Hitler Rejects Peace Offer From Netherlands and Belgium
Hitler refused mediation from the Netherlands and Belgium, saying no to their peace efforts. Britain and Germany renewed sea warfare with sunk ships including the Matra and Cresswell, while Norway mourned a torpedoed tanker. Soviet troops entered Lithuania under a treaty, as Finnish talks in Moscow collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet
Russia
Lithuania
Adolf Hitler
Netherlands
Belgium
Britain
Germany
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Wilhelmina
Leopold
France
Europe
Moscow
Kaunas
Lituanian
Helsinki
Western Front
War Briefs From The Associated Press
Berlin Hitler rejects Dutch Belgian mediation saying French and British inaction ends any peace possibility. London Admiralty reports destroyer losses and three British merchant ships sunk plus a Norwegian tanker. Paris notes higher patrol activity near cone. Guatemala City treasury conference hears Guatemala call for closer economic unity among American republics amid war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
London
Admiralty
Paris
Cone
Guatemala City
Pan-American Treasury
War to Costing Millions Daily
The article estimates European wartime outlays at about 100 million dollars daily in cash, with Germany Britain and France leading the spending. It notes the figure is approximate and may understate or overstate actual costs when including property losses, arms, and revenue declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
France
British Empire
Testimony Ends In GM Anti-Trust Trial
The six week GM anti trust trial ended when Alfred P Sloan GM board chairman and William S Knudsen GM president completed defense testimony. Judge Lindley ordered final arguments to begin and wrap within a day. The case accuses General Motors and 17 officials of conspiring to violate anti trust laws with potential prison and fine penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
General Motore Corporation
Horatio Alger
Alfred P. Sloan
William S Knudsen
Sloan
Knudsen
Holmes Baldridge
Walter H. Lindley
Danville
Lindley
General Motors
Knudsen and
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Federal jury indicts major oil companies in price fixing
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted more than two dozen major and minor oil firms including Richfield, Standard Oil, Tidewater Associated Oil, Union Oil of California, Gilmore, Rio Grande, Shell, and General Petroleum for conspiring to fix retail gasoline prices in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act after months of probe into price stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Richfield Oil Corporation
Standard Oil Company
Tidewater Associated Oil Company
Union Oil Company of California
Roosevelt Refuses Ship Transfers To Panama Registry
President Roosevelt indicated he would not permit United States lines to transfer eight ships to Panamanian registry for North Atlantic cargoes. He said such moves breach neutrality law and would shift the balance away from U.S. policy. Amid protests, the administration seeks tasks for ships and crews while WPA expands seamen relief rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
United States Lines
Seittle Rne
United States
Panama
Maritime Commission
Pacific Steamship Corporation
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Ireland
State Department
Hull
Congress
WPA
PMW Intimates Organized Drive In State Will Resume
Charleston authorities report leaders of the Progressive Mine Workers of America expect a favorable NLRB order to spur a new organizing push in West Virginia. The board directed reinstatement of PMWA local president Eugene Shifflett at Ward mine and ordered the company to cease discouraging PMWA membership. PMWA counsel Claude Smith and WV head Barney Flaherty said no formal plans will be announced until the order text is reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Progressive Mine Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
West Virginia
NLRB
Kelley’s Creek
PMWA
CIO
United Mine Workers
AFL
Claude Smith
Barney Flaherty
Eugene Shifflett
Ward
UMWA
NLBA
Cleveland
Charles 8
Kelley
Rees
Ghifbiett
Death by Drowning Decreed for Fish in Sabbathosy Lake
New Gloucester Maine November 14 The Maine fish and game department decreed death by drowning for hundreds of fish in a one and a half mile lake to improve salmon and trout fishing. A chemical solution was used to paralyze gills and cause drowning with restocking planned next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Gloucester
Maine
Maine Fish and Ame Department
Sabbathosy Lake
Roosevelt to ask Congress for $721 million for armed forces
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that in January he will request Congress to provide 721 million dollars in addition to current year funds to finance military activities linked to the European war. The Navy would receive 146 million, the Army 119 million for new recruits and training, plus 70 destroyers and 29 000 sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Taylor
Colo
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
Army
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Bigelow Holds Balance of Power on City Council
Cincinnati's city council race ends with Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow elected to the nine post body, four Republicans and four coalition members, placing Bigelow as the pivotal ninth vote. His total neared the quota but he secures a seat under proportional representation rules for the January 1 start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Herberts. Bigelow
Ohio
Bigelow
Kuhn's Payments of Bills Traced in Bund Trial
New York reports Kuhn admitted paying a $60 doctor bill for Mrs. Virginia Cogswell as part of the German American Bund funds. Dr. Francis La Sorsa testified about a 1938 hospital call for Mrs. Virginia Overshiner Patterson Stark von Freiberger Seeger Gil bert Kahn Gould-Porter Kaplan Cogswell and a prescription bill sent to that address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pritz Kuhn
Virginia Cogswell
Kuhn
Francis la Sorsa
Virginia Overshiner
Patterson Stark von Freiberger Seeger
Gilbert Kahn
Gould-Porter Kaplan Cogswell
Kahn
The
Georgia Peach
Peoria
Ill
Stout Bundsfuehrer
la Sorsa
California
Nationwide News Service to Dissolve Over Illegal Betting Wire Network
U S District Attorney announces M L Annenberg and counsel will dissolve Nationwide News Service Inc a nationwide racing information wire network used by tracks and betting rooms The move halts transmission of race entries odds results and payoff prices and ends contracts with AT and T Western Union The action is hailed as a victory for the justice department to curb the illegal betting syndicate network
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
M. L. Annenberg
Nationwide Racing News Service
U. S
William J. Campbell
Weymouth Kirkland
Annenberg
Nationwide News Service, Inc
Dominion of
Canada
Cuba
A. T
T. Compeony
Western Union
Company
Campbell
Department of Justice
Thomas J. Ted
United States
Courtney
A. T. and T
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Truce End Finds Democrats Split Over Roosevelt Policy
Washington reports the end of a political truce leaves the Democratic party divided by Roosevelt policies and the looming third term question. The six week pause reduced name calling and White House clashes but intensified intra party splits ahead of next June’s convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
White House
Severe quake rocks four-state area with little damage
An earthquake centered in southern New Jersey shook a four-state region, felt as far as Bridgeton and Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute said tremors lasted about ten seconds at 9:45 p m with no serious damage recorded. Local police feared fires from stoves and overturned lamps, while reports described a rumbling and rattling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelhia
New Jersey
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Bridgetn
N. J
Delaware
William R. Hall
Salem
Paulsboro
Fordham University
New York
Newark
Editorial dinner in Dallas targets Garner and Lewis
A Dallas gathering hosted by the Editorial association plans an event dubbed an evil old man's dinner to mock Vice President John N. Garner. The program notes will include a reference to CIO leader John L. Lewis and his criticism of Garner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Editorial Association
John N. Garner
United States
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
Garner
Post-Mortem Caesarian Saves Life of Babe
In Baltimore on November 14 Dr. Frank K Morris of the University of Maryland medical school reported a post mortem Caesarian saved a newborn. The six pound boy was delivered a few hours after the mother, injured by cerebral apoplexy, died at Mercy Hospital at 2 02 am. Artificial respiration and oxygen revived the infant after a tense interval. The baby is healthy and normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frank K. Morris
University of Maryland Medical School
Morris
Mercy Hostital
Seek Capone Allies in O'Hare Killing Probe
State's attorney Thomas J. Courtney ordered a roundup of Capone linked hoodlums for questioning about the shotgun slaying of Edward J. O'Hare president of Sportsman's Park track. Prosecutors questioned Eugene J. Holland and John Patton about O'Hare ties. Patton denied Capone links and said he was the track's largest stockholder. Authorities also checked a Los Angeles letter tying an stabbed youth to O'Hare but hoax and invalid addresses ended the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas J. Courtneywright
Capone
Edward J. O'Hare
Sportsman's Park
Courtney
O'Hare
al Capone
Gocness
O’hare’s
Eugene J. Holland
O’hare
Ohn Patton
Sportsman's Track
Patton
Los Angeles
Miners Rescued After Cave In at Windsor Mine
Miners Lloyd Yoho aged 39 and Peter Krinavich were trapped beneath rock and rock fall at the Windsor power house mine in Brooke county. Rescuers freed two coal workers who were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Power
W. Va
Windsor Power House
Brooke County
Lloyd Yoho
Peter Krinavich
Police Continue Hunt For Bandits In West Virginia
State police used a plane to search for the getaway car of the South Charleston bank robbers and urged private garages to check long-empty spaces. In Princeton, six men were detained for questioning over the $18,783 daylight robbery of the First National Bank of South Charleston. two remained held over vehicle plate questions while others were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
South Charleston
Princeton
G. T. Davis, Jr
First National Bank of
Davis
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Hock
Bank of
Quinwood
Greenbrier County
Wood
Fire destroys Laguanillas oil town on Lake Maracaibo
A massive blaze wiped out the Laguanillas stilt town near Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing or missing hundreds of oil workers. Rescue efforts faced heavy oil on water and collapsing duckboards as officials and nurses rushed aid. relief funds reached 355,000 Bolivars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Laguanillas
Lake Maracaibo
Great Lake Maracaibo
Great Britain
Eleazar Contreras
Ven
Raider Submarine Reported Sunk By British Warships
Oporto Portugal November 14. The captain of the Norwegian freighter Jenny said British warships sank a German submarine after it halted his ship and compelled a cargo handover from Glasgow to Oporto. He described the sub’s appearance and the drag of warships nearby.
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Oporto
Portugal
Peter Sorenson
Jenny
Glasgow
Great Britain
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Cresswell
Admiraltty
Oslo
England
PMW
Kelly’s Creek
Bill
Trage News Syndicate
Union
Oil City
Onares
Earth
Institute
Caesarian
Babe
Lake Vilalge
Maracaibo
Mellnale
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