Hitler massed guns in two Moscow offenses and Crimea push
News from Kuibyshev reports heavy German forces smashing at two points along Moscow's defensive rim while offensives in the Crimea and Donets basin progress amid heavy losses. Red Star calls the Donets position grave and Crimea approaches still more alarming as Soviet resistance stiffens.
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Russia
Moscow
Crimea
Donets
Red Star
Perekop
Chistyakovo
Stalino
Crimean
Four or Five Killed In Bomber Crash Near Findlay
A twin motored army bomber crashed on the John Fisher farm near Benton Ridge eight miles southwest of Findlay, killing four or possibly five fliers. The aircraft left Patterson field minutes earlier and was the fourth post takeoff crash from the Dayton area. Names tentatively identified include Lieut. George W. Smith Asheville North Carolina Sergt Lee D. Chambers Hinsdale North Carolina and Patterson field employees John J. Southard Springfield Ohio and Robert Joseph Hageman. Lieut T W Bafford was said to be on board. The plane struck a cornfield and exploded into a flame 300 feet high. The bomber was a 25 B built by North American Aviation Englewood California and accepted by the army last June 22.
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Findlay
INS
John Fisher
Benton Ridge
Patterson Field
Dayton
George W. Smith
Asheville
N.C
Lee D. Chambers
Hinsdale
N. C
Civil Service
John J. Southard
Springfield
Robert Joseph Hageman
T. W. Bafford
Fisher
Bombs Fall On London As Luftwaffe Strikes City
London endured its first real air raid in over three months as Luftwaffe bombers hit multiple sections of the capital and coastal Nazi-occupied areas. RAF daylight defense and heavy anti-aircraft fire targeted raiders near London and Liverpool. three enemy planes were reported brought down. No casualties reported by midnight.
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London
Lonon
Bms
Royal Air Force
Liverpool
England
West Virginia Auto Death Toll Rises in 1941
West Virginia state police reported 33 traffic deaths in October, down from 38 in September and 42 a year earlier. For the first ten months, 347 people were killed, versus 310 in the same 1940 period. Supt. John W. Bosworth credited the October decline to the V safety campaign and patrol car patrols improving motorist safety.
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West Virginia
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
John W. Bosworth
Whit
OPM reports surge in wartime aircraft and tank production
The Office of Price Administration releases a progress report on the arsenal of democracy, noting aircraft output nearly doubles since January 1941 with 28 plants active and 50 under construction. Tanks and guns rise monthly as defense production expands toward a target of 50 000 war planes next year.
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Washington
OPM
Arsenal of Democracy
Wright Brothers
U. S
Reds Fight Better Than We Dared Hope Says General
London dispatch reports Lieut.-Gen. Sir Douglas Brownrigge praising Russian resistance as Hitler’s Moscow bid unfolds. Rostov’s fall threatens the Caucasus oil pipeline and supply lines. Archangel, Vladivostok, and Iran routes shape Allied logistics.
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Douglas Brownrigge
London
Hitler
Moscow
Russia
Rostov
Caucasus
Knox Bars Peace Sees Finish Fight For Nation
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told a graduating class of U.S. officers that the United States is in a fight to a finish to defeat Hitler Germany. He warned against compromise peace after the torpedo sinking of the destroyer Reuben James, and said the nation would use force to maintain peace if needed. His message was delivered as many marine officers prepare for duty in Iceland and other defense outposts.
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Washington
INS
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
U. S
Hitler
Germany
Navy
Reuben James
Iceland
U.S
Athantic
Pacific
Knox
Roosevelt
Marine of
New Secret Ammunition Allegedly Supplied to U S
London reports that Britain is manufacturing a new highly secret ammunition for the Battle of the Atlantic. The formula has reportedly been passed to the United States, and some British warships are using the rounds on convoy escort duty. A Ministry of Supply notice notes 20 Welsh factory workers toiling overnight to fulfill a large order for this new ammunition.
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London
Brettain
Ministry of Supply
Milk Monopolistic Control Bill Urged For City Council
The state anti profiteering committee plans to repeal Charleston milk ordinance citing monopolistic price control by distributors. It rejected a cost milk plan for the poor as impractical, while Agriculture Commissioner McLaughlin seeks a central site for a public milk plant. Attorney General Meadows will present the committee’s objections to the council.
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Charleston
J. B. McLaughlin
Atty
Clarence W. Meadows
Elks Lodge Buys South Lee Street Lot for New Home
Charleston Elks lodge announced the purchase of a large 11914 by 236 foot lot on the south side of Lee street opposite WCHS auditorium now occupied by Cook's service station and parking lot. The $85,000 tract was bought from C. P. Nelson of Huntington after lodge authorization by the membership and board recommendation. a new Elks home is planned though detailed plans are pending.
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Wchs Auditorium
Cook's
Charleston Elks Lodge
Elks
C. P. Nelson
Huntington
Lodge
Board of Governors
King and King Confer on Allied Strategy at Hyde Park
President Roosevelt and Canada's Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King held a Hyde Park meeting to align Western Hemisphere efforts against Nazi Germany. Discussions reportedly covered lend‑lease aid and financing of Canadian production, with plans to explore all aspects of the international crisis and potential further U.S. support for Canada.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Hyde Park House
Harry Nopsins
Ienassease Genssimo
U. S
Dominion
Mackenzie King
U.S
King
Roosevelt Hudson
Apear
Airliner crash theories emerge as investigators sift
In St Thomas Ontario investigators identify 12 bodies and review theories about the American Airlines flagship crash near Shedden. Eyewitness accounts vary, with one claim suggesting the Douglas jet flew upside down before plunging, while others say it banked at a crazy angle. Biddle brothers of Lawrence Station report a plate clue.
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ST. Thomas
Ont
INS
American Airlines
Shedden
Biddle
Lawrence Station
Hitler accuses U S of starting shooting war at sea
Adolf Hitler accused the United States of attacking Germany after the torpedoing of the U S destroyer Reuben James. He claimed U S destroyers Greer and Kearny first attacked German U-boats, denying Nazi plots against Latin America and religious order, and dismissed Roosevelt's shooting speech as fake.
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Berlin
INS
Adolf Hitler
U.S
Germany
Roosevelt
Reichsfuhrer
U. S
Reuben James
Latin America
Hitler
Kearny Incider
Gree
FDR
Reuben Jame
Atlantic
South
Central America
Hitle
Reich
Tosa
Propaganda Ministry
Germa
America
Solon senator urges neutrality act revision to fight Nazi aggression
Sen. Ball of Minnesota urged scrapping the neutrality act to defeat Hitler, warning that halting aid risks stalemate or a negotiat ed peace and invites Japanese aggression. He pressed for war measures as debate over arming merchant ships continued amid calls for a formal declaration of war.
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INS
America
Sen. Ball
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Senate
Sen. Clark
D-Mo
Roosevelt
Congress
Hitler
Ball
U.S
Japan
Far East
Middlewestern
Sen. Shipstead
Rep. Knutson
Ser
Clark
New Columnist Samuel Graf ton Debuts in The Gazette
The Gazette announces Samuel Graf ton joining the editorial page as a top feature writer starting tomorrow and six times a week in West Virginia. His column has won wide acclaim in leading newspapers where it appears. Editors say nothing like it exists in the country. Read it tomorrow and every weekday in The State Newspaper.
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Samuel Grafton
West Virginia
Gazette
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