Taxes Proposal Draws Attack From Senator Austin
Senator Austin of Vermont condemned a Brown amendment to the excess profits tax bill that would end tax exemptions on federal state and local securities. He warned it would centralize federal power and erode states rights. The Senate debated fast track limits while Connally and Lee offered additional wartime tax and wealth drafting ideas. The House recesses for Speaker Bankhead’s funeral.
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Austin
Vermont
Brown
Michigan
Senate
Congress
House
Connally
Texas
Swayze Natatorium to Close Friday
The Swayze Natatorium will close Friday night, announced by C. R. Tidwell, commissioner of parks and streets. He noted this season was not as strong as the prior two due to cool weather, but attendance reached about 80 000.
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Swayze Natatorium
C. R. Tidwell
Jones calls meeting to start draft setup in Louisiana
Governor Sam Jones signed a proclamation ordering about 350 000 Louisianians to register at their polling places on October 16 between 7 am and 9 pm. He said the state machinery is ready to act, with final draft board selections to follow after registration and the national draw. Adjutant General Raymond H. Fleming and staff met the governor to discuss board appointments.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Gener Raymond H. Fleming
Jones
Veterans’ Organiza
Short And Flared Skirts For All Day Wear Shown
Paris fashion notes Paquin winter collection showcased short all day skirts flared to mid kneecap with natural waistlines front and drooped back. EveningWear featured lace trims black silks and mink fur coats while color palette ranged brown green violet gray vermilion navy and black for day and night outfits.
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Alice Maxwell
Paris
Berlin
Paquin
Ing
Stamp program plan complete in Ouachita parish
George Holt and Harvey McDonald announced the federal food stamp plan would start in Ouachita parish by January 1. They toured New Orleans and Baton Rouge welfare offices, with officials promising cooperation and an office in the parish courthouse basement.
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Ouachita Parish
George Holland
The
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Holland
Chamber
Harvey A. McDonald
Wholesale and
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Richard R. Foster
Orleans Parish
Foster
Welfare Department
Holland
McDonald
E. Ellis Henican
State Department of Welfare
A Good Reason He Fights Blaze
Glendale Fire Chief Ralph Dodsworth rushes to a blaze and meets Police Captain J H Carter at the scene. Carter, who says it is his house, jokes that he ought to be a good fireman, highlighting a personal stake in the emergency.
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Blaze
Glendale
Calif
Ralph Dodsworth
J. H. Carter
Dodsworth
Carter
Libyan soldiers surprise by seizing Fort Sidi Barrani in desert drive
Italian dispatches report Libyan troops marching 60 miles in a sandstorm to overrun a British garrison at Sidi Barrani Egypt, crushing western desert resistance and pressing toward Alexandria and the Suez canal. British wells were dynamited. Italians drilled new water sources as they push east along the coast toward Matruh and the Suez route.
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Rome
Sidi Barrani
Egypt
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Sahara
High Command
Cairo
Mediterranean
Britain
Matruh
Mississippi Sets Public Preview Of New Electric Chair
Mississippi prepares a public preview of its portable electric chair at the Capitol. Secretary of State Walker Wood said John Laird brought the equipment from Memphis and executioner Jimmy Thompson will attend the chair’s Thursday appearance, with assembly delayed by wartime material orders.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Walker Wood
John Laird
Capitol
Memphis
Wood
Jimmy Thompson
D'lo
Axis Ministers Meet Thursday in Rome Talks on Destroyers
Berlin dispatch reports Foreign Minister Ribbentrop travels to Rome to confer with Mussolini and Ciano. The likely topics include the proposed exchange of 50 US destroyers for air and naval bases, Spain and Egypt, and Germany's role in aiding the Egyptian campaign.
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Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rome
Mussolini
Count Ciano
United States
Atlantic
von Ribbentrop
Spain
Egypt
Night of hell as Luftwaffe mounts longest raid
German bombers strike London in nine hours fifty four minutes of terror as five daylight raids hit near city Dover and Glasgow with 300 planes in one wave. Death toll climbs with British casualties reaching thirteen thousand including three thousand three hundred thirty three dead. Italian border push feared and Ribbentrop heads to Rome to confer with Mussolini and Ciano.
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London
Dover
Liverpool
Glasgow
United States
Africa
von Ribbentrop
Rome
Mussolini
Count Ciano
War Bulletin: Sweeney Plans Eagle Squadron of American Fliers
Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair announced Colonel Charles Sweeney is organizing an Eagle Squadron of American volunteers to fight for Britain. The unit will mirror the Lafayette Escadrille Sweeney helped form in World War I before U.S. entry.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
Charles Sweeney
Britain
Sweeney
United States
Communal Commissary Opens in Arpajon for 20000 Needy
In German occupied France a first communal commissary has opened in Arpajon Seine et Oise to supply about 20 000 people with essentials. Under the supervision of 16 area mayors the shop will sell soap oil canned goods coffee dried vegetables butter and cheese on a cooperative basis.
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Paris
Berlin
France
Arpajon
Seine Et Oise
Arrests in French Morocco for anti national activities
In Casablanca police arrested several people for anti national activities including distributing leaflets urging colonies to follow General Charles de Gaulle. Authorities vowed to prosecute all who sow dissension as the union of France and empire remains essential. Royal Air Force pilots have laid more than 3 percent of mine fields in German harbors and territorial waters from Norway to the Bay of Biscay.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Morocco
Charles de Gaulle
London
Royal Air Force
Bay of Biscay
Faulk Named President of Louisiana Training Institute Board
Ernest N. Faulk was elected board president at a Tuesday night meeting held at the home of acting Superintendent L. A. Jones. Sam Rubin was chosen vice president and Floyd Martin secretary treasurer. further business will be set at a later meeting.
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Louisiana Training Institute Board
Ernest N. Faulk
L. A. Jones
Sam Rubin
Floyd Martin
Rubin
London raids worst of war in 11 days of bombing
Military attaches and correspondents say London has suffered more than Warsaw Barcelona or Madrid amid 11 days of German air raids. They contend the Luftwaffe failed to achieve invasion aims of disrupting communications and demoralizing civilians, prompting calls for faster refugee housing feeding and clothing measures.
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London
Warsaw
Barcelona
Madrid
Rotterdam
German Air Armada Survives Major London Battle
British pilots and ground gunners repelled a large German raid east of London as about 300 planes crossed the channel cliffs toward the Thames estuary. The engagement ended with heavy dogfights while British bombers hit Ostend harbor and Zeebrugge ships.
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Messerschmitte
Engeland
Channel Cliffs
Channel
Associated Press
Thame
Thames Estuary
Air Ministry
RAF
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Hague
Netherlands
New Destroyer Mayo Commissioned at Boston Navy Yard
The United States destroyer Mayo was commissioned today at the Boston Navy Yard an hour after arrival from the Quincy Fore River Shipyard where she launched last March. The destroyer Lansdale was commissioned at the navy yard Tuesday.
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Mayo
Boston Navy Yard
Quincy Fore River
Lansdale
Navy Yard
New Attack On Cancer Aims Vitamin K Tests
A vitamin K based cancer prevention approach was announced at the University of Pennsylvania bicentennial conference. Harvard researchers, led by Dr. Louis Fieser, will test K injections against tar derived skin cancers in animals, exploring prothrombin’s role and nitrogen bearing hydrocarbons’ cancer spread.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
Louis F. Fieser
Fieser
Warren
Ceb. Dunlap
Harvard
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