Lewis Stands Put On Order For Coal Strike
The United Mine Workers reported nearly all 53 000 captive miners idle after President Lewis ordered a strike. Roosevelt urged continued work for national defense as mine shutdowns spread across Kentucky Alabama and West Virginia with 11 000 to 12 000 idle in Southern West Virginia and 4 300 idle at Lynch Kentucky. Roosevelt renewed his plea for miners to return to work while UMW leader Lewis prepared to meet Taylor and reconsider options for settlement.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
Lewis
Roosevelt
K. G. Adams
UMW
Adams
Kome
Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin
Alleghany Ludlum
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Lynch
U. Coal and Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
Alabama
Jeader
Myron C. Taylor
U. S. Steel Corporation
Taylor
Fifteen Die When Bus Catches Fire in Alabama
A gasoline explosion on a Montgomery bound passenger bus near Clanton killed at least 15 people and left seven in critical condition. Driver Parrish Aulliman died of burns. three youths identified include William D. Davis of Troy, Alonzo Renfroe of Banks, and Alton B. Yates of Union Springs. The bus struck a bridge railing, igniting flames visible for miles as passengers fled and rescuers rushed the injured to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clanton
Ala
Montgomery - Birmingham
Parrish Auliman
Birmingham
J. Mell Martin
William D. Davis
Troy
Alonzo Renfroe
Banks
Alton B. Yates
Union Springs
South Alabama
Civilian Conservation Corps
Here
Hardie Jones
Carpenter
Aullman
Jones
Auitman
Robert Johnson
Montgomery
Mac Stéphens
U S Not To Rush Into War Warns Hull Senate Debate Opens
Secretary Hull told the Senate the United States would not seek war while Hitler rules, as the Foreign Relations Committee released testimony from closed sessions. The panel backed a House bill to repeal the Neutrality Act arming ban and allow American ships into belligerent ports and combat zones amid wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hull
Hitler
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harold
R. Stark
House
United States
Cudahy Describes Hitler Calm In War Interview
Former ambassador John Cudahy testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about an interview with Adolf Hitler. He recounted Hitler’s calm, lucid remarks on convoys, the risk of war, and German attitudes toward peace and America’s entry, noting Hitler feared American power and a prolonged conflict. The testimony, given last week in private, was made public today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Cudahy
Belgium
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Convoys
Ribbentrop
Cudahy
National Whinlai By Ray Sucker
Harriman mission to Moscow reports strong Russian resolve to resist Hitler and capability of Soviet industry and armed forces. Observers note morale and machines impressively strong and believe Moscow fall would not topple Stalin. Advisers urge broad support for aiding Soviet war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Sucker Sunshine
Harriman Mission
Moscow
Hitler
Stalin
Arkansas Tornadoes Toll Marks Casualties
Out of season tornadoes raked Arkansas killing at least 12 in Hamburg and five near Dardanelle. Dozens injured as homes and power lines were ruined and emergency wards set up. Names given for many dead across Hamburg and Dardanelle communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Hamburg
Arkansas River
Dardanelle
Shelby Jordan
Iilas Walker
Clayton
Charley Kelley
Tom Collins
Travis Sawyer
Vester Austin
Robinson
Bill Price
Otis Heathroat
Bethel
Alfred McDonald
Oak-e-Doak
Monticello
Damlanelle
British Cruiser Is Reported Sunk By German Bomber
Rome reports the Italian high command says German bombers sank a British cruiser amid an air attack on a naval formation off the Libyan coast. The claim follows another day of reports of British naval losses and bombardments of Libyan targets by both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Alalian High Command
DNB
Berlin
Mediterranean
Bardia
Libya
High Command
Central
Eastern
Bengali
Tripol
Misurata
Raleigh to vote on city limits extension
Raleigh voters in the city and its suburbs will decide tomorrow on a proposed extension of Raleigh’s city limits, with the outcome likely affecting local governance and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Attacks on Russian frontier post strain Far East ties
Far Eastern developments place fresh strain on United States Japan and Russia. A reported attack by 20 Japanese soldiers on a Russian frontier post four days ago highlights the tense Manchukuo Russia border. Premier General Tojo advocates expansion amid Knox warning of a Pacific collision. The Japanese press speaks of Anglo American pressure on Thailand and reports on Indo China under Tokyo domination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Far
Russia
Manchukuo
Hieki Tojo
Japan
U. S. Navy
Knox
Pacific
Thailand
Bridge Across Rio Grande Collapses From Flood Pressure
The international bridge across the Rio Grande collapsed early today under flood pressure. Flood waters had torn at the structure for a week. Rio Rico residents were evacuated by boats last week as the town sat under four feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Rico
Mexico
International
The
Rio Grande
Russia Fights Under New Order Not To Retreat
Russian forces under strict no retreat orders counter-attacked south of Moscow. across the Nara River retaking a village while Zhukov loud demands no step back. Heavily fought front near Rostov as German reinforcements arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuibyshev
Russia
Red Army
Moscow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Aloscow
Rostav
Supreme Court agrees to review Reynolds def tax case
The court will hear the government challenge to a Fourth Circuit ruling denying $583.675 million in deficiency taxes plus interest from Zachary Smith Reynolds, heir to tobacco wealth who died in Winston-Salem in 1932 after marrying Libby Holman. The estate dispute involved large trust funds and resulted in a 2 million state tax payment and a series of allocations to a child, the other child, Reynolds’ siblings, and Libby Holman Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Zachary Smith Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N. C
Reynolds
Libby Holman
Toreh Singer
Fourth Federal Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Anne Cannon
Concord
N.C
Reno, New
North Carolina
Libby Holman Reynolds
Explosion Traps Men In Shaft at Daniel Roune Mine
In Daniel Roune near Madisonville Kentucky an underground blast trapped workers. Sixteen men were rescued and 29 others reported safe while fifteen remained missing. The mine cage and shaft were disabled and barrels aided surface retrieval. Names of the missing listed include Albert Keys Robert Jovey William Compton Gus Proyer Bert Cunningham Edgar Adams Naly Todd Junior Gamblin Chey Wells Otho Sisk Bernie Martin Robert Dunning Dan Pearson Ike Whitfield and Goldie Gamblin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
Sterling Coal Company
Daniel Roune
Muir
Albert Keys
Robert Jovey
William Compton
Gus Proyer
Bert Cunningham
Edgar Adams
Xaly Todd
Junior Gamblin
Chey Wells
Otho Sisk
Bernie Martin
Robert Dunning
Dan Pearson
Ike Whitfield
Goldie Gamblin
House OKs compromise lend lease bill amid farm-use repeal
Washington reports the House approved a compromise version of the lend lease bill after removing a prohibition on using funds to buy agricultural products grown outside the United States. A second reprieve by the Germans spared 40 hostages in Nantes scheduled for midnight execution in reprisal for a German officer's assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
United States
Senate
SECON
France
Nantes
Army order revokes transfer of Thomas H. Biles to Fort Bragg
Washington on October 27 reports Army orders revoking the transfer of Captain Thomas H. Biles a chaplain based in Charleston from High Point where he served as a pastor to Fort Bragg Captain Roy W Smith Infantry Fort Jackson is listed in Arlington Virginia as another officer in the same dispatch
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Biles
Fort Bragg
Washington
Roy W. Smith
Fort Jackson
Arlington
Charleston
Captain Biles
High Point
North Carolina shaped Navy history with Hewes and secretaries
On Navy Day Raleigh notes North Carolina’s pivotal naval roles. Joseph Hewes helped found a continental navy and named John Paul Jones. Captain Johnston Blakely led the Wasp. The state supplied five Navy secretaries, including Daniels, Badger, Graham, Branch, and Dobbin. Four ships bore NC names, with the 2,633 ton early vessel serving 1829 1867 and later ships reflecting evolving fleets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Merchant Prince of
Edenton
Joseph Hewes
Continental Congress
Hewes
North Carolina
Geraldine Coburn
State Historical Commission
Paul Jones
John Paul Jones
America
Jones
Willie
Allen Jones
Navy
Great Britain
Johnston Blakely
Wilmington
Wasp
John Branch
Jackson
George E. Badger
Harrison
Willian A. Graham
Fillmore
John
Dobbin
Pierce
Josephus DanieIls
Wilson
Daniels
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charlotte
German counter attacks halted near Rostov in Rostov area
Berlin reports Italian allies aided in repelling heavy Russian counter moves along the German Donets Basin advance. Rostov on the Don River is cited as the next likely objective as Leningrad siege and Moscow encirclement continue. Foreign correspondents received Rostov material as they had about Kharkov last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Donets
Rostov
Black Sea
Don
Leningrad
Moscow
Hey
Kharkov
Italian Foreign Minister Discusses Turkey Entry Into Axis
In Rome on October 27, Vir ginio Gayda, chief fascist editor, said Count Galeazzo Ciano was talking with Adolf Willer about a new diplomatic move. Observers believed this could involve Turkey joining the axis program for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Adolf Willer
Turkey
Europe
Rostov as Grain Trade Center and War Front
German high command gave vague details on the southern drive as Rostov, a key grain trade center with a population around 500,000, saw heavy Soviet resistance. DNB reported new German gains over fortified Russian positions near the Donets Basin while Moscow remained threatened from several directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rostov
Ouries
Adolf Hitler
Fron
Donets
DNB
Moscow
First Army Squares Off For Maneuvers In South Carolina
First Army units rehearse a large scale exercise near the North Carolina South Carolina line as five members of a House military appropriations subcommittee observe. General Eichelberger of West Point watches the start of the fourth week of a two month program with 100000 troops in the third army’s fourth corps arriving for the concluding action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Littlejohn
Camden
D. C
House
Briz
Robert L. Eichelberge
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
J. B. Snyder
Pennsylvania
Joe Starnes
Alabama
George H. Mahon
Texas
Francis Case
South Dakota
D. Lane Powers
New Jersey
Washington
Liew
Hugh 2
Drums
Pee Tee River
North Carolina-South Carolina
Kershaw
Sixth Corps
Karl Truesdell
Third Army
Fourth Corps
Cester
5. Cy
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Far East
U. S
Sec
Alexandria
Egypt
Tobruk
Far Eastern
Kanemitsu Yoshikawa
Foreign Office
Thaiand
Indo-China
England
Tokyo
Vichy
Siberia
South Ward
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Robert Brooke-Popham
Orient
Australia
Shanghai
Sharp Peak Island
Foochow
Easons
Nanking
South China
Kwangtung
Iwangsi
Yunnan
Chiang Kai-Shek
By Henry C. Cassidy
Bulletins
Jos
South Carolina
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