Britain Defends Finland Aid Policy in Commons Speech
Prime Minister Chamberlain asserts readiness to face any outcome of talks with Mussolini and Harrer while defending wartime Finland aid. He notes Allied effort, outlines expeditionary force plans of about 100 000 men for Finland, and cites recent German actions and shipments to Finland, plus a Gibraltar action and Uhenfels capture.
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Lorso
Tuseeie
Harrier
Signer
Mussolini
Mr. Chamberlain
House of Commons
Lkely
West Front Offensives Repulsed With Heavy Losses
Paris reports three German attacks on the West Front repulsed in the severest fighting since the war began. French patrols hit advance posts, 300 German attackers were repulsed in the Vosges, and Franco-German clashes left dead and prisoners. Two French missing. Berlin cites five killed and eight captured. French batteries fired about 2000 rounds in one sector.
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Paris
Vosges
Berlin
Jost
Fred
War supplies economic value to America
Secretary for the Navy Mr Edison writes that export manufacture supported by Allies did not interfere with United States needs. He says enlarged plants cut costs and sped deliveries, benefiting national defence and future programmes. Treasury Secretary Morganthau denies Allies paused negotiations for more war planes.
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Washington
Edison
Navy
Vinson
United States
the Treasury
Morganthau
Giant liners eyed as Australian troopships
New York papers discuss using the Queen Mary and Mauretania as troopships for Australia. Cunard says no comment while British seamen transfer aboard and officials note ships could be warships grey by 5 pm.
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New York
Mauretania
Australia
Queen Mary
Russian fortifications shift focus to Commander Islands
Shanghai dispatch notes naval attention on the Commander Is lands as Russia fortifies Behring and Myedny in the K 41. 1.0 sky Group and builds a Behring Island submarine base. Fear grows Russia may aid Germany in Pacific raids if Allies clash with the Soviet.
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United States
Commander Islands
Shanghai
The
New York Times
Behring
Myedny
Behring Island
Russia
Germany
Pacific
Kamanovsky
Kamandorsky
Thie
Mexico
China
Philippine Islands
Vindivestock
Berlin
Bhanghei
British Shipbuilding Faces Losses and Capacity Debate
Labour spokesman Shinwell accused the government of misdirected tonnage and wasteful use of facilities, estimating merchant and warship tonnage losses could reach 750000 tons in six months. Sir John Gilmour and officials described safety upgrades, arming efforts, and loans totaling over £4.75 million for 55 new vessels.
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Labour
Shinwell
John Gilmour
Admiralty
War Office
The
Shakespeare
Ministry For, Shipping
Aircraft merger creates largest financial development in aviation
The Corporations state the merger will provide full advantage to the token and will bring a boom in the industry. It promises liquid capital worth dollars for peaceful aviation development.
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Atlas
Aewechieg
Com- Patthis
Britain and Spain sign new trade pact in Madrid
The November 14 1036 British Spanish trade agreement has been signed in Madrid. Spain will exchange fruit minerals and wines for fertilisers jute tin cotton and raw materials. An Italo Spanish trade agreement signing is anticipated in a few days.
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Madrid
Spain
Russian assurances to Sweden deny free port request and aid to Finland
A Swedish spokesman said Russia did not seek a free port in the Gulf of Bothnia and Germany warned of intervention if Sweden allowed Allied passage to Finland. Sweden supplied Finland with significant arms and munitions while noting Sweden’s limited foreign aid and the strain of wartime policy. He described Sweden’s perilous position and the need to resist becoming a battleground among major powers.
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Russia
Gulf of Bothnia
Germany
Sweden
Finland
Dictators Silent On Meeting Across Rome and Berlin
Rome radio reports little detail on Mussolini and Hitler talks while Sumner Welles tours Europe. Officials cite uncertainty but note peace proposals may have been discussed and Welles may meet Mussolini in Rome before leaving for Genoa.
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Rome
Signor Mussolini
Herr Hitler
Sumner Welles
Hitler's 11 Point Peace Terms
Rome correspondent for the New York Times reports Hitler’s proposed peace terms. The plan envisions disarmament, a European directorate replacing the League, religious freedom after migration of Jews, open trade with US cooperation, and various territorial and political rearrangements in Europe and Africa, including Poland, Austria, the Danubian region, and Tunisia.
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New York
Rome
New York Times
Hitler
Vatican
League of Nations
Russia
Germany
England
France
Italy
Palestine
Madagascar
Ethiopia
United States
Africa
Poland
Gdynia
Reich
Austria
Adda
Signor
Mussolini
Herr
Berlin Moscow frontiers loom in wartime talks and Rome axis shift
Berlin previews a potential shift linking Moscow to the Rome Berlin axis as the Hitler Mussolini meeting fuels speculation. Reports in London note possible Italian entry into the war and a broader non pact toward a new totalitarian alignment.
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London
Europe
Berlin
Herr von Ribbentrop
M. Malotow
Germany
Italy
Ming
Traly
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Orkney Islands
Gibraltar
Uhenfels
South Atlantic
West Front
America
Cunard
White Star Line
Lee
Panama
Suez
Aaland Island
Abel
Mr. Welles
Genoa
Brennero
Valian
Rome Radio
Bren- Welles
Statesman
Moscow
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