29 Sep 1941
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1941
Page
1
Chinese and Japanese reports clash over Changsha with Chinese spokesman saying 20 000 Japanese casualties and the city still under Chinese control. He notes heavy fighting on the outskirts and claims Japanese targets aim to crush Chinese forces. Rail lines near Changsha long destroyed.
Gen. George Catroux, commander of Free French forces in the Levant, formally proclaims Syria’s independence at Government House in Damascus. He notes the declaration follows the British and Free French June manifesto and that Syria becomes an independent sovereign state with wartime restrictions on its rights for security of the territory.
In Tarrytown Sept 79 LN Father Divine sets up a resting place in a 30 room stone mansion he bought for 35000 dollars amid swank estates. He hosts a luxurious banquet for 40 followers as the Duchess of Talleyrand and John D. Rockefeller Jr. estates lie nearby.
Advertising claims quick relief from torture piles with Peterson's Ointment. The cooling, soothing formula allegedly has aided thousands for 30 years. Sold by all druggists as 35¢ a box or 60¢ in tube with applicator, money refunded if not delighted.
Police questioned a 11 year old girl, Mary Stone on vague charges but released her. A blood soaked blanket, a bloody fingerprint, and a list of club guests hint at new angles in the attack on Miss Miley at the country club. Mrs Miley lay dying in St Josephs Hospital as investigators pursue alternate leads.
Camp Davis details a mock war drill disrupted when buglers practiced, causing troops to scramble and miss mess, then discover they were an hour early. Other short items note a found piano in San Diego, a Rockford wedding milestone by the Rev Bannen, a tale of a long marriage, and a toddler’s razor blade craving in Indiana PA.
In Portland Oregon on September 29 a resident named Mrs Grant Harris faced vandalism when tomatoes were thrown at her porch posters supporting a 1930 campaign. She now reports a unusually large tomato crop bearing seeds that sprouted last spring.
Three Medina brothers Clayton Robert and Roy Hinckley were rescued from a crippled power cruiser after hours adrift on Lake Ontario near Port Weller Ontario. Their motor failed during a trial spin and they signaled with a makeshift flag from a white shirt and emergency oar prompting a steamer to assist.
President Roosevelt signals potential repeal or modification of major Neutrality Act sections to enable arming and return of American merchant ships to combat zones. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Connally plans tonight to review the act and press for changes while non interventionists vow a fight. The president ties shipping protection to defeating Hitler and warns against fear, highlighting recent launchings of 14 merchant vessels.
About 15 000 soldiers from the Yankee division start a 900 mile journey through Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut in two motor columns heading for Maness North Carolina near Pinehurst for First Army maneuvers. The two convoys of roughly 1150 vehicles each move out before noon on a four day march with bivouacs planned near Westport Connecticut and Peekskill New York after passing through New England.
The report details arrests of top officials, predicts a new wave of terror as underground resistance grows. It notes sabotage across Czechoslovakia slowing German war production, with factories like Skoda down by forty percent. Berlin and London reports describe unrest in occupied Europe and plans for harsher German measures.
Berlin dispatch reports that two Frenchmen, Eugene Devigne and Mohamed Moall, were executed in Paris Saturday for possessing forbidden weapons. The sentence was carried out the day before, in a notice signed by Gen. Otto von Stuelpnagel, the military commander for occupied France.
Captain and Mrs. Bernie Cleveland stop in Canastota to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cleveland. He has been transferred from Camp Holabird Baltimore to adjutant in the Western Division Air Ferrying Corps with headquarters at Long Beach California.
In Tokyo a Grew Toyoda conference prompted reports of a new diplomatic shift among Japan the United States and Britain. British envoy Craigie postponed three month US trip then canceled plans. The axis alliance anniversary framed cautious tone as Ott noted warm Rome Berlin Tokyo ties.
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