Paris Air Raid Alarms Signal Seventh Time This Week
Paris woke to sirens as anti aircraft fire repelled German reconnaissance over the city for the seventh time this week. Observers heard heavy fire and faint engine noise from approaching planes while officials reported a quiet front overall and the death of General Raymond Pigeaud from wounds in Val de Grace hospital.
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Allies Reply As Expected In European Mediation Talks
Authorized sources said the Irish and French replies to the Belgian Netherlands mediation offer aligned with recent London Paris statements and signaled no surprise. German circles noted Britain’s war aims and accused mediation of sabotaging peace while reporting increased front activity by the German high command.
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Three Die In Spartanburg Union Highway Crash
An automobile collision on a Spartanburg Union highway ten miles south of Spartanburg killed John Graham owner of the Carolina Cash Carry dry goods chain plus Mrs Adella Graham and Mrs Frank Giles. Three others were seriously injured and the driver of the other car is detained as police investigate.
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Soldiers Open Mass Training
Buglers at nine army posts signalled the start of mass training for 40 000 troops to form a new rapid response force. Five streamlined infantry divisions a cavalry division and auxiliary units will undergo four months of field maneuvers after Roosevelt’s emergency declaration. By March 15 the smaller divisions should weld into fighting forces unseen since World War I with peacetime corps maneuvers planned at DeSoto National Forest or Fort Benning.
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Woman Takes Death Instead Of Sentence In Illinois
In Evanston Illinois Mrs Katherine Cochran 43 killed herself rather than face a 30 day jail term for driving while intoxicated. Detective Owens said she left notes fearing the public disgrace of imprisonment and mourning her husband who died six years ago. Officials planned to vacate the jail term and impose a 100 fine instead.
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Picket lines at Chrysler plants in Detroit show no clashes
Police guarded four Chrysler facilities in Detroit as 2 000 demonstrators gathered but no confrontations occurred. Foremen and maintenance workers kept reporting to jobs during the ongoing tie up that has left about 100 000 workers idle. Federal labor conciliator James F. Dewey and state labor board chair Arthur E. Raab reconvened negotiations after a weekend recess, reporting progress on several major issues.
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Pennsylvania Democratic Chairman Pleads Innocent in Blackmail Case
David L. Larence, state Democratic chairman, pleaded innocent to blackmail charges as jury selection began for the third trial in a grand jury probe of prominent Democrats from the previous year.
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Harrisburg
David L. Larence
Pennsylvania
Deer Sighting Sparks Car Wreck in Wisconsin
Federal agents recount a deer dash on highway 53 ten miles north of Rice Lake Wisconsin. A deer ran in front of the patrol car causing a crash and the officers request a replacement machine.
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Rice Lake
Wis
Northwest Earthquake Spreads Panic Across Cities
A major quake rocked the Pacific Northwest near midnight, felt from Portland to Vancouver and Olympia. Seismographs showed the strongest reading yet. damage was limited to cracked walls and broken services, with no reported injuries as residents fled to safety.
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Barracks of Hitler's Elite Guard Destroyed by Flames
A large SS barrack burned overnight at Konstanz across the Swiss border from Kreuzlingen. Fire cut telephone lines between Konstanz and Kreuzlingen and other communications were disrupted as the blaze was observed from Switzerland.
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Princess Stefanie Suit Reveals Princess Stefanie and Lord Rothermere
Lord Rothermere testified he paid Princess Stefanie about 250000 dollars from 1932 to 1938 and said she treated him poorly with gifts and bills. The princess accuses him of breaking a contract promising 5000 pounds annually for European political work. Rothermere described his Hungary aid and said his Nazi friendship stance was earlier than Hitler’s rise.
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Finland Breaks Off Moscow Talks on Finland's Concessions
Helsinki reports its Moscow delegation will return tonight, ending talks that sought territorial concessions from Finland. Foreign Minister Erkko cited little prospect for progress, with Russia demanding a naval base at the Gulf of Finland and border revisions on the Karelian Isthmus.
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Three Men Die as Plane Crashes on Football Trip
A light plane crash near Farmhaven Miss killed three men returning from an Alabama Tulane football trip. Victims were Sydnor Hall 32 of West Memphis Ark H P Thompson 33 of Los Angeles Cal and Elkins Crawford 32 of West Memphis insurance broker. The trio were part of a three aircraft party that left Memphis Saturday for the New Orleans game.
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Elkins Crawford
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New Orleans
RAF Plane Attacks German Submarine Off Yesterday
London report says an Royal Air Force plane bombarded a German submarine yesterday with a salvo of bombs. One bomb appeared to the pilot to have made a direct hit.
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Air Ministry
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Judge Walsh, Capone Judge, Dies at 59 in Philadelphia
Judge John E. Walsh of the municipal court, who once sentenced Al Capone to a year in jail for carrying a pistol, died today at 59 after seven weeks of illness. He served on the court for 18 years.
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Netherlands minister dismisses invasion fears amid rumors
The Hague November 13 AP Premier Dirk Jan de Geer said there is not a single ground for uneasiness in the homeland despite many rumors causing alarm in recent days. The statement aims to calm public nerves as tensions rise in the region.
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Soviet Press Attacks Finland in Naval Demands Leak
Moscow reports a harsh TASS dispatch from Helsinki accusing Finland of resisting Moscow offers amid a Finnish army reservist clash. The piece frames a gloomy view of Finnish conditions and predicts government rejection of Soviet terms as part of a broader pressure campaign.
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Kuhn Sole Handler of Bund Funds Testimony Reveals
New York November 13 Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Bund was the only official allowed to withdraw funds from a Bund bank account opened in May 1937 in the Yorktown branch of Manufacturers Trust. Evidence included Bund constitution sections granting Kuhn sole authority subject to reversal by the national arbitration board. The trial's third day was delayed as a death sentence was imposed in a separate case.
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British Reply Demands Nazi Land Restitution
London reports quote authoritative British quarters saying King George’s reply to the Dutch Belgian peace move signals Britain will insist on full reparation for Germany’s wrongs to small neighbors. Churchill warns peace chances remain slim as Allied aims include restoration of Poland and Czecho-Slovakia.
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Nickle Plated Bridge Collapses Into Rio Grande
Sudden collapse of the nickel plated road to hell bridge at McAllen ends with nine in water. Francisco Delgado, 30, of Edinburg is missing and feared drowned while Abundino Amador of Hargill and Anastacio Espinosa of Edinburg near death. Eight survived. two cars plunged. four others hurt slightly. The $50,000 bridge linked Reynosa and McAllen, dating from 1928 and rebuilt in 1933.
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