Japan Keeps Negotiations With United States Amid War Pressure
Japan decides to continue talks with Washington as war climate intensifies in the Pacific. The decision may be driven by a need to buy time while Hitler stalls and Moscow reshapes fortunes, with Nazi setbacks and Bolshevik gains shaping the wider struggle across Europe and the Caucasus.
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Japan
United States
Pacific
Tokyo
America
Britain
Germany
Magazine Is Using here Says Gangster Tactics
Washington dispatch reports House committees will investigate lobbying activities tied to defense contracts. Rep Jones denounces a publication he says solicits ads from arms suppliers under false claims of Democratic Party affiliation. Bland and May chairs push probes into Maritime Commission and Army contracts. Continued on page 2 column 3.
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Jones Unio
Joor
Democratic Party
Bland
D-Va
Merchant - Marine Marine
Maritime Commission
May
D-Ky
Military Committee
Army
Jones
Counter Drive Keeps Invaders In Full Flight
The Moscow radio quoted Pravda dispatches from the Southern front reporting a major Soviet counter thrust northwest of Rostov in the Donets Basin. Red Army units carried the banner back toward Rostov and extended gains beyond the city, threatening to cut German rear areas off in a large, fluid advance.
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Associated Pressi
Moscow
Rostov
Red Army
Moscow Radio
Pravda
Donets
Sea of Azov
No Progress In Preventing Rail Strike
President Roosevelt's fact finding board met for nearly 23 hours with no results on averting a railway strike affecting 350,000 workers. Chair man Wayne L Morse signaled dwindling hope as sessions continued into the night. The board was ordered to report to the President today, while other labor activity included Bell Aircraft workers in Buffalo voting to strike and CLO workers at American Magnesium setting a December deadline.
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Roosevelt
Wayne L. Morse
Morse
CIG
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Buffalo
N. Y
CLO
American Magnesium Corporation
C10
Aluminum Workers of America
Aluminum Company of America
New Kensington
Southeastern Conference All Star Team Named by AP
The 1941 AP selected SEC all star football team features three juniors and eight seniors from six schools. Unanimous choices were Fireball Frankie Sinkwich of Georgia and Holt Rast of Alabama, with Jimmy Nel son of Alabama one vote shy of unanimous. Ends Rast and Bill Eubanks of Mississippi anchor the lineup.
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Romney Waeelerk
Atlanta
Laspy
Associated Press
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Michigan
Texas
Ohio
Frankie Sinkwich
Georgia
Holt Rast
Alabama
Jimmy Nelson
Rast
Bill Eubanks
Mississippi
Ernie
Kurusu Says Jap Premier Was Misquoted
Secretary Hull resumes talks with Japanese ambassadors and reports to President Roosevelt. Nomura and Kurusu show cautious mood as talks focus on Pacific issues. Roosevelt cuts short a Thanksgiving holiday to oversee Far Eastern crisis developments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hull
White House
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Pacific
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Nomura
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Warm Springs
Readiness in Philippines as Far East tensions rise
United States Army and Navy forces in the Philippines were kept in readiness amid war fears in the Far East. Fresh British reinforcements in Burma, Thai military buildup, and reports of Japanese troop movements heightened concern that Japan might strike to disrupt the Burma road to China. Leaves were canceled at Corregidor and nightly blackouts ordered at Cavite and Alijoapo, with many officers recalled to duty.
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Shanghai
Congress Weighs Three Bills To Halt Defense Work Stoppages
Congress faces three House bills and two Senate measures aimed at stopping work stoppages in defense related industries. Options include outlawing jurisdictional strikes and mass picketing, a 60 day cooling off period with mediation powers, and compulsory arbitration. Senators Connally and Ball proposed bills freezing union or open shop status and government seizure if strikes halt production.
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Uothis
Labor Committee
National Defense Mediation Board
Probtem
Rep- Vinson
D.-Ga
Connally
D.-Tex
Ball
R.-Minn
Judiciary Committee
FDR seeks Anglo US cartel and postwar world primacy
The piece reports President Roosevelt pursuing talks with Lend Lease beneficiaries led by England to establish an Anglo US cartel for world peace. It claims he wants gold as the base monetary metal, the dollar to supplant sterling, and shared profits from postwar markets. The plan envisions U.S. influence at any peace table, with caution about not pressing Britain too hard at the moment.
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Ray 'Tloker
Roosevelt
England
United States
Britain
German Infantry Breaks Rezegh Defenses in Desert Fight
Cairo dispatch reports British forces westward in Libya acknowledge German infantry with tanks breached Rezegh defenses. Axis tank thrust repelled south of Rezegh. British units targeting the Ariete spearhead destroyed about half its remaining tanks before the formation fled northward. British reach Mediterranean coast along Gulf of Sirte, 300 miles west of Egypt, as Tobruk fighting expected to end soon.
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Egypt
Libya
Rezegh
Italy
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Gulf of Sirte
Bengali
Agedabia
Tobruk
Spirit of Democracy Must Be Preserved Declared
Dr Frank Graham president of the University of North Carolina told a Louisville audience that the spirit of democracy must and will be preserved in the United States. He spoke at the opening of the 46th annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools before nearly 300 delegates from 12 hundred colleges and high schools across 11 southern states.
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Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
United States
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
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Football Poll To Be Revealed Tomorrow
This season's final football ranking pool, used to crown the U S champion, will be announced Tuesday December 2. The AP poll, compiled by more than 125 sports writers, is seen as the nation's leading college football ranking. Watch for the AP poll in The Ente:p isc.
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Plane carrying U S officer to England misses Nazi fire
Viro, Egypt, Dec 1 The airplane bearing Major General George H. Brett, chief of the United States Army Air Corps, was fired on by Axis destroyers as it crossed the Mediterranean Saturday. Brett said the bomber was not hit and the pilot dipped to within a few feet of the water while delivering U S planes to British forces in the Middle East.
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Egypt
George H. Brett
United States Army Air Corps
Mediterranean
Brett
England
United States
Middle East
Man Killed at Phillips Oil Refinery Blast
Explosion at the Phillips Petroleum refinery in Oklahoma killed one man and burned 13 others. Fire and plant officials evacuated residents within six blocks as a large storage tank threatened to explode. Rescue workers feared several workers were trapped amid burning steel and oil.
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Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
Wilson School
Leonard Davis
Catney Wise
U S Builds Island Base Chain From Hawaii Toward Australia
Washington reports indicate the United States with Britain and possibly Free France is creating a string of bases across the Pacific from Hawaii to Australia. Sites include Christmas Island, Palmyra Atoll, Fiji area, New Caledonia, American Samoa, and other stepping stones for patrol planes. Details remain secret as work progresses from Honolulu toward the south Pacific.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
United States
Hawaii
Australia
South Pacific
Britain
Christmas Island
Palmyra
Navy
Honolulu
Fiji Islands
Pacific
New Caledonia
American Samoa
New Zealand
Islands
Rostov Evacuation Acknowledged As Civilians Face Fighting
Berlin reports Rostov was evacuated by German troops amid civilian fighting and losses to take stronger positions against the Russian assault. German spokesman says forces in Rostov area faced numerically superior enemy and denies retreat as far as Taganrog. He notes three major operations in Moscow and Rostov regions and mentions Russian tank sorties near Leningrad.
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