Netherlands Belgian monarchs offer mediation for peace
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and King Leopold of Belgium announce they will send joint peace mediation messages to Germany Britain and France. They offer to use neutral status to facilitate a fixed peace basis and invite belligerents to examine terms. Leopold met Wilhelmina in Amsterdam after a late-night conference before departing for Brussels.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Leopolf
Germany
Britain
France
Europe
Leopold
Brussels
Paul Henri Spaak
French Still Hold Fast In Forbach
French troops on the western front reportedly hold the Forbach salient against intermittent German artillery. German attempts to penetrate the city to threaten Saarbrucken were repelled. French air forces claimed nine German planes shot down in dogfights over the lines.
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Forbach
Paris
Saarbruecken
Merten
Rench
Naarlouis
Comunique
Life In Warsaw Slowly Resumes Normal Course
AP reports a letter from Warsaw dated November 3 saying life is returning to normal. About 100 Americans remain in Warsaw, mostly women of Polish extraction. post stamps are hard to obtain and few offices sell them. Many Americans want to leave Europe but obtaining permission is difficult.
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Warsaw
Berlin
Associated Press
Sonly
Ameran
Oland
Kimpel
Gloria Patricia Right
Washington, D. C
Rs. Kormian
Wildeckerson
Birmingham
Ala
Mrs. Szukalsi
Joan Donovan
New Bedford
America
Tobacco firm answers charges in Robinson-Patman case
The R. J. Reynolds Company of Winston-Salem NC, one of eight major tobacco firms cited by the FTC for violating the Robinson-Patman Act, has filed an answer to the charges in preparation for a year on Friday.
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Washington, Navy
R. J. Reynolds Company
Inston-Salem, N. C
Oral Trade Commission
Rges
Local Man Cleared in Brother's Death by Coroner Jury
Jarvis Suggs of Asheboro was absolved of all blame after a coroner's jury found his brother Barney Suggs died accidentally in a home on West Salisbury Street. Testimony indicated he was leaning against a fireplace when the fatal incident occurred early Sunday morning.
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Asheboro
Jarvisuggs
Barney Suggs
J. L. Fritz
West Salisbury Street
Grape Cultivator Earl Starck Dies in Rogers Arkansas
Earl A. Starck, 81, a noted grape culturist, died at his Rogers Arkansas home after a long illness. The longtime expert contributed to viticulture research and industry guidance in the region. His passing was reported from Rogers on November 7.
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Rogers, Ark
Earl A. Starck
Nazi Captors of U S Ship Are Interned
Seventeen German seamen from the prize crew of the American freighter City of Flint were moved from the minelayer Olav Trygvason to Fortress Kongsvinger near the Swedish border. One crew member remained ill in Murmansk. Americans aboard the Flint continued ship duties with no shore leave amid questions over cargo disposition and a possible contraband claim.
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Bergen
City of Flint
Olav Trygvason
Kongsvinger
Norway
Murmansk
J. Borden Harriman
United States
Maurice P. Dunlap
J. A. Gainard
Flint
Britain
Germany
Germany Eases Food Rationing With Higher Meat and Butter Rations
Berlin dispatch reports a liberalization of rationing. Beginning November 20 the weekly meat ration rises from 17.6 to 18.7 ounces with a December holiday addition. Butter allowance increases from four to five ounces weekly and every German may buy six eggs in December.
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Berlin
Two Men Beat and Rob Columbus County Man in Whiteville
Marshall Cox of Mill Branch in Columbus County told officers he was beaten stabbed with a knife and robbed of 12 dollars last Saturday night.
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Oraten
Whiteville
Marshall Cox
Mill Branch
Columbus County
Airlines Good Deed Thwarted by Misidentified Bird
A humming bird rescue by three airlines became a misidentified brown creeper from the North. The bird was moved from Detroit to Washington then back to Detroit, with plans to ship it to South America, before experts identified the species and altered the course.
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Pittsburgh
Detroit
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Brazil
South America
Washington
Washingto
Nazis Buying Via Neutrals
Government figures show neutral European nations bought large amounts of American goods through the Allied blockade in September, aiding Germany indirectly. Germany alone purchased 12.7 million dollars, while total neutral purchases reached 34.6 million. Some totals compared with last year, and shifts reflect disruptions in England and France.
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Washington
Germany
Reich
Commerce Department
United States
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
England
France
Italy
Russia
Defense Trade Program Seen As 40 Highlights
Washington reports congressional leaders cite defense expansion farm legislation and renewal of the reciprocal trade program as key 1940 session issues. Administration seeks broader defense powers, with financing via borrowing, while critics label the trade program an attempt to bypass tariffs. Senator Norris doubts defense expansion necessity. Chairman Smith endorses a new 2 billion dollar system of agricultural banks with a federal bank in every state.
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Washington
Senate
Rep
Martin
Massachusetts
House
State Department
Treasury
Norris
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nation watches scattered six states as off year votes roll in
Referenda on old age pensions in California and Ohio draw attention. California would pay unemployed over 50 up to 30 weekly in state script with a yearlong redeemable frame and a stamp tax. Ohio plan, backed by clergyman Herbert Bigelow, would grant 50 a month for single seniors over 60 and 80 for couples, funded by income tax and real estate levy.
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Isue
California
Ohio
Bigelow
Herbert
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Three Allied Planes Fell in German Dogfights
Berlin reports three Allied warplanes shot down yesterday in southwestern Germany with minor fighting elsewhere. French fliers reportedly downed near Saarlautern and Mainz. one RAF plane did not return from a reconnaissance flight. Nazi observances of the Munich putsch anniversary are altered with a large rally and broadcast plans.
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Berlin
Germany
Paris
Saarlautern
Mainz
Royal Air Force
Munich
Hitler
Man Found Dead Near Old English Inn Cave
Haggarity Potent, 55, was found dead yesterday at a cave near Old English Inn in Spruce Pine. Coroner A. B. Gouge ruled the death due to exposure to cold.
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Old English Inn
A. B. Gouge
U S Lines Seeks Panama Registry for Transatlantic Vessels
Secretary Hull opposed transferring United States Lines ships to Panama registry as a threat to neutrality. The Maritime Commission deferred final action pending facts. Nine vessels, most used in trans Atlantic service, would have no American crew and lose U S flag protection if approved.
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Washington
Hull
United States Lines
Maritime Commission
Commission
Secretary of State
United States
Panama
Roosevelt
Mid- Atlantic
British Isles
Europe
Bergen
Norway
Spain
Soviet Military Show Marks 22nd Communist Anniversary
In Moscow on the 22nd anniversary, War Commissar Voroshilov warned of readiness as thousands of troops paraded in Red Square for over an hour and a half. Mechanized units, including 206 tanks, highlighted the display watched by hundreds of thousands as planes roared overhead. Premier Molotov set the tone with a speech predicting the end of capitalism and urging Communist efforts worldwide.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Klementi Voroshiloff
Voroshiloff
Red Square
Poland
Outer Mongolia
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Three Die In Fire At New Jersey Home
Plainfield New Jersey November 7 three girls and a boy were trapped in second floor bedrooms and burned to death when a two story frame house was consumed by fire. Dorothy Harris 17, Raymond 6 and Margaret 4 died with Ann Finkbiener 20 of Newark a cousin who had come to help after the mother died later. Robert Harris 15 escaped after responding to cries from his father George Harris 55 a one legged painter who slept downstairs. He grabbed a chair as a prop for his amputated leg and hobbled to the stairs to wake the others.
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Plainfield
N. J
Dorothy Harris
Raymond
Margaret
Ann Finkbiener
Newark
Robert
George Harris
British Polish Ships Stop Nazis
The Admiralty said light British ships aided by two Polish destroyers fought off German aircraft in the southern North Sea with no damage to our ships. Enemy casualties were not known.
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London
Admiralty
North Sea
Naval Flier Killed in Hawaii Plane Crash
A naval observation plane from the Enterprise crashed into the sea off Barber's Point while diving practice. Pilot Lieut. Junior Grade W. R. Wallis survived after 40 minutes in the water. observer Chief Aviationist Mate W. T. Rhodes of San Diego is missing. Planes and destroyers searched the area near Oahu, Honolulu.
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Barber's Point
Enterprise
W. R. Wallis
W. T. Rhodes
San Diego
Calif
Wallis
Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital
Rhodes
Litchfield
Barber’s Point
Island
Oahu
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