British Turn Back Nazi Air Raid On Convoy
The Air Ministry reported German planes attacked a British convoy this afternoon and were driven off by escort ships, anti aircraft fire, and British fighters with casualties to the enemy. Warnings sounded along the Humber, Hull and Grimsby areas, and residents hurried to shelter as alarms and air raid precautions were observed.
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Hull
Grimsby
London
Air Ministry
England
Humber
British Soldiers Pour Into France
Paris reports three British troop transports crossing the Channel each night landing thousands to bolster the western front. French and German forces jockey for position on key heights while patrols skirmish and bombardments persist.
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Paris
English Channel
Western North Carolina Methodists merge conferences
Greensboro October 21 Western North Carolina Methodists proclaim the consolidation of the M E Church South, M E Church and Methodist Protestant Church into one conference led by Bishops Purcell Straughn and Brown. The article notes budget gains, church growth, and academy plans at High Point College.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
M. E. Church
South
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
Methodist Protestant Church
Wallace E. Brown
Portland
Ore
Four Firms Receive State Charters
Raleigh October 21 Thad Eure secretary of state issued charters today to four firms Burlington Tobacco Warehouse Corporation of Burlington David G Floyd Manufacturing Company of Randleman Three Hundred and One Service Station Inc of Fayetteville and Raleigh Home Building Company of Raleigh tofficials announced.
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Raleigh
Thad Eure
Burlington Tobacco Warehouse Corporation
Burlington
David G. Floyd Manufacturing Company
Randleman
Three Hundred and One Service Station, Inc
Fayetteville
Raleigh Home Building Company of
Nazis Intimate Turkey May Be Second Poland Pact
Berlin reports say Nazi intimations suggest Turkey could become another Poland as Izvestia notes Russia seeks advantage with Turkey after Ankara signed a mutual aid pact with Britain and France. Analysts warn against overreading Germany’s war communique and peace overtures.
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Turkey
Poland
Berlin
Izvestia
Moscow
Russia
Great Britain
France
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Germany
DNB
Britain
Barrett Adolf Hitler
Foreign Office
Soviet Spokesman Attacks Turkey Pact Draws War Orbit
Izvestia denounces the Soviet Turkish mutual aid pact as an unsuccessful attempt to wedge Turkey into war. The editorial says the agreement shifts balance toward Britain and France and binds Turkey to fight with them against Germany and Italy while the USSR remains neutral.
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Izvestia
Sciisi W
Russia
Turkey
Germany
U. S
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
Black Sea
Britain
France
England Honors Nelson as Youths Enlist for Duty
On October 21, crowds at Nelson’s Column and at the naval base observed the day honoring Lord Nelson. Young men aged 20 to 22 faced registration and service deadlines as Britain battles Hitler. officials warn of possible large scale operations with winter approaching. Reports note Turkey and Britain seeking mutual aid while door remains open to Turkey and Soviet Russia for peace and good will.
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Ndon
Jin
Lord Nelson
England
Ile
Nelson
Busygar Square
Spain
Napoleon
Hitler
Ger
Turkey
Britain
Minence
Kinge
Russia
Administration Seeks To Cut Debate Short On Neutrality Bill
In Washington the administration pushed to end delay on the neutrality bill amid opposition. Senator Andrews warned that not repealing the embargo could threaten France and Britain and leave the U.S. facing the Nazi Soviet bloc. Downey proposed partial repeal limiting arms sales to non European enemies.
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Senate
Nye
R-Nd
Johnson
Calif
Andrews
D-Flo
Congress
France
Britain
Atlantic
Downey
D-Calif
Canada
United States
U. 8
French Engineers Dynamite Footbridge at Kembs
French military engineers dynamited a small steel footbridge spanning the Rhine near the Kembs electric plant twelve miles north of Basel after warning German sentinels. The bridge, once used by German workers, has seen little use since 1938 when workers were discharged and French empl oyes took over.
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Basel
Rhine
Kembs
Here
British Boat Battles Sub in Night Encounter Off Ireland
A British ship recounts a four hour night clash with a German submarine off the Irish coast after the freighter Heronspool was sunk. The U boat fired on the Emile Miguel while the convoy protected us, and the crew fought back with a single gun.
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New York
Ireland
Montreal
Former Thomasville Pastor Returns for Sunday Sermon
Rev. R. M. Courtney formerly of Main Street Church in Th end now at Central Methodist Church Shelby will preach the morning sermon at Main Street church in Thomasville Sunday. He substitutes for Rev. C. M. Pickens who attends the annual conference in Greensboro and retires from active ministry this week.
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Thomasille
R. M. Courtney
Main Street
Thend
Shelby
Central Methodist Church
Main Street Church
Thomasville
C. M. Pickens
Greensboro
Liner President Harding Docks After Terror in Storm
New York Oct 21 Twenty six hurt on the United States liner President Harding when a hurricane struck 800 miles east of Boston. A cabin boy Paul Red Johnson drowned as the ship arrived with 73 injured crew and passengers.
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New York
United States
President Harding
Paul
Red) Johnson
Johnson
University of Wisconsin
Harding
Boston
British Ship New Mathilde Disabled in China Sea
An SOS from the British ship New Mathilde reporting she was sinking and required immediate assistance was picked up by the Manila station of Radio Corporation of America. The vessel was in the China Sea near the Hong Kong area and gave no further details. Built at Kiel in 1906, the ship is 230 feet long and 1,410 tons net.
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Manila
New Mathilde
Radio Corporation of America
China Sea
Hong Kong
Kiel
Tension Mounts After Shanghai Police Shootout
British troops deployed outside Shanghai International Settlement as tension rose after a Thursday night gunfight left a Chinese policeman dead and an Indian Sikh wounded. Sandbags and armored patrols fortified key points while American official Cornell Franklin floated US Marines if Americans faced danger. Japanese authorities blamed Chiang Kai-shek's government for the clash.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
Cornell Franklin
Settlement Council
Settlement Road
Chiang Kai - Shek
Chungking
Lloyd George Defends World Settlement Stand in Wales
In Carnarvon on October 21 David Lloyd George told Welch constituents his push for a general world settlement was misrepresented and that a conference could yield an honorable peace if Hitler shows no justice. He urged firmness at talks and emphasized Soviet Russia as the key to solving the war.
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Carnarvon
Wales
David Lloyd George
Welch
Britain
Geramny
Lloyd George
Adolff Hitler
Soviet Russia
Finland Sends Paasikivi To Moscow For Talks
Finland moves to float a 500 million markka defense loan as it presses for neutrality in Europe. Paasikivi flights to Moscow with Finance Minister Tanner to join talks expected to shape Finland’s stance amid tensions with the Soviet Union. Erkko says no new issues planned and hopes for a solution respectful of both sides.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Stockholm
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Moscow
Paasikivi
V. Tanner
Elias Erkko
Tanner
Erkko
Baltic
Mother sells cornea to aid family relief
Grace Davis a 39 year old mother of five in Chattanooga offered to sell the cornea of one eye for 5 000 dollars to escape relief dependence. She described the act as a sacrifice for her children and requested assistance from Howard W Blakeslee of the Associated Press.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Grace Davis
Davis
American College of Surgeons
Philadelphia
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Blakeslee
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High Point College
Westminster Theological Seminary
T. G. Madison
W. Taylor
E. G. Cowan
World Service
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T. H. Vickery
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Randleman Manfacturing Firm
East
Louis P. Lochner
RV Witt Fwan
Italy
Billings
California
Warren K. Billings
Josephine Rudolph
San Mateo
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