Debate Over Ship Arming Sparks Stormy Senate Session
Washington November 3 The Senate opened the second week of debate on President Roosevelt s plan to arm merchant ships for delivery of goods through combat zones to Germany s enemies. Senator Maloney of Connecticut accused Chairman Connally of leading the drive in a Gilbert and Sullivan atmosphere while Wheeler urged Navy Secretary Knox be ousted over remarks that the United States is already at war.
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Washington
INS
Hitler
U. S
Senate
Roosevelt
Germany
Maloney
Sen. Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Conn
Woildweek
Wheeler
Ment
Navy
Knox
Illinois Bachelor Wins Corn Title at Tonica Farm show
Floyd Wise, a 21 year old bachelor from Prairie Center La Salle county, won the national corn husking title near Tonica. He husked 45 371 bushels, beating neighbor Leland Klein of Metamora Woodford county by 0.155 bushels. Wise received 100 dollars after a 9 minute contest before 75 000 to 100 000 spectators.
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Prairie Center
la Salle County
Floyd Wise
Leland Klein
Metamore
26 State Miners Die in October in West Virginia Mines
West Virginia miners suffered twenty six fatalities in October as production rose about 600000 tons, marking a drop of twelve deaths from September while the industry ran near record output, per the state department of mines report released yesterday.
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West Virginia
State Department of Mines
Bitter Gotham Mayoral Fight Comes to Close
New York voters faced a grim windup between Fiorello H. La Guardia seeking a third term and William O Dwyer Brooklyn district attorney in a bitter contest. Polls opened at 6 a.m. resignation banter highlighted the close race. Abrams called it the stormiest election since 1933 with 2,401,658 registered to choose a mayor at a $25,000 salary.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Willam O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
George J. Abrams
Honest Ballot Association
Guardia
la Guardia
Republican
American Labor
City Fusion
United City Parties
Roose
Cobina Wright and Corporal Beaudette Wed in Riverside Church
Cobina Wright a film star and Palmer Beaudette an army corporal wed at Riverside church after a romance that began six months earlier in Colorado. Beaudette chartered a $1500 airliner to avoid AWOL and return to his Seattle post at Fort Benning. James H.R. Cromwell gave away the bride as the couple planned a brief honeymoon before Cobina resumed movie work.
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New York
INS
Cobina Wright
Palmer Beaudette
Riverside Church
Beaudette
Pontiac
Mich
Colorado
Reno
Seattle
James H.R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
Fort Benning
Cobina
Bomber Down 12 Are Dead in Atlantic Crash
The Navy reported a navy bomber crashed in the Atlantic with 12 dead including 11 Navy personnel and one Army officer. The missing craft was believed to have been down since Sunday morning. Listed crew include Ensign Carl M Thornquist Ensign Car Bialek Coy M Weems Joseph S Wanek and Lieutenant W P Robinson was a passenger.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
W. P. Robinson
Carl M. Thornquist
Naval Reserve
Newton
Mass
Car Bialek
New Hackensack
Coy M. Weems
Aviation Ordnanceman
Ocean View Avenue
Ocean View
Joseph S. Wanek
Alleged Spy Denies Selling Bomb Sight
Hermann Lang, tester at the C. L. Norden plant that builds the bombsight, denies selling its secrets to Germany. He claims an FBI counter-espionage agent used threats and promises to pressure him into cooperating with a German spy ring. Lang is among 15 defendants on espionage conspiracy charges in Brooklyn federal court.
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New York
Hermann Lang
C. L. Norden
America
Germany
FBI
Lang
Brooklyn
Reich
William G. Sebold
Sebold
Reds Retake Kalinin and Crimea Battles Escalate
Soviet communique saysRed forces recaptured Kalinin, a railway hub, with heavy German losses as battles flare in Crimea and the Donets basin. German onslaught threatens Sevastopol while both sides rush reinforcements for a Moscow determining clash.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Crimean Penninsula
Kalinin
Moscow
Crimean
Black Sea
Crimea
Sevastopol
Kerck
Caucasus
Donets
Arca
Rostov-on-the-Don
Red Air Force
Germans claim seizure of Crimea and fall of Rostov near
Berlin reports the Russian defenders in Crimea are split and pushed to the sea as German forces target the Black Sea for control of Caucasian oil. Air raids hit Sevastopol and Kerch while fleets withdraw from Odessa and Nikolaev. The Crimea drive is linked to broader supply lines and strategic Caucasus access.
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Berlin
Crimea
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Kerch
Persian Gulf
Doctor Is Hero- Plasma Dropped by Parachute
The Kearny, battered but afloat, limped into Reykjavik escorted by Greer after a torpedo struck in the forward fire room during an Atlantic escort. Seven enlisted sailors were killed, four missing, two seriously hurt, and one officer stressed, as Lieut. Rommel performed life saving blood transfusions from a passing aircraft parachute.
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Drew Middleton
Reykjavik
U. S. Navy
Kearny
Greer
Henry Lyman
Ponkapoag
Mass
U. S. Army Hospital
Atlantic
Iceland
U. S
Munson
R. W. Rommel
Oneida
N. Y
Tom
Leonard Frontakowski
Norfolk
Lyman
Hall urge Finns halt Soviet war
The United States appeals to Finland to stop offensive operations against Soviet Russia or risk losing American friendship. Secretary Hull said Helsinki must withdraw troops, noting Finland’s past reliability and debts paid on time. The piece marks a shift as Soviet aggression and Finland’s stance intertwine with broader war dynamics.
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Washington
U. S
Finland
State Department
Helsinki
Russia
Hull
Hitler
Wing Ice Told By Crash Pilot
Moorhead Minn. Nov 3 The survivor Pilot Clarence Bates described the Northwest Airlines crash near Moorhead last Thursday in which 14 died. He testified from hospital about the 12 ton transport plane fluttering with controls dead and speed indicators out as he and co pilot Alden Onsgard fought to avert disaster after failing to gain altitude from 600 feet above Fargo airport.
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Moorhead
Minn
Clarence Bates
Northwest Airlines
Bates
Alden Onsgard
Fargo
N. D
Red River
Onsgard
Hopson Given Two Year Sentence In Tax Fraud Case
Howard P. Hopson once powerful utilities executive pleaded guilty to defrauding the government of 1,886,405 in 1929 income taxes. He was sentenced to two years to run concurrently with a five year term from a separate fraud conviction. Hopson has lost weight and suffers heart ailment per his attorney. Judge Abred C. Coxe imposed the sentence following the prosecution’s recommendation.
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New York
Howard P. Hopson
Hopson
Associated Gas & Electric System
Abred C. Coxe
One of Eight Is in Serious Condition Navy Holds Little Hope
The navy said seven officers and 88 crew members of the USS Reuben James are unlikely to survive after the destroyer was torpedoed and sunk west of Iceland on October 30. Of 142 aboard, 47 were rescued and 45 survived, eight are injured, and 37 were uninjured. A radio blackout delayed updates as rescuers worked to account for the missing crew members.
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Michael Chinigo Washington
INS
Reuben James
Iceland
U. S
U.S
Greer
Kearny
W.H. Herritt
Route 1
Ardmore
Tenn
R. Olmstead
North Union Street
Orlean
C. Begley
East 89Th Street
Los Angeles
Calif
N. Bergstresser
Marienne
Fla
J. C. Thompson
South Superior
Milwaukee
Wis
T. R. Turnbull
Rahway
Navy Department
Fifteen Violent Deaths In State This Weekend
A West Virginia compilation lists fifteen violent deaths over the weekend, ten from automobile accidents. Otho Lease ure, Luther Steel, and Myrtle Leasure were found dead in a Fishing Creek car near Porter Falls, Wetzel County, missing since Saturday. Another auto crash in Wheeling killed Howard Britt and Elaine BreakheroeT, while James Paulsen, 9, died after being struck by a car. Additional victims include Edward Hamrick, 42, near Elking, and Robert Shuck, 12, near Monongah, among others. details continue on page 9.
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West Virginia
Otho Walter Leaseure
Luther Steel
Myrtle Leasure
Fishing Creek
Porter Falls
Wetzel County
Howard Britt
Elaine Mein Bre
Ak Hero
Wheeling
James Paulsen
Edward Hamrick
Elking
Galloway
Robert Shuck
Monongah
George P. Damewood, Jr
Princeton
William Postlewaite
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Seaman
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Germania St
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G. F. Giehrl
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Buffalo
N.Y
G. S. Graham
Fruitland
Payette County
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N. F. Hingula
44Th St
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Hagen St
Stewart
Dorothy
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