German Vessels Avoid Fight in Bristol Channel
Reported clash off England's Bristol Channel involved four German destroyers and a British squadron. German communique claimed torpedo hit on a British destroyer. British account said German ships fled and no British damage occurred. BBC and German sources said invasion plan cancelled after air raids and naval engagement.
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Great Britain
England
London Air Ministry
Hitler
High Command
Bristol Channel
Land's End
Britain
Atlantic
New York
Draft Board Note Tells Objections of Young Student
Philadelphia October 18 Sturge Steinert 21 year old Temple University student on an American Legion scholarship refused to register for conscription. He wrote to the Philadelphia draft advisory board I deny the right of any state to construe the meaning of liberty to the point where the individual no longer may choose whether or not he may kill. Steinert son of a Harrisburg salesman said he had no excuse and added I am not making any plea. When the spirit moves my fellow men to commit acts of bestiality and their respect for freedom has been undermined by hatred and fear I will have none of it. He won the scholarship with a prize essay entitled The Rights and Duties of an American Citizen Under the Constitution
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Philadelphia
Sturge Steinert
Temple University
School of Public Affairs
American Legion
Russia patches fences at home and mobilizes for war
Moscow has turned internal focus to mobilization and reform as Stalin urges full preparedness. Over the first year of war Soviet expansion and defense buildup are framed as necessary. Notes cite March 1940 Finland and June 1940 Beas s (Rhodes) as calendar milestones.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Finland
Rumania
Beass
Jones to Campaign for Mr Roosevelt Outside Louisiana
Governor Sam Jones announced he was asked by the national Democratic committee to campaign for President Roosevelt with a series of speeches in Kansas Missouri Ohio and Illinois. He would accept if his official duties allow time.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Roosevelt
National Democratic Committee
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
Illinois
Louisiana Areas Not In the United States Hidden in the Purchase
Washington report reveals five states contain no man’s lands where parts of Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Louisiana and Colorado lie outside the United States due to misdrawn Mississippi drainage. The land office notes only Colorado has asserted a claim while others have not.
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Washington
Land Office
Minnesota
North Dakota
Louisiana
South Dakota
No Man's Lands
Napoleon
Louisiana Purchase
America
Missis
Sippi River
Mississippi
Great Lakes
North
Loudiana
Sabine River
Colorado
Estes Park
Mexico
United States
Bombing operations cancelled as weather halts raids
Air ministry reports all British bomber missions called off last night due to poor weather. Workers discover bomb destroyed two condemned buildings, remarking humorously that Jerry helped. Maritime circles note recent losses include the freighter Orangemoor and three other British ships sunk by submarines.
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London
Air Ministry
New York
England
Africa
German Bomb Casualties in UK September Raids
London reports September air raids killed 6 954 civilians and seriously injured 10 615. Breakdown shows 1 920 men killed 4 178 seriously injured 2 210 women killed 3 629 seriously injured 694 children under 16 killed 675 seriously injured. Remaining 2 130 killed split 1 157 males 973 females. 2 133 seriously injured 1 231 males 902 females. Churchill cites total casualties to Oct 5 at 8 500 killed and 153 000 injured.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
United Kingdom
Inston Churchill
Commons
Citizen Gets Even With Police Again
Columbia realtor Walter T. Love sent the police 1 for a 50 cent bond after a prior ticket and asked the extra be held for his next ticket. A second letter arrived with another ticket and asked for the credit now.
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Columbia, S&l. C
Walter T. Love
Columbia Realtor
Love
Higher Mercury Forecast Here
Frost blanketed Midwestern states and reached as far south as Meridian Mississippi and Birmingham Alabama. The Weather Bureau predicted slightly warmer and fair skies tonight and Saturday with a dip to 39 degrees this morning and readings up to 75.7 by midmorning.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Civil Aeronautics
Selmen Field
Associated Press
Midwestern
Meridian
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Ivania
New York
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Alabama
Virginia
Mercury
Warsaw
Wis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Advance
New England
Rockies
Mississippi River
New Orleans Man Says There Is Nothing Worth Defending
Michael John Caffie, 29, the first person charged in a federal case for failing to register under the Selective Service Act, told District Attorney Rene A. Viosca there was nothing in the United States worth defending. The novelty salesman from the French Quarter was arrested Thursday by FBI agents and charged before U.S. Commissioner R. H. Carter Jr. Bond was set at 1500 dollars. He says he was born in California, raised in New York after his parents died there, and moved to New Orleans three years ago.
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New Orleans
Michael John Caffie
Rene A. Viosca
United States
Caffie
French Quarter
FBI
R. H. Carter, Jr
California
New York
Arraignments Proceed in State Court For 39 Defendants
Four defendants were sentenced after arraignments in the Fourth District Judicial Court before Judge David I. Garrett. Trials set for November include Albert Wesley for murder and manslaughter. Geraldine Swen and others facing narcotic and related charges. several pleas of guilty or not guilty with dates set for November 4 and 18. Multiple cases involve manslaughter, burglary, intoxication, and other offenses.
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Fourth District Judicial Court
David I. Garrett
Albert Wesley
Monroe
State
Alderson
W. Va
Limle Wade
Rocco Lapietra
Monroe Montgomery Ward
Manning C. McGuire
Bennie Bennett
Mary Magdeline Kirkland
McNealy Bennett
J. F. Armstrong
J. S. Maples
Randolf Dumas
Bombs Damage Printing Plant in Italian District
Two explosions at 3:30 am damaged a two story brick building in Philadelphia housing Italian language newspapers printed by Metropolis Printing Company. Fire followed, spreading to an adjoining plant. Detective Martucci suspects incendiary bombs. owner Amando Forte had no explanation. Il Popolo Italiano was among the papers printed there.
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Philadelphia
William Martucci
Metropolis Printing Company
Amando Forte
Forte
Martucci
Il Popolo Italiano
Guard Troops Arrive as Alexandria Prepares Camps
Alexandria braces for the first storm of national guard troops arriving Monday for a year of training. 15 troop trains from Michigan and Wisconsin will bring 207 personnel to Camp Beauregard with later arrivals to Camp Tioga and Camp Evangeline.
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Alexandria
National Guard
Army
Michigan
Wisconsin
Camp Beauregard
Detroit
Lansing
Ypsilanti
Grand Rapids
Mich
Beauregard
Camp Tioga
Camp Evangeline
Artillery Range
32Nd
Wisconsin National Guard
32Nd Division
Beaver Creek
34Th Division
Minnesota
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Roosevelt says defense orders will have priority over others
President Roosevelt announced that defense orders with private industry would be given priority over all other orders. The statement, dated October 18, outlined plans to ensure faster mobilization for national defense.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cotton Usage Record Seen If War Shipping Holds
The agriculture department said U S consumption of cotton may reach 8.25 to 8.75 million bales this season aided by government textile purchases for the armed forces. Domestic demand could rise while foreign markets shrink, with world carryovers likely higher than 1940 and most American stock held by the U S government.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Europe
Japan
China
Great Britain
United States
Men Urged to Register With Valid Excuse
New Orleans October 18. Men who failed to register for the draft with valid excuses were urged to appear and register voluntarily. Brigadier General Raymond H. Fleming Louisiana director of selective service said men with acceptable excuses need not be blamed per instructions from Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra national administrator of the selective service.
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New Orleans
Selective Service
Raymond H. Fleming
Louisiana
Clarence A. Dykstra
Former Gov Leche Delayed Funds in Tech Building Case
Testimony in the mail fraud trial of New Orleans architect Leon C. Weiss shows former Governor Richard W. Leche delayed funds for a Louisiana Polytechnic Institute administration building to win credit for his administration. Witnesses say Leche authorized a $27 000 bid increase and later named the building Leche Hall after completion.
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Leon C. Weiss
New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Leche
Weiss
Monte Hart
Caldwell Brothers & Hart
Tech
Hart
George W. Bond
James A. Noe
Jimmy
Bond
Leche Hall
State Board of Education
Leche and 3 Others Named in Louisiana Suit
A $57 370 suit filed in Alexandria district court accuses former Governor Richard W. Leche former highway commission Chairman L P Abernathy George B Younger and James Thomas of conspiring to overpay for highway trucks and equipment without bids. Leche appeals a prior conviction and 10 year sentence. Abernathy and Younger were fined.
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Baton Rouge
Highway Department
Arthur B. Hammond
Alexandria
Richard W. Leche
Highway Commission
L. P. Abernathy
George B. Younger
James Thomas
State and Highway Department
Leche
Abernathy
Younger
Hammond
St. Tames Many Parish
Thomas
Firm Manager Dies in Auto Accident Near Lakeshore Drive
Thomas P. Dickson, 33, manager of a life insurance firm, died in a car crash near Creme Cent Beach on Lakeshore Drive. Lester Gunn, another insurance man, had minor injuries as the sedan left the road and plunged about 100 feet to a tree before dropping. Local deputies investigated the fatal mishap.
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Shreveport
Thomas P. Dickson
Lester Gunn
Cremecent Beach
Lakeshore Drive
Sheriff's Department
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Cras’ Villalba
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U. S
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Garrett
John Kimbrough
Texas Aggie
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College Station
Tex
Marshall Foch Robnett
James Thomason
Dykstra
Clarence Dykstra
Frank Hoadley
Lew Hershey
Henry Stimson
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