U-BOATS SIGHTED OFF NEWFOUNDLAND SHORE
Canadian Navy reports submarines close to the Newfoundland coast and planes of the air force coastal command attack them with depth charges and bombs. Rear Admiral Percy Nelles approved the statement as ships sink at least one German sub. Washington discusses arming merchant ships to cut losses in the Atlantic. A Berlin spokesman condemns sailors sailing to Britain as doomed. See SEA WAR Page 2.
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House of Commons
Newfoundland
Air Force Coastal Command
Percy Nelles
Washington
Knox
North Atlantic
Iceland
Crimea
Black Sea
Kerchenski
Sevastopol
Luftwaffe
High Command
Yalta
Kerch
Neva
Moscow
Mary Martins New Baby Name Sparks Small Town Debate
Weatherford a tempest stirred as Mary Martin named her infant daughter Heller sparking objections from local residents. The town memory of the star’s past work drew mixed reactions while Heller Halliday, 7 pounds 13 ounces, and mother were reported in Hollywood.
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Weatherford
U.P
Teacup Society
Mary Martin
Heller
Miss Martin
Richard Halliday
Tuesday Bridge Club
Ladies Aid Society
Mary
Hollywood
Heller Halliday
Mother
Amarillo Weather Forecast Mixed Skies With Cold Night
Amarillo and west Texas expect partly cloudy to clear skies tonight and Thursday with colder air and temperatures near freezing. Panhandle frost possible around El Paso Pecos Valley. New Mexico shows decreasing clouds and near freezing temps north while Rio Grande and Pecos valleys stay frosty. Thursday looks fair with 24 hour extremes around 30 to 68 degrees and noon reading near 48.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
el Paso
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Bishop FitzSimon Installed As Head of Amarillo Diocese
A large clergy gathering in Sacred Heart Cathedral witnessed the installation of Most Rev Laurence Julius Fitz Simon as the third Bishop of Amarillo. Archbishops Lucey and Gerken attended. Lucey fell ill and departed for St Anthony’s Hospital with light pneumonia. The ceremony drew numerous bishops and monastic attendees from across Texas and beyond.
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FitzSimon
Amarillo
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Laurence Julius FitzSimon
Robert E. Lucey
Province of
San Antonio
Lucey
Rudolph A Gerken
Santa Fe
St. Anthony's Hospital
Thomas D. O'Brien
St. John's Hospital
San Angelo
Gregory A. Boekmann
Pas
LaGuardia Wins Third Term in New York City
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia defeats challenger William O'Dwyer to secure a third term as New York City mayor. Complete election returns show LaGuardia with 1,186,394 votes to O'Dwyer's 1,052,553, amid cross party endorsements and a citywide referendum dissolving much municipal patronage.
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York City
Fiorello LaGuardia
Little Flower
LaGuardia
William O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
O'Dwyer
Roosevelt
U.s.-Canadian Joint Defense Board
American Labor
The
City Fusion
United City
Wendell L. Willkie
Herbert H. Lehman
James A. Farley
Mississippi
Jamie Whitten
Charleston
L. A. Pyle
New Albany
Wall Doxey
Pat Harrison
Pennsylvania
Wilson D. Gillette
George O. Warner
Montour County
15Th
Albert G. Rutherford
Maurice J. Tobin
Boston
James M. Curley
Virginia
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
William Tuck
Abram P. Staples
Former Mayor Ross Rogers Plans Corpus Christi Trip
Ross Rogers former mayor will travel to Corpus Christi to visit his ill mother staying with relatives. He plans to bring her back to West Texas with him and says the trip will occur soon.
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Ross Rogers
Corpus Christi
Amarillian
Corpus
West Texas
Mr. Rogers
Rockets Urged For Aircraft Barrages In Modern War
In the Military Engineer H Franklin Pierce proposes giant rockets as anti aircraft barrages six miles high and as long range artillery. He suggests liquid fuel rockets reach 30 000 feet in 50 60 seconds with a torpedo like warhead and firing from troughs to cut gun costs. Rockets could carry communications and aid bombers and fighters to operate at higher altitudes.
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Washington
UPI
Military Engineer
H. Franklin Pierce
American Rocket Society
Pierce
Shrine Chief Much Pleased With Visit
Imperial potentate Thomas Cassels Law of Atlanta praises his Amarillo visit calling it the year’s most perfect experience. He, with Mrs. Law and Illustrious Potentate J. T. Keogh Jr the party will travel to El Paso and attend an underground ceremony at Carlsbad New Mexico with several temples involved. He conferred with Khiva Temple officials and attended a private dinner and delivered an inspirational message about Shrine hospitals for crippled children at a dinner in his honor.
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Bill Beechler
Kentucky Street
Abed
Amarillo
Kiwanis
Thomas Cassels Law
Atlanta
Mystic Shrine
Khiva
Khiva Temple
J. B
Jerry” Briscoe
Law
Killing frost expected with freezing low tonight
A killing frost is forecast for tonight in the Amarillo area with a low around 28 degrees and a rapid wind shift. Temperatures fell to 38 to 41 degrees this morning, with highs near 57 degrees today and clearing weather expected to ease the cold by tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Mother and Daughter Majorette Hopefuls in Uniontown
Mrs. Irene Franks and her 14 year old daughter Wandaboth freshmen at Georges Town High School compete for drum majorette posts. They study together daily and train for a year, with friends noting their twins like appearance.
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Uniontown
Irene Franks
Wanda
Georges Township High School
Franks
Germans Shift Reservists to Moscow Front in Drive
A Russian spokesman said Hitler has moved over 50 divisions from occupied Europe into Russia, tightening the push toward Moscow by November 7. Observers see a third major offensive aimed at breaking Soviet lines around Kalinin and Tula, with heavy tank attacks and renewed air raids along the central front.
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Adolf Hitler
Europe
Moscow
S. A. Lozovsky
Kalinin
Tula
Lozovsky
Maloyaroslavets
Volokolamsk
Yaila Mountains
Murder at Paradise Lake A serial tale by Marguerite Gahagan
Mary, a schoolteacher, visits Paradise Lake with her mother Maudie and siblings Thomas and William. The setting promises quiet respite from city life yet hints at a deeper drama tied to the lake’s famous past. Memories stir as the narrator recalls the lake's strict, carefree lore.
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Marguerite Gahagan
Paradise Lake
Eden
Thomas
William
James O Connor
Mary
Maudie
Park Avenue
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Gallup, N. M
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