British Tighten Trap In Lybia, Germans Claim
Bulletin from Washington reports John L. Lewis asked the United Mine Workers policy committee to stand by during a key meeting on Roosevelt's peace proposal to settle the captive coal mine strike. Senator Connally urged repeal of the Guffey Coal Act if CIO miners refuse to end the strike, tying up production and spreading to other sectors.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
Roosevelt
Lewis
UMW
Senator Connadly
Texas
Congress
CIO
United Mine Workers
Forendon
John J. Lewis
Mine Workers
Senator Connally
White House
UMW Polity Committee
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Tr. Roosevelt
Ilinsia
Irvin
Petain to Meet High German Figure in Occupied Zone
Vichy reports Marshal Petain will travel to the German occupied zone to meet a high German personage. Officials deny plans but sources tie the trip to 1940 talks with Hitler and to possible renewed collaboration or Axis membership. Berlin hints at French Armistice terms shifting toward postwar settlement and North Africa strategy.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Adolf Hitler
Petain
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Associated Press
Europe
Hitler
Axis
Berlin
Buryaged Woman Heebeger Dies Near 99 in Bridgewater
Funeral services were held in Bridgewater for Mrs Genevieve Heeberger who died one month before her 99th birthday. She was believed the oldest person in McCook County.
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Bridgewater
Genevieve Heeberger
McCook County
Nazi Rehabilitation Plan Is Revealed
Washington reports the White House announced Germany plans a conference promising economic rehabilitation and independence for European nations. England was excluded from invitations. Stephen Early said the conference may be held in December or January with invites extended to Axis powers and some neutral European nations.
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Washington
White House
Germany
England
Stephen Early
Europe
Rural Credits field workers to get pay raise
Pierre November 22. Director Millard G. Scott announced raises for 26 Rural Credits Department workers due to rising living costs. Fifteen fieldmen will earn $160 a month starting November 1, up from $150, while 11 stenographers in field offices will rise to $65 a month from $60.
Red Cross Articles Ready for Shipment Abroad
Red Cross volunteers who completed shawls, scarfs, and sweaters are asked to turn in finished items immediately for overseas shipment. Mrs F W Dennie, Beadle County Red Cross productive chair man, says a new shipment should be ready early next week. Articles may be turned in to Mrs Dennis or Mrs Frank Bakeman, county knitting chairman. Mrs Dennie will give up her county chairmanship as she leaves for Des Moines where her husband is transferred.
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Persuns
Wno
Nave
F. W. Dennie
Beadle County
Red Cross
Dennis
Frank Bakeman
Dennie
Thanksgiving closures sweep stores and offices in Huron
Huron will observe Thanksgiving with stores banks and most offices closed on Thursday. Beadle County courthouse city offices and some federal agencies close for the day while the post office operates on a single delivery. The ninth annual Firemen's Hall Band Box celebration features Jimmie Barnett as the night’s music.
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Huron
Beadle County
U. S
Firemen’s Hall
Jimmie Barnett
War turns as Hitler shifts in Libya and France
DeWitt MacKenzie with Fred Wenders Schmidt reports a one day battle in the sands showing Britain’s rising strength. German forces are split and harassed, with Allied mobility tightening the noose as weather and supply pressures mount a reverse for Hitler.
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Hitler
France
Libya
Japanese Press Sees No Hope For Kurusu Mission
The Associated Press reports Japanese papers forecast failure of envoy Suburo Kirusu's peace or war mission. Tokyo's Nichi Nichi front-paged a Washington dispatch saying the United States saw no room for further talks if Japan upholds Tojo's three points before the Diet.
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Associated Press
Far East
Suburo Kirusu
United States
Washington
Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Nazi Commander Killed In Action
Berlin reports General Kurt Von Briegen, a Wehrmacht infantry commander, was killed on the eastern front Thursday. The 58 year old general rose to lieutenant general before the 1939 Polish campaign and earned the Knights Cross for his Poland service. The exact sector of his death was not disclosed. His father died on an Austrian battlefield in 1914.
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Berlin
Kurt von Briegen
von Briesen
Poland
Northwest Missed In Defense Work
South Dakota ranks lowest in defense contracts among states, with 2 percent of its 1939 manufacturing accounted for by defense work. The North Dakota and western states show higher shares, while the map notes subcontracting for South Dakota is likely limited in number and site.
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UCC
Pierre
North West
South Dakota
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
Office of Production Management
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Vermont
Wisconsin
Minois
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Washington
Oregon
Commission
Aberdeen
Tat
Hatchery at Lake Kampeska to be Sold at Auction
The Game and Fish Department will sell the abandoned pike hatchery building on Lake Kampeska near Watertown at public auction on December 2 at 10 30 a m. The plant closed due to drought lowering waters and insufficient depth to operate. The notice appears among Beadle County delinquent personal taxes as required by a law from the recent session, with printing costs charged to taxpayers.
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Lake Kampeska
Pierre
Game and Fish Department
Watertown
Huronite
Beadle County
Ith
Dakota
Rufer To Head Defense Program
Sioux Falls police veteran J. Rufer was named chair man of the American Legion civilian defense program in South Dakota. He will coordinate Legion services with the state council of defense and cooperate with the FBI and state police. Hamilton said over 200 posts are ready to mobilize as the Legion builds home defense against fifth columnists amid wartime concerns. Rufer is a former police chief, World War I I Navy veteran, and FBI academy alum.
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Sioux Falls
C. J. Rufer
American Legion
South Dakota
Rufer
Legion
State Council of Defense
E. A. Beckwith
Claude A. Hamilton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hamilton
Middle West
Navy
FBI
National Police Academy
Washington
Storm Fails To Materialize In South Dakota Blizzard Fallacy
South Dakota forecasters predicted a blizzard last night but the storm waned as temperatures fell to zero at Lemmon and 16 in Huron. Federal meteorologist B A Laskowski warned of a minor chill with a rise planned tomorrow while upriver states felt deeper cold. North Dakota posted 40 mph winds and subzero readings in the surrounding region. American pilots earned wings in graduation ceremonies in Rapid City with L A Aasweus among the names.
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South Dakotas
Lemmon
Huron
Billings
Mont
South Dakota
B. A. Laskowski
Laskowski
Bulle
Portal
N. BD
North Dakota
Axis encirclement at Tobruk is broken, report says
The Associated Press notes Tobruk garrison has smashed out of Axis encirclement. British forces from Cairo cut through to join counter attacks from Egypt, driving south after capturing positions three miles beyond their old perimeter. Imperial HQ says Libyan desert fighting grows in Britain’s favor as strategic pressure tightens around German troops east of Tobruk.
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Associated Press
Britain
Tobruk
Cairo
Egypt
Imperial
Moscow
Far East
Washington
Pacific
Hull
Lord Halifax
Richard G. Casey
A Loudon
Adolf Hitler
Rostov-oh-don
Jitai
Caucasus
Kalinin
Rostov
Don
Russia
Central
Irons
London
Red Army
Volokolamsk
Mozhaisk
Kajinin
Flax urged for national defense at Minnesota meeting
The Flax Institute of the United States adopted a resolution urging continued federal support to boost flax production in the inland Northwest. Speakers said linseed oil supply this year stood at 209 million pounds, far short of 1940 and 1941 needs, with a total flax crop around 31 million bushels. Directors were reelected, including I. B. Johnson of South Dakota State College.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Flax Institute of the United States
Minnesota
Kotas
Montana
I. B.johnson
South Dakota
Coi
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Fred Wendersschmidt
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Kurusu
Gertain
High Command
Ernest Metzner
Brownsville
Eden Born
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Legion Project
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