Alls Hold Council of War as Murray Backs Garner
Oklahoma City November 17. William H Murray known as Alfalfa Bill declares he will actively participate to kick the New Deal out in 1940 and endorses Texas Jack Garner for president. He also backs either Garner or Clark and rails against Moe Nutt of Indiana as a possible third term candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
William H
Bill’ Murray
Lion
Broken Bow
Bill Murray
Texas
Jack Garner
Garner
Clark
Nixon McNutt
Moe Nutt
Indiana
Bund Leader Dewey Calls Kuhn A Nuisance In Court
In New York on November 17 1941 District Attorney Thomas E Dewey testified he felt contempt for Fritz Kuhn Bund leader on trial for alleged theft of Bund funds He described Kuhn as a nuisance and a threat to civic liberties if Kuhn gained greater influence The defense sought to portray the case as political persecution aided by a Portland Oregon cartoon and a letter from Portland to Mayor La Guardia's secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Dewey
Herman J. McCarthy
Peter L. F. Sabbatino
George Froeheese
Milwaukee
James G. Wallace
Froeheese
Kuhn
Sabbatino
Portland
Ore
la Guardia
Portland Oregonian
Tom
Wallace
Leaders Agree On Methods Of Making Attack
The Supreme Allied War Council met in London and announced complete agreement on using French and British forces for effective operations. Plans cover air, munitions, raw materials, oil, food, shipping and economic warfare with a coordinating committee to pool resources.
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London
Supreme Allied War Council
Chamberlain
Daladier Sai
France
Daladier
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Lord Chafield
Britain
Leslie Hore-Belisha
General Gamelin
Internal Nazi Strife Amid Western Front Strategy Report
British military authorities voiced conviction that Germany’s indecisive Western Front tactics stemmed from discord between Hitler and his general staff. They cited lack of organized direct blows against Britain and France and hinted at possible retaliation against open city bombing and gas use. An air raid over the Shetland Islands triggered alarms in Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales with quick all clears as anti aircraft fire opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Shetland Islands
Scottish
Lancashire
Cheshire
Wales
Butler Given Final Tribute At Requiem For Justice Butler
The Supreme Court and officials held a final tribute for Pierce Butler after his body was sent to St. Paul Minnesota for burial. Justices Frankfurter Hughes Roberts Van DeVanter Douglas Reed Sutherland Black Stone and McReynolds attended the requiem mass at St Matthew's Cathedral. Brandeis did not attend. Other attendees included Attorney General Murphy Postmaster General Farley and Solicitor General Jackson.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pierce Butler
St. Paul
Minn
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Edward L. Buckey
St. Luke's Church
McReynolds, Stone and
Roberts
Minnesota
Frankfurter
Justice Frankfurter
Hughes
Willis van DeVanter
Douglas
Reed
Sutherland
Black
Stone
MacReynolds
Brandeis
Murphy
Farley
Robert H. Jackson
Charles War
German leaders snub Roosevelt mediation offer says sources
Authorized sources in Berlin say a general mediation by President Roosevelt would be uninteresting to Germany. France's call tying Austrian restitution to peace talks shows Allies see talks as futile. Germany might respond if asked to share war aims. no such step has been taken.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Roosevelt
Germany
France
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Great Britain
Europe
Blackshirts Take Over Czech School
In Prague the German Schutzstaffel seized Czech high schools and Karlovy University Technical Institute this morning, loading about 1,200 students into buses. Shots were fired at Masaryk College with no injuries. SS armored cars later moved through a quiet city as protests against the Bohemia Moravia protectorate continued.
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Prague
Karlovy University Technical Institute
Schutzstaffel
Adolph Hitler
Masaryk College
Bohemia-Moravia
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Al Capone in Baltimore Hospital With Brain Disease
Broken Capone, ailing and pale, lies in a $30-a-day hospital suite after leaving Lewisburg prison. Federal agents watch, while officials keep silent as Attorney General Murphy notes possible three weeks of treatment before a Miami trip.
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Baltimore
Scarface
al Capone
Murphy
Capone
Union Memorial Hospital
Federal
Lewisburg
Moore
Miami
Ralph
Weather forecast for Duke NC game favorable in Raleigh
The weatherman predicted a fine mild Saturday for the Duke-North Carolina football game with clear skies in Raleigh. H E B Richline of the local weather bureau noted little temperature change from yesterday’s 55 degree reading, while cautioning a 10 to 20 percent chance of deviation.
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Raleigh
Weatherman
H. E B. Richline
Weather Bureau
Kichline
GE names Wilson and Reed to top posts as Young and Swope retire
General Electric announces the retirement of Owen D. Young and Gerard Swope from active management. C E B Wilson becomes president and Philip D. Reed chairman January 1 1940. Reed and Wilson are set to receive honorary titles and a 65 cent dividend is declared payable December 20 to record holders November 24.
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New York
General Electric Company
Owen D. Young
Gerard Swope
C. EB. Wilson
Philip D. Reed
Wilson
Reed
Young
Swope
Sprague Electric Company
General Electric
New York City
Milwaukee
Wis
Propaganda Bomber Drops Pamphlets Over Swiss Route
A German propaganda bomber flew about 60 miles into Switzerland from Basel toward Zug today scattering thousands of anti British pamphlets printed in French.
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Swiss
Basel
Switzerland
Zug
Three German Spies Beheaded in Berlin
Three spies convicted of treason for disclosing military secrets to a foreign service were beheaded in Berlin on Friday. Ewald Lakota 29 and Johan Sroka 26 both from Beuthen and Robert Schimpf 33 from Kehl were executed, a fourth unnamed accomplice was decapitated earlier.
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Berlin
Ewald Lakota
Beuthen
Johan Sroka
Robert Schimpf
Kehl
Schimpf
Western senators divided over Supreme Court pick from west
Washington reports Western senators split on appointing a Supreme Court justice from beyond the Mississippi to replace Justice Pierce Butler. Attorney General Frank Murphy emerges in capital talk though a Michigan resident and Catholic like Butler. Butler died after a long illness with funeral set at St Matthew's Cathedral and burial planned for St Paul Minnesota.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mississippi River
Pierce Butler
Roosevelt
Borah
Idaho
Frank Murphy
Michigan
West
Murphy
Butler
St. Matthew's Cathedral
St. Paul
Minn
Justice Butler
Congress
Faults Of Naval Ships Corrected Says Chief
President Roosevelt dismissed calls for a congressional probe into top heavy naval vessels. He said the condition has been corrected and explained design disagreements over metacentric height during construction led to weight changes.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Naval
GMC and Affiliates Fined Five Thousand Dollars
Federal Judge Lindley fined General Motors Corporation and three GM affiliates 5000 each for Sherman Anti Trust violations. The verdict targeted coercive financing of car sales via GMAC with defendants appealing arrest of judgment. Jury deliberated over 25 hours after a five and a half week trial with over 200 witnesses.
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South Bend
Ind
Walter C. Lindley
General Motors Corporation
General Motors Sales Corporation
General M Motors Acceptance Corporation
General Motors Acceptance Corporation of
Indiana
General Motors
John Thomas Smith
New York
William S. Knudsen
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
M. E. Coyle
Chevrolet
John J. Schumann, Jr
GMAC
Thomas
Coubts
Lindley
Ford
Chrysler
GMC
Running Mate for Dies
A University of North Carolina group organized by Bill Ward of Warrenton seeks to investigate possible un American activities on campus. Ward says the group aims to prevent civilization and people from sinking to levels seen under the Communist regime in Russia and the Nazi regime in Germany. The first meeting will Monday night to elect officers and outline a program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Bill Ward
Warrenton
Ward
Russia
Germany
Ecuador Chief Aurelio Mosquera Narvaez Dies in Quito
Aurelio Mosquera Narvaez, president of Ecuador, died at 1 15 a m in Quito after collapsing in his office Tuesday and an emergency operation on Wednesday. He had been elected by the National Assembly on December 2, 1938, succeeding Manuel Maria Borrero, who resigned. Arroyo del Rio was named acting president yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito
Ecuador
Aurelio Mosquera Narvez
Mosquera Narvaez
National Assembly
Manuel Maria Borrero
Arroyo del Rio
Congress
Farmer Killed in Crash Near Selma
Mil lard Brown, 55, a Johnston County farmer, died in a traffic accident last night near Selma. His son Thurmond Brown, 25, was critically wounded in the same crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Millard Brown
Johnston County
Thurmond Brown
Funeral for Montrose merchant killed in traffic crash
Funeral services were held today for J. B. Covington 70 Montrose merchant who was struck and fatally injured by an automobile Wednesday night in Raeford North Carolina.
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Raeford
J. B. Covington
Montrose
Japanese Make Slow Advances
Tokyo reports a steady western Kwantung push toward Pakhoi and Yun nan to sever China’s links with Indo China and Burma. Chinese accounts vary, with some claiming strong inland resistance and others saying forces rely on sea troops. the aim is to cut highways and rail links across Kwangsi to Yunnan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Japan
Kwangtung
China
Kwangsi Province
Pakhoi
Kwangsi
Yunnan
Hamlet Intermission Incident at Maurice Evans Production
A woman patron during intermission in Maurice Evans' four hour Hamlet production was overheard lamenting along the lines of breaking a corset with Shakespeare. The remark is noted as a colorful audience reaction in the Chicago theater scene.
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Chicago
Maurice Evans
Prague slays nine as Czech unrest escalates in 1939
A Prague dispatch reports nine people killed during student disturbances and a large number arrested. Prague academies and universities were ordered closed for three years after students described as followers of Benes assaulted Germans. Ms Bradvard Benes was the last president of independent Czechoslovakia.
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Berlin
Prague
NDB
Benes
Bradvard Benes
Czechoslovakia
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Blackshirts
Czech School
General Hospital
Joseph E. Moore
Johns Hopkins Medical Clinic
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Charles Edison
Wheeler
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