. aid against Hitler The German news agency DNB posted the purported text before the White House released its version inviting a careful compare The White House noted the Nazi propaganda aim became clear in the contrast
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Russia
United States
Hitler
DNB
Berlin
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Mass output of Airacobra is under way
Niagara Falls plant hosts demonstration of three Bell Aira cobras signaling start of mass production in a new factory. Lawrence Bell shows production capacity aiming to surpass Buffalo output, with on line automobile style assembly and slow moving belts.
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Devon Francis
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Bell Airacobras
Lawrence D. Bell
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Buffalo
Bell
Detroit
Tokyo Critics Rally Against U S in Pacific Crisis
Tokyo newspapers harshly condemned the United States for stalling mutual concessions and threatening negotiations. Hochi called US hostility dangerous and self defeating, while Yomiuri warned that even successful talks would not curb armament or ensure immediate world peace.
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Tokyo
United States
Hochi
Pacific
Yomiuri
Soviet Red Army Encircled in Giant Nazi Offensive
Adolf Hitler's press chief claimed the Soviet Union is militarily finished and that nearly 1,000,000 Red Army troops are trapped in two encirclements as Germany drives toward Moscow. Otto Dietrich spoke from Berlin after visiting the eastern front. Berlin radio cited Shanghai reports of Moscow's government fleeing, but no independent confirmation appeared.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Moscow
Otto Dietrich
Berlin
Fuehrer
England
High Command
Russia
Bryansk
Vyazma
Taxes up 50 percent warned by Boston official
Elbridge A. Bollong, Boston accounting executive, told the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers that the 1941 revenue act would raise taxes for many corporations by as much as 50 percent. He warned that normal tax, surtax and excess profits taxes increase with income and urged caution on dividend timing to maximize invested capital.
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Boston
Elbridge A. Bollong
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Bollong
Stewart, Watts and Bollong
Apartments Wanted Sparks Twin Cities Demand
Families moving to Monroe and West Monroe increase demand for furnished and unfurnished apartments. Homeowners with extra space pass by UD ready cath rather than rent. To secure renters quickly, use News-Star-World Want Ads. Theme 4800 today, ask for classified ad taker.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Citis
News-Star—World
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