Reds Evacuate Another City as Nazis Push On
Radio Moscow acknowledged a small German unit breached Russian lines toward Tula, 100 miles south of Moscow, as Soviet forces mounted a major retreat from Rostov to defend oil fields and the south front. Germans crossed the Upper Donets, captured parts of the Donets bend, and pressed toward Crimea while Zhukov rushed reinforcements to Tula amid bitter fighting and freezing weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yulltin
London
Radio Moscow
Tula
Moscow
Semeon Timoshens
Don
Adolf Hitler
Donets River
Rostov
Berlin
Crimean
Irol
Volokosk
Rednv
U‘ther
Tla
Ated Star
Gregory K. Zhukov
Hitler
Volkovo
Leningrad
Volkhovo
Leningrad-to
Volkhov
East Karelia
Lenikrad
RAF Attacks Score Major Gains Across Europe
London reports a wide RAF offensive hitting Hamburg and Bremen fires in docks and railways, Naples and Sicily Italian targets, ten ships off Norway coast, plus attacks on northern France. Six British planes were lost as T A F fighters engaged. Coastal command raided shipping off Norwegian coasts and Frisian islands with ten ships hit. Daylight fighter sweeps over northern France attacked German targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Hamburg
Bremen
Naples
Sicily
France
Air Ministry
Dunkerque
T.A.F
R. A. F. Coastal Command
Frisian
Channel
German Luftwaffe Sinks Four British Ships Off English Coast
Berlin reports heavy air attacks on British shipping off England's east coast. Communique says bombers sank four merchant vessels totaling 29 000 tons including a 10 000 ton tanker. Two more ships in the convoy damaged and believed sunk. Two others damaged seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
INS
East Coat of England
November Weather in Cedar Rapids Reports Wet October
Cedar Rapids sees a damp north wind and record rainfall for October with 5.46 inches on 16 days. Temperature fell to 36 and rose to 45. November began chilly with a 28 degree low forecast and a warmer Sunday. The Cedar River rose to 5.7 feet. trains delayed by storms but on time Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep
Linn
Cedar River
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
Boone
Green Seeks Repeal of Neutrality Shipping Restrictions
Senator Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island urges repeal of all shipping restrictions within the Neutrality Act, calling the policy appeasement toward Hitler. As Senate debate on neutrality revision continues after the Reuben James sinking, leaders expect a vote by midweek amid calls for vengeance and accusations of presidential responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Theodore F. Green
R. I
Senate
Green
Hitler
U. S
Reuben James
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George D. Aiken
Roosevelt
Connally
Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Floods Forecast Across Iowa After Snow and Rain
Des Moines and Raccoon rivers were expected to flood as western Iowa dug out from a Halloween snow storm. Weather officials warned crests could not yet be estimated but feared rising waters from recent rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Raccoon
Weather Bureau
van Meter
Ottumwa
Bureau
Boone
Pocahontas
Mason City
Forest City
Atlantic
Council Bluffs
Rainbow Bridge Opens Across Niagara Falls Gorge
The new 3,760,000 dollar Rainbow bridge across Niagara Falls gorge, claimed as the world’s longest hingeless arch, opens to traffic Saturday. It connects Niagara Falls New York with Ontario and represents a major cross border link completed after years of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N Y
Niagara Falls’ Gorge
Many Nazi Subs Destroyed By Navy Says Lord
London UP First Lord of the Admiralty Albert W. Alexander told a Dewsbury Yorkshire audience that many German submarines have been destroyed in recent months. He added that despite intensified German sea attacks the navy with minesweepers and convoy escorts has kept losses down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Albert W. Alexander
Dewsbury
Yorkshire
Russia
Alexander
Code of Hills Saves Two Iowans Lost in Flight
Fresno California dispatch says an unknown mountaineer kept a larder full and a latch string out in a two mile high canyon, saving Lieutenants Jack C. West and Leonard Lydon after a week lost in Sierra Nevada. The Iowan flyers, both from Centerville and Dexter, survived on canned beans corned beef matches wood and a tent. They slept long hours exhausted, fished for food, and fired signal rockets each night to ward off freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Calif
Jack C. West
Leonard Lydon
Sierra Nevadas
West
Centerville
Lydon
Dexter
Robert West
Silver
C. S. Mitler
Barton Peak
King Canyon National Park
Andéhen
Jups Threaten Breakthrough U S Blockade
Tokyo reports quote Japanese officials and news agencies asserting the United States plans to tighten the blockade on Japan. They warn failure to lift it could force Japan to break through, seek vital materials, and pursue self defense measures amid total war preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKIO
United States
Japan
Nichi Nichis
New York
America
State Department
Nichi Nichi
Comei
Damei
East Asia
Hideki Tojo
Washington
Pacific
Malay
Dutch East Indies
Dick Barker Knew Comdr Edwards of The Reuben James
Cedar Rapids man Dick Barker recalls Lieutenant Commander Heywood Edwards who led the destroyer Reuben James when torpedoed west of Iceland. Barker, a former Cornell coach and 1928 Olympic wrestling team member, remembered Edwards as a Naval Academy wrestler and football player during a Europe tour after the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Edwards
San Saba
Tex
Reuben James
U. S
Iceland
Edwards
Cedar Rapids
Dick Barker
First Avenue Road
Cornell
Europe
H. L
Tex” Edwards
Heywood L. Edwards
Barker
Naval Academy
Berlin
Vienna
Roosevelt Catoe Sentenced to Die February Sixth
Jarvis Theodore Roosevelt Catoe, 35, a Black man convicted of rape and murder, is sentenced to die in the electric chair on February 6. He allegedly confessed to the assaults and slayings of six other women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jarvis Theodore Roosevelt Catoe
Negra
Germany Charges FDR Has Started Shooting Warfare
Berlin reports that the German government formally declares America has attacked Germany by firing first in a shooting war at sea. The Reich denounces Roosevelt claims as false while insisting US destroyers attacked German submarines first and promises to inform nations of Latin America of alleged plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reich
America
Germany
Nazi Propaganda Ministry
United States
Roosevelt
Greer
Kearns
Central
South Amerca
Latin America
Five Are Injured In Nine Accidents In Rainy Cedar Rapids
Rainy Cedar Rapids traffic left five people injured in nine crashes on a Friday. Pedestrians Mr and Mrs Ray Frasher were struck by George W Paull, a Coe College student, while crossing near Third and Fourth streets. Mrs Frasher, 25, suffered back hip and knee injuries and was in Mercy hospital with a guarded prognosis. Mr Frasher, 28, had burns and was released after treatment. An intersection crash at B avenue and 19th street NE injured Mrs Grafton Hale and William Simmon around 11 15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ray Frasher
Fifth Street
George W Paull
Coe
First Avenue
Frasher
Paull
Mercy Hospital
Mr Frasher
B Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Grafton Hale
D Avenue
William Simmon
Halloween Quiet But Police Nab Newton Youths
Rain cooled Halloween night but police netted six Newton youths in a car theft spree. Madin Finn Kitheart Johnson and Enochs confessed stealing auto parts and prowling cars on prior nights. Officers Mullin Hanna Connell recovered fog lights fender skirts and clothing from the car and matched them to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bill Kudina
Newton
Newton Lads
Jack Madin
Robert Finn
Arnold
Wayne Kitheart
Iden Johnson
Max Enochs
Enochs
Kitheart Twins
First Avenue
Seventeenth Street E
Frank Mullin
John Hanna
George Connell
Bridges Case To Be Argued November 24
The board of immigration appeals set November 24 to hear oral arguments on the deportation of Harry Bridges, a West Coast maritime labor leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridges
Washington
INS
Board of Immigration Appeals
Harry Bridges
Sinking of USS Reuben James Leaves 77 Missing in Atlantic
In Washington, hope faded but did not vanish for about 77 crew members still unaccounted after the destroyer USS Reuben James was torpedoed and sunk off Iceland. Only 44 enlisted men were reported rescued. officers listed include Lieut Commander Heywood L Edwards and five other lieutenants. Navy searches continued as officials noted prior losses on the Kearny and Greer near the same area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Navy Department
U.S
Reuben
Washington
U. S
Reuben James
Navy
Cmadr Heywood L. Edwards
Edwards
Benjamin Ghetzie
Annapolis
Dewey G Johnston
el Cajon
Calif
J.G
John J. Daub
Salisburg
James M. Belden
Syracuse
N Y
Ensign Craig Spowers
East Orange
N. J
Ensign Howard V. Wade
Glen Ridge
N J
U.S. Kearny
Kearny
Britain
Iceland
U.S.S. Greer
U. S. Navy
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Berlin
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Rostov-on-the-Don
New Orleans
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Ccnsus
Crimea
Ekop
U.S.S.R
Howev
Perekop sUamus
R.A.F
Iowa
Cedar Rapids News
Frank Hrabetin
Third Street
Hrabella
Bloomington
Ind
Hrabetin
Johns
Seven Seas
Soviet Union
F. R
O’daniel
Francis T. Maloney
Conn
Scott Lucas
Maloney
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Catoe
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