Thanksgiving Day Observed Across Nation in Prayer and Festivities
Thanksgiving was celebrated in 32 states with prayers and pageantry while President Roosevelt stayed at Hyde Park due to world tensions. He joined a Pan American Mass in Washington, hosted a turkey dinner at home, and CCC troops prepared meals outdoors. Observers nationwide marked the holiday with religious rites and public feasts amid global concerns.
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American Nurse Arrested by Japanese Authorities
Honolulu reports Edna Lawrence of Ontario California a missionary nurse was removed from the Yawata Maru at Yokohama and charged with violating Japan peace preservation law and a military statute. Lawrence who served 20 years at Severance Medical Union school in Seoul is among Americans returning home. Ambassador Joe Grew was aboard and expected to represent the United States.
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Honolulu
United States
Japan
Edna Lawrence
Ontario
Calif
Yokohama
Lawrence
Severance Medical Union School
Seoul
Korea
Joaopt P. Grew
Dies committee reports Nazi propaganda and espionage network
The Dies committee charged a widespread Nazi propaganda and possible espionage network in the United States. It released a 500-page white paper with letters between German representatives ending with Heil Hitler, outlining plans to organize German postwar business here.
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Unique Dies
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Antonescu to Confer With Hitler Today
Romanian war leader Ion Antonescu travels to Berlin for a high level meeting with Adolf Hitler as Axis powers move toward a broader Balkan alliance. The visit follows Romania joining the German Italian and Japanese pact with Hungary and anticipated inclusion of Bulgaria.
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Hungary
Bulgaria
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Joinjing
Christmas Snow Ties Thanksgiving in Montana
Heavy snow blanketed Montana bringing a Christmas mood to the Treasure State while causing three deaths in Helena and Hardin. W. W. Howard died from monoritis poisoning and two children perished in a house fire. Roads were commonly passable, though driving was cautious as crews plowed and sanded. Snow measured 5.7 inches with .20 inch precipitation. MacDonald Pass remained in excellent condition. City streets saw cars left in garages and pedestrians preferred walking amid slippery conditions.
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W. W. Howard
Helena
Hardin
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MacDonald Pass
Weather Bureau
Taft seeks single defense admin to speed industrial effort
Senator Taft proposed creating a war resources administration with a single head to cut red tape and coordinate all industrial and procurement aspects of the defense program. He argued the current national defense advisory commission is advisory and unwieldy, and urged adopting the 1933 industrial mobilization plan refined by experts.
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Taft R
Ohio
War Resources Administration
Taft
National Defense Advisory Commission
Indus- Utey
Death by Carbon Monoxide in Helena Garage
Helena resident William W. Howard, age 3, died after carbon monoxide buildup while two men ran a car in a closed garage at 1430 Phoenix Avenue. Neighbor John Dietz, age 72, faced danger as Howard's sister-in-law Mrs George Howard found them unconscious. efforts to help followed until authorities.
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Phoenix Avenue
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William Howard
Bill Wood
Hemingway Marries Martha Gellhorn in Cheyenne Wyoming
Ernest Hemingway 41 of Key West Florida and Martha Gellhorn 28 of St. Louis wed today in Cheyenne Wyoming as Justice F A Stennett presided. Hemingway traveled from Sun Valley Idaho to meet Gellhorn on her arrival from St. Louis. He had recently left Florida after a divorce and the couple planned a New York wedding trip tomorrow.
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Martha Gellhorn
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F. A. Stennett
Hemingway
Sun Valley
Idaho
Gellhorn
Sut Valley
Florida
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New York Jetty
Two Babies Burned to Death in Hardin Fire
In Hardin on November 21 two infants died when their parents’ two room house burned. Fred Allen Michael, 18 days old, and his week old brother Robert perished in a living room bed as Mrs Michael dumped hot ashes outside. The fire gutted the wooden frame home on the town’s edge before help arrived. The cause is believed to be an overheated stove.
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Fred Allen Michael
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Fred Michael
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One of Britain’s Greatest Air Force Officers Captured as POW
Rome reports Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd, 61, a leading British air force executive, was captured after a Wellington crewed flight ended with a forced landing on Sicily. Four other officers and two men were also taken. The fascist press hailed Boyd as originator of England’s barrage balloons.
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Boyd
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Holiday Toll in Accidents Reaches Seventy-Two
The Associated Press reports 72 holiday-related deaths across the United States as Thanksgiving travel peaks. Automobiles caused 53 fatalities, with 19 others from electrocution, hunting incidents, or other holiday accidents. Washington led with nine deaths. Ohio and Maryland reported multiple fatalities. The National Safety Council notes this toll would be average for a typical November Thursday.
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National Safety Council
Greeks Push Deep Into Albania As Axis Retreat
British and Greek planes dropped sacks of canned meat and bread to advancing Greek troops in the Albanian mountains behind retreating Italians. A government spokesman predicted most Italian forces would be gone from Greek territory by tomorrow. The high command claimed 15 Italian guns and other matériel captured, with Greek bombers active along the front. Greek columns neared Argirocastro and were at the outskirts of Koritza, with dispatches describing heavy fighting as Koritza entered by Greek forces.
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Yugoslavia
Britain Will Strike Hard At Nazis Now
London reports RAF bomber force gains momentum as 36 US four motored bombers join. Planes to bolster long range attacks on eastern Germany and Italy. Officers say American crafts will lead and free British bombers for anti submarine patrols along the Channel. Last night bases at Lorl
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United States Army
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Germany
Italy
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King Opens New Session as Wartime Parliament Met
King Deorge opened a new session in a sombre ceremony amid bomb-scarred Westminster with Lord Simon proroguing the old session. He noted aid from the United States in munitions and supplies arriving in increasing volume and praised the empire’s resolve to fight for freedom.
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Lord Simon
French battleship surrenders to British authorities at Gibraltar
A French battleship of the Paris class entered Gibraltar and surrendered to British authorities. The vessel, similar in tonnage to the Paris and Courbet, anchored at the entrance to the port as World War I hostilities began.
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France
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Negotiations at Vultee Air Plant Break Off
Negotiations ending the seven day United Automobile Workers strike at Vultee aircraft plant collapsed this afternoon over no strike clauses. Major Sidney Simpson, labor adviser, said other settlement terms were agreed. The union refused the no-strike duration and the company proposed another week to complete an agreement or take arbitration.
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Calif
United Automobile Workers
Vultee Aircraft
Sidney Simpson
War Department
C.I.0
Bulgaria Faces Axis Domination Amid Blackout Talks
Sofia leaders confer with Franz von Papen as Bulgaria eyes cooperation with Germany against Greece. Deputy Dome mavolf blasts England as Bulgaria's foe while press recalls Bulgaria's claims. Observers note Bulgaria may join the Axis alliance soon. blackout in Sofia tightens as totality looms.
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Peter Doumavolf
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Ivan Popoff
Franz von Papen
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