Judge Knox Warns of Hidden Plan in Court Packing Fight
Former Judge John C. Knox condemns a covert feature of the proposed court expansion bill. He argues the plan would assign new, politically biased judges across circuits to effect a stacked judiciary. He cites testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee and his memoirs in Adge Comes of Age.
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John C. Knox
New York
New Dealer
Senate
Adge
Judiciary Committee
Knox
Supreme Court
Prine
Senators Seek Repeal Of Neutrality Act In 1940 Debate
Washington reports that Sen At least a dozen votes may support repeal in the Senate if the neutrality act is removed to aid Britain. Administration aides consider partial revision to permit armed US merchant ships in defense waters, while opposition voices urge full repeal or linked measures. Senator La Follette advocates combining repeal with arms embargo changes as Congress weighs the act.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
L Yw
la Follette
Wisconsin
Congress
Ground Cadets to Get Commissions at Chanute Field
The first class of aviation cadets to graduate without flight duties will be commissioned as second lieutenants and serve as squadron engineering officers on the ground. Major General Rush B. Lincoln will present the diplomas as 400 more cadets train at Chanute Field with another class of 190 expected October 1.
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Chanute Field
Ill
Army
Air Corps Poly
Rush B. Lincoln
Rush B. Lincoln,mmander
Air Corps Technical Aiming Command
Tulsa
Engineering Avision
Ardue
New York
113 Slain and 11 Wounded in Axis Revolts
The report details mass casualties from Axis-occupied Europe including 113 dead and 11 wounded in revolts, with executions by firing squads in France and elsewhere. German curfews in Paris and hostages warnings followed attacks on German troops, as resistance persists in Yugoslavia and Croatia.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
State Ordered To Pay Judge Jones Salaries
District Judge James D. Womack ordered the state treasury to honor salary warrants for Judge James W. Jones Jr from March through July and future monthly payments, with a suspensive appeal to the state supreme court. The ruling followed ouster proceedings against Jones and shifts in withholding guidance by Attorney General Eugene Stanley.
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Baton Rouge
James D. Womack
State Treasury
James W. Jones
Natchitoches
Shreveport
State Supreme Court
Womack
Jones
Supreme Court
R. H. Lee
Suse
Eugene Stanley
Treasury
Stanley
J. C. Meraux
Plaquemines-St. Bernard Parishes
No Law Against Crowing by Hen
Pasadena residents learned that a 13 year old Biddy the chicken caused 5 am crowing complaints from neighbors. Investigators found no rooster and ruled the crowing came from the hen whose owner, Mrs. A M Hobbis, claimed the bird’s throat produced the sound.
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Pasadena
Calif
A. M. Hobbis
Biddy
War Dead Report Shows German Losses in Earlier Campaigns
The German high command releases figures showing two months of war with the Soviet Union produced about twice the deaths and injuries Germany suffered in all earlier campaigns combined. The document lists campaign counts by area with totals for dead, wounded, and missing.
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Associated Press
Soviet
Russia
Germany
High Command
Poland
Norway
France
Balkans
Crete
Wagnor
Steve
Paland
Price Control Act urged by Senator Lucas in 1917
Senator Lucas of Illinois pressed immediate enactment of price control legislation amid a heated congressional debate. He argued living costs rose too long without stabilizing measures and advocated tying farm prices to parity levels while supporting a single administration for enforcement.
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Lucas
Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Congress
House Banking Committee
Baruch
Illinois
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bankhead
Alabama
Quick Approval Sought for Roosevelt Lease Bill in House
Administration leaders move to fast track the 5.985 billion dollar lend lease bill with hearings set to begin Tuesday. Speaker Rayburn and Leader McCormack predict a vote within two weeks amid little opposition. Republicans expect no major clash though Russia denial or size cuts may surface.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Cannon
Missouri
Appropriations
Rayburn
McCormack
Massachusetts
Russia
German invasion drives advance toward Kiev and Kharkov
German reports say Soviet resistance crumbles as armies push 125 miles east of Kiev with up to 500 000 troops surrounded. Kiev gates stormed while Leningrad fires flare and Kronstadt guns silenced. Paris under occupation curbs French in Seine with 9 pm curfew for three days. Japan protests over mines in Sea of Japan.
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Associated Press
Kiev
Kharkov
Ukraine
Hitler
Leningrad
Berlin
Kronstadt
Odessa
Seine
Paris
Japan
Russia
Kansas City Strike Ends After Power Return
A walkout of A F L electricians in Kansas City ended as the city returned to service after the Kansas City Power and Light Co agreed to reinstate all strikers including five accused of sabotage. The stoppage began with master switches thrown at power plants causing a citywide blackout. The dispute centered on representation of about 200 overhead workers and a dozen steam plant employees with a national defense mediation board offering to help. Striking sailors on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts signaled willingness to arbitrate under certain conditions.
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Associated Press
F. S
Kansas City
Atlantic
Gulf
Kansas City Power and Light Company
National Defense Mediation Board
Maritime Commission
Mrs Payne Indicted for Murder in Indiana Case
Bloomington, Ind. a grand jury heard 100 witnesses over seven days and returned a true bill charging Mrs. Carline Payne 43 with first degree murder in the July 5 shooting of Charles O Mattingly 41 in Bloomington. Prosecutor Floyd Cook said she faces life in prison.
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Bloomington
Ind
Caroline Payne
Charles O. Mattingly
Indiana Public Service Commission
Floyd FE. Cook
Monroe County
Payne
Second Army Tanks In Grave Danger In Louisiana War Games
In a dramatic clash during the Louisiana war games near Bethel's church north of Natchitoches, Third Army forces encircled Second Army armor threatening to trap tanks and guns. General Lear's units pushed 75 miles south with bomber support before Third Army countermeasures began to turn the tide as darkness fell.
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Lake Charles
Third Army
Bethel’s Church
Natchitoches
Ben Lear
General Lear
DeRidder
Second Army
Walter Krueger
First Cavalry
Texas
Monroe
Red River
Lear
General Lear evacuates Natchitoches HQ under shellfire
Lieutenant-General Ben Lear ordered a rapid evacuation of his headquarters at Natchitoches as enemy gunfire echoed within a half mile of his desk. The move came with Second Army operations ongoing, and Lear sped to a secure location as the danger intensified.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Second Army
Ben Lear
Natchitoches
L. T. I. Announces Faculty for Fall With Odom as Principal
Van D Odom will begin his fifth year on the Louisiana Training Institute faculty and his third as principal this fall. He will also teach high school courses. New staff include Mrs Merce Snead Ashley Warlick Kermit Youngblood W C Crosby Lawrence Mc Donald and Brady Sawyer. Existing personnel are Principal Odom Mr McDonald and Mr Youngblood. Last spring teachers were told their salaries would not continue through summer vacation.
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van D. Odom
Louisiana Training Institute
Odom
Merce Snead
Ashley Warlick
Kermit Youngblood
W. C. Crosby
Lawrence McDonald
Brady Sawyer
McDonald
Mr. Youngblood
School reopening still postponed in parish
Conditions for reopening public schools remain unchanged per T. O. Brown parish superintendent. State education office Friday morning clarified rumors of a reopening next Monday were in error. Army maneuvers in the area still make opening inadvisable.
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T. O. Brown
State Department of Education
Brown
Industry Acts to Block Defense Work Says Arnold
Federal anti trust official Thurman Arnold accuses powerful private groups and selective labor unions of restricting defense production to prevent postwar overproduction. He cites bottlenecks in housing food fuel and transport and claims unions justify strikes to pursue illegitimate aims.
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Rennie Taylor
Yosemite
Calif
Thurman Arnold
California Bar Association Today
Arnold
14 More Defense Housing Areas Approved
Washington announced 14 additional localities designated as defense housing areas eligible for liberalized mortgage insurance under the federal housing act. The list includes Fort Smith Arkansas Baton Rouge Louisiana Minden Shreveport Louisiana Denison Sherman Texas Lubbock Midland Texas and other places. Builders may obtain financing and buyers may be offered easier terms including sale or rental without the usual 10 percent down payment under certain conditions.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Roosevelt
Fort Smith
Ark
Baton Rouge
Minden-Shreveport
Cuero
Denison
Night flight service resumes over New Orleans area
Night passenger air service will resume tonight and run until the second phase of army maneuvers begins next Wednesday. Eastern Air Lines and Chicago and Southern Air Lines announced the restart after earlier suspension due to danger from unlighted military aircraft.
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New Orleans
Eastern Air Lines, Inc
Chicago and Southern Air Lines, Inc
Leaflets Call On 2nd Army To Surrender In War Game
In Louisiana on Sept 19 the Third Army dropped thousands of leaflets over a trapped Second Army, urging surrender amid simulated war with nearly 500 000 troops. The leaflets warned of disaster and hunger, claiming fuel and food stores were captured and mobility limited to shoe soles.
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Third Army
Louisiana
Second Army
Leningrad and Kiev Face Grave Nazi Threats
Nazi high command reported German troops entered Kiev, Flag atop Kiev Citadel, while four Russian armies were encircled east of the city and Lenin grad faced grave danger. Russians reported heavy losses with millions slain as the siege intensified across Ukraine and northern cities.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Kiev
Ukraine
Russia
Kharkov
Leningrad
Bisso Denies Maestri Vote In Old Regular Endorsement
New Orleans report says William A. Bisso, Old Regular 14th ward leader, did not sign the caucus endorsement of Mayor Robert S. Maestri for another term. Caucus president George Montgomery said the endorsement was issued with little discussion and no dissent. Bisso claimed the move was unfair to other administration supporters and said he voted blank.
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New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Regular
William A. Bisso
14Th Ward
George Montgomery
Maestri
Bisso
Americans Lunch With Churchill
W Averell Harriman and other members of the U S mission to Moscow joined Prime Minister Churchill for a luncheon in London. Also present were members of the British Moscow mission led by Lord Beaverbrook, minister of supply.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Moscow
Churchill
Lord Beaverbrook
Farm canvass to end by December 1
A door to door farm canvass will survey all U S farms to align 1942 crops with defense needs. Wayne H Darrow of the Agriculture Department told Midwest agents the questionnaire targets 7 million farm families and county level committees will push plan adherence nationwide.
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Chicago
United States
Wayne H. Darrow
United States Department of Agriculture
Darrow
Minnesota
Minnesota Defense Council
Department of Agriculture
AAA
President Roosevelt Returns to Hyde Park Home
President Roosevelt returns to his Hudson valley home for the weekend to settle his mother's estate and handle official duties. He is named executor and chief beneficiary in his mother's will, who died September 7, and plans to sign a $3.5 billion tax bill while staying in Hyde Park.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Romanian General Ioanitziu Killed on Eastern Front
Berlin reports General Ioanitziu chief of the Romanian general staff was killed on the Eastern Front last Wednesday according to a Bucharest dispatch cited by DNB. The loss affects Romanian command structure during World War II operations.
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Berlin
Ioanitziu
DNB
Bucharest
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