Tide Turns Against Nazis in Russia Fronts Except Crimea
Soviet dispatches claim the tide has turned on all fronts except Crimea. Moscow ring expanded as counter‑attacks tighten defense around the capital. Leningrad reports a break‑through driving Germans back. Far south Don and Donets fighting yields heavy German losses while Russians pursue toward Maloyaroslavets. In the north Moscow radio says German Finnish assaults repelled in Katenga with heavy enemy casualties. Four German transports sunk. raids on Heniusberg and Riga noted.
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Kuibysrev
Russia
INS
Crimea
Moscow
Leningrad
Don
Donets
Germany
Maloyaroslavets
Nara
Serpukhov
Matoyaroslavets
Katenga
Henigsberg
East Prussia
Riga
Latvia
Six of Funeral Bound Family Die in Auto Crash
STRASBURG Mo November 4 Six members of a funeral bound family died today in a grade crossing collision that left a seventh member a baby critically hurt. The Missouri Pacific streamliner struck their automobile killing Luther Mote and his wife and their children Charles Joe and Donna Lou two more relatives and a sister in law and her daughter Nancy Ruth Mote.
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Strasburg
Missouri Pacific
Luther Mote
Charles Joe
Donna Lou
Mote
Frank Cochran
Kenneth Egbert
Nancy Ruth Mote
Counter-Drives Repulsed Says Berlin Reports
Berlin reports describe unsuccessful Russian counterattacks before Moscow and Leningrad and Nazi advances on the Moscow front. In Crimea German artillery pressed toward Kerch while coast defenses at Sevastopol were targeted. Hitler communique notes high air activity and coastal bombardments with several bunkers and villages captured nearby.
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Berlin
Moscow
Leningrad
Crimea
Kerch
Caucasus
Hitler
Kerel
Sevastopol
Nubian Nudist Sentry Shocks British Officer
Cairo scene as a Nubian sentry on guard in the Ethiopian rainy season remains nude except for helmet and rifle gear. A British general questions the uniform while the Nubian explains he stripped to dry clothes at home.
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Cairo
Associated Press
German Nazis threaten U.S. ships after neutral ity vote
Berlin warned that American vessels entering the eastern Atlantic battle zones would be sunk. A German spokesman hailed the House vote on the neutrality act amendment but said the result, with less than half the membership supporting it, did not reflect the American will. He reiterated Hitler's policy not to fire unless fired upon and accused Roosevelt and Hull of sneaking support.
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Berlin
INS
No Man's Land
Atlantic
House of Representatives
Battle Zonex
No Man’s Land
Leningrad
Hitler
Roosevelt
Hull
Severe Quake Jars Film City
A strong earthquake centered near Torrance and Gardena caused estimated damages over 1 million dollars with walls toppled and windows shattered in Torrance and Gardena. No deaths or injuries reported though structural damage was noted to older buildings and a Trade School in Torrance closed for inspection.
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Los Angeles
Torrance
Gardena
William H. Stanger
City Water Department
Foss
D. B. Parrett
Shack
Ares
Government partnership urged by industrialist to end war
William L. Batt, head of OPM materials division, told 800 advertisers that government in business is here to stay and that national victory hinges on closer business government cooperation. He warned of sacrifices and urged immediate aid to Britain and Russia to speed the war’s end. The ANA convention ended with a call for continued national effort.
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Leon Henderson
OPM
Hot Springs
Willam L. Batt
Office of Production Management
U. S
Jersy
Batt
Britain
Russia
Association of National Advertisers
American Association of Advertising Agencies
Paul B. West
The
ANA
Sparrow Downed Army Plane Near Salinas
In Salinas California a sparrow flew through the windshield of an Army observation plane piloted by Lieut. J B Beckerman from Fort Worth Texas. The crash landing occurred on highway 101 about 40 miles south of Salinas. Beckerman suffered shock and possible head injuries. student observer Andre Gerentchek from Fort Ord was uninjured.
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Salinas
Cal
Uncle Sam
J. DB. Beckerman
Fort Worth
Tex
Highway Jol
Reckelman
Pri
Andre Gerentchek
Fort Ord
14 Cent Milk Hailed at City Consumer Meet
Charleston consumers organized at Morris Harvey College to salute the state anti profiteering committee for enabling 14 cent milk. The supply tripled with several distributors planning to enter Charleston, promising grade A pasteurized milk at 14 cents a quart.
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Charleston
Greenhries County
Huntington
T. M. Lowen
East Washington Street
Ap Ai
Organization of
Morris-Harvey College
James R. Burns
Philip H. Ragan
Ragan
Ark Royal Sinks After Torpedo Hit in Mediterranean
Veteran British aircraft carrier Ark Royal, famed for many attacks above and below sea, was sunk after a U-boat torpedoed her while under tow near Gibraltar. Casualties not heavy, many crew rescued as detailed official word awaited.
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London
INS
Ark Royal
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Admiralty
Board of Admiralty
Carriey Hy. M.S Ark Royal
L. RH. Maund. C. BE
Taok
Hood
Bismarck
Army favors Teays Valley site for 2000 acre depot
In Huntington on November 7 the Chemical Warfare service weighed a 2000 acre munitions depot in Teays Valley West Virginia. Col Norman D. Gillet and Lieut Harry H. Cottingham spoke with chamber of commerce officials and army engineers. Depot would require 3000 water, be above high water, and lie on a rail line with cost near 20 million dollars.
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Huntington
Chemical Division
Army
theTeays Valley
Hurricanes
St. Albans
Norman D. Gillet
Chemical Warfare Service
Harry H. Cottingham
Chamber of Commerce
Army Engineers
W. S. Rosenheim
Col. Gillet
West Virginia
Rosenheim
Teays
Chesapeake and Ohio
White House statement on coal mine union and steel
The president convened representatives of owners and employees in the coal mine industry at the White House to discuss keeping coal production for steel and munition manufacturing at top speed amid a national emergency. He urged continued talks to insure continued production and defense readiness, asserting broad American support for the policy.
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Washington
White House
U. S
Hope of Averting War Dim In Chinese View
In Chungking on Saturday November 13 unofficial quarters saw the U S marine withdrawal from Shanghai as a sign that hope of averting Pacific war had dimmed in Washington. The move, even without war, signaled to observers that Japan would likely gain control of the international settlement, with veteran observers noting no marines means no Shanghai.
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Chongking
China
U.S
Pacific
Washington
Shanghai
Chungking
Japs Prepare to Call Up Reserves of Men
Tokyo reports a cabinet approved a 3.8 billion yen extraordinary war fund and a 510 million yen general appropriation as Japan moves to mobilize reserves. Conscription rules are revised to summon thousands previously exempt, targeting last ten military classes aged 20 to 30, with reexaminations and potential induction. Reserve officers and NCOs are made more available, including officers to 51 and men to 41.
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Tokyo
Japan
War Office
Plane carrying U S envoy reported safe
London dispatch reports the ministry of information announcing that a plane carrying Sir Walter Monckton and presumably also U S Ambassador Laurence A Steinhardt and Maxim M Litvinoff the Russian envoy to Washington arrived safely at Baku on Thursday as of Saturday, November 11.
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London
Ministry of Information
Sir Walter Monckton
Middle East
U.S
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Maxim M. Litvinoff
Washington
Baku
U S Troops Withdrawn From China Amid Peace Efforts
President Roosevelt announced withdrawal of the token American marine force in China leaving protection to the Asiatic fleet. About 870 marines remain split among Shanghai Tientsin and Peiping detachments as Jap envoy arrives, with analysts noting timing linked to neutrality vote and Kurusu's San Francisco visit.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
China
Pacific
Shanghai
Tientsin
Peiping
Commodore Perry
FDR
Saburo Kurusu
San Francisco
10000 to 1 Shot Clicks-Ship Down at Last
London Daily Express reports from Gibraltar as the Ark Royal battle cruiser is struck by a torpedo amid chaotic scenes on the flight deck. Survivors recall the surprise attack, pilots landing, and the ship listing heavily, with the event described as a remarkable 10000 to 1 shot.
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Hy Norman Smart
London Daily Express
Gibraltar
INS
Ark Floyal
E. H. Maund
Ark
Mand
Roosevelt pushes talks to avert coal strike clash
President Roosevelt urged steel firms and the CIO United Mine Workers to resume direct talks over a union shop in steel mine operations. He warned against interrupting coal production for national defense and signaled Congress would act if needed. The mediation board's stance was left unmentioned, while officials praised the White House move as vindication.
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Roosevelt
Pal
Steel and Union
Gress
Congress
National Defense
White House
Defense Mediation Board
UMW
Mediation Board
Patel
John L. Lewis
Progress Report From Roosevelts Mines Negotiations
At a Washington meeting urged by President Roosevelt officials of the United Mine Workers and three steel companies recessed without a settlement on the captive mines dispute. UMW president John L. Lewis said negotiations would resume tomorrow and described the talks as lively. Benjamin Fairness of U S Steel praised the session as very satisfactory.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers (Cio
UMW
Upe
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
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