Wage ceiling debate heats up in Congress with price control talk
President Murray of the CIO opposes federal wage controls and argues price controls must come first. Ralph Hetzel Jr notes inflation pressures while Representative Gore pushes broader ceilings on wages and profits. The discussion centers on base period pricing and administrator led ceilings under Henderson plan.
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Washington
Philip Murray
Ralph Hetzel, Jr
Murray
House Banking Committee
Congress
Gore
Banking Committee
Hetzel
Co. I
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
German offensive in Russia could reshape war aims
The article analyzes Hitler's gamble in the Russian campaign. It notes fierce fighting near Moscow and Leningrad, Soviet resilience with heavy losses, and Nazi hopes to capture Leningrad, Moscow, and Ukraine to threaten the Caucasus. It warns winter could hinder operations and that renewed pressure may follow.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Leningrad
London
Hitler
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Bolshevists
Russia
Caucasus
Black Sea
Dangling Garter Guides Boy Toward College Enrollment
Park College gains a freshman after a Pennsylvania bus exchange where Sam Orwis of Medina, Ohio, heard tales of the college from a garter mishap and decided to enroll. A second note reports William Post’s attempted heroism ended with surrender of $6 after a purse snatching in Chicago.
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Parkville
Park College
Sam Orwis
Medina, N
Pennsylvania
Chicago
William Post
Post
Police withdraw from league after threats in opening game
In Portland on October 6 opponents of the police department team threatened to punch several officers during the opening city league football game. The police backed down and withdrew rather than risk arrest or violence.
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Portland
Ore
Police Department
City Football League
Highest Court Opens Eight Month Term With New Faces
The Supreme Court, now with only two Roosevelt appointees, reconvened to start the 1941 42 term. Chief Justice Stone presides as two new associate justices Byrnes and Jackson join an unusually young bench. Court plans conferences this week to tackle more than 650 cases already on file.
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Harlan Fiske Stone
Supreme Court
Louis Boskey
C. Roger Nelson
Washington
Roosevelt
Harlan F. Stone
Charles Evans Hughes
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Robert H. Jackson
Owen J. Roberts
Pennsylvania
Stone
Mr. Hughes
James C. McReynolds
Roberts
Byrnes
Frankefurter
Reed
Black
Jackson
Murphy
Douglas
Tribunal
Hughes
George Sutherland
Belgians Sentenced by Nazi Court Martial for Forbidden Weapons
A German court martial in Mons Belgium sentenced four men to prison terms ranging from one to six years for possession of forbidden weapons. The Brussels Zeitung also reported a separate seven or one year sentence for strike agitation.
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Berlin
Mons
Belgium
Bruesseler
Brussels
Roosevelt Drives Past County Property In CCC Hike
President Roosevelt touring the Hudson Valley spot checks ownership of a house with a CCC boy, asking who owns the property. The youth, a hitchhiker, replies he does not know and asks the president if he is headed into town.
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Roosevelt
CCC
Hyde Park
President Roosevelt
Dutchess
Hudson Valley
Mr. Roosevelt
Austro-Hungarian and German Troops Advance in Transylvania
Twenty five years ago Austro-Hungarian and German forces defeat Rumanians along a fifty mile front in Transylvania, signaling a major military action in the region.
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Transylvania
Relief for itchy pimples with Peterson's Ointment
When skin is irritated by pimples and blotches, apply a 35c box of Peterson's Ointment sold at your druggist. It claims prompt itching relief and improved skin appearance, with additional use for itching of feet and cracks between toes.
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Peterson
Nervous gunman fails robbery at Springfield cleaner
In Springfield on October 6 a nervous gunman tried to rob Gus Perganson a dry cleaning operator. Perganson defied him and the bandit fled after losing nerve. The victim salvaged $400 and found a shotgun with two shells near the scene.
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Springfield
Ill
Gus Perganson
Perganson
World Series confusion touches time zones and towns
A fan asks if Brooklyn is in the eastern time zone amid World Series buzz. In Uulea Missouri residents gain phone service through the Chillicothe exchange, yet telephone workers complain about misread signals in the village stores and homes.
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Brooklyn
News-Press Sports Desk
New York
New Jersey
Dodger
Uulea
Chillicothe Exchange
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