Negotiations Reported On United Pacific Front Effort
In Canberra Australian Prime Minister Curtin said talks among Britain United States China Netherlands East Indies Australia and New Zealand on a united Pacific front show substantial cooperation. He warned that war in the Far East remains a serious menace while noting no change in Pacific conditions and ongoing discussions between Japan and the United States. Curtin cited talks with Air Marshal Brooke-Popham and conversations with officials in Washington and London. Former PM Arthur Fadden praised US Far East policy. The piece also notes Martin Van Buren’s birth date as a historical aside.
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Sydney
Australia
Psi
Britain
United States
China
Netherlands East Indies
New Zealand
Canberra
John Curtin
Far East
Curtin
Pacific
Japan
Robert Brooke-Popham
Richard Casey
Washington
Earl Page
London
Arthur Fadden
Government Action on Union Dispute Stalls at Board Level
The board urged quick acceptance of its recommendations by both union and company to resolve the dispute within days. The case was referred to the executive branch after the company rejected the recommendations. In Seattle, 600 AFL welders planned to resume work at Lake Washington shipyard following a walkout over a jurisdictional dispute. In Buffalo, UPS workers authorized a strike at Bell Aircraft plants to press wage talks though a walkout was not immediate, pending arbitration efforts.
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Seattle
Wash
AFL
Lake Washington
CLO
United Automobile Workers
Buffalo
N.C
Bell Aircrnte Corporation
Niagara Falls
Bell
United States
Britain
Bombers Prepare Interceptor Flight From Charlotte Base
Early morning at Charlotte base shows General Frank’s headquarters in active bustle as ground crews and pilots ready interceptors and staff issue routes for approaching bombers. Press reps gather for a morning flight over Charleston Wilmington Fort Bragg area to observe mock air warfare amid spotty weather and hazy visibility.
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General Frank
Charlotte
Intercepttor Command
Air Corps
Charleston-Wilmington-Fort Bragg
Charlotte Air Base
Wilmington
North Carolina Weather Forecast Summary
North Carolina expects generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday with cooler highs. Coastal areas see moderate to fresh northeast to east winds, light showers and squalls over extreme south portions, while Charlotte records indicate official 24 hour temperature and rainfall data ending at 7:30 am.
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North Carolina
Miana Block Island
Hatteras
Benue
Stackisonvile
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
German Drive Continues Amid Severe Weather On Moscow Front
War dispatches report 7,000 German troops captured and many killed after encirclement attempts. Central front weather is harsh with mud rain and snow not stopping the eastward German mechanized advance. Taganrog fell after house to house fighting, 120,000 residents, cutting Rostov to Kharkov rail. Rostov threat could unlock Caucasus oil fields. Donets basin defense strained. The note also includes a column on beavers and Michigan population figures.
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Sittons
Dne
Moscow
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Mariupol
Rostov
Kharkov
Donets
Causcisus
Black
Caspian
Kearny torpedoing casualties stir fear and debate
Reports indicate one killed missing presumed dead, one seriously hurt, eight with minor injuries after the Kearny was torpedoed. Navy officials weigh where missing crew were likely stationed while denying full casualty details, amid German accusations of a political motive in the incident.
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Navy
Kearny
Iceland
Italians Slay 200 British in East Africa sortie
Rome reports Italian and native troops launched a successful sortie from Culquabert Ethiopia, killing over 200 British in a wilderness outpost. British forces fled, leaving weapons and equipment to Italians. The communique also notes a British freighter sunk by Italian patrol planes in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Rome
Etalian High Command
Culquabert
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Comisa
Licata
Sicily
Stefani
Tobruk
Salim
Egypt
Quaker Quarterly Meeting at Deep River Church
Friends from Deep River High Point and Guilford College attended a quarterly meeting at the Deep River meetinghouse yesterday afternoon. Speakers included Dr. G. J. Coltrane president of Brevard College David Parsons of Guilford College who presided and Richie Stephenson of Buck Creek camp staff tied to the Quaker operated conscientious objector program.
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Deep River
High Point
Guilford College
G. J. Coltrane
Brevard College
David Parsons
Richie Stephenson
Wilson
Buck Creek
British Bombers Kept On Ground By Weather
Bad weather across the continent kept British bombers grounded for a third night in a row. German air activity remained light over Britain, with one coastal strike on East Anglia causing injuries and property damage, and one German plane reportedly shot down.
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Londogx
Continent
Britain
East Anglia
Havana Wrek End Feature at Center Theater
Havana feature Wrek End shows at Center with times 2 40 4 20 6 05 7 35. Br odhurst Flame of New Orleans presents M2245 with 2 80 4 20 6 20 7 50 9 40. Paramount On Stage Dixia Revue plays 2 00 0:20 2 26. Rialto Comrade XX feature shows 10 48 12 05 1 55 4 750 5 40 7 30 9
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Broadhurst
New Orleans
Paramount
Dixia Revue
Rialto
Comrade XX
Feacir
New York
Alaska
Alleghany Allis
Ant
AT & SF Ag
Atl
Aviat Corp
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Colum G & E
Thomas L Johnson Named Solicitor for 19th District
Governor Broughton appointed Thomas L Johnson a former superior court judge as solicitor of the 19th judicial district to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert M Wells. Johnson will serve the unexpired term through the November 1942 election and will not seek re election. He is a Buncombe County native and Wake Forest graduate who has served in the state senate and previously as a special superior court judge. Governor praised Wells’s record and noted Johnson was not a candidate for the post.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Thomas L. Johnson
Superior Court
19Th Judicial District
Robert M. Wells
Johnson
Buncombe County
Wake Forest College
State Senate
Robeson County
Senate
O. Max Gardner
Asheville
B. Broughton
Fierce fighting reported on central front near Moscow
Soviet and Nazi forces clash across the central front with heavy attacking attempts halted by Russian defenses. Moscow radio notes German pressure around Maloyaroslavets and Kalinin while praising counterattacks and stressing continued defense of the capital. Weather remains unfavorable for major operations as news arrives of orderly Russian evacuation from Odessa.
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Mozhaisk
Moscow
Vyazma
Maloyaroslavets
Kaluga
Naroyaroslavets
Napoleon
Smolensk
Orel
Moscow Radio
Kalinin
London
Odessa
Plane Crash Kills Pilot Over New Jersey Route 3
Albert Ulrich a 27 year old North Bergen resident died when his aircraft failed over northern New Jersey crashing onto busy Route 3. The plane hit two cars wounding at least one occupant while skidding into the Jersey Meadows. Passenger Victor Johnson 27 of Clifton suffered a broken arm.
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Rast Rutherford
N. J
Albert Ulrich
North Bergen
New Jersey
Route 3
Jersey Meadows
Victor Johnson
Clifton
Parliamentary Law Class Meeting Time Change
The parliamentary law class sponsored by the Adult Education Department has moved up tonight to 7 50 o clock. Miss Bess Monroe teaches the group at the YWCA each Monday at 8 o clock.
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Adult Education Department
YWCA
Bess Monroe
Military Visitors Enjoyed City Says Officials
Officials report 1900 to 2000 soldiers were in the city over the past weekend and had a good time. Major D R Coleman of the 6th Area Corps Moro said High Point did the best job entertaining troops in the maneuver area. A weekend band concert by the IOS Cavalry Band at City Lake Park highlighted the visit, with Bandmaster Dutrer praising the setting and audience.
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D. R. Coleman
6Th Area Corps
High Point
IOS Cavalry
Ale Open Air Theatre
City Lake Park
Dutrer
Full Army Corps Face Each Other in Carolinas Maneuver
Camden S. C October 20 The first army two corps faced each other as a new phase began in two month wartime maneuvers. Commanders Maj Gen Charles F Thompson and Maj Gen Lloyd R Fredendall led the 8th and 30th divisions plus the 28th 29th and 44th divisions in movement. The 7th corps with 1st 6th and 26th divisions began a four day exercise including a forced Pee Dee River crossing as the 1st division arrived from Fort Devens Massachusetts to complete the corps.
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Camden
S. C
Battle of the
Carolinas
Charles F. Thompson
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Kershaw
Pee Lee River
Fort .Devens
Mass
Willkie urges GOP to back internationalism over isolationism
A revised Neutrality Act awaits Senate debate as Willkie presses the Republican party to endorse internationalism. The outlook is muddied by a new casualty list after the destroyer Rearm y survived a torpedo attack by a German submarine in the North Atlantic near Teeland.
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Willkie
GOP
Republican Party
Senate
U. S
North Atlantic
Teeland
Navy Recruiting Officer Arrives for Three Day Stay
R. T. Carroll, chief machinists mate of the United States Navy, opened a temporary recruiting office on the second floor of the post office and will stay through Wednesday. He urged High Point youths to visit for enlistment in the regular Navy or Naval Reserve. Weeds and insects cause an annual loss of 6.5 billion dollars in the United States.
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United States Navy
Carroll
High Point
Naval Reserve
United States
Thirteen Plan To Take Exam For City Collector
Thirteen applicants, including two women, will take the Civil Service Commission exam for City Collector at City Hall at 7:30 p.m. The commission will name three eligibles, and City Manager E M Hynox plans to appoint within two weeks to replace the temporarily serving City Accountant H L Crow.
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E. M. Hynox
Civil Service Commission
Itonex
H. L. Crow
Hollywood publicity men urge sharper wartime fiction ideas
A group of Hollywood press agents debated wartime propaganda and called for more vivid, original dispatches. They cited a Russian tale of Jezebels at the front as proof that strong propagandists are needed and criticized a nocturnal carrier pigeon story as unimaginative.
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Hollywood
Germany
Holly- Wood
U. S. Army
Nautical Rituals of Sailors Crossing Polar Seas
Nautical custom described from nineteenth century sailors allowing one foot on the table after mess for Cape Horn visitors and both feet raised for those who had crossed the Arctic Circle, reflecting sea lore and discipline.
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Cape Horn
Arctic Circle
Prison clerks shoot, kill inmates during prison assault
In Nashville on Oct 20 a prison record clerk killed two long term prisoners at the state penitentiary after the convicts rushed the warden with a pistol and ice pick demanding release.
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Nashville
Sinking of British freighter Baron Kel Vin reported
Sinking of the 3081 ton British freighter Baron Kel Vin by a submarine on October 17 was disclosed today with the arrival at Gibraltar of 13 survivors and four dead crew members.
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LA Lunea
Spain
Gibraltar
Byerly Property Sells at Auction for 10200 Dollars
The Byerly estate on Asheboro Road south of the city sold at auction Saturday to 35 buyers for a total of 10 200 dollars. J C Collins Horney called the price fair and said many purchasers plan to build homes on the property.
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Byerly Property
Byerly
Asheboro Road
J. C
Collins) Horney
Horney
Rice Rupture Experts to Demonstrate at High Point
The Rice Rupture Service Experts will be at the Sheraton Hotel in High Point on Tuesday October 22. The Rice Method for Reducing Rupture is demonstrated with a Rice Appliance offered on a no charge basis unless you keep it after a 30 day trial. Hours are 10 to 12 and 2 to 5 or 7 to 9 evenings.
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Rice
William S. Rice, Inc
Adams, N. C
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
N. C
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