Hitler rejects two rulers peace mediation offer
Hitler refused the mediation proposal from Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold, accusing Britain and France of sabotaging it while vowing to continue the war. The reply was delivered to The Hague and Brussels and will be formally handed to Dutch and Belgian leaders. London and Paris already signaled their intent to destroy Germany, according to Nazi officials.
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Berlin
INS
Hitler
Hague
Brussels
Wilhelmina
Leopold
Netherlands
Britain
France
Germany
British Assurance Keeps German Goods Safe in Neutral Vessels
Washington reports the British government has assured the United States it will not interfere with German goods shipped in neutral ships to American ports for now. The State Department is pressing Germany to release 11 Finnish ships carrying pulpwood to US paper mills, amid fears shipments could fuel munitions. Foreign Office says only arms shipments are restricted to prevent transfer to German raiders.
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Washington
INS
United States
State Department
Germany
Baltic
Middle West
Department
Lord Halifax
Willie Willis Reflects on Mamma's Compliments
A quoted reminiscence shows Willie Willis recalling his mother's praise and his own insecurity about fitting her expectations. He wonders if being different would please her more.
British Destroyer Sunk by Reich Mine
British anti aircraft fire repelled German reconnaissance planes over Shetland and Orkney for the second day running. Air raid warnings sounded at Scapa Flow as defenses again drove off the raid, with no bombs dropped.
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London
Shetland
Orkney Islands
Air Ministry
Shetland Islands
Scapa Flow
Germans claim repulse of French air backed attack
Berlin reports a violent French assault on the Western Front using low flying strafers was repulsed by German infantry and artillery. Details from the Pirmasens Saarbruecken area were not disclosed. The German radio and DNB cited counter moves and efforts to defend heights near the Siegfried line.
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Berlin
INS
Pirmasens
Saarbruecken
German
War Office
DNB
Germany
Siegfried Line
Britain reports destroyer loss and multiple sinkings
The admiralty said a British destroyer struck a German mine and sank, with 28 dead or missing and 15 injured. Three British merchant ships and a Norwegian tanker were also lost, while over 70 crew members were rescued. Rescue details and crew statuses followed as survivors were treated at a port hospital.
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London
Admiralty
How to Arrest Sheriff Is Problem in N. J
Newark, Nov 14 Essex county faced a legal puzzle to arrest Sheriff Henry Young Jr for drunk driving Under English common law the sheriff is the highest constitutional officer who can only be arrested by another constitutional officer The coroner is the only such officer but he could not function Young solved the issue by voluntarily appearing in court and pleading not guilty
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Newark
N. J
INS
Essex County
Henry Young, Jr
Young
Europe war costs reach about 100 million daily estimate
Washington dispatch reports the ongoing European war may cost bel ligerents roughly 100 million dollars daily in cash outlay, with Germany, Britain, and France listed for multi billion totals by set fiscal years. The figure is an estimate from various sources and not official.
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Washington
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
France
Holiday Season Buying Seen as Heavy in 1939
Government forecasters predict a Christmas trade boom rivaling prewar years as shoppers gain four weeks for holiday buying. Factors include higher employment, fatter payrolls, larger dividends, strong federal receipts, near capacity steel and record railroad traffic.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Quake Shakes Dishes and Walls Across Four States
An earthquake centered likely in southern New Jersey rattled windows and toppled dishes in four states. The Franklin Institute measured a 10 second tremor from 9 45 p m with Philadelphia reporting the strongest readings. Tremors reached Bridgeton Allentown Trenton and Baltimore stirring fears of explosions and fires while authorities watched for damage.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Franklin Institute
Bridgeton
N. J
Baltimore
Allentown
Trenton
Riverton
Palmyra
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Racing News Service to dissolve its betting information wire
Chicago officials said M. L. Annenberg linked Racing News Service will shut down its race data service to gamblers. Nationwide News Service plans to end all wire transmissions by Thursday noon according to Hammond Chaffetz.
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Chicago
Dist. Atty
William J. Campbell
M. L. Annenberg
Racing News Service
Campbell
Weymouth Kirkland
Annenberg
Nationwide News Service, Inc
GOPs Favor Late Parley
A nationwide GOP survey shows Sixty percent of Republican leaders favor holding the 1940 national convention after the Democrats. Senators reportedly want to reverse the party’s preselection policy and meet after the Democrats. If Roosevelt seeks a third term the platform may push an anti third term plank. The RNC may convene in January while the executive committee meets in December.
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Washington
INS
G.O.P. Chieftains
Roosevelt
Democratic High Command
Republican National Committee
Republican Executive Committee
National Committee
Grape of Wrath is called obscene in East St Louis
East St Louis officials ordered the burning of John Steinbeck novel Grapes of Wrath after three library subscribers finish reading. A library board member called the work obscene and directed Librarian J Lyon Woodruff to burn the copies.
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East ST. Louis, HL
INS
East St. Louis Public Library
John Steinbeck
Oklahoma Dust Bow
J. Lyon Woodruff
Arms Expansion Fund Requested
President Roosevelt sent a $271 million supplemental request to House Appropriations Chair Taylor to fund expanded military, naval, coast guard, and FBI operations through June 30. The breakdown totals $119 million for the military, $146 million for the naval establishment and Marine Corps, $4.5 million for the coast guard, and $1.5 million for the FBI. The president said he opposed volunteer civilian groups to combat espionage and subversive activity.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
FBI
Roosevelt
Taylor
Colo
House Appropriations Committee
Military Establishment
Naval Establishment
Roosevelt warns on Panama registry and seamen relief plans
President Roosevelt voices concern that transferring U S lines to Panama registry breaches neutrality spirit and could place a sister republic in a different position. The WPA and Maritime Commission outline relief for about 13,000 seamen and training facilities for 8,360 yearly with stipends and care. Talks continue on ship problem while jobs are sought for ships and crews sidelined by the neutrality act.
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Washington
WPA
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
U. S. Lines
Panama
North Atlantic
U. S
American
Pacific Steamship Corporation
Polar Pioneers Depart at Dawn for Antarctica
Boston dispatch reports polar pioneers bunking aboard the North Star for a dawn departure bound for Little America. Admiral Byrd envisions a base for a safer U S Australia air route as the 27 ton snow cruiser is lashed to the deck and Penguin I snowmobile is secured amid voyage preparations.
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Boston
Sam
America
Admiral Byrd
U. S
Australia
Chicago
North Star
Thomas Poulter
Fire destroys Lagunillas on Lake Maracaibo killing hundreds
A massive blaze engulfed Lagunillas, a stilt village of 2,500 on Lake Maracaibo, wiping out 2,000 wooden shacks and trapping hundreds. Officials reported 500 to 800 dead or missing as rescue efforts, aided by three cabinet ministers, struggled to reach survivors and funerary work commenced amid relief funds totaling 110000 dollars.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Lagunillas
Lake Maracaibo
Great Lake Maracaibo
Great Britain
Eleazar Lopez Contreras
Robbery Probe Hits Dead End In Bank Heist
State and federal investigators pursue leads after a $19,000 daylight hold up of the First National Bank of South Charleston on Monday. Six men, three of them Black, were questioned and released. A recon flight found no new clues as authorities warn caution following a 1938 bank robbery.
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First National Bank
Charleston
Princeton
Kanawha
South Charleston
Col. C. C. Tallman
State Police Department
Col. Tallman
Forty Oil Firms Indicted in Sherman Trust Case
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted more than forty oil companies for conspiring to fix retail gasoline prices in violation of the Sherman antitrust act. The indictments followed months of probe into the price control scheme.
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Los Angeles
Bunds Finances Paid Woman's Medical Bill
Fritz Kuhn the Bund leader paid a $60 doctor bill for Virginia Cogswell a woman friend during Kuhn's trial for theft of Bund funds. Dr Francis la Soria testified Kuhn and several Bund members were present at a September 2 1938 hotel room call and Kuhn wrote his name and the Bund address on a prescription.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Virginia Cogswell
Kuhn
Francis la Soria
Virginia
Patterson Stark von Freiberger Seeger
Gilbert Kahn Gould-Porter Kaplan Cogswell
Kahn
Georgia Peach
Peoria
Ill
Mudjack Bought By City Council
The city council bought a reconditioned mud jack for 1,750 from West Virginia Tractor and Equipment to lift sunken streets. It also adopted an ordinance removing a planning board member from the zoning appeals board and purchased three parcels of Kanawha Parkway right of way.
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Planning Board
Zoning Appeals Board
Kanawha Parkway
West Virginia Tractor and Equipment Company
Alexander P. Gates
Stanley C. Morris
Kanawha City Company
Hulda L. England
Chesapeake Street
E. A. Barnes
River Bank
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Lowther
Supreme Court
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George Gordon
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