FBI moves to close in on 1936 Mattson kidnap case
In San Francisco on September 24, the FBI pressed a secret inquiry into Baby Marc de Tristan’s kidnapping and whether Wilhelm Muhlenbroich linked to the Tacoma kidnap slaying of Charles Mattson. Family members and the slain boy’s brother William Mattson remained unlocated as agents declined to reveal results or timing.
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San Francisco
Marc de Tristan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich
Tacoma
Charles Mattson
William Mattson
Muhlenbroich
Mattson
FBI
el Dorado County
Alcatraz Federal
San Francisco Bay
Baby Marc
Workers Rush Camp Buildings Near Alexandria
About 1000 men labor at four army training camp sites near Alexandria with projections to 7000 to 10000 workers in three weeks. The effort includes 331 engineers and 450 civilian laborers at Camp Beauregard and Beauregard artillery range, while National Guard units from six states join other troops until main camps are ready by December. The federal government plans around 10 million dollars for the two main camps, with 100 to 200 workers at each site. Details on spending at Camp Beauregard and the artillery range were not announced.
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Alexandria
20Th Engineers Regiment
Camp Beauregard
Beauregard Artillery Range
Beauregard
Artillery Range
Beaver Creek
Bringhurst Forest Hill
Army plane crash salvage delayed by swamp mud
Jacksonville reports salvage of an army plane wreck in Southeast Georgia was slowed by moving equipment through muddy swampland. The craft carried Brigadier General Francis W. Honeycutt Captain George F. Kehoe and Robert J. Schmitz. The body debris lay buried in mud and water near Woodbine.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Georgia
Francis W. Honeycutt
Fort Bragg
N. C
George F. Kehoe
Robert J. Schmitz Racioman
Woodbine
Independents Back Roosevelt in Third Term Move
President Roosevelt accepted support from a national committee of independent voters urging a third term. Led by Senator George Norris of Nebraska and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York, the group met at the White House as Roosevelt stressed democracy must stay progressive to survive.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Committee of Independent Voters
George Norris
Independent
Nebraska
F. H
Norris
Execu
Hitchhiker Freed in Dyer Act Case
In Buffalo on September 24 the case of Cameron H. Dancey 36 Jackson Mississippi was dismissed after prosecutors conceded his innocence claim as a hitchhiker in a stolen car. Judge Knight sentenced Charles E. Padget 22 Cincinnati Ohio to 1 year and four months in a federal penitentiary. both arrests followed July 12 in Westfield New York.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Cameron H. Dancey
Jackson
Miss
United States
Robert M. Hitchcock
Knight
Charles E. Padget
Cincinnati
Westfield
Roosevelt lists defense orders totaling over one billion
President Roosevelt announced that within eight days the war department placed 1,000,810,889 in orders for defense equipment under a 5 billion dollar act signed September 9. Navy contracts dominated, with orders for about 200 warships. Major items included ammunition 206,903,878 and ordnance facilities 206,615,000.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Stimson
Navy
Army
Ordnance Department
United States mulls direct action over Japan Indo China
Washington reports hint the United States may beyond protest, possibly send naval units from Hawaii to the Pacific, recall Grew, or embargo oil and scrap iron to curb Japan’s Franco Indo China advance. Britain may reinforce Singapore, with Anglo American naval cooperation discussed quietly. Secretary Hull cautions status quo disruption under duress, no policy decisions yet.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Indo-China
Hull
Pacific
Britain
Europe
Singapore
Indo- China
Hawaii
Far Pacific
Joseph C
Tokyo
Netherlands East Indies
Manhunt Waged for Allen Lanter in Louisiana Escape
Northeast Louisiana authorities, including sheriffs and state police, hunt for Allen T. Lanter a desperate prisoner who escaped Ouachita parish jail. Roadblocks set and cars stopped as search continues after Lanter overpowered guard Albert Lenard and stole keys to gain freedom.
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Louisiana
Allen T. Lanter
Ouachita Parish
Lanter
Albert Lenard
Lenard
Father and two sons found dead in Bronx Park
Donald O'Reilly 31 took his sons Donald Jr 8 and James 7 for a walk in Bronx Park after a lost job. Police say he shot the boys then himself, three shots from a revolver found with him. The wife Ellen fainted upon hearing the news. Assistant District Attorney Arthur Carney confirmed the murder suicide.
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New York
Donald O'Reilly
Ellen
Bronx Park
Donald
Donald, Jr
James
Arthur Carney
O'Reilly
Noe and Darden Fly to Meet Governor in Baton Rouge
Former Governor James A. Noe and Severn T. Darden, administration patronage leader, flew by chartered plane to Baton Rouge to confer with Governor Sam Jones. The purpose of the meeting was not announced.
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New Orleans
James A. Noe
Severn T. Darden
Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Million-Strong Boston Parade Opens American Legion Event
The American Legion parade in Boston drew an estimated 3,000,000 spectators along a 2.25 mile route. Thousands crowded historic Common and streets with 400 bands, floats, and 120,000 marchers expected by nightfall. Police controlled the throng as pools of listeners packed offices and windows for the event.
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Boston
American Legion
Legion
Savannah
Florida
Miami Post
Mary Dee
Sam Brown
Fort Lauderdale
Jacksonville
Baltimore
Maryland
Louisiana
Boston Common
Axis Powers Promise To Fight Britain To Bitter End
German sources after Rome talks with Mussolini say Germany and allies will continue the war on all fronts without compromise. They describe a new European order where Britain is the common enemy and all able peoples join the European community. The statement emphasizes total war and a decisive outcome against Britain.
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Britain
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rome
Mussolini
England
United States
Europe
Strong Storm Strikes Pointe Coupee Louisiana
A Gulf tropical disturbance brought a strong wind to Pointe Coupee Parish early today injuring at least one person and destroying several homes and cabins. The five year old son of Gaudin Major suffered a possible concussion when the Major residence was blown away. Nearby properties of District Attorney Ford C Claiborne and Wade Chustz were damaged while the New Roads Cotton Gin and Livestock Exchange buildings were partly destroyed. A large live oak fell across False River drive blocking traffic for hours. Wires were down and trees littered the streets as crews cleared the area.
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Pointe Coupee Parish
Gaudin Major
False River
Ford &C. Claiborne
Wade Chustz
New Roads Cotton Gin
New Roads Livestock Exchange
Morganza Road
False River Drive
Haskins Named Secretary for State Baptists
Alexandria report that the Louisiana Baptist Convention executive board chose Dr. Thomas P. Haskins as executive secretary and associate secretary of the Oklahoma Baptist Convention. He will assume duties November 15, with headquarters in Shreveport. The annual Louisiana convention dates are November 12 to 14 in Baton Rouge. The board approved a $150,000 budget for missions benevolent and educational work.
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Alexandria
Louisiana Baptist Convention
Thomas P. Haskins
Oklahoma Baptist Convention
F. J. Katz
Haskins
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
French Airmen Hit Gibraltar In Major Reprisals News
British dive bombers reportedly sank four German ships off Boulogne as RAF raids followed the Berlin assault. French planes bombarded Gibraltar in the heaviest attack of the war amid Dakar reprisal actions. Observers noted fires and smoke from coastal targets while Vichy reports claimed French airstrikes and naval actions in Africa.
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Associated Press
RAP
Boulogne
Lonedon
Waterloo
India Docks
Daily Mail
Germany
Adolf Hitler
English Channel
Berlin
French
RAF Blenheim
Dover
Bou
Vichy
France
Britain
Great Rock
Gibraltar
Dakar
French West Africa
Lison
Portugal
la Linea
Spain
Rock Bastion
Jean Darlan
Africa
London
Reuters
Philippe Petain
New York
War at a Glance closes in on Gibraltar and Dakar clash
Allied and Axis forces trade blows across multiple theaters as 120 French planes strike Gibraltar in a French West Africa battle near Dakar where casualties exceed 100. Britain claims success against landings while Washington hints at embargo options as Japan advances in Indochina and London endures daylight raids.
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Gibraltar
France
Dakar
French West Africa
Vichy
London
Far East
Indo-China
Washington
United States
Japan
Far Pacific
Channel
Berlin
Rome
Hitler
Spain
Axis
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Fred Snite, Jr
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By Douglas B. Cornell
U. 5
America
State Department
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Allen Lanter
North Atlantic
Sonia Beach
Collin Richardson
Derek Beach
Noe
Darden
Louis P. Lochner
Storm
State Baptists
Waterloo Station
Monroe
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