Lehigh Sunk by Torpedo Off Freetown Crew Says Sub Was Hidden
Lehigh, 75 miles west of Freetown, was hit by a torpedo from an unseen submarine. Captain Vincent Atkins reported the 8:55 a.m. Sunday strike on No 5 hatch, wounding two, severing toes of a seaman, and injuring a junior engineer. Forty-four aboard, 39 crew plus five aboard. Lifeboats launched. four Spaniards among the stowaways. British vessels rescued the men as Lehigh sank 34 minutes after the last boat departed. cargo to New York from Bilbao.
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Gold Coast
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North Atlantic
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Japs Oppose Supply Routes With Long Hauls and Harbors
The article discusses slow-moving supply ships inviting German bombers near harbors and limited transport at Archangel. It weighs Vladivostok versus Archangel and a Persian sea route of 12 000 miles, noting inland movement challenges and needed railways. It cites Latin American grain shipments valued near 170 million dollars and Durham miners raising twelve thousand dollars for ambulan ces for Russian miners.
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Archangel
Persia
Heroic Swim Saves Sailor From Sinking Freighter
A British subject from Boston named Donald McLeod swam about 50 yards to reach a lifeboat after the freighter began to sink. He would have left only six survivors from a 36-man crew were it not for his timely action.
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Donald McLeod
Boston
Taft Warns On Lend Lease As British Repayments Doubtful
Senator Taft criticized the lend lease bill insisting Britain may not repay cash for materials sold, calling any repayments unlikely and suggesting the appropriations could be a gift of 13 billion dollars. He noted he previously supported the 37 billion allocation but opposed final passage. The measure moved back to the House after hours of debate.
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United ‘States
Michigan
Vandenberg
Taft
Ohio
Great Britain
Aft
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
House
Raiders Continue Air Raids on Bermuda Bahamas and West Indies
Allied communique reports eight enemy transports unloading at Bermuda, seven in the Bahamas and 20 in the West Indies. Air strength estimated at 25 squadrons with four heavy bombers. Raids hit Wilmington North Carolina Charleston South Carolina Augusta Georgia. Six B 17s reached Augusta but were attacked. four planes likely lost. Interceptions occurred around Wilmington and Charleston areas.
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Bahamas
West Indies
Communiotie
Wilmington
N. C
Charleston
Augusta
Piedmont
Georgia City
Athens
Madison
Atlanta
Georgia
Soviet leaders reorganize defense as Moscow threat grows
S A Lozovsky announced reshuffles with Budyonny, Voroshilov moving to organize large reserve forces while Zhukov assumes central front command. Stalin remained at Moscow as German pressure pressed within 60 miles, and Kuibyshev to host government operations amid ongoing defense.
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Gregory K. Zhukov
Timoshenko
Volga Bank
Budyonny
Klementin Voroshilov
Voroshilov
Molotov
United States
Mozhaisk
Steinhardt
Sechry Voroshilov
Leningrad
S. A. Lozovsky
Kuibyshev
Lozovsky
Weather forecast for North and South Carolina and adjacent coastlines
Regional forecast shows generally fair tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures on Saturday. Northeast winds diminish tonight then freshen to moderate Saturday. Central and southern areas expect quiet, with partly cloudy conditions Saturday and variable breezes from northwest to north.
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Bouth Olina
Sonville
Block Island
Hatteras
Gente
Gen Marshall Visits Bragg in Overnight Stop
General George C. Marshall and Major General H. H. Arnold visited Fort Bragg for an informal overnight stay and departed for Washington at 8 a.m. They arrived via Pope Field after touring air maneuvers in Charleston. Col. M. R. Cox rushed to greet them. Col. E. P. Parker Jr. later toured them around the reservation. Marshall frequently asked to have the car paused for inspections.
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George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
H. H. Arnold
Army
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Washington
M. R. Cox
Tao Pope Field
Charlotte
Charleston
St. Co
Cox
Pope Field
Raleigh
E. P. Parker, Jr
General Marshall
Roosevelt doubles U S tank production plan in overhaul
President Roosevelt announced a near doubling of the American tank program as part of a broader defense revision. He said specifics on current and new output would come later, citing North Africa fighting as the catalyst and noting existing plants would expand while new facilities may be built.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
North
Africa
Soviet defense and German losses cited on Moscow drive
General Lozovsky claimed fierce Russian counterattacks west of Moscow and street fighting near Kalinin and Kaluga as German casualties mounted. He defended Moscow’s defense and warned Germans cannot endure a prolonged war, noting World War I losses of nearly four million and predicting German endurance.
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Don River
Rostov
Taganrog
Moscow
Lozovsky
Mozhaisk
Kalinin
Kaluga
Lozavsky
United States War Department
Tokyo doubts U S sincerity in talks with Japan
Domel quoted observers saying that the Japan United States negotiations now depend on the United States showing sincere attitude. The Japanese agency reports that Tokyo doubts U S sincerity in the talks and questions Washington's genuineness.
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Tokyo
U.S
Domel
Japan
United States
Navy Day Proclaimed by President Observed in High Point
Mayor Arthur Kirkman urges citizens of High Point to observe Navy Day on Monday October 27 per a presidential proclamation. He asks residents to display flags and patriotic decorations and reflect on the significance of the Navy in national defense and world affairs.
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Arthur Kirkman
High Point
United States
Should Have Known Better in Queens Liquor Store Case
Dominick Bom browski, a Queens liquor store proprietor, faced a hearing after a $19.52 cashier’s check he accepted was marked void. Magistrate Henry S. Soffer presided as a youth faced the passing charge.
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Dominick Bombrowski
Queens
Henry S. Soffer
J. K. Nullin
Rozelle Named New Pastor At Wesley Memorial
Rev Clarence Excell Rozzelle, a Duke and Candler trained pastor from Mt. Holly, succeeds Dr F E Blackard at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Gastonia and Wesley Memorial looks forward to continued community and foreign aims under his pastorate after Blackard moves to Myers Park Charlotte. Rozzelle previously served in North Carolina and this conference. NO CONFIRMATION London report says no confirmation of a British French Somaliland attack. claims of distraction from French reprisals. Demonstrations show drivers shift gears and depress the clutch 360 times hourly in downtown traffic.
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FE. H. Blackard
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Rozvelle
London
French Somaliland
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