King Opens Parliament as U S Aid Arrives in Increasing Volumes
In a bomb scarred session, King George says aid from the United States in munition and supplies is arriving in increasing volume as Britain pledges to fight on until freedom is secure. Churchill and Lord Halifax offer Optimistic notes on Greece and relations with Russia.
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London
George
House of Lords
U.S
Westminster
Simon
U. S
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Lord Halifax
Russia
Halifax
Britain
Baltic States
Churchill
Suez Canal
British Empire
Soviet
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Quote shows fear of war ending before enough impact
Willie Willis laments that the war may end before Towes is big enough, expressing concern that progress may be too late. He voices growing worry about achieving sufficient results before the conflict concludes.
RAF Downs 10 Italians in Africa Mass Air Battle
RAF says it shot down 10 Italian planes in a major air battle over eastern Libya. 74 warplanes clashed with 80 Italian fighters as RAF units from Cairo report no losses and claim strikes on Red Sea bases and Italian strongholds from Assab to Durazzo.
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Cairo
Ain
Africa
Royal Air Force
Red Sea
Alania
Libya
RAF
Hritisis
Assab
Eritrea
Tirana
Durazzo
Tobrys
Plane Makes Forced Stop In Sicily Seized by Italians
Rome dispatch reports Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd, a senior Royal Air Force officer, captured after a forced landing in Sicily. Italian high command said four officers and two enlisted men were taken prisoner aboard the aircraft en route to the Middle East.
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Sicily
Rome
Brittain
Owen Tudor Boyd
Middle East
Ralian High Command
Boyd
London Hails Night of Rest Amid Light Raids
Bad weather and heavy anti air fire kept German bombers from reaching London overnight. A single Nazi plane was driven off near the city as raids spread to Liverpool and other English regions. An air ministry note called the day's aerial fighting minor in scope.
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Thomas C. Watson
London
Isles
Liverpool
England
East Midlands
Berlin
Midlands
Birmingham
Air Ministry
U S Holiday Toll Tops Fifty-Two Deaths Across States
The Associated Press reports 52 people died yesterday as two thirds of the nation marked Thanksgiving. Automobile crashes caused 39 deaths while 13 stemmed from electrocutions, hunting mishaps, or other incidents. Washington led with nine deaths. Ohio and several other states reported multiple fatalities. The National Safety Council calls the toll an average November Thursday figure.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Washington
California
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
New Jersey
National Safety Council
U S Gratitude for Peace Expressed on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving across 32 states centered on peace and prayer as President Roosevelt skipped his Warm Springs trip for Hyde Park services and a turkey dinner with family. Diplomats and Latin American notables joined a Pan American mass in New York while Americans aboard ships observed holiday rites amid global distress.
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Associated Press
States of the Union
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Frank R. Wilson
Washington
St. Patrick’s Church
Fist Fights Highlight AFL Racketeering Fight at Convention
At the AFL convention in New Orleans on November 21 David Dubinsky drew attention with an anti racketeering resolution saying racketeers attacked him thrice in a hotel lobby and bar. He sought police protection for his family as the measure faces resistance and the convention adjourned for Thanksgiving.
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Dubinsky
Orleans
Apjj
American Federation of Labor
David Dubinsky
Hi Wan
AFL
Sata Mn
Dubin
Internashal Laude
Garment Workers
Kinsky
Roosevelt Hotel
Joseph Fay
New York
Operating Engineers Union
Lou
Fred Dunhey
Fay
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Phillip Murry
CIO
Man Confesses He Drove Death Car
Melvin Reed Powell 34 of St Albans surrendered to state police and admitted driving the car that struck and killed William Franklin Chandler along U S Route 60 near Spring Hill about 1130 p m Wednesday. Powell faces a manslaughter charge and will be heard before Justice G C Serridge. Chandler’s funeral plans were announced with services at Bays Cemetery and Spring Hill. Survivors include four sons and several relatives.
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Melvin Reed Powell
St. Albans
William Franklin Chandler
Chandler
Spring Hill
R. C. Dilley
Powell
Justice of the Peace
G. C. Serridge
Columbus Hartwell
Alum Creck
Dus Gumpanina
Sal Chandler
Cameryghin
Bays Cemetery
Willian Halil Will
Survivore Prclude
George, Dimes
Coedwid Reibhert
Allot Spring Holmn Brother
Bicel McCallister
Savelat Heather
Charles Chandler
Spring Hall
CIO Declares Against Nazism Communism and Fascism
The CIO at its third annual convention in Atlantic City condemns Nazism Communism and Fascism as inimical to welfare labor and the American form of government. It states the organization is an American institution continuing work in the labor movement in the spirit of real American trade unionism. The resolutions committee report condemns foreign isms and affirms the CIO’s stance.
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Atlantic City
N. F
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Organization
Iams
Resolutions Committee
Battleship Surrenders Near Gibraltar in War Claims
Algeziras Spain November 21 A French battleship of the Paris class reportedly entered Gibraltar and surrendered to British authorities. The vessel anchored at the port entrance amid war outbreaks that also involved a second Paris class battleship the Courbet.
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Algeciras
Spain
Paris
Gibraltar
France
Paris Iself
Courbet
Roosevelt family offers thanks amid war news
President Roosevelt and his family send prayers of thanks that America avoided Europe’s horrors while a Hyde Park message notes Norden bombsight will not be attached to the four meter bombers sent to Britain. Washington reports Murky progress of the war during Thanksgiving at Hyde Park.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
U.S
Europe
America
Great Britain
Washington
White House
Hyde Park House
William D. Has
Cal
Taft proposes centralized defense resource administration
Senator Taft of Ohio proposes creating a War Resources Administration with a single administrator to cut red tape and focus on industrial teamwork for defense. He would introduce a bill to coordinate all industrial and procurement aspects of the defense program and notes existing advisory commissions lack a chairman.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
War Resources Administration
Tall
National Defense Advisory Commission
Dies Committee Warns Nazis With American Reach
The Dies committee says a broad Nazi propaganda and espionage network operates in the United States with plans to organize post war German business. A 500 page white paper details evidence, and agents have been sent to Boston Baltimore Philadelphia and other cities to gather data amid raids on several groups.
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Washington
Dies Committee
United States
White
Dies
B-Tex
Hitler
Crominee Plans
Mahan
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Cleveland
New Orleans
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Wistecy
Bhatt
Axis welcomes Romanian premier to Berlin amid Axis expansion
General Ion Antonescu arrives in Germany as Berlin prepares a formal reception for the Iron Guard leader and Romania moves toward joining the German Italian Japanese alliance. Foreign offices note Hungary’s adhesion tightens a Balkan bloc as Bulgaria Slovakia may follow. Antonescu travels with Prince Sturza and German envoy Fabricius.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Rumania
Iron Guard
Ion Antonescu
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Dienst Aug Deutschland
RAF Bombers Hit Duisburg Ruhrort Ports In Major Rhine Raid
A six hour RAF assault on Duisburg and Ruhrort disrupted western German water traffic and caused large fires and extensive damage. Bombers also struck dozens of airfields and targets along the coast and Lorient submarine base as essential river traffic was impeded.
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London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Rhine
Duisburg
Ruhrort
Reich
Lorient
French
Air Ministry
Guffey Act Seen Decreasing Coal Output in West Virginia
Jesse V. Sullivan of the West Virginia Coal Association says in five weeks after price fixing began the state lost coal tonnage equivalent to displacing 4,000 miners for a year. He notes WV declines 30.8 percent in northern districts, versus 10.7 percent in Pennsylvania and 20 percent national drop.
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Jesse V. Sullivan
Guffey
Sullivan
West Virginia Coal Association
Pennsylvania
Len
Joseph Guffey
West Virginia
Pennaylesnia
Main Army Closing In On Koritza and Epirus Front
Allied forces push into Albania as Greek shock troops seize Koritza eastern suburbs and threaten Argyrocastro. Italian retreat chokes highways toward Pogradec with 100000 to 150000 troops under heavy Greek air and ground assault. Two Malian regiments reported annihilated in Epirus.
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Athens
INS
Koritza
Albania
Kotitza
Ely
Pogradec
Lake Chris
Yugoslavia
Morava
Argyrocastro
Epirus
Gree
Argu
Racastro
Argyrocastra
Argyrocastro Highway
Strike talks at Vultee plant collapse in Downey
Downey Calif November 21 negotiations to end the seven day United Automobile Workers strike at the Vultee aircraft plant collapsed this afternoon after conferees failed to resolve a no strike clause in a proposed union contract Maj Sidney Simpson War Department labor adviser said the remaining provisions of a settlement were agreed upon by the union and Vultee representatives
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Downey
Calif
United Automobile Workers
Vultee Aircraft
Maj
Sidney Simpson
War Department
CO [Union
Vultee Company
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Sara Roosevelt
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