Briton Seized By Iron Guard In Rumania
The British legation reports Astra Romana director A. Miller abducted from Snagov by four unidentified youths in plain clothes. Secret police deny knowledge while Antonescu pledges a full investigation into arrests of Britons on sabotage charges eight days earlier.
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Bucharest
Legation
Tron Guard
Astra Romena
Rumania
A. Miller
Miller
Snagov
Astra Romana
Ion Antonescu
American Freed After Protest Over Romanian Arrest
Lester Freeman, an American employed by the Romano American Oil Company in Romania, was released after the U S legation filed a strong protest with the Romanian government demanding full satisfaction for his temporary arrest and alleged ill treatment. Freeman had been arrested at Ploesti a week earlier and accused by Romanian authorities of involvement in a plot to sabotage oil properties. He denied the charges.
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U.S
Bucharest
INS
Lester Freeman
Romania
Liberty Today
United States Legation
Iment
Freeman
Ploesti
Dalton Sees Axis Short of Key War Supplies
London October 2 Germany and Italy face shortages of critical commodities due to the British blockade. Hugh Dalton says the blockade is increasingly effective though oil remains scarce for Britain’s enemies. He notes deficits in alloys rubber lead copper and textiles and warns neutrals against stockpiling goods for the Axis.
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London
Germany
Italy
Hugh Dalton
Britain
National Defense Public Interest Committee
Dalton
Royal Air Force
Russia
Rumania
Delisn
Europe
Bitter Argument Ends in Shooting Slayer Was Prize Fighter
Detroit Oct. 2 UP Common Pleas Judge Robert Sage 41 former lumberjack and prize fighter killed one business partner and wounded two others during a dispute over an athletic field at Wayne County building. Sage fled after firing. one partner died, two others wounded. Sage had financed Sports Park and was nicknamed the Battling Barrister.
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Detroit
Common Pleas
Robert Sage
Sage
Wayne
Detroit) County
John Whitman
Ralph Nadel
Maurice Smiley
W Nadel
Alfred
Edward A. Hackensos
The
Common Pleas Court
Smiley
Wallace
Ida
University of Seattle
Weirton Voters Decide If City Government Should Be Abandoned
Weirton Hancock County officials count ballots to decide if Weirton should be annexed to Holliday's Cove and form a Greater Weirton with Martin Heights and Weirton Heights. If approved, 40,000 residents would be created and the town would shed municipal duties to the steel company which provides utilities. The company remains neutral on the plan.
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Weirton
W. Va
Hancock County
Wll
Weirton Steel Company
Holliday’s Cove
Marlin Heights
Weirton Heights
Two More Children Expelled From Hamilton School
Two additional children from a Jehovah's Witness sect were expelled from Hamilton schools, issued in a late yesterday dismissal following prior expulsions. The action stems from sect affiliation affecting school attendance and policy compliance.
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Hamilton
Ont
Expulsions Rise Over Patriotic Exercise Refusal
A New York school reports 26 pupils removed for refusing patriotic exercises. Superintendent Frank E Penney offered no more comments on expulsions while officials dispute blamed parents members of the Jehovahs Witnesses sect coached their children.
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Frank E. Penney
Jehovah’s Witnesses
New York to Go Big for Roosevelt Says LaGuardia
Mayor LaGuardia, en route to Boston for a defense board meeting, predicted New York State would go big for the President in November. He dismissed defeatist talk by Democratic leaders, saying Roosevelt’s name is in the hearts of the people and he will carry New York big. He will return in two or three days after an inspection trip to the North.
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N.Y
Roosevelt
LaGuardia
New York
Boston
United States- Canada Defense Board
New York State
North
Mussolini Press Denounces U S Use of Singapore Base
Popolo d Italia denounces a British American agreement allowing United States use of Singapore base as absolutely inadmissible. It warns Japan may veto Washington New Zealand plans for Samoa and Cool Islands and argues U S needs Singapore, East Indies, and Philippines bases to threaten Japan. British air assaults hit Bugbug and Tobruk. East Africa raids target Gherilli and the Djibouti Addis Ababa railroad with limited damage.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Popolo d'Italia
Milan
United States
Britain
Singapore
Japan
Washington
New Zealand
Samoa
Cool Islands
Aleutians
Philippines
Guam
Wake
Howland
Hawaiian Islands
Kurile
Formosa
Carolina
Marianne
Marshall
Palau Islands
Hainan
China
Gulf of Tongking
United States Navy
Netherlands East Indies
Batavia
Bugbug
Egypt
High Command
Tobruk
Libya
East Africa
Gherilli
Italian Somaliland
Djibouti-Addis Ababa
Harr Pass
Diredawa
British Raid Italian Bases in Somaliland
Cairo dispatch reports British Royal Air Force raids on Italian bases at Tobruk Massawa and Berbera in British Somaliland. The communique said at least three Italian bombers were destroyed at Massawa with two direct hits on airport buildings. On return, RAF aircraft engaged 15 Italian planes, shooting down three. one British plane is listed as missing.
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Cairo
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Tobruk
Libya
Massawa
Eritrea
Berbera
British Somaliland
British Report Downing of Italian Bomber
Cairo, Egypt Oct 24 A British military communique says during the Sept 29 Haifa air raid one Italian bomber with five crew was damaged by anti-aircraft fire and forced to land in Syria. Other fronts all quiet.
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Cairo
Egypt
Haifa
Syria
Beer Case Full Of Nickels Buys Brand New Auto
In Champaign Illinois on October 2 a man named Ed Die Dowell traded a beer case full of nickels for a brand new 1941 model auto from dealer N K Crawford. Earlier, Kansas City reports note Mid andre Middlebush saying Missouri campus benches now accommodate couples, though electric lights are near the benches.
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Champaign
Eddie Dowell
N. K. Crawford
Kansas City
Camipus
University of Missouri
Frederick A. Middlebush
Public Library To Accept Overdue Books On Front Steps
West Hartford ConnecticutOctober 2 The West Hartford public library will place a barrel on the front steps to receive books more than six months overdue No fines and no questions asked The notice urges househloders to search under radiators sofas and car cushions during fall cleaning
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West Hartford
Conn
West
Court to Hear Scanties Question at Oct. 18 Session
In Chicago on October 2 Judge Francis Borelli set Oct. 18 for a test of the alleged attire of six nightclub dancers. A detective testified the dancers wore scanty outfits in September, while defense argued they wore bras and underwear. The judge ordered both sides to present the garments for judicial determination.
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Chicago
Francis Borelli
Charines
Ontario to Form Auxiliary Force Against Sabotage
Ontario moves to create the Ontario volunteer constabulary to aid the provincial police in countering sabotage. Volunteers train with police, pass physical and educational exams, and serve without pay. The provincial police force has been expanded, though sabotage incidents remain rare.
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Ontario
Toronto
Ont
Gordon Conant
Conant
Ontario Volunteer Constabulary
British Freighter Kaye son Chased by Submarine Off Ireland
Mackay Radio reported the 4,606 ton British freighter Kaye son was being chased by a submarine about 675 miles west of Ireland. Owned by Cookham Steam ship Company of London, the vessel trades between South American ports and England in a zone recently hit by multiple submarine attacks.
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New York
Mackay Radio
Kayeson
Ireland
Cookham Steamship Company of
London
England
Brazil Argentina trade talks begin to strengthen hemisphere ties
Rio de Janeiro Oct 2 (UP) Brazil and Argentina start negotiations on a Havana style trade pact to promote regional solidarity and self sufficiency in the Western Hemisphere. Argentine experts aboard the Uruguay and officials Pinedo and Prebisch expected to join discussions aiming for a wheat and miscellaneous goods for Brazilian fruit iron and coal exchange.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Argentina
Havana
Uruguay
Federico Pinedo
Paul Prebisch
Central Bank of
Britain thanks U S for warplanes in battle of Britain
Lord Beaverbrook issued a message to the British purchasing commission praising American built planes for boosting Allied confidence in victory. He singled out Brewster fighters and the Douglas DB-T as part of the crucial air strengths aiding Britain in its long air war.
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Washington
Britain
United States
United States of America
Lord Beaverbrook
British Purchasing Commission
Beaverbrook
Air force praises Curtiss P-40 and Brewster planes
A military official praised the Curtiss P-40 pursuit ships as equal to the best machines and noted that Brewster Navy planes were earning high praise from the finest pilots.
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