U S and Mexico Reach Wide Ranging Settlement
The United States and Mexico agreed on a series of settlements covering oil expropriation, general and agrarian claims totaling 40 million dollars, a reciprocal trade intent, peso stabilization aid, purchase of newly mined Mexican silver, and a 30 million dollar loan for highway construction. Experts will value seized properties, report in five months, with a possible brief extension, and Mexico will deposit 9 million dollars pending final valuation.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Hull
Milk Producers Convene Today for Annual Meeting
Montane Fluid Milk association members register at the Placer hotel at 9 AM for their sixth annual convention. E. F. Lyman of Great Falls delivers the opening address at 9:30 AM, with reports on the state milk control board and national dairy actions. Speakers cover price schedules, advertising campaigns, mile production, and committee appointments. A luncheon at noon precedes business meetings and officer elections, followed by expert talks and a directors meeting after adjournment.
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Montane Fluid Milk Association
Placer Hotel
G. A. Norris
State Milk Control Board
Placer
E. F. Lyman
Great Falls
Association
Norris
National Association of Milk Control Board
Lyman
Fred Rosselet
Bulle
Milk Control Board
Fred Traber
W. J. Butler
BH. H. Hibbard
Montane State College
Bozeman
W. M. Bailey
Havre Dairyman
Strike Situation Tense as Lewis Rejects F D R Plan
President Roosevelt proposed a new formula to end the coal mine strike. John L. Lewis rejected it, insisting on a union shop and noting union officers lack authority to accept anything less. U S Steel said it would pursue either course, while Congress and troops loomed as options to resume production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Futher
Lewis
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
FiveYearOld Butte Boy Saves Four From Fire
Edward Sheridan, a pneumonia patient, alerted a caregiver to smoke and saved Lulie May one, Jim three, and himself from a burning home in Butte. The children were evacuated while the mother was away and James Sheridan hunted for work on the Pacific coast. The house was destroyed.
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Butte
Edward Sheridan
Lulie May
Jim
Edward
James Sheridan
Weather notes Montasai: colder with partial clouding
The forecast shows partly cloudy and continued cold conditions on Thursday, followed by sunny skies Friday with calmer weather and a slight rise in temperatures. Moderate winds expected, with no precipitation indicated.
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Montasai
Five Die as Locomotive Burns in Long California Tunnel
Five rail workers died in a freak tunnel accident near Chatsworth after a coupling broke on a 90 car freight train. A burning locomotive sprayed oil, filling a 7000 foot tunnel with heat and smoke. Three other crew members were hospitalized, and two escaped, with the bodies of two engineers and three other crew found in or near the tunnel.
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Long Tunnel
van Nuys
Calif
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chatsworth
John Dunne
Snodgrass
C. B. Baker
Pasadena
Virgil Ripley
Boyd Bonner
German Armies Claim Advancing Front Across Wide Front
Berlin reports new and successful operations as German forces move along a broad front from near Lake Ladoga to the Black Sea. The high command cites weather as a factor, says Soviet resistance remains strong, and notes heavy fighting around Takhvin Malini Rostov and the Donets basin with Hungarian dispatches confirming action near Rostov.
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Berlin
Lake, Ladoga
Black Sea
Nol
Takhvin
Leningrad
Ladoga
Malini
Moscow
Central Theater
Donets
Rostov
Dott River
Caucasus
Weygand Deposed as Chief of French Africa by Nazi Pressure
General Maxime Weygand, once a central figure for France in Africa, is reported to have resigned as Marshal Petain's representative and army commander in the Arab and African theaters under pressure from German collaborationists in Vichy. Washington sources say Weygand’s ouster follows Abetz’s Paris visit, with Pla ton dispatched to Dakar as North Africa tensions rise.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
Marshal Petain
Arimes
Washington
Weygand
Alliet
Petain
William D. Leahy
Lieeld
Hey
Leahy
Douglas MacArthur
Perun
Otto Abetz
Adolf Hitler
Paris
French Africa
Abetz
Rene Platon
Dakar
North Africa
Mediterranean
Vrange
New Order
Total Blackout to Be Held in Philippines
More than half a million men will participate in a total blackout drill across the Philippines Friday night. The civilian defense exercise, the largest so far, will run from 7 p.m. Friday until dawn Saturday. Air raid wardens volunteer guards constabulary and other workers will total 586,700.
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Manila
Philippines
First Thanksgiving Observed as Montana Chooses Dual Holiday
Helena marks the first of two Thanksgiving days with many offices closed today though some remain open or split observes. State leaders allowed Montanans to observe either or both holidays as President Roosevelt proclaimed November 20 and Gov. Ford proclaimed November 27. Capitol and federal offices show mixed closures while the post office stays open.
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Helena
Montana
Nly
Roosevelt
Sam C. Ford
John Bonner
Capitol
Colder Weather Expected After Montana Snowstorm
A two day wet snowstorm moved out of Montana leaving colder temperatures and heavy ice. Helena expects a 15 degree minimum today with warmer, fair conditions Friday. Snow was reported in Miles City Livingston Lewistown Glendive Glasgow Butte and Broadus, while other stations faced precipitation. Butte posted the coldest minimum at 11 above as roads remain icy and drivers were urged to slow down.
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Montana
Helena
Miles City
Livingston
Lewistown
Glendive
Glasgow
Butte
Broadus
Reds Report Victory In Don Area
London dispatches say Soviet military reports claim destruction of four German divisions in a Don area trap and recapture of key heights in Crimea. The Von Kleist offensive near Rostov halted by encirclement with heavy German losses while Red air forces aided a counterattack near Sevastopol.
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London
Hield
Ryald von Vileist
Don
North Caucasus
Crimea
von Kleist
Rostov
Savastopol
Heiniz Guderan
Eden Warns Japan Over Burma Road Attack Threat
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament that any Japanese attack on the Burma road would create a grave situation. The route from British Burma through Yunnan to Chungking supplies China for Britain and the United States. The warning came amid signs of increased Japanese naval activity and rising pressure on Thailand as the Far Eastern crisis showed little change.
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London
Japan
Anthony Hden
House of Commmons
Burma
British Burma
Yunnan
Chungking
China
Thailand
Eden
Ships Sent Down By Subs Off Labrador Coast
Survivors of a torpedoed British freighter say hostile submarines trailed their convoy 30 miles off the Canadian Atlantic coast for three days before sinking their vessel. Five seamen, rescued by a Canadian corvette, were the sole survivors of a 43 crew. The ship sank in 40 seconds. another freighter was sunk farther beyond Belle Isle.
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Belle Isle
Atlantic
Strait of Belle Isle
Labrador
Newfoundland
Axis Attacked By Land, Sea and Air
British forces launch a triple threat offensive against the Axis in Libya from Egypt. More than 750,000 imperial troops with the royal navy advance beyond 50 miles, aided by massed air attacks and naval bombardment to divert Axis strength for Russia and aim to drive Italy from the war. Prisoners taken, Italian troops driven back, and heavy bombardments reported at key Libyan positions. Continued on Page 2.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Russia
North
Africa
Italy
Mediterranean
Germany
Mimi
Derpa
Martuha
Agedabia
Bomba
Henzasi
Army
Navy
Air Force
Lieut
Geil
Page
Fire injures infant and two adults at Nogales theater
A fire during a crowded showing at a Nogales moving picture theater on November 19 injured a baby and two adults. Authorities report minor burns and rapid evacuation as firefighters cleared the building. The blaze caused damage but no deaths were confirmed at this time.
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Nogales, Ariz
Nogales Theater
Curtailment of NYA Work in Montana Announced
Montana NYA administrator MacMillan announced major cuts to the National Youth Administration program. Regular out of school work will average 900 youths per month for seven months, down from 1,200, with 10 percent cuts in regular work and 40 percent in high school student aid and 25 percent in college and graduate aid. Non youth costs trim about 45 percent, new building projects halted, defense related activities prioritized, and safe, workmanlike suspensions ensured.
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NYA
Montana
MM. MacMillan
MacMillan
Aubrey Walliams
N.Y.A
Washington
Cats Answer Ad In Guilford Times Fur Children
Guilford Connecticut November 1 A playful tale explains how a newspaper ad for nine healthy kittens drew in two as self responding felines. George Thrall placed the notice in the Shore Line Times and the white cat visited the back door followed by another cat at the window seeking entry.
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Guilford, Conn
George Thrall
Guilford
the Shore Line Times
Times
Hoover Opposed to Sending Troops to Europe
Former President Hoover spoke at the Union League Club in Chicago urging against deploying American troops to Europe. He warned such action would be a waste of American lives and threaten U S economic freedom, condemning wartime propaganda and preferring restraint amid a military stalemate.
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Chicago
Hoover
Europe
United States
Union League Club
Columbia
Hooer
British fleet Bombards German Positions at Hellfire Pass
Cairo dispatch reports the British Mediterranean fleet bombarding German positions at Hellfire pass near Solum, with confirmation arriving early Thursday. The report notes intensified action in the area as Allied forces target the Atlantic theater.
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Cairo
Hellfire Pass
Solum
Thirty Three States Observe Official Thanksgiving Today
A 33 state and District of Columbia observance marks Thanksgiving today with turkey and trimmings under President Roosevelt's proclamation. New England remains divided as New Hampshire Vermont and Plymouth Mass hold the traditional or pageant observances as other states shift to the new unified date next year.
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District of Columbia
New England
New Hampshire
Vermont
Plymouth
Mass
Roosevelt
Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Idaho
Illnois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Sippl
New Jersey
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Operties
F.D.R
Duce
America
Ltalion
Mussolini
Lake Ladoga
High Command
Reds
Sea of Azov
Axis
U. S
Bombard Pass
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