British Fight To Seal Tobruk Pocket In Libya
British imperial forces in Libya push to widen the corridor linking Tobruk with the outside area and seal the pocket trapping main Axis mechanized divisions. Gondar falls, ending seven months siege. 10,000 Italian and native troops captured. Mediterranean fleet says Axis sea communications to North Africa largely cut off. 68 enemy ships sunk or damaged in Oct-Nov.
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W. P. Saphire
Cairo
INS
Libya
Tobruk
Gondar
Nasf Coma
Belogns
Lake Tana
Tcores
RAF
C. C. Fawkes
Guglielmo Nasi
Europe
North Africa
Mediterranean
Malaya
Sidi Rezegh
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
A witty column by Robert Quillen titled Willie Willis mocks why writers favor formal phrasing over casual speech. It notes the ease of writing yes and no versus casual sounds like uh-huh and hunk-uh and offers a humorous perspective on language.
Italians Hoist Surrender Banner Over Gondar
In Gondar Ethiopia exiled Italian troops waved a surrender banner marking Mussolini's east African empire collapse. British led Ethiopians defeated 10,000 Italians under General Guglielmo Nasi, with Haile Selassie restored praised in a London war office communique.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Colony
Gondar
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Guglielmo Nasi
London War Office
Nasi
Klan Leaders Are Indicted In Pittsburgh Case
An Allegheny county grand jury indicted five national and Pennsylvania leaders of the Ku Klux Klan. They are charged with illegal solicitation of funds and common law conspiracy. The panel denounced the Klan as un-American and harmful to national unity through hate propaganda and prejudice. Leaders named include James A. Colescott of Atlanta and Samuel C. Stauch of Philadelphia.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Ku Klux Klan
Ilegal
James A. Colescott
Atlanta
Samuel C. Stauch
Imperial Kludd
Philadelphia
John V. Waite
Keystone Patriotic Society
Keystone
Movement For
National Unity
Klan
Pennsyvania
Widdie and Willie Story Put to Jury
Two former Cedar Grove teachers testified to Willie Lawrence Hicks age and schooling in a draft evasion case. The government says Hicks, born May 24, 1918, should have registered under the selective service act. defense contends Hicks was born May 24, 1926 and that another child, Widdle, was adopted. Hicks’s mother and sister supported the family history as presented to the jury.
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Cedar Grave
U. S
Squrt Jury
Willie Lawrence Hicks
Margaret Shay Bowden
Belle
Nellie McGinley Malone
Cedar Grove
Hicks
Willie
Widdle
Hirst Gate
Senate and House Groups Okay Strike Bills
Congressional panels split on anti strike measures as Senate Judiciary Committee and House Labor Committee each endorsed different bills to curb work stoppages. Proposals include seizure authority for plants, wage freezes, cooling off periods, and a general mediation act extending across industries with a 30 day notice and dispute commission after mediation fails.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Labor Committee
Senate Labor
Senate
House
Organized Labor
Connally
D-Tex
Roosevelt
National Defense Mediation Board
Sen
Ball
Survivor Tells Of James Peril
Seaman First Class Clarence Robinson recounts surviving the torpedoing of the destroyer Reuben James. He clung to a raft for 40 minutes after the blast, watched shipmates drown, and was rescued with luck and a life belt. Robinson, from Cabin Creek, West Virginia, returns from 19 day leave to share his vivid account.
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Clarence Robinson
Yesterdys
Reuben
Lick Branch
Ratinson
Kenneth C. Newly
Cunard
Fayete County
Chesapeake & Gohic Tlan
Cabin Creek
R. S. Stewart
Stewart
Prince
Berkley
Robinson
Moscow Front Battle Continues Across All Zones
German offensive against Moscow persists with heavy fighting along the entire front, while Soviet and Pravda reports hint at possible German strain. Soviets claim losses on both sides with thousands of men and equipment destroyed, amid occasional advances on the Kalinin and northwestern fronts.
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Germany
Moscow Fronn
Ourayidhen
Leningrad
Smetherm Mnrcow
T Mans
Ted Army
Wiese
Pravda
Moscow
Kalinin
Mogrov
Kalinin Front
Klin
Mozhaisk
Maloyar
Fixing of Meat Prices Is Charged
Two defendants indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to fix prices paid to producers and charged to consumers for meat. Fourteen packing firms, the American Meat Institute and 37 individuals named as defendants. The indictment alleges a 13 year scheme affecting hogs cattle calves and sheep bought from producers nationwide and sold across the United States in meat valued at over 2.5 billion dollars annually.
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Chicago
Pifiywo
American Meat Institute
The
Meat Institute
U. S
Nazis Hurling Tanks and Stukas Into Conflict
A Stockholm dispatch reported by the London Daily Telegraph says General Von Bork is sending hundreds of tanks and long-range fighters along with Aiuka dive-bombers in an all-out attack on Moscow. The aim is to disrupt Russian railways east of the capital to hinder Zhukov's forces.
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London
von Bork
Mosca
Stockholm
Landon Daily Telegraph
Zhukov
Nazis Begin New Offensive Across Russian Front
Berlin reports a new German offensive opening along the eastern front with air strikes toward the Caucasus oil region and a drive on Sevastopol. Mussing operations push toward Moscow as heavy fighting intensifies in Rostov-on-Don and Dent Bend sectors amid tank and air support.
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Berlin
Black Sea
Caucasian
Crimea
Sevastopol
Moscow
Red Capital
Rostov-on-Don
Dents Bend
Pirane to Vichy Attitude Shifts Toward Germany Report
Reports from trusted sources indicate a drastic shift in French attitude toward Germany. Previously, Vichy officials hinted at collusion with high German leaders. Now rumors say a Petain meeting with Nazi leaders has been postponed indefinitely.
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Pirane
Vichy
Germany
Petain
New York
Associated Press
Marshal Petain
House Passes Price Control Bill With 224 to 161 Vote
Washington November 28 The House approved a price control measure by 224 to 161 granting an administrator power to fix nationwide price ceilings and regulate rents in defense areas with review by a fireman board. Rubber ceilings on farm commodities were kept unchanged, allowing an estimated 30 percent rise before limits. Republicans attacked licensing provisions as giving the administration policing powers over business.
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Washington
INS
Senate
House
Leon Henderson
Rail labor chiefs seek 51 day wage rise in compromise
Washington November 28 1928 19 railroad brotherhoods offer a compromise wage plan to President Roosevelt’s emergency fact finding board proposing a one dollar per day raise for about 1.24 million workers. The proposal falls short of the unions’ full demand but exceeds the board’s recommendation by roughly 150 million dollars yearly in value. The operating unions want 30 percent increases. current pay starts at 5.06 a day. Non operating unions seek 30 to 34 cents an hour gains. board favored nine cent-hour increase averages about 13 1/2 percent. Both sides reject prior board suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Allroad
Rai
Roosevelt
Baard
Chicago
Army Hats Price Fixing Conspiracy Indicted
A federal grand jury indicted 30 hat manufacturers and 20 officials, plus the AFL United Hatters Cap and Milliners Workers International union and four locals, for conspiring to fix prices on army field hats bought by the War Department. Named locals and firms span Philadelphia New York Chicago St Louis Kansas City. The department calls it a nationwide conspiracy to fix prices.
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Philadelphia
War Department
AFL United Hatters, Cap and Milliner Workers International
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Justice Department
Labor Wien
Crisis in Pacific Looms as US and Japan Stand Firm
Washington dispatch reports an ominous shift as top officials indicate the Pacific peace depends on Tokyo's next move. Tokyo massing troops in Indo-China and Thailand fortifications prompt warnings that negotiations have not collapsed, while Roosevelt stays at Warm Springs awaiting new developments. The U S seeks to prevent Japanese conquest and avoid actions that threaten peace, with China’s status and removal of aggression under consideration. The open Philippine front highlights vital materials reaching American defenses as the U S rejects any compromise backing continued aggression.
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Washington
Pacific
Tokyo
Orient
Indo-China
Thailand
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Shige
White House
China
U. S
Japan
U.S
Hitler
Philippines
Joe
Tokyo Says Door Open for More Negotiations
Tokyo reaction to Hull’s memorandum was pessimistic yet open to further talks with Washington. Japan insists on its fundamental policies and rejects any temporary remedies, while cabinet and military leaders study the missive for possible pathways to continue negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
INS
Hull
Washington
Japan
Thorouigh
Kideki Tojo
Yamaichi Yamamoto
Bureau of American Affairs
Foreign Office
Akira Muto
Takasumi Oka
Army
Navy
International News Service
America
Nippon
U. S
Two Life Terms for Murderers In McDowell Court
WELCH Nov 28. Crim Court Judge E C Marshall imposed life terms today on two convicted murderers and postponed action in two other cases with death by hanging mandatory if verdicts stand. Miles Kennedy and Clyde Johnson received life sentences, while defense motions to set aside verdicts were overruled.
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Farley
James Adkins
Mitchell
Walter Lambert
Big Four
Marshall
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Robert Quillen
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Widdie
Willie Story
W. M. Hicks
Violet Hicks
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Willie Lawrence
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Baby
Baton Rouge
Mary McGowen Cyr
Godfrey H. F. Anderson
Harold Denny Wright
New York Times
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Russia
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Caucasia
Reiss
McDowell
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