Letter praising Hearst column and requesting poem feature
A reader from Detroit on October 4, 1240 writes to R. William Randolph Hearst praising his column In the News for its clear world affairs analysis. He asks Hearst to consider publishing the attached poem in the column, commending the editor’s reputation and impartial presentation.
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Detroit
William Randolph Hearst
McCloud
Cail
Mir
Hearst
Martin F. Owens
Royal Kensington brick palace and youth amid war
The fragment discusses a damaged royal residence in Kensington gardens once housing Queen Victoria, noting incendiary damage during wartime. It includes a poem about youth and war, a letter praising Roosevelt, and a note on public access to royal spaces, set in 1940 context with city and national figures referenced.
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Vistoria
Kensington Gardens
Queen Victoria
Weather Says Warm Weekend With Mild Cooling
San Antonio forecast calls for a mild weekend with Sunday morning temperatures near the low 50s and a light east wind. Expect mainly partly cloudy skies as highs reach the upper 70s to around 80, with a Saturday high around 78 degrees.
West East Flight Record Is Sought
Baker president of National Airlines attempts a new Lockheed Lodestar flight from Burbank to Jacksonville a Pacific Atlantic range record. The route begins at 1703 hours with Dallas as a planned five and a half hour second leg.
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Burbank
Calif
Baker
National Ar Lines
Jacksonville
Dallas
Negro Seeks New Hearing in Murder Case
Archie Lee King a 21 year old Black man sentenced to death for slaying Hugh Wallace at Alvarado planned to ask for a new trial claiming he was under the influence of a narcotic at the time of the shooting. The verdict was delivered by a jury in district court in Cleburne.
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Cleburne
Archie Lee King
Hugh Wallace
Alvarado
Ling
King
Iheime
Police Seek Missing Dogs Following Mayor’s Order
Police were ordered by Mayor Maury Maverick to search for two dogs after a missing spaniel valued at $200. Mrs. Mir. C. M. McGlashan of 1312 North Trinity Street reported her dog missing. In other news, Alfred Claghorn, Harvard university librarian from 1928 to 1936, died yesterday at his home in Clemente, California.
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Im Griesenbeck Jr
Siuminit Place
Tim
Mra. Mir
C. M. McGlashan
North Trinity Street
Harvard
Bies Ban Clemente
Calif
Alfred Claghorn
Harvard University
Greek Cities Bombed as Italian Air Attacks Ramp Up
Athens reports renewed Italian raids across Greece with strikes on Canea, Patras, and Perama causing casualties. Patras saw about 50 bombs while Patras casualties rise. Greek air force and ground units respond along the Albanian border. two Italian airfields reportedly attacked by Greek planes.
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Athens
Greece
Talian Air Force
Canea
Corfu
Patras
Perama
Mytilene
Whch
Salonika
Mahiy
Salanika
Spett
Satanikt
Bridges Denounces Roosevelt in Labor Meet
San Francisco November 2 Harry Bridges, California CIO leader, denounces President Roosevelt as a danger to labor and backs John L Lewis for president, warning re election would draw the U.S. toward war. He claims the New Deal fails to protect wages and hours and accuses Roosevelt of dictatorship. Audience boos and cheers follow.
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San Francisco
John £. Lewis
Harry Bridges
Roosevelt
CIO Industrial Union Council
California Cso
Internasional Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Lewis
GIO
Willkie
Wlii
CTO
Trade Union Labor Movement
John L. Lewis
New Deal
Organized Labor
Bridges
U.S
Australia-bome Longshore
Willie
Legal Aid Ready on Draft Questionnaires
Washington November 2 draft officials announced legal aid to speed answering questionnaires for the year’s compulsory training. Selective Service Director Clarence A. Dykstra said registrants must answer and return within five days and may use advisory boards. The eight page form with about 50 questions began at facilities, first sent to men with numbers drawn in the lottery.
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Clarence A. Dykstra
Selective Service
Radhyse
Dykstra
Pssiat
Regiatranta
Hose
Nazi Raiders Ambushed by RAF Over London Night Raid
London reports a night raid by Nazi aircraft on the city resulted in several deaths as RAF Spitfires and coastal defenses repelled the attackers. German planes, including long range bombers, were described as fighters, with several downed and others damaged by anti aircraft fire. A German air raid also targeted ships off the British coast, while watchful observers noted barrage balloons and returning ships weathering the assault.
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RAF
London
Bruin
Clehters
Air Ministry
Park Tet Une Gat Tle
Britain
Hornchurch
Biby
Berlin
Germany
Kripp Airmament
Essen
Gelisenkirchen
Rudolf Virchof
DNB
Nas
Birmingham
Liverpool
Coventry
England
Germans Balked in Beenland Greenland Weather Plot
A British broadcast quoted by CBS New York claimed a German expedition aimed at Greenland’s meteorological station was captured by Norwegian boat Fritjof Nansen. Stockholm reported Germany faced weather forecast shortages hindering air operations and planned seizure of a wireless station in Greenland. Norwegian authorities reportedly stopped the advance with little resistance.
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New York
British Broadcasting Corporation
Lodey
Greenland
Fritjof Nansen
CBB
Germany
Denmark
Stockholm
Sweden
Berlin
Danh
Weather Bureau
Norway
Eilinf Nansen
Ifermans
Von Papen Heads to Hunting Grounds in Berlin Dispatch
Berlin dispatches report Franz von Papen Germany's ambassador to Turkey left Berlin to go pheasant hunting with sources unsure if he will join Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Italian leader Galeazzo Ciano in planned hunting grounds as reports indicated.
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Berlin
Franz von Papen
Germany
Turkey
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciana
Ciana
Convoy Survives Bombers Attack Off English Coast
Near Dover England a German aircraft and long range guns bombarded a British convoy bound for the English Channel. After a two and a half hour attack a dozen ships with barrage balloons were seen steaming northward apparently undamaged. Coastal residents woke to heavy explosions at sea as the assault continued.
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Dover
England
English Channel
Faiglish
State Dake Quota Sets Up Texts for Remainder Year
Austin dispatch reports the state revenue office setting quotas for the remainder of the financial year ending June 30 1941. The detailed figures list about 958 units for the Pebriney 26 1941 period and a blockage of several departments.
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Austin
Waseists Attack Port of Salonika
Rome reports the fascist bombing of Salonika as Italy mounts an aerial offensive led by Count Galeazzo Ciano. Stefani said bombs hit military and naval targets, destroying supply dumps and fortifications. Greek antiaircraft fire and fighter planes challenged the raids as Italian forces press toward Salonika and Crete.
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Larisa
Corfu
Salonki
Canea
Crete
Piraeus
Athens
Corinth
Metsovan
Megara
Kastoria
Thebes
Miler
Feramia
Retimo
Epirus
Rome
Salonike
Italy
Despegats
Galeavo Clano
Europle
Stefani
Ciano
Albania
Greece
Arti
British and Italian forces clash near Kassala heights
In East Africa near Kassala Italian positions on Selusceio mountains were occupied by the Italian high command, as British patrols with armored cars repelled advances along the Tessenel border in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Two British planes reportedly shot down. British raids hit German targets and Berlin railway lines. Athens reports a 30-minute raid with bombing of freight yards and rail facilities.
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Rome
Pels
Berlin
Athens
Greece
Roosevelt on War Warning at Cleveland Rally
Franklin D Roosevelt told a rain soaked crowd aboard the Roosevelt train en route to Cleveland that a nation faced going to war. He cited his record as New York governor and as president noting the army and navy had not been mobilized except for humanitarian causes. He argued a leader with such a long record should be aware of dangers and stay grounded.
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Cleveland
Franklin DL. Roosevelt
Rochester
Trogsevelt
New York
Nation
National Guard
Army
Navy
Tear Gas Used on University Crowd
Tear gas deployed on a University of Wisconsin Homecoming demonstration in Madison last night. About 8000 people caused disruption for two hours on State Street and Capitol Square. Over 20 people were taken into custody and later released as police restricted entrances guarded by patrols.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Street
Capitol Square
Angle
Youth Held After Nitro Robbery in Pittsburgh
A well dressed youth tried to extort $800 from Union Trust East Liberty by threatening with nitroglycerine that turned out to be shaving lotion. George Agnew, 20, of Pittsburgh, was detained by police after calling at the window yesterday.
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Pittsburgh
OPI
Harvey Scott
George Agnew
Union Trust, Company
East Liberty
Foreign Bombers Sighted by Swiss Across Alps
Swiss army bulletin reports foreign bombing planes crossed into Switzerland and traveled south across the Alps before returning on a route common in Allied strikes on northern Italy. Poor visibility limited anti aircraft response as batteries remained silent.
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Bern
Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Italy
Swiss Censorship Bans Price Talks November Trade
The Swiss department of economy forbids price mentions in newspapers letters and by order of man to prevent hoarding and shortages of merchandise during November 3 to 7. Authorities caution against reporting price increases and supply concerns to curb panic buying.
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Bern
Econoterlay
Sword of Mann
Surprise RAF attack on Berlin shocks city and Amsterdam
Berlin endured a surprise raid by Royal Air Force units shortly after British bombers hit Amsterdam. The communique reported at least 26 killed in Amsterdam and several Berlin civilians killed or injured. Fire and counterfire raged as refugees crowded shelters while incendiaries struck the Rudolf Virchow Hospital.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
On Une
Four Injured as Auto Overturns Near Tas vernia
A Saturday morning auto overturn near Tas vernia injured four occupants. Driver James Ocon, 20, of 233 South Alamo Street, and passengers George Fontebasso, Humbert Ocon, and Giern Schritt sustained lacerations and bruises. Fontebasso in serious condition, believed to have internal injuries. others treated at Rah eh B. Green's.
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Tasvernia
George Fonstebasso
Mahneke Court
Raheh B. Green
Fontebasso
Humbert Ocon
South Alamo Street
James Ocon
Giern Schritt
West Hollywood Avenue
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday with a warmer Sunday. Light to gentle variable winds. Airport highs Saturday about 78. Sunday morning low about 41. Sunday afternoon high near 32. Friday high around 76, low Saturday morning about 50. East Texas mostly partly cloudy with slight warmth in the northwest Saturday night and Sunday. North to easterly winds. West Texas little change with highs near 79 Saturday and 83 Sunday, lows 46.
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East Texas
Texas
Oneelthie
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