Guiana Move Wins Approval Amid War News
The report highlights British and Axis forces in North Africa with Rommel’s retreating tanks and Allied advances toward Angila in Libya. It notes a Soviet counteroffensive near Rostov and a British Channel coast landing claim, while Churchill signals invasion readiness in 1942 and a U.S. price-control move passes?
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13 Nations Sign Pact With Nazis Renewed For Five Years
BERLIN November 25 The Anti Comintern pact renewed for five years and broadened to include 13 signatories in a ceremony at the Reich Chancellery. Joachim von Ribbentrop proclaimed western democracies assistants to world Communism as the pact was hailed as continental solidarity against Moscow London and Washington. He warned communism would be destroyed though work remained.
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Attack On Reuben James Sub Struck Dest
New York reports recall of the October 31 torpedo strike west of Iceland that destroyed the destroyer Reuben James. Chief Petty Officer William Bergstresser, Pittsburgh, the senior surviving officer, described 100 men lost, 45 survivors, and life rafts lowered before rescue within 20 minutes by another U.S. destroyer.
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Federal Grand Jury To Receive Draft Evasion Cases
Sioux Falls reports that Aberdeen will convene a federal grand jury at 10 a.m. Monday with four draft evasion cases to be heard along with numerous postal, rape, assault, and theft of government property counts. The calendar also lists Mann Act, forgery, and other federal charges, plus several civil actions in recovery, housing loans, and land issues. The grand jury and petit jury schedules are outlined for the upcoming session.
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Love racket suspect jailed in Iowa case
Police trace and arrest Justin Butmans of Iowa on charges linked to a mail scam posing as a marriage prospect. Deputy Marshall David Jones said Butmans admitted writing as a purehearted girl to solicit money from nearly 19 men, with reports of $4 to $27 per proposal. The Portage Wisconsin man was also involved.
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Lindbergh Not Certain To Run For Senate
Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen dismissed a New Orleans story claiming Charles A. Lindbergh would enter the Senate race and be defeated by Senator Joe Ball. Stassen said there has been talk of Lindbergh running as Independent, Farmer laborite, or Republican, but no definite decision yet.
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Associated Press
Rift Over Vichy Policy Persists As White House Talks Continue
Progress reported after White House conferences on the railway dispute. Officials said Roosevelt would announce at a press briefing later, with no details disclosed. Negotiations continued between railroads and unions as lawmakers sought cooling off and arbitration measures. The broader defense effort and labor tensions influenced many plants and industries across the nation.
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Senators Praise FDR For Steps To Protect Bauxite Supplies
In Washington on November 25 senators praised President Roosevelt for sending a protective force to Dutch Guiana to safeguard bauxite, a key raw material for aluminum. They linked it to Franco American ties and warned that German moves toward Dakar or French Guiana could threaten the supply. Brazil supported the action, signaling it would not remain neutral if other powers intervened, while Vichy authorities were not consulted. The move tied to Havana conference aims and Free French prospects, with lawmakers noting intelligence of Nazi activity in the region.
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Germany Calls It Attack By U S
Berlin says the U S troop move to Dutch Guiana is its first military attack on South America and targets French colonial holdings in the western hemisphere. Dienst Aus Deutschland notes it as the first step toward action against French Guiana, with Berlin tying the move to the Libyan offensive.
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Elect Fair Sioux Falls Herman F Veenker
Sioux Falls news notes a political race with candidate Herman F Veenker as a central figure in local election coverage and related campaign updates.
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Veenker
War and peace parley amid uncertain Soviet demands
Observers doubt any future peace talks will push extreme demands on Stalin. Reports reference discussions on Hitler and Bolshevism and suggest Russia seeks cautious terms without bold stipulations. The fragmentary text hints at ongoing war news and speculative diplomacy.
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Stalin
War jitters grip Far East across tense regions
Reported tensions linger in the Far East as Bangkok confirms reservists called for duty and Hong Kong's 1.5 million Chinese population is urged to prepare for air raids. Tokyo's Tojo, head of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, urges rapid expansion of Japan's war economy and citizen duty. In Central America, Panama swiftly acts as Anibal Rios proclaims himself constitutional president amid a crackdown that leads to a dozen arrests by De La Guardia's regime.
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Hongkong
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Imperial Rule, Assistance Association
Japan
Central America
Panama
Anibal Rios
Peru
Adolfo de la Guardia
Stimson Denounces Finland Aiding Germany in War
In a terse Washington statement, Secretary Stimson and Deputy Administrator Burne condemn Finland for aiding Germany by allowing lend-lease materials to reach Russia. They warn the action harms national interests and disrupts U.S. support to the Allied effort.
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Two Trainmen Die in Edson Wyoming Collision
Two Union Pacific freight trainmen were killed and three injured when a westbound freight collided with another westbound train as it exited a siding onto the main line at Edson Wyoming overnight. The engineer and fireman on the main line train died. their bodies lay in the wreckage at dawn.
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