Red Army Pushes Back Nazis in Kalinin and Tikhvin Areas
Russian reports say counterattacks drove German forces from Kalinin and Tikhvin zones amid brutal cold. German claims put Kerch eastern Crimea as now under Nazi control while Moscow says Germans were repelled on the Kalinin front near Moscow. A Reuters correspondent cites heavy casualties at Kestenga as Cu mans were said to be killed in vain assaults.
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LONDON
C.B
Germa
Kalinin
Tikhvin
Kuibyshev
Kerck
Crimea
Leningrad
Archangel
Moscow
Russia
HMS
Reuters
Red army
Edmonton Store Safe Blasted in Calgary Safeway Heist
Edmonton reports a Calgary Safeway store was hit Saturday night by safe blowers who gained entry by removing a cupola pane and lowering themselves by rope. They escaped with a large amount. exact sum not disclosed. Police believe experts committed the job as a window 13 inches from the safe remained intact while the safe was wrecked.
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CALGARY
Safeway
A. L. Low
Tribute to Charles Fisher Founding Father of Confederation
A bronze tablet honoring Charles Fisher, born in Fredericton in 1808, is unveiled in the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. Fisher served as premier and attorney general, attended the Quebec Conference, helped push Confederation, later sat in the Canadian House of Commons, and died in Fredericton on December 8, 1884.
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Charles Fisher
department of mines and resources
Historic Sites and Monuments board of Canada
legislative assembly
Fredericton
King's College
New Brunswick
legislative assembly of
York
executive council
Quebec
England
House of Commons
Supreme Court of
Britain and US urged to smash Japan in Far East action
General Chiang Kai-shek declared that the vital moment had arrived for a reckoning with Japan and urged Britain and the United States to crush Japan without delay unless it withdraws from China. Foreign Minister Qua Tai Chi spoke of a possible ABCD alliance with America, Britain, China, and the Dutch East Indies to oppose Axis aggression. Chinese forces were reported preparing for a possible Japanese offensive from French Indo China by destroying bridges and roads supplying frontier areas in Kwangsi and Yunnan.
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CHUNGEKING
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Qua Tai-Chi
Orient
Quo
America
Britain
China
Dutch East Indies
Chiang
people’s political council
Far East
United States
Indo-China
Kwangsi
Yunnan
McNaughton Praised By Western newspapermen broadcast
Regina dispatch reports Joy Fraser M. Gerzie of the Edmonton Journal and D B Rogers of the Regina Leader-Post praised Lt General A G L Naughton and the Canadian corps overseas after a CBC broadcast. The two editors said the troops impressed them with their efficiency in Britain and spoke warmly of the commander and his men.
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REGINA
Canada
CBC
Canadian Burned to Death Overseas in Fire Near Airport
Sgt Piot C J Howlett 24 from Saskatchewan and two British soldiers died in a weekend hut fire near a south coast airport. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned at the inquest. The British servicemen killed were Pte W A S Hayes and Pte E A Matthews.
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LONDON
Cable
Piot C. J. Howlett
Saskatchewan
Hayes
E. A. A. Matthews
Opposed To Conscription
Ottawa November 17 ICP The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation reiterated its opposition to conscription of Canadian manpower for overseas service until there is effective conscription of finance and industry The statement followed a weekend meeting of the national executive council It urged Canada to focus on arming those already in service and criticized the Conservative party led by Arthur Meighen for using discontent to push conscription theory The group argued such proponents fear interference with profit and the war plan Bob Meighen is named in the report
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OTTAWA
ICP
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation today
national executive council
Canada
Conservative party
arthur Meighen
Meighen
Greek Red Cross chief seeks help to relocate Greek babies
Cairo dated dispatch reports Con statine Mouratiad, head of the Greek Red Cross and Red Cross war relief in Egypt, appealing to British leaders for support of a plan to move 35,000 Greek babies to be cared for temporarily by Greeks in other countries.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Constatine Mouratiad
Red Cross and
Greyk war relief committee
Greece
Guerrillas Behind German Lines Strike in Crimea
Soviet guerrillas have begun operating behind German lines in Crimea. They report 16 bridges blown, telephone wires cut, and a German transport ship carrying military equipment sunk by roving bands.
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MOSCOW
Crimea
Soviet information bureau
Japanese Terms Outlined by Tojo in Diet Speech
Japanese premier Hideki Tojo outlined the empire peace terms to an anxious diet, demanding an end to economic blockade and military encirclement, and hands off Japan's China conflict. Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo warned negotiations have little time left. The House of Peers approved messages, and an extraordinary war fund of 3.7 billion yen was expected.
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MAX HILL
Associated Press
TOKYO
Japan
Gien
Hideki Tojo
Pacific
United States
Britain
China
Shigenori Togo
House of Peers
diet
Five Parachute To Safety As Bomber Crashes
Five aircrew parachuted clear before a U S Army bomber crashed and burned on a mountain ridge near Park City Utah. One believed dead, another unaccounted, with Maj R E L Pirtle and J D Anderson not yet checked into Park City hospital as the scene was secured and survivors treated.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Park City
here
Tom Archer
sald
Maj
R. E. 1. Pirtle
B8th
rb. J. D. Anderson
Germans claim capture of Kerch and Crimea in blitz offensive
Berlin reports a German Romanian force seized Merch in the eastern Crimea, a key step toward the Caucasus, with 100000 prisoners taken in the Crimea. The bulletin notes renewed bombardment of Moscow and Leningrad and street fighting in Kerch.
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BERLIN
Merch
Crimean
Caucasus
Sea of Azov
Crimea
Keren
war bulletin
Moscow
Leningrad
Vologda
Kerch
Gri
D.N.B
Kersh
Miners Refuse Open Shop Pact Halting Captive Mines
Washington November 17 John L Lewis informed President Roosevelt by letter that the United Mine Workers would not accept an open shop agreement for captive coal mines arguing it would invalidate existing collective bargaining. He said union officers lack authority to sign such an accord and warned it would destroy union assets. The dispute triggered a work stoppage in captive mines supplying Bethlehem Steel and other mills. Continued on Page Three.
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WASHINGTON
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
inilon
Lewis
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
U.M.W. policy committee
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
Airman Undergoes Emergency Brain Operation
Calgary, Nov 17. Airman 3B Murray Forster of the RCAF, Beulah, Manitoba, injured by a car outside Currie Barracks Wednesday, underwent emergency brain surgery late last night. A report from hospital early this morning said the condition was as good as could be expected.
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CALGARY
Murray
Forster
RCAF
Beulah
Man
Currie Barracks
tom
Crabb Named Director of Air Force Manning
Group Captain H. P. Crabb is promoted from wing commander and appointed Director of Air Force Manning for the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Air Force Manning directorate is the largest unit at the headquarters of RCAF.
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H. P. Crabb
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
RGA
U S Navy Captures Axis Ship in Pacific Reports
Balboa Nov 1 The United States Navy reported possible Axis raider activity near the Pacific coast after a Yugoslav vessel Ole Lople was said attacked and sending SOS. Rear Admiral Frank Sadler said confirmation was sought and measures were ordered.
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BALBOA
United States
naval district
mariime
Olga Topte
Olga Tople
Bull
Pacific
South America
Tquique
Chile
Frank Sadler
Bevin Urges 30 to 40 Percent Production Rise
London reports Labour Minister Ernest Bevin urged men and women in British industry to lift production by 30 to 40 percent by spring to blunt Axis war strategy. He spoke during a tour of northern plants, signaling broader mobilization of labor for the war effort and possible acceleration of Women's Auxiliary Services recruitment as married women shift from civilian labor.
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LONDON
iCPI
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
England
Canadians Welcome In Hong Kong Barracks After Sea Crossing
Infantrymen from Manitoba and Quebec arrive in Hong Kong to base in spacious concrete barracks under Brig. J. K. Lawson. Morale is described as excellent as press and radio hail the move as a diplomatic master stroke strengthening defenses in the Pacific.
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ONG KONG
C.P
Pacific
Canada
United States
Netherlands East Indies
China
Hong Kong
Orient
J. K. Lawson
Lawson
bis
Manitoba
Quebec
Heroes of Sea Attempted Rescue of Ark Royal
Nov 17 Gibraltar shows skeleton crew standing aboard the British carrier Ark Royal for 12 hours amid a list that deepens as they fought to save the ship after a torpedo strike. Captain Mania bids farewell as Ark Royal sinks, crew recalling oil fumes and stifling heat in lower compartments.
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HEROES OF SEA
ARK ROYAL
GIBRALTAR
Hritikh
L. E. H. Mania
Inez
Crlbraltar
President signs ship arming bill into law
The president signed the ship arming bill late today, making it law upon signature. Other items note a postponed BC legislature opening to December 4, German forces dislodged before Leningrad, Alberta Social Credit conventions in Calgary, Canada’s aid to Russia totaling $1,035,000 in October, and a submarine sighting 40 miles off Halifax.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
B.C
VICTORIA
C.P
T. D. Pattutte
British Columbia
LENINGRAD
LONDON
Reuters
Tass
ly authority
SOCIAL
SDMONTON
Anntal
Alberta Social Credit League
Calgary
Orvis A. Kennedy
League
Sorial Credit Women's Auxiliary
CANADA
RUSSIA
OTTAWA
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
MOSCOW
Tula
Moscow radio
prices and trade board
UNITED STATES
PARK CITY
Utah
United States army airnich
RB. E. L. Pirtle
Wasatch mountain
Dominion
supreme court of Canada
HALIFAX
HOSTON
Cleveland
Boston
N.S
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Adolph
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U.S
Chiang Ka Shek
McNaughton
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Empire
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U.M.W
R.C.A
CAYT, II
P. CRABB
U.S. Navy
South Atlantic
NAVY
Singapore
Alfred Duff Cooper
Sir Archibald Wavell
India
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