Rail Strike Threat Grows Despite Wage Recommendation
Fact finding board urges temporary wage hikes and paid vacations for railroad workers, but five operating brotherhoods call the plan disappointing and refuse to recommend it to members. No strike may start for 30 days. carriers warn costs would rise about 270 million yearly with an average 5 percent rate increase to cover expenses.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
Rd’s
Roosevelt
Sperekns
Deadlock Grips Welders Strike Threat
A nationwide welders strike looms as United Welders of America reports a unanimous vote to strike in Seattle shipyards and Southern California plants. Sidney Hillman of the OPM and David Basor in Washington coordinate prospects for arbitration and resumed work if autonomy demands are met. 8500 Long Beach Los Angeles harbor welders to vote tonight on the union autonomy issue.
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Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
United Welders of America
Seattle
Los Angeles
California
Long Beach
S. T
Karl V. Morris
Mine sinks Japa n ship carrying 407 persons
The 4522 ton Japanese steamer Kibi Maru carrying 342 passengers and 65 crew was sunk by a floating mine off the Korean coast. It sank within 30 minutes, with rescue ships rushing to the scene. Japan accuses Russian mines near Vladivostok of threatening shipping.
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Tokyo
Government Information Board
Sea of Japan
Seishin
Korea
Tsurga
Vladivostok
Revision of Neutrality Act Nears Voting Stage
Washington reports the Senate debates anew on revising the Neutrality Act and arming American merchant ships. Senator Hattie Caraway urges defense for ships, while Senator Wheeler and allies press for action before voting. White House aides note naval risks from submarines.
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Washington
Senate
Hattie W. Caraway
D-Ark
Wheeler
Dmont
Roosevelt
America
Smith
8. C
Ing
White House
Navy
Knox
Shige
Japanese envoy Kurusu heads to the United States for Pacific crisis talks
Saburo Kurusu, the Japanese envoy who helped seal the axis pact, leaves Tokyo for the United States amid a high urgency to ease the Pacific tension. His plane pause in Hongkong for connections underscores the sensitive, critical stage of regional diplomacy.
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Tokyo
Saburo Kurusu
Japan
United States
Pacific
Alno
Hongkong
Joseph C. Grew
Corde) Hull
Washington
Kurusu
Reed
Hull
Mediation Board Hears Labor On Coal Dispute
Washington November 5 labor members of the defense mediation board completed their views on the captive coal mining dispute. Industry members took over this afternoon as the board convened its first executive session on the knotty problem. The discussions hint a link to shipbuilding conditions and a possible board vote after both sides present. John L. Lewis has set November 15 as a second strike deadline if his United Mine Workers demands are not met.
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Washington
Defense Mediation Board
William H. Davis
Davis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Congress Chiefs Decide 10 Hold Body in Session
Congress leaders plan to keep Congress in session indefinitely due to the crisis in Japanese American relations as Saburo Kurusu arrives in Washington as a special envoy. Democratic lawmakers warn of a serious, unresolved situation while some expect only brief recesses.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Saburo Kurusu
Germany
United States
Off-Year Elections Tilt in Major Cities and States
Results show LaGuardia reelected in New York by a narrow margin amid strong opposition from O Dwyer and Hartmann. Republicans retain New Jersey and Pennsylvania seats, with gains in statewide posts. Cleveland’s Lausche and Boston’s Tobin post notable margins as Curley vows a recount in a volatile election night.
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Associated Press
F. H. LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
William O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
Tammany Hall
Roosevelt
O'Dwyer
George W. Hartmann
New Jersey
Charles Edison
Senate
Assembly
Pennsyla
Pennsylvania
Wilson D. Gillette
George D. Wagner
Mississippi
Jamie L. Whitten
L. A. Pyle
Frank John Lausche
Cleveland
Lausche
Edward Blythin
Harold H. Burton
Free French Chutists Captured In France
The dispatch reports the discovery and propaganda in the same vicinity with no clear timing on when the parachutists crew were captured. Vichy era France notes the event as part of ongoing wartime actions.
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France
Vichy
Discovery
Sega Ganda
Seventeen American Civilians Reported Lost At Sea
The war loss list includes seventeen American civilians and two Canadians from various states who had joined Britain's civilian technical corps for non combat service in England. The ship Sesteeree is presumed sunk and no verified survivors or port of loss are confirmed.
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Washington
Atlantic
England
New York
California
Nazi Subs Operate Near Newfoundland Coasts
Toronto reports Navy Minister Angus MacDonald says German submarines are within sight of the Newfoundland coast. Two were attacked and one possibly sunk last month by a Canadian Corvette and a coastal command plane in the Belle Isle channel. Admiral Nelles endorsed the statement as Canadian naval activity intensifies around Halifax and Newfoundland.
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Toronto
Newfoundland
Navy
Angus MacDonald
Belle Isle
U. S
MacDonald
Oakville
Dakar
French West Africa
House of Commons
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
Atlantic
British Columbia
Percy Nelles
Naval
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canadian Naval Activiies
All-Time Record Carloadings Set in Norfolk and Western Coal Fields
A new all time record in car loadings was set in October with 100,724 fifty ton cars loaded during the 31 day month. The 5,036,200 tons of coal moved marked a 22,942 car increase from October last year despite a strike of captive mines in the region.
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Norfolk— Western
Estimonth
Bluefield
State Newspaper Group to Honor West Virginia Pioneers
Morgantown West Virginia November 5 long service records of three West Virginia publishers will be recognized tomorrow night as they are inducted into the State Newspaper councils Fifty year club John J Cornwell of Romney editor of the Hampshire Review James A John of Saeger McDowell county editor of the Industrial News and George Werkheiser of Lewisburg editor of the Greenbrier Independent The event is part of the 20th annual West Virginia state journalism conference and will include AP session and a statewide photo contest
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
State Newspaper Council
John J. Cornwell
Romney
The
Hampshire Review
Itmore and Ohio Railroad
James A. John
Saeger
McDowell County
Industrial News
George Werkheiser
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
William Blake
Ronceverte
Buzzerd
Berkeley Springs
H. C. Ogden
Wheeling
Col. J. H. Sone
Huntington
Robert L
St. Marys
Hugh the Shott
Bluefield
Musser
Seer
West Virginia — School of Journalism
Associated Press
Charles Model
Beckley
Hotel Morgan
Council
Logy Report and Co
McKnown
Martinsburg
State Journalism Hall of Fame
Condarence
Crimea Drive Forces Britain To A Decision
The Moscow report claims the German push on Crimea is halted while a south end breakthrough threatens the Caucasus. Britain faces a critical choice as Nazi momentum risks widening the war, with strategic implications for air power, supply lines, and allied defense of the Caucasus.
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Crimea
Britain
Tidle
Russia
Boms
Caucasus
London
Crimean
Black Sea
Kerch
Ee Strait
Body Of Slain Girl Is Found
In Michigan Wanda Wheatley a 20 year old teleoperator was found slain in a thicket near Saginaw. An autopsy said she had been raped and her skull fractured by a sharp blow. A stained birch club was the only clue tonight. she had come to Saginaw from a nearby village three weeks ago. The hunter who found the body reported it this morning. Police had not been alerted to her disappearance.
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V, Mich
F’s
Wanda Wheatley
William E
Saginaw
Ae Hunter
Here
Monnars
German offensive in Crimea stalls as Moscow defense tightens
Reports say the German central offensive toward the Crimea showed no clear progress toward Sevastopol or Kerch while Moscow defenses strengthen. Berlin claims breakthroughs along the Yaila mountains but Soviet accounts indicate stalled thrusts and a shift to defensive fighting.
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Associated Press
Crimea
Black Sea
Yaila
Kerch
Sevastopol
Moscow
Hitler
Berlin
Germans Split Crimea Defenses With Yaila Sinise Move
Berlin reports a German spearhead has reached the Black Sea to divide Soviet Crimea defenses into three segments. A second unit pounds Feodosiya toward Kerch while air bombardments hit Leningrad and Moscow.
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Black Sea
Crimea
Big Peninsula
Caucasus
Feodosiya
Kerch
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