City of Flint Orphan Ship Faces Neutrality Dilemma
The City of Flint anchored in Bergen under a German prize crew questions whether U S neutrality law allows delivering its cargo of tractors oil grain leather fruit and wax to Britain. The Norwegian navy freed the ship and interned the prize crew as the crew debated sailing for Glasgow under convoy.
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Germany and Norway clash over City of Flint case
Germany and Norway argued over releasing the freighter City of Flint to its American crew and interning the German prize crew. Berlin cited humanitarian grounds while Oslo faced pressure from observers who note the dispute reflects broader wartime tensions and a protest filed at Oslo.
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Roosevelt to Vote in Hyde Park Local Election
President to spend the weekend in Hyde Park and plans to vote there Tuesday in the local election.
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Illinois Springs Upset Of Year at Michigan 16-7
Illinois stunned Michigan 16-7 as Tom Harmon was held in check in a dramatic Big Ten shakeup. Purdue, Northwestern, Iowa, and Ohio State also won while Notre Dame and Tennessee remained undefeated. Notre Dame beat Army 14-0 at Yankee Stadium before 75,000 fans.
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Seven year old Bruce Crozier found safe after six nights
In Heber Arizona a seven year old boy named Bruce Crozier wandered from his parents camp and survived six freezing nights. He was found by two game hunters about ten miles from Heber and brought to a local home. He had slept in caves and lived on water with no solid food. Over 800 men hunted him with bloodhounds from New Mexico. The search became northern Arizona’s largest missing person hunt.
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Bituminous Coal Hearings Recessed to November 13
Washington November 4 final hearings on the bituminous coal division proposed minimum price schedules were recessed today to November 13 due to illness of Dr Charles J Potter assistant chief of the marketing section.
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Young Husband Slashes Bride Of Week To Death
Walter R. Hibbard 20 surrendered in Springfield Massachusetts after confessing an urge to kill led him to fatally stab and decapitate his 18 year old wife of a week. The body parts were found in the honeymoon apartment, with a hunting knife used in the crime. Arraignment was delayed. investigators described a grisly fatal stabbing and body dismemberment.
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British Naval Experts Plan to Swell War Chest and Ship Supplies
British naval experts study shipping and distribution with France to speed American supply flows. Winston Churchill meets in Paris as London plans first war loan around 1 billion dollars and urges public savings certificates. Shipping shifts seek to move goods from empire routes to utilize new U S stores, with tax and budget details noted.
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Former Police Chief Wounded Interfering With Arrest
In Taeger West Virginia on November 4 former police chief Bill Payne aged 45 was seriously wounded when he tried to interfere with an arrest. Payne was stopped at the town jail with a Bo and was shot by Justice of the Peace Ira Cline across the street. He was taken to a Welch hospital.
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Railroads Lose Surcharge Plea in West Virginia
Charleston Nov 4 The public service commission denied the railroads plea to reinstate coal shipment surcharges in southern West Virginia finding evidence insufficient to show shippers did not pay a fair share of petitioners revenues. The case follows interstate surcharge extensions and excludes southern shipments to the domestic coke plant at Fairmont.
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Combat Zone Decree Limits U S Shipping Threatens U Boat Drive
Shipping losses rose as nine weeks of war closed with expectations of intensified U boat operations. Refueling and torpedo reloads are believed preparatory to further Atlantic forays. Reports list 12 sinkings, 1,868 deaths, and multiple ships including City of Flint and Baoule among those affected.
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Big Navy Plans to Be Advanced in National Program
Congress will be asked in January to authorize a new 1.3 billion dollar naval expansion for 95 more warships and about 2400 airplanes. Vinson says the plan raises navy tonnage 25 percent, excludes battleships, and allows adjustments by the president for national defense needs.
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War Briefs from Global Fronts
Washington reports President Roosevelt signs a new neutrality bill and declares US neutrality renewed while restricting ships north of Spain as tensions rise over the Baltic and British Isles. Paris dispatches claim French air action disrupts German flights and a French freighter Baoule is sunk. London notes Norwegian and Danish vessels sunk by explosives. Berlin protests Norway's actions in the City of Flint case. Moscow confirms a Finnish delegation meeting with Soviet leaders as talks continue.
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War at sea dominates as land front sees little action
The week ends with three ships lost at sea the Danish liner Canada the Norwegian freighter Sig and the French freighter Baoule amid limited land action. European war shipping losses total at least 110. Finland and Soviet talks continue with no visible breakthrough while the U S neutrality act is signed restricting belligerent access to American arms and goods.
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Roosevelt signs neutrality edict restricts ships to neutral ports
President Roosevelt issued a decree under a new neutrality law excluding American vessels from nearly all European ports. Only ports of neutrals on the Mediterranean and Arctic seas remain accessible to U S ships under the measure.
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Roosevelt signs combat zone policy curbing U S ships
The Roosevelt administration issued a combat zone proclamation restricting American shipping from European ports and outlining neutral area rules. The move aims to prevent incidents at sea while aiding France and Britain, with potential shifts to South American and other routes.
Escaped Hospital Inmate Found Dead Near Dormitory
Allen J. Newton, 39, who escaped Oct. 26 from Springfield state insane asylum, was found dead of starvation and exposure today about a half mile from his dormitory in Sykesville Maryland.
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Remembering Bluefield's Baroque Revival and Storm of 1905
The piece recalls a layman run revival at a Tazewell and Duhring corner tabernacle with Schoolfield and a Raleigh street timber forum unified by Republicans and Democrats. It notes Billy Sunday on Raleigh street, Wade School site tabernacle later used for John Brown era meetings and political stops by John W. Davis and Guy D. Goff. It cites Bluefield's 1905 flood, Stony Ridge destruction, a hog farm with 200 hogs over 400 pounds, and previews a Semi Centennial edition covering city and coalfield progress on both sides of the state line.
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