Two Presidential Candidates Busy Day in Campaign Speeches
Associated Press reports Democratic nominee Roosevelt and Republican Wendell Willkie itineraries across Boston Connecticut and Massachusetts as they pivot from defense to agriculture. Roosevelt pledges no foreign war for U S boys while Willkie warns of possible war by 1941 if Roosevelts past pledges persist. Both address supporters amid a cross state swing with emphasis on defense and farm policy.
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U S Approves 45 Million for Defense Housing Projects
Charles F. Palmer announced Roosevelt approved construction of housing projects in 63 defense areas using 45,762,500 of defense funds. 15,315 family dwellings will be built nationwide, contracts to be managed by the Federal Works Administrator John M. Carmody. Projects expected to finish in four to 12 months.
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Charles F. Palmer
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Greece Pins Hopes On Metaxas Line Fortifications
Greece plans to defend its northwest frontier against Italy with the Metaxas line and natural mountain fortifications. The line runs along the Albanian frontier from the Ionian coast to Lake Prespa and extends toward Yugoslavia and Turkey, built after Albania’s occupation in 1939 with a reported cost over six million dollars. Fortifications are believed to include concrete works earthworks pillboxes barbed wire and tank traps to supplement natural defenses.
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Mrs Earl Browder Deported Wife Of Red Leader
Washington Oct 31 UP The justice department ordered the deportation of Mrs Karessa Berkman Browder wife of Earl Browder general secretary of the Communist party in the United States for entering the country illegally. The order signed by Attorney General Jackson denied suspension due to evasive testimony about her party ties. Immigration officials said the 43 year old would be given a reasonable time to present herself for deportation to Russia.
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Cooler Weather Seen Friday Forecast By Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau at New Orleans forecast cooler weather Friday after local showers tonight and tomorrow. Rain began Tuesday afternoon and continued intermittently to today, totaling up to 3 inches by 9:30 a.m. Reports from Selman Field noted 3 inches. A heavy ground fog reduced highway traffic. farmers and hunters welcomed the rain though water holes dried up and duck season, opening Saturday, may start slowly.
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Twin Cities
Quintuplets Born to French Miner Wife Near Lens
French newspapers report a Lens miner's wife gave birth to five quintuplets, four boys and one girl. The girl reportedly died. the four boys are stated to be doing well. The couple already has three older children.
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Stop Holiday Parcel Post To 40 Foreign Countries
Eddy Gilmore reports that the holiday parcel post service is suspended to 40 countries 55 days before Christmas. The list includes many distant regions while Ireland France Scotland Ireland Spain and Portugal remain reachable. Several nations are excluded including Poland Italy Belgium Bulgaria Greece and the USSR. Vatican City State and Palestine are ironic exclusions.
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Lists From Which Draftees Will Be Picked Are Mailed
Washington October 31 officials moved to clear the way for local boards to begin selecting 800000 trainees for a year’s military training by next June 15. corps areas issued inductions for November 18 to 22 across New England Pacific Coast Southwest and other regions. About 30000 men were to begin the pioneer contingent under wartime selective service plans. Continued on second page.
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Greeks Storm Hill Recapture Upset On Ioannina Front
Greek counter attack north of Ioannina recaptured a hill as Italian thrusts faltered. Athens dispatches describe heavy fire, seized arms, and torrents of rain and mud delaying operations on a 100 mile front. Greece, reinforced by reservists, maintains pressure beyond the Metaxas line and mentions no Turkish aid needed for now.
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Laval Aims for Nazi Alliance as Democracy Fades
Paris correspondent Roy P. Porter reports Pierre Laval told his Hitler interview that democracy is dead in the modern world. Laval said France would rely on collaboration with Nazi Germany and hoped England would be defeated to serve that aim. He spoke gravely from Hotel Matignon about France’s future hinges on current French-German ties and warned of harsh fate for England.
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Posse trails escaped slaver Kennie Waggoner near Helena
Helena Ark Oct 31 Police headquarters said no report had reached a posse of officers that ventured into dense woods twelve miles from Helena Wednesday night in a hunt for Kennie Waggoner a convict wanted on murder charges in Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee He was armed with a rifle and had escaped from the Mississippi penitentiary Sunday Waggoner a life inmate in Mississippi had been a bloodhound handler and escaped while guiding a guard in pursuit of another escaped prisoner The hunt near Oneida involved Sheriff F F Kitchens deputies and Helena police with no word from the scene as of daybreak Superintendent Jim Reed warned the operation was a desperate risk and said he did not want any men killed
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Twister damages Morris ranch area in Texas
Miss Kate Byrd, postmaster at the Morris ranch community, reports homes demolished by an early morning twister. Efforts to assess casualties blocked by rising rivers and creeks. The Clayton Morris ranch headquarters, the F W Byrd home and a hotel were badly damaged. Two and a half inches of rain fell in minutes as the Pedernales river rose rapidly.
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Miner Blows Self To Bits In Cellar
Minersville Pa Oct 31 Deputy Coroner said 29 year old Matthew Namovade died by his own action using dynamite in his cellar. He had been grief stricken over the death of his sister Leona 35 killed in a Sunday automobile wreck. Two brothers reported his near collapse after the loss.
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Ghosts Walk for Halloween Across the Neighborhood
Halloween night brings youngsters in costumes roaming the streets as a rumored prank. A spooky mood lingers with distant wails and thumps on doors as families brace for the playful fright.
Safe Halloween parties for Boston youths set to deter mischief
The Boston Police Department will host about 100000 youngsters at 75 events in school halls, police stations, and church basements. Police Commissioner Timilty says the program, started three years ago, will make this Halloween the largest yet and reduce property damage and police wear.
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All Saints Day Activities Mark Evening In Twin City
Neighborhood youngsters plan pranks and games while many attend apple bobbing parties and hay rides weather permitting. Friday is All Saints Day with Twin City banks closed and parish offices affected. The sheriff's office remains open and the post office and federal offices operate as usual.
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Carol Seeks Audience to Enter Portugal from Seville
War bulletins report Carol exiled former king of Romania sought a formal interview with Ramon Serrano Suner, Spanish foreign minister, to obtain permission to reach Portugal. He travels with Mme Magda Lupescu and Ernst Urdareanu, under restricted conditions in Seville for over a week while Spain decides their fate. In Vichy, German curfew in Bordeaux ends. public venues close at 11:30 p.m.
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Reichstag to be convened for Hitler Mussolini talks
Geneva dispatch says the German Reichstag would likely be convened soon to hear Hitler outline decisions from his Florence meeting with Premier Mussolini on Monday. Italian quarters were cited as the source. London reports say 172 Japanese bankers and businessmen left Euston for home carrying gas masks and steel helmets.
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British Husbands In Hongkong Face Lonely Times
In Hongkong, British men outnumber women, and evacuation of thousands of European women last July left a nursing detachment shortage. Volunteer nurses were scarce, firms urged continued employment of women, and the remaining British women find Hongkong a woman’s paradise with dateless evenings filled by advance bookings and many male escorts.
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Auto industry to build large bomber plants in wartime
Washington reports plan to use automobile industry to produce 12,000 additional bombers at an estimated cost up to 2 billion dollars. Two large plants would assemble parts from auto factories. operation by government or private industry undecided. Knudsen and industry leaders led talks. delivery dates not yet given.
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Local Airport Plan Is Pushed Forward
Mayor Harvey H. Benoit announced a telegram from Senator Allen J. Eliender stating Monroe has been included in an immediate survey for possible airport improvements. The plan envisions extending the airport to support national defense and aeronautics training, with federal agencies to select essential sites after the survey.
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Snite Family Returns to Florida Home for Winter
Frederick B. Snite Jr. and family arrived at their Milam Beach residence in Miami Beach Fla for the winter season. The group includes Teresa Marie and other relatives joining the trip from Chicago, with plans to attend horse races, football games, and other winter sports during their stay.
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