Storms, wrecks raise toll as storms lash lake region
Severe storms across Michigan and the Great Lakes region escalate fatalities as a freighter and a grain carrier are believed to have sunk. Rescue attempts continue amid gale winds, with eight bodies recovered near Langdon and more unknown aboard wrecked vessels. Coast guard crews battle heavy seas to reach stranded ships and eight crewmen on two tugs are missing.
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Michigan
Ladington
Mich
Napers
Anna C
Minch
Coast Guard
Robbery at Columbia Finance. bandit pleads danger to clerk
Byrdie Allison, an employee at Columbia Finance in the Granite block, recounts a noonday hold up by a polite yet businesslike bandit who pointed a pistol, tied her to a faucet and warned her to stay silent. He took the cash, counting receipts before slipping away, fearing pursuit.
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Byrdie Allison
Bandit
Columbia Finance Company
Byrdie Jane Allison
Clyde Grubb
Miss Allison
Allison
T-just
Reserve Officers May Expect Call Declared by Vidal
Major L W Vidal of Kalispell, Montana reserves chief, told the Helena T C A chapter that a majority of reserve officers may be called to duty soon. He noted Lieuts Francis O Connor and T B Miller Jr already reported for active duty at Fort Francis E Warren with orders dated November 15. The new executive officer of the Montana military subdistrict succeeds Lieut Col H P Kayeer who moved to Salt Lake City.
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L. W. Videl
Kalispell
Montana Reserves Officers’ Association
Helena T.C.A
Eddy Drive- Inn
Videl
Montana Military Subdistrict
H. P. Kayeer
Salt Lake City
Helens
Francis O'Connor
Helena
T. B. Miller
Fort Francis B. Warren
Cheyenne
Vidal
Aljveya Consid
Italian Warship Damaged In Taranto Bomb Raid
Rome reports an Italian warship severely damaged by bombs in the first British air raid on Taranto naval base. Six attacking planes were shot down and three others likely hit, while Italian submarines in the central Mediterranean were said to have damaged British vessels.
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Rome
1St Taranto
Gulf of Taranto
Italy
Mediterranean
Los Angeles Plants Produce Many Planes
Los Angeles county airplane factories have sent 1,745 military planes to England and Australia, including 945 bombers. Hundreds more are in production along with multimillion dollar defense orders for this country.
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Los Angeles
England
Australia
Churchill Praises Chamberlain as Britain Aims for Victory
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the late Neville Chamberlain and pledged that Britain will win the war. He recalled Chamberlain’s sincerity and leadership during crises and noted the country had turned the corner, despite upcoming hardships.
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London
Winston ChurchiLl
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Chamberlain
Churchill
Commons
Vere
Eatra
Greeks claim Italian retreat on central front gains
Athens dispatch reports Greeks driving fascists back toward Albania on most of the central front with only a small salient remaining in Greece. In the north Italian raids near Koritza were repulsed while in the west Italians dig in. Yugoslav reports claim Italians forced Greeks from heights near Koritza.
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Athens
Albania
Greece
Korltza
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Koritea
Koritza
Recurring Earthquakes Trigger Deadly Landslides in Rumania
Bucharest reports minor shocks after Sunday's quake as rescue efforts for entombed apartment dwellers at the Carlton Mock continue. The disaster toll is estimated between 1,000 and 2,000, with mining engineers ordered to bore tunnels into the ruins while German relief and oil shipments face disruptions.
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Rumania
Lower
Bucharest
Upper
Carlton
Eft
Buceg Range
Carpathian Mountains
Romania
Germany
Glurgul
Danube
British Announce At Least 29 Ships Escape From Nazi Raid
London reports that at least 29 ships of a British convoy attacked in mid Atlantic on November 5 escaped. The German raider allegedly claimed destruction of the convoy, but the admiralty said most ships reached safety and praised the armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay for its gallant action.
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London
mid-Atlantic
Admiralty
Jerria Bay
Associated Press
Admiral Scheer
Luetzow
Duck
Jervis Bay
Jervis Hay
Consoy
HLMCS
Mt AR DEAD 26 INJURED IN ACCIDENTS
Orange Texas reports sabotage acts over a 24 hour span as Representative Marlin Dies pledges to send men to every trouble site. He seeks congressional funds between 4.6 to 6 million dollars for a nationwide close in on subversive elements following three plant blasts. At least 14 killed and 26 injured in the attacks in the North area.
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Orange
Texas
Marlin Dies
Dies
Congress
Associated Press
Hitler and Molotov Hold World-Shaping Berlin Talks
In a strictly business atmosphere Adolf Hitler and Vyacheslav Molotov met in Berlin for talks that could influence global power, with rumors of a potential Soviet German partnership and a shift toward an intercontinental peace system. Officials cautioned no official results were expected yet.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Vyacheslaff Molotov
Soviet Union
Germany
England
Hitler
Molotoff
Tuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
G. Dakanozoff
Explosion at Canton oil plant rocks city. no injuries reported
Canton Ohio November 12 a massive blast at the Alleghany Oil plant centered in its largest storage tank sent flames and smoke across Canton and nearby areas. Fire crews confined the blaze to that tank as the firm’s complex with fifteen tanks faced the emergency.
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Canton
Ohio
Alleghany Oi Company
Canton Reflarms Company
Alleghany-Arrow Oil Company
Nazi Planes Pound England Still Raid London
London reports ongoing air raids as German planes pound Britain with over 25,000 dead and wounded since the aerial siege began. A single bomb near a row of houses killed three and wounded eight on a trolley bus. raids continued through the Dover Strait and Channel with high winds.
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London
Britain
Dover Strait
Channel
Temperature Rise Forecast as Montana Sees Record Low
The Weather Bureau warned of rising temperatures in central and eastern Montana after a record November 12 low for the city. Yesterday’s low reached 13 degrees below zero, beating the previous 12.3 degrees below in 2018, with today expected to bring fair weather and warmer conditions east of the divide.
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Montana
Weather Bureau
Divide
Montana Guards at Camp Murray Building New Barracks
Montana National Guardsmen at Camp Murray Washington are being housed in new permanent quarters. Brig. Gen. John W. Mahan reported a rapid survey showing improved facilities including tent floors, stoves, electric lights, and new mess and recreational halls. Canteen and bathhouse arrangements are being updated. prior encampments were limited.
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Montana National Guards
Camp Murray
Wash
John W. Mahan
Montana National Guard
Montana Guardsmen
Mahon Sard
Snrgsly
Second
13Rd Infantry
Mhese
Montana
162Nd Infantry
Japan to Get Oil From East Indies Agreement Reported
Shanghai dispatch notes Reuters that East Indies oil companies and Japanese importers began talks to supply petroleum from the Netherlands East Indies to Japan. Details were not available.
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Japan
East Indies
Shanghai
Reuters
Biitavia
Netherlands East Indies
Butte Fire Causes Major Loss in Boston Block
A blaze in downtown Butte caused about 100000 in damage across the Boston Main street block. The three story Boston building valued at 50000 burned, neighboring structures damaged, bottlesupply and Montana Leather Goods stores damaged over 75900. A hole in the roof and collapsed wall injured firefighter Joe Berryman, treated for non serious injuries.
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Butte
Butte Buamesa
Boston
Bouth Main Street
Arnold-Bratt Plumbing Company
Future Farmers Awards Drawn by Montana Youths
At the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show, Montana youths were honored as top Future Farmers of America winners. Gerald Revenge, 17, from Emmet Ark, won Star Farmer of America and a $500 prize. Gold medal winners came from Virginia Montana Wyoming and Texas, with several high schools earning national emblems. Fred Clause of Ruswell Kan exhibited the champion Aberdeen Angus feeding steer.
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America
Gerald Revenge
Emmet
Ark
Star Farmer of America
Star
Bondra
Virginia
Montana
Wyoming
Texas
Deer Lodge H
Ponca City
Oklo
Clarendos
Texsa
Deer Lodge
Mont
Stephens City
Aberdeen
American Royal Livestock and Horse Show
Fred Clause
Ruswell
Kan
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