My Day Abroad by Eleanor Roosevelt in London and Cambridge
Eleanor Roosevelt describes meetings at the Ministry of Information the British Parliament the British War Relief and the American Red Cross in London. She notes discussions with Lord Simon Eden Ja Venn and Lady Cripps plus visits to a Red Cross center and Foster Parents Inc. site with relocated children.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
London
England
Ministry of Information
Colonel Elliott
Lord Simon
Simon
British War Relief
Lady Ward
America
American Red Cross
Anthony Eden
Cambridge
American Red Cross Center
Ireland
Foster Parents, Inc
Lady Cripps
International Council
Denison Citizens Buy Bonds for Eisenhowers Birthday
The report describes Denison residents buying war bonds to support General Eisenhower in Africa, with Mayor T. J. Long urging every citizen to contribute. It notes low bond sales in Amarillo and references Armistice Day activities, including the Women Go to War Campaign and bond purchases at the Amarillo Hotel.
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Africa
Amarillo
Denison
Dwight D. Eisenhower
AEF
T. J. Long
General Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Potter County
Tomorow
Amarillo Hotel
Weather Report for Amarillo and Plains Region
Colder today with near freezing temperatures tonight. West Texas stays cool this afternoon and colder tonight, similar to last night, with Panhandle and South Plains remaining chilly. New Mexico cool this afternoon and cold again tonight. 24 hour extremes: low 28, high 73. Noon reading 45.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Americans Enter Oran as Casablanca Falls Near Certain
French reports say American troops occupied Oran and set up HQ in the city center after tanks breached resistance. Casablanca’s fall to Allied forces was anticipated momentarily as a mobile U.S. column moved from Algiers toward the Tunisian frontier.
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Edward W. Beattie
London
Oran
Algeria
U. S
Casablanca
French Morocco
U.S
Algiers
Allied forces claim French hold at Safi Fedala Mehdia broken
London dispatch reports Allied communique says French naval resistance at Casa Blanca largely overcome. Beachheads at Safi Fedala and Mehdia now in Allied hands. Eisenhower announces Allied troops abandoned the 35 000 ton French battleship Jean Bart, a blazing hulk.
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London
Casa Blanca
United States
Safi
Fedala
Mehdia
Casablanca
Dwight Eisenhower
Jean Bart
American forces tightens grip in North Africa advance
Vichy reports indicate U S headquarters at Oran under Maj. Gen. Lloyd R. Fredendall. Fighting quiet by 3 P M as Allied move accelerates toward mop up. Petain assumes supreme command. Laval seeks peace with Germany while Bizert in Tunisia may join operations. Naval activity surges. U boat figures clash with Allied armada.
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U. S
Oran
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Vichy
United States
North Africa
Axis
Henri Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Germany
France
Bizerte
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Sicily
A. V. Alexander
Washington
Africa
Casablanca
Auguste Nogues
Rabat
Meknes
Jean Bart
Algiers
Bu Saada
London
French Algeria
Submarine losses rise to 570 in Allied tally
London report quoting Arthur Henderson announcing in the House of Commons that enemy submarines sunk damaged or captured have increased to 570. Alexander said Germans misread Allied shipping tonnage during recent operations tied to the North Africa landings. Berlin radio claimed Henderson Field on Guadalcanal fell to Japanese control.
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London
Pi—A. VY
Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
Hitler
North
Africa
Berlin
United Press
New York
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal Island
Proteus
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Letter From Home To Boys in Service in Amarillo Panhandle
Armistice mood boosts local morale as General Eisenhower hailed a Texan born in Denison. A big Armistice Week parade and open house at Amarillo Field are planned with Maj Ronald Smith now C O at Cactus Ordnance Plant. A four Panhandle boys reunion occurred outside the U S with Lt John R C McGowen reporting. Traffic tire rationing begins Nov 22 and a fatal crash north of Canyon killed Sam Huguley. Joe Emick fined for negligent homicide. News of Maury Hopkins, a Floydada native and Chicago executive, joins Panhandle obits. The Amarillo symphony brings Fray and Bragiotti to open season with Rhapsody in Blue. Former Amarillo College students listed in service include Lt Howard Broaddus and Sgt Robert Ray among many. Sandies face Westerners in Lubbock. West Texas State loses Homecoming to Hardin Simmons. Local sports results and society notes cap week with weddings and engagements. Weather mild then cool, week ahead.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
North Africa
Eisenhower
Denison
Kansas
Amarillo Field
Haddon
Cactus Ordnance Plant
North Plains
C. O
Ronald Smith
John W. Quillian
Washington
U. S
John R. C. McGowen
R. L. Thompson
Hereford High School
Pat Jones
Lewis Weedle
Charlie Bell
Canyon
Sam L. Huguley
Morrison
Okla
Joe Emick
Huguley
Chicago
Maury Hopkins
Floydada
W. A. Hopkins
Chamber of Commerce
Plainview
Amarillo College
Howard T. Broaddus
Armored Forces Officers’ Candidate School
Fort Knox
Robert Owen Ray
Ordnance Officers’ Candidate School
Aberdeen
Maryland
Robert L. Ravey
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
William W
Bill) Anderson
Signal Corps
Camp Murphy, Fla
Charles Hess
Los Angeles
J. Blake Timmons
Air Corps
Miami Beach
Fla
Ed Timmons
England
Charles William “Buck
Mason
Aviation Radio School
Fort Worth
Richard Mason
Marines
Parris Island
S. C
Keith Cline
U. S. Navy Seabees
Fred Beeman
Ellington Field
Sandies
Lubbock
Westerners
Brownfield
Rex Daniel
Hereford
Tula
White Deer
Memphis
McLean
Shamrock
Wheeler
Friona
Dalhart
Wichita Falls
Olney
Borger
Bowie
Newcastle
Nocona
Henrietta
Electra
Burkburnett
West Texas State
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
Camp Wilson
Doc Mobley
Warren Woodson
Abilene
Buffs
Albuquerque
New Mexico University
Cliff Thompson
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross
United States
Tyler Street
Pontiac
Jeanette Drapela
Jack Roach
Martha Nell Stack
Bruce Miner
James F. Rittenberry
Petain Orders Fight as Darlan Is Captured
Petain announced he assumed supreme command in the absence of Admiral Jean Francois Darlan who was in American hands. The Allied spokesman said Darlan was being entertained by a U S general in Algiers with all the dignity due his rank.
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Petain
Darlan
Jean Francois Darlan
North Africa
Algiers
United States
Churchill Names FDR Author of African Offensive and Defeat of Rommel
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill labelled President Roosevelt as the author of the American offensive in French Africa and declared Marshal Rommel defeated and largely destroyed. He credited a coordinated campaign with the Imperial 8th Army in Egypt and said Britain and the United States aim to open a new front against Hitler.
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London
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
French Africa
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Britain
America
North Africa
Hitler
Churchill
Lord Mayors
Mansion House
Rommel
United States
Mediterranean
Africa
Tunisia
Duce
Vichy
Rome
Reuters
Berlin
Laval
Paris
Correspondents in France Interned
American newspaper correspondents in Unoccupied France have been interned in the Hautes Pyrenees department. The Transocean News Agency reported from Vichy that staff of the American embassy and American correspondents accredited to Vichy were moved to Dijon, then to Pau under guard until an exchange with the United States is arranged.
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Berlin
London
France
Department of
Hautes- Pyrenees
Transocean
Vichy
Dijon
Pau
United States
Goering Reported In North Africa
Tass dispatches from Stockholm today report rumors in Berlin that Reichsmarshal Goering has gone to French North Africa. He was absent from Munich on Sunday when Hitler spoke at a Nazi party old guard gathering.
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London
Tass
Stockholm
Berlin
Reichsmarshal Goering
French North Africa
Munich
Hitler
Amarillo Schools Observe Armistice Day Holiday
Amarillo Public Schools and Amarillo College will observe the Armistice Day holiday with no school tomorrow. Classes will meet as usual on Thursday.
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Amarillo Public Schools
Amarillo College
Nazis Race Into Libya Clash Near Sidi Barrani Sollum
Allied forces push the German Afrika Korps into Libya as Rommel’s remnants retreat through Hellfire Pass. British and Allied bombers strike transports and airfields while prisoners and booty are moved to rear areas. Six Italian divisions reportedly knocked out. one Messerschmitt 109 shot down. Submarine Proteus sinks ships in the Med.
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Leon Kay
Cairo
U.R
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
Libya
Sidi Barrani
Sollum
Middle Eastern
Rommell
Hellfire Pass
United Press
Henry Gorrell
Sardinia
Berlin
Egypt
Gas Sign-Up Postponed in Texas and Nationwide
Registration for gasoline rationing in Texas has been delayed from November 12 13 and 14 to November 19 20 and 21. An OPA spokesman cited delayed delivery of books and forms as the reason and noted possible postponement of nationwide rationing beyond the original start date of November 22. Potter County prepared for registration but will follow state delay. officials are coordinating with C E Weymouth to confirm plans.
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Texas
Mark McGee
OPA
Washington
C. E. Weymouth
War Price and Rationing Board
Potter County
Axis leaders meet in Rome amid North Africa strike fears
Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini and Pierre Laval reportedly met in Rome as Axis powers eye a bold move to slow Allied advances in North Africa. Unconfirmed London sources say a Tunisian counterstrike may target Axis fleets and air forces to blunt Roosevelt's expedition.
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E. Va
Daniel London
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Pierre Laval
Rome
London
Fuehrer
Italy
Vichy
France
North Africa
Bombers Hit Japanese HQ In Lungling China
American air forces attacked the Japanese headquarters at Lungling near the Salween River in China. Bombers dropped three tons on the Barracks area housing about 500 Japanese troops. Large fires and a rising oil dump smoke marked the raid as Capt. John C. Ruse described a surprise low run through overcast skies.
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China
U.P i
Lungling
Salween River
Burma
Salween Front
John C. Ruse
la Grange
Tll
First Freeze of Autumn Reported
The first frost of autumn occurred last night with a low of 27 degrees, ten days after the average frost date. Near freezing temperatures are forecast again tonight as warm daytime conditions continue this afternoon with a high near 73.
Mussolini appeals for aid to Berlin over North Africa
Tass Agency from Geneva reports Mussolini asked Berlin for military assistance to defend Axis positions in Northern Africa. The Berlin response was reserved, advising Mussolini to begin operations in French North Africa without waiting for help.
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Moscow
U.P
Tass
Geneva
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Africa
Rome
Mussolini
French North Africa
No Restriction In Bay Draft
House and Senate conferees unanimously agreed to drop a Senate provision that would have required a year of training before 18 and 19 year olds could serve outside the United States. Roosevelt and military leaders favored removing the restriction. The measure advances for Senate concurrence, with upper chamber action expected Thursday.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Sena
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FDR
Goering
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Morocco
Havas
Russell Stationery Company
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
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