Nine Dead as Hurricane Moves to Sea
A tropical storm born in the West Indies four days earlier left at least nine dead and caused heavy damage across the Bahamas Florida and Georgia before veering toward the Atlantic. Coast Guard searched for 20 missing fishermen as Carolinas prepared for the storm’s end with winds near hurricane force.
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Atlanta
West Indies
Atlantic Ocean
South Carolina
Bahamas
Florida
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
South Georgia
Coast Guard
Gulf
St. Marks
Carrabelle
Fla
Carolinas
Weather Bureau
Parris Island
S.C
Or. D. Eauls
Gulf Coast
Panacea
Tallahassee
Frances Hester
Pavo
Norman Park Junior College
Moultrie
Iceland as Keystone of Sea Defense in World War II
The article describes Iceland as the northern Atlantic air defense hub with U S Army Air Corps and Norwegian fleet air arm bombers and flying boats patrolling surrounding waters. It notes improvised RAF bases, rapid repair shops, and numerous fjords for takeoffs and landings. It highlights defense of Britain’s lifeline and the need to augment winter fighter strength for continued steady flying.
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Hydrew Middleton
U. S. Army Air Corps
Iceland
Keystone
Cavers
Atlantic
Norwegian
Fleet Air Arm
United States Air Corps
R.A.F
Britain
North Atlantic
Soo Canal Nears Opening As Wreckage Clears
Sault Ste. Marie Oct 8 A half open navigation corridor may be ready by tomorrow as workers lift a damaged bridge arm and move wreckage from the Soo Canal lock approach. Engineers expect the good arm to allow 18 foot 6 inch drafts. Lake Superior water levels rise to aid freighters waiting in St Marys River areas.
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Sault Ste
St. Mary's River
Lake Superior
Poe
St Mary's River
Hay Lake
Whitefish Bay
Prankish Tornado Lifts Roof in Jelly Prank
A bizarre Kansas City report describes a tornado that lifted a house roof and spilled jelly between rooms, then replaced the roof. In Chicago, a court ruled Mrs. Lillian Stadler’s two marriages invalid, advising nulling her later union with Adolph Kurlander.
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Kansas City
Jack Weber
Chicago
Lillian Stadler
Joseph Stadler
Superior Court
Welles Sees Defeat of Hitlerism as Supreme Objective
Under secretary of State Sumner Welles declared that the period after the war will be critical, but the top goal is the final defeat of Hitlerism. He spoke at the Foreign Trade Convention with Lord Halifax, reading Roosevelt’s message on the importance of international commerce for economic life and fair, mutual benefits amid war conditions.
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New York
Sumner Welles
Welles
Lord Halifax
Roosevelt
Six Billion Lend-Lease Bill Reported
A congressional report outlines six billion Lend-Lease figures and notes military necessity. It cites Wickard planning to feed one fourth of Britain for six months and press reports that aid to Axis adversaries will rise as preparations finish.
Defense Coiffure Emerges From Wire Shortage
In Los Angeles on October 8 the rise in hairpin prices and reduced wire supply due to a government cut leave only about 1,200 pounds of new hairpins available monthly for the city, far below the usual six tons. Households face further fixes like alternatives for vacuum-cleaner upkeep.
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Los Angeles
D. M. Benjamin
Lend-Lease Aims to Expand Aid as War Effort Grows
Major General Burns assured a committee that Britain will not export Lend-Lease materials but will use them within the Empire for essential war needs. Edward R. Stettinius Jr predicts the initial 7 billion dollar appropriation will rise as production and delivery accelerate, with plans to adjust aid as supplies begin to decline. The program now funds procurement after verifying requests are essential to the war effort and producible through existing defense channels.
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Wickard
Great Britain
Stimson
George CC. Marshall
Army
Russia
Starnes
D.ala
United States
Hitler
Britain
British Empire
Egypt
Iine
Dutch East Indies
James H. Burns
Division of Defense-Aid
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Lend-Lease Administration
Domestic Airlines See Record Revenue Passenger Miles Rise
Air Transport Association reports 1941 January-August revenue passenger miles at 869,518,236, up 30.46 percent from 1940. August traffic hit a record 146,041,369 miles, 31.47 percent above August 1940, with July also a peak. Express freight climbed 50 percent month over month and total weight surpassed one million pounds for the first time since 1927.
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Chicago
Air Transport Association
Harrisburg Honors Top Chicken Plucker Deingwall
A. C. Deingwall, a magazine writer from New York City, won the Northeastern Poultry Producers Council championship by completing the chicken plucking race in two minutes and one second, far ahead of the field. His victory was reported from Harrisburg on October 8.
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Harrisburg
Northeastern Poultry Producers Council
A. C. Deingwall
New York City
Deingwall
Viereck Arrested for Nazi Agent Activities
Federal indictment accuses G S Viereck of acting as a Nazi agent for Germany. He allegedly received payments totaling 8 000 dollars and used Flanders Hall Inc to distribute pro German books and speeches to influence American opinion. The case cites registers with the State Department and multiple publications.
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Kaiser
Friends
Germany
Samuel Dickstein
Hitler
Overseas Press Club of America
Federal District Court
Washington
Viereck
Claudius Murchison
Justice Department
Cotton Textile Institute
State Department
Flanders Hall, Inc
Scotch Plains
N. J
Flanders Hall
Flankers Hall, Inc
Deutsche Informationsstelle
Berlin
Lord Lothian
Nile
Scandinavia
Turkey
Africa
Palestine
Grand Jury
Marine Insurance Rates Are Reduced
New York October 8 Market reports that American Marine Insurance Underwriters cut war risk insurance rates on cargo aboard belligerent flag and United States flag vessels. A fall in Atlantic sinkings prompted the revision.
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New York
Atlantic
Cleopatra's Pearls Quandary and the Wine Test Tale
An old tale recounts Cleopatra admiring two pearls while an admirer praises her beauty. She allegedly drops a pearl into wine and drinks it to showcase wealth or wit, though the anecdote blends myth with legend and splendor.
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Cleopatra
French Drinking Curbed Further By New Decree
In Vichy on October 8 1941 the official journal published another anti alcohol law reducing sale hours. Fortified drinks like Dubonnet Byrrh and similar mixtures may be served 11 AM to 1 PM and 6 PM to 8 PM. Liqueurs Benedictine Chartreuse Cognac restricted to 1-3 PM and 8-10 PM with grogs Americains allowed daily in winter.
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Paul Ghali
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Vichy
Three Delaware County Schools Closed Over Infantile Paralysis
Davenport, Oct 8. Three Delaware County schools shut to halt infantile paralysis spread after one suspected and two definite cases. Charlotte Valley Central School suspended indefinitely and Davenport Center schools with 280 pupils closed.
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Delaware County
Davenport
Charlotte Valley
Davenport Center
Roadside Tragedy and Odd City News Items
In Vincennes Indiana a three year old girl guided rescuers to her mother after a car left the road and overturned killing Mrs Margaret Snyder age 64 of Fritchton. A Dallas Texas detector seeks trombone music as a girl leaves a batch of sheet music missing to a boy with a trombone. Judith Fay Abbott born weighing 74 pounds joined the cradle rocking baby enrollment at the Methodist Church in Harrisburg South Dakota 95 minutes after birth.
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Vincinnes
Ind
Anna Marie Snyder
Margaret Skinner Snyder
Fritchton
Harrisburg
S. D
Judith Fay Abbott
Russell Abbott
The
Methodist Church
Glamorous Lenore Abandons Honeymoon and Vanderbilt
Lenore Lemmon an 18 year old cafe society beauty says she is through with her husband Jacob Webb a 26 year old Vanderbilt descendant now sought by police for bouncing checks. She calls their elopement and four day southern honeymoon a Hollywood class B picture and says she will marry a bricklayer after her legal troubles end.
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New York
INS
Lenore Lemmon
Cafe Society
Jacob Webb
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Lenore
Vanderbilt
Jakie
Manhattan
Webb
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Suez
U. S
Jersey City
Atrol Island
Soo Canal
Court
Halifax
Baby Furniture CO
Washington ST
Syracuse Coal Merchants
G.S. Viereck
Marci
Philadelphia
Fred Tarpnell
Tarpnell
Dallas
Tex
Jean Knight
Beller Weet
American Medical Association
Aurex Syracuse CO
F. Washington St. University
Talon
Cadillac
Spector
Genesee Motor Sales, Inc
W. Genesee St
Syracuse
N.Y
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