British Attack Dakar as Forces Clash Off West Africa
British and French forces clashed at Dakar with French defenders repelling strikes from British battleship Barham and cruiser Kent damaged in the engagement. Reports from Vichy say De Gaulle's followers withdrew and the port remains under French control amid ongoing air and naval attacks.
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Vichy
France
Dakar
Gibraltar
Barham
Resolution
Kent
Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Charles de Gaulle
Fierre Boisson
London
Boisson
de Gaulle
London—i
Senegal
del Gaulle
Roosevelt orders 35700 more guards into service
President Roosevelt ordered 35700 additional National Guard officers and men to active duty for a year of training reporting October 15. The mobilization covers units from New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Puerto Rico and Hawaii, including the Thirty seventh and Thirty second divisions. Major General Irving A. Fish urged enlistments in Wisconsin and Michigan guards to reach full war strength with 6000 openings for ages 18 to 44.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Guard
War Department
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
112Th
Camp Shelby
Camp Beauregard
Louisiana
Milwaukee
Irving A. Fish
Wisconsin-Michigan National Guard
General Fish
Fish
Temperatures Fall 25 to 30 Degrees Across Midwest
A cool mass of air from the Rockies to the Appalachians drops temperatures 25 to 30 degrees from yesterday in southern Iowa northern Illinois and Indiana with frosts reported in the eastern Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and northern Iowa where Bemidji Minn records 22. A low pressure trough from the Maine coast to the Mississippi river brings general rains from the Mississippi valley and Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast with frost scares forecast tonight for northern and central Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Bemidji
Minn
Maine
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Michigan
Weather summaries from midweek forecasts and reports
A jumble of station reports and forecasts notes fair cool weather with frost in parts and warmer in north and west. Milwaukee Chicago Fargo Phoenix Rockford and Great Lakes regions show below normal to near normal temperatures with scattered rain patterns and a northeast wind reading.
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Bu Associated Press
Wiscowan
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Fargo
Chicago
Great Lakes
Lake Sipener Tegion
Tecion
Rockstaff
Coyle of Menasha Named Postmaster
Washington to senate announces postmaster nominations for Wisconsin with Joseph R. Coyle named for Menasha and Edward G. Shaw for Black Creek plus appointments for Solon Springs and Solon Springs.
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J. R. Coyle
Menasha
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Wisconsin
Black Creek
Edward G. Shaw
Joseph R. Coyle
Solon Springs
Victor A. Patterson
Major Nazi Japan alliance seen in Tokio advices
Tokio advices say Japan and Germany agreed in principle on a defensive alliance effective if Britain and the United States cooperate on naval base status in Singapore. The pact would end Japan’s noninvolvement stance and potentially allow expansion southward. German envoy Heinrich von Stahmer named as negotiator.
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John R. Morris
United Press
Shanghai
Tokio
Japan
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Singapore
Russia
Britain
Heinrich von Stahmers
Adolf Hitler
Hirohito
South America
Gibraltar bombed for second day by French planes from Morocco
French air raids on Gibraltar resumed in waves, attacking the arsenal and harbor area. About 40 planes took part, with fires breaking out across several buildings while no British fighters were seen. Separately, the battleship Renown was hit and forced to quit port during a French raid.
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Arsenal
Vichy
France
U.R
Great Britain
Gibraltar
F O R Committee Attacks Third Term Backers
Oren Root Jr. leads Associated Willkie Clubs of America in condemning an independent committee backing a Roosevelt third term. He says the group is packed with former New Deal officeholders and lists Harold Ickes Thomas Corcoran and Fiorello La Guardia as members. He says true independents support Willkie without seeking reward.
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New York
Oren Root Jr
Associated Willkie Clubs of America
Independent Committee
Roosevelt
Root
Willkie
Democrats
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Thomas G. Corcoran
Lz Guardia
Governor Heil to lead Willkie greeters at Wisconsin event
In Madison, Governor Heil named chair of the welcome committee for Republican candidate Wendell Willkie. Willkie and wife will ride in a motorcade around Capitol Square to the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse for an 8 p.m. address. Also slated are incumbent constitutional officers and 15 Republican State senators.
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Madison
Heil
Wendell L. Willkie
University of Wisconsin
F. L. Gullickson
Republican State Committee
Mrtor
Two Rivers Men Rescued After Trench Cave-In
Two Rivers Wisconsin workers were saved after a trench collapse trapped two men under wall cover. Fellow workers and police and firemen dug for over 39 minutes to reach them. Sinden, 54, suffered a broken lip and pelvic injuries while Bert Ploor, 28, was cut and bruised in the cave-in.
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Wis
Oby
Sinden
Herbert Ploor
Treen
France warns of resistance to further Japanese incursions
France official dispatches say Vichy Japan accord stands, promises resistance if Tokyo breaches Indo China pact. Dongdang reoccupied by 300 French and native troops near Hanoi with Langson reported retaken. Hanoi Haiphong frontier communications cut as Tokyo orders halt to assault.
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Vichy
U.P
France
Japan
Indo-China
China
Dongdang
Langson
Hanoi
Frovoke
Haiphong
Tokio
South China Army
Ando
C. Yates McDaniel
Teiza Ando
South China
Paraly sis Peak Said to be Passed in Badger State
Five new infantile paralysis cases were reported to the state board of health, raising the yearly provisional total to 260. Officials noted the daily count declined from recent days and indicated the renewal peak may be passed. New cases came from Appleton, Buffalo, Marathon, and Vilas counties.
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Madison
State Board of Health
Appleton
Theminer
Buffalo
Marathon
Vilas
Axis Powers to hold Berlin conference amid signatory hints
Berlin sources report Count Galeazzo Ciano and possibly Ramon Serrano Suner traveling to Berlin for a high level axis war program ceremony. Berlin radio notes a planned meeting with Joachim von Ribbenstrorp and Italian leaders, with a broader Germany Italy Spain summit rumored for next week in south Germany. British raids on Berlin and other targets continue with civilian casualties but limited damage claimed by authorities.
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Lochner
Berlin
Galeazzo Crano
Cano
Rome
Ciano
Ramon Serrano Suner
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
Sune
Hitler
Serrano Suner
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Italy
Spain
Britain
London
Dover
Folkestone
Ashford
Hastings
Liverpool
Cardiff
Newhaven
Brighton
Woolstone
Southampton
Enrollment Drops at Eight Teachers Colleges
Madison UP enrollment figures show eight of nine normal schools reporting 5924 students this year, down 466 from last year’s 6390. Only Platteville bucked the trend with 315 students, 9 more than 306, while other campuses listed varied totals amid incomplete figures.
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Madison
E. G. Downes
Board of Normal Schoo Regents
Platioulle
Enlistments May Reduce Draft Quota Across States
Washington reports a surge in voluntary enlistments as officials anticipate trimming the compulsory draft. In 1917, 434,000 men volunteered April through August, and current inquiries suggest many 18 to 36 year olds will choose service to end training sooner. Wisconsin moves to establish draft offices in Madison with Walter J. Wilde directing initial registration and operations.
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Wilde
Washington
Apri
Idaho
Maj
Chauncey Parker
Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
Congress
Madison
U.P
Wisconsin
Walter J. Wilde
State
Julius P. Heil
U.S
Miet
Miee
Estab S
Wiice
Acti
Moving Days in London Three Times in a Week
A first person account from London describes repeated bombings, ruined hotel, and moving accommodations after a week in the city. The writer notes encounters with bombs, a destroyed street, and threats that forced relocation twice more, including a costly bag of clothes. The piece ends with a mention of Harms tweed clothes smelling of smoke.
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London
Luftwaffe Bombs Hit London and Channel Coast
German planes dropped massive bombs on central London during a ferocious night raid and later struck the French coast with super bombs. British defenses fought back as watchers reported widespread destruction across the English coast and continued Allied bombing of Berlin.
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Berlin
Wallace Carrol
United Press
London
French Channel
English
Channel
Blast rocks Clairton plant as big explosion hits
A powerful blast at the Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corp plant in Clairton, near Monongahela, injures several workers and damages two buildings. Flames, smoke, and debris fill the area as fire crews fight the blaze with remaining details unclear.
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Ivania Industrial Chemical Corporation
Prteurs Department
Meri
Mike Zumbo
Feme
Mastard
Iseye MeKalho
Mats P
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