Italians Claim to Stage a Comeback in Balkans Drive
In the 16 day Balkan conflict Italian forces surge at Koritza inside Albania, pushing Greek troops back as Athens reports Italian retreats along a 100 mile front. Greek high command says mountain units and cavalry mop up, while Mussolini’s air force bombs targets across northwest Greece and Albania.
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Belgrade
Koritza
Albania
Mussolini
Athens
Italy
Pindus Mountains
Enirus
Greece
Kalibaki
Ioannina
Metsovon
Kastoria
Corfu
Larisa
Lake Presa
Supreme court bars labor board from taxing back pay in Republic Steel case
The Supreme Court ruled the labor board exceeded its authority by ordering Republic Steel to reimburse government relief agencies for wages paid to workers deemed to have lost regular work. Chief Justice Hughes said Congress did not intend unlimited board discretion to impose penalties. The case involves back pay disputed by 5,000 workers from the 1937 little steel strike. Justices Black and Douglas dissented on relief disbursement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Labor Board
Hughes
Republic’ Steel Corporation of
Cleveland
Congress
Republic Steel
Black
Douglas
Steamer William B Davock Sunk Off Pentwater After Lake Storm
Wintry gales lash the Great Lakes with at least one disaster as the steamer William B Davock carrying a crew of 32 breaks in two and sinks five miles south of Pentwater Michigan. A cold wave pushes from the Rockies to the Atlantic as rescue efforts begin.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Rockies
Atlantic
William B. Davock
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Pentwater
Mich
Hitler Greets Soviet Premier as Russia May Join Axis
Premier Vyacheslaff Molotoff met Adolf Hitler in Berlin amid hints Russia could join the Berlin Rome Tokyo axis. Observers say Moscow’s visit signals potential orders for Turkey Greece and Britain to be pressed in the Balkans. Turkish radio warns of imminent German moves while Rome notes a possible shift in Turkey’s British alliance.
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Russia
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Soviet
Tokyo
Molotoff
Balkans
Near East
Anhalter Station
Germany
Italy
Japan
Moscow
Moltoff
Berlin
Britain
Turkey
Greece
Istanbul
Rome
Nazis Aid Romanian Victims Amid Earthquake Aftermath
In Bucharest on November 12 Nazi troops shifted from base preparations to rescue work among ruins of homes shops and factories from Sunday’s devastating earthquake. Oil fields report widespread refinery damage but sufficient undamaged reservoirs to sustain the war machine.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Reich War Machine
National Bank of Lawrence Promotes Broad Banking Services
The bank urges customers to use checking for budgeting savings for emergencies loans in installments if desired safety deposit box for valuables care of securities and estate trustee duties. First. National Bank of Lawrence. -Adv.
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National Bank of Lawrence
Kans. FFA honors six boys including Cunningham of Eldorado
Six boys named star farmers by the Future Farmers of America at the annual convention tied to the American Royal show. James S. Cunningham of Eldorado Kan won a $150 regional award for diversification and enterprise. Other honorees include Jesse Anderson of Mandford Calif John Shaffer of Bedford Pa and Lewis Kelly Jr of Lexington Ky each region star farmer. Jack Deacon of Fort Cobb Okla and LaRoy Duvall of Lamar Mo received $100 awards. Cunningham built a $3 290 asset base with near 1 000 working capital and operates 100 acres with beef cattle poultry sheep and other crops. He has shown at state fairs and led a DeMolay track team while serving as local FFA president.
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Kansas City
James S. Cunningham
Eldorado
Kan
Future Farmers of America
American Royal Livestock and Horse Show
Jesse Anderson
Manford
Calif
Pacific
John William Shaffer
Bedford
North Atlantic
Lewis Kelly, Jr
Lexington
North Central
Kansas City Star
Jack Deacon
Fort Cobb
Okla
LaRoy Duvall
Lamar
The
Star
Cunningham
Kansan
Kansas
James
Young Cunningham
F.F.A
Cold Weather Grips Lawrence With Light Snow
Cold weather and snow continued in Lawrence with clearing skies this afternoon. Light snow persisted through the morning and the temperature dipped to 16 degrees at the gas office.
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Lawrence
Willkie sends praise to Kansas governor for GOP showing
Wendell L. Willkie wired congratulations to Gov. Payne Ratner today on the Republican ticket’s showing in Kansas in the general election. He said the victory not possible without the great fight Ratner and the GOP made, sending cordial greeting and good wishes.
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Willkie
Kansas
Topeka
Wendell L. Willkie
Payne Ratner
Bomb Attacks Hit Suez Canal Zone Briefly
Axis aircraft dropped bombs in the Suez Canal Zone last night per a communique from the Egyptian ministry of home security. Damage was described as insignificant.
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Suez Canal
Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Egyotian Ministry of Home Security
Axis Bombs Hit London At Night In Regular Raid
Axis explosives fell heavily on London in a nightly air raid with six bombs in one area and steel splinters on pavements. Other attacks hit Liverpool and northern and western England while a daytime strike targeted northeast coast towns. Rescue squads continued digging through ruins, including a blue print shop shelter damaged yesterday.
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London
Raideraz Ramain
The
Watn
Liverpool
Elswhere
England
Strait of Dover
Germany
Seven Die In Jersey Explosion At United Railway Signal Plant
Seven people were killed and at least 25 injured as a terrible blast at the United Railway Signal Company plant in Woodbridge New Jersey destroyed the facility and damaged nearby homes. The dead include one man and four women identified among the victims. many casualties were local residents. Police discounted sabotage and noted the explosion occurred in the priming room. officials reported extensive destruction across the Middlesex County site and surrounding communities.
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United Railway Signal Company
Woodbridge
N. J
Lesist
Atea
Perth Amboy General Hospital
Rahway Hospital
United Railway Signal
Dominic la Penta
Michael J. Angel
State Bureau of Explosives
Washington Army and Navy
Defense
Middlesex Water Company
Signal Plant
Bayonne
Middlesex County
Newark
Manhattan
New Jersey
Staten Island
N. Y
Explosion Kills Three at Trojan Powder Plant
At Troxell's Crossing near Allentown Pennsylvania three men died in a blast at the Trojan powder company plant where percussion caps were made. The building was destroyed and estimated property damage was 3000 to 4000 dollars. Coroner Peters called it an accident. The firm held defense contracts totaling about 202 150 dollars with orders from the Army and Navy.
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Allentown
Trojan Powder Company
Troxell’s Crossing
Here
Army
Navy
John Bronstein
Alexander M. Peters
Explosion Kills Three at Edinburg Chemical Plant
Deputy Coroner T A McKay reported three men killed in an explosion at the Burton powder works of the American Cyanamid and Chemical corporation in Edinburg New Castle vicinity western Pennsylvania. One small building appeared blown up and no further details were given. The Edinburg plant produced commercial materials and had no government orders. This blast followed another at the Calder chemical division in Bound Brook New Jersey that killed a plant superintendent and injured three workers.
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New Castle
T. A. McKay
Burton
American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation
Edinburg
Pennsylvania
McKay
Pittsburgh
Corporation
Caler Chemical Division Acid
Bound Brook
N. J
British Bombers Hit Lorient and French Airfields in Daylight Raids
The air ministry said British bombers attacked the submarine base at Lorient once and targeted Brest St Malo and St Brieux airfields in daylight raids yesterday. Poor weather prevented further fighter sweeps over German territory.
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London
Lorient
Brest
St. Malo
St. Brieux
Air ‘Ministry
Kansas Girl Wins Annual Star Homemaker Award at American Royal
Betty Jane Moate of Smith Center Kan a junior and homemaker from a 320 acre farm won the eighth annual Star Homemaker Award at the American Royal livestock and horse show She received 100 dollars for leading the Montes seven room home remodel and decorating project while balancing family duties and school activities.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Betty Jane Moate
Smith Center
Kan
Betty Jane
William Moate
Weekly
Star
Montes
Smith County
Winter snows hit Kansas with frigid blast and widespread flakes
Snow began early in cities from Wichita to Topeka and eastward as temperatures plunged to near zero. Weatherman S. D. Flora said more snow was likely in the northeast with statewide lows 5 to 15 degrees. Roads remained open but crews cleared frozen moisture. moisture will help wheat grain survive winter.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Wichita
el Dorado
Salina
Garden City
Coffeyville
McPherson
Emporia
Dodge City
Highway Department
Flora
Ellis
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Arkansas City
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Dakotas
Livingston
Mont
Missouri
Oklahoma
Colorado
Morgenthau plan to raise taxes and debt limit
Washington reports growing congressional support for Secretary Morgenthau’s proposal to raise taxes and expand the $49,000,000,000 borrowing cap to finance defense. Senate Finance Committee member Senator Georgesaid the increases are deemed inevitable. Demo leaders push to keep Congress in session beyond January as Rep Martin urges no adjournment amid crisis. London reports Civilian casualties from October air raids reach 6,834 killed with 8,695 injured or detained in hospitals.
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Washington
Morgenthau
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
London
United Kingdom
Ministry of Home Security
Douglas County Conscription Register To Be Published
The Journal-World will publish the complete order numbers for Douglas County registrants in tomorrow's issue. Every man who registered on October 16 can learn his local call number from the list. A total of 2,703 Douglas County men are registered for possible conscription.
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Douglas County
Journal- World
Burke Gains Lead As Out-of-State Absentees Counted
Burke leads Ratner by about 2,924 votes based on six Kansas counties Rawlins Rice Wallace Atchison Clark and Mitchell with Burke 419851 Ratner 416927. The state canvass begins sorting 7316 absentee ballots with 188 ruled void and 140 mailed November 6 counted under postmark rules.
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Toneka
Kansas
William H. Burke
Payne Ratner
Burke
Ratner
Rawlins
Rice
Wallace
Atchison
Clark
Mitchell
Topeka
State Board of Canvassers
Secretary of State
Leroy Bradfield
Earl H. Hatcher
Harry Crane
Shawnee County
G.O.P
E. R. Sloan
Supreme Court
George H. West
Kansas City
Wyandotte
D. C. Hill
Wamego
Tax Commission
Walter A. Haxman
Thomas C. Lysaught
Gale E. Krouse
Onaga
Forty of fifty students solo in civilian flight program
Civilian flight training at the airport progresses as weather allows. Bill Ashcraft states that 40 of 50 primary students have completed solo flights while beginners average about 115 hours weekly. Twenty advanced students are near halfway. Two new Aeronca trainers arrive within two weeks.
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Bill Ashcraft
Aeronca
Chamberlain Died With Confidence in England, Says Churchill
Churchill told the house of commons that Neville Chamberlain died with confidence Britain had turned the corner and that long hard years lay ahead. He praised Chamberlain’s peace efforts and contrasted them with Hitler’s bluster, noting Chamberlain’s untied, clean-hearted approaching future.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Altho
Britain
Hitler
Red Cross Roll Call Kicks Off In Cold Front
Red Cross workers began the annual Roll Call in a bitter wind and snow. Early donations showed progress as Mrs. Ralph Wolfson and Miss Hilda Lofgren reported $14 and $18 in a two block West Lawrence area, aiding the $5,100 goal.
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Red Cross
Ralph Wolfson
Hilda Lofgren
West Lawrence
Lofgren
Wolfson
Wilma Miller
Ben Barteldes
C. C. Rankin
Royal College
Clarence Pierson
Weaver’s
American Legion
Bodies recovered after gale sinks lake steamer in Michigan
Muskegon Michigan November 12 coast guardsmen report the bodies of a dozen sailors found in Lake Michigan near Ludington harbor. The steamer William B Davock broke in two and sank about five miles south of Pentwater during yesterday's gale. Two vessels were aground north of the area including the 253 foot Nevadoc feared lost.
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Muskegon
Mich
Coast
Here
Nevadoc
Lake Michigan
Arkansas Boy Wins 1940 Star Farmer of the Nation
Gerald Reyenga a 17 year old from Emmet Arkansas won the 1940 Star Farmer of the Nation at the Future Farmers of America convention in Kansas City. He received a 500 prize from the Kansas City Star and a College of Russellville scholarship.
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Kansas City
Gerald Reyenga
Emmet
Ark
Arkansas
Future Farmers of America
Gerald
Laneburg Central High School
American Legion
College of Russellville
State Department of Vocational Agriculture
Vote canvass updates incounty absentee counts and totals
An unofficial count shows in state absentee ballots in this county: Payne Ratner 28, Burke 12, as commissioners begin tallying 106 in state ballots. Official canvass adjusts several totals with book counting errors noted.
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Payne Ratner
William H. Burke
Board of County Commissioners
Lawrence
Willkie
Roosevelt
Hugh Means
Johnson
Ed Johnson
E. F. Abels
A. W. Berber
Two Convicts Die In Penitentiary Bomb Incident
In Canon City Colorado two inmates were killed by a black powder bomb smuggled from a cell. Eugene Milliken 38 handed the device to James Valentino 31 who he told to throw it in a rubbish can. The blast killed Valentino instantly and fatally wounded Milliken.
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado State Penitentiary
Eugene Milliken
James Valentino
Valentino
Milliken
Weather Summary for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma
Mostly cloudy and cold with light snow flurries in the north east. Tonight and Wednesday trend partly cloudy and warmer. Temperatures remain well below normal through Saturday with a gradual warmup Thursday in the plains, then cooler again by Friday and Saturday. Gas Office readings show highs in the 20s and lows around the teens, far below last year.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Panhandle
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