British Bomb Ship Plants In Germany
London reports RAF bombing of Stettin, a major German shipbuilding and oil center on the Oder, with attacks lasting about an hour. Additional strikes hit Le Havre, Hamburg, Emden, Den Helder, Goettingen, Lingen, and Hanover targeting docks, railway lines, factories, and airframes amid unfavorable weather.
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Hines Dons Prison Garb For 2 Weeks Quarantine
James J. Hines once a top Tammany Hall leader begins a two week quarantine in Sing Sing as convict No. 98719. He will be guarded in a 115 year old cell block while serving four to eight years for fixing Dutch Schultz policy racket.
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Sing Sing
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James J. Taes
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Dineh Schultz
Vermont Dairymen Approve Milk Price Rise
Vermont dairymen voted unanimously to approve a 40 cent per hundredweight price increase for Class I milk sold to the Boston market. They also split on two proposed changes in the Boston milk marketing order including service charges from the market pool fund and allocations to operating cooperatives. Additional hearings were scheduled for Augusta Maine and Boston.
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New Air Station For Navy Goes in Commission Today
Jacksonville Florida October 15 high ranking officials and a marine band attended the commissioning of the Navy Southeastern air station near the St Johns River mouth the 25 million dollar project is the first major naval base commissioned under the new defense program training will be its main objective with eight hundred cadets to be in training and about two hundred cadets to graduate each month within two months flight cadets will begin arriving for training the base will be used for training and operations with the training emphasis until personnel are increased.
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U S Soviet Talks Progress in Efforts to Ease Trade Tensions
Washington reports steady progress in daily discussions between Soviet ambassador Oumansky and U S officials led by Sumner Welles. They reached agreement on basic economic principles and moved to settle specific questions, aiming to improve day to day relations despite broader political tensions.
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Mrs. Roosevelt Campaigns for Nan Honeyman in Portland
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives in Portland Oregon to campaign for Nan Wood Honeyman who seeks Congress. She will speak to the League of Women Voters before flying to Seattle to visit her daughter Anna Roosevelt Boettiger. Honeyman, a former Third District Democrat, lost in 1938 to Homer Angell.
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Registration Sets record 3,000,000 in New York City
A record 3,000,000 voter registration in New York City seemed likely as final qualifying day approached with 2,560,926 enrolled. Party leaders anticipated the impact on the November presidential vote as all five boroughs posted sizable gains over 1936 highs of 2,900,184.
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Trade Goddess Rings Up Sale Goes to Altar
A colorful item reports Ferne Lindenberg of Kansas City known as Goddess of trade arranging a wedding trip and a free vacation for a couple including groom Jack Ronadeap after an unusual sale scene in Sun Valley Idaho. Five more short notices follow from across the Midwest detailing quirky incidents.
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Iowa State
Roosevelt to Ask Senate to Return FCC Nomination
President Roosevelt said he would ask the Senate to return Thad Brown’s nomination for another term on the Federal Communications Commission. Brown, a Republican from Ohio, asked to leave for private law practice, and Roosevelt reluctantly agreed. A separate note reports Britain issued a 1.0 billion pound war credit as a government white paper.
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British Troop Ships Struck by Italian Air Power
Rome reports Triolian air squadrons attacked a British convoy rushing reinforcements to Egypt. They hit a cruiser with a torpedo and a transport with a heavy bomb, with other ships damaged. Italy claimed the same fleet fought a prior Malta clash, sinking a cruiser and damaging others while losing a destroyer and two torpedo boats.
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London Silent on Nazi And Italian Claims
British naval sources declined to discuss Italian claims that they sunk or damaged British ships in a Channel clash between Malta and Sicily. They also declined to comment on German reports of naval action near the Isle of Wight, off England, near Portsmouth and the Southampton shipping hub.
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U S Must Learn From German Kids Donovan States
Rochester report quotes William J. Donovan former assistant U S attorney general after secret mission to Germany. He warns democracy must be strengthened and urges Western New York bankers to adopt a proactive and dynamic outlook similar to German youth.
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Japan Launches Warship Kashi From Yokohama
The Japanese navy announced the launching of the warship Kashi at Yokohama. Details on tonnage and armament were not disclosed. Shipbuilding facilities there are sufficient only for destroyers and smaller vessels.
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