Nazis Renew Big Push on East Sectors in War News
Allied reports describe renewed German efforts on the eastern front with claims of new and successful attacks. Soviet authorities say they shattered Nazi attempts south of Moscow's vast defense arc as Luftwaffe bombers hit Moscow and Leningrad, with confirmation of tanks and infantry losses cited by German sources.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Leningrad
Rea
Fuehrer
Revie
City Council Rejects Union Contract Over Policy Concerns
Clarksburg officials rejected a CIO union bid for a signed contract for municipal workers. City Manager Roy F. Ash refused, saying ratification would not be sound policy. Union organizer Follo argued the document was only a policy statement with no strike provisions. Attorney Rosen sh ine and Meadows backed the union's interpretation despite the mayoral stance.
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Clarksburg
CIO
Roy F. Ash
Armando Folio
State
County and Municipal Workers Union
H. A. Rosenshine
Ash
Follé
Clarence W. Meadows
Theatre Ticket Notice for Tonight at Strand and Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Ethel M Hall of 227 West Boyd street to tonight's screenings of the play Til Wait for You at the Strand theater or Hold Back the Wawn at the Dixie, marking the final performance.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Ethel M. Hall
West Boyd Street
Strand Theater
Dixie
Butch Corrects Clumsiness Amid Cat Fire Home Incident
In Glendale California on November 19 a black Persian cat at the Bert Umstead home knocked over an ash tray after the family retired. Cigaret ashes set fire to the living room rug. Butch sprang from the bedroom and leaped onto his master who woke and extinguished the blaze.
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Glendale
Calif
Butch
Bert Umstead
War price to halt Japs says Senator Pepper
Senator Pepper declares to Saburo Kurusu that war in the Pacific may come if Japan continues aggression. He states the U S will not accept any new order built on conquest and urges Japan to stop its ravage in China and withdraw from territorial gains.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Saburo Kurusu
Japan
Pacific
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aat’ Kurs
Roosevelt
Hull
Eairth
China
America
Old Patient Kills Doctor at Duke Hospital
Durham North Carolina November 19 Dr Robert Randolph Jones Jr a 39 year old cancer and plastic surgeon was shot to death at Duke Hospital by former patient John S Baldwin 38 of near Whiteville Baldwin overpowered by physicians while firing two pistols six bullets hit the surgeon Sheriff Belvin said Baldwin admitted the shooting Coroner Horton reported the motive centered on a belief he had been mistreated in an operation
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Durham
N. C
Robert Randolph Jones, Jr
Duke Hospital
R. A. Horton
John S. Baldwin
Whiteville
East
E. G. Belvin
Baldwin
Boatman Henry Ernst Dies in Moundville Wharfboat Service
Marshall county coroner Dr. Howard B. Ashworth said the 83 year old Henry M. Ernst died from a heart blood clot. Ernst was a retired riverman who operated a wharfboat at Moundaville and lived locally.
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Moundsville
Howard B. Ashworth
Marshall County
Henry M. Ernst
Moundaville
Murray Leads CIO Delegates At National Convention
Detroit reports Philip Murray, CIO president, won unanimous support for his anti-opposition stand on Roosevelt’s foreign aid policy during a tense convention session. John L Lewis loyalists mostly sat out, as Lewis was absent amid a mine strike and A D Lewis attended.
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Detroit
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Roosevelt
John
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
United Construction Workers Organizing Committee
Surray
Anniversary Today of Gettysburg Address
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania on November 19 a speaker waited through two hours of ceremonial oratory at the dedication of a battlefield cemetery. He declared that the world will little note what we say here but did the obligation to the nation. The scene recalls Lincoln’s famous words and the lasting impact of the address.
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Gettysburg
Fifty Thousand Troops Ready to Occupy Mines
Washington dispatch reports about President Roosevelt weighing use of up to fifty thousand U S soldiers to seize strike bound captive coal mines. An adviser says force would protect lives and property without intimidating workers, with tank units ruled out and troops to act as friends ensuring peaceful work continuation behind lines.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Rifle Bullet Missing From Heart Baffles Surgeons
Lloyd Landis, a 31 year old construction worker wounded by a youth shooting, had a .22 slug lodged in the lower heart. Early X rays showed it. later tests found no bullet. Doctors fear tearing of the heart wall. some theories say a blood clot discharged it, others it may still lie in the body.
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Coatsville
Lloyd Landis
Landis
Charles Stone
Rush Holt Challenges War Entrance Vote
Rush D. Holt former West Virginia senator urged the administration to put war versus peace to a public vote. In an America First committee address he said if war is desired by the people it should be submitted to them and they will choose peace.
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Salt Lake City
Rush D. Holt
United States
West Virginia
America First Committee
Strike spread widens as 32 Pennsylvania mines idle
Pittsburgh reports sympathy strikes closing 12 more commercial mines, total 32 in state. Daily output loss exceeds 75,000 tons, about 20,000 workers idled. Four captive mines of Jones and Laughlin and one Duquesne Light captive halted. UMW lines reinforced Fayette county picket lines as nonstrikers, about 500, entered 14 Frick mines. Union shop pledged by employers, easing integration.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Duquesne Light Company
UMW
Fayette County
Some Drivers Worse Others Improve With Several Drinks
Police in Kansas City gave whiskey to 16 motorists yesterday then released them to drive. Some showed worse control, while a few improved after their second and third drinks, puzzling officials including Henry W. Johnson, head of traffic safety.
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Kansas City
Henry W. Johnson
Police Trafffic and Safety Division
Scotch Police
Good Spot for Ambitious Tire Merchant's Store
In Salt Lake City on November 19 a car hit a West Side railroad crossing. Eight tires burst from a rail spike sticking into a tire rut. Police arrived to clear the traffic.
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Tire Merchant’s
Salt Lake City
UNIONIST SAYS ALL MINES IN STATE TO HALT
Charleston reports mass sympathy spread through coal fields as William Blizzard predicted mines would close within 48 hours amid operator charges and union denials of UMWA leadership influence. Police kept order while Governor ordered a thorough investigation by an independent union official into outside picket violence.
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Charleston
William Blizzard
UMWA
United Mine Workers (Cio
H. A. McAllister
Logan
Shake Up In British Staff Leadership
London November 19 Britain announces a major shake up of its army command with General Sir Alan Brooke named chief of the imperial general staff at 58 and younger generals assigned key posts Major General A B Nye at 45 will become vice chief Brooke to take over December 25 as Sir John Dill retires and becomes field marshal and governor of Bombay. Sir Roger Lumley term ends See Shake Up page 3
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London
Britain
Alan “Wizard” Brooke
Imperial General Staff
War Office
A. B. Nye
Brooke
John A Dill
Dill
Bombay
Roger Lumley
West Virginian Held For Murder of Spouse
Glenn Simpkins, 40, was held without bond in Point Pleasant on a murder charge after the coroner said his wife died from multiple concussions of the brain. Simpkins had been held since Sunday and waived preliminary hearing after the charge was placed yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Glenn Simpkins
R. W. Eschenauer
Simpkins
Roosevelt seeks cease in closed shop dispute during war
President Roosevelt urges steel firms and unions to maintain a status quo on the closed shop during the national emergency or submit the issue to arbitration. He asks John L. Lewis Benjamin Fairless and Grace to choose a path to preserve defense production and prevent strikes from spreading.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Steel Company
John ’L.lewis
The
United Workers
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel
Gene Grace
Beth Biceck
Japanese Diet member resigns after speech ban
Tokyo November 19 A member resigned after a speech banned from publication and deemed improper for the session. Miyazawa was handed to the disciplinary committee, and his resignation was accepted by a unanimous vote as 19 colleagues signed from the throne rule assistance group in sympathy.
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Tokyo
Japan
Miyazeawa
House of Representatives
Miyazawa
Cok i
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