Chinese Reds Claim U S Tanks Move Toward Manchuria
Chungking dispatches report 100 American manned tanks racing from Tientsin toward Shanhaikwan and Manchurian borders to aid nationalists. Communists deny details while charging ships and trucks are aiding Peiping and southern China bases. Reports tie new U S military shipments to intensified struggle for Manchuria as reserves reportedly land in Dairen and Port Arthur.
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New China Daily
Communist Party
Chungking
Tientsin
Peiping
India
China
Tsingtao
Shantung
Dairen
Port Arthur
Manchurian
Manchuria
Changchun
Ford and UAW wage talks stall as strikes spread
The Ford Motor Company told the CIO United Auto Workers that an immediate wage settlement was not possible. About 16,000 Westinghouse production workers threatened to strike over pay. Nationwide layoffs and shutdowns affect 275,000 workers as unions push for raises. Iron Age warns of a possible steel strike by year end if disputes persist. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach intervenes but talks stall on a $2 per day increase.
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United Press
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Ford
UAW
CIO Electrical Union
Pittsburgh General Electric
G.M
Buick
Fisher
Flint
Mich
Fisher Body
Midland Steel Company
Cleveland
Iron Age
Last of Eight Naval Escapees Recaptured
Theodore Hall age 21 of Rochester was the final escapee recaptured after state police seized him in a tavern. He along with seven others escaped November 7 from Camp Peary Virginia and was taken into custody on Wednesday.
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Rochester, Mich
Theodore Hall
Rochester
Camp Peary
B 29 Appearance Cancelled Amid Staff Approval Sought
The B 29 Superfortress planned for display at the municipal airport Sunday may be cancelled as the sixteenth bombardment operation training wing at El Paso Texas cites further instructions from the Second Air Force. Norris inquired up the chain to Colorado Springs and Washington for approval with word expected Thursday. Meanwhile unrest in Palestine continues with Jewish resistance against British immigration limits fueling clashes and casualties, including two deaths and 27 injuries.
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Bill Norris
Sixteenth Bombardment Operation
el Paso
Texas
Victory Loan Bond Committee
Second Air Force
Colorado Springs
Norris
Washington, D
Palestine
Sixth Parachute
Red Devils
Death Threats Ordered in Tel Aviv Riots
In Jerusalem British acting high commissioner J W Shaw warned rioters that punishment by death would follow in Tel Aviv as demonstrations marked the second day. The unrest left at least one dead and about 50 injured as curfew stretched across the city.
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Jerusalem
J. W. W. Shaw
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Former Quiz Kid Hollander Struck Near Univ of Chicago
Gunther Hollander a 15 year old former Quiz Kid and University of Chicago student was killed when a double decker bus struck him near the campus. Driver John Burke 43 was held for questioning after reporting the teen darted in front of his bus as it passed a stopped vehicle. Hollander died 15 minutes later.
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Chicago
John Burke
Gunther Hollander
University of Chicago
Hollander
Burke
Enterprise Sets Out as Troop Transport for 4400 Men
The aircraft carrier Enterprise formerly a fighting flagship, set sail from Boston for Southampton with 4,400 troops aboard. Described as a luxury troopship, the voyage marks her first peace-time troop transport mission under Admiral Halsey. Honshu is noted as Japan’s largest island.
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Boston
Calcutta
Enterprise
William F. “Bull” Halsey
Southampton
England
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Effie
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Holy Land
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Moccie
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