Axis Moves Tilt By Romania Greece War Dispatch
Axis diplomacy shows Romania likely to sign a long term pact with Germany Italy and Japan following talks with Antonescu and Mussolini. Greek forces push Italian lines toward Koritza as German air raids on Britain continue with limited success.
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Romania
Ion Antonescu
Hitler
Antonescu
Corsin Sturza
Germany
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Mussolini
Hungary
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Japan
Britain
Greece
Turkey
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Athens
Mertzani
Albania
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Baptists Call for Dry Policy At Texas Training Union
The Texas Baptist Training Union executive board urged a strong anti liquor stand in the 15,000 member convention. W L Howse cited French and American drinking figures and urged churches to cooperate with authorities and reach trainees including those at army camps. The world youth gathering opened with talks by Dr S G Posey and Dr R G Lee and will include as many as 10 simultaneous meetings and a grand parade tracing the union’s history.
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Texas Baptist Training Union Convention
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Howse
America
8. G. Posey
Austin
Robert G. Lee
Memphis, Tenn
George W. Truett
Baptist Training Union
Fort Worth
Thanksgiving observances mark Am arillo’s busy holiday
Amarillo closes for Thanksgiving as stores and offices shut. Consumers buy turkeys and roasts while thousands travel to nearby Lubbock for the game. Churches hold services. safety cautions appeal for careful driving amid holiday traffic.
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Amarillo
Santa Fe
Lubbock
Texas State Teachers Association
Fort Worth
First Justian Church
L. O. Leet
Dallas
Sacred Heart Cathedral
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Maynard Drake
Official Confirmation Amarillo Guard Order Signed By President
The War Department announced President Roosevelt signed orders calling about 26 700 additional National Guard troops into active federal service for a year. Units include the 36th Texas National Guard Division and the 56th Cavalry Brigade. They will train at Fort Bliss and Camp Bowie and move to the Mexican border early in 1941. About Dec 5 many units depart for a year at Camp Bowie Brownwood.
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War Department
Roosevelt
National Guard
Texas National Guard
56Th Cavalry Brigade
Texas
Fort Bliss
Tex
36Th
Ess
36Th Tank Company
Camp Bowie Brownwood
111Th Observation Squadron
Brownwood
31St Division
31St Tank Company
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Camp Blanding
Fla
106Th Observation Squadron
Jacksonville
Amarillo
Panhandle
National Guard Navy
Canyon
Plainview
Lubbock
Camp Bowie
Murder link to Raft check tied to Murder Inc figure
Hollywood reports a canceled 3200 dollar check made out to film star George Raft was found among papers tied to Benjamin Siegel of Murder, Inc. Raft admitted cashing the check saying Siegel lent him money and later repaid with the check.
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Hollywood
UPI
George Raft
Benjamin
Bugsie) Siegel
West Coast
Murder, Inc
Siegel
Harry
Big Greenie) Greenberg
Minneapolis
Raft
Hell's Kitchen
New York
Late Votes Narrow Kansas Governor Race Edge
Governor Payne Ratner, a Republican from Parsons, finally leads over Democrat William H. Burke by 53 votes as absentee ballots from out of state are tallied. The race, decided by 425,213 to 425,160, hinges on 7,100 out-of-state ballots and remains unsettled until the canvassing board completes counting.
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Kas
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Roosevelt
William H. Burke
Little River
Ratner
Burke
President Roosevelt
Wendall Willkie
Parsons
AFL Seeks To Oust Racketeers In Unions
In New Orleans on November 21 the AFL indicated support for a measure to drive racketeers from labor unions while AFL delegates observe Thanksgiving. Separately 100000 ILGWU members in New York area consider wage hikes and possible strike. Fossilized rattlers found in Dougherty mine Oklahoma.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
AFL
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
New York
Okla
Dougherty
Southern Rock Asphalt Company
Pirate haulers exploit evacuations with high prices
In London a new racket targets families forced to move from east and southeast Britain. Pirate haulers use the heavy workload of local removal firms to push take it or leave it rates, preying on distressed households amid evacuation.
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Britain
Middle East
Owen Tudor Boyd
Sicily
Britain eyes trade pact with Soviet Union
Lord Halifax told Parliament Britain has made proposals for a trade agreement with the Soviet Union and believes they may be acceptable. He also disclosed proposals for a compromise settlement on territorial annexations and criticized Russia's Baltic state actions. He said Hitler continues his policy of cajolery and brutality toward France.
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Lord Halifax
Britain
House of Lords
Russia
Baltic States
Adolf Hitler
France
Dallas Leads Texas Cities in Safety
Dallas topped Texas cities in safety for the first ten months of 1940, despite ending its streak of days without a traffic fatality. The state police rating ranks cities by fatalities per 100000 population from the 1940 census, with Dallas at 5.1. Houston San Antonio and Fort Worth followed for cities over 100000.
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Austin
U.P
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Mr. Collman’s Holiday Weather Forecast Heroic Prediction
Mr. Collman took a holiday yet proved a weather hero by predicting good conditions for the Lubbock Amarillo game at Lubbock. Clouds and wintry mix gave way to continued clearing with warm temps. last night’s low was 33 degrees and today’s high should reach 35 to 40.
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Mr. Collman
Nazis Halt Deportations of Lorraine Citizens
Vichy announced a suspension of deportations of French speaking Lorraine citizens effective immediately following protests by Laval. Some 50,000 citizens already sent to unoccupied France are expected to be included in negotiations for their return as part of France's program.
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Vichy
U.P
Lorraine
Laval
France
Anti-Ism Resolution Reported Ready for CIO Vote
Atlantic City November 21 A declaration against Communism Nazism and Fascism was drafted and ready for a vote at the CIO convention as factions debated left and right wing action. The policy drive followed weeks of agitation in resolutions committee discussions during CIO deliberations after John L. Lewis retires.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Resolutions Committee
John L. Lewis
Pershing May Replace Bullitt as U.S. Envoy to France
In Paris Laval's Monitor reports a possible change in Washington's envoy to France. General John J. Pershing could succeed William C. Bullitt as ambassador, signaling a shift in postwar diplomacy.
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Pershing
Bullitt
Vichy
U.P
Pierre Laval
Moniteur Today
John J. Pershing
William C. Bullitt
United States
France
King George Vows Fight for Freedom in Speech
King George VI pledged Britain would fight until freedom is secure in a throne speech opening parliament. Prime Minister Churchill voiced confidence Britain would repel axis invaders in Egypt in remarks to the Commons. National Venetians at Newbys Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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George VI
House of Commons
Churchill
Britain
Egypt
Island Paradise Turned to Island of Terror in War
Athens dispatch describes Corfu under Italian bombing during the Italo-Greek war. Alma Godfrey reports peasants hiding in hills and catacombs as bombardments kill and wound hundreds, with swastika flags raised by the German consul. The first raid marks a grim start to a fortnight of violence on the Venetian island.
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United Press
Alma Godfrey
Cornwall
England
Athens
U.P
Frau Spangler
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