With Lid Off North Carolina Gas Use Soars
Raleigh dispatch notes gasoline consumption in 1941 through September up about 19 percent from 1940, despite the 7 to 7 ban and rationing. Tax-paid figures show monthly gains, with August and September highest, suggesting repeal will not curb overall use. Eight hundred European refugees arrive in Rio aboard the Cabo de Esperanza.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Harold
Monthly Revenue
Allen J. Maxwell
Europe
Cabo de B. Esperanza
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Weather notes from North Carolina and Atlantic coastal winds
Fair with cooler temperatures across the northeast, scattered frost in mountains and north central areas tonight into Sunday. Moderate to fresh northerly winds along the coast from Hatteras to Jacksonville, with variable winds inland and diminishing tonight. Sunday forecast fair and cooler, with temperatures and rainfall data for numerous stations including Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, and others.
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Jacksonville
Block Island
Y Hatteras
Couth
Charlotte
Midal Weather Bureau
Asheville
Avania
Augusta
Birmingham
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
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Galveston
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Key West Ca
Los Angeles
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Tampa
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Knox bluffing claims spark Japanese rebuttal in alert
Tokyo reports ridicule United States navy secretary Frank Knox warning of inevitable collision with Japan unless expansion plans end. Hochi calls it bluffing and blundering. Domei cites a source blaming US actions for rising tensions while Japan pursues peace.
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Frank Knox
United States
Japan
Knox
Hochi
Chagal
Domei
Law Adopted to Punish Attacks on Occupation Forces
Vichy reports a new law aimed at criminal attacks on occupation troops and the French population suffers. The cabinet considers maintenance payments to German forces and winter famine measures as more snow falls. Nantes remains cut off by a German cordon while Russia notes a peasant growing tomato potato hybrids.
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France
Vichy- Nantes
Traffic Tied Up By Crash On Route 29
The Lexing ton Thomasville highway Route 29 traffic was tied up for hours after a truck trailer and a small sedan collided. The trailer’s rear wheels were knocked off, leaving space for one direction. A man named Chapman was treated at a doctor’s, but not located. Clifford Quisenberry had a scalp wound and was released from the hospital. An unidentified third person rode in the car. Investigation continues and charges may follow.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
John Crowell
State Highway Patrol
Lexington
Crowell
Chapman
Clifford Quisenberry
Union Labor Moves Amid Steel and Maritime Talks
Lewis management to reinstate striking workers Monday amid $5 million in aviation orders for defense. United Mine Workers demand union shop in Captive Mine dispute. Findlay machinists end strike at Buckeye and Ditcher with $3 million contracts for gun mounts and tank parts. 18 steamship lines ratify two year deal with National Maritime Union raising wages and overtime. Pacific Northwest welders union resumes work after membership vote to return Monday.
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Roosevelt
Findlay
Ohio
AFI
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American Merchant Marine Institute
National Maritime Union
CMU
New York
Pacific Northwest
Five Army Cross Country Flight Crashes Reported
Five Army airmen were killed in two separate crashes. A Douglas B-18A bomber went down near Fairfield California after a cross-country flight from Windsor Locks Connecticut. Lieut E F Carey of Hampton Virginia reported a pilot bailed out at 15 000 feet over rugged terrain as the formation headed toward McChord Field Washington.
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Hampton
Sacramento
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Pease
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McChord Field
Wash
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Windsor Locks
Conn
Fairfield
Calif
Kharkov Falls as Frontline Push Rages West of Moscow
Soviet dispatches report heavy snow blanketing the Mozhaisk area as German forces renew their push toward the Mozhaisk salient and near Kalinin where 4,000 Nazis were claimed killed. Moscow radio cited attempts to cross the Oka near Kaluga halted by a swift Russian counter attack. In Ukraine, Nazi pressure toward the Donets basin is said to be blocked by Marshal Timoshenko’s Red Army, with huge losses on both sides as Kharkov, a major war goods center, reportedly fell yesterday. Restov on-Don looms as German and allied forces push closer to vital Caspian oil regions.
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Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Hitler
Restovon-Don
Capital's Social Round Slow as Defense Speeds Up
Washington society endures a chilling shift as White House entertainments are canceled and embassies tighten routines. Diplomats cluster into social cliques, defense leaders host intimate dinners, and Latin American envoys keep the calendar alive. The piece notes isolationist currents, lavish debuts paused, and a city balancing glamour with a wartime emergency mood.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Alice Longworth
Frank West
Bennett Clarks
Wheelers
Nyes
Donald Nelson
Leon Henderson
William Knudsen
Axis
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Don Manuel
Mme. Espil
Argentina
Felipe Espil
Madame Martins
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Hope Diamond Fame
J. Borden Harriman
Norway
William Laird Dunlop, Jr
Moscow Front Holds Despite German Push In Ukraine
News from the European war fronts notes limited progress for German forces around Moscow and in Ukraine as mud and weather hinder offensives. Reports cite Red Army resistance near Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslavets, with Germans rushing reinforcements for a potential final Central Front assault. Meanwhile U.S. politics discuss neutrality laws and a White House critique of Nazi brutality, warning that hostages are used as reprisals and condemning the pattern of mass killings in occupied Europe.
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Maloyaroslavets
Leningrad
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Makeevka
Stalino
Taganrog
Mostov-on-Don
Thomas
America
Washington
White House
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Bourdeaux
Nation-wide line of defense in foreign policy speech
Senator Elbert D. Thomas warned that grave decisions require patient study but rest on the resolve of 130,000,000 free Americans. He said American foreign policy and defense now come from Congress with a nation-wide line of defense, criticizing delays despite England fighting on after defeat in France.
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Dutah
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Congress
England
France
Thomas
Birthday of the U S Navy Remembered As Nation’s Sea Craft
A three man naval committee led by John Adams, Silas Dean, and John Langdon bought the Black Prince of Philadelphia, renamed Alfred, the first ship in the U S Navy. Congress authorized four ships, Navy Day on October 27 honors naval service and historical milestones from 1775 onward.
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John Adams
Silas Dean
John Langdon
Philadelphia
Alfred
United States Navy
Congress
George Washington
Columbus
Cabot
Andrew Doria
U. S
Theodore Roosevelt
Lfe
United States
New York Stocks Open on Busy Trading Day
New York stocks opened mixed on October 28 as traders weighed early results and earnings. The market showed modest gains in industrial shares while banks remained under pressure amid cautious trading and global concerns.
Blessing in Disguise in Philadelphia Puts Parents on Alert
Seven month old Geral dine Moffa woke parents at 3 am with cries revealing coal gas seeping through a defective flue in their home. Investigation found the dangerous gas source and the household was warned about the hazard.
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Philadelphia
Geraldine Moffa
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