Ransom Fund Of $100000 In Preparation For Kidnapping Case
Forty hours after the abduction of 14 year old Marc De Tristan from a Hillsborough nursemaid, a $100000 ransom demand was readied by the boy's wealthy step grandfather Honis Cates. The ransom, in $5 $10 and $20 bills, was prepared for immediate payment, with a second note expected naming the payment location. The De Cristans, Count and Countess Marc De Tristan, were said to be prepared to meet all demands per the kidnapper’s 600 word note left at the scene yesterday. Colorful details describe the home and the tense family situation as the search continues.
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Ralph B. Jordan
Wis
de Cristans
New Castle Streets Await Resurfacing and New Highway Route
Harrisburg reports a contract award for resurfacing in New Castle after weeks of delay. The plan includes cosmetic work on the public square and a proposed highway route via U S 422 to Butler, then 356 and 56 to Greenburg, ending on U S 19, with opening targeted around October 1. Local motorists from Cleveland and beyond will access the Pittsburgh-Harrisburg super highway via this leg.
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Imor Harrisburg
New Caste
New Castle
Pennsylvania
New Castle District
Cleveland
West
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh-Harelaburg
Motor Club
Butler
U. S. 422
Freeport
Greenburg
U.S. 19
Paws Two
Daily Weather Report United States Statistics
Daily Weather Report for the 24 hour period ending 5 p.m. JPriday shows a maximum temperature of 90 and a minimum of 53 with traces of precipitation and a river stage at 44 feet. The same date last year recorded a maximum of TR and a minimum of 54 with no precipitation.
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United States
Jpriday
Draft Boards Granted Broad Powers Under Conscription
Washington reports local draft boards will be empowered to examine bank accounts of conscripts to prevent dodging. Regulatoins will define board powers and deferment rules for essential defense industry workers, with Lt. Col. Hershey stating no industry dislocations expected.
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Washington
National Craft Headquarters
Roosevelt
National Craft Board
Lewis B. Hershey
Joint
Army
Navy Selective Service Committee
U.S. Conference of Mayors
New York
Hershey
Drastic Military Precautions In Turkey
In Budapest on Sept 21 international reports say Turkey withdrew all ships from the Mediterranean in response to Italy’s refusal to release a Turkish merchant vessel seized ten days earlier. Ankara decreed 18 to 24 year old women enroll in air raid battalions and receive rifle and machine gun training. Istanbul residents awoke to posters detailing air raid behavior as six massive shelters to hold 50,000 people were ordered for Istanbul’s suburbs.
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Ciunternational
Budapest
Mediterranean Sea
Italy
Ankara
Istanbul
Kiwanians To Go To Scranton
A New Castle Kiwanian delegation will travel to Scranton for the 1940 Pennsylvania Kiwanis district convention. They hope Thomas Paden will be elected district governor. Delegates include Ralph H. Ramsey, Lyle Hughes, and Lic Mantz with 15 or more club members and several wives joining the trip, arriving Tuesday night.
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New Castle
New’ Castle
Ralph H. Ramsey
Lyle
Hughes
Lic. Mantz
Scranton
Nine Injured As Italian Planes Raid Alexandria
Alexandria Egypt Sept 21 Nine people were injured when Italian war planes raided the harbor area for about 50 minutes Most bombs fell into the sea and damage was described as negligible by officials The alert followed reports of air activity over the city and surrounding areas.
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Alexandria
Vle
Egypt
British Seek Japanese Costa Rica Coffee Link to Germany
British agents in San Jose investigate rising Japanese coffee purchases in Costa Rica amid suspicions the beans may be shipped to Germany through Russia. Officials note Japan had not bought Costa Rican coffee before the blockade.
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C International News Service
San Jose
Costa Rica
Costa’ Rica
Germany
Russia
Japan
Deaths in North Beaver and Rochester, N Y
Thomas A E McConaghy age 86 of North Beaver township and Charley W Anthony age 51 of Rochester are named in the death records for Saturday September 21 1940 noting their last residences and ages.
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Thomas A.E. McConaghy
North Beaver Township
Charley W. Anthony
Rochester
N. X
Six Young Men Die In Head-On Crash Near New Kensington
Six young men died in a head-on crash on the north road near the New Kensington bridge. Four men perished instantly, with wreckage catching fire and hindering rescue attempts. The injured were Louis Rush 19 Springdale Arthur Phamas 24 Curtisville Norman Baughman 23 Bairds Ford Van F Nolker 23 Curtisville Pominie Pateray 17 New Kensington. Police theorize high speed, no witnesses to the crash. One car was wrecked beyond repair and carried away in pieces.
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Citizens General
Hospital
New Kensington
Louis Rush
Springdale
Arthur
Phamas
Curtisville
Norman’ Baughman
Bairdsford
ton _ Van F. Nolker
Pominie
Thomas
Baughman
Crisis Eases as Indo China Negotiations Restart
Reports from Shanghai say the French Japanese crisis over Indo China eased as Japan reportedly withdrew an air ultimatum and negotiations reopen in a favorable mood. Tokyo seeks rights to base air and naval forces in Indo Chinese territory while France contemplates troop movement and concessions.
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Shanghat
Indo-China
Far Eastern
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Ich
Rnders
Heavy Rain And Mist Obscure Dover Straits
London reports over the weekend thick rain and fog blanketing the Dover Straits hindering navigation and reducing visibility. A brief gusty morning gave way to calm conditions as mist persisted, complicating efforts amid fears of potential Nazi incursions.
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Dover
Straits
International ‘Nova Service
London
Britain
Herain
Huge Parade in San Francisco Honors Willkie
Willkie makes third California visit amid cheering crowds in San Francisco as police sirens and a mile long parade greet the Republican candidate. Hecklers in trainside audience spark only brief tension as Willkie vows not to pull his punches. He plans stops at civic center Mission district and Oakland and Berkeley venues before a possible foreign policy address at Civic Auditorium.
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Walter
Kiernan Totgrastiousens’ Service Rinke, Oncdanr
San Francisco
Cabif
Ptr
Wendell’ Willkin
Neiged
San. Joaquin
Theiint Commonwealth Uthern. Corporation
San
Francisco
Los Angeles
Willkie
S.Y
Civic. Center
Mission District
Two Street
Cormers
East Bay
Berkeley High School
Lakeside Park
Oakland
Federal Building Plaza
Treasure Island
Civic
Sacramento
Trvany
Elmbank Torpedo Victim Fate Reported by Telegraph
The British steamer Elmbank, of 5158 tons out of Glasgow, was torpedoed about 600 miles northwest of the British Isles. A terse radio message from Mackay radio said the vessel had been pursued by a submarine and was torpedoed at 10:27 p m last night.
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Liternational
New York
Elmbank
British Isles
Glasgow
Mackay Radio
London Defies Attack as Mayors Hear Undaunted Voice
Sir George Broadbridge former Lord Mayor of London tells the United States conference of mayors at the Waldorf Astoria that London will defend to the last and stand as the bulwark of civilization. He praises Londoners’ steadfastness and unselfish courage amid brutal bombardment.
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International News Service
New York
America
Voice of
London Today
George Broadbridge
London
United States Conference of Mayors
Waldorf-Astoria
Sir George
London Discusses Possible US Use of Singapore Base
London reports that officials in Washington discussed the possible use of Singapore as a naval base by the United States. An authoritative note cited an exchange of views among Cordell Hull Lord Lothian and Robert G Casey with no commitments or decisions reached. The conversations covered broad mutual interests among the three nations.
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International ‘News Service
London
United States
Singapore
Washington
Cordell Hull
Lord Lothian
Robert G. Casey
Evans Named Assistant State Draft Director
Harrisburg reports Gov. James and Maj. Gen. Edward Martin announced Lt. Col. Benjamin F. Evans of Wilkes-Barre will be the assistant state director of Pennsylvania draft boards. Evans will remain deputy adjutant general while awaiting Washington’s final action and draft rules.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Washington
Benjamin F. Evans
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Evans
Arthur H. Jaimes
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania, National, Guard
Martin
President Roosevelt's Mother Turns Eighty Six Today
President Roosevelt marks his mother's eighty sixth birthday at Hyde Park while he remains at his Hudson Valley home. He delivers a cautious speech in Philadelphia addressing governance and the Willkie campaign, urging voters to consider the aggregate will of the people over elite direction.
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Hyde Park
Rouge
German Supply Ships Damaged
London reports severe damage to two German supply ships and RAF bombing of invasion ports along the Dutch Belgian and French coasts. Royal Air Force bombers attacked Antwerp Zeebrugge Ostend Flushing Dunkerque Calais Boulogne and targeted Mannheim Ehrang Krefeld Hamm Soest Osnabruck Brussels. Damaged rail lines a munitions plant near Maastricht and several airfields. Five RAF aircraft did not return.
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London
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Germany
Coastal Command
Antwerp
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Flushing
Dunkerque
Calais
Boulogne
Mannheim
Ehrang
Krefeld
Hamm
Soest
Osnabruck
Brussels
Dormund-Ems
Duisburg
Maastricht
Foreign officers seen with Japanese troops in Shumehun area
In Hong Kong on September 21 reports said foreign officers, possibly Italian or German, were seen among Japanese troops in the Shumehun sector near British territory. Investigations were begun as authorities believe veterans are concentrating there for action against Indo China.
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International News Service
Hong Kong
Shumehun
Shumchun
Indo-China
May Ban Shipments Of Oil To Japan
Washington considers a ban on oil shipments to Japan and the use of Britain's Singa pore base in response to Nipponese demands on French Indo China. An authoritative source hints the United States might refuse further export licenses as Japan relies on American, British and Dutch oil for its navy.
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Washington
Japan
Britain
Singapore
London Night Air Raids Falter as Firefighters Gain Control
London faced a brief air raid warning the 108th since the war began but little aerial activity appeared over the city. A German bomber was shot down over East Horsley in southeast England, and two more were downed during the Wehe, while London firefighting squads controlled blazes across districts south of the Thames.
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Charles A. Smith
International News Service
London
British Press Association
East Horsley
England
Wehe
Capt Brettell Ordered Into Active Service
Captain John B. Brettell street commissioner of New Castile is ordered into Camp Holabird Maryland for an indefinite period with the Quartermaster Corps. He leaves Monday to assume duties and has prior service as a World War I first lieutenant and later commander of Troop F. He also did a three week tour in New York maneuvers this summer.
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John B. Brettell
New Castile
Camp Holatird
Maryland
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
Brettell
Infantry
New York State
Camp Holabird
Filial joy as boy found. cigars for boys and sweets for girls
The narrator notes an emblematic cigar for a rejoicing boy who returned home shouting it is “a boy.” Sweets are given to the girls while the poppy suffers jitters, needing heartening potions. Charley’s vest reveals a warm eighty seven degree day as the family toasts luck for the lad.
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Charley
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