Defendant Seen Near Death Scene in Oakes Murder Trial
Nassau details reveal Maurice B O Neil a New Orleans fingerprint expert arrives as surprise defense witness in Alfred DeMarigny murder trial He will inspect the paper covered screen in the Oakes death room and assess fingerprint evidence cited by Crown witnesses linked to DeMarigny.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Maurice B. O'Neil
New Orleans
Alfred DeMarigny
O'Neil
Westbourne
Harry Oakes
Onty Crown
de Marigny
Juror Protest Sparks Outing During De Marigny Trial
Nassau Bahamas juror Jerome Bethel objects to movies on religious grounds and to a Sunday party while court rules keep the panel together. Bethel plans Bible reading while the defendant Alfred De Marigny sits in custody as attorneys battle over disclosures in a dramatic Supreme Court session. Continuous coverage continues on page nineteen.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Jerome Bethel
Bethel
de Marigny
Hems
Mountbatten Holds Parley In Chungking
Mountbatten completes a three power talks with Chiang Kai-shek and Joseph Stilwell in Chungking. American representatives and Stilwell join the strategical discussions. Mountbatten arrived October 16 and later returned to India after long conferences.
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Chungking
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Chiang
Kai-shek
Joseph W. Stilwell
Stillwell
China
Wn.b.c
Mountbatten
Stilwell
Chung
Soft Coal Operators Oppose Tinois Plan
Appalachian soft coal operators voiced unified opposition at a War Labor Board hearing to a proposed contract raising Illinois miners earnings by about 1.75 dollars daily. R L Ireland for Northern Appalachian operators proposed a 72-hour work week with time and a half after seven hours, instead of the UMW-Illinois agreement that would add travel time to the 84-hour day.
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Washington
Appalachian
War Labor Board
Tlinois
R. L. Ireland
Northern Appalachian
WLB
United Mine Workers
Ilinois
End Subway Dimout In New York To Be Fully Eased
New York will complete further easing of the subway dimout by tomorrow with the replacement of 34,000 dimmed bulbs inside cars. John H. Delaney of the Board of Transportation announced that traffic signs dimmers were removed Wednesday as part of the program.
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New York
John H. Delaney
Board of Transportation
President Roosevelt faces wage policy clash in White House
Washington UP The administration assaults wage controls drew fire from top labor leaders in a two hour meeting with President Roosevelt. C I O President Philip Murray said assurances were given that the price rollback program would be prosecuted and a committee may study living costs. Whitney and Murray urged more leeway in the Little Steel formula as costs rose since last Sept. The War Labor Board also heard a Mine Workers contract proposal to boost miners earnings about 1.75 a day with an eight hour day.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
A. F. Whitney
White House
Brotherhoods
Mr. Roosevelt
Labor War Board
A. F. of L
Whitney
Murray
War Labor Board
Little Steel
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Finois
Jap Forces Gain Along Song River In New Guinea Advance
Allied spokesman reports Japanese troops advancing by infiltration north west of Finschhafen toward a solid line along the Song River. Australian ninth division units block the coast while heavy raids by thirty Japanese planes caused minor damage and casualties near Finschhafen.
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Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Sattelberg
Song River
Australia
Pope grants sanctuary to Mussolini critics in Vatican
Swiss dispatch cites Vatican immunity as refugees not handed to Germany. It names anti-Fascist exiles and Musolini foes in Vatican City, including Italian composer Pietro Mascagni, invited by the pope to stay and safeguard works.
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Bern
Switzerland
Chiasso
la Suisse
Vatican
Germany
Holy City
Benito Mussolini
Grand Council
Mussolini
Pietro Mascagni
Vatican City
Rumania Bans Civilian Arms Under Death Penalty
Romanian military authorities ordered civilians to surrender all arms by October 30 with death as the penalty, a drastic move aimed at quelling revolt among war weary citizens. The decree, issued by Axis partner military chiefs, also imposes death for aiding parachutists spies and escaped prisoners.
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London
Upi
Associated Press
Holland Jews Deported to Reich Prisons
Dutch Premier Pieter Gerbrandy announced in a radio broadcast that Germany has deported all Jews in Holland. The last 5,000 were sent to Westerbork concentration camp near Amsterdam during the night of September 28. Originally about 120,000 Jews lived in Holland, with 60,040 others of Jewish ancestry. An estimated 10,000 Jews remain in hiding protected by Dutch citizens.
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London
Holland
Netherlands
Pieter
Gerbrandy
Radio Orange
Westerbork
Amsterdam
WLB Head Sees Miners Wage Boost
Washington P-Chairman W. H. Davis of the War Labor Board said the proposed contract for Illinois coal miners would yield a 37 1/2 cent daily wage increase without justification. He added any boost must be reconciled with the national stabilization program before the board can approve it.
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Washington P
W. H. Davis
The
War Labor Board
Illinois Seid
WLBE
Pillow Bandage Saves Lives on Battlefield First Aid Aid
A cotton pillow bandage shown to the Association of Military Surgeons demonstrates gentle pressure to control bleeding in wounds. It wraps limbs and larger areas, can stay in place two weeks, and reduces swelling and shock before hospital care while aiding burn treatment and faster natural repair.
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Philadelphia
Association of Military Surgeons
Charles E Bell Dies In Plunge
Charles E Bell 52 of 415 Third Street drowned when his automobile plunged into the Hudson River near Federal Street. Coroner ruled accidental death by drowning after examination by Dr. Joseph Padalino. Taxi stand operator Charles McCauley and Salvatore Pennel saw a man with a car key start a parked car on Federal Street.
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Charles E. Bell
Hudson River
Federal Street
Public Works
Third Street
Thomas J. Duffy
Bell
Central Fure Station
C. A. Casey
Carl A. Smith
Department of Public Works
Thomas F. FitzGerald
Public Works Department
Duffy
Charles J. Cote
Second Street
Goebbels says Germans have abundance of resolve
London reports Propaganda Minister Goebbels told the home front the 1918 collapse could not be repeated. He claimed Germans now have in abundance political understanding, courage, endurance, steadfastness and tenacity, and are aware of temporary dangers but see chances of victory.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
Berlin
Goebbels
Court Sets Aurelio Trial Date
New York court orders Thomas A. Aurelio to appear Monday to face disbarment charges. Referee Charles B. Sears will preside. District Attorney Frank Hogan to prosecute. The case stems from accusations Aurelio gained party nominations with help from Frank Costello, “czar of the slot machine racket.”
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New York
Thomas A. Aurelio
Supreme Court
Charles B. Sears
Buffalo
Court of Appeals
Atty. Frank
Hogan
Association of the Bar
City of
Aurelio
Frank Costello
Vermont Grange votes against farm subsidies
The Vermont State Grange went on record opposing subsidization of farmers stating it would burden over taxed farmers. The resolution urged sending copies to U S Senators Aiken and Austin and U S Representative Plumley. It urged farmers to manage their farms and crops according to their own dictates, criticising centralized administration.
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Burlington
Vermont
United States
George A. Aiken
Warren R. Austin
R-Vt
Charles A. Plumley
R.-Vt
AFL Leader Calls Help for Russian Unionists Against Hitler
Michael J Obermeier, president of the Hotel and Club Employees Union Local 6 CA.FL of Ls, urged cooperation with Russian trade unionists and a modest aid effort for those fighting Hitler. He criticized the AFL for not backing the Soviet Union and for opposing Chinese entry proposals during the Trans port Workers Union of America biennial convention. In Detroit, Fritz Ebert testified that denaturalization defendants were pursued, while witnesses said they supplied Germany with American public opinion data before the war.
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New York -Pi
Michael J Obermeier
Hotel and Club Employees Union
Ca.fl
American Federation of ‘Labor
Hitler
Transport Workers Union of America
Obermeier
American Federation of Labor
Fritz Ebert
Sena
Coughim
Germany
Ebert
William Allen White Resting Comfortably After Mayo Operation
William Allen White, famed Kansas editor, is resting comfortably at Colonial Hospital Rochester after a major abdominal operation performed by Mayo Clinic surgeons. His son W L White said he is not yet past the danger period but everything is proceeding as well as can be expected with normal temperature and respiration.
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Rochester
Minn
William Allen White
Mayo Cimie
Colonial Hospital
W. L. White
Kansas
Help for Small Firms Wash neton War Loans Legislation
A proposal was introduced in both Senate and House to require the Smaller War Plants Corporation to grant loans. The aim is to ease financial problems for small firms whose war contracts were terminated by the government. The measure seeks to offset losses and maintain operation.
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Wash Neton
War Plants Corporation
Senate
House
Reds Take Center of Melitopol
The Red Army advanced toward Melitopol, within 23 miles of Krivol Rog, after routing about 140 German soldiers and capturing the city center. Moscow said enemy losses were heavy and German reinforcements moved north from the Crimea as Soviet pincers closed on the crucial Crimean gateway.
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London
Red Army
Krivol Rog
Dnieper River
Black Sea
Moscow
Berlin
Meliopol
Crimean
Kiev
Gomel
Melitopol
Lower
Dnieper
Crimea
US Losses At Salerno Decreased In Italy War
Secretary of War Stimson announced that American forces in Italy had six thousand seven hundred seventy four killed wounded or missing before the Volturno fighting began. He gave figures for September 8 to the opening of the Battle of the Volturno and noted British losses may be higher. Stimson also described a Japanese ancestry American company in the Italian front and revealed 140400 prisoners of war held in the United States working to offset labor shortages.
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Washington
Italy
Stimson
The
Volturno
United States
Rome
Twe
Hawaii
Stamson
Prayers Answered Amid Canal Bridgeed Rescue in New Orleans
Michael A Fiadigues, driving a car, plunged twelve feet into the Seventeenth Street Canal after a bridge collapse. Rodrigues recalls praying, escaping through a watershed, and waking in a hospital feeling lucky to be alive.
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New Orleans
Michael A Fiadigues
Buidge
Seventeenth Street Canal
Sanden
Rodrigues
Allies Press In Italy See Slow Progress Near Naples
Allied forces under Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark advance about 21 miles north of Naples but face muddy country and stronger German defenses along a 27 mile line from the Massico ridge to Venafro. Berlin reports hint at renewed Allied landings while Field Marshal Hesenlering moves fresh troops to stiffen the front as hopes of a quick Rome conquest fade. Continued on Page Thirty. HOPE FADES
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Algiers
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Naples
Eterral
Clarks
Voltuno River
Inio
Massico
Venafzo
Albert Hesselring
Navy Planes Raid Gilbert Island Base
Navy Liberator bombers attacked Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands on October 19, facing anti-aircraft fire but returning with no damage. The raid involved carrier task force planes and land based bombers, following an earlier September strike, while Tokyo claimed six Liberators hit the area with minimal damage.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H. UP
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Navy
Hawa
Gilberts
Tokyo
Smuts Sends Aid to London Primes Relief Offer Accepted
Prime Minister Smuts offers aid to London physicians and relief agencies including large quantities of gamma milk powder and other foods to ease shortages in Benai facrine. The proposal was accepted and Britain thanked for the support.
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London
Fred Margnall
Dan Smuts
1944 Pittsburg plan urges less meat and dairy
The American Dietetic Association received Miss Jessero Harris, head of the Food Distribution Administration, outlining tentative 1944 per person food allotments. Aimed to cut meat eggs fats and sweets while boosting vegetables and fruit, the plan warns against unequal distribution and grey market activity.
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Pittsburg
American Diptete Association
Misa Jessero Harris
Wellstam
Food Dis Woan
Miss Hattis
Potuiss
Eges Aoven
Tripartite Conference Going Well in Moscow
U S British and Russian foreign ministers met again and pressed toward end of military talks on the agenda. Maj. Gen. John R. Deane and Lt Gen. Sir Hastings Ismay led their sides with Hull Eden Molotov present. Moscow radio said Stalin received Harriman and Molotov, while British and American envoys framed frank, full discussions. Conference mood was cordial and may extend beyond two weeks, with Hull and Eden possibly delaying until November 7 celebrations.
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Moscow
United States
Britih
John R. Deane
Russia
Hasanga Ismay
Churchil
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Vyascheslav Molotov
Moscow Radio
London
Gaid
Joseph Stalin
Molotov
Archibald J.C. Kerr
U. S
W. Averill Harriman
Michael) Halinin
Supreme Soviet
Filo I. Golikof
Unite States
Eden
Hull
Soviet Union
Britain
Administration Will Try to Economize Tax Legislation
Washington lawmakers moved to continue work on wartime tax legislation amid uncertainty over extra revenue. Representative Dougston urged administration efficiency to streamline expenditures while Ways and Means weighed potential revenue paths. The panel did not commit to new revenue figures or higher taxes on individuals, corporations, or luxury excises.
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Representa
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Ways
Campuniticn
Treasury
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