Reich Blames Seized Britons For Bomb Plot
Berlin reports two captured British secret service agents tied to the Munich beer hall bombing that killed eight when Hitler left the venue on Nov. 8. Captured at the Netherlands frontier, Sir Richard Stevens and Sigismund Best are named by the Gestapo as key conspirators alongside German and other actors. Officials say Elser confessed to placing the bomb. British Foreign Office denies British agents knew of the plot. Best, a Hague resident since 1916, is described as a monocled British officer.
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Berlin
Secret Service
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Frontier
Ot Strasser
France
Georg Elser
Netherlands
Gestapo
Richard Henry Stevens
Sigismund Payne Best
Secret
Stevens
Best
Heinrich Himmler
Elser
Piet
British
Foreign Office
Germany
Venloo
Athens
Heidelberg University
Indian Service
Britain
Hague
J. Lemmens
Hand Bill Laws Ruled Invalid
The Supreme Court ruled anti hand bill ordinances in four cities violate free speech and press rights. Justice Roberts delivered the opinion on a Thanksgiving eve, affirming fundamental freedoms. In a separate 4 to 4 decision, the court upheld freeing 11 defendants in a major oil antitrust case in Madison Wisconsin.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Dist
Patrick J. Stone
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Stone
Gestapo Ends Radio Link With British Intelligence
Berlin reports the Gestapo severed a 21 day shortwave link with London by order of Heinrich Himmler. He named operators Walsh and Mann as unaware of the true situation and quoted a parting jab about dealing with conceited people as the German Gestapo signed off.
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Berlin
INS
Gestapo
London
British Intelligence Service
Heinrich Himmler
Secret Police
Walsh
Mann
Himmler
31 Mines Reported Adrift in North Sea
The navy's hydrographic office warned that 31 mines were adrift in the North Sea, the largest number reported since the European war began. Nine drifting mines were sighted yesterday as warnings from belligerent and neutral nations reached the cruiser Trenton, flagship of the American squadron in European waters.
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Washington
Navy
Hydrographic Office
North Sea
Trenton
Golden Angel Notes of Kuhn Read at Trial
Fritz Kuhn admitted lying to shield Mrs Florence Camp known as his golden angel and said his affection turned to coldness during the trial. He writhes on the stand as love letters from a married man are read. he later recants, admitting divorce in 1934.
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Golden Angel
Kuhn
New York
Fritz Kuhn
Florence Camp
Bundesfuehrer
James G. Wallace
Green Attacks Arnold Acts Amid Labor Law Debate
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, charges Asst. Atty. Gen. Thurman Arnold with misapplying the law in labeling labor union acts punishable under anti trust statutes. In a letter to Atty. Gen. Murphy Green claims the Clayton act exempts labor organizations from Sherman anti trust prosecutions and asks for a clear DOJ position. He warns against a retrogressive policy contrary to pro labor administration aims.
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Washington
INS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Thurman Arnold
Murphy
A. F. of L. Chieftain
Department of Justice
Green
A. F. of L
Bank Bandits Hunted After South Charleston Heist
Three men robbed the First National Bank of South Charleston of about $19,000 on November 12. About $3,800 in cash appeared in Columbus banks, where the bills were exchanged for smaller denominations. Serial numbers matched those kept by the South Charleston bank, federal agents said. Lieut James Fillinger of the West Virginia state police said his department had not been officially notified.
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First National Bank of
South Charleston
Ohio
Columbus
James Fillinger
West Virginia
Half of 48 States Will Observe Early Thanksgiving Day
The Associated Press reports Thanksgiving split across the U S with half the states observing the holiday early while a third neutral states Colorado Mississippi and Texas plan two dates. President Roosevelt stays at Warm Springs Georgia with 350 patients including seven-year-old Ann Smithers of Frankfort Kentucky dining at his table. Maryland Governor O Conor touts home grown fare while Massachusetts Governor Saltonstall doubts Maryland could provide a true Thanksgiving without Cape Cod cranberries.
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Warm Springs Foundation
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Colorado
Misssissippi
Texas
Warm Springs
Ann Smithers
Frankfort
Jet
Gov. O'Conor
Maryland
Washington County
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
O'Conor
Cape Cod
Neutrals Propose Joint Belgium Netherlands Protest
Belgium and the Netherlands frame a joint protest to Britain over a plan to seize Nazi exports on neutral ships. Dutch shipowners cancel sailings from Dutch ports and consider a convoy system for safety from submarines. The two nations vow to forward the protest to London once the British decision is official.
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Brussels
INS
Belgium
Holland
Great Britain
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Foreign Office
London
Clubs Are Boloney Dreiser Tells Ladies
Theodore Dreiser addressed 300 members of the Los Angeles Junior League calling women's clubs baloney. He criticized clubs for focusing only on grave planting and plaque placement, urging more intellectual social and economic substance.
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Los Angeles
Theodore Dreiser
Catholics Laud FDR Peace Acts
The American Catholic hierarchy praised Roosevelt for pursuing peace and averting war while warning against hate mongers seeking to undermine U S neutrality. A statement by cardinals, archbishops, and bishops urged Catholics to back Pope Pius XI in mitigating the horrors of looming conflict.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Pius XI
Dutch Shipowners Halt All Sailings
Dutch shipowners cancelled sailings from all Netherlands ports today after government advice. The move follows Britain's plan to seize all German origin goods on the high seas, regardless of vessel nationality. Designers note 10,000,000 tons of German exports were trans shipped from Rotterdam and Amsterdam in the first nine months of the year.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Great Britain
High Seas
Rotterdam
State Observes Holiday With Thanks For Peace
West Virginians plan Thanksgiving observing Nov 23 following Roosevelt and Gov Holt. Union services planned statewide with traditional sports events as the weatherman forecasts a typical fall day. Marshall versus Wesleyan in Huntington Turkey day game. East Bank meets Charleston Mountain Lions in Charleston for the state title. Snowy counties and 30s temperatures noted.
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Associated Press
Our Land
West
Union
Richwood
E. C. Bennette
Turkey
Holt
Charleston
Marshall
Wesleyan
Huntington
East Bank
Destroyer Gipsy Hits Mine Off English Coast
The British destroyer Gipsy struck a mine off the east coast and was beached with about 40 missing. Twenty one officers and men were injured as the ship returned to patrol duties. Three German aviators aboard a collapsible boat were rescued.
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London
INS
Admiralty
North Sea
War Costing Britain 23 Million Daily, Simon Says
Sir John Simon declares in a radio speech that the European conflict is the most expensive war ever. He says Britain is spending at least six million pounds daily, about 39 million dollars at par and 23.46 million at current exchange.
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London
ENS
John Simon
Safe Crackers Take $400 in Two Breaks
About $400 stolen from two Charleston firms early yesterday with $98 in checks. Loot from Loose Wiles Biscuit at 1206 Wilson and West End Feed at 1665 West Washington included $61.75. Entries were via windows, nitro glycerine used, dynamite caps found. Detective Bourne says the job was likely done by professionals.
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Charleston
Loose Wiles Biscuit Company
Wilson Street
West
Bourne
Star Chamber Group Formed by Daladier
Paris dispatch reports Premier Daladier announced the formation of an inner cabinet to press economic warfare against Germany in cooperation with Britain. A special committee was formed on Nov 2 with Daladier leading. the inner cabinet, including finance, merchant marine and blockade ministers, aims to secure foreign exchange for purchases and transport while countering German activity.
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Paris
Daladier
Germany
Great Britain
Allied Supreme War Council
Germans Bomb Shetland Isles Claim No Casualties
London dispatch reports German bombers hit a Royal Air Force seaplane at moorings in the Shetland Islands with an air raid warning sounded. British and French forces claim eight German aircraft shot down on the western front. Italian freighter Fianona sunk by a mine, crew of 33 safe. Bertha Fisser possibly shelled. Iceland coast intercept noted. Retaliatory embargo on German goods planned.
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London
Shetland Islands
Britain
Fianona
British Isles
Associated Press
New York
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Admiralty
Bertha Fisser
Iceland
Reyjavik
Orkney Islands
England
Thames Estuary
Air Ministry
Shetland
Shetlands
Royal Air Force
Stuttgart
Frankfort
Hamburg
Bremen
Allies Down Nine German Warplanes in Aerial Warfare
Paris report says Allied airmen and anti aircraft fire destroyed nine German planes in 48 hours as clear weather returns. Three Messerschmitt fighters were shot down in Strasbourg sector amid a clash with French Curtiss planes. two Curtiss were lost, one pilot died when parachute failed. French torpedo boat sank two German submarines in three days, one spotted by naval aircraft. Dispatches from Belgium describe nine Allied air victories including destruction of a large German bomber near Ostend.
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Paris
INS
Royal Air Force General Headquarters
France
Messerschmidt
Curtiss
Strassbourg
Belgium
Ostend
Christmas Parade Route Announced in Charleston
Charleston officials outline the Christmas parade set for Monday morning November 27 along main retail streets. The mile long pageant features 18 floats and about 200 participants in Yuletide characters, with six Kanawha County high schools bands and the American Legion junior drum corps. The route starts on Truslow and Brown near the municipal auditorium and travels through Kanawha parkway Capitol Washington Brooks Quarrier Hale Virginia to the venue.
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Charleston
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Truslow
Brown
Municipal Auditorium
Kanawha County
American Legion
Trushed Street
Kanawha Parkway
Capitol ‘Street
Capitol
Washington
Lee
Brooks
Quarrier
Hale
Virginia
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Star Chamber Group
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