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October 30, 1940

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City 158s Run the Emotional Scale; Mothers Are Proud, Some Resentful; 'First Lottery I've Won' Joke Is Worn Thin as the Reactions Vary From Celebration in Bar to Objections of a Quaker

By Unknown Author

The surnames of the New Yorkers bearing No. 158--the first Selective Service number to come out of the bowl in Washington yesterday--make quite a story in themselves.

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MEXICO-U.S. ACCORD SEEN BY CARDENAS; Navy and Air Bases to Be Part of 'Settlement'--Embargo on Metals Is Denied Hopeful Picture Painted

By Arnaldo Cortesi Wireless To the New York Times

Pres Cardenas says no embargo was imposed; others explain shipment suspension was due to inquiry on transshipment from U S

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HAGUE DENOUNCES INQUIRY AS SEEKING ROOSEVELT DEFEAT; In Furious Verbal Duel With Tobey, Mayor Demands a Willkie Investigation

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Willkie scores use of ambs in Roosevelt's campaign

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FASCISTI 'ADVANCE'; Land Attacks Launched on 3 Mountain PassesSalonika Is Objective BRITISH RAID ITALIAN BASE Stampalia in the Dodecanese Bombed--Greeks Optimisticas Operations Develop

By Camille M. Cianfarra By Telephone To the New York Times

occupy Shen Nikol

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R.A.F. RAIDS WIDEN HAVOC IN GERMANY; Warship Docks Blasted, Fires Set at Plants in Attacks on Many Objectives R.A.F. RAIDS WIDEN HAVOC IN GERMANY Berlin Reports on Raids Danish Coast Bombed

By F. David Anderson Special Cable To the New York Times

RAF bombs dockyards, Emden to Kiel, oil depots, railheads and airfields along Rhine, Hamburg and Bremen; German rept on raids; Germans deny Brit bombed Pilsen Skoda works

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