Major Capitals Ponder Outcome Of Latest Pact
In a world reacting to the Rome Berlin axis pact Britain and Japan weigh possible moves. British officials suggest Japan may cite the alliance to enter the war against England while Berlin denies territorial aims. Germany and Italy plan a new order in Africa excluding England as part of the broader shift.
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Dust reminder and resurfacing across town
The report from Greenville notes daylight saving time ends tonight and discusses a possible US Navy torpedo plant on a site by Pymatuning Lake. Downtown detours accompany North Jefferson Street resurfacing from the public square to Grant Street, with the State Highway Department as the contractor. Traffic is expected to be affected for several days. Also mentions photography as a hobby and a bizarre sight on East Washington Street involving a redheaded woman after hay and a white horse. A resident, Mrs. John C. Sargeant, brought an unusual insect to The News office.
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Pymatuning Lake
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Daily Weather Report Summary for One Day
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 5 p.m. Friday show a maximum temperature of 68 and a minimum of 34 with no precipitation. River stage recorded at 4.8 feet. Year ago figures show a 70 maximum, 91 minimum, and 0.85 inches of precipitation.
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Willkie And McNary In State Next Week
U S Sen Charles L McNary and Gov Arthur H James will introduce Wendell L Willkie to Pennsylvanians during next week tours. McNary will introduce at the Forbes Field rally in Pittsburgh Thursday night and James will present Willkie at Harrisburg Lancaster Coatesville and Philadelphia the next day. The Pittsburgh appearance marks their first joint platform. Governor James had planned to surrender his introductions but revised plans place McNary at all stops.
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U. S
Charles Ll. McNary
Arthur H. James
Wendell L. Willkie
Pennsylvania
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James Earlier
Administration Plans Pact Countermoves
Facing the German Japanese Italian pact the administration plans counter moves to boost U S Britain and Latin American cooperation. A key step is military staff talks with Latin American officers visiting in October and November to view U S long range bombers and fast pursuit planes including 400 mile per hour models. Senate backs Secretary Hulls Pan American solidarity and approves the Havana convention to create an American States commission to take over Western Hemisphere territories held by Great Britain France and Florida continued on page two
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Japan Not Entering War Says Japan Not Entering War
Tokyo reports Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka states no immediate move to join the European war or challenge a power without provocation. He says Japan aims to resolve the China issue and forge a sphere of prosperity in East Asia, with potential future momentous decisions if needed. The Rome Berlin Tokyo pact is noted as not implying current entry into war.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
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Greater East Asia
Berlin
British Merchant Ships Sunk by German Attacks
Berlin reports two British armed merchant ships sunk and a third badly damaged by German long range guns firing from the French coast. A fourth British vessel was sunk off Ireland as bombers attacked a convoy in recent raids on Britain.
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Fierce Air Battles Over Great Britain
Hundred Nazi planes attempted to cross the Kent and Sussex coasts as London sirens sounded for the third time. Royal Air Force planes engaged in fierce combats. no enemy plane reached the capital. Bombing damaged East London blocks. five injured by debris. British fighters and anti aircraft fire lit the skies while German raiders crossed the coast and headed for London before withdrawing inland.
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Man Is Killed In Erie Car Crash Near Girard
ERIE Pa Sept 28 State motor police investigated an automobile accident in which Charles W Morrill 20 of Breese Illinois was killed and two others injured when the car overturned on a sharp curve near Girard John A Lynch 18 Buffalo driver of the machine was in St Vincents hospital with a broken arm James Daily 22 Buffalo Lynch s companion when Morrill rode with them suffered bruises all three men were in the front seat when Lynch lost control of the car
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International News Service
Erie
Charles W. Morrill
Breese
Girard
John A. Lynch
Buffalo
St. Vincent's Hospital
James Daily
Lynch
Morrill
Deaths of James Duffy and Anna Wilson in Ohio and Ellwood City
Death notices report the passing of James Lee Duffy, 58, of Youngstown, Ohio, and Anna Elizabeth Wilson, 79, of Ellwood City. A third entry lists George Paglia Straw, 21, of Ellwood City as deceased.
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Anna Elizabeth Wilson
Ellwood City
George Paglia Straw
Monroe Doctrine To Be Respected Asserts Germany
Berlin reports that Nazi Germany and its new tripartite alliance with Italy and Japan deny territorial aims in the Pacific and say the pact does not alter Germany’s policy on the Monroe Doctrine. They emphasize no interference in Latin America and frame the agreement as a barrier to war expansion, not provocative.
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England
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Philippines
Japan
Resurfacing Work Starts On North Jefferson Street
Public Square to Grant street and related streets in Rochester Pennsylvania begin resurfacing by Downard Rock Asphalt Co. under state contract. Work started last night with detours set. portions will be bricked and coated with bituminous concrete. North Jefferson Street and Wilmington Avenue are among the routes affected.
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France Faces Loss of Africa If Plans Fulfilled Says Rome
Rome dispatch from September 28 cites Relazioni Internazionali saying France and Britain will be driven from Africa if Italo German plans are fulfilled. The publication claims France holds positions in the Mediterranean and African continent that no longer fit a second-rate power.
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Italiani Foreign Office
Mediterranean
Hitler and Ciano Confer Over War Plans
Chancellor Hitler received Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano for a lengthy Berlin conference assisted by German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. The talks likely covered future conduct of the war against Britain and the Axis pact’s global reception.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Britain
Invasion Base Lorient Bombed by RAF Night Attacks
London reports large RAF raids on German invasion ports during the night. Docks, buildings and a lumber yard at Lorient in the Bay of Biscay were wrecked and set afire, with flames visible for miles. The attack lasted about three and a half hours and targeted communications in western Germany.
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Air Ministry
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Lorient
Bay of Biscay
Dictators Fear US As Pact Unites Axis Powers
In Berlin the Germany Italy and Japan pact pledges mutual defense against any non belligerent nation. The piece argues the United States now commands respect as a counterbalance to the axis. It notes past axis mockery of American democracy and suggests this agreement signals a shift in global influence.
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Japan
United States
John S. Mack Dies at 60 Former Murphy president
John S. Mack, 60, longtime retail executive and 1912 president of the G. C. Murphy Co., died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his Brush Valley summer home near Indiana Pennsylvania. Born March 1880 in Indiana County, he helped expand Murphy to 205 stores in the northeast and leaves his wife Margaret, and two sons, John G. Mack and James S. Mack, who managed Murphy stores in McKeesport.
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Willkie Enroute To New York City
Willkie sails toward New York after delivering speeches in Wisconsin. At Madison he addresses about 22 000 listeners denouncing the New Deal as eroding democracy and highlighting the need for congressional control of spending. He plans to speak at Empire City race track on a report to the Republican Party.
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Young football player dies of broken back
Seventeen year old Albert Alubowicz, end for Dickson City high school, died at Mid Valley hospital after a scrimmage injury. He sustained a broken back and was carried from the field unconscious, failing to regain consciousness before his death. The incident marks the first fatality of the 1940 gridiron season in eastern Pennsylvania.
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One More Week To Register For Coming Election
Voters who cannot reach the permanent registration office during the day may use extended hours. Charles D. Ross, registrar, will keep the office open until 9 PM Monday through Friday next week. On Saturday October 5 the office stays open until 6 PM. The final deadline is Saturday October 6 at 6 PM with no exceptions after. The office opens at 8:30 AM with clerks on duty until closing.
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Charles D. Ross
Football Scores Service for College Games Announced
The News office will post today's college football scores on North Mercer Street starting at 4,000 to 5 p.m. Call 549 6:40 to 175 after 6:50 p.m. for results by phone.
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First American Destroyers Reach English Port
American destroyers reach Britain port amid wartime mobilization. flotilla, crewed by U S sailors, equipped for armed service, signaling a reinforced Allied naval effort.
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England
Japanese Fomented Shanghai Strike Ends Quickly
A Japanese backed general strike in Shanghai aimed at discrediting American and foreign authority in the International Settlement collapsed today. Chinese workers had walked off in municipal plants, but bus and streetcar operators reached a settlement, and Allied marines and U S destroyers deterred further action as workers returned to work.
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House Approves Funds For State Airport Projects
The House approves about 80 million dollars in direct and contract authority for a 500 million dollar civil aeronautics program to build hundreds of airports nationwide as part of a defense plan. Pennsylvania entries total 4.8 million with project values listed for Beaver Falls Beaver Brookville Butler Canton and many other cities.
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Wilkinsburg
Woman Slayer Suspect Held in Philadelphia Case
Philadelphia police arrest a middle aged unidentified man as a suspect in the mutilation murder of Mrs. Ethel Atkins, 35, of North Philadelphia. Authorities swooped on the suspect near the Atkins home after 2 a.m., with state and county officers joining the pursuit.
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Ethel Craft
Atkins
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Absent minded neighbor known for quirks at seventy today
The piece humorously profiles Arthur Mometer, noting an absent minded neighbor who sometimes ignores speech yet bursts into song, with memory lapses but not a didactic fool. It marks his seventy years, hinting at a light, fond tone about daily quirks and aging.
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