Pentagon rises as colossal five sided War Department hub
On the Potomac south bank the Pentagon grows into a vast five sided complex of five concentric buildings with a central court. It will house about 46,000 staff, include extensive dining, a private telephone exchange for 125000 and 30,000 hourly transit capacity.
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War Department
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U.S. Agriculture Experimental Farm
House Appropriations Committee
Engel R.mich
Virginia
Sagoon
Germans May Use War Prisoners in Plants
London reports that official circles expect Nazi Germany to employ thousands of United Nations prisoners in Axis factories and road building. The Dieppe commando raid is viewed as a first step toward abandoning the Geneva convention.
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London
Daily Mirror
United Nations
Dieppe
Crippled Boy Risks Life Saving Crutches From Truck Fire
Ralph Maxwell a 19 year old with a foot ailment rode a gasoline truck at a Kansas service station when it burst into flame He leapt from the unloading area and then drove the burning vehicle away from the station to a vacant lot before escaping with his crutches intact
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Virdie Gunn
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Veteran Liberal leader David Hoyd George confined by heavy cold
London reports 79 year old David Lloyd George, veteran Liberal opposition leader and Prime Minister in the last war, is confined to his room at his country estate Churt with a heavy cold after fifty two years in the House of Commons.
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David Hoyd George
Victory
House of Commons
Churt
Prelate Receives Threat From Touhy Gang
In Fort Wayne Indiana Monsignor Thomas M Conroy faced a death threat from the Touhy gang amid a manhunt for seven escapees from Stateville Prison Roger Touhy's group seeks vengeance for Conroys alleged role in the Factor kidnaping trial Police chase leads into Oregon and Illinois as Mae Blalock Bangharts sweetheart is hunted as a key figure in the breakout
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Fort Wayne
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Cathedral of Immaculate Conception
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Indianapolis
Basil Banghart
Monsignor
Conroy
Courtney
James M. White
Ogle County
Banghart
Mae Bialock
Leonard Bryk
Joliet Penitentiary
Eryk
Buffalo
N.Y
Blalock
Touhy Gang Search Expands to Michigan Report
Paw Paw Michigan October 120 P A roadblock lines southwestern Michigan after motorist Erving White a 35 creamery operator says Roger Touhy and four or five companions in a car threatened him with a tommy gun near 5 AM White reports no shots were fired but one man aimed the weapon as the car with motor trouble passed White says he is positive Touhy was present Officers say the trail is not yet found though they call it a hot tip and the fugitives previously escaped from the Stateville Illinois penitentiary.
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Roger Touhy
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Flying Forts Batter Japs at New Britain
American aircraft defend Guadalcanal area while Japan expands reinforcements on the northwestern shores. Between October 5 and 8 American torpedo planes and dive bombers sank a destroyer and damaged another, and left a Kako class cruiser burning as enemy naval forces push ashore despite air resistance.
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Solomons
Western Defense Command orders 46 off the West Coast
Lieut. Gen. John L. DeWitt announced 46 citizens deemed dangerous must leave the West Coast within 10 days and report regularly to the FBI after relocating inland. Families may stay. 39 cases remain pending. 36 individuals were exonerated. Names include Sylvester Andriano Ettore Patrizi and Renzo Turco. Explosive kills boy in Little Falls. Albert Haak, 10, Salisbury, died from a dynamite cap explosion.
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John L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
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DeWitt
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Civil Control Administration
Sylvester Andriano
Ettore Patrizi
Renzo Turco
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Little Falls
Albert Haak
Salisbury
Glamor Boy Square: City Hall Courtyard as Dating Deck
In Philadelphia the City Hall courtyard nicknamed Dating Deck and Glamor Boy Square becomes a lonely hearts hub for sailors and soldiers on weekend leaves. Uniformed youths mingle with Quaker City girls as they arrange dates and head to jitterbug palaces or movies. The crossroads at Broad and Market now serves service members from 48 states.
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Company Street
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Ufe
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Police donate handcuffs to aid Axis prisoners
Pittsburgh police, about 200 officers, donated their personal handcuffs to the Government for probable use in shackling Axis prisoners. Police Superintendent Harvey J. Scott said the donations followed an urgent Washington request and noted the handcuffs would be used on Axis prisoners, not specified as German war prisoners in Canada. Britain and Canada have begun retaliatory actions against German prisoners.
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Harvey J. Scott
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Washington
Canada
Britain
Policemen Send Handcuffs to Eastern Depot
Scott said scores of other policemen would add their handcuffs to those already sent to a quartermaster's depot in the east. The handcuffs were purchased by Pittsburgh policemen at a cost of from $$ to $18 a pair.
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Scott
Pittsburgh
Soldier Sentenced to Death by Hanging in Tucson Case
Pvt. Francis A. Lines of Detroit was found guilty by a military court martial in Tucson of criminally attacking a 12 year old girl. Col. Lowell H. Smith pronounced the death sentence at Davis-Monthan Field where Lines was stationed. He was arrested on August 11.
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Aziz
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Francis A. Lines
Detroit
Lowell H. Smith
Davis-Monthan Field
Lines
Chilean Chief Cancels US Visit Amid Axis Probe
Chilean President cancels a planned October trip to the United States after a White House call in which Sumner Welles accused two South American republics of harboring Axis influence. Chilean Ambassador Rodolfo Michels delivered a protest, while Argentina lodged its own complaint and critics questioned Argentina’s Nazi tolerance.
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