Tojo Brands U S Britain as Hostile Nations
Premier Hideki Tojo broke a period of silence with a blunt charge that the United States Britain and their allies seek to exploit East Asia He urged purging this practice with vengeance and declared the powers along with Manchukuo and the Nanking regime are aiming to curb occidental influence and communism.
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Japan
Pacific
Hideki Tojo
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Britain
Tojo
East Asia
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Paris Facing Penalty For Deaths In Bombing Attacks
Paris Occupied France November 29 The German release reports the deaths of two German soldiers and many wounded in bombing raids defying a Nazi warning. An order from General Von Schaumburg imposes a strict curfew for Montmartre and surrounding areas with shoot-on-sight enforcement after 5 p m for anyone abroad.
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Paris
France
Furth
Lievet
von Schaumburg
Montacey
Tank Battle Near Sidi Rezegh Spurs British Drive
Cairo reports a fierce tank fight southeast of Sidi Rezegh as British forces press Axis troops in the Libyan desert. The clash, described as perhaps the decisive phase of the British North African offensive, sees both sides holding ground with air support from RAF pounding German Italian targets and aiding debarkation ports.
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Cairo
Navy
Sidi Rezegh
Middle East Army Command
Britain
Mediterranean
Italy
Naples
Camp Fairchance Christmas Party Planned by Legion
Preliminary plans for the ninth annual Camp Fairchance Christmas party were arranged by the Forty-and- Eight of the American Legion and The Gazette. Homer K. Holley is general chairman with Alan H. McClain advising. The event splits into three divisions led by Jack Stern, William F. Torney, and Clyde G. Blanchard with a committee including Jack Wilton, Guy Huff, and B C Miller. Funds from sponsors aim to aid crippled and hospitalized children with gifts and support. details to continue.
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the Gazette
Homer K. Holley
Alan H. McClain
Jack Stern
Logan Voiture
William F. Torney
Clyde G. Blanchard
Belle Post
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Marmet Hospital
Blanchard
Jack Wilton
Guy Huff
B.C. Miller
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Reds Wipe Out Corps Take Rostov in Major Soviet Victory
Soviet high command announced total reoccupation of Rostov on Don and annihilation of von Kleist’s German army corps. Three tank divisions the sixth seventh and 18th the 60th motorized and the SS Viking school division were crushed with 5,000 German troops killed. Surviving Nazi forces retreated west along the Sea of Azov as Moscow reported counterattacks northwest of the capital and continued German pressure east of Tula.
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Russia
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Rostov-on- Don
Caucasus
Ewald von Kleist
Sea of Azov
Adolf Hitler
Rostov
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von Kleist
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Moscow
Volga
Tula
Iran
Josef Stalin
Semyon Timoshenko
Britons Sink 8 Nazi Ships in Arctic Waters
British submarines inflicted severe losses on Nazi forces in Arctic waters, sinking at least eight troop transports and supply ships and probable destruction of five more, with hundreds possibly lost. Admiralty updates claim the campaign protects Allied supply routes to Soviet ports as Britain pledges to aid Russia to the end. The admiralty communique notes the ships were carrying reinforcements and materials.
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London
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Arctic
Admiralty
Britain
Russia
A. V. Alexander
Ford
Blackpool
Alexander
Navy Bares Plot Aimed At Morale
The Navy accuses an organization We, the Mothers Mobilize for America Inc of a nationwide campaign to undermine civilian and service morale by blaming a foreign power for wartime losses. A letter to parents of a seaman reported missing after the destroyer USS Reuben James was torpedoed is cited, though later reports showed the man had been transferred before the ship’s sinking. The Navy calls the letter mimeographed propaganda signed by Lyrle Van Hyning and Grace Keefe and says the effort seeks to mislead families and weaken resolve.
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America, Inc
Chicago
Reuben James
Navy
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Knox
USA
James
Na Department
Lyrle van Hyning
Grace Keefe
We, the Mothers, Mobilize For
Manta fighter plane reported as ready to build
Washington dispatch reports development of a long range American fighter called the Manta by Manta Aircraft Corp of Los Angeles. The design aims for bomber range and 400 mph speed, with wind tunnel secrecy and officials saying they are ready to construct the first production model.
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Eric Friedheim
Washington
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Manta Aircraft Corporation
Los Angeles
Wylation
Chamber Sees Banner Year for Charleston Area
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce reports a banner 1941 first ten months with all indices exceeding prior records. Bank debits, retail volume, carloadings, wages and electric use rose significantly, while coal production gains highlight the year despite April shutdowns. City building permits for 1941 noted to continue on Page 8.
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Charleston
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Kanawha
Bank robber and fugitive known as Dumb Maggie arraigned in U.S. court
Margaret Allen alias Dumb Maggie, a shoplifter, jewel thief, escaped convict, and “female public enemy,” was arraigned before Judge Ben Moore in U.S. court for violating the federal escape act. She pled not guilty and was returned to Boone County Jail to await trial, with prior sentences totaling a two-year term and $10,000 fine for a Detroit bank robbery. Detainers exist from New York state prison, a Michigan reformatory, and Grand Rapids police court.
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Detroit
Ben Moore
U. S
Guity
Margaret Allen
Boone County
Madison
R. J. Untreiner
FBI
Huntington
Charleston
Federal Industrial Institution For Women
Alderson
House of Correction
Springfield
Mass
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Findis State Reformatory
New York State Prison
Police Court of
Grand Rapids
Mich
Green Calls For Defeat Of Five Anti-Labor Bills
AFL President William Green urged lawmakers to defeat five anti labor bills in congress saying they would spread resentment among workers in the defense program. He asked state federations and 40 000 locals to rally against the measures. The bills would expand presidential power to seize struck plants set wage boards and freeze union shop questions during government control.
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AFL
William Green
Green
Federations of Labor
Sen. Connally
Tex
Judiciary Committee
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One Firm Holding Out on Coal Pact
Roosevelt's three man arbitration board says all but Crucible Steel have agreed to accept the decision on the union shop issue in captive coal mines. Dr John R Steelman, representing the public, left a long conference with John L Lewis.
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New York
Roosevelt
Crucible Steel Company
John R. Steelman
John L. Lewis
U S Awaiting Japan's Choice Of War Peace
Washington tenses as the United States awaits Japan's decision on war or peace in the Pacific. A possible invasion of Thailand from French Indochina could trigger a broader conflict across the Far East, with Hull signaling the issue moving toward military deliberation. Precautionary defences rose in the Philippines Hawaii and other Pacific outposts as Britain and allies also bolstered garrisons in Singapore and Malaya.
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Japan
Pacific
Far East
Vladivostok
Dutch East Indies
Thailand
Indo-China
Tokyo
Cordell Hull
Hull
U. S
Hideki Tojo
Great Britain
Philippines
Hawaii
Singapore
British
Malaya
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Willie's Age Letter Altered in Draft Case Testimony
Handwriting expert testified in the Hicks draft-evasion trial that two defense letters altered Willie Lawrence Hicks age references for 1927 and 1928. Sergeant Boone noted 1920 figures and the May 1927 line about Willie’s seventh birthday were written in different hands. Jury verdict expected tomorrow. defendants William Michael Hicks Nellie May Hicks and Willie Lawrence Hicks face conspiracy to evade the selective service act.
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Willie
Willie Lawrence Hicks
Ae Sergt
R. J. Boone
State Department of Public Safety
Thomas Hicks
Willis Hicks
William Michael Hicks
Nellie May Hicks
East
Washington Street
Roosevelt warns Thanksgiving may find cadets in danger
At Warm Springs he tells AP that next Thanksgiving could see American cadets in military and naval academies fighting to defend U S institutions. He notes the danger of global conflict and contemplates returning to Washington soon as war news looms. This dinner marks his third Thanksgiving there amid wartime tension.
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Naval
Warm Springs Foundation
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U.S
U. S
Thailand's Troops Guarding Borders Amid Tense Warnings
reports from Bangkok said Thai troops were deployed along the borders of French Indo China and British Malaya as Bangkok radio warned of the nation becoming a battleground. observers noted Hainan near Japanese manpower reserves and predicted possible rapid war if this were Europe.
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Indo-China
Bangkok
Thailand
South Pacific
Japan
Hainan Island
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