Axis Vessel Under U S Had Taken
The Navy announced that a United States cruiser captured an Axis merchant ship on November 6 in Atlantic equatorial waters flying U S colors. The ship was taken to port under U S jurisdiction after her crew abandoned ship and two explosions occurred. Papers indicated ownership by Axis nationals and false colors.
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Washington
Navy Department
United States
Atlantic
Navy
He Bayy
Philadelphia
Ler
Billings Constable Dies After Alleged Fight
Carl Sullens, a 30 year old auto salesman, is in custody in Billings for investigation into the death of Constable John H. Johnson, 63, after an altercation. County Attorney Hibbs said charges await further questioning and autopsy results. Johnson died while en route to a hospital after a scuffle in which a mop handle was used and the men fell down stairs. Johnson had been appointed Billings township constable last August 6 and previously served as deputy to Sheriff Birely.
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Billings
Countyttorney
F. Hibha
Carl Sullens
John H
Jack) Johnson
Hibbs
Sullers
Johnston
Suilens
Johnson
Billings Township
Yellowstone County
Tie
B. M. Birely
Washington pressures Japan with stern offers and warnings
The piece details Tokyo demanding the lifting of economic blocks and abolition of military encirclement in exchange for restored trade. Tojo and Togo urge a closing window for conciliatory talks as Kurusu heads to Washington to seek a chance to improve relations without implying US entry into war.
Chinese Army Ready for Breaks in Asia
Chinese forces in Kwangsi and Yunnan border areas are blowing bridges and destroying roads to hinder a potential Japanese push from French Indo-China. United States and British missions to Chiang Kai-Shek are kept informed as troop reinforcements move south. Posing invasion fears, four more U. S. mission members depart for Kumming, with twenty officers now in China and more en route to Rangoon. China pledges tens of thousands of trained troops for Burma or Russia if needed.
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Chungking
Kwangsi
Yunnan
Indo-China
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
Kumming
Yunnan Province
Bur Mia
Burma
China
I. S
Rangoon
Free China
London
British
Russia
V. K. Wellington Koo
Koo
UCLA Student, 17, Charged in Extortion Plot
FBI agents arrested Alfred Arndt Srere, 17, son of Harry Srere, after he allegedly tried to extort $5,000 from Betty Berch, 17, daughter of Samuel Bech, threatening to disfigure her with acid. The Los Angeles case centers on alleged threats against the Beverly Hills party.
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Los Angeles
University of California At
Beverly Hills
FBI
Richard Dood
F.B.I
Alfred Arndt Srere
Harry Srere
Betty Berch
Samuel H. Bech
Gas blast kills seven in Texas lumber crash
A highway collision near Ranger Texas triggered a fire that killed six men and a boy, with 18 others injured as flaming gasoline showered spectators after a lumber truck stalled on a hill and its driver lit warning flares. Names include Ellis Granville of Fort Worth and James Gallahan of Carrollton among the dead. other victims were Alvin and Nolan Johnson of Lewinville and Garland Branton and Lester Barnes of Eastland.
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Ranger
Texas
Here
Ellis Granville
Fort Worth
James Gallahan
James M
Carrollton
Alvin
Nolan
Johnson
Lewinville
Garland Branton
Lester Barnes
Easts Land
Japanese Give Out Their Terms To Avert Fight
Premier Hideki Tojo announced Japan's terms for settling the Japanese American crisis in a Diet speech. He called for other nations to stay hands off Japan's settlement with China, relief from the economic blockade, an end to military encirclement, and restoration of normal trade relations.
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Jayne
Pacific
Tokyo
United States
Japan
America
Britain
China
Netherlands
Hideki Tojo
Diet
Shigenori Togo
Washington
Saburo Kurusu
Germany
Berlin
State Hall
Far East
Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
East Asia
Hull
State Committee Plans Talks on Agencies Today
The governor's state reorganization and economy committee will meet at the state house today and Tuesday to review reports on divisions of state government. Secretary Fred Beunion said committee members would attend. Agencies to be discussed include Oil Conservation Commission, Liquor Control Board, Fish and Game Commission, Industrial Accident Board, Railroad and Public Service Commission, Veterans Memorial Commission, Teachers Retirement Board, State Industrial School for Boys, Vocational School for Girls, Armory Board, and Highway Patrol. Transportation of state employees will also be examined.
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State House
Fred Beunion
Oil Conservation Commssion
Nquor Control Board
Fish and Game Commission
Industrial Accident Board
Railroad and Public Service Commission
Veterans Memorial Commission
Teachers Retirement Board
State Industrial School For Boys
Vocational School
Armory Board
Highway Patrol
Weather Outlook East of Divide Turns Colder With Rain Then Snow
Cloudy and colder weather moves east of Divide with occasional rain turning to snow Monday night. Tuesday sees rising afternoon temperatures in the west while near and west of Divide light rain ends Monday morning. Monday afternoon through Tuesday turns partly cloudy with warmer conditions Tuesday.
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Montana
Divide
King Winter Goes To Rescue of Russian Forces
A Vichy agency quoted German radio saying troops penetrated into Kerch as fighting raged there. British dispatches report German attempts near Moscow and in Crimea were repulsed, with heavy losses noted on the southern front. Moscow radio spoke of Napoleon weather freezing soldiers and tanks, while Russian counterattacks continued in the Tikhvin area.
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King Winter
London
Vichy
Radio Today
Kerch
Reuters
Crimea
Ealy Morning
Moscow Communiqus
Kalinan
Moscow
Tikhvin
Volkhov
Leningrad
Napoleon
Houses May Take Action on Strike Menace
Washington reports indicate Congress may move quickly on strike control in defense sectors if President Hassevelt requests. Roosevelt and lawmakers signal readiness to enact measures to curb labor disruption. Chairman Connally reveals a draft to empower the government to seize any defense site delayed by strikes or disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connally
Tejas
Seastal Foreign Relations
San Salvador Shaken By Early Earthquake
San Salvador residents fled into the streets when a quake rattled the city this morning. Authorities reported no serious damage and no immediate injuries, but the tremor prompted warnings and routine safety checks across buildings and utilities.
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San Salvador
Indications of French govern reform and German influence
Reports from well informed sources say Germany seeks to influence French policy through Ambassador Abetz and Marshal Petain with Pierre Laval in a favored role. Potential shakeup could oust Marshal Weygand and unsettle French command in Africa as European order debates unfold. Bevin warns Britain may face stricter government measures and greater war task burdens for women. The German foreign office defends reprisals policy amid Mexican protests.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Uitte Abery
Paris
Marshal Petain
Pierre Taal
Associated Press
Jean Barlen
Petaln
Maxime Weygand
Africa
Weygin
Vachy
Abetz
Army plane with four aboard crashes in Maine forest
Wreckage found in junglelike timber 60 miles northeast of Bangor after a twin engine bomber with four on board is believed to have burned on impact. Army pilots reported no sign of survivors and crews searched rugged terrain after receiving word of the crash near Oak Mountain in Grand Lake country.
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Maine
Banger
Gungle-Nire
Hanger
N.Y Hattenburg
Coast Guard
Oak Mountain
Lincoln
Springfield
Grand Lake Country
Malcolm Teber
Hombe
Roundup of Rugged Individualists In Dizzy Doings
A New York byline notes a spoof roundup of eccentrics labeled Be Yourself Sweepstakers. Tales include Tacoma’s Mr. Sizer who enjoyed wrong-number calls, a Fort Benjamin Harrison soldier advocating Gandhi like a herb diet, a Detroit man stealing candy for taste, a St Paul man returning sidewalk thefts with no owner dispute, Bayville’s Mrs. Clarkson fined for a traffic ticket paid in pennies, and a Belleville resident pulling four aching teeth with pliers.
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Gladwin H
New York
The
Special News Service
H. H. Sizer
Tacoma
Wash
Sizer
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Mahatma Gandhi
Detroit
St. Paw
Mina
Sidney Clarkson
Bayville
Belleville
Sam
Bowlers Told How to Score Well by Falcaro
Joe Falcaro guides beginners in a twelve part illustrated series "Bowlers for Beginners" on today’s sports page. The famed match player and authority has recorded 55 perfect games in 35 years, promising clear steps from entrance of the bowling alley to beyond the foul line.
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Fowlers
Joe Falcaro
Rom
Bowlez
Falcaro
Lewis Sheds Light on Looming Mine Crisis
Washington reports the 53,000 United Mine Workers strike deadline looms as talks between union and steel-backed mine owners collapse. John G. Lewis sticks to a union shop stance, while President Roosevelt faces growing pressure amid defense production needs and possible arbitration. The administration awaits final reports on the stalemate and prepares for potential escalation.
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Washington
John G. Lewis
Roosevelt
Congress
First Steps Taken in Coal Strike as Miners Stay Home
Pittsburgh on November 16 1930s: United Mine Workers chief John L Lewis ordered miners to stay home as a coal strike began. About 28 000 captive workers in western Pennsylvania were told not to report while some Frick Coke workers remained at work. Locals near Pittsburgh and Greene County joined in sympathy as three steel firms faced the disruption.
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Commerce Department
Roosevelt
Lewis
Stimson
Pittsburgh
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
National Mining Company
Alinc
Morgan
Pennsylvania
UMW
John L. Lewis
Uniontown
William J. Hynes
Washington
Wea
Hynes
U. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel
Frick
Fayette County
Greene County
Fayette
Buckeye
Youngstown Sheet and Tobe . Company
William Hargest
U.maw. District 1
Priteburgh
U.N.W
Vesta No. 4
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Allei Sheny-Ludhm Steel
Republic Steel Corporation
Three Die in Fire in Missouri Home
In Rives Missouri a 23 year old mother Lena Jistdin and her two daughters Cleta Tern eight and Betts Loyce six months died in a blaze that swept their two room house. The father Perry Hardin thirty two was burned seriously but expected to recover. He said a stove exploded as he tried to revive the fire with coal oil.
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Rives
Lena Jistdin
Cleta Tern
Betts Loyce
Perry Hardin
Hardin
No Explosion Reported As Elks Hold Ceremony
Newark officials clarified that there was no catastrophe after more than 1000 calls demanded details. The Elks lodge 1591 burned a mortgage payment in a fireworks display on a hillside nearby, the police noted.
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Newark
N. J
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Walkout by United Mine Workers halts Woodward Iron ops
In Birmingham Alabama workers at Woodward Iron coke ovens voted to walk out at midnight over bargaining terms. The action affects defense work as Woodward produces about 40 000 tons of coke monthly. The strike aligns with but is separate from the Captive mine walkout involving 1350 Woodward miners.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
United Mine
Woodward Iron Company
N. B. Maxwell
U.m.w.’S
Gas, Coke and Chemical Division
Woodward
Thair
U.M.W
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U. S. Harbor
Asia
Kennedy
Murray
Purnell
Grace
White House
C.I.0
Thomas Kennedy
John d. Lewis
Philip Murray
Hassevelt
Capitol Hill
Bevin
Lanior
Ernest Bevin
Middlesbrough
Ier
Lea
Temoral
P. W. Beckham
Wouston
Wyman O. Thompson
Underwood
Corp
J. L. Polson
Proto
Rotherwal
Lansley Field
Westsover Field
Chicopee
Mass
Augusta
Bangor
Rostan
Alton Lowell
Lee Farmer
aeeSalt
Union
CIQ
UMLW
Missouri
Maxwell
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