American made tanks test fuels bold Libyan invasion push
British imperial forces using new American made tanks launched a large scale offensive from Egypt into Libya. The 150 mile front stretched from the Gulf of Solum to Jarabub oasis with early gains exceeding 50 miles in the first 24 hours. Allied formations crossed into Cyrenaica and pressed toward Tobruk as air and ground units supported the surprise move.
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Cairo
INS
Egypt
Libya
Middle East
Britain
Gulf of Solum
Jarabub Oasis
Imperial
Italy
Cyrenaican
Tobruk
Alan Coningham
Royal Air Force
Conningham
Cyrenaica
Salum
Jarabub
Sidi Omar
Heil Hitler in Class Costs Buy 60 Dollar Fine
Shelton Connecticut November 1 Michael Swantko faced a $60 fine after his praise of the Nazis in a Shelton High School class drew admonition from City Court Judge Boland. The case centers on a father’s influence over his 35 year old son and the school’s response to the incident.
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Shelton. Conn
INS
Michael Swantho
Junior
Boland
Hitler
Shelton High School
Swantko
Hoover Opposes Sending U.S. Troops to Europe in War Talk
Former President Hoover spoke at the Union League Club in Chicago opposing American intervention in Europe, calling such a move a futile waste of life and a danger to economic freedom. He warned propaganda agencies already seek a preliminary push for US forces and argued the Western Hemisphere cannot be swayed by Hitler, while noting Russia could not overcome Germany even with vast manpower and tanks.
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Chicago
Hoover
Europe
Union League Club
Columbia
Wied
Hitler
Western
U.S
Russia
Vichy Pressure Signals Hitler’s Plight and Weygand Ouster
AP writer Kirke L. Simpson reports that British Libya advance may press Axis to curb Vichy aid in Africa. Weygand’s displacement as Vichy pro consul in French Africa signals crisis and potential German-Italian pressure on Petain regime. Free French units are linked to the Nile war as Berlin watches for a looming clash.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Libya
Africa
Vichy
Russia
Adolf Hiller
Maxime Weygand
French Africa
Washington
Weygand
France
Petain
Britain
Nile
Weyland
Berlin
Roosevelt Misses Deal as Mine Strike Stalls
President Roosevelt proposed delaying further talks or submitting the dispute to arbitration over the closed shop. John L. Lewis insisted on a union shop and warned a formal decision would await the policy committee meeting Saturday. U. S. Steel accepted the plan, while three Birmingham blast furnaces shut for fuel shortages. coal-field sympathy strikes spread.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
FDR
Lewis
Onpalia
U. S. Steel Corporation
Mr. Roosevelt
Birmingham
Carnegie-Clinois Steel Corporation
Pickets Arrested In Mine Valley Mine Strike Case
Gary Picket Put in Jail As Gunman. Ten pickets arrested after midnight in six U S Coal and Coke mines. Pistols and smoke bombs found in cars. six months jail for Adam Runyon. others’ cases deferred to Nov 29. UMWA counsel Townsend requested. 175 state police patrolled.
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Gary Picket
Gary
Mine Valley
U. S. Coal & Coke Company
John W. Bosworth
United Mine Workers
Cory
Y. J. McParland
U. S. Steel
Welch
McDowell County
Adam Runyon
Ragland
Mingo County
W. R. Lockhart
Townsend
R. C. Puckett
Reno F. Howard
T. C. Townsend
Charleston
UMWA
Joe Short
Edgar Nunnally
James Hall, Jr
McAndrews, Ky
Clifton Brown
Ora Caudill
England
Lockhart
George W. Butler
Coalwood
C. B. Dye
John Lech
James Rapier
Isaiah King
Raleigh
Fayette
U. S
Ramtee
Strong Gas Producer Drilled Near Kenna in Jackson Co
Ripley November 19 strong gas producer and a water hole clarified the boundaries of the state's newest gas field in Jackson county. The Golda Fisher property two miles south of Kenna on Route 21 yielded an estimated 5,000,000 cubic feet. An adjacent non producer east of Ripley by Hope Natural Gas Co. at six miles driven into the Oriskany sand. Observers noted a water line forming along the eastern side from Sissonville to northern Jackson county.
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Ripley
Jackson County
Golda Fisher
Kenna
O. C. Parsons
Rip Jey
Hope Natural Gas Company
Oriskany
Sissonville
40000 Miners Quit in W Va
The Associated Press reports West Virginia's coal region faced a major strike with 100,000 plus miners idle as sympathy walkouts spread. Production losses reach about 200000 tons daily while no disorders were reported and President Roosevelt weighs status quo on the closed shop amid the emergency.
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America
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
UMWA
Lhor
Raleigh
Fayette
Logan
McDowell
Gary
Roosevelt
Washington
Steel Company
Monthy
Yule Shopper Top Forecast in Kana Valley Stores
Charles ton merchants forecast a strong Yule buying season with many shops ready to start after Thanksgiving. Ralph Young Studios will erect Yuletide arches in the downtown area, while local banks mail Christmas savings club checks totaling about 560000 in potential business.
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Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Ralph Young Studios
Capitol
Quartier
Virginia
National Defense Program
Christmas Savings Club
Nazis Make Gains but at Terrific Cost
Nazi forces strike Russia’s primary defensive bastions from Rostov to Leningrad, gaining some ground but at heavy cost in lives and materiel. The drive toward Rostov, the Caucasus oil region, and Moscow intensified as German troops pour into the Volokolamsk sector, while Soviet counterattacks push back elsewhere on the front.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Tfnsi
Adulf
Hitler
Rostov
Moscow
Leningrad
Don
Mosemy
Volokolamsk
Germany Claims Its War Machine Rolling Onward
Berlin report says Germany resumes a general offensive across the Russian front with emphasis southeast of Lake Ladoga. Luftwaffe again targets Soviet troops and fortifications from Leningrad to the Caucasus as Panzer units push through in the Donets basin amid heavy losses on both sides.
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Germany
Berlin
Crimea
Lake Ladoga
Moscow
Leningrad
Caucasus
Donets
Rosov
Supreme Command
Rus
Milk price drop fuels 14 cent sales locally
A new outlet sold milk at 14 cents a quart yesterday as the state anti profiteering panel announced prices would nearly double tomorrow. Ziegler Grocery on Washington street offered the reduced milk and more stores on the west side were stocking grade A pasteurized milk at 14 cents, ten cents below Charles distributors. Independent Consumers' Protective committee reported ongoing anti monopoly petition drive with hundreds of signatures already pledged.
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State Anti-Profiteering Committee
Ziegler
Washington Street
Greenbrier County
Charleson Distributors
Independent Consumers’ Protective Committee
British forces advance in Cyrenaica amid Libyan campaign
British Mediterranean fleet bombards Hellfire pass and RAF raids strike Derna Matta uba Agedibia and Bomba as a joint Anglo Allied command reports heavy enemy damage. A powerful armored force crosses frontier into Cyrenaica seeking engagement with German panzer divisions as Libyan offensive opens.
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Cairo
Hellfire Pass
Selum
Western Desert
Cyrenaica
Old Morris Harvey Property Purchased at Barboursville
State formally bought the old Morris Harvey college property at Barboursville. W. S. Wysong said the site would be ready to receive mental patients by January. Edgar B. Sims sent a $125,000 requisition for two dormitories and 26 acres, funded from a $500,000 Weston hospital expansion appropriation. The Weston institution, built for 600 patients, now houses over 1,700. about 200 to 300 patients are expected at Barboursville after alterations.
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Morris Harvey College
Barboursville
W. S. Wysong
Board of Control
Edgar B. Sims
Weston State Hospital
Weston Institution
Wysong
Paratroop Attack Foiled by Blunder at Pope Field
At Pope Field North Carolina on November 19 the 502nd parachute battalion attempted a mass paratroop assault but the unit was captured after a critical miscue. The action aimed to vault First Army operations at a key air and air defense hub, with implications for supporting Fourth Corps blitz power.
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First Army
Carolina
W. W. Chaplin
U.S. First Army
Pope Field
N. C
INS
Dive Bambere
Fourth Corps
Parachute
Hostage Terror Kills Over 109000 Across Europe
Inter Allied Information Committee reports that hostage terror has caused more than 109,000 deaths across nine Axis-occupied countries, with thousands more imprisoned or missing. The system, started by Italy in Albania in 1939, spread through Germany and Bulgaria, with a brutal Greek city expedition yielding 15,008 deaths.
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London
Europe
Inter-Allied Information Committee
Britain
Russia
Albania
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Jarabab Oasis
Halfaya
New Zealand
South Africa
Sid Omar
AEF
UMW Decision Waits Policy Group Meeting
Willie Willia
Robert Quillen
U. S. Steel Co
W. Va
The
Associated Press
Consumers’ Group
RAF
Cairq
Derna
Mattuba
Agedibia
Bomba
Sengasi
Army
Navy
Airforce Command
Morris Harvey
Axis Lands
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