Roosevelt and Lewis to Meet to Avert Coal Strike Crisis
President Roosevelt and John L. Lewis agreed to a White House conference Friday with steel firms and CIO leaders to avert a possible defense crippling strike in captive coal mines. The UMW policy group and about 200 representatives were summoned to Washington to decide if 53,000 miners will strike, threatening national production.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
White House
FDS Wires
National Mediation Board
CIO
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Steel Company
Philip Murray
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
Eugene G. Grace
Em Steel
President Roosevelt’s Cold Improves at White House
Washington November 12 President Roosevelt’s head cold kept him in quarters at the White House but was reported better tonight. Navy physician Rear Admiral Ross McIntire said the president had a half degree temperature in the morning that disappeared by day’s end and he expected a return to a normal schedule tomorrow following Armistice Day remarks in Arlington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ross McIntire
Arlington Cemetery
House Flares With Revolt On Ship Bill
Washington leaders battled to save neutrality act amendments allowing American ships in belligerent waters amid southern Democratic defections. President Roosevelt fears a defeat before a Japanese envoy arrives. Speaker Rayburn hoped enough votes to push the measure, but a postponement remained possible as eight hours of debate unfolded.
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Washington
Representatives
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Orient
Morron
Vichy Army Chief Huntziger Dead in Plane Crash
Gen Charles Huntziger French minister of war and commander in chief of the army was burned to death along with seven others when his four engine plane crashed on a mountain side near Le Vigan in southern France after a three week tour of north Africa. The destruction caused confusion in Vichy and diplomatic nerves.
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Vichy
France
Charles Huntziger
North Africa
Huntziger
le Vigan
Tarn River
War Ministry
German Offensive Flushed Back Five Miles Toward Moscow
Soviet forces repelled a major German drive toward Moscow, driving back two decimated divisions about five miles from Tula while Kalinin and Kalinin district saw renewed heavy fighting. Moscow reports say Germans rushed fresh reserves to fill battered lines as hostilities continue unabated.
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Kuibyshev
Tula
Moscow
Kalinn
Kalinin
Faia
Kerch Port in Peril as Axis Drive Near Crimean Coast
Berlin reports a German Romanian column advancing along the southern coast toward Kerch, aiming to seize the port gateway to the Caucasus. The push places Axis forces within about 20 to 25 miles of Kerch, threatening the eastern Crimea stronghold and the Feodosia sector.
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Berlin
Crimean
Kerch
Caucasus
Theodosia
Caucasia
Crimea
Fevastopol
Fountain of Youth Vitamin Reported by Research Meeting
New York experts unveiled para-amino-benzoic acid known as Paba as a potential fountain of youth vitamin. Claimed to prevent and reverse graying and aging signs, the purified form of Paba is part of the B complex found in yeast liver milk eggs and grains. Dr Benjamin F Sieve cited experimental results from studies on hundreds of people at the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine session at Cornell University Medical College.
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G. B. Lal
New York
Society For Experimental Biology and Medicine
Benjamin F. Sieve
Ansbacher
Sieve
Boston City Hospital
Tufts College Medical School
R Sarted
Cornell University Medical College
Stefan
FBI Comis Ruins Of Powder Plant
Federal agents combed the ruins of two Western Powder Company buildings after two blasts killed four workers. State police and Peoria county officers were blocked at the site by company officials asserting federal supervision and no sabotage evidence. Plant Superintendent George Devault noted the probe and directed further inquiries.
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Comis
Edwards, UL
INS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Western Powder Company
Peoria County
George Devault
Rope Snaps as Abe Reles Falls to Death
Abe Kid Twist Reles, a Murder Inc. board member, died after a rope broke during a failed escape from a sixth floor hotel room in Coney Island. He had been held prisoner while awaiting state testimony to implicate Lepke Buchalter in the Rosen murder case.
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Abe
Kid Twist” Reles
Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
New York
INS
Kid Twist) Reles
Reles
Louis
Lepke Buchalter
New York City
Lepke
Char
Joseph Rosen
Hpnte
William O'Dwyer
Dilinger
Dillinger
Col
U S to Build Carbide Plant in Charleston West Virginia
Federal authorities announced a $3 500 000 allotment for a carbide and carbon chemical plant at Charleston to produce butadiene key for synthetic rubber. The Defense Plants Corporation authorized $5 700 000 for new factories aiding artificial rubber makers, with another $220 000 planned near Galveston Texas for Monsanto Chemical Company.
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Charleston
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corcoration
West Virginia
Defense Plants Corporation
Washington
Texas
Galveston County
Monsanto Chemical Company
St Louis
DPE
Westinghouse
Electric and
Deposed AFL Officials Sentenced in Extortion Case
In New York on November 12 federal Judge John C. Knox sentenced AFL figures George E. Browne and William Bioff to eight and ten years respectively with $20,000 fines each for extortion involving $550,000 from four major motion picture companies. Browne, ex vice president of the AFL, received concurrent eight year terms and parole after eight years. Bioff, Hollywood representative, drew ten year terms with parole after ten years. U.S. Attorney Malinas Correa urged harsher penalties. The judge called the crimes heinous and ordered fines as a condition of probation.
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New York
George E. Browne
William Bioff
Moton Picture
John C. Knox
Browne
AFL International Alliance of Theatrical
Biott
Hollywood
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
AFL
Knox
Bioff
U.S
Malinas Correa
Biaff
Braiwne
Churchill’s Warning Aims at Tokyo Amid Japan Envoy Plea
Churchill’s broadside to Parliament outlines war balances and pressures Tokyo during Saburo Kurusu’s Washington mission. He warns that a Japan U.S. outbreak would draw Britain in quickly, cites Atlantic patrols enabling Pacific reinforcement, and notes British air power closing gap with Germany.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Churchill
En Voy
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Pacific
Japan
U.S
Britain
Atlantic
Germany
Alantic
14 Cent Milk Sold In Two Charleston Stores
The state anti profiteering committee reports 14 cent milk available in two Charleston area stores yesterday. Some merchants faced intimidation and pressure to avoid selling the cheaper milk while others expected distributors to join soon. The committee says the local milk monopoly has been broken despite efforts to curb entry.
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Charleston
Gazette
Japan Creates Four Naval Defense Stations
Tokyo reports four new naval defense stations to guard Japanese islands amid protests over US leaders urging a war psychology. Spokesmen denounced Frank Knox's Providence speech as aggressive anti-Japanese rhetoric, claiming it stokes tension and questions U S restraint.
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Tokyo
INS
Knox
Providence, R. I
Navy
Sec
Frank Knox
U. S
Japan
Churchill warns of possible Nazi invasion in spring
In a dramatic address Prime Minister Churchill cites Hess disclosures and warns Britain to brace for a Nazi invasion next spring while King George VI lauds U.S. aid pouring in unseen in history. Both houses meet in a secret session for frank ministerial war reports amid debate over manpower and production.
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London
INS
Churchill
Britain
Rudolf Hess
Hess
House of Amons
Hitler
George VI
U.S
Taanpower
Col
Rail Walkout Set For Dec 7 National Strike Looms
Rail unions plan a nationwide walkout beginning December 7 impacting 1,200,000 workers. Brotherhoods seek a 30 percent wage rise after rejecting the 7 1/2 percent board recommendation. non operating unions push for 30 cent an hour raise. Presidents Roosevelt intervention expected to avert disaster to defense.
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Chicago
INS
U.S
Brotherhoods
Roosevelt
National Defense
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