Germans claim west of Dnieper fully overrun Ukraine
German high command said forces had overrun all Ukraine territory west of the Dnieper and launched fresh assaults on Odessa. British and London sources warned retreating Red Army losses would be heavy if Budyonny cannot redeploy. Soviet reports spoke of bombardment on Leningrad and a new raid on Moscow.
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Believe Dock Blaze Due to Carelessness
A three man federal board will probe the Brooklyn waterfront fire that killed seven and left about fifty five in hospitals. Officials blamed possible workman carelessness with a discarded cigarette while considering sabotage. The blaze destroyed Pier 27 and the New York and Cuba Mail line ship with its cargo, with extensive dock and craft damage and many afloat.
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Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Brooklyn
Panuco
New York and Cuba
Pier 27
Guananamo
Cuba
William O'Dwyer
Brazilian Airliner Crash Feared Ten Dead
Pan Air do Brazil flight crashes near Sao Paulo. Injured steward David Novak fears 10 of the 13 aboard died, naming two American survivors, Prof. Philip C. Jessup of Columbia University and Hugh Davies of Gardners, Pa. Novak walked seven and a half miles from the crash to Sao Paulo hospital.
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Brazil
David Novak
Pan Air Do Brazil
Novak
Samaritano Hospital
Philip C. Jessup
Columbia University
New York
Hugh Davies
Gardners
International Harvester Company
Panair
Oun
Japan lists red tie up would violate pact says Tokyo
Tokyo says a possible America Russia Britain tripartite alliance would gravely impair ties with Moscow and violate the Russo Japanese neutrality pact. Dome reports no hostage handling of 100 Americans aboard the President Coolidge while new foreign exit limits affect all nationals. Ishii criticizes US moves and notes 24 Americans granted permission to transfer at Yokohama with possible reshipment questions.
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America
Russia
Britain
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Koh Ishii
Dome
President Coolidge
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Japan Sea
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Soviet Union
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Yokohama
Hull seeks full Japan exit denial explanation
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said the United States awaits a complete and satisfactory explanation for Japan’s refusal to allow Americans to depart. He noted Grew’s reports are not yet sufficient for decisive action. China backs the Roosevelt Churchill eight point postwar plan as Hu Shih meets Hull. Officials consider tying protests to Japan to retaliate by barring Japanese nationals from leaving the United States without special permission.
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Cordell Hull
United States
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Hull
Joseph C. Grew
Hu Shih
China
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Winston Churchill
High Administration
Tokio
Roosevelt Plans Ferry Route to Speed British Air War
President Roosevelt announced a Pan American Airways ferry system to deliver fighting planes from the arsenal of democracy to the Middle East via West Africa, avoiding war zones. The plan sparked talk it could diminish Dakar's value if Germans seize the base and visions of a broader Mediterranean and Iran strategy amid Allied pressure on German troops. Observers noted possible links to Iran and a new theater in the southeast, with routes speculated through the West Indies, Belem, and Portuguese Guinea.
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Pan-American Airways
Middle East
Dakar
Mediterranean
Roosevelt Churchill
Iran
Persia
Britain
Russia
Ukraine
Pan American Airways
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
West Indies
Belem
Brazil
Goering Rumors Of Wounding Circulate In Capitals
Reports lacking confirmation claim Adolf Hitler endured a mental relapse due to wartime strains and Reich Marshal Hermann Goering was badly crippled in a British air raid. Berlin dispatches say Hitler remains at headquarters and Goering was photographed three weeks ago. Rumors originate from Cairo, where escaped prisoners cited British officers as saying Goering was wounded and both legs amputated in an air attack.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hermann W. Goering
Berlin
Hitler
Eastern Front
Goering
Werner Moelders
Cairo
Syria
Elliott Roosevelt Arrives In London
Capt Elliott Roosevelt arrived in London to meet with Ambassador John G. Winant at the U S embassy. The president's son, a military aide to his father, had just attended the sea conference with Prime Minister Churchill and was believed here on business related to his U S Army Air Corps role. It was unclear if he traveled by air or aboard the battleship Prince of Wales with Churchill.
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London
Elliott Roosevelt
United States
John G. Winant
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States Army Air Corps
Green Urges Labor Clause in Peace Point Plan
Syracuse AFL leader William Green warns against labor compromises with fascism Nazism or communism at Roosevelt Churchill peace talks. He says labor must have a seat at any postwar conference and asserts the AFL will never align with subversive forces. The statement was made at the New York State Federation of Labor annual convention.
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Syracuse
N. Y
INS
Roosevelt
Churchill
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Europe
Hitler
Green
New York State Federation of Labor
Nazi Vacation Restrictions Cut Resorts Capacity
Berlin reports government appeal urging fewer travelers to popular resorts and year round vacations. Convalescent soldiers and evacuated children have halved capacity amid transport and staff shortages from military conscription. Voelkischer Beobachter urges travel to Black Forest Sudetenland or Silesia with limits on trip length.
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Germany
Voelkischer Beobachter
Black Forest
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Silesia
Reich Tourist Association
Soldier earns praise for snake rescue at camp
At Camp Davis North Carolina an unnamed corporal earns high marks from a sergeant after he spotted a large rattlesnake near a noon nap and killed it with his bayonet. The sergeant says the corporal cannot do too much for him.
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Camp Davis
N. C
Johnson charges Roosevelt Churchill program commits U S to war
Senator Hiram Johnson accuses the Atlantic conference eight point program of forcing the United States toward war. He argues the sixth point aims to a new order after Nazi tyranny and disrupts constitutional limits. Barkley defends administration saying Johnson misread the results.
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Hiram Johnson
Calif
Senate
Roosevelt
Churchill
High Seas
Johnson
Barkley
War Games Gain Realism As Third Army Drills In Louisiana
U P wire report describes Third Army maneuvers near Louisiana as nearly combat authentic with tanks, jeeps, riders, and dust. Private James D. Robinson 20 died when a tank overturned during the Blue forces advance. Separate dispatch notes progress in Arkansas as engineers assemble heavy bridges and pontoon supports amid blackout conditions.
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Leon Ray
Third Army
Louisiana
Germany
Yugoslavia
Europe
James D. Robinson
Wallace May Head New Super Agency In Defense Shakeup
Washington report says Judge Samuel Rosenman will study priorities between the office of production management and the office of price administration. A plan would place Vice President Wallace at the head of a new super defense agency atop existing bodies including OPM and OPACS, with Hull Stimpson Knox Henderson among the likely board members.
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Washington
LLP
White House
Samuel Rosenman
New York
Office of Production Management
Office of Price Administration
Congressional
Henry A. Wallace
OPM
OPACS
New Economic Defense Board
Cordell Hull
Henry L. Stimson
the Navy
Frank Knox
Leon Henderson
Let Contract For Building To House Power Plant Unit
Cedar Rapids notes award of the construction contract to Paulsen Construction Co for a building to house the third high pressure steam boiler of Iowa Electric Light and Power. The unit is part of a long range expansion with five new boilers by 1945. Estimated cost is 1 050 000 dollars. The steel for the building totals 850 tons and will be obtained under national defense priority.
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Cedar Rapids News
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Paulsen Construction Company
F. C Chambers
Parade in Iceland Led by Gen Marshall for Churchill
In Reykjavik American, British and Norwegian forces paraded during Churchill's visit. Gen George C. Marshall led the procession with US officers, the marine band, and British units. Churchill, Dill, Pound and Rhodes Freeman accompanied him as thousands watched for 45 minutes. Ensign F D Roosevelt Jr also joined.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Winston Churchill
George C. Marshall
United States Army
United States Marine Band
Churchill
John G. Dill
Imperial General Staff
Dudley Pound
Wildrid Rhodes Freeman
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Temperature Swings As Cedar Rapids Sees 53 Degree Low
A fall pattern continues for Cedar Rapids and surrounding area with a 53 degree low at 6 a.m. Tuesday, the coldest in over six weeks. By afternoon the temperature rebounded to 81 degrees at 2:30 p.m. as sun returned, after a Monday of cloudy skies and a high around 75. Humidity stood at 32 percent while earlier readings wandered through the sixties amid lingering showers from Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Roberts Granted Divorce After Wife Leaves Nine Days After Wedding
DETROIT AP John Thomas Roberts wins divorce from wife who left him nine days after their 1906 marriage. Circuit Judge Guy A. Miller presided as Roberts testified the wife did not return, stating I guess she isn't coming back.
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Detroit
John Thomas Roberts
Guy A. Miller
War department plans release of 150000 guardsmen and selectees by Dec 10
Washington reports the War Department will release about 150000 national guardsmen and selectees by December 10 if the international situation allows. Priorities favor dependency and hardship cases, men 28 or older, and married men seeking discharge after 12 months. Some may end service after 14 to 18 months with options to reenlist for those eligible.
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Wart Department
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National Guard
War Department
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