Newark union chiefs and Chicago gangster under fire
A chancery court in New Jersey scrutinizes a Newark house operators union case tied to William Green and other AFL leaders. The record alleges extortion, with job kickbacks and forced payoffs to officers, and names George Rowne of Chicago as a vice president and Kauffman as business agent, revealing a dictator-like control over theater operators and managers within the union system.
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Newark
Wilam Green
Seattle
Chancery Court of
New Jersey
George Rowne
Chicago
Becme
Executive Council
Uis Kauffman
Wer
News
Berry Grid
RPE
Anded
Kauff
Panama’s new regime backs F D R policy
Panama’s new government pledges continental defense collaboration while reconsidering Arias era order arming merchant ships with Panama flags. De la Guardia sworn in as third chief executive in one day, pledging respect for US relations and contractual obligations. Several Arias followers arrested. Arias says overthrow surprised him as he sought medical treatment in Cuba.
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Panama City
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
United States
Britain
Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia
Paducah
Ricardo Alfaro
Washington-Panama
Arias
de la Guardia
Naz
Havana
Cuba
Grady sees axis supplies cut off in Southeast Asia
Manila reports Henry F. Grady Roosevelt aide says allied pledges from Philippines China Malaya Netherlands East Indies India Burma and Ceylon aim to sever axis access to war materials. He notes expected U S increase in industrial gear to southeast Asia and rapid aircraft for China, with no appeasement toward Japan, and doubts Burma road can be cut without invasion.
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Philippines
China
Maya
Netherlands
Asia
Thailand
Japan
Burma
Grady
Hong Kong
United States
Tokyo
Southeast Asia
Nippon
Dutch East Indies
Rooms In Demand Twin Cities Spare Rooms to Cash
Demand today for extra rooms and furnished or unfurnished apartments in the Twin Cities is high. Turn your vacant room into rent money with a News Star World Want Ad. Call 4800 before 5 p.m. Sunday issue for special bargain rates and fast results.
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Twin Cities
News- Star World
Helen Morgan Dies Penniless in Chicago
Helen Morgan, famed Ziegfeld star once earning up to 3500 weekly, dies of liver ailment in Detroit hospital and is to be buried at charity expense. Theater authorities and unions will cover hospital and funeral costs. Once earned over a million during a 16 year career, poverty blamed on liberal living and aid to others. Widower Lloyd Johnson says she left a fortune of friends.
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Chicago
Helen Morgan
Actors’ Unions
Hetrotin Hospital
Theater Authority
Miss Morgan
Helen
Lloyd Johnson
Los Angeles
Nursing Schools to Get $900,000 Aid Program
Eighty eight nursing schools were selected by the U S public health service to receive 900000 in federal funds to train student nurses. The plan aims to boost enrollment by about two thousand young women as demand rises in the armed services and defense industries. Surgeon General Parran notes a need for fifty thousand nurses this year. Names and exact grants for each school were not released.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
Thomas Parran
Armed Services
Defense
Louisiana
Shreveport
Charity Hospital School of Nursing
New Orleans
Touro Infirmary School of Nursing
Fear Strike to Halt Army Tank Output
Washington reports a labor dispute at Hillsdale Michigan threatens most army tank production. Spicer Manufacturing, parent of Hillsdale Steel Products, supplies about 70 percent of tank transmissions, with Toledo plants facing possible shutdown and a secondary CIO boycott affecting parts flow. Worker unrest, union rivalry between AF of L and CIO, and rioting halted Sepint operations.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Hillsdale, Mich
Hillsdale Steel Products Company
Spicer Manufacturing Company
Toledo
Jepartment
Spicer Company
Toledo Concern
Spicer
Hillsdale Company
A. F. L. Automobile Workers Union
Labor Relations Board
Hillsdale
Sepint
Toleno
Former Lafayette Banker Moss Dies in Roanoke At 76
Dr Nathaniel Peter Moss of Roanoke veteran banker and former Lafayette First National Bank founder and longtime president died after a heart attack. Native of Lafayette he organized the bank and retired in 1925 before moving to Roanoke where he had summers for years. He studied medicine at Tulane before practicing in Lafayette for 15 years.
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Roanoke
Nathaniel Peter Moss
Lafayette
First National Bank
Priory
Tulane University
New Orleans
Jones to Speak at Claiborne Parish Fair
Governor Sam Jones will speak at the Claiborne parish fair in Haynesville at 2 p.m. today. He will arrive by airplane to Arcadia at 11 a.m. and travel to Haynesville in a police car, per R H Curry, president of the fair association.
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Haynesville
Sam Jones
Claiborne Parish
R. H. Curry
The
Fair Association
Arcadia
Japan press blasts U.S. talks as crisis looms in Pacific
Tokyo dispatch says Nippon editorials accuse the United States of unfriendly stance as U.S.-Japan discussions reach a critical stage. Kokumin notes talks progress unclear after a August 28 message to Roosevelt. Japan Times warns Britain and U.S. build a hostile Pacific machine. Government spokesman calls U.S. attitude contradictory to negotiations.
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Tokyo
United States
Washington
Kaname Wakasugi
Japan
Kokumin
Prince Kenoue
Roosevelt
America
Japan Times and Advertiser
Foreign Office
Ex-convicts held in Miley murders case in Kentucky golf star
Fort Worth officers arrested two ex-convicts in the Miley slayings at a Lexington country club. They signed extradition waivers after traveling from Kentucky to Florida and then Texas. Miss Miley, a top golfer, and her mother were killed during a robbery, with a Fort Worth pugilist detained and a woman released.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Marion Miley
Lexington
Ernest Thompson
Austin B. Price
A. E. Dowell
Thompson
Kentucky
Miss Miley
Florida
Texas
Jacksonville
Fla
Elsie Miley
Country Club
Bishop warns of danger if Russia wins in war
Seattle bishop Gerald Shaughnessy warns AFL plans to aid Russia could bring world disaster. He says Communist victory would unleash vast destruction and condemns moves to omit 1942 elections as a dangerous bluff echoing Hitler. He links German and Russian oppression of labor and religion to modern threats.
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Russia
Seattle
American Federation of Labor
Counci
Gerald Shaughnessy
S. M
Labor Movement
Cnde
A. F. S. Executive Council
United States
Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
Bishon Shaughnessy
Germany
Shaughnessy
Hitler
Music campaign nearing close in Monroe 1941 42 drive
The Monroe Civic Music association nears its deadline for the 1941 42 campaign. Marion Heath, field director, reports that more than 100 workers will submit memberships on the second report night, with the final deadline Saturday at 9 p.m. Outcome may boost funding for better talent and more concerts in Monroe and West Monroe.
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Monroe Civic Music Association
Marion Heath
Heath
Monroe
West Monroe
Racivitch Seeks New Orleans Mayor Post in January Primary
Herve Racivich a 28 year old attorney announced he will seek the New Orleans mayoralty in the January city primary. He has been active in civic and political affairs for 15 years and ran for Congress last year in the First district. Other candidates include incumbent Mayor Robert S Maestri and attorney Shirley G Wimberly. Racivitch said he would unveil his platform later.
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New Orleans
Herve Racivich
Racivitch
Congress
Robert S. Maestri
Shirley G. Wimberly
Foes of Neutrality Law Fight To Oppose Armament Move
Congressional opponents of neutrality law revision vow an all-out battle against President Roosevelt's bid to arm shipping. Taft says aim is to preserve law against merchantmen in combat zones while accepting selective arming debates. Roosevelt urges Congress to enact policy under the lend-lease framework and to back revisions stopping aid to aggressors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Republican
Ohio
Congress
United States
Hitler
Six Persons Indicted by Ouachita Parish Grand Jury
The Ouachita parish grand jury returned six indictments after a four day session before District Judge David J. Garrett. Cases heard included assault with intent to kill against Norris Howard and manslaughter involving Beatrice Glass Sims over the August deaths. J. L. alias Legs Watson was indicted for obtaining goods by false pretenses from Pelican Well Tool and Supply in May for 123.23. J. E. Jackson pleaded guilty to maliciously killing domesticated animals and was jailed ten days, suspended for a first offense. The investigating body was dismissed subject to call by the court.
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Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
David J. Garrett
Norris Howard
F. K. Ham
J. E. Jackson
Albert Bayles
Garrett
Jackson
Beatrice Glass Sims
James Sims
J. L. Alias
Legs
Watson
Pelican Well Tool and Supply Company
Russians claim gains yet Hitler encirclement fails
The World Today reports Russians admit forces advance in Bryansk and claim Hitler's encirclement plan collapsed. London radio notes new threat west of Moscow as Germans push toward Rzhev while the Red Army says Germans halted near Orel. Vyazma casualties total 15,600 as fresh Soviet troops enter the nine day clash. German high command says the ring tightens. Coup in Panama weighs whether ousted president's ban on arming Panama-flag ships will stand, decision pending.
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Bryansk
Hitler
London Radio
Moscow
Volga
Rzhev
Red Army
Orel
Vyazma
Panama
WPA to raise wages for thousands of workers
The boost affects 834,895 WPA workers, raising monthly pay by 5.20 dollars for those below nine dollars a month working 130 hours or less. The increase targets cost of living, with plans to adjust higher brackets separately. Some groups and territories are excluded while living conditions and potential winter layoffs are noted.
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Washington
Howard
Huwtes
Hunter
Territories
WPA
Wedding follows political dispute in Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana on October 10 a political argument at the last gubernatorial election ended at the altar. H M Brummett a Sam Jones supporter wed Irene Boyce who backed Earl Long. The bride is a grand niece of Bob and Alf Taylor. The couple vows no more political arguments.
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Shreveport
H. M. Brummett
Sam Jones
Irene Boyce
Earl Long
Bob
Alf Taylor
Tennessee
Mrs. Brummett
Hope of Amending Lease Bill Fades in House Case
Washington October 10 Republican critics abandoned hope of defeating or amending the new 5.985 billion lend lease fund. The House likely would approve the vast appropriation and send it to the Senate. Opponents sought a stronger vote than last spring’s 336 to 55 roll call. The measure opened with revisions offered to bar use for Russia and trim the fund for commodities, with 10 percent earmarked for small factories. Republicans noted weak floor attendance as debates closed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Russia
Roosevelt broadens Navy Day to total defense on Oct 27
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that Navy Day on October 27 will be expanded to a total defense observance. He plans to deliver a radio address during a Navy League dinner in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy League
Russians Pour Fresh Troops Into Conflict
Associated Press dispatches report German invasion forces pushing toward Bryansk while Nazi advances threaten the upper Volga region near Rzhev. BBC notes a widening Soviet defense arc as armistice rumors circulate, with London sources splitting over their validity though some say Germany floated feelers via Japan and Bulgaria.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Bryansk
Moscow
BBC
Upper Volga
Rzhev
Vyazma
Orel
Germany
Russia
Europe
Japan
Bulgaria
London
States
Military road work held up around Alexandria
Baton Rouge La Oct 10 work on a 10 million dollar network of access roads in the military camp area around Alexandria is paused awaiting congressional appropriation State Highway Engineer Harry Henderlite said surveys have covered routes including a concrete link between Alexandria and Leesville He noted plans would be ready when funds are approved The army favors a four lane road from Kingsville to Camp Livingston nine miles from LeCompte to Camp Claiborne and a Leesville bypass from the north access road at
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Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Harry Henderlite
Leeseville
Henderlite
Kinga~ville
Camp Liveingston
LeCompte
Camp Claiborne
Leesville
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