War terms in Japan teeter as Tokyo weighs facesaving endgame
A tense Tokyo contemplates Washington’s terms as Japan seeks a face-saving path to avoid war with the United States and Britain. Tokyo signals noncommittal stance while Axis prospects, Moscow risk, and Libyan battles shape cabinet debates and Western analyses.
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Washington
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America
Britain
Tokyo
Iichi Kishi
Hull
Hitler
Moscow
Libya
Vichy
Tai Pan
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England
Marshal Petain
Fuehrer
Axis Forces Strike As Reds Advance On Moscow Front
Pravda reports intensified peril to Moscow with German losses and supply problems while the Red Army drives wedges north of Moscow in Kalinin, reoccupies villages, and boosts momentum on Rostov front. Red Star notes gains and heavy Soviet tolls across fronts, including tanks destroyed and air assaults, with Moscow radio citing submarine wins abroad.
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Rostov
Caucasus
London
Libya
Pravda
Communist Party
Kalinin
Red Army
Red Star
Moscow Radio
Rostov-on-Don
Wonderful husband makes job unwanted
In Charlotte the state employment office found a job for a young woman seeking work. She replied that a minor who enjoys keeping house and cooking for a wonderful husband cannot accept the work, thanking them for their effort.
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Raleigh
State Employment Office
Charlotte
Washington Says Finland Is Fully On Hitler's Side
The State Department stated Finland's latest actions confirm cooperation with Hitler forces. It noted every Finnish government act since rejecting a U S call for ceasefire against Russia shows a clear stance. The department emphasized it seeks to know how far Finnish military policy aligns with German efforts to threaten Britain and northern supply routes to Russia.
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State Department
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Russia
Great Britain
U S Considered Dutch Guiana Move as Precursor to Indies Seizure
A discussion in Washington weighed occupying Dutch Guiana as a step to seizing the Netherlands East Indies. Officials cited defense needs for East Indies resources, while noting treaty obligations and Japan's potential reaction. The plan was linked to bauxite needs but faced questions about feasibility and risk. (Continued on Page 9)
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Oy Ray Tucker
U. S
Dutch Guiana
Netherlands East Indies
Wilhelmina
Japan
East Indies
Washington
Thich Guiana
Pieter S. Gerbrandy
London
Fast Indies
Note From Hull Being Studied By Japanese
Tokyo officials weighed Secretary Hulls note with no clear response time while press says negotiations are nearing end. Foreign Minister Togos cabinet review offered no steps. War and navy officials conferred at Tojos residence before cabinet, with emphasis on the note.
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U. S
Hull
Japan
Washington
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Shigenori Togo
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Navy Ministry
Hideki Tojo
Governmet
German Air Force Sowing Mines In Path Of U S Ships
An authoritative source says the German air force is sowing substantial mines along sea lanes off western Britain used by United States ships bound for Britain. He notes mining is ongoing, but Britain has been successful in sweeping, though the mines impose high nuisance value and require many men to keep approaches clear. Thomasville high school auditorium contract awarded to Arthur G. Thomason Company of Lexington for 25975 dollars.
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London
England
United States
Britain
Nazis Admit Fierce Fight Near Rostov
Berlin dispatch reports a strong Red Army counteroffensive in the Rostov and Donets region ongoing, with unusually strong Russian attacks backed by tanks and planes. German forces also announce a fresh push near the Sea of Azov, plus strikes from Kerch into the Kuban River area and a breakthrough that weakened Sevastopol defenses.
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Donets
Sea of Azov
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Kuban
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Caucasus
Sevastopol
Yaila
Moscow
Red Army
British Army Takes Gondar
ROME November 28 The British announced Gondar Haky s last East Africa stronghold has fallen after a 10 hour stand The Ethiopian city s garrison exhausted its power to resist and surrendered yesterday afternoon to the day long assault The British siege line closed at 4 am and armored forces entered the city before hostilities were suspended at 2 pm The theater high command hailed the Gondar defenders as gallant and honorable in preserving the Fatherland.
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Gondar
Haky
East Africa
Oes EE
Bankers of State to Meet in Greensboro
The North Carolina Bankers Association will meet in Greensboro on December 6 to discuss control of foreign funds regulations governing installment loan credit and application of the wage and hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act to banks. Kenton R. Craven vice-president of the Cleveland Trust Company will lecture on installment credit repuilations and William C. Lassiter Raleigh attorney will discuss wage and hour provisions with a federal official addressing foreign funds controls.
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North Carolina Bankers Association
Kenton R. Craven
Cleveland. Q. Trust Company
Wiliam C. Lassiter
Raleigh
Pacific arms talk and drunken driving ruling
North Carolina Attorney General Harry McMullan ruled a person may be convicted of drunken driving even if no alcohol touches the offender, if they in charge of a vehicle permit a drunken person to operate it. The article also notes tax adjustment rules after partial home destruction and a ruling that home guard shoes are a public purpose. In Washington, the government rejects a Japan compromise on the Chinese issue and says pacific merchant ships will not be armed.
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North Carolina
Harry McMaHan
McAlhallan
Washington
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Pacific
Far East
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White House
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Bill Would Empower President To Take Over Defense Plants
Senate and House panels endorsed separate measures to allow government seizure of defense plants amid strikes. Connally’s bill would freeze open or closed shop status. a companion bill would create voluntary arbitration for labor disputes with a 60 day cooling off if unresolved. If needed, the President could seize and operate plants under Selective Services Act provisions.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Connally
House Labor Committee
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Ramepeck
Connally
D-Téx
National Defense
British forces trap large Axis units in Egypt drive toward Gazala
Cairo dispatch reports Tobruk and Rez egh forces tightening a trap on eastern Axis columns now fighting back to reach a British line. An Italian Bologna division is said wiped out, while Rommel’s formations remain entrenched along the Egyptian Libyan border south of Hallawa and Sidi Omar as air and ground pressure drive Axis forces into smaller groups.
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Tobruk
Rezegh
Egypt
Ervin Rommel
Hallawa
Hellfire
Sidi Omar
Mediterranean
Gazala
Derna
Senator Believes Payroll Tax Likely and Inevitable
President Roosevelt will convene treasury experts and congressional leaders at a White House conference to discuss new tax legislation. Senator George of Georgia, chairing the Senate Finance Committee, says a payroll withholding tax is inevitable and a broader levy rise may accompany the plan, with January likely for action. Taft opposes disguising a payroll tax as social security, demanding a direct levy if enacted.
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Ohio
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