Berlin Claims Crimean Town Is Captured
Berlin reports Feodosiya in Eastern Crimea taken by German and Romanian forces after bold advances on the southern Isthmus. The high command says Soviet shipping was hit and Russian defenses were broken, with heavy losses in Leningrad and large fires in Moscow as air strikes intensified.
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Tai Kerch
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Reuben James Sinking Costs U S Lives
Navy reports abandon hope for locating seven officers and 88 enlisted men lost when destroyer Reuben James sank after torpedo strike west of Iceland. One body recovered, 46 rescued with one death after rescue. Salinas tanker torpedoed with no further loss of life.
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Navy Department
Reuben Jaimes
Iceland
Department
Navy
North Atlantic
United States
Leeland
Reuben James
Convay
Harley F. Cope
New Orleans
Newport News, Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Shipping Board
Judge's Son Given Money From Friends Of Senator Langer
Washington Nov 4 testifies that Gate Wyman son of Federal District Judge A Lee Wyman SD received $525 from associates of Senator Langer for a trip in 1935 to see his father before Langer's trial. He traveled from Deadwood SD to Sioux Falls to meet the judge per requests of Chet Leedom and James Mulloy. Mulloy testified yesterday they hoped to gain influence with the judge by employing the son. Wyman said he was told to obtain juror lists but refused, citing proper procedure.
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Gate Wyman
A. Lee Wyman
South Dakota
Senator Langer
Langer
Wyman
Senate Elections Committee
Deadwood
S. D
Sioux Falls
M. D
Judge Wyman
Chet Leedom
James Mulloy
Lancer
Mulloy
Leedom
Mississippian Breaks With Revisionists
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi breaks with administration policy during the Senate debate on neutrality and amendments. He favors arming merchant ships but opposes lifting the combat zone ban, warning repeal would push the nation toward war. He argues the United States should stay out to remain the arsenal of democracy while Britain would lose aircraft if war expands.
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Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
Lucas
Ill
The
Mississippian
United States
Great Britain
Geemany
Walters
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Halifax Hit By Eggs In Detroit
In Detroit on November 4, women anti interventionists threw eggs and tomatoes at Lord Halifax British ambassador to the United States Detectives accompanying him were struck by an egg He later visited Henry Ford Hospital for an eye irritation doctors said the eye was all right The protest occurred as Halifax arrived for a visit at the chancery on Washington boulevard with Archbishop Edward Mooney
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Detroit
Lord Halifax
United States
Henry Ford Hospital
Cyril Cane
Chancery
Washington Boulevard
Edward Mooney
Catholic
Archdi
British Save Axis Sailors From Sunken U-Boats
London reports 1276 officers and men rescued from sunk Axis submarines with 467 Italians among the prisoners of war. The admiralty notes Royal Navy and RAF coastal command toll on U-boats while enemy claims overstate losses. A convoy crossing the Atlantic arrived safely with no losses.
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Admiralty
A_communique
Coastal Command
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Gibraltar
Atlantic
Winter Army Reinforcements From Siberia To Front
London dispatch reports a Russian winter army of about 750000 trained in Arctic Siberia moving toward Moscow Rostov defense. About 200600 have reached Moscow with 200000 more en route to bolster defenses as Crimea faces German pressure and Sevastopol remains a focal point for the Black Sea fleet.
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Siberia
Moscow
Rostov
Caucasus
Crimea
Black Sea
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Crimean
Mann
Sevastopol
Black Seat
Army loses its baby as 14 year old private returns home
Private Lonas L. Spitzer, who enlisted at Knoxville on April Fools Day claiming to be over 18, was admitted to a hospital for appendicitis and later released. He promised to return home when he finishes high school, marking a notable end to a wartime enlistment.
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Lonas L. Spitzer
Army
Spitzer
Knoxville
Moscow Officials Describe City’s Air Raid Vulnerabilities
A reporter notes Moscow shelter systems rely on electricity for reservoirs and ventilation. Officials say contingency plans exist but are kept secret. Describes a high ranking general, office routine, and formal Soviet protocol during visits.
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Moscow
Warning on Finnish war policy sparks German rebuke
Berlin reports a German foreign office spokesman denounces U S pressure on Finland over its war with Russia as an undemocratic intrusion. He condemns Washington for accusing Finland and warned that England could be drawn into war, calling American tactics criminal and aimed at Europe-wide upheaval.
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England
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America
Hartwell Byrd Listed Among Navy Rest Detainees
Hartwell Lee Byrd of Aste boro Route 3 was among those released from duty by the Navy Department after a patrol in the North Atlantic where the Reuben James was torpedoed. New York November 4 British and Canadian forces are preparing a direct assault on Murmansk to capture the town within days if the Russian garrison resists, according to a broadcast heard by NRC.
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Asteboro
Route 3
Navy Department
North Atlantic
Reuben James
New York
Vyrout Murmansk
NRC
Latvians torpedoed tank ship shocks Roosevelt
HYDE PARK New York November 4 President Roosevelt was informed by Washington officials this morning of the torpedoing of the navy tanker Latvias of Iceland. No further details available pending inquiry.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Latvias
Iceland
Finland Plans Answer For U. S. Warning
Tielstrings? Finland moves to reply to the American warning on ceasing fighting Soviet Russia to retain U.S. friendship. The Finnish news bureau cited authoritative sources saying foreign reports are not entirely correct. More exact information will come with Finland’s answer.
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Tielsunki
Finland
Vinland
Soviet
Russia
Burning woods rapped by North Carolina Extension Service
Raleigh Nov. 4 J O Rowell of the North Carolina State College Extension Service criticized the practice of burning woods near cotton fields to destroy boll weevils. He warned it damages timber destroys under growth wildlife and soils and leaves weevils to repopulate next spring if conditions allow.
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Raleigh
J. O. Rowell
N.C. State College Extension Service
Rowell
Nippon Press Resumes Anti American Tone
Japanese newspapers renew anti American editorial campaign declaring a final showdown. The Tokyo press hints at policy shifts after Tokyo Washington talks stalled and Axis ties loom over potential actions in China and Burma.
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Nippon Press
Associated Press
Kukomin
Japan
Tokyo-Washington
United States
Prince Fumimaro Konore
Hideki Tojo
Woh Tshit
Reich
Far East
Nazis Open Heavy Offensive Toward Rostov
German forces under Colonel General Ewald von Kleist push a multi directional attack toward Rostov in the Don basin. The 16th tank division reportedly suffered heavy losses as fighting rages along the southern front with stubborn Soviet resistance.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Caucasus
Rostov
Tank Army
Ewald von Kleist
von Kleist
Don Basin
Red Army
Winborne urges NC to follow power order on blackouts
Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne told North Carolinians to observe the OP M blackout order or face loss of electric service. He said cooperation could lift the order, noted some merchants violated rules, and detailed exemptions for municipalities with own plants and UNC Chapel Hill.
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Utilities
Stanley Winborne
North Carolina
Winhorne
Rocky Mount
Carolina Power and Light Company
Will
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
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