Nazis Take Kerch and Dominate Crimea
German forces report the capture of Kerch and advances toward Sevastopol with heavy fighting. Reports claim 101600 prisoners in Crimea as Moscow fronts shift toward Tula Kalinin and other nodes. Berlin names Rosenberg Reich minister for occupied eastern territories amid scorched earth claims.
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Japan Sets Peace Demands as Tokyo Diet Meets
In Tokyo Premier Hideki Tojo outlined Japan's minimum terms for peace in the Pacific amid growing tension. He demanded an end to military encirclement and blocking measures while urging restraint from the United States Britain China and the Netherlands East Indies. The diet is expected to approve a war fund of 3.8 billion yen as negotiations pace slows.
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Survivors tell of 13 days aboard lifeboat after torpedoed freighter
Ten British sailors and a Canadian in a 22 foot lifeboat endured 13 days at sea after their freighter was torpedoed near an East Coast Canadian port. Four mates died before rescue by a Canadian corvette. 25 crew members remained missing. Survivors recalled flying boats dropping aid, sparking memories of constant wet cold and scant rations.
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Edmonton
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Sparks
Japanese Envoy and Roosevelt Center Talks in White House
President Roosevelt met with Japan's special envoy Saburo Kurusu for more than an hour to discuss many items centered on the far eastern crisis. No immediate sign of progress toward broader Pacific understanding or peace assurances. Kurusu was joined by Japanese ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura and Secretary Hull at the White House.
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Four Feared Dead In Bomber Crash
Soldiers and woodsmen searched trackless bogs for the wreckage of a B 18 A bomber 60 miles northeast of Bangor Maine after it overshot the base on Saturday night from Langley Field Virginia. Two pilots reported no signs of life and the crew included P W Beckham Houston Texas pilot Wy man O Thompson Underwood North Dakota co pilot J L Parson engineer L E Rothernal radio engineer both four aboard feared dead.
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Berliners Fined for Throwing at Eleanor Roosevelt Caricature
Berliners were fined 20 pfennigs each for pelting a car icature of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, displayed on Friedrichstrasse walls. Proceeds from the so called game go to the German winter relief fund.
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U.P
Fire bursts as truck gasoline explodes near Ranger
Spectators watch as two trucks collide on Bankhead Highway near Ranger and a lumber truck gas tank bursts. About 15 to 20 people are burned when gasoline rains down, with bystanders tearing burning clothing off survivors and aiding the injured from the Odom family of Rusk to hospitals.
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Miners Refuse Open Shop in Captive Mines
John L. Lewis informed President Roosevelt that the United Mine Workers declined an open shop in the Captive Coal Mines saying it would nullify existing bargaining agreements. The vote halted captive mine operations as the union avoids calling out its 330,000 commercial miners. Lewis stayed in Washington amid potential rapid developments.
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John L. Lewis taunts Congress with traitor challenge
United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis said he would welcome being called a traitor by Connally Cox or Smith in Congress. He told a 200 member policy committee that any critic could step from immunity and face him. Members cheered and echoed the sentiment.
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Labor tensions rise as union faults Grace in steel row
UMW policy committee leader Lewis blames Bethlehem Steel chief Eugene G Grace for the coal mine dispute. Benjamin Fairless of US Steel and Frank Purnell of Youngstown Sheet and Tube are said willing to sign a union shop pact but blocked by Grace. White House silent as Congress weighs decisive action to keep mines operating.
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
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Japs Rush Troops Into Indo China
Shanghai reports say Japanese forces are rushing fresh troops into Indo China and observers expect a major development against China or Thailand before month’s end. Transport and supply ships arrive daily at Hanoi and Saigon, the colony’s main ports.
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Pickets and Captive Miners Face Renewed Labor Tension
Pickets turn back captive miners as a large area shows under 1,000 reporting for 7 AM shifts the first full shifts since renewed strike threats. UMW demands a union shop for captive mines owned by steel firms supplying mills. Leaders warn troops would stiffen picket lines while 95 percent in District 4 claim UMW membership.
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Sheet & Tube
House Set for Strike Action
Speaker Rayburn signaled the House would consider defense strike legislation at the earliest proper date. Rep Cox pressed swift action to curb defense strikes, while administration leaders kept Congress on duty amid ongoing labor tensions and debates over price controls and the coal mine dispute.
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Dog That Bit Baby Girl Sought In Amarillo Call 9504
Cora Jo Lilly, 3, was bitten Thursday afternoon by a brindled short haired male dog wearing a harness. The dog’s owner or anyone who knows the pet is urged to call Mrs. Lilly at 9504 to allow examination and possibly avoid injections.
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Amarillo
Indian Troops Reach Singapore for Reinforcements
In Singapore on November 17 a considerable number of Indian troops arrived to reinforce units of the Indian army. They form the seventh group to reach Malaya from various parts of the British Empire since September 1.
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Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for clear skies in Amarillo today turning partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with increasing southwest winds and warm temperatures. Highs near 73 and lows around 43. West Texas shows partly cloudy conditions with possible showers tonight and Tuesday, while New Mexico expects increasing clouds and scattered showers across central mountains and southern divides.
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