Roosevelt to Meet Congress Labor Leaders on Pending Legislation
President Roosevelt invites ten members of Congress and two labor department representatives to discuss labor reform at the White House. The delegation includes Speaker Rayburn and Secretary Perkins with bipartisan balance from both parties. Aimed at preventing a recurrence of recent labor crises, the talks follow a major AFL machinists strike in St. Louis that halted defense orders, while coal and telephony labor disputes ease.
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Seven More Governments To Sign Anti-Comintern Pact
Berlin reports that seven more governments Finland Denmark Bulgaria Croatia Romania Slovakia and the Nanking government will join the anti Comintern pact tomorrow. Italy and Germany seek a European bloc against pan Slavic and Bolshevist influences. Observers note possible French and Turkish involvement remains uncertain amid Vichy Axis tensions.
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Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim Ribbentrop
Walter Funk
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Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Marshal Petain
It's Our Fight Harriman States Britain's War Bond
Harriman told Britons that Britain's war with Germany is our fight and that the United States will aid. He said the Navy is actively engaging German submarines and aircraft at sea and that Roosevelt understands the interdependence of American and British destinies. He expressed shared hatred of Hitler, aligning with Churchill as war aid chief.
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Admits Part In I. W. W. Strikes
Vincent R. Dunne, leader of General Drivers Union 544 CIO, testifies in federal court as the second defense witness in a seditious conspiracy trial of 23. He admits participation in the IWW and free speech strikes of 1908 and 1909 after the government presents a Militant article.
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New Turn In Jap Situation Signals Shifting Talks
A new turn in Japanese United States relations appeared likely as Tokyo sent an urgent communique to Washington. Domei warned optimism was unwarranted while Hull met with British and allied envoys, and Tojo urged national unity amid looming obstacles. Reports from Shanghai and Bangkok cited cautious stances and possible troop withdrawals. In the Philippines 20,000 Commonwealth officers joined the U.S. Army, boosting MacArthur’s Far East force to over 80,000.
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War Picture Grows Clear After Libya Battle Ends
War today hints a clearer outcome once Libya warfare settles. Officials warn of a Hitlerian peace bid that could bolster non Axis nations. Averell Harriman’s unclear role cited in a broad strategic context.
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Averell Harriman
Licensing Section Of Price Control Bill Is Restored
The House banking committee reversed and restored licensing provisions to the price control bill but exempted farmers from the license. The revised text would ban licenses for farmers to sell their own products and bar licensing of radio time while exempting newspapers and printed matter. The panel plans to reconvene to consider government authority to buy and sell commodities for price stability amid fears of broader rent and wage controls.
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Steagall
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Alabama
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World War Industries
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Leon Henderson
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Christmas Toy Program Started by Legion and Auxiliary
The William Reaves Post of the American Legion and its Auxiliary launch a Christmas toy program. Repaired toys will be distributed to needy children with pickup by Delivery Service Company at Huron homes. Dec 2 Toy Day urged. donations accepted at City Hall Craft Shop until 9 PM or by calling 2561 for pickup. Last year 125 boxes of gifts were distributed to Huron families.
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NYA
Percy Phillips
United States to Deploy Troops to Surinam Mines
The White House announced that American troops will move into Dutch Guiana Surinam to protect the Tavocite mines supplying over 60 percent of U S aluminum needs. The plan, agreed with the Netherlands and Brazil, shifts defense from Netherlands forces due to Pacific conditions, aiming to secure critical resources for U S defense.
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White House
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To Ask Federal Control Of Rails
A F Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, says the union is ready to ask the President to take over controlling operation of railroads during the emergency. He notes about 50,000 railroad workers belong to operating brotherhoods and a strike is threatened for December 7 to press wage demands. Carriers' representatives were to resume talks with non operating unions representing 900,000 workers.
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Woman Slays Son In Fit Of Insanity In Dunning Neb
A coroner's jury in Dunning Nebraska ruled that a mother, wife of Sheriff Fred Wegener, killed her 11 year old son Frederic with an ax in a moment of temporary insanity and then attempted to take her own life. The boy was dead and the mother was in critical condition. County Attorney Roy Blix said the jury classified the act as a slaying and noted the sequence occurred yesterday morning.
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