New Strategy Discussed as Toll Reaches 140 Men
Washington reports debate among Naval circles over abandoning convoys in favor of mass submarine defense. 17 American and 2 Canadian technicians killed en route to England, with U boats operating near Newfoundland. 140 lives lost in three months.
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Washington
North Atlantic
England
New Foundland
Royal Air Force
British Isles
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U. S. Atlantic
Canada
Newfoundland
Iceland
Japs Blame Reds For Ship Sinking In Sea of Japan
Japanese steamer Kehi Maru sank after a blast the government says was caused by a drifting Russian mine. Rescue efforts reported 247 saved, 143 missing, 17 bodies recovered, amid searches by aid vessels for the 342 passengers and 65 crew. The loss follows Tokyo protest over Sea of Japan mines in Moscow.
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Sea of Japan
Dome
Seishin
Koreas
Tsuruga
Moscow
Pacific
Dornei
Japan Hopes for Peace as Kurusu Heads to Washington
Tokyo signals a final effort to ease Pacific tensions with Saburo Kurusu en route to the United States to seek a peaceful settlement. U.S. officials offered no authoritative comment as the incident follows the sinking of the Kebi Maru with casualties.
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Kurusu
Associated Press
Olive Branch
Pacific
Washington
Saburo Kurusu
United States
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan Times and Advertiser
United States State Department
Brewer Bond Plan Defeated By South Dakota Court
W. Brewer, a Minneapolis bond broker linked to North Dakota bond dealings, was central to South Dakota bond refinancing. The Rural Credits board initially approved his plan led by Governor Bushfield, State Treasurer Douglas, and Director Scott, but the state Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional, after which Brewer’s firm joined another syndicate to finalize debt payments at about 2.5 million dollars annually.
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W. Brewer
Minneapolis
North Dakota
U. S
Langer
South
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Brewer Testifies Profit in South Dakota Refunding Scheme
W W Brewer testified in the Senator Langer ouster hearing that he was a principal in a South Dakota refunding plan organized by Lehman Brothers. The plan moved $14.4 million of bonds at a 3 percent rate, yielding about $300000 gross profit to the syndicate and around $165000 net profit to the banks and bankers involved.
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South Dakota
Fred A. Gerke
Gerke
Brewer
Pilot student awarded $5,000 for 1940 crash injuries
The Senate claims committee approved paying James Roswell Smith of Sioux Falls $5,000 for injuries from a plane crash while a civilian pilot training student at Hastings Nebraska on October 7 1940. Smith suffered a fractured skull jaw and ankles parmi others. his instructor Roy Beebe was killed.
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Washington
Senate Claims Committee
James Roswell Smith
Sioux Falls
S&s. D
Smith
Hastings
Neb
Bener
Roy Beebe
Langer Land Deal Valuation Scrutiny Before Senate Panel
Senate election committee heard appraisers testify that a North Dakota land and mortgage sale bought by Gregory Brunk from Langer worth 1937 38 was valued at about 5718. Soaring figures and partisan debate followed as witnesses Ersel Walley and Tre Morse testified to the 1938 value.
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Senate Elections Committee
North Dakota
Langer
Ersel Walley
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Tre D. Morse
St. Louis
Gregory Brunk
Des Moines
Walley
Brunk
Smith
South Carolina
Apc
Gena Langer
Tye
Hatch
New Mexico
Lures
Minis
Lucas
Senator Langer
Senate
W. W. Brewer
Minneapolis
North and
South Dakota
Francis Murphy
Senate Electiona Committee
Hopkins at Naval Hospital for checkup
Harry L. Hopkins, special assistant to the President on Lend-Lease aid, entered Naval Hospital yesterday for a checkup at the White House. Officials said Hopkins was not seriously ill and expected to be there about a week.
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Harry L. Hopkins
White House
Naval Hospital
Hopkins
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Mussolini Rumor Of Wounding Denied In Rome
Washington reports no confirmation of a rumor that Premier Mussolini was slightly wounded in an assassination attempt with two pistol shots. Rome officials call it an invention and note similar denials after Moscow radio as cited by Exchange Telegraph in London.
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Mussolini
Rome
London
Exchange Telegra
Moscow Radio
Roosevelt Decries Misguided Few Blocking War Effort
President Roosevelt denounces a "misguided few" using economic power to press demands over national welfare. Speaking to 33 nations at the international labor office conference, he vows an unlimited commitment to a free world, urges immediate arms for Britain, Russia, and China, and warns labor against Nazi exploitation and delayed defense output. The address frames a stark choice between wartime realism and those who favor appeasement.
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Roosevelt
United States
International Labor Office
East Room
White House
Berlin
Hitler
Britain
Russia
China
Western Hemisphere
America
German Retreat In Ukraine Sector Reported By Reds
Soviet dispatches and London briefings report German forces retreating from the Donets Basin on the Ukraine front while Moscow defenses hold. Red cavalry and infantry counterattacks, heavy German losses near Mozhaisk, and claims that Berlin abandoned any hope of capturing Moscow or Leningrad this winter. Stalin, in a radio address, cites lack of a second European front as a key factor in German difficulties and asserts Soviet strength and morale amid ongoing war.
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London
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Peige
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Ukraine
Donets
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Russia
Germany
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Red
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Jack
Great Britain
United States
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Bern
Switzerland
Stalin
Europe
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Hitler
Sev
War Today Germany May Tell Japan To Spring At U S
A Dewitt Mackenzie feature notes Japan’s envoy leaving for the United States. Dispatches from Tokyo describe feverish card games as signs amid talks seen as a last effort to secure peace in the Pacific.
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Germany
Japan
U. S
Neutrality Act Debate Echoes as Senators Eye Change
Senators pushing a revised Neutrality Act voiced confidence of victory and predicted a Friday vote. Senator Wheeler charged Willkie and Knox would back the bill in the re election climate, labeling opponents as Wall Street bankers and communists seeking war. Supporters remained calm, expecting enough votes to passage by tomorrow night.
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Wheeler
Manetana
Willkie
Senate
Wendell L. Willkie
Wall Steel
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Lehman Brothers
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South Dakota Bankers Association
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