British freighter Coulmore attacked by submarine report
American rescue forces searched the Atlantic about 680 miles east of New York for the 3,670 ton Coulmore after it flashed a distress signal last night claiming a submarine attack. Bibb and other coast guard cutters, plus naval aircraft, combed the area as a gale raged. officials in Washington said action would follow if attack within the hemisphere neutrality zone was confirmed. The Coulmore, built in 1936 and owned by Dornach, sailed between North American Cuban and European ports, carrying coal and 34 crew.
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Washington
New York
Coastguard
Bibb
Milton
Campbell
Chelan
Duane
U. S. Navy
Navy
Coulmore
United States
Germany
Ernest Davies
Dornach Shipping Company
McCuistion's Mother Defends Son at Dies Hearing
The mother of Seaman William McCuistion told the Dies Committee she is confident the murder charge against her son in New Orleans is a frame up. She indicated she would prefer he fight the Communist party if jailed or executed. The Frederick, Maryland woman also testified that CIO’s National Maritime Union president Joseph Curran claimed the party has many key Washington members to enable a government take over in years.
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Washington
William McCuistion
Dies
New Orleans
Dollie M
Rawfold
Communist Party
Frederick
New Or
John J. Grosch
McCurson
NMU
New Orns
Prember
Carey
McCuiston
Louisiana
Toy
Hig
Mother the Sand
Befie
Newsy
Six Enemy Planes Downed By Nazis
Berlin dispatch notes the supreme army command increased to six the planes shot down by Germans on the western front and in the North Sea Monday. Four were British. two others unnamed. The day’s communique also cited desultory artillery fire and reconnoitering activity, while observers linked German readiness for initiative to Italian cabinet changes and Molotov's statements. Pro-German lines viewed Rome-Berlin axis strength as intact despite Rome reshuffle, with Russian support seen as solid.
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Berlin
Supreme Army Command
Germany
Russia
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Mussolini
Molotoff
Italy
Rome
Europe
Forbach
Warndt Forest
Saarbruecken
Saarland
Russia Hosts Welcoming Session For Polish Territories Delegation
Delegates from the western Ukrainian and White Russian provinces entered the Soviet Parliament with red banners as Joseph Stalin looked on. Molotov outlined modest Soviet aims to incorporate Ukrainian and White Russian lands seized after the Poland partition and warned Finland faces a choice between concessions or conflict.
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Joseph Stalin
Ukraine
Soviet Union
Stalin
Russia
Poland
Finland
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
U. S
Molotoff
Moscow
City of Flint Believed Straying Toward Germany Route
BERGEN Norway November 1 The American freighter City of Flint under a German prize crew is thought to be sailing south along the west coast of Norway after being sighted yesterday off Lodingen Lights 600 miles north. No word has reached Norwegian ports on her whereabouts. A Norwegian destroyer previously trailed the ship as a guard to ensure compliance with passage rules through Norwegian waters.
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Bergen
Norway
Lodingen
Here
Murmansk
Germany
Flint
Soviet Finland border deal eyed amid territorial swaps
Summary of a potential settlement involving Leningrad Gulf island title claims, a naval base at the Gulf mouth, parts of the Rybachi Peninsula, and demilitarization of the Finnish border. In exchange Finland would receive a larger Karelia strip, and Russia would drop objections to Finnish fortifications, signaling a major security and border realignment proposal.
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Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Rybachi Peninsula
Finland
Karelia
Russia
British Ship Disappearance and War Actions Reported
The Coulmore, a British freighter, radioed for help after a submarine attack about 600 miles east of Boston and then vanished. Bronte sank with 40 crew and one passenger arriving in England aboard a rescue vessel. Egba fired on by a submarine near Madeira but believed undamaged. Churchill announces pocket battleships at large in North and South Atlantic. City of Flint, seized by a prize crew, remains along the Norwegian coast with position undisclosed.
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Germany
Coulmore
Boston
U. S. Coast Guard
Bibb
England
Gibraltar
Egba
Madeira Islands
Aloose
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Flint
Murmansk
Russia
Norwegian
Storm passes Cuba and moves north toward open sea
A tropical storm that crossed southeast Cuba at 7 am moved northeastward at 14 mph with strong winds. Weather officials said hurricane-force winds may have been near the storm center last night and warned its path could threaten the southern Bahamas before curving southeast of Florida into the open sea.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Bahamas
Florida
Receipts Decline At Asheboro Post Office October
Postal receipts at the Asheboro post office for October totaled 4819.10 dollars, down 1881.49 from October of last year when receipts reached 6700.59, per Postmaster J. O. Redding.
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Asheboro
Novy. 1
J. O. Redding
Retired rector Drane dies in North Carolina
Rev Robert Brent Drane D D longtime rector of St Paul's Episcopal Church Edenton dies in Watts Hospital Durham at 11 00 pm after 56 years serving in the diocese of East Carolina Old church leader remembered for long tenure and service to community in Edenton and area
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Durham
Robert Brent Drane
Episcopal Church
Diocese of
East Carolina
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Edenton
Watts Hospital
French Poilus Fight Off Germans In Attempt To Surround Village
Paris dispatch reports French troops repelled a German attack of about 1000 men aimed at encircling a northern frontier village. German assaults extended from west of Saarlouis to the Blies River Valley east of Saarbrucken. Six prisoners were taken for questioning.
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Paris
Saarlous
Blies River
Saarbruecken
Supreme Court rules on tax cases and reverses Henderson suit
North Carolina’s State Supreme Court issued 19 decisions in 18 opinions, led by a Barnhill authored ruling denying superior court jurisdiction over tax listing disputes, reversing Judge Rousseau in Henderson County v Smyth et al. The docket included multiple affirmations, reversals, and new trials across counties on various civil matters.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
M. V. Barnhill
J. A. Rousseau
Henderson County
Ellison A. Smyth
E. A. Smyth
Balfour Mills, Inc
North Carolina
Barnhill
Paul Jordan
Randolph County
Dave Fowler
Clark
Caldwell
Finance Company
Reinhardt
Catawba
Greer
Haynes
Rostan
Huggins
Burke
Rees
Insurance Company
Lincoln
Mooney
Mull
Meadows
Als
Craven
Pocket Battleship Reported On Loose
London, Nov. 1. First Lord Churchill told the House of Commons that a pocket battleship has been reported operating in the North and South Atlantic. He said evidence is conflicting on whether two such German surface raiders are at large, but one may be abroad, with sailors aboard the British freighter Stonegate cited as evidence after the Deutschland sank her in early October.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Churchill
Stonegate
Britain Plans Rationing Of Bacon And Butter
Britain will begin rationing bacon and butter next month due to reduced imports. Each consumer will register with a retailer and receive ration books, with four ounces per person per week expected for a family of four. Sugar rationing will also be introduced.
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Edwin Stout LO
W. S. Morrison
Morrison
England
John Anderson
Home Security
Sir John
Privy Seal
United Front
Senator Ashurst's Wife Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Henry Fountain Ashurst, wife of the Arizona senator, died at the family home in Washington after a long illness.
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Dles
Washington
Henry Fountain Ashurst
Arizona
Washington Pressures Recall Amid Molotoff Critique
In a heated House debate Rep. McCormack demands the United States recall its Russian ambassador after Premier Molotoff’s remarks attacking President Roosevelt. He calls Russia and Germany “anti god” and cites press reports of Molotoff’s speech criticizing U.S. policy on Finland and arms embargo repeal. House and State Department officials frame the issue as a peace matter while embargos linger, as opposition urges strictness.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Molotoff
Roosevelt
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
Germany
McCormack
Supreme Soviet
Finland
MccCormack
Stephen Early
State Department
Hall “Owdes
Rep
Barton
House
Senate
Finns Return With Answer
A Finnish delegation led by former Premier Juho Kusti Paasikivi left Helsinki for Moscow to deliver Finland’s final answer on Soviet demands for territorial concessions. The trip marks a third round of talks with Vyacheslav Molotov, whose Kremlin speech reshaped the negotiations and prompted the delegation to proceed despite fading prospects for settlement.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Russia
Foreign Office
Vyacheslaff Molotovf
Kremlin
Molotoff
Translating Embargo Talk Baffles House Listeners
Washington November 1 members struggle to grasp the House neutrality debate as they hear about House joint resolution 306. Sabath notes only the Senate text left behind while amendments to amendments and substitutes dominate the discussion. A football-minded spectator riffs on substitutes as others joke about the Navy-Clemson game. Rep Corbett admits many don’t know how the rule works.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Sabath
D-Ill
Rules Committee
House
Rep
Taylor
R-Tenn
Senate
Colmer
Warren
D-Nc
Rept
Corbett
R-Pa
Federal Steel Price Probe Under Federal Monopoly Board
The Federal Monopoly Committee opened an inquiry into the iron and steel industry to gather information on price policies. Major industry executives testified as witnesses while the Justice Department studies concentration and its link to monopoly power and price maintenance. Thurman Arnold cited Roosevelt’s concern over price competition in basic manufacturing as a root economic issue. The department noted recent industry moves to maintain established prices for the current year.
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Washington
Etc
Justice Department
Thurman Arnold
Atorney
Roosevelt
Cestress
Arnold
Department of Justice
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Christy LaRocca
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Jordan
Steinhardt
Nina
Virginia
Rota
Russian
Board
Federal Monopoly Committee
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