Vigilance committee aids New York harbor bottleneck smash
The piece profiles a self-appointed group of railroad and steamship men in New York who organized to prevent port jams. Led by E. J. Karr, the panel imposed rules, reduced linger times for lighters, and boosted harbor efficiency without legal authority or pay.
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Igilance Committee
New York
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Todtay
Washington
George C. Randall
Randall
Vermont Hills
Maritime Association of
Port of
Maritime Association
Steamship and Railroad Committee
E. J. Karr
Calmar Steamship Corporation
West Bank
The
Hudson
Reds Recapture Towns in Leningrad Area Frontline Push
The Red army reports recapture of a city near Leningrad after 12 hours of brutal house to house fighting and gains against German forces. Pravda says Russians beat back Germans from several villages and hold a new defense line. Tass notes 2000 German dead 300 prisoners and captures of guns and tanks in a village pair thrust. Churchill warns war likely to last through 1942 with possible new Allied incursions and hit on Egypt and Spain.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Leningrad
Red Star
Pravda
Communist Party
Tass
South- West Front
Bar Speaker Says War Already Here
At the 64th annual American Bar Association meeting James W. Ryan of New York City argued that war exists now even without a formal declaration. He said Germany's actions sink American ships and urged immediate military response to protect commerce and citizens.
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Indianapolis
American Bar Association
Congress
Germany
James W. Ryan
New York City
Association
High Seas
Ryan
Wavell Leaves Teheran After Talks With Allies
General Sir Archibald Wavell, commander of British forces in India, left Teheran today by airplane after conferences with British and Russian officers. His headquarters are in Simla and the destination was not disclosed.
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Teheran
Iran
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Simla
Cadet Flight Training Boost Across Southeast
Transfer orders announced by Major General Walter R. Weaver increase aviation cadet progression.445 cadets move from elementary to basic schools and 335 advance from basic to advanced for 19 extra weeks of flight training across Gunter Cochran and Augusta facilities with recruits from Florida Georgia and Alabama including British Royal Air Force cadets.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter R. Weaver
Southeast Air Corps Training Center
Selma
Barksdale Field
Royal Air Force
Gunter Field
Lakeland
Fila
Arcadia
Fla
Tuscaloosa
Cochran Field
Macon
Albany
Americus
Camden
United States
Augusta
Ele
Former Countess Found Shot Dead in Kenya Farmhouse
Reuters dispatch from Nairobi reports Mrs. Alice de Trafford former Countess de Janze was found dead from a gunshot at her Gilgil Kenya Colony farmhouse. She is the ex Miss Alice Silverthorne of Buffalo New York and was divorced from Raymond Vincent de Trafford in 1937 after a adultery grounds ruling.
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London
Alice de Trafford
Countess de Janze
Gilgil
Kenya Colony
Reuters
Nairobi
Alice Silverthorne
Buffalo
N. Y
Raymond Vincent de Trafford
de Traffords
Trafford
Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Churchill forecasts extended war and possible Allied actions
Prime Minister Churchill tells parliament Britain weighed invasion of the continent and predicts war at least through 1942. He warns Hitler may press a Russian campaign and strike in Egypt North Africa Spain and the British Isles while Britain claims the Luftwaffe is losing the initiative. Red Army reports and German and Japanese war notes accompany.
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Odessa
Tass
Winston Churchill
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Egypt
Spain
Africa
England
Hitler
Chverchill
Egyptian Nile
Associated Press
Churchill
North Africa
British Isles
Germany
Red
Leningrad
London
Crimea
Ukraine
Reich
Stettin
Hamads
Taishan
Tungsten
Anti alien baiting still exists in the United States
Attorney General Francis Biddle told a National Association of Attorneys General audience that anti alien baiting has not disappeared despite efforts to curb it. He cited limited state laws against foreigners and noted renewed anti Jewish sentiment and vigilante concerns have eased since last year. He praised federal state cooperation on sabotage laws and the preparedness of U S legal mechanisms.
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Indianapolis
Francis Biddle
National Association of Attorneys General
American Bar Association
Bidele
America
United States
Task of moving soldiers begun during Louisiana maneuvers
Atlanta reports the quartermaster corps begins a large redeployment of troops from Louisiana war games. The plan calls for about 40 trains with 428 flatcars 232 coaches 514 stock cars and 109 box cars plus 7 tanks and assorted equipment. Units include Second Armored from Antonia to Fort Benning and Second Cavalry from Shreveport to East Funston with 16 trains.
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Atlanta
Quartermaster Corps
Second Armored
Antonia
Fort Benning
Second Cavalry
Shreveport
Funston
Kas
First Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Tex
Tioga
Norman
N. C
South Carolina
Morgenthau Proposes 6 Percent Profit Cap Faces GOP Pushback
Secretary Morgenthau’s plan to limit corporate profits to 6 percent drew fresh opposition from Senator Vandenberg of Michigan. He called the proposal an indirect repeal of capitalism and urged Congress not to adopt the invested-capital basis. Morgenthau said the plan would not reach Congress before next year and might not affect 1941 business. Chairman George of the Senate Finance Committee had already opposed the idea.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
Finance
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Toishan Retaken as Japanese Evacuate Southwest China
Chinese dispatches report the recapture of Toishan in Kwangtung province, once taken by Japanese forces. They say three towns northwest of Toishan were retaken as Japanese troops were pushed toward the coast. Japanese command claims withdrawal from the area after burning or seizing Chinese war materials.
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Hong Kong
Toishan
Kwangtung
Taishan
Canton
Hongkong
South China Command
West River
August traffic deaths set at all time high
Nationwide safety report cites 3919 traffic deaths in August. eight month toll 24030, up 18 percent from 1940. Safety congress to launch October 6 with 125 organizations. Rural and urban increases noted. North Dakota, New Hampshire, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Rhode Island show reductions. St Paul and New York City highlighted for notable declines. Kentwood woman Lula Womack Day killed in auto crash near Independence. daughter-in-law seriously injured. driver minor injuries.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
National Safety Council
National Safety Congress
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Rhode Island
Memphis
Tenn
St. Paul
Minn
New York City
Omaha
Neb
Wilkes Barre
Manchester
N. H
Kentwood
Lula Womack Day
Mantie Day
Independence
Relph Dey
Day
Leadership in Army 10 Faces Changes
Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, Army Chief of Staff, urges faster reform of leadership and discipline during Louisiana maneuvers. He notes many officers show potential but lack training and that discipline failures hinder unit effectiveness. He warns against sending troops into fire without securing safe routes and cites mass traffic risks and poor blackout adherence.
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Rice Yahner
Leesville
Lesley J. McNair
Army General Headquarters
McNair
Miley Slayer Reward Grows
Lexington police reported rewards totaling 2277 dollars and a memorial fund drive as they pursued leads in the Marion Miley case. The 27 year old golf star was killed and her mother seriously wounded at the Lexington Country Club early Sunday. The assailants broke into Mrs. Miley’s room, attacked her, then shot Miss Miley through the head and back. the mother remains in critical condition. Governor Keen Johnson commented as investigators pressed for clues.
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Lexington
Marion Miley
Miss Miley
Fred Miley
Lexington Country Club
Miley
South becoming main bright spot in economy says Adkins
Blytheville Arkansas September 30 The south is rapidly becoming the No 1 economic bright spot on the map Governor Homer M Adkins of Arkansas declared to a crowd of thousands at the second annual national cotton picking contest As about 200 pickers from 11 states began on a field of long staple cotton for 2000 in prizes and a national championship Adkins called the event a demonstration of pride and progressiveness in the new south noting industrial growth across the cotton region
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Blytheville
Ark
Homer M. Adkins
Aransas
Adkins
New South
Father Calls In Big Forest For Lost Tot
In Conway New Hampshire a five year old girl Pamela Hollingworth vanished during a Sunday picnic in near freezing woods. Hundreds of volunteers with lanterns searched the forest while her father Joseph Hollingworth a Massachusetts lumber company superintendent urged Pammy to stay safe. Footprints found near Iona Lake gave brief hope but night cold and limited clues hampered progress as foresters two airplanes and 100 soldiers from Fort Devers scoured the woodland aided by short wave radios and Pam's dog Shag.
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Conway
N. H
Pamela Hollingworth
Joseph E. Hollingworth
Lowell
Mass
Pammy
Daddy
Pam
Iona Lake
Pamela
Foresters
Fort Devers
Shag
Willkie Backs Repeal or Modification of Neutrality Act
Wendell Willkie announced his support for Roosevelt in any move to repeal or modify the neutrality act. Hull planned to urge near-scrapping of the law as Roosevelt returns to discuss with leaders and decide on a limited modification or full repeal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
White House
Wendell L. Willkie
Capitol Hill
Hyde Park
Congress
Brigadier Generals Named to Lead Bomber Commands
The War Department named three brigadier generals to head the three bomber commands of the Army Air Forces. Arnold N. Krogstad will lead the First Bomber Command at Langley Field Virginia. John B. Brooks takes command of the Second Bomber Command at Fort George Wright near Spokane Washington. Follett Bradley heads the Third Bomber Command at Drew Field Tampa Florida. The Fourth Bomber Command at Tucson Arizona has not yet designated a chief.
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Washington
War Department
Anly Air Forces
Arnold N. Krogstad
First Air Force
Langley Field
Lanesboro
Minn
Krogstad
GHQ Air Force
John B. Brooks
Second Bomber Command
Second Air Force
Fort George Wright
Spokane
Wash
Second Air Support
Greenwich
N. Y
Brigetier
Follett Bradley
Third Bomber Command
Third Air Force
Drewfield
Tampa
Fla
Bradley
Omaha
Neb
Naval Academy
Army
Field Artillery
MacDillfield
Flo
Fourth
Fourth Air Force
Tucson
Ariz
Britain Seizes Air Initiative and Cuts Shipping Losses
Churchill outlined in the House of Commons a broad war review noting Britain has cut shipping losses by two thirds in three months and has shifted the initiative in air warfare from Germany. He said Hitler suffers from a serious air-power shortage but still retains the initiative overall and may mount a continental invasion only if plans are revealed. Churchill warned Russia will need British sacrifices and emphasized considerable Allied aid to Moscow, including aircraft, aluminum, copper, rubber and oil, with transport as a potential limiting factor.
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London
Britain
Germany
Churchill
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
United States
Russia
Ivan M. Maisky
Soviet Union
Europe
Simule
Executions Mark Third Anniversary of Munich Crisis
Berlin reports 24 Czechs executed by German firing squads on the third anniversary of the Munich crisis. Among the condemned are former army leaders Army General Joseph Bily Division General Hugo Votja and Brigadier General Franz Horacek identified as leading figures in the Czech opposition. The official notice says the group sought independence for Bohemia Moravia. The timing followed a state of civil emergency declaration in six districts.
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Berlin
Munich
Joseph Bily
Hugo Votja
Franz Horacek
Bohemia-Moravia
Reinhard Heys
Work Resumed at Orleans on ships
Labor action ends after five days as workers at Louisiana Shipyards return to duty in New Orleans. The strike involved 1,400 men and aimed for a closed shop and higher pay. no final agreement reached but a settlement is expected.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Shipyards, Inc
Robert K. Parker
American Federation of Labor
Erone P. Holcombe
United States
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Alphonse
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