Westbrook Pegler discusses Senate bid and labor act worries
Pegler explains a hypothetical 1945 Senate run from New York to attack unions and labor policy. He cites legal adviser Finkel on eligibility and petition requirements, noting the need for 24,000 signatures and one from each of 62 counties, plus residency and citizenship constraints.
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New York
Bob Wagner
Hitler
Senate
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Brooklyn
Ifst
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Newan, Conn
Wall Street
Connecticut
York State
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Inkel
Republican
Athc
American Labor Party
Exiled Panama leader Arnulfo Arias leaves for Nicaragua
Arnulfo Arias, Panama’s deposed president, arrived at Panama’s airport under police escort on a Pan American plane. He was transported from jail after voluntary return from Cuba, amid Cuba’s bloodless coup fallout and the new regime’s pretence of possible residence in Nicaragua or Costa Rica.
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Cuba
Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia
United States
Britain
Seizure of Land to be Protested in Detroit
Frederick Matthaei, president of American etal Products, says his firm will protest to the War Department in Washington over the seizure of a half acre behind a bureau plant. He contends $8,993 was offered for land bought for $22,000. The action, in Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin zone, aims to expand plant for airframe carburetor production. Also reports 66,000 British Empire prisoners of war in enemy hands.
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Frederick Matthaei
American Etal Products Company
War Department
Washington
Governent
Edward J Inet
Samuel O'Connell
Depty
United States
Caprn Graham Aldis
Real Tate
Army
Matthaei
Hich
Captain Aldis
London
British Empire
French Prefect Arrested in Nantes Murder Probe
German dispatches report the arrest of the Loire Inferieure prefect after the killing of German Gendarmerie General Holtz in Nantes. Admiral Darlan leaves for the occupied zone. Paris announces execution of Hubert Tuffery for illegal firearms and dynamite. Thirteen Jews reported rounded up for concentration camps.
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Holtz
Nantes
Loire Inferieure
Jean Darlan
Occupied Zone
Paris
Hubert Tuffery
Beaugency
Berlin
Thane
Keel Laid for Net Layer at Pascagoula Mississippi
Keel for the first of five submarine netlayers to be built by Ingalls Shipbuilding was laid in Pascagoula. The U S S Monitor, named after the Civil War ironclad, will be about 496 feet long and 69 feet beams, costing 12.5 million dollars each for AN 1 through AN 4, with two additional slips added to the yard for the program.
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Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Missisippi
U. S. S. Monitor
Merrimac
Navy
Pascaula
Pascagoula Yards
Ingalls Yards
Monitor
Jewelry Robbery Reported In Chicago Street Attack
Two industrialists and their wives were robbed of jewelry, furs, and cash totaling more than $20,000 by two gunmen in front of David C. Mervis residence,Illinois Window Shade Co. president. Victims Irvin J. Altschuler and wife Sylvia were also targeted in Hammond Indiana. Loot included a platinum bracelet and diamond set gold band, a six carat diamond solitaire ring valued at 6500, with other pieces listed from 150 to 1000.
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Chicago
David C. Mervis
Ilinois
Roy
Irvin J. Altschuler
Hammond Brass Works
Hammond, Ind
Sylvia
Japan Papers Call For Aid To Thais In East Asia Plan
Tokyo dispatch says Japan Times editorial warns foreign elements in Thailand seek to disrupt Bangkok relations and threaten Indochina with a hostile frontier. It argues that Japan’s aid to Thailand would be a helpful move and cites reaction to Tojo's cabinet shift.
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Foreign Office
Thailand
Japan
Japan Times and Advertiser
Indo-China
Bangkok
Eiki Tojo
Hirohito
Imperial Palace
Haruhiko Nishi
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Okinotu Kaya Outny
Teiichi Suzuki
Fumimaro Konoye
City to survey public works for long range plan
Mayor H. H. Benoit said a survey of potential public work projects will be conducted to form a long range program. The effort, done with A. J Negrotto of the Public Work Reserve, covers construction and non construction items and is not a request for federal aid or city obligations. A prospectus will detail desirable undertakings and the state director will guide full development for immediate operation when ready.
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H. H. Benoit
A. J Negrotto
New Orleans
Federal Works Agency
Public Work Reserve
Benoit
Fugitive to Return to State Prison After 25 Years
T H Cole, once known as H Johnson, must return to Louisiana prison to serve the remaining 11 years of a 14 year term for a Logansport bank robbery. Identified by a longtime acquaintance, Cole had married, worked in oil fields in Texas and Oklahoma, and once served as a Tulsa policeman. He said he is ready to go back and make retribution, noting no trouble since the Louisiana episode.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Louisiana
Rail unions reject Roosevelt wage arbitration offer
Forty non operating and operating railroad brotherhoods totaling about 1 260 000 members declined the emergency board proposal to arbitrate the rail wage dispute. The action followed earlier rejections by both sides last summer and came as steel production and Bell Aircraft plant talks stirred labor tensions in Alabama and New York.
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Roosevelt
Emergency Board
National Railroad Mediation Board
Birmingham
Alabama
Buffalo
N. Y
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Russians Call U. S. Airplanes Best in World
Three Russian officers visiting Camden inspect U S Army maneuvers over the Carolinas praising American air and naval power while urging stronger field training and more guns. They plan Fort Jackson visits as Maj Gen Thompson’s corps clashes with Maj Gen Fredendall’s second corps in a Pee Dee river exercise near Mt Gilead Candor area.
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S. C
Hugh A. Drum
Washington
Frank B. Hayne
War Department
Illia H. Sarayev
America
Barayev
Pavel F. Berezin
Paul Barayev
Fort Jackson
Columbia
Charles F. Thompson
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Wth
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Pee Dee River
Karl Truesdell
Mt. Gilead
Candor
N. C
School Children Contribute Toward Community Chest Total
Campaign manager Walter Kellogg reports Twin City Community Chest has raised 21 420 50 toward the 27 500 goal. Schools from Ransom to Barkdall Faulk and Central Grammar aid with pennies and small pledges as workers keep collecting at Hotel Virginia. Patrons include Edna Simmons W N Reynolds and Co F Varino and Co and many other local donors.
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Twin City Community Chest
Walter W. Kellogg
Thei
Hotel
Virginia
Barkdall Faulk School
Central Grammar School
Hull urges repeal of neutrality act arms ban
Secretary Hull urged Congress to repeal or modify sections of the neutrality act prohibiting arming merchant ships and entering combat zones. He testified behind closed doors to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, saying arming ships is essential for self defense as ships face attacks and losses. Administration leaders signaled planned hearings on lifting the arms ban, with policy described as status quo.
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Hull
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
United States
Senate
Barkley
White House
Roosevelt
Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Kansas Hit By Another Flood Rears Old Woes
Water weary Kansas farmers face renewed floods as overcast skies threaten more damage along the Smoky Hill Cottonwood and Neosho rivers. Rain swelled crests in Salina and Emporia, with evacuations by Army engineers from Camp Funston aiding 235 families in Salina. Neosho at Emporia surged four feet in an hour to 28 and a half feet, the highest in 40 years, leaving many families marooned on upper floors and a heavy livestock loss. Roy Poland of Geary county feared drowned while trying to rescue stock near Junction City.
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Kas
Kansas
Smoky Hill
Cottonwood
Neosho
Galvia
Emporia
Abilene
McPherson
Council Grove
Dunlap
Roy Poland
Geary County
Junction City
Salina
Camp Funston
Alexandria Chamber protest over industrial school removal
The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce board of directors approved a resolution protesting the removal of the State industrial school for girls and the state colony and training school from Rapides parish. The measure, offered by Rollo C. Jarreau, was unanimously endorsed by 16 directors and will be wired to Governor Sam Jones.
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Rapides Parish
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Rollo C. Jarreau
Town Talk
J. E. Snee
Sam Jones
World War II Fronts Shift Near Moscow Amid Stiff Fighting
London reports German troops clashing within 50 miles of Moscow as a huge tank battle unfolds at the capital's southern approaches. Red Army forces repel German advances near Kalinin, while Moscow girds with civilian volunteers. Nazi high command claims Stalino fall and Donets armaments center, as Russians admit progress near Mozhaisk met by heavy losses. Amid war news, Hull calls the tide of conquest turning against Germany and urges changes to U.S. neutrality acts. RAF bombs Bremen and coastal targets. U boats claimed sinking 98,200 tons in three days. Japan weighs cabinet upheaval and foreign reaction. thousands of Canadian troops and American volunteers reach Britain.
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Nazi High Command
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Big Donets River
Mozhaisk
Hull
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Liverpool
North Wales
Berlin
North Atlantic
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Japan
Tokyo
Thailand
England
Red Army
Tver
Russia
Cordell Hull
Washington
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Semeon Budyenny
Ukraine
California migration law before Supreme Court
Washington Oct 21 The Supreme Court hear s argument on the constitution ality of California’s statute barring aiding non resident indigents to enter the state The case could affect nationwide labor migration with 27 states having similar laws Edwards of Marysville drove his unemployed brother in law from Spur Texas to Marysville He was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail The defense migration committee joined as friend of the court noting free movement of labor and capital California noted relief costs totaling 40 060 000 from 1933 to 1940 and said it seldom invoked the statute
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Fornia
Fred F. Edwards
Marysville
Calif
California
Warsaw stowaways in San Francisco
Two stowaways from Warsaw, Berak Sztulman and Fajwel Hendeles, reached the hull of the S. S. President Pierce after a five week voyage from Shanghai. Sztulman spoke of a large Warsaw family destroyed by Nazis and said they wish to be sent to Canada to join the Polish army. Immigration authorities detained them.
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Warsaw
S. S
Pierce
Hull
Shanghai
Berak Sztulman
Fajwel Hendeles
Setulman
Poland
Tante
Poppa
Hitler
Canada
Germans seize Stalino as Moscow drive accelerates
Nazi forces push toward Moscow with claims of capturing Stalino, an armament hub 100 miles north of Rostov, while Red Army defenses and counterattacks near Kalinin and Tver resist. Reports note fierce battles, with Soviet units holding and observers debating potential shifts in invasion pressure. International figures debate neutrality act tweaks as war situation tightens.
Warner Tells of Extortion Case Involving Hollywood Leaders
New York report details testimony from Warner Brothers executives that they paid 100000 dollars to extortion target William Bioff and associates to prevent strikes and violence. Harry and Major Albert Warner recount payments in 1936 1937 1938 totaling 1000000? 80000 respectively amid fears for business and bodily harm while Bioff dismisses the sums as peanuts. A separate Columbus Mississippi item notes a car crash near Highway 45 killing William Lawrence and Eloise Powell.
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Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Harry Warner
William Bioff
Bioff
George E. Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
A. F. of
Warner
Albert Warner
Warners
Chicago
Thumbs Train Ride In First Army Maneuvers
Three privates walking along a rail in the First army maneuvers area signaled a freight train with a thumb. The engineer halted the train and invited one soldier aboard before the unknown outcome ended.
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Camden
D. C
First Army Maneuvers
Sete
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