City of Flint Seized by German Prize Crew
Berlin reports United States freighter City of Flint, bound for Hamburg, was seized as a prize by a German crew aboard the pocket battleship Deutschland after sailing from Murmansk. The vessel was released by Soviet Russia at Murmansk, with fate of the ship and crew still unsettled and under discussion in Washington and at a German prize court.
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Berlin
United States
City of Flint
Murmansk
Germany
Atschland
Russia
Dvices
Hamburg
Great Britain
Ermans
Washington
Comman
Mar
North Sea
United Tes
Diegst Aus Deutschland
Public Buildings Awards Post Office Contract in Kings Mountain
The Public Buildings Administration awarded L. B. Gallice of Greensboro North Carolina a 900 contract for the construction of a post office at Kings Mountain North Carolina. Also reports on a protest against the Dies Committee and Roosevelt’s third question session.
Asheboro band teacher and student held after daring robbery
Asheboro High School band leader Pat Leonard and 16 year old student Paul Blackman were jailed for an attempted robbery at Johnson Filling Station in Asheboro. Station attendant Morris Ledman was shot in the shoulder. Blackman confessed to also robbing Walter Betts grocery on South Park Street. Leonard faces highway robbery with firearms and assault with intent to kill charges. Blackman charged as accessory.
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Asheboro
Pat Leonard
Paul Blackman
Randolph County
Johnson
Salisbury
Main Streets
Morris Ledman
Blackman
Leonard
Walter Betts
South Park Street
Dewey C. Bulla
Ledman
Henry Lemmons
Britain Calls for Volunteers in General Mobilization
Britain opened its first general volunteer call since the war began. Men aged 22 to 35 in Great Britain and 20 to 35 in Northern Ireland are eligible, with reported reporting to duty on November 15. Officials anticipate intensified air and sea attacks as winter warfare approaches. Naval sources note possible German surface raiders slipping through the North Sea blockade.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Northern Ireland
Britain
North Sea
Envoy Secures Talk With Soviet Official Over City of Flint
U S Ambassador Laur ence A. Steinhardt finally met with Vladimir P. Potemkin, vice commissar of foreign affairs, in Moscow to seek full information about the City of Flint. Previous attempts to obtain an appointment had failed. The interview followed days of unavailing efforts as Berlin reports suggested the freighter was en route to Hamburg.
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Moscow
United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
City of Flint
Vladimir P. Potemkin
Steinhardt
Murmansk
Flint
Berlin
Hamburg
Foreign Office
Navy Chief Seeks to Keep U.S. Out of European War
President Roosevelt urges defense of sea frontiers as key to peace in a Navy Day message to Acting Secretary Edison. The fleet operates under wartime conditions with ships hidden and neutrality patrols active amid reports of expanding shipbuilding and planned two new 45,000 ton floating fortresses.
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Navy
U.S
Europe
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Edison
Pacific
Germany
Congress
Finland Firm On Bargaining With Russia
In Helsinki on October 27 AP reports Finland insists any deal with Soviet Russia will be decided by Finns. President Kyosti Kallio led cheers for Finland as Dr Juho Paasikivi’s delegation, fresh from Moscow, outlined Russian demands deemed unacceptable.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Helsinki
Russia
Finland
Kyoesti Kallio
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Moscow
Paasikivi
Erkko
Europe
Sea air battle near Copenhagen reported by Selero Island
Reports from Selero Island described a naval battle with planes and warships off the coast near Copenhagen. The Danish ministry of marine denied any action, noting only a lone aircraft sighting and no corroboration from coast guard stations. Swedish reports claimed increased German fleet activity in the Baltic with three cruisers and planes crashing between Gotland and Oeland.
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Copenhagen
Selero Island
Ministry of Marine
Severo Island
Seiero
Kattegat
Denmark
Sweden
Baltic
Gotland
Oeland Islands
Baltic Sea
Scandinavia
Visby
Estonia
Latvia
Alleged Nazi Spies Nabbed by Yugoslavs in Raid
Maribor Yugoslavia October 27 police said a former Yugoslav army lieutenant colonel and thirty others were arrested for questioning in a German spy ring case. Besides the unnamed ex-officer a textile engineer and a woman were alleged to be chief Nazi spy agents.
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Maribor
Yugoslavia
NLRB Reaffirms Runoff Election Policy
The NLRB upholds its runoff election approach for union representation when neither side gains a majority and directs elections on the most-voted union. Board member Leiserson objects, calling the method arbitrary and unsupported by Congress.
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Washington
William M. Leiserson
Labor Board
J. Warren Madden
Edwin S. Smith
Leiserson
Congress
NC State Pi Kappa Fraternity Diet Trial
Twenty four Pi Kappa Alpha members at North Carolina State College endured a four day German war diet, losing up to five pounds each while three gained slightly. They finished with a steak dinner reward after living on watery coffee, limited meat, spinach and potatoes basing menus on Berlin reports.
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Raleigh
Pi Kappalpha
N. C. State College
Berlin
Louis P. Lochner
Bureau of the
Associated Press
Roosevelt Says Public Seeks Stabilized Prosperity
President Roosevelt told reporters that the public desires stabilized prosperity with no rise in prices. He noted industrialists favoring a ready recovery over a war boom, but cautioned the aim remains a balance of profits without higher costs for all.
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Washington
Roosevelt
British Russia note on contraband to be studied before answer
London authorities said Russia will study Britain’s protest over contraband control before replying. Soviet Russia had accused the British contraband list of violating international law principles and notified Britain on Wednesday.
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London
Russia
Britain
Germans Ready For Offensive Along Siegfried Line
Paris dispatch reports German forces massed tanks and artillery on the Siegfried Line while French observers note cold, flooded fronts and local reconnaissance activity. France estimates 1,500,000 Germans in forward or support positions as Luftwaffe aircraft move toward the line, weather expected to limit actions for now.
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John H. Martin
Paris
Siegfried Line
Maginot
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Patriotic Order Sons of America Launches National Campaign
Hugh G. Mitchell, president, announced a national membership drive for the Patriotic Order Sons of America to begin with a Philadelphia meeting today. The push seeks new members across the country.
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Stateville
Oat
Hugh G. Mitchell
The
Patriotic Order, Sons of America
Philadelphia
Flying torpedo steered by television demonstrated
Specifications for a remote controlled flying torpedo using television guidance were submitted to the War Department. The device, a small radio controlled plane carrying explosive charge, would be steered by an iconoscope aided image sent to the master plane.
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Chicago
War Department
American Television Institute
U. A
Sanabria
Lee de Forest
West Point
Senate Denies Clark Run As Arm Embargo Vote Passes
The Senate voted 65 to 26 to repeal the arms embargo on Europe’s warring nations, clearing the way for the administration Neutrality Bill and a limited cash and carry system. A Clark amendment to bar armed belligerent ships failed 65 to 26 as debate moved toward final passage within a week.
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Washington
Senate
Europe
Nye
D-Nd
FDR
Roosevelt
Congress
England
France
Germany
United States
Clark
Barkley
Winston Market Averages Record Deep on Tobacco Floor
Winston-Salem tobacco market sales nearly cleared all floors as Booth reports average price around 17.10 per hundred with some buyers earning as high as 40. The report lists numerous consignors and lots including Westley Scott Otis Evans G C Tuttle Hubert Moxley and Jester Moxley among others with varied prices and quantities.
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Winston-Salem
James T. Booth
Westley Scott
Otis Evans
G. C. Tuttle
Hubert Moxley
Robert Barr & Son
Robert & Ham
Buck & Clinton White
Herman Wolff
Craughn & Stanley
Sams & Gordon
Flippin & K
Nevis Snow
Jester
Linville & Dobbins
Dos and Moxley
S. A. Starnes
Sadie Marshall
Jim Bolin
P. R. Key
W. R. Ashburn
A. J. Hall
Thelma Dugeins
O. L. Badgett
Slate Cox
J. W. Young & Alley
C. H. Spencer
S. N. Boler
P. E. Wooten
C. B. Key
Wood & Wooten
G. M. Angel
EB. M. Easter
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