Dies committee reports Nazi propaganda network in United States
The Dies committee released a 600 page white paper alleging a nationwide Nazi propaganda network and possible espionage in the United States. It cites groups including The Trans-Ocean News Service and the foreign division of the National Socialist party as active in spreading propaganda and organizing postwar German business here.
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United States
Washington
Dies
D-Tex
Heil Hitler
Trans-Ocean News Service
Latin America
Berlin
National Socialist Party
States Observe Thanksgiving Day Across Nation
Gratitude for peace marked Thanksgiving as 32 states held prayers and feasts. President Roosevelt stayed at Hyde Park and later shared dinner with family. Diplomats joined a Pan American Mass in Washington as Americans celebrated aboard ships and at posts nationwide.
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States of the Union
Washington
United States
St. Patrick's Church
CCC
AFL leader Dubinsky attacked over anti racketeering plan
New Orleans, Nov 21 A triple fist fight at the AFL convention spotlighted the anti racketeering issue. David Dubinsky said he was attacked three times in bars and hotel lobby while promoting a resolution to give unions power to expel racketeers. He sought police protection for his family. AFL President Green called it a personal matter and not to be brought to the floor. Page 12 continued.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
AFL
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Roosevelt Hotel
Joseph Fay
New York
Operating Engineers Union
Fred Ambey
Fay
William Green
CIO Declares Against Naziism Communism and Fascism
Atlantic City November 21 The Congress of Industrial Organizations declared itself against Naziism Communism and Fascism as inimical to the welfare of labor and destructive of our form of government The resolution was adopted at the CIO third annual convention without debate with Philip Murray dissenting only in appearance and Lewis later pressing the Roosevelt administration on defense contracts and labor law violations See Page 12
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Atlantic City
N. J
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Resolutions Committee
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Roosevelt
Coal Man Say 4000 Miners Displaced By New Coal Prices
Jesse V. Sullivan, secretary of the West Virginia Coal association, says five weeks of Guffey Coal Act price fixing show a 20 percent drop in national production and a 3.605 million ton loss in West Virginia, with Pennsylvania seeing smaller declines and Ohio Kentucky Illinois hit harder. He notes Pennsylvania benefits but eastern states bear most of the shifts in early data.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jesse V. Sullivan
Sullivan
West Virginia Coal Association
Pennsylvania
Joseph Guffey
Penn
Guffey
West Virginia
West Virgin Sais
Pensylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois
Mississippi River
Lutz of Tazewell dies at 71 after long illness
Al Z Litz a prominent Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia merchant banker and coal land operator dies at his Tazewell home after months of illness. He led civic causes and contributed to philanthropies and owned coal holdings in WV VA KY with real estate in VA KY and TX. Funeral Saturday at home with ministers officiating. interment Maple Wood cemetery.
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Southwest Virginia
West Virginia
Tazewell
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Litz
Virginia
Kentucky
Texas
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Main Street Methodist Church
L. W. Pierce
C. W. Dean
Tazewell Church
Marion
Maple Wood Cemetery
Baltimore
J. W. St. Clair
Huntington
Washington
Mr. St. Clair
Johns Hopkins
Burks Garden
John T. Litz
Elizabeth Thompson Litz
Shawnee Coal Company
Eckman
W. Va
Etta V. Stauber
Winston Salem
N. C
Welch
Taft Proposes Defense Coordination Administration
Senator Taft of Ohio proposed creating a war resources administration with a single administrator to cut red tape and coordinate all industrial and procurement phases of defense. He would introduce a bill to implement an industrial mobilization plan dating to 1939 and modeled on field surveys of manufacturers and strategic industries.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
War Resources Administration
National Defense Advisory Commission
Axis Air Forge Smashes Heavily at Factory Area
London reports heavy axis air raids over midlands factory area including Coventry and Birmingham for the third night. Attacks reach western Britain with several towns struck and four fatalities in London from a single bomb. Liverpool and east Anglia also targeted. London reports no damage thus far.
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London
Midlands
Coventry
Birmingham
Britain
Liverpool
East Anglia
French Battleship Surrenders to British at Gibraltar
At Algeciras Spain a French battleship entered Gibraltar and surrendered to British authorities. It may be the Strasbourg, the 26,500 ton ship last known to be at large after the Oran battle. Earlier reports claimed the Paris Courbet and Lorraine had fallen into British hands.
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Algeciras
Spain
Paris
Gibraltar
Oran
Strasbourg
Toulon
Mystery Distress Signals From Coast Guard Report
New York November 21 Mackay radio and the coast guard picked up a weak SOS reputedly from the German liner Orinoco. The message, followed by two other distress calls from the Cree and an unidentified belligerent ship, sparked brief alarms as crews noted the Orinoco was later at anchor in Tampico harbor.
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Mackay Radio
Coast Guard
Orimoco
Tampico
Mexico
Ireland
Frederick Lee
Boston
Orinoco
Mackay
Norddeigh
Orinico
Air Marshal Boyd Captured as Italian POW in Sicily
Rome reports Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd a top British air force leader captured after a Wellington forced landing on Sicily. Four officers and two enlisted men were also taken prisoner. The Italian high command notes his capture amid RAF reshuffle and Greek front fighting continues in Koritza.
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Britain
Owen Tudor Boyd
Middle East
Sicily
Boyd
British
Air Ministry
Mediterranean
England
RAF Strikes At Ruhr Industries
British and German sources report intensified air activity as RAF bombers target industrial hubs in the Ruhr and British ports. Berlin claims heavy bombing of Birmingham and British fleet losses while London says long range four motor bombers will join campaigns against Germany and Italy with focus on submarine bases and industrial centers.
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Birmingham
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High Command
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Southampton
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Royal Air Force
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RAF
Britain
Germany
Italy
Channel
Lorient
Cherbourg
Dunkerque
Ostend
Three Die and Five Hurt In Keene Mountain Crash
Three people died and five were injured when a car left the road on Keene mountain between Grundy and Richlands on the return from Thanksgiving. The Keene family dominated the casualties, with Elmer Keene escaping with minor injuries. The victims were Joseph Milton Keene aged 33, his wife aged 22, and Oma Ethel Keene aged 24. Their seven passengers ranged from 3 to 10 years old, with critical injuries and multiple traumas. The bodies were removed to Richlands Funeral Home.
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Grundy
Richlands
Joseph Milton Keene
Crystal Block
Oma Ethel Keene
Keene
Miltons
Hicle
Richlands Hospital
Sylvia
Sue Keene
Claude Keene
Martha Jane Keene
Jane Keene
Elsie Keene
Elmer Keene
Joseph
Elmer
Richlands Funeral Home
Greeks Drive Deep Into Albania Threatening Italian Bases
Greek and British air drops fed Greek troops who had advanced into the Albanian mountains, while truck lines faltered. Government spokesmen predicted Italian forces would be cleared from Greek territory soon as Greek units pressed near Argirocastro and Koritza, with Koritza’s advance reported into Yugoslav border areas.
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Associated Press
Athens
Greece
Italy
Argirocastro
Koritza
Bitolj
Yugoslavia
Pogradetz-Elbasani
Tirana
Berlin prepares greet Antonescu as Romania leans Axis
Romania's Premier Ion Antonescu arrives in Berlin for talks with Adolf Hitler amid expectations Romania will join the German-Italian-Japanese axis. Hungary and Bulgaria poised to follow, signaling a broader European order under Nazi influence.
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Ion Antoneescu
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Dienst Aus Deutschland
Axis
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