Red Army Breaks Siege Front Across Lenin Grad Area
Moscow reports say Soviet infantry with artillery and dive bombers broke German siege lines near Leningrad and pushed to the rear amid strong resistance. Tass cites gains on the Moscow front as Red Army initiative takes hold while battles continue.
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Moscow
B.B.C
Moscow radio
Red army
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Tula
Tass
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Malo Yaroslavets
Red Star
Nara
Kalinin
Skid Tass
No Evidence Babies’ Smiles Are From Conscious Thought
The Hygeia magazine argues infants’ smiles are usually reflexes, often seen in sleep, not when awake unless mouth-area skin is stroked. Observation with a movie camera notes reflex, unconscious actions, and heightened sensitivity around the mouth in early infancy. Way supplies to Russia debates use of ships versus food for Britain, cautioning ships serve specific purposes beyond quantity.
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Hygeia
RUSSIA
London Spectator
Britain
Canadian Officer Commands Patrol Ship in Channel Strike
Lieut. Charles Ernest Honnell of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve led a British patrol vessel that scored two direct hits on a large enemy supply ship in the English Channel, striking a significant blow to enemy logistics recently.
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Charles Ernest Honnell
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
English channel
Report Mass Attack By Submarines
Fifteen teen survivors of the torpedoed freighter Bold Venture arriving in Boston report 13 vessels sunk in their convoy of 53 ships in the north Atlantic on Oct 16 and two others lost days earlier. The destroyer Kearny was torpedoed Oct 16. Rescued crew members fear the 18 missing shipmates are dead. None of the missing were Americans, though some had US addresses. The Bold Venture was blown apart in the after section about 100 miles from Iceland. Praise Canadian observers from the rail of the ship.
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United States
Kearny
Iceland
Unreported Foreign Envoys Sought After Plane Missing
Teheran reports Soviet embassy has no news of the plane carrying Maxim Litvinov Sir Walter Monckton Laurence Steinhardt and quartine Reynolds. Officials urge calm as false landing claims are cleared and communications with Russia delay. The U S legation notes two telegrams from Steinhardt indicating arrivals planned for Nov 9 and Nov 12.
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TEHERAN
Iran
Maxim Litvinov
Walter Monckton
Laurence Steinhardt
Quentin Reynolds
Kulbyshev
Russia
Pahlevi
Caspian
Baku
legation
Alice Moats
United States
Steimhardt
Ark Royal Sinks After Torpedo Hit Killing Dozens
In LA LINEA Spain on November 14 United press reports say the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal was torpedoed and sent to the bottom. Official figures indicate 32 men killed and more than 60 injured as details reach this border town opposite Gibraltar.
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LA LINEA
Spain
Ark Royal
Gibraltar
Ark Royal Sunk Near Gibraltar After Torpedo Strike
reports from Gibraltar say the 22 000 ton Ark Royal was torpedoed late yesterday east of Gibraltar by a submarine and sank early today with about 1600 crew aboard. Many were saved or pulled clear while others remained on deck as the ship listed and went under.
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Ark Royal
ADMIRALTY
LONDON
C.P
Train Crash Kills Vancouver Engineer and Fireman
Vancouver on November 14 reports engineer H. O. D. McDonald and fireman J. P. Tiley, both of Vancouver, were killed when a Vancouver bound Canadian Pacific express hit a slide on the Kettle Valley Line at Romeo 117 miles east. The head engine remained on track while the second plunged 200 feet down an embankment. nine passenger cars stayed on track and no passengers were hurt. Passengers will be rerouted via the Merritt sub-division with the line expected to clear tonight.
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H. O. D. McDonald
J. P. Tiley
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kettle Valley
Romeo
Vaindver
Hope
B.C
Merritt
Canedian Pacific Railway
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Rationing of Gas Coming
Ottawa announces suspension of gasoline deliveries to service stations while a coupon rationing system is prepared. Restricted station hours stay in force as ministers promise enforcement in due course. Continuation noted in the house debate and linked to last week’s coupon plan.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Howe
house of commers
Japan Revises Conscription, Calls Thousands for Service
Tokyo reports a drastic conscription change making tens of thousands exempt before now eligible for re examination and induction. The War Office says men ages 20 to 30 from the 1931 class and later, plus reserve officers and non commissioned officers up to ages 41 and 51 respectively, may be called. Official totals not yet available.
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TOKYO
war office
Japan
Government to study unions affiliates outside plants
In Ottawa on November 14 the national war labor board will study recognizing government employee unions with outside affiliations. Labor Minister McLarty said no unions linked to outside groups are recognized. the issue will be reviewed by the board. MacInnis criticized the national labor supply council and noted miners seeking strike terms in Kirkland Lake.
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Angus MacInnis
National Steel Car Co
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national labor supply council
Kirkland Lake
Ernest
Bertrand
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Montreal-Laurier
justice department
Kurusu Arrives in U S to Seek Pacific Peace Aid
Japanese envoy Saburo Kurusu arrives in San Francisco and heads to Washington to join Ambassador Nomura, saying he aims to offer full assistance and break through high tension as talks proceed with President Roosevelt. Diplomats note Shanghai dispatch suggesting new, more reasonable proposals may be on the way.
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Saburu Kurusu
Japan
Pacific
Washington
Roosevelt
Nomura
CHESTER A. BLOOI
WASHINGTON, D.C
Shanghai
Saburo Kurusu
Two Dead In Pass Crash In Blairmore District
From our own correspondent Blairmore November 14. John Kas severely hurt in a Frank car crash last night showed signs of improvement in Blairmore hospital Friday. Olga Nasadyk less seriously injured was improving and resting comfortably. John Patterson driver of the other car in Bellevue hospital rests comfortably with non serious condition. Peter Parachin and wife, well known Donkhobor farmers of the Lundbreck district, are dead.
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BLAIRMORE
John Kas
Frank
vicus
Blairmore hospital
Olga Nasadyk
John Patterson
Lundbreck
Bellevue
Peter Parachin
President Wins His Hardest Fight Arm Ships Move
The US Congress scrapped neutrality act limits, letting merchant ships mount guns and sail to combat zones. The House vote 212 to 194 ends long debate, following a late appeal from President Roosevelt, aligning with Senate action to broaden the ships bill.
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Roosevelt
house
senate
Huns Admit Battle Pace Is Slowed by Russian Front
German dispatches say fighting on the Russian front has slowed to a yard by yard pace. In the Crimea headquarters report Sevastopol and Kerch areas see intensified battles with German forces threatening Sevastopol as air attacks disable coastal batteries. A Russian push is acknowledged near the central front around Moscow.
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BERLIN
Crimea
Crimean
Sevastopol
Kerch
Moscow
Canadian Troops Arrive in England after Stormy Passage
A large contingent of Canadian forces including Royal Canadian Artillery units, Army Service Corps detachments for the 3rd Division, and armored formations reached reception depots in England after a stormy voyage from Canada. The debarkation was announced last night.
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Sy ROSS MUNP
ENGLAND
P. Cabie
Canada
Royal Canadian Artillery
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Miners Back at Work in Hillcrest Mohawk Mine Dispute
Miners return to Hillcrest Mohawk mine in Crow's Next Pass as pit committee plans an afternoon meeting with mine management to approve terms of a settlement. operations previously interrupted by a dispute.
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Hillcrest
OTTAWA
C.P
Elmer A. Brink
Wiliam D. Robertson
Supreme court
WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
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QUEBEC
ST. JOSEPH D'ALMA
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Bank of Montreal
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Lake St. John district
Chicontimi
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