Mussolini to discuss axis plan with Petain as war widens
Italy steps into Hitler's secret negotiations for a new European order as Mussolini reportedly to meet Marshal Petain amid further talks with Hitler. London endures night raids with casualties as German and Italian air forces widen the assault on Britain. Hamburg reports anti shipyard activity and ongoing evacuations.
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Associated Press
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Mussolini
France
Philippe Petain
Hitler
Bern
Switzerland
Petain
Berlin
Hamburg
Germany
Britain
London
RAF
Government Cotton Ginning Totals Reported by Census Bureau
The census bureau reported that cotton ginned before October 18 totaled 7,028,141 running bales, down from 8,874,291 a year ago and 4,925,828 two years earlier. Round bales added 2,693 this year versus 190,386 last year and 112,983 two years ago, with state figures for Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Tennessee and Texas listing lower counts than the prior year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Texas
Alligator tank floats ashore like marines in fresh design
The 8,000 pound 20 foot duraluminum amphibian built by Donald Roebling moves on water at 10 mph with 10 men and 4500 pounds of concrete, and on land reaches 25 mph with a 125 horsepower engine. It demonstrates swamp clearance by uprooting mangrove trees as it navigates both terrains.
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United States Marines
Donald Roebling
Alexandria Welcomes 107th Observation Squadron to Army Aviation Training
Alexandria will host its first army aviation training center as the 107th observation squadron from Detroit arrives with 12 planes. About 9,000 troops fill Camp Beauregard as 32nd division units arrive. $500,000 airport improvements are planned, with hangars and runways funded by the war department. Major General Irving A. Fish notes drill activity begins ahead of full training next week.
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Alexandria
107Th
Detroit
Airport Artillery Range
Camp Beauregard
Michigan
Irving A. Fish
12Nd Division
32Nd Division
63Rd
125Th Infantry
Ann Arbor
Mich
126Th Infantry
Kalamazoo
Big Rapides
Tonia
107Th Medical
Belding
War Department
Anesthetic Tailored to Individual Patients Debuts
Howard W. Blakeslee reports at the American College of Surgeons that patient specific anesthesia is moving from fixed doses to customized regimens. Continuous spinal anesthesia and small drip doses allow longer immobility with ongoing monitoring, while experts note benefits for rural hospitals and risks of reduced brain oxygen.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Presa
Chicago
American College of Surgeons
Erwin R. Schmidt
University of Wisconsin
Virginia
Apgar
New York
Charles J. Betlach
Ey. Hartman
Ford Hospital
Detroit
Schmidt
Hartman
Air actions and Czech army pact in war brief
The air ministry reports three Spitfire chases of German raiders across the English Channel with kills near anti aircraft guns. A military pact establishing a Czech army to cooperate with Britain was signed in London by Lord Halifax and Jan Masaryk. Joseph P Kennedy led 21 transatlantic passengers from Lisbon to New York and planned to go to Washington after arrival. A Reuters dispatch from Melbourne notes the Australian wheat conference reached a stability agreement.
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London
Air Ministry
English Channel
Foreign Office
Lord Halifax
Jan Masaryk
Britain
Lisbon
Portugal
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
England
New York
Kennedy
Washington
Roosevelt
Army Air Corps Openings Announced at McDill and Forts
Army recruitment officer announces openings in the Air Corps at McDill Field Florida and infantry stations at Fort McClellan Alabama and Fort Bragg North Carolina. Applicants for air corps require a practical high school education or a journeyman mechanic rating. Several men from the sector were enlisted this week in the quartermaster corps at Barksdale Field including Jimmie Archibald George Aulds William Ludwig Kr and others.
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Air Corps
McDill Field
Fla
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fort Bragg
N. C
H. B. McNemar
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Barksdale Field
Jimmie V. Archibald
Archibald
George L. Aulds
William H. Ludwig
Farmerville
Charles Henry Boyd
Choudrant
Kyrel C. Hall
Bastrop
William J. LaValle
Spencer
Harry Ane
James P. Quate
Rayville
Enemies Turn Allies At Little Chicago Jamboree
West Monroe and Five Points youths meet at a radio gathering in Little Chicago for a jamboree. Tensions linger after a Five Points mayoral candidate was kidnapped and jailed. parade plans and dances for Monday and Tuesday draw focus as sides plan a shared street event.
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Chicago
West Monroe
Down
Five Point
Little Chicago
Five Points
Simmie Wood
Jay “Bird” Salley
Induction Rules Set By U S Leader For Draft
President Roosevelt issues the final in a six volume set of draft regulations. State governors will receive 21 days' notice of state quotas and will distribute them to local boards. Local boards induct draftees in order as they are called, with the national director notifying governors periodically.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
National Selective Service
Women Die In Auburn Hotel Fire At Whitehall
Two women died when a pre-dawn fire ravaged the Hotel Whitehall in Auburn Maine trapping 74 guests. Firemen rescued about 30 people from the fifth and sixth floors as flames overwhelmed the seven story building. Proprieter Custer L. Frost estimated damages at 75000 dollars. The deceased were Grace Hayes 70 of Auburn and Marion Poulin 26 of Biddeford formerly Mrs S A McHugh of Boston.
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Auburn
Whitehall
Court Street
Custer L. Frost
Grace Hayes
Marion Poulin
Biddeford
S. A. McHugh
Boston
Neal Gibbs
Tian
Goes To Church Then Slays Young Student
In Cincinnati a 21 year old dishwasher killed 10 year old Clarence Stevens at Holy Name School after attending mass. The suspect Guy Willie Ponder surrendered, saying I killed him and I stabbed him. He had prior mental health treatment and was taken to the homicide squad.
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Cincinnati
Holy Name School
Edgar Hartman
Hartman
Clarence Stevens
William Burks
Major Hartman
Guy Willie Ponder
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Ponder
Captains Pay Off Well For Papers
Hattiesburg Mississippi October 25. John Roberts a local newsboy touted the captains best after a Camp Shelby officer bought a five cent paper. The captain handed a one dollar bill and told the boy to keep the change.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
John Roberts
Camp Shelby
Arkansas convicts denied new trial in murder case
Four Arkansas prisoners Bill Heard Bill McHarg William Landers and Floyd Boyce had motions for a new trial and an arrest of judgment denied by Judge Cas Moss in Columbia The judge sentenced them to hang after they were found guilty of murder in the September 2 killing of Posseman Frank Gartman while aiding a search for the convicts Two other companions and three Rayville youngsters linked to the case were mentioned as involved but released.
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Columbia
Arkansas
Cas Moss
A. D. Flowers
Moss
Bill Heard
Bill McHarg
William Landers
Floyd Boyce
Frank Gartman
Gartman
Rayville
Local Man's Ship Escapes Bombing
Shanghai reports say a Japanese bomber squadron raided Chungking this afternoon with numerous bombs falling within 600 yards of the United States embassy and the American gunboat Tutuila. Damage to the city was small. The Tutuila is commanded by Lieutenant R. W. Germany Jr. of Monroe.
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Shanghai
United States
Tutuila
Chungking
Defense opens in mail fraud case tied to Louisiana Tech project
Leon C. Weiss testifies in federal court that he approved payment certificates totaling about 56000 for Caldwell Brothers and Hart contractors on the Louisiana Tech building. He says he relied on the firm’s figures, discussed costs with Summa Caldwell, and was unaware of later structural changes and bulletins. He notes his firm also worked on the New Orleans Charity Hospital project, demanding full attention at the time.
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Leon C. Weiss
Caldwell Brothers and Hart
Louisiana Tech
Weiss
Tech
Caldwell Brothers and
Hart
Hugh M. Wilkinson
Weiss, Dreyfous and Seiferth
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
South
Carol Sends Plea for Assistance to State Department
Former King Carol of Romania asked the United States to intercede for him and two associates held in Seville Spain. The appeal was sent to the State Department via the American legation in Lisbon after a Romanian former minister urged Lisbon to forward it to President Roosevelt. No immediate U.S. action or comment was reported. Carol Lupescu and Ernst Urdareanu were under virtual arrest and guarded at their Seville hotel.
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Washington
Carol of
Romania
United States
Seville
Spain
State Department
Legation
Lisbon
Portugal
Jean Pangal
Roosevelt
Carol
Magda Lupescu
Ernst Urdareanu
Bucharest
Smithsonian studies bookworms reveal surprising facts
Smithsonian researchers redefine bookworms as insects not readers, tracing echoes to ancient scholars. They note species Obium paniceum and Ptinius brunneus gnaw pages, with Aristotle Horace Ovid and Moses cited in early references, and suggest modern steps to protect books from pests.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Philippus of
Aristotle
Athens
Horace
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AXIS
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Sein
English Kingdom
Government Bureau
JU. S
Reuters
Melbourne
Australia
U. S
Maine
St. Paul's Cathedral
Blytheville
Ark
Caruthersville
R. W. Germany, Jr
Monroe
Summa Caldwell
By Eddy Gilmore
Ovid
Moses
Smithsonian
Joshua
Tateuch
The
Int
Agriculture Department
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