Russians Refute Breakthrough as German Armor Presses On
A Pravda correspondent reports renewed Russian resistance on multiple fronts near Orel and Vyazma as German tanks and infantry push forward. Red Army units withdraw and regroup while counterattacks and fresh reserves aim to halt encirclement attempts. Eyewitness notes in Red Star describe vast columns moving to the front with winter dress, heavy vehicles, and artillery, as troops brace for continued assaults.
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Red Army
Communist Party
Pravda
Orel
Vyazma
Russia
Semyon Timoshenko
Red Star
Labor turmoil hits factory output at Hillsdale plant
Workers at Hillsdale’s 800 strong plant threaten to halt production as Spicer’s C I O members refuse to handle A F L parts. Mediation teams call a conference amid broader union power concerns. Other strikes ripple through Birmingham shipyards and Cleveland auto plants as wage and job reclassification issues unfold.
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Elec
Hillsdale
Fas
Spicer
A. F
James M. Duffy
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
A. F. of L
Seattle
Birmingham
Ala
Big Fairfield Steel Works
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
C. L
Robins Drydock
Brooklyn
C. I. Os Marine
Cleveland
James F. Dewey
Midland Steel Company
C. I. O. Auto Workers
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Calif
Air Associates, Inc
Bendix
N. J
Mediation Board
Rhine Towns and Ruhr Hit in RAF Raids
More than 200 British bombers attacked the Ruhr and Rhineland as weather improved, with simultaneous assaults on docks at Rotterdam Ostend Dunkerque and Bordeaux. US-built Havocs took part over Belgium and France, igniting fires at Dutch and Belgian airfields. British raids on Britain were limited to two eastern England locations with minor casualties. A British warplane also destroyed a grounded Italian plane at Djibouti airdrome in French Somaliland.
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London
Channel
Rla.f
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Rotterdam
Ostend
Dunkerque
Bordeaux
Air Ministry
Belgium
France
Holland
Britain
England
Djibut
Somaliland
Rome Claims Success In Battle at Tobruk
Rome reports Italian and German troops in the Tobruk siege for six months captured prisoners in a battle before the Libyan port. Axis planes raided Tobruk and Matruh causing fires and damage to harbor works batteries and depots. A British raid on Bengal is denied with no casualties.
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Rome
Tobruk
High Command
Matruh
Egypt
Bengal
Bold Hunter Holds Lion by Tail in Chama Range
Albuquerque Oct 11 Frank Armijo grabbed a lion by the tail to free their dog after the lion bit a hunting companion George Lescallett shot the animal. Armijo said he held on until Lescallett arrived with a gun and the lion released.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Frank Armijo
George Lescallett
Chama
Armijo
Leo
Lescallett
Stolen car report ends with surprise twist
A New Castle man rushed to police headquarters claiming his car had been stolen. He led Sergt. Fred Brown to the parking spot and revealed there was $100 in the glove compartment. The car was found a block away, with the same $100 inside.
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New Castle
Ind
Sergt
Fred Brown
Four Square Gospel Church Collapse Shocks Oregon Town
Springfield Ore October 11 The Rev James H Taylor appeals for volunteers who built the Four Square Gospel Church last summer after the church collapsed during a windstorm the other night seeking help to assess damage and restart efforts.
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Sringfield
Ore
James H. Taylor
Four Square Gospel Church
Kiwanis Girls Plan Bright Dress Monday Aid
In Chicago Kiwanis International offices fifty young women will report for work on Monday wearing bright red dresses to spark a campaign against blue Monday. The plan aims to lift spirits and promote a cheerful office atmosphere in the local Kiwanis group.
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Chicago
Kiwanis International
Chicago Man Falls From Chair in Fatal Window Crash
Chicago on Oct 11 reports 56 year old Frank Dubbell recalls little after losing balance while on a chair on his bed. Police theorize he stood on the chair to reach a shelf box, toppled through a window two stories high, hit a fence, and landed on brick rubble. Doctors say he will recover.
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Chicago
Frank Dubbell
Dubbell
Batista says Cuba must revise neutrality policy
President Fulgencio Batista declared that Cuba must revise its neutrality law due to changing world conditions. He stated Cuba is openly allied with the United States in defense of democracies and thus allied with Britain, China and Russia, and that the time has come for a change in Cuba's neutrality.
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Cuba
Havana
INS
Fulgencio Batista
United States
Britain
China
Russia
Batista
Peace Plea Demand Spurs Arming of Merchant Ships
Debates onRoosevelt Churchill peace positions continue as the House passes a 5.985 billion lease lend bill. Senate action and a neutrality revision to permit arming American merchant ships loom. Hearings begin Monday with Secretary Hull as the first witness. Navy officials say trained crews would man the guns once arming is authorized, with about ten men per merchant ship crew plus a petty officer.
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House
Ieaders
Senate
Roosevelt
Tinkham
Rmass
Hull
Administration
Continental Congress For Freedom
Fight For Freedom Committee
Germany
Navy Department
Knox
Inquiry Opened Into Crash That Cost Seven Lives
Memphis officials opened an inquiry into a deadly train school bus crash at Eads Depot. Seven people died including bus driver Charles F. Priddy and six pupils Jean Seward Guy Anderson Alma Shirley Hagan Williams Melvin Finish Richmond Murray Bryan. Ten were injured as the 18 children were returning home. Engineer Joe Darnell said the N C and St L train traveled about 49 to 50 mph and the bus appeared on the track after a hill crest. A witness described the bus rolling onto the track seconds before impact.
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Memphis
Tenn
Eads Depot
Here
Charles F. Priddy
Shelby County
Jean Seward
Guy Anderson
Hagan Austin Williams
Alma Shirley
Melvin Finish Richmond
Murray Kenneth Bryan
Joe Darnell
Paducah
Three Ships Will Be Sent for Japs in U.S.
Page One reports on escalating wartime rhetoric as attacks on the United States and Britain intensify while Germany receives praise. A Hochi commentary predicts the Soviet Army's destruction will carry world wide importance, refocusing U.S. and British attention to a new Atlantic battle.
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W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Russia
Persian Gulf
Bandar Shah
Caspian Sea
Arrow
Caspian
U.S
Konoye
United States
Britain
Germany
Hochi
U. S Japanese Talks At Complete Standstill
Washington October 11 Diplomatic talks between the United States and Japan have reached a near standstill. Japanese tempo suggests a clearer view of European events, especially the Russian situation, could alter the course. Despite official statements, Japan faces economic strain and uncertain stockpiles, with limited manpower in French Indochina and possible shifts toward northern targets if tensions rise.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Russia
Kaname
Wakasugi
Tokyo
Indo-China
British Fleet Bombs Cherbourg One Year On
One year after a British fleet strike on Cherbourg in German occupied France, London urges Britons to evacuate to safe locations as rallying lines call for departure from the Continent.
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Cherbourg
London
Ruma
Two Years Ago Trade Talks Between Britain and Russia
A damaged text fragment recalls a period when Britain and Russia engaged in trade discussions. The reference hints at covert or strategic elements tied to intelligence and diplomatic maneuvers during a tense era.
Senate Appropriations Endorse Six Billion Lend-Lease
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee said hearings would begin Tuesday and the bill would be reported by next weekend. The package totals 6,159,552,799 with allocations for agricultural, ordnance, ships, aircraft, tanks, manufacturing facilities, services, testing, and miscellaneous equipment. House debate highlighted anti communism sentiment and support for aiding nations resisting the Axis, with divisions among Democrats Republicans and invited pairs noted.
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Senate Appropriations
Senate
Russia
Great Britain
New York
Belter
Bloom
Buckley
Byrne
Capozzoli
Celler
Cullen
Delaney
Dickstein
Fitzpatrick
Heffernan
Keogh
Klein
Lynch
O'Leary
O'Toole
Pfeffer
Somers
Andrews
Baldwin
Cole
Culkin
Fish
Gamble
Edwin A. Hall
Leonard W. Hall
Hancock
O’brien
Pheiffer
Rockefeller
Taber
Wadsworth
Marcantonio
Kennedy
Butler
Crowther
Reed
Merritt
Barry
Hancock Votes Aye on Lend Lease Bill
Representative Clarence E. Han of Syracuse and Central and Northern New York supported the $5.985 billion Lend Lease appropriation, which cleared the House 328 to 67. Auburn's Taber proposed $300 million cuts from the $1.875 billion, but the amendment failed 97 to 71.
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Hancock
Clarence E. Hancock
Syracuse
New York
House of Representatives
House
Taber
Auburn
Communists Withdraw From NYC Races Back LaGuardia Support
Sixteen Communist candidates for city county and borough posts including Israel Amter withdrew from the upcoming elections in New York City and urged unity to defeat Tammany Hall. They did not endorse Mayor LaGuardia though he rejected their backing, while District Attorney William O'Dwyer remained the main rival. In separate news, James B. Hutcheson died from injuries after a crash in Lockport, marking a fatal accident in the area.
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LaGuardia
New York
Israel Amter
Tammany Hall
William O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
F. H
Public Service Protest Over Rail to Bus Change
Ithaca residents, railroad workers and Candor citizens protested a Lackawanna plan to abandon passenger service on the Ithaca Owego line. The railroad proposed replacing trains with bus service and using trucks for mail papers and express items as an economy measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Public Service Commission
Ithaca-Owego
Lackawanna Railwa
Railroad Brotherhoods
Candor
Houghton College Leader Speaks at Rally in Watertown
Dr. Stephen W. Paine of Houghton College addressed the Black River district rally of the Methodist Youth Fellowship at Bethany Methodist Church. The youngest college president in the United States will speak at the third annual Houghton alumni dinner tonight at 6:30 in the Odd Fellows Temple. He will conclude his local tour with a Sunday address at LaFargeville Methodist Church.
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Houghton College
Watertown
Stephen W. Paine
Black River District
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Bethany Methodist Church
Nazis Claim Annihilating 2 Russ Armies
Nazi High Command reported major offensives around Bryansk Vyazma Orel and Rzhev claiming encirclements and heavy Soviet losses including 28 destroyed tanks around Leningrad. German bombers hit targets in Moscow and Leningrad while rail lines were attacked. Reports tied to possible Moscow encirclement with Valkdal heights drive north from Orel.
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Bryansk
High Command
Moscow
Leningrad
Warsaw
Valdal Heights
Rzhev
Vysz7ma
Orel
Tula
Sea of Azov
Gerhard Emskoetter
Donets
Vyazma
Lokal Anzeiger
British Train Shock Corps For Invasion
British report describes a new shock corps built for invasion with forced marches on short rations and amphibious and guerrilla training. It includes picked men from all arms and may operate in small parties or individually to assault tanks and shore defenses. Authorities say the units could be deployed on land for long campaigns if needed.
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London
Storfm
George
War Office
Jobs and Payrolls in New York Defense Industry Rise
New York State Labor Department reports defense industry employment and payrolls rose from August to September by 2.5 percent and 3.8 percent overall. Mid September payrolls are 29.5 percent higher than a year earlier, factory payrolls up 54.7 percent, with weekly earnings increasing 1.2 percent as existing facilities near exhaustion.
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Albany
New York
State Labor Department
Bids for U S Aid In Home Building Fall Off Slightly
The Federal Housing Administration reports 21 232 mortgage insurance applications for new small homes in September totaling 98 060 539 dollars. This compares to 24 122 applications and 111 258 890 dollars in August and 20 035 applications for 90 906 190 dollars in September 1940. The Federal Home Loan Bank also notes building costs for a standard all room house rose 3.1 percent in August from July and are 25 percent higher than in August of the prior year.
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U. S
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Home‘ Loan Bank
Inonre
Yeer
Ram T Ok
Air Defense Test Opens Civilian Warning Posts
Albany reports a sweeping air defense drill by the First Interceptor Command based at Mitchel Field. Civilian defense director Gen John F O’Ryan said 84 observation posts in New York State will join tests across a coastal strip including Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia and North Carolina. The exercise will run through October with civil air raid warning systems activated.
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Albany
Seaboard
Mitchel Field
John F. O'Ryan
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
O'Ryan
New York State
Poultry Judging Won by New England 4-H Team in Harrisburg
Massachusetts 4-H club team led by Emerson Hubbard Hadley Mass Richard Mitchell Shelburne and Stanley Walls Munson won the poultry and egg judging contest at the sixth annual Poultry Industries Exposition in Harrisburg pa They scored 2290 of 2700 points Edward Smith 17 Walworth NY won the individual 4 31 judging with 795 of 900 Maine placed third in team standings New York finished fourth Buck Hill Hatchery and Poultry Farm Hackettstown NJ won the Rhode Island Red class.
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New England
Harrisburg
Upma
Massachusetts
Emerson Hubbard
Hadley
Mass
Richard Mitchell
Shelburne
Stanley Walls
Munson
Edward Smith
Walworth
N.Y
Hubbard
Maine
New York
Rhode Island
Buck Hill Hatchery and Poultry Farm
Hackettstown
N. J
Contracts Signed for 49 Huge Tankers
The Maritime Commission signed contracts for 49 tankers totaling 133.5 million dollars. The fleet will add 5,796,000 ay capacity with 10,750 gross tons each. Alabama Drydock in Mobile will build 36, Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point will construct 13. This will create the world’s largest tanker fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Mobile
Ala
Te Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Fate of Former Leaders Debated By Vichy Cabinet
Vichy cabinet under Marshal Petain met to hear a preliminary report on the fate of imprisoned former regime leaders and the present supply crisis. The council of political justice prepared a draft for Prime Ministers Daladier and Blum and others. The meeting also addressed tobacco shortages worsened by the loss of 2000 tons of Macedonian tobacco in Mediterranean sinking incidents.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Council of Political Justice
Edouard Daladier
Leon Blum
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Mediterranean
Italians claim capture of 5,000 in advance on Trieste
Italians report capturing about 5,000 enemy troops during a forward push toward Trieste as Axis forces press in Italy’s northeast theater. German and Romanian fronts show renewed activity in the Alt Valley sector with Romanian clashes noted along the front.
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Trieste
Alt
Rumania
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