Revolt Boils Among Serbs Across Axis-ruled Yugoslavia
Reports from occupied Yugoslavia describe widespread distrust and violence as puppet Serb forces fight Chetnik guerrillas and Communist bands. Armored trains patrol Croatia and Montenegro villages burn after resistance. Field Marshal Nedic warns civil war looms as towns burn and hundreds are killed or executed.
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Zagreb
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Independent
Black Mountains
Montenegro
Tandon
Yuglosav
Serbia
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Balkan
Milan Nedic
Belgrade
Macra
Student Held in Extortion as Part of Psychology Study
Los Angeles police report 17 year old Alfred Arndt Stere, UC Los Angeles student, abducted $5,000 from a co-ed parent under threat of acid disfigurement. FBI chief Richard Hood said Stere claimed the act was for observing victim reactions for a psychological survey. Both families are prominent.
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Los Angeles
Alfred Arndt Stere
University of California At
Richard Hood
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Stere
Hood
Betty Berch
Miss Berch
Steve
Mexicans Challenge Account Of Bridegroom in Death of 67-Year-Old Wealthy Wife
In Monterrey two Mexican cousins testified they witnessed Arthur Torrance drag his elderly bride Ada Loveland Torrance from a car after a wreck. They contradicted Torrance’s claim that she was thrown from the vehicle and that he merely moved her. Police reported witnesses said Torrance mauled Mrs. Torrance and sat on her head, while traveler's checks endorsed to Ada Loveland by Torrance surfaced as potential evidence. Torrance faces murder charges as exhumation of the body looms.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Arthur Torrance
Torrance
Ada Loveland
Kalamazoo
Mich
Antonio Canta Garza
Ismael Cantu Garza
Ismael
U.P
Arthur Frederick Torrance
Ada Loveland Torrance
Kentucky
Monterey
Evaristo Garcia
Ernesto Balli
Nuevo Leon
Antonio Cantu Garza
Ismael Carta Garza
Garcia
Ismael Garza
Antonio Garza
Antonio
Ada C. Loveland
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis
Urges prompt treatment of bronchitis to prevent chronic illness. Recommends Creomulsion as a potent remedy that targets the bronchial area to loosen phlegm and soothe inflamed membranes. Claims no narcotics and offers money back if it does not relieve coughing for rest and sleep.
Study Benefit For Selectees
Congress weighs legislation to permit formation of veterans groups for future selectees and ex National Guardsmen modeled after the American Legion. A National Council of Veterans Organizations was organized to coordinate efforts. Major Laurence R. Melton of Dallas named national chairman. The article recalls Glenn L. Martin’s 1910 seaplane flight from California to Catalina Island and back.
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Washington
W.P
Congress
House
Fred Douglas
New York
Veterans of Selective Service
Ex-National Guardsmen and Service Men’s Association
United States
American Legion
National Council of Veterans Organizations
Maj
Laurence R. Melton
Dallas
Tex
Glenn L. Martin
California
Catalina Island
Dust Bowl term search ends at Dalhart banquet
Dalhart Texas hosts a pre Thanksgiving reunion of the Last Man's Club and a harvest festival banquet at the DeSoto Hotel. The program, broadcast on KGNC, will reveal the origin of the term dust bowl and note a return to rain and green plains after years of drought. The event begins at 7 and airs from 7:30 to 8.
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Dalhart Texas
DeSoto Hotel
Plains
Dalhart Texan
Drouth
Dalhart
KGNC
Skilled American workers head to Burma road to aid Chinese supply line
In Honolulu on November 18, 46 mechanics dispatchers and managers joined a larger effort to supervise trucking of war matériel to China. Officials say about 3,500 trucks are now in operation on the Burma road. The deployment follows guidance from three American trucking experts who completed a survey of Chinese transport issues.
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Honolulu
U.P
Burma
Funeral Held for Railway President Angus D. McDonald
In Oakland California on November 18 a funeral was held for Angus D McDonald president of the Southern Pacific Company who died Saturday of a heart attack Financial leaders and workers attended a requiem Mass at St Francis De Sales Church with Bishop John Francis O Hara delivering the eulogy All Southern Pacific operations paused for one minute at the hour of the funeral
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Oakland
Calif
U.P
Angus D. McDonald
Southern Pacific Company
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
John Francis O'Hara
New York
Notre Dame
Notre Dame University
Southern Pacific
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Tan
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Catton
AC Roamersal
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