Rayburn Predicts Big Margin For Arming U S Merchant Ships
Speaker Rayburn forecasts a 100 to 150 vote majority for the administration bill to repeal section 6 of the neutrality law and arm U S merchant ships. Republicans show signs of shifting to support foreign policy measures as debate opens and districts send mixed signals.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Eaton
R-Nj
Republican
Wadsworth
RNY
Sunlit Days Joke Through War News
The article extols rainless days as a rare gift to enjoy sunlit prosperity during hardship. It contrasts hopeful weather with grim war images, noting Germans retreating while Russians scorch earth and millions suffer displaced lives and fading essentials.
Boyce Patrons Stand Firm on School Buildings
Clarke County residents in Boyce Va vow to pull children from school by November 1 unless the school board provides a new or adequate building. With no new high and grade schools planned, students attend a farm-turned-school, the old agricultural building, a church room, and smaller district schools. Mayor Smith denounces the board as derelict in duty amid overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in Clarke County's schools.
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Boyce
Star
Clarke County
Clay Carr
Chapel
Greenway
Agricultural Department
Carr
Lower
Clarke Coun
Henry Clay Smith
Old Dominion
Latin Americans To Get Money For Defense Bases
Washington reports that Latin American nations would receive about 150 million dollars for defense bases and military needs if Congress approves the lease lend bill. Admiral Harold R. Stark testified before the Senate appropriations subcommittee urging 100 million for the army and 50 million for the navy in Latin American countries as protection against possible Nazi influence.
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Washington
Congress
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Hemisphere
Senate Appropriations
Stark
Eight years to lick Hitler urged by Major Fleet
Major R. H. Fleet of Consolidated Aircraft told a luncheon in San Diego that the U S would need at least eight years to defeat Hitler and win the war, and that victory would require planes. He criticized government pressure on the aviation industry and warned a wage pact with AFL machinists could cost $82,000,000 and break the company.
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San Diego
Calif
R. H. Fleet
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
United States
Hitler
Major Fleet
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Office of Production Management
No Connection In Panama Changes
Secretary of State Hull denounces unfair tactics as rumors spread that the United States engineered Panama’s presidential turnover. He states the U S had no direct or indirect connection with Arnulfo Arias’s removal, while Senator Shipstead questions U S involvement amid arms protests by Arias and American flag registered vessels.
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Washington
Hull
Panama
United States
Republic of Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Shipstead
R-Minn
Minnesota
Arias
British Bombers Hit Cologne and Boulogne Docks
The air ministry reported that British bombers attacked Cologne and the docks at Boulogne in raids on western Germany and coastal France last night. Hudson aircraft of the coastal command bombed Esbjerg docks and shipping. several bombers were reported missing from all operations.
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London
Air Ministry
Cologne
Boulogne
Germany
France
Ministry
Hudson
Coastal Command
Esbejerg
Soldiers of the 29th Division Take A Breather Before Offensive
In North Carolina on October 16 soldiers of the 29th Division rest in wooded Anson County areas before a planned large-scale operation in the Carolinas. The unit, reinforced by the 44th Division, is expected to invade territory southwest of the Twenty-eighth Division with a front across South Carolina. Ground and air patrols locate the enemy as corps leaders prepare a critical review of tactics Saturday. Prisoner captures rose for both sides overnight.
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Wadestord
N. C
Twenty-Ninth Division
Anson County
Second Army Corps
Twenty-ninth
South Carolina
Actics
Public Trials of Former French Leaders Ordered
Vichy France Oct. 16 reports Marshal Petain ordered speedy public trials for five leaders blamed for France’s defeat to Germany. Former premiers Leon Blum and Edouard Daladier and Maurice Gamelin named among the accused. Daladier, Blum and Cot discussed for life detention. Three leaders to be held indefinitely at Fort De Portalet near Pau.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Germany
Leon Blum
Edouard Daladier
Generaissimo
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Riomcourt
Daladier
Blum
Lae
Generalissimo
Fort
Cot
United States
Windsors Visit Navy Academy in Annapolis
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived in Annapolis to attend a luncheon at Government House hosted by Gov. O Conor. They were escorted by local police and waved to cheering crowds. The pair planned to meet Lord Halifax in Washington the next day.
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Annapolis
Duke
Washington
Lord Halifax
Ambassoute
Co. C. Camps
Pane
WarnenSe
Navigation and Power Program Sees House Approval
The House Rivers and Harbors Committee approved today a navigation and power program. Army engineers estimate the project would cost almost 1 billion dollars.
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Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Army Engineers
Great Things Within Affirmed By Bishop At Conference
Bishop W. W. Peele told the Virginia Annual Conference that true values lie within not without, urging internal virtues. Bishop Francis J. McConnell spoke at a retirement ministers service. A plan urged churches to allot seven percent of membership to Virginia Methodist Advocate subscriptions.
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Lynchburg
W. W. Peele
Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Peele
McConnell
Francis J. McConnell
New York
Frank L. Wells
Richmond
Virginia Methodist Advocate
George M. Ramey
Advocate
Winchester Police Pay Lags Behind Other Valley Towns
Chief C. W. Hollis reports Winchester patrolmen earn far less than peers in six nearby communities. Typical pay ranges from $105 to $145 monthly for officers, with clerks at $75 to $125 and the chief at $175. State troopers average about $155 monthly with per diem. Local departments consider a 10 percent raise amid rising living costs.
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C. W. Hollis
Winchester
Fredericksburg
Staunton
Lexington
Charlotteville
Wayhesboro
Harrisonburg
Charlottesville
Staynton
Hollis
Bayliss Fined For Contempt In Frederick Court
Roy Bayliss of Kernstown was fined 25 dollars and costs by Judge Philip Williams in Frederick Circuit Court for contempt after an assault on Alvin Willis of Sunnyside. Willis testified in the trial of H Craker of Corry Pa the 23 year old driver involved.
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Roy Bayliss
Kernstown
Philip Williams
Frederick
Bayliss
Alvin Willis
Sunnyside
H. Craker
Corry
Odessa Falls to Axis as Rumanians, Germans Press Moscow
German and Rumanian forces bombarded the Russian port of Odessa amid a 59 day siege as fighting raged. In Tokyo, Japan’s cabinet resigned over policy toward the United States and Russia while Moscow faced a possible evacuation to Kazan if defense failed.
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Associated Press
Odessa
Japan
United States
Soviet
Siberia
Moscow
Germany
Iran
Kazan
Fumimaro Konoye
Russia
Konoye
Tokyo
Red Line
Kalin
Kaluga
Borodina
Mozhaisk
Japan Mobilizes White Russians in North China
In Peiping on October 16, reports said Japan is mobilizing all able bodied White Russians 17 to 40 for six months of compulsory training in North China. Some cities have partial mobilization and youths are sent to Tianjin for training at the Far Eastern Institute. One White Russian stated he would obey orders but would not fight Russians.
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Peiping
China
Tientsin
Russia
Japanese Still Hopes To Keep Peace With U S
New York October 16 Japan remains in negotiations with the United States to preserve Pacific peace. General Kiyotomi Okamoto said in a Domei broadcast that the Japanese public should be ready for the worst if talks fail. He stressed Japan’s resolve to resolve the China incident and to advance East Asia prosperity.
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New York
Japan
United States
Pacific
Kiyotomi Okamoto
Okamoto
Army General Staff
German Pressure Put On Swedes?
Norwegian sources in London suggest Germany may try land routes to transport troops and supplies to Finland after British actions made sea movement difficult. They note visible German troop movements in southern Norway near the Swedish border and trains carrying forces from Trondheim with high secrecy in southeastern Norway.
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London
Germany
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Trondheim
British Bombers Rain Fire on Germany Amid Luftwaffe Claims
Berlin reports British bombers dropped explosives and fire bombs overnight in western Germany damaging homes. Three raiders said shot down. German fighters and anti aircraft claimed destruction of 20 planes in battles over the bight and channel. No German losses. air force losses total 85 from Oct 8 to 14, ten aircraft in battle with Britain.
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Berlin
Germany
English Channel
High Command
Great Britain
Humber
English
Gasoline Refining Faces New Potential Bottleneck
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes warned of a developing bottleneck in gasoline refining capacity that could require a rapid expansion of refineries or curtailment of nonessential civilian fuel use nationwide. He said expanding capacity might avert broad gasoline rationing.
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Washington
Ickes
Zeropack Plant Not Operating Amid Picketing
Operations at the Zeropack Company frozen as workers failed to report and management offered no comment. Police kept three officers at the North Cameron plant yesterday with two on duty today while about 20 picketers stood nearby and a dozen men loitered across the street.
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Zeropack Company
C. W. Hollis
North Cameron
Pepper Counsels For Conflict With Hitlerites
Senator Pepper urges preparation for war with Nazi powers and calls to immobilize Japan and eliminate Axis fleets. He warns of a possible clash if Japan strikes after Russia’s fate, and supports driving Hitler from the seas while seeking peaceful options with Japan.
Harriman Returns to Report to Roosevelt on Russia Aid
London Oct 16 Averell Harriman head of the US delegation to Moscow to arrange aid for Russia departed Great Britain by air for the United States to report to President Roosevelt on the mission.
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London
Averell Harriman
United States
Russia
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Rummage and Auction Set for October 18
Rummage sale at 124 S Main near Cork on Saturday morning October 18 starting at 10 o clock hosted by Wiling Workers Highland Ave Church. Auction sale same day October 18 at 2 p m led by R N Cook in Stephens City with 30 lots offered.
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S. Main St
Cork
Highland Ave
R. N. Cook
Deve Stephens City
Hall of Thirs Saarane Night Ticket Details
An event titled Za Hall Thirs Sarane on October 16 at 8 30 p m lists admission for adults at 1 00 and theater or tour pricing at 100 10 1.
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Hall
Thirs
Sarane
Prinss. Adm
Toor
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Pepper
William B. Ardery
D-Fla
Florida
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
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Atlantic
Strepper
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Ator
Wheeler
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Harriman
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