Nazis Push On As Moscow Front Crumbles Near Tula
London reports German forces pushed toward Tula after crossing Upper Donets, while Soviet defenses retreat toward Moscow. Zhukov rushes reinforcements as German advances threaten Rostov, Sebastopol, and oil centers. British radio cites Russians delaying a major counterattack amid heavy fighting along the central front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Semeon Timoshen
Don
Adolf Hitler
Donets
Rostov
Berlin
Rad
Crimean
Russia
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Nazi Agh
Gregory K. Zhukov
Tula
Hitler
Volkovo
Leningrad
Volkhov
Lake Simen
Lake
Uters
Stockholm
RAF Wide Offensive Sparks Major Allied Losses and Gains
The RAF launched a broad attack on Hamburg and Bremen with fires on docks and rail lines, hit Dunkirk docks, and attacked Naples and Sicily while Coastal Command claimed Norwegian coast shipping hits. In daylight even northern France was bombed. six British planes were lost. Berlin reported German Luftwaffe strikes sank several British ships off England's east coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Bremen
Naples
Sicily
France
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Dunkerque
R.A.F
A. F. Coastal Command
Norwegian
Frisian
Channel
Berlin
INS
England
Cedar Rapids Sees Wet October Tally and Cooler November Start
Cedar Rapids reports a wet October with 5.46 inches of rain across 16 days, the wettest in nine years per Chambers. November begins with a damp north wind and temperatures around 38 degrees after a 36 degree low, while the Cedar River rises to 5.7 feet and trains recover from Friday night storms.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Linn
Cedar River
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
Boone
Police Sergeant Quips On Crossing Hazard By Youths
Cedar Rapids police sergeant Frank Hrabetin, over six feet tall and 268 pounds, spots a group of sweatered youths crossing First avenue at Third street E in a diagonal line. He questions their origin and recalls a Bloomington Indiana fullback, noting the youth looked tough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowe
Frank Hrabetin
First Avenue
Third Street
Hrabetin
Indiana
Iowa
Neutrality act debate shifts as Green urges repeal
Senator Theodore F. Green cites appeasement fears urging repeal of all neutrality ship restrictions. Senate debates intensify after the Reuben James sinking raises calls for vengeance and a potential war vote looms by week end.
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Washington
ULP
Theodore F. Green
R. I
Senate
Green
Hitler
U. S
Reuben James
America
France
Soviet Union
Iceland
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George D. Aiken
Roosevelt
Connally
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Floods Forecast Across Iowa From Snow and Rain
Des Moines and Raccoon rivers were rising rapidly after 24 hours of rain as western Iowa dug out from a Halloween snowstorm. Forecasters warned crests possible near Van Meter and below Des Moines to Ottumwa, with no serious floods expected.
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Des Moines
Raccoon
Weather Bureau
van Meter
Ottumwa
Bureau
Boone
Pocahontas
Mason City
Forest City
Rainbow Bridge Opens Across Niagara Falls Gorge
The new Rainbow bridge in Niagara Falls New York opens to traffic Saturday as a $3,730,000 project claimed to be the world's longest hingeless arch.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Falls’ Gorge
Many U boats destroyed by British navy says Lord
First Lord of the Admiralty Albert Alexander in Dewsbury Yorkshire claimed the destruction of many German submarines in recent months. He linked increased German sea attacks to the invasion of Russia and credited mine warfare and convoy escorts with keeping losses low.
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London
Albert “. Alexander
Dewsbury
Yorkshire
Russia
Alexander
Code of Hills Saved Lives Of Iowans Lost in Flight
Two army lieutenants who jumped from planes over the Sierra Nevadas were saved after a week lost in a two mile high canyon. A mountaineer keeper and his larder supported them with food and shelter guiding Major C. S. Miller’s rescue party to Barton peak. The flyers endured cold, built a bonfire and used signal pistols to conserve their dwindling supplies.
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Fresno
Calif
Jack C. West
Leonard Lydon
Sierra Nevadas
Flyer
C. S. Miller
Barton Peak
King Canyon National Park
Japs Threaten Break Through U S Blockade
Tokyo line notes U S efforts to encircle Japan and possible closure of Japanese consulates in America. Domei and Nichi Nichi warn Washington must ease economic pressure or risk Japan breaking the blockade to secure vital war materials. Tojo cabinet raises luxury taxes as war prep intensifies.
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TORIO
United States
Japan
Nichi Nichi
New York
Oon
America
State Department
Domei
East Asia
Hideki Tojo
Washington
Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Dick Barker Knew Commander Edwards of The Reuben James
Cedar Rapids man Dick Barker recalls Commander Edwards who led the destroyer Reuben James before it was torpedoed west of Iceland. Barker, a former Cornell coach, knew Edwards during the 1928 games and later followed the fate of the ship’s crew.
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Cedar Rapids
U. S
Reuben James
Iceland
Dick Barker
First Avenue Road
Cornell
H. L
Tex” Edwards
Wood L. Edwards
Barker
Edwards
Roosevelt Catoe Sentenced to Die February Sixth
Washington reports Jarvis Theodore Roosevelt Catoe, a 35 year old Black man convicted of rape and murder and believed to have confessed to six other killings, is sentenced to die in the electric chair on February 6.
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Washington
Jarvis Theodore Roosevelt Catoe
Germany Charges F. O. R. Has Started Shooting Warfare
Berlin reports the Reich government issued a formal declaration accusing America of attacking Germany. It claims U S destroyers first collided with German submarines and denies President Roosevelt’s charges about Nazi designs in Latin America and religious suppression. The announcement stressed the accusations are crude and absurd.
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Berlin
Reich
America
Germany
Roosevelt
Greer and Kearny
Central
South America
Latin America
Mr. Roosevelt
Five Injured In Nine Accidents From Rainy Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids motorists endured a rainy October, piling up nine accidents with five injured. Pedestrians Ray Frasher and his wife were struck by Coe student George W. Paull on First Avenue East. Mrs Frasher suffered back hip and knee injuries. Mr Frasher had head and knee burns. Both were treated at Mercy Hospital and released. A third incident near 11 15 p m at Ninth Street NE injured Mrs Grafton Hale and William Simmon.
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Cedar Rapids
Ray Frasher
Fifth Street
George W. Paull
Coe
First Avenue
Frasher
Nineteenth Street
Grafton Hale
D Avenue
William William Simmon
Halloween Night Police Nab Newton Youths for Pilfering
Rain eased Halloween but a police patrol seized six Newton youths ages 17 to 21 after a string of automobile thefts. The suspects Jack Madin Robert Finn Arnold Kithcart Wayne Kithcart Iden Johnson and Max Enochs admitted stealing from local cars driving a car registered to Enochs mother. The Kithcart twins were found in First Avenue at Seventeenth Street with the vehicle. Police described the group as responsible for multiple thefts on prior nights.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill Kudina
Newton
Newton Lads
Jack Madin
Robert Finn
Arnold
Wayne Kithcart
Iden Johnson
Max Enochs
Enochs
Kithcart Twins
First Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Frank Mullin
Bridges Case To Be Argued November 24
The Board of Immigration Appeals set November 24 to hear oral argument in the case of Harry Bridges, a West Coast labor leader.
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Bridges
Washington
INS
Ae Board of Immigration Appeals
Harry Bridges
West Bor
Sinking of Reuben James Leaves Many Missing at Sea
Washington reports about 77 crewmen unaccounted for after the destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed west of Iceland. Only 44 enlisted men were confirmed safe. officers listed include Lieut. Edwards and five others. Navy continues search as rescues and casualty counts rise amid bitter North Atlantic conditions.
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North Atlantic
Navy Department
U.S
Reuben
Washington
U. S
Reuben James
Navy
Cmndr
Heywood L. Edwards
Iceland
Edwards
Benjamin Ghetzler
Annapolis
Dewey G. Johnston
el Cajon
Calif
J.G
John J. Daub
Saitsburg
James M. Relden
Syracuse
N. Y
Ensign Craig East
U.S.S. Kearny
Kearny
Britain
U.S.S
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