Jap Crisis Deepens As Tokyo Moves Loom Larger
Washington reports the Japanese American feud has reached a grave point with top officials saying peace now hinges on Tokyo. Reports from the Orient describe troop massing in Indo China and Thai defenses. Diplomatic talks fail to break the deadlock as Tokyo readies a new envoy. Roosevelt at Warm Springs left room for further talks but warned merchant ships would not operate under current circumstances.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Orient
Indo-China
Thailand
Indo- China
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Japan
United States
Sabura Kuriisi
December 15 set as Bill of Rights Day by president
President Roosevelt, aboard the Roosevelt train en route to Warm Springs Georgia, designated December 15 as Bill of Rights Day by proclamation. He urged observance to honor the 150th anniversary of the first ten amendments and the rights they guarantee. He called for mobilization for freedom and a reassessment of their living meaning.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Grievwiges
Mrr
Roosgevelt
Condosnis
Weird Adventures Mark Trip Ship Passengers Bring Tales That Rival Fiction
An escapee from more than 200 bombings arrives with 48 passengers and 165 crew as the El Nil traverses 84 days from Alexandria to Trinidad. Tales of Suez bombings, fuel searches, jealous officers and a preacher aboard fuel rumors of Nazi propaganda, while a pretty woman aboard sparks conflicts and a cleric-appearing man is removed by authorities. The voyage faced water shortages and Axis submarine fears, delaying docking at Trinidad after a perilous voyage along Africa’s coast.
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Suez
Alvies
Trinidad
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Sierra Leone
Valestine
Royal Canadian Air Force
Weir Pier
Alexandria
Yourt Said
Morbasy
Capetown
Lagos
Taboraili
Ouinha
Richard A. Watson
Hallifax
Nigeria
Watson
Hhe
Marc Attia
Administration Wins Passage of Price Control Bill
The House approved a revamped price control bill after Roosevelt supporters compromised with Republicans and Democrats. A five member board will set price ceilings with Leon Henderson likely to be administrator, while a licensing and revocation power was rejected.
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Roosevelt
Senate
House Banking Committees
Board of Review
Grities
Leon Henderson
Dice
Texas
Schecial House Committee of un-American Activi
Henderson
President Will Have Belated Turkey Dinner in Georgia
In Welcome Springs, Georgia, President Roosevelt will host a belated Thanksgiving dinner for Paralysis Foundation patients. Delays in turkey delivery forced postponement, and Canadian Minister Leighton McCarthy, a 72 year old attorney and insurance board chairman, joins the visit. The president plans to carve the turkey, with patients seating near him, as international tensions prompted the scheduling change.
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Roosevelt
Leighton McCarthy
Iusurance Board
Washington Post
Washington
Christmas Seal Drive Reports $352 Turned In
The Helena Christmas seal drive shows $352 turned in to headquarters after seals were mailed. Mrs J M Heidt, seal sale chair, notes funds support tuberculosis work in the state with rural Lewis and Clark county teachers taking part under Frances Forgy, and East Helena and Augusta also contributing. Returns from rival districts will be announced later. Rural teachers are urged to report top pupil sellers, while rural students are limited to mail sales.
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J. M. Heidt
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Frances Forgy
East
GC. A. Beyer
Augusta
Sadie Drusan
Heidt
Seledt
State Duck Season Ends Today With Poor Shooting
Mantuma duck hunters face a near end to a 59 day season as mild weather and slow migration thin waterfowl numbers. The state closes at 4 pm today, likely ending with a smaller lake harvest than recent years. Elk seasons continue in limited areas with dates in December and January. Trapping remains open for mink and raccoon from December 1 to January 15, muskrat season starts March 1, and no open seasons exist for marten or fox in most regions.
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Mantuma
Wik Hutters
Lincoln County
Teton County
Lewis and Clark County
Dearborn River
Sun River
Fisher
Anti-Strike Bills Approved In Both Houses
Washington reports anti strike bills cleared for action in both chambers after the administration dropped compulsory arbitration. Senate and House panels favor government seizure of strike prone plants, but differ on scope and approach. Leaders warn a fight to tighten terms will come when the bills reach the floor. The House plan centers on plant possession after failed mediation with a defense mediation board guiding the process.
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Senate
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Labor Committee
House Committee
Smith
Powe
Rep
Cox
Guilty Verdicts Return in District Court
A district court jury found M. J. Curtiss guilty of burning his house barn and shed in the Helena valley on July 1 with intent to defraud. Punishment deferred to the court with sentencing set for December 4 at 10 a.m. The National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford was involved for a $1,108 claim. Jurors were Jaymes J. Nairn, Gladys Wranel s, Ray Sinclair, A. Wolrich, John Williams, May Turner, John A. Lonsmaid, Mary M. Raymond, Milton Reiley, Ole Ellerton, Rey Anderson and Margaret Wixon.
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M. J. Curtiss
Helena Valley
A. J. Norsky
Curtiss
Wartford
Jaymes J
Foreign Assets in U S Total 10 Billions Reported
Washington November 28. The first inventory of foreign property in the United States is to reveal about 10.09 billion dollars of non American assets. Today was the deadline for all foreigners or Americans connected with foreign holdings to report to the treasury under President Roosevelt June 14. Official use of the information remains secret.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
R Rosevelt
Nazis Press Offensives In Crimea and Moscow Fronts
German forces push in Crimea toward Sevastopol while intensifying pressure on Moscow. Soviet dispatches describe heavy German assaults on front lines near Tula Volokolamsk and Mozhaisk, with retreats and counterattacks unfolding amid snow and cloudbursts.
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Berlin
Black Sea
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Red Capital
Rostav-on-Don
Donets Bend
Kuibyshev
Russia
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Volokolamsk
Rer
Stalino-gorok
Mozhaisk
Maloyaroslavets
Two U S Gunboats Leave China On Yangtze Patrol
Shanghai, Nov 29. The Luzon and Dahu, two U S gunboats of the Yangtze river patrol, quietly left their anchorages with low gunwales up against waves, headed likely for Manila. Wake and Witch descend from Wankaw to serve as communications ships, while Tutuila remains tied at Chungking due to twisting gorges.
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Luzon
Dahu
U.S. Yangtze River
Manila
Witch
Wankaw
Ste Orilies
Tutuila
Chungking
Yangtze
Weather Outlook for Montana West and East Sides
The forecast covers Montana west of the Continental Divide with mostly cloudy skies and rain or straw on Saturday and Sunday, with slightly colder temperatures. East of the Divide will be mostly cloudy with occasional rain southwest, snow flurries north and east, and colder conditions with rain or snow in the southeast Saturday and Sunday.
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U S Army Observer Captured By Axis In Libya
Csiro Nov 28 Major Michael Buckley of Coalinga California an artillery observer with British forces in Libya has been captured by Axis trains. He is believed unharmed. Earlier Rome reports named two American officers and several American and English newspapermen among the detainees.
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Michael Buckley
Coalinga
Galit
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Libya
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Rome
Godfrey I
Anderson
Associated Press
London
Harold Denny
New York Times
Axis Forces in Libya Face Annihilation
Axis formations near Tobruk Rezegh zone struggle to escape a closing British line as Rommel tries to save two collapsing columns. British and New Zealand forces press from Tobruk toward Gazala and Derna, while Cunningham concentrates power to strike the axis through Gambut as the Malian Bologna division is declared annihilated.
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Auong
Exocir Rommel
Libya
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Rommnel
Cyptian
Sidi Gaur
Hallaya
Hellfire
Tobruk- Hezegh
Gazala
Derna
Tobruk
Alan Cunningham
Tobruk-Rezegh
Axs
Tobimk
Rommel
Gambut
War Front reports large Japanese troop movements toward Hainan
Reliable dispatches from Shanghai on Saturday claim over 70 transports carrying 24 000 men move toward Hainan island and French Indochina this week. Analysts call the operation a major strategic shift with landing craft and campaign equipment aboard, signaling a renewed push in the Pacific theater.
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Shanghai
Hainan Island
Indo-China
Last Italian Garrison Falls in Gondar After Native Assault
Thousands of exhausted Italian troops hoisted a surrender banner at Gondar as British led forces completed the fall of the last Italian stronghold in northeastern Ethiopia. The Italians, routed by a two day onslaught including tanks and air power, saw Gondar captured with casualties and prisoners not immediately known. The Rome high command said resistance was exhausted and hostilities suspended at 7 p.m.
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Ethiopia
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Somaliland
Eri- Lea
Rome
Compromise Offer Is Advanced By Brotherhoods
Washington November 28 The 15 railroad brotherhoods advance a compromise wage plan offering one dollar a day raises for 41 260 000 operating and non operating workers. The proposal falls below union demands yet adds about 190 million dollars yearly to pay versus board suggested raises. The operating and non operating groups posed broad increases but kept to present scales. board had proposed nine to ten percent. Labor leaders say the raise would lift current pay about one percent for operating men and around twenty percent for non operating workers. The operating unions had threatened a December 7 strike but the emergency board sought to avert a walkout at Roosevelt's urging.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wade
Chicago
Increased Guards Aboard French Ships in New York
New York on November 28 reported an uptick in coastal defense for French vessels. A dozen extra guards were placed on the liner Normandie with additional guards on freighters Mont Everest and Fort Royal. Total guards now number 160 on Normandie and 20 on smaller ships, with more expected aboard in the coming days amid rumors of Vichy collaboration with Germany.
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