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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1941
Page
2
Army, Navy and commercial airlines suffer crashes in a surge of air accidents. The sinking of the Reuben James raises wartime tensions as President Roosevelt’s speech draws formal statements from Hitler.
The first American naval loss in the war was the destroyer Reuben James, a 1000 ton vessel, sunk west of Iceland with 44 sailors confirmed saved and about 120 officers and men aboard. Claims of submarine engagements and letters from sailors circulated as details emerged. Germany and Hitler issued denials while signaling possible hostile action against the United States.
Reportage describes a wave of air disasters including Northwest Airlines, American Airlines, a Findlay Ohio bomber, and a sea disaster with 12 lives lost. An FBI saboteur case emerges as Washington debates arming merchant vessels and a potential declaration of war amid Moscow resistance and Berlin denial. Senator Bridges shifts in support as U S policy moves toward neutrality act reform and broader naval readiness.
The report cites U S concerns over Japan after Germanys actions signaling possible hostilities in the Pacific The US Navy tracks a Japanese submarine near Hawaii while surface ships patrol Midway Wake Island and others in open water A price control bill advances through Congress with strong limits on farm prices and rent ceilings A new battleship Alabama set for launch and a Palestine question action is urged by Senator Barkley Governor Dickerson offers a longevity recipe
In a second officer reshuffle within weeks Marshal Boris N. Shaposhnikov is named chief of the Soviet general staff, succeeding Gen. Zhukov who weeks earlier became commander of Red Armies on the central front. Shaposhnikov is a close ally of Joseph Stalin.
A London couple smiles after escaping from occupied France and Gestapo custody. The girl led a juvenile gang that posted anti Nazi posters and fled with a lieutenant to North Africa before reaching British territory.
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