Defense Plans As Holding Group Behind U S War Machine
Washington reports portray a vast defense machine with a central holding-like structure under President Roosevelt. Key agencies include Lend-Lease Administration, SPAB, EDB, OPM, and OPA, linked by interlocking directors. Hopkins leads LLA while Wallace heads SPAB, blending production, economics, and price controls into the national defense effort.
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Washington
P — Elke
Roosevelt
Office of Emergency Management
OEM
White House
Emergency Defense Agencies
Wayne Coy
OPM
Federal Power Commission
Armed Services
Lend-Lease Administration
LLA
Supply, Priorities, and Allocations Board
SPAB
Economic Defense Board
EDB
Office of Production Management
Office of
OPA
Hopkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Stimson
Navy
Knox
William S. Knud- Ii
Donald M. Nelson
Missing Child Found Sleeping Near Home in Maryland Woods
A three year old boy Stanley Searles Jr. missing for eight hours was found asleep in a woodland hollow near his Potomac home. Volunteers aided the search led by Rev. Edgar C. Soper. A physician said he had a slight cold from exposure and he was lightly dressed and barefoot. The mother had alerted Montgomery County police after he wandered away to meet his father.
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Potomac
Stanley Searles, Jr
Edgar C. Soper
Stanley Searles
Montgomery County
Notice to creditors and estate sale entries
Notice to all debtors and creditors of the estate of Lillie L. Crum requests settlement with the undersigned Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank as executor. Public sale noted in classified ads. Also advertises Friday bingo at South End Hose Co and Mason's Cab dial listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie L. Crum
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
South End Hose Co
Eighteen Hurt as Bus Skids Off Highway in Virginia
A southbound Atlantic Greyhound bus with 21 aboard skidded off a highway near Bastian Virginia landing in a gulley about 22 feet deep. Eighteen were injured, two in serious condition, and all were hospitalized in Bluefield. Rescue crews used acetylene torches to reach victims, with survivors aiding others in the chaotic wreck.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Atlantic Greyhound
Bastian
Winston-Salem
N. C
Virginia
Camp Davis
Matthew Walczzak
Edward Tokowski
Edward Pawlicki
Milwaukee
Wis
W. Maloney
Charleston
Margaret Martin
Mississippi
Marshall Natier
Sam McDee
Huntington, W
Elbert Shelby
Gordon Birch
Betty House
Lancaster
Betty Snodgrass
Mullens
Maloney
McCoy Price
Lend-Lease Bill Heads to Senate for Action
Washington reports the $5.985 billion lend-lease measure moves to the Senate after a House approval vote of 328 to 67. Administration leaders seek swift action with hearings planned to start Tuesday and a report expected by next weekend. The bill raises total wartime aid to $12 billion for equipment and food to nations resisting Nazi aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Russia
Senate
Farmer-Laborite
Adams
D-Cole
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Virginia Conference Opens Next Wednesday at Lynchburg
The Virginia Conference begins its annual sessions next Wednesday at 8 p m in Lynchburg and runs to noon Monday. Dr W W W McIntyre, Winchester district superintendent, is expected to receive an active ministry appointment after long service as superintendent. Delegates from Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties include E E Baker C S Burgess A C Halvisa Wilbur Johnston and others.
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Virginia
Lynchburg
W.W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Reserve
Braddock Street
E. E. Baker
C. S. Burgess
Market Street
A. C. Halvisa
Wilbur Johnston
Montague Avenue
J. W. Newcome
Geo. Feltner
Berryville Church
R. M. Ware
Harrison Thompson
Brucetown
R. R. Duvall
J. O. Hardesty
White Post
J. M. Hawkins
May Lanham
North Frederick
E. F. Strother
A. M. Mason
Stephens City
C. E. Staples
J. W. Cammer
Middletown
G. G. Wilkins
A. L. Snapp
Gainesboro
To Decide Fates Of Ex Leaders In Occupied France
In Vichy on October 14, a council of political justice heard a preliminary report on the fate of imprisoned former regime leaders and a looming supply crisis. The body must make a final recommendation by Wednesday, with draft naming Gustave Gamelin and others. The cabinet also discussed forgeries threatening rationing and raw material shortages for craftsmen and urban winter needs.
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Vicy
France
Cat
Marshal Iain
Council of Political Justice
Gustave Gamelin
First Ice Seen In Chena River
The first ice appeared in the Chena river off Fairbanks today marking slow winter arrival for the far north as autumn progresses.
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Chena River
Fairbanks
Alaska
Drought Drives Moonshiners Off Their Creeks
Moonshiners face a drought as mountain streams dry up, halting stills that require water. A. R. Dulaney of the state ABC reports three stills located for over a month have yielded no operation due to lack of water. Seizures are few, with only a Warren County case of a small still and 25 gallons of mash noted.
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Mother Nature
A. R. Dulaney
State
ABC
Franklin and
Henry
Tank Production Still Menaced By Labor Dispute
Federal and state labor mediators moved to end a dispute between rival unions the CI O and AFL United Automobile Workers over Spicer Toledo Ohio and Hillsdale Michigan plants. The U A W CIO boycott cut transmissions used in tanks and jeeps, forcing slowed output and warning of a shutdown without settlement. Conciliators Pillaine and Luecke represented the government at the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
A. F. L. United Automobile Workers
Spicer Manufacturing Company
Toledo
Hillsdale
Steel Products Company
John R. Steelman
Spicer
Cleveland
White Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
L. W. Thomas
J. J. Pillaine
John Luecke
Pa Driver Exonerated In Death Of Youth
A Pennsylvania driver charged with manslaughter in the September 28 death of Philip Bayliss was exonerated after choosing to stand trial without a jury. Willis Craker 23 of Corry testified he saw Bayliss on a bicycle and believed he had passed with adequate room as the car traveled on Route 11 near Bartonsville.
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Willis H. Craker
Corry
Philip Bayliss
Philip Williams
Frederick
Craker
Bayliss
Bartonsville
Myrtle Wolfe
Charles Loy
B. E. Williams
Irene Lewis
Columbus
Williams
Loy
Trai Justice
Bayliss Boy
Commonwealth
W. Erle Edwards
Marlboro
Macedonia Road
Route 11
FSCC raises price fifteen cents for export apples
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation announces a 15 cent increase in export apple prices to the United Kingdom. New top price rises to 2.85 per barrel with 1.00 per basket for certain grades. Class A includes Winesaps Albemarle Pippins Yorks and R I Greenings. Class B covers Black Twig Ben Davis Gano and Arkansas Black with varied barrel and basket rates. Woodside
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Ralph M
Yorks
R. I. Greenings
U.S
U. S
Ben Davis
Gano
Arkansas
Plane Will Carry Soldiers Mail to Alaska Outposts
Washington dispatch reports a Navy airmail plan to deliver mail to West Virginia troops stationed on remote Alaska posts. Detachments at Seward Sitka will receive mail every 10 days, Kodiak Island crews possibly weekly. A Navy flying boat would land mail at Kodiak at intervals of about 10 days.
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Washington
West Virginia
Alaska
Edmiston
DW. Va
Theay
Edminston
William C. Rose
Adjutant General's Office
Seward
Sitka
Kodiak Island
Navy
Kodiak
West Virginia Aa
North
Kodiak _island
Sean Om Westoh
Railway Service To Be Curtailed
The state corporation commission authorized the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to discontinue passenger service on the valley line between Harrisonburg and Lexington. Daily freight service must be maintained between Harrisonburg and Staunton excluding Sundays, and freight service at least twice weekly between Staunton and Lexington. The passenger service may end on and after November 1.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harrisonburg
Lexington
Staunton
Gominec Ar
Green Ce
Russian Reserves Move Up as Nazis Threaten Moscow
Russian reserves bolstered by new tanks and fast planes moved toward the front as German forces pressed toward Moscow. Red Star warned of a great danger in the Bryansk and Vyazma sectors while Soviet forces withdrew to shorter lines. Churchill appeals for action and Allied bombing continues as raids target German industries and airfields.
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Associated Press
Fedor von Bock
Moscow
Great Britain
Europe
Red Star
Theoviet Army
Russia
Byazma
Bryansk
Red
Adolf Hitler
Vyazma
Ukraine
Sea of Azov
Don River
Rostov
Leningrad
Maryansk
Orel
Berlin
Volga
Rzhev
Tula
Oka
Ugra
Hitler
Lokal Anzeiger
Anston Churchill
War Office
Commandos
London
Reich
Ruhr
Rhineland
Atd
Dunkerque
Bordeaux
United Stes
Belgium
France
Britain
Goverment
Panama
Represen
British Make Big Raid On Rhine
More than 200 British bombers roared across the channel in waves at night as the RAF renewed its offensive against Germany with thrusts at the Ruhr and Rhine land. Main targets were Cologne and Ruhr towns, with subsidiary attacks on Rotterdam Ostend Dunkerque and Bordeaux. Ten bombers are missing. This was the first raid in nine nights due to weather.
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London
Channel
RAF
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Air Ministry
Cologne
Rotterdam
Ostend
Dunkerque
Bordeaux
Windsors Return to Baltimore for Quiet Homecoming
Bessie Wallis Warfield and the Duke of Windsor arrive in Baltimore for a restrained visit after seven years abroad. A city hall reception and a tea for 800 at the Baltimore Country Club are planned, with thousands expected to greet the couple as they travel by train to Timonium and stay at Salona Farms, home of the Duchess’s uncle General Henry M. Warfield.
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Baltimore
Bessie Wallis Warfield
England
Duchess of Windsor
Baltimore Country Club
Timonium
Salona Berms
Henry M. Warfield
Chief Justice Stone Turns 69 Amid Court Planning
Washington October 11 Chief Justice Stone reached age 69 today. Associates said the day’s program centered on cases to be acted on at Monday’s court session. He presided over the tribunal for the first time last Monday in his new capacity and will be eligible to retire a year hence if he desires.
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Washington
Stone
Garvel Adams Suffers Loss of Hand in Factory Accident
Garvel Adams of the O Sullivan Rubber Company sustained a severe injury when his left hand was caught in machinery early this morning. Physicians report his condition as satisfactory and he remains a patient at Memor igtphospi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garvel Adams
O’sullivan Rubber Company
Adam
Memorigtphospi
World’s Largest Drydock Under Construction For U S A
Philadelphia reports the United States Navy building a record drydock on League Island at the Delaware. Costing about 10 million dollars, the 1 100 by 150 foot basin is designed to launch battleships bigger than current 35 000 ton ships. Divers place 150 000 cubic yards of concrete for the floor and 75 000 for walls as 2 000 workers rush the project.
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Philadelphia
Uncle Sam
Delaware
Navy Yard
League Island
Washington and
North Carolina
Panama Canal
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Seaboard
America
Navy
Seeks Increase In Salary For City Policemen
Chief of Police C. W. Hollis asks for a 1 percent salary increase in the 1942 city budget for Police Department members. He also requests two additional officers to widen the force, handle emergencies, and improve traffic enforcement as current staffing is considered too small. The proposal cites rising living costs and no recent raises for officers.
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C. W. Hollis
Hollis
Dr Arnulfo Arias Returns to Panama by Sea
Havana October 11 Dr Arnulfo Arias Panama’s ousted president sailed from Cuba aboard the Cefalu headed for Panama with plans to land Tuesday and return by plane if possible His flight from Panama last Tuesday opened the way for a new regime and closer ties with the United States Arias was described as valet treasurer in dispatches from Havana
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Havana
Arnulfo Arias
Panama
Cuba
Cefalu
Arias
United States
Achuieuengine Arias
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Mason’s Cab
Kate E. Ralsen
City, Frederick
FSCC
Nazis
Rhine
U.S.A
Dr. Arias
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