Drafted Men Get Chance at Commissions
The War Department expanded measures to train draftees and boost morale. Nine tactical corps will train Regular Army and National Guard units with divisions, while a "candidates" school may offer enlisted men a path to lieutenants' commissions. New pay raises raise private pay to 66 dollars monthly at top, with rookie pay starting at 21 dollars. Overseas pay adds 333 plus 15 for dependents.
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Washington
War Department
Army Tactical Corps
National Guard
Army
Asergeant
George C. Marshall
United States
France
A. E.F
Marine Corps
Congress
Massachusetts
Funeral tomorrow for Prof Charles H Gauger
Funeral services are set for tomorrow for Professor Charles H Gauger 72 longtime head of the University of Buffalo pharmacy department who died unexpectedly on Saturday. A native of Rochester he had been connected with the school for 89 years.
Wallace Attacks Financiers Power and Farm Policy
Wallace criticized financiers and the GOP over farm policy during a West Coast tour including Santa Rosa and San Francisco. He credited the Roosevelt program with saving agriculture and cited GOP votes against the New Deal, noting California farm benefits totaling $70 million from AAA and about $21 million in crop loans over seven years.
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Wallace
Santa Rosa
Napa
Oakland
San Francisco
Memorial Stadium
G.O.P
Willkie
Congress
Claifornia
Couple Killed In Air Crash Near Walterboro
Captain Charles A. Ross 37 and his wife of Washington D C died in a private plane crash five miles north of Walterboro about 11 P M. The wreck in a pine thicket trapped Ross in the cockpit and his wife in the debris. The plane struck trees while attempting a field landing. Local searchers found the aircraft after the distress signal.
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Walterboro
D. CC
Charles A. Ross
Washington, D. C
Charleston
Ross
Belchertown
Mass
Indo China Siam border clashes cited by Tokyo dispatch
A Bangkok report said border incidents between Thailand and French Indo China had multiplied. An Indo-Chinese policeman shot a Thai merchant who crossed the border without a passport. Thailand demanded inquiry compensation and punishment. Thailand denied an Indo Chinese warplane attack on a border station.
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Siam
Tokyo
Domei
Bangkok
Thailand
Roosevelt Drive Outlined At State Conventions
The piece outlines Democratic and Republican themes at the conventions with Edwards Mead and Roosevelt highlighted. It notes support for Roosevelt's reelection and labor protections, plus a slate of electors and candidates including Mead for senator and O'Day Merritt for Representatives at Large.
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Wagner, Mead and Lehman
Roosevelt
Willkie
Cornelius J. Nugent
Syracuse
Onondaga Democratic
James A. Farley
Washington
Mead
United States
Caroline M. O'Day
Matthew J. Merritt
Edmund H. Lewis
Albert Conway
Brooklyn
Charles S. Desmond
Buffalo
Charles B. Sears
William H.kelley
Onondaga County
Lewis
Kidnapper Reconciles to Life in Prison in California
Wilhelm Muhlenbroich pleaded guilty at arraignment to abducting three year old Marc de Tristan Jr in Redwood City California. He seized the boy on September 20 and fled toward the mountains seeking a $100000 ransom from the de Tristan family. Lumber mill operator Cecil Wetsel and worker Ellis Wood captured Muhlenbroich after recognizing the child in the kidnap car and restraining him. The de Tristan family thanked the men and offered a reward of about $25000. Wood accepted his half, Wetsel declined saying he has children of his own.
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Redwood City
CaHf
Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich
Marc de Tristan, Jr
Muhlenbroich
Marc
Count
Countess de Tristan
Here
Cecil Weisel
Ellis Wood
de Tristan
Mare
Wetsel
Wood
Los Angeles
Hearing on Civil Service for City Employes Begun
In Buffalo the third in a series of hearings on extending civil service to about 150000 city workers opened. The New York State commission on extension will report to the Legislature by February 1, 1940, following prior sessions in Syracuse and Utica.
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Buffalo
New York State Commission On
Civil Service
Syracuse
Utica
Herbert H. Lehman
Court of Appeals
Army Housing Inquiry Hits By Democrats
Washington Oct 1 A Democratic reply contends government efforts to provide homes for defense industry workers are being coordinated under one head. Taft urged a Senate inquiry into defense housing costs and agency coordination, while Byrnes said coordination is already under Charles I Palmer as national defense housing coordinator. Berlin time stays on summer schedule indefinitely, seven hours ahead of EST.
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Washington
Taft Cro
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Taft
House
United States Housing Authority
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Works Administrator
Byrnes
D-S.c
Charles I. Palmer
National Defense Commission
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Defense Council
British Correspondent Ordered to Leave Romania
Claire Hollingsworth, a British newspaper correspondent, is under order to depart Romania within eight days as the Romanian government tightens restrictions on English nationals. She helped spirit refugees from Czechoslovakia and Poland via an underground railway.
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Claire Hollingsworth
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Twin Winifred Watkins Confuse Coeds at Mary Washington
Fredericksburg report recounts freshmen Winifred L. Watkins of Richmond and Winifred L. Watkins of Birmingham sharing a name and a misaddressed love note situation at Mary Washington College. Separate items include pilfered poultry in Chicago, elevator doors misadventure in Spokane, speeding fines in Kansas, a perfume skunk tale in Lincoln, and a seed sales scam in Indianapolis.
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Fredericksburg
Winifred L. Watkins
Richmond
Birmingham
Mich
Mary, Washington College
Watkins
Miss Watkins
Michigan
Colon Out of Bounds For Armed Forces Riot
Colon declared out of bounds for U S Army and Navy personnel after a barroom riot said to have involved 250 soldiers and Panama police. One Panamanian policeman suffered a possible fractured skull. eight soldiers were fined with appeals filed. Military reinforcements were called in.
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Colon
Balboa
C. Z
United States Army and Navy
Panama
Samson and Ulcer Pains Mentioned in Ad Claim
An odd advertorial asks about Samson feasting on a lion and links stomach ulcers to indigestion and heartburn. It promotes a 25¢ box of Uden Tablets with a money back guarantee and notes availability at drug stores.
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The
Herald-Journal
Samson
Arrest Made in Toronto Woman and Buffalo Man Held
Ronald L J Brown 31 of Buffalo arrested in Toronto on October 1 under exchange control board actions. Police said he faced detainment due to foreign exchange compliance. The arrest occurred late Monday and involved pending charges.
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Toronto
Foreig Toronto
Ronald L.J
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Ivan F. Wilson
Allegany County American Legion
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Bill Dietz
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