Railroads say over 23 thousand tank cars can move oil East
Washington reports rail executives dispute earlier oil car estimates with J J Pelley of the American Railroads Association asserting 800 to 900 cars daily would suffice to move 200 000 barrels of oil to the East. Ickes notes a large surplus exists and warns of potential shortages this winter amid a Senate inquiry into Atlantic Seaboard supply.
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Washington
Senate
Atlantic Seaboard
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Ickes
Pelley
Maloney
D.-Conn
Lkely
O'Clock
United States
M. S. Stout
Oil firms use 100 tank cars in local deliveries
In San Antonio Texas, Maloney says 100 tank cars serve local deliveries by major oil companies. He suggests trucking could replace the cars for cross country hauls, warning it might be a form of hoarding in car leasing that deprives railroads of equipment to deliver to the East.
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San Antonio
Tex
Maloney
State Keeps Close Tab on Forests No New Fires Reported
Albany Oct 2 There were no new forest fires reported in New York State today but continued lack of precipitation kept wary Conservation Department officials on their toes. If this sort of weather persists there’s no telling how many new fires will be reported at any time. The sun was shining in perfect fall weather throughout the State. The department reiterated its warning to hunters entering the woods for the second day of the open season on woodcock. A new outbreak of fires may bring closing of the forests.
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Albany
New York State
Conservation Department
Trumpeter Swans Return to Yellowstone in Comeback
In Yellowstone Park Wyoming on October 2, a census shows trumpeter swans rebounding from near extinction with 208 counted, up from 190 in 1940. The report notes the species once faced the fate of the passenger pigeon and the dodo.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Halloween Night Blackout Set by Spooks Happy
Portland Oregon reports a four day air raid climaxing in a Halloween blackout on October 31. Police Chief Harry Niles probes civilian defense officials about the plan as the city braces for the darkened observance.
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Spooks
Portland
Ore
Harry Niles
Ex-Convict Held As 330 Push Hunt For Missing Girl
In Conway New Hampshire authorities questioned a former convict as 330 soldiers and volunteers pressed a fifth day search for Pamela Hollingworth a five year old who wandered from a family picnic. A Rhode Island bloodhound joined the effort but found no clue as temperatures dropped to near 25 degrees. Pamela's father Joseph Hollingsworth a Lowell lumber executive kept vigil beside the search while her mother received medical care.
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Conway
N. H
Pamela Hollingworth
Rhode Island
Burnham Davis
Boston
Jacob Ryerson
Joseph’Hollingsworth
Lowell
Mass
Pamela
Church Thief Steals Crown From Saint Statue
A careful thief invaded St. Patrick's Catholic Church in San Francisco on October 2 and stole the gold crown from an angel statue. The culprit unscrewed the crown and replaced the statue before departing with the loot.
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San Francisco
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Jap Troops In Drive on Rail Junction
Japanese launch new Hunan offensive 500 miles north of prior campaign and press toward Chengchow securing rail junctions. Chinese losses peak as 14,000 reported in Hunan attack while Changsha falls then retreat begins. fronts shift with Japanese lines in Henan and Shansi as forces pull back toward three-column withdrawal.
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Shanghai
Hunan
Henan
Yellow
Chengchow
Chenghsien
Yellow River
Kaifeng
Honan
Shansi
Changsha
Chungking
Canton- Hankow
Missionary Son Killed in Chinese Air Raid
The American Southern Baptist Mission at Hsiaokwan in Kwangtung province was wrecked in a Sept 29 Japanese air raid. The son of an American missionary died, names not released. The U.S. embassy in Chungking had no confirmation, while the Central News Agency cited a protest by the American consul at Canton. The American flag reportedly flew over the mission during the bombing.
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Chungking
American Southern Baptist
Hsiaokwan
Kwangtung Province
United States
Central News
Canton
Illinois to Free 7000 Mental Patients to Relatives Care
Illinois will release about seven thousand patients from state mental hospitals in the coming months. They will be placed in the care of relatives or added to old age assistance rolls to ease overcrowding. Rodney H Brandon state welfare director said investigations are under way to place seniors over 65 deemed socially safe on aid. Outpatient clinics will offer free treatment in Chicago and at hospitals for those released.
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Illinois
Springfield
Rodney H. Brandon
Chicago
Brandon
Gulf Coast Shipyards Hit by Widespread Strikes
Walkouts cripple shipbuilding along the Gulf Coast with 2,500 Alabama Mobile workers striking at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company over contract breaches and wage delays. Union leaders threaten to mobilize 162,000 CIO members if state guards act. A.F. of L. welders protest wage scales at Pascagoula, Mississippi. Additional plant walkouts occur at Waverly Terminal in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Briggs Detroit affecting Chrysler Plymouth production, as unions press for pay and seniority terms amid broader labor unrest.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
C. SO
Alabama
Steve Martin
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Mobile
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Martin
Frank M. Dixon
A. F. of
A. F
Ingalls
Pascagoula
Miss
Union Operals
Waverly Terminal
Breeze Corporations, Inc
Elizabeth
N. J
United Auto Workers
Breeze
Briggs Body
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth
Briggs
D. SO. Auto Workers Union
Irving Arrchute Company
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Richard Nash
Webster Hall Hotel
Plum Brook Army Ordnance Plant
Sandusky
Clerks Picket Line Pause Impacts Plant Operations
Army reports show 2735 union clerks failed to report for work at E. B. Badger and Sons plant, with 1000 workers idle. Although 95 clerks struck, Army quartermaster Captain Frank Ray says operations were little affected as A F L drivers reported but were sent home for lack of work.
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Ters and Iron
E. BB. Badger and Sons, Co
Army
Neberger
A. F
Frank Ray
Army Constructing Quartermaster
Tommy Milton Held In Car Fatality
Tommy Milton, winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1921 and 1923, is ordered held for trial on a negligent homicide charge by Trafle Judge Thomas F. Maher. Milton, 47, now in the engineering business, drove a car in a collision that killed Mrs. Constance Glertz, 39, on August 16 in Detroit.
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Ommy Milton
Detroit
Tommy Milton
Trafle
Thomas F. Maher
Milton
Constance Glertz
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