Navy Enlistments Drop After Torpedo Attacks
Secretary of the Navy Knox reports a 15 percent fall in enlistments following the torpedoing of destroyers Kearny and Reuben James with 112 crew lost. He notes a trend toward returning to 10,000 to 11,000 monthly recruits, still short of needs, as parents withhold consent for minors to enlist.
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Washington
Knox
U. S
Reuben James
C. W. Nimitz
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
House Rejects Wages and Prices Ceiling Plan
Washington Nov 26 by decisive vote 218 to 63 the house rejected a rigid wage and price limit. It moved to admin price ceiling proposals for selected commodities while seeking more study by the banking committee. Key issues include farm price regulation and broad powers for the price control office led by Leon Henderson.
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Washington
House
Banking Committee
Leon Henderson
Rep. Martin
R-Mass
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
Committee On un-American Activities
Henderson
Rep
Gore
D-Tenn
Two British Forces Move Up in Libya
British and New Zealand units join westward ocean front drive to Rezegh amid a battered axis line in North Africa. Imperial HQ notes possible decisive clash as remnants of German columns threaten Moscow on the eastern front.
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Libya
Rezegh
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Clarmann
iGs
Moscow
Tula
Stalinogorsk
Venev
So Petain Hesitates So Petain Hesitates
New York reports allege Marshal Petain resists outright Axis membership amid German French talks. Sources cite Italian territorial aims and doubts over German losses in Russia, plus uncertain North Africa fighting and Bulgaria troop concentrations affecting a Suez winter offensive.
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New York
Marshal Petain
France
Axis
Petain
Russia
North Africa
Bulgaria
Suez Canal
No Settlement Basis Is Found In Far East Talks
Washington reports seven months of diplomacy failed to yield a peaceful settlement between the United States and Japan. Hull presented a document outlining principles for peace, calling for end to aggression, withdrawal from China and French Indochina, and open trade. Japan’s response remained uncertain as talks ended with both sides smiling.
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Washington
United States
Jran
Far East
Japan
Hull
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Pacific
China
Indo- China
New Order
East Asia
Thailand
Burma Road
Tokyo
Great Britain
Netherlands
Australia
South Pacific
Hu Shih
Roosevelt
State Department
Depth Charges Killed Seamen on Reuben James
Survivors of the torpedoed destroyer Reuben James say an undetermined number of the 100 men who died perished from their ship s depth charge explosions as they clung to life rafts in icy waters on October 31. They report charges set to explode at 50 and 100 feet went off when the hulk rolled, a safety catch allegedly unlocked in dangerous Iceland waters, and note only two boats remained, damaged by the blast.
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New York
Reuben James
Iceland
Destroyers Flee and Two Libyan Merchant Ships Sunk
British Mediterranean Fleet off Libya reports six inch salvos sinking two Libya bound merchant ships believed carrying men and gasoline. The ships went down in flames after being abandoned by their destroyers as cruisers swept toward Tripoli and Rommel's forces at Rezegh.
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Libya
Edwin Rommel
London
Sealanes
Tripoli
Rommel
Rezegh
The Pessimist Farmer Dreams of Moving Town
The old grocer recalls a time when he served cigarettes prewrapped by hand. A rural farmer longs to relocate to a small farm, hoping for a simpler life away from the town’s bustle.
Axis Is Screaming Over Guiana Moves
German and Italian press vent their anger at the American occupation of Dutch Guiana. The article argues the Axis fears the moral impact of the move, viewing it as significant beyond pure military considerations and affecting enemies worldwide.
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Axis
Guiana
Dewitt MacKenzie Herr
Hitler
Dutch Guiana
NYA Project One in East Central Oklahoma to be Eliminated
Thirty-two of 175 NYA projects in the state were cut following a meeting with Bruce G. Carter and seven area directors. East Central State college at Ada faces elimination affecting 60 people. most nonresident college projects will close within a month. National NYA order demands a 40 percent state budget cut. Overall 1,087 people will be removed. 833 more will lose jobs in remaining projects.
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East Central
NYA
Oklahoma City
Bruce G. Carter
East Central State College of
Ada
Washington
Governor Weighing Pleas for Paroles
Governor Eugene Talmadge considered clemency pleas from six men convicted of night time floggings amid protests from Atlanta ministers and a prosecutor. A clemency hearing in the state capitol followed a display of two leather lashes as prosecutors labeled the men as Ku Klux Klan members.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Dan Duke
Senate
Duke
Fatal accidents rise on dry roads share
A safety note states that almost 77 percent of fatal accidents occur on dryRoad surfaces, highlighting risk awareness for drivers.
Red Cross Roll Call Nears End for 1940 Appeal
The Red Cross asks for full local participation as the Roll Call winds down with only three days left. D J Stubblefield emphasizes that incomplete industry responses could sharply cut chapter activities this year while $1,244.10 and 1,747 members have been reported to date leaving $1,371 needed. Twenty industries remain, and county reports are not yet complete. County rural chairman Bill Bevers has not submitted his report. Rising work and costs tied to armed forces obligations require urgent local contributions to cover investigations and telegram expenses for soldier illness cases affecting furloughs.
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American Red Cross
D. J. Stubblefield
Stubblefield
Bill Bevers
Atoka Hot Lunch Program in Full Swing
In Atoka County the community lunch program serves 1774 hot noonday meals daily to school children. Bertha W. Lee reports eighteen schools receive WPA aid, seven have applied and three seek to qualify. Forty four WPA workers are preparing defense line meals across the county.
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Atoka
Atoka County
Bertha W. Lee
Lee
WPA
Greater returns for amount in vested
Local classified ad notes higher value from invested funds in Ada with improved yields. The notice highlights increased returns for balance holders and clarifies terms for renewed investments and maturity options.
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Ada News
U S Tank Pace Passes Britain In Output
The United States claims it now outpaces Britain in tank production as reports describe half of tanks built being rushed to front lines under lease-lease, with a proposed victory program targeting about 33 600 tanks annually including 2 000 medium and 800 light per month.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Russia
England
Office of Production Management
OPM
Officer Killed In Ft Sill Accident
First Lieut. Harry T. Van Fossen Jr., 24, of Lemoyen Louisiana, motor officer with the second battalion 349th field artillery, was killed near Fort Sill while directing a tractor convoy to field maneuvers on the Fort Sill reservation.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Harry T. van Fossen, Jr
Lemoyen
349Th Field Artillery
Fort Sill Reservation
Three Men Injured In Houston Blast
In Houston on November 26 three men suffered serious burns when a four foot tank of rubber compound exploded at Universal Packing and Gasket company. Lawrence Pressley the company vice president was most seriously burned while Robert Scott and J C Stevens also sustained injuries as workers fled through flames. The firm, which holds a $20 000 defense contract for boiler gaskets for the Navy, reported the incident.
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Houston
Universal Packing and Gasket Company
M. L. Bunn
Lawrence Pressley
Robert Scott
J. C. Stevens
Engineer Caudle Died After Train Robbery Encounter
Charles W. Caudle, an early railroad engineer born December 24, 1862 in Mound City Illinois, died last night from a heart ailment. He once experienced a train robbery by Jesse James and his brother while operating a Missouri Kansas Texas locomotive on a virgin Indian lands run. He taught school in Mound City before entering rail service and retired after 25 years due to ill health, living in the area.
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Oklahoma City
Charles W. Caudle
Jesse James
Outlaws
Caudle
Mound City
Ill
Oft Arreste d Man Faces Charge Here
A 50 year old man with a long police record was held in the county jail on petty larceny charges after attempting to sell two shirts stolen from J C Penney's. He has been named under at least 13 aliases since 1924 and is also under a parole violation warrant.
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J. C. Penney
Wayne Lewis
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Lewis
Nazis Close In On Moscow On Multiple Fronts
The Associated Press reports German forces push toward Moscow from north and south while Soviet dispatches note tank spearheads reaching the outskirts of Stalinogorsk and a breakthrough toward a Moscow Knin highway. Soviet casualties reach about 37,000 with heavy losses cited against the Germans.
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Moscow
Klin
Red Army
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Adolf
Hitler
S. A. Lozovsky
Rostov
Verdun
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Seattle
Martin
THE
Associated Press
By Bob Blanks, Jr
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Turkey
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Germany
Fuehrer
French Guiana
Dakar
Africa
Awful
Cayenne
Panama
Philippines
Red Cross
U.S
Ft. Sill
James
Josef Hofmann
Fantry
Knin
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