French Popular Front Leaders Confined in Administrative Internment
In Vichy on September 26 the Ptain government announced the confinement of Popular Front figures Senator Marx Dormoy and Deputies Jules Moch Solomon Grunbach and Vincent Auriol under administrative internment. Auriol, former finance minister, and Dormoy, ex interior minister, are noted among the detained leaders. Moch held the under secretary post to the president of the council and cabinet coordinator roles.
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Popular Front
Marx Dormoy
Jules Moch
Solomon Grunbach
Vincent Auriol
Auriol
Dormoy
Blum Popular Front
Moch
Willkie Contemplates Expanded Farm Economy Campaign
Willkie plans a heavy October tour with 20 major addresses in key states. He will speak on foreign policy in Cleveland and attack political bosses in a Missouri speech. He aims to end his drive in Madison Square Garden, New York, on November 2 while promoting an expanding economy for farmers.
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Winchester Moves Up in 1940 National Traffic Rating
Winchester climbs from 155th in December 1939 to 50th by July 1940 in the National Safety Council traffic safety contest. George Jones warns no fatal accident before January 1, 1941. Improvements cited include new street lighting signals and safety islands.
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Winchester
National Safety Council
George Jones
Jones
Junior Board of Trade
Cautious Hitch-Hiker
A man phoned the Weather Bureau in St. Louis asking on conditions to Shenandoah Iowa and revealed he was hitch-hiking not traveling by auto or plane. Forecaster Walter Maxim questioned if he was an aviator, noting the unusual inquiries.
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Weather Bureau
Here
Shenandoah
Walter Maxim
Moxim
Track Down Slaying Clues Near Horsham
Police pursued meagre clues in the club slaying of Ethel M Atkins 35 in Horsham Pa. Her body was found in an abandoned farmhouse near Norristown with a blunt force head injury and internal hemorrhage. John Angier a Duke family member who was once married to Atkins aided investigators in Baltimore and Norristown. Montgomery County DA Frederick Smillie coordinated the inquiry.
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Ethel M. Atkins
Philadelphia
John Cicero
Angier
Duke
Baltimore
Norristown
Pennsylvania
B. N. Duke
Montgomery County
Frederick B. Smillie
Ethel Craft
Winslow J. Rushong
Survivors Land At Baltimore After Ship Explosion
Twelve survivors of the Dutch freighter Stad Schiedam blown up at sea were landed in Baltimore by the British ship White Chest. A doctor at St Joseph's Hospital reported one survivor said a bomb in cargo caused the blast. The ship sailed from Can- abad en route to England. survivors were adrift five days. Nine survivors stayed at a hotel while three were hospitalized for sunburn and shock.
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Baltimore
White Chest
St. Joseph's Hospital
Stad Schiedam
Engand
Japan Would Counter U S In War Across The Pacific
A Tokyo informant says Japan will actively support Germany if the United States enters the European war. Washington is seen as an unalterable opponent of Japanese expansion and Japan may announce a new axis pact with Rome and Berlin. The informant says Tokyo believes the U S is firmly opposed to Japan's expansion in the Orient.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
United States
Associated Press
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