Kearny Torpedoing Sparks War Talk and Moscow Battle
Reports describe the Kearny destroyer torpedoing near Iceland with 11 missing and 10 seriously injured. Congress debates ship arming as Nazi claims are dismissed and Moscow fights a brutal German assault on multiple fronts amid hopes for a miracle.
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Nye
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House
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Leningrad
Orel
Kalinin
Timoshenko
Kazan
Ivan Maisky
Tojo A New Regime Emerges In Japan
Japan see saw a dramatic shift as Prince Fumimaro Konoye resigns and General Tojo forms a militaristic government. Washington ponders a failed Pacific accord while Tokyo vows decisive actions amid Axis loyalty. Observers fear a new front against the United States and Britain in the Pacific.
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Konoye
United States
Japan
Washington
Pacific
Nazi Germany
U. S
Britain
Australia
Supply Race in North Africa Builds for Big Push
Reporters describe a stalled desert front where General Auchinleck leads the British and Rommel commands the German forces. Supplies arrive in vast quantities via American ships to Suez, boosting British motor trucks and light tanks, while Axis shipping pressures persist under air and submarine attacks.
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Desert Front
Auchinleck
Rommel
Suez
North
Africa
Europe
Panama Allows Armament of Merchant Vessels Step After Arias Fall
Panama moves to arm merchant ships after Arnulfo Arias abdication. The registry shift enables armed vessels while Panama remains a neutral port via the neutrality act, a move tied to the country’s political upheaval and many American owned ships registered there.
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Arnulfo Arias
Panama
Panamian
Lesson for November 2 Subject and Scripture Texts
Lesson for November 2 outlines subjects and scripture texts selected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education, used by permission. The notice records the specific lesson topics and referenced Bible passages for teaching use.
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International Council of Religious Education
Mentally Healthy Soldier Needed for Modern War
A long syndicated lesson discusses sin, its consequences, and the need for deliverance, citing Galatians and John, then connects to a National Farm and Home Hour feature noting mental and physical defense readiness for army recruitment, urging high standards and caution on lax screening. The piece includes commentary on Pan American Child Congress delays and a rural meditation vignette.
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WNU
H Street
Washington
D. C
White House
Roosevelt
Army
China peanut industry trace tied to NC peanuts
The Commerce Department reveals China’s peanut industry began from four quarts of North Carolina peanuts sent overseas by an American missionary about 50 years ago. Other notes: 40 percent of U S vehicles are on farms and small towns, the U S is expanding its tanker fleet beyond Britain's 432 ships, and chlorine defense needs will affect schoolbook pages and illustrations.
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Bad Samaritan
Pan-American Child Congress
Americas
Washington
Congress
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Costa Rica
San Jose
China
North Carolina
Department of Commerce
United States
Great Britain
Greed at Fault in Wealth Says Tagore Quote
A quotation attributed to Sir Rabindranath Tagore argues there is no vice in wealth itself, but greed drives fault. The remark presents a moral stance on wealth and character.
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God
Sir Rabindrinath Tagore
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