Neutrality Act vote likely today in Senate clash
Senate debate on the Neutrality Bill and the Tobey plan to defer repeal of the arms embargo enters a likely test vote today or tomorrow. Tobey argues for immediate incorporation of the cash and carry provisions while administration forces forecast repeal victory but warn the result is not a definitive gauge.
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Senate
Tobey
New Hampshire
America
Nye
Indiana
Borah
Idaho
United States
Amusements and Society Listings Featured in Directory
A mixed page listing amusements, society items, editorials, financial notes, radio programs, sports mentions, and a wirephoto section. Noting names like Fred Betts, Raymond Clapper, and Grantland Rice amid section headers.
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Louellia Papsons
Grantland Rice
Joe Williams
Ripley's
Believe
Dorothy Dixy
Ida Dean
Kain
Elsie Robinson
Veneeee Eoveve
Submarine Sightings Reported Off Florida Waters
The White House said Navy patrols sighted a small non American submarine about 20 miles west of Key West and possibly the same vessel seen 15 miles off Miami. Two non American tankers were also noted in the area as information is checked.
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Washington
White House
Navy
Key West
Fla
Stephen Early
Miami
Early
Gulf of Maine
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Portland
Greenleaf
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Maine
Silence Kept By Roosevelt On Mediation
President Roosevelt refused to engage in mediation talks amid Nazi hints and German moves in Poland. Washington signals the United States will maintain non-recognition of territorial conquest, aligning with a policy first outlined during Hoover era discussions of Manchukuo and other aggressions.
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Roosevelt
White House
Hyde, Park
Adolf Hitler
United States
Poland
Hitler
Henry L. Stimson
Hoover
Japan
Manchukuo
Ethiopia
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Albania
Austrian Archduke Aims to Form Austrian Legion
Archduke Otto of Habsburg seeks permission from Britain and France to form an Austrian legion to fight Nazi Germany. He plans at least one division of exiles including Royalists to join Allied forces, with restoration of Austria as an independent state among war aims, and his brother Archduke Robert was sent to London to negotiate.
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Paris
Archduke Otto of
Hapsburg
Austria
Hungary
Otto
Archduke Robert
London
Britain
France
Supreme Court To Pass on 3 Union Rows
The Supreme Court agreed to review three labor disputes involving the American Federation of Labor and the CIO over union representation, ballot access for a Consumers Power Co case, and a labor board order in a Pacific Coast longshoremen matter. The court will examine petitions filed this summer and decide jurisdiction in one case.
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Supreme Court
American ‘Federation of Labor
The
C.L0
Inter- Tanta Tae
T Shar
United States Court of Appeals
District ‘of ’ Columbia
Labor Board
Court ‘of Appeals
Sixth Federal Circuit
Consumers Power Company
Jackson, Mich
Fifth Federal Circuit
Chandler Resigns as Governor to Join Senate
Gov A B Chandler resigns in Frankfort and is succeeded by Lieut Gov Keen Johnson who immediately appoints Chandler to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Logan. Johnson is sworn in as governor and Chandler heads to Washington to join the Senate.
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Chandler
Senate
Logan
Kentucky
Frankfort
Washington
Earthquake Shakes Southern Norway No Damage Reported
An earthquake rattled Southern Norway on Oct 9 near Oksoe, startling a lighthouse keeper who feared mining explosions. No injuries or property damage were reported. Vatican bulletin: reports of executions of clergymen businessmen and landowners in Polish territories controlled by Russia were received.
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Kristiansand
Norway
Oksoe
Vatican City
Russia
Vatican
Freighter Struck Mine North of Terschelling Reported
An unidentified freighter hit a mine north of the Island of Terschelling around noon local time. Two Dutch vessels reportedly went to assist. One report identified the vessel as possibly Finnish in origin.
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Amsterdam
Terschelling
E. S.T
Roundup in Paris Seizes Communist Deputies
At least 40 Communist deputies were imprisoned in Sante Prison and 13 more were sought as suspected of intelligence with the enemy. The arrests target 53 of 70 deputies from the dissolved Communist party who did not join the armed forces or form the Workers and Peasants Party. A letter urging Soviet German peace talks, signed by 43 deputies, prompted the probe. Leaders like Maurice Thorez remain at large in Moscow, while Marcel Cachin faces no action. Descriptions note potential death penalties and trials in civil courts as war continues.
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Paris
Sante
Chamber of Deputies
Workers and Peasants Party
Chamber
Edouard Herriot
Amnwn Bsal de Xtratin
Moscow
Marcel Cachin
Workers and Peasants Group
Maurice Thorez
Communist Party
Arthur Ramette
Florimund Bonte
Thorez
Ramette
Bonte
Chrysler Shuts Plant Over UAW Slowdown at Dodge Division
Detroit October 9 Chrysler Corporation closed its Dodge Division sending about 10000 employees home after UAW members staged a slowdown on the final assembly line. The move followed a dispute over 64 discharged workers and a union pledge to report to work as usual. Chrysler planned to reopen for afternoon and night shifts if no further slowdowns occurred.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
United Automobile Workers’ Union
C.1.0
Corporation
Chrysler
German Freighter Haverland Suspected as Raider
Authorities in Costa Rica believe the 6,234 ton German freighter Haverland left Punta Arenas in heavy rain and is on a commerce raider mission. The ship, owned by Hamburg America Line, had sought refuge since the war began and its radio equipment was sealed after suspected communications with Berlin.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Haverland
Punta Arenas
Pacific
Berlin
Hamburg-America Line
Nazi Civil Employee Hurts as Traitor Convicted
Berlin reports Herman Krueger a civil employee in Kreuz was severely harmed today after treason conviction. He allegedly divulged state secrets to a foreign intelligence service he contacted in 1938.
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Berlin
Herman Krueger
Kreuz
Reich Speeds Baltic Lands Repatriation
Berlin reports Germany moves to negotiate with the Baltic States for immediate transfer of German blood residents. The main hurdle is compensating for property and capital assets to avoid harming Baltic and German economies as neutrals and belligerents await the next move following Hitler’s Reichstag address.
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Berlin
Adolf
Hitler
Germany
Millionaire Offers Private Airport to Train Canadians
Fort Erie Ontario October 9 1940 Sir Harry Oakes gold mine millionaire offered his private airport as a training field for Canadian fliers destined for European war service The offer came through Hon William L Houck of the Ontario Legislature Oakes who once lived in Ontario now resides in Nassau His modern 400 acre airfield sits between Fort Erie and Niagara Falls Ontario
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Fort Erie
Ont
Sir Harry Oakes
Defense Ministry
Sir Harry
William L. Houck
Ontario
Oakes
Nassau
Niagara Falls
Finnish envoy to Moscow for economic and political talks
Stockholm dispatch reports Dr Juha Paasikivi, Finland’s 69 year old minister to Sweden, prepared to travel with Finnish officials to Moscow for economic and political discussions. Officials claim no formal demands from the Soviet Union yet though Finnish citizens worry over recent Soviet actions in Europe.
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Stockholm
Juha Paasikivi
Finland
Sweden
Moscow
Paasikiv
Dorpet
Elias Erkko
Dagens Nyheter
Czech Flier Kills 67 Nazis in Airdrome Blast Near Prague
Paris dispatch from Zurich says a Czech pilot blew up a mine at an airdrome near Prague after interrogation by the Gestapo, killing himself and 67 Germans. He reportedly led police and German aviators into a hangar before triggering the blast.
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Paris
Seir
Zurich
Prague
Gestapo
Aires
Soviet Press Backs Hitler Peace Offer
Moscow reports Izvestia, the official government newspaper, argues continuing the war to restore Poland would be senseless slaughter and fighting Hitlerism is criminal folly. It says Hitler's peace bid could serve as a basis for negotiations for an earlier peace, with acceptance, decline, or correction possible.
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Moscow
Tzvestin
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Izvestia
Chamberlain Stands Firm On War Aims
Britain and France remain in accord on war aims against Hitler as Chamberlain told the House of Commons. He said no formal peace proposal has been received and any negotiated settlement would require Poland and Czecho-Slovakia to be restored and German troops withdrawn.
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London
Greatritain
France
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
United States
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Britain
Reich
Chamberlain
Arthur Henderson
Laborite
Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
August Zaleski
Paris
Zaleski
Italy
Hitler presses peace bid as Moscow pact moves ahead
Nazi Führer H itler adds heavy artillery to win Anglo French acceptance while Moscow confirms rapid scaling of economic cooperation with the Soviet Union. Molotov and a German delegation announce immediate USSR supplies to Germany and Germany fulfilling USSR orders, seen as pressure on the Allies.
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Hitler
Moscow
Molotoff
Germany
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