Peace War Issue Up To Nipponese
President Roosevelt and Hull will meet Japanese envoys this afternoon to decide the peace or war in the Pacific. The White House released basic American proposals handed to Nomura and Kurusu, while Japan strengthens forces in French Indo China and hints at possible action toward Thailand.
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WASHINGTON
A.P
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Hull
Pacific
White House
state department
Japan
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Indo- China
Indo-China
Thailand
United States
Far East
Germans Report Channel Clash
German high command said a night clash in the English Channel between German patrol boats and British motor torpedo boats resulted in direct hits on several British craft. Two British boats were claimed lost, with no British comment available.
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BERLIN
C.P
high command
English channel
War correspondent Nevinson praised for battles seen everywhere
The piece notes Henry W. Nevinson's death in England and his career as a war reporter who covered more conflicts than many, with critics saying his life among wars shaped his view of peace conferences. P W Wilson praised him as a paradox in Fleet Street, a scholar by training and a gentle author.
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Henry W. Nevinson
England
Frederic villier
Nevinson
Washington
Manchester Guardian
P. W. Wilson
New York Times
Fleet Street
Shrewsbury
Christchurch
Oxford
King's Courier Forgets Monocle at Hotel
Miami dispatch reports a King's courier, anonymous, left the hotel without a sheaf of state papers. British Vice-Consul Michael Robb dispatched the courier by Pan American Clipper to Bogota, Colombia, at a cost of three dollars.
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MIAMI
Michael Robb
Bogota
Columbia
sir express
Robb
Missing man found near Fort Assiniboine after three days
Edmonton November report states 74 year old Munro Carty of the Fort Assiniboine district was located six miles from his cabin in dense timber after spending three days and nights without food. R C M P described him as tired and weak. A large searching party found him Wednesday six miles from his cabin about 100 miles northwest of Edmonton.
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EDMONTON
R.C.M.P
Munro Carty
Fort Assiniboine
R.C
Resistance To Germans Continuing
Moscow Nov 2. Massive German attacks near Volokolamsk threaten outer defenses as Izvestia and Pravda report Soviet resistance and failed German flanks. Tavistin says Germans hurled six tank and five infantry divisions. Soviets claim to have thwarted encirclement. Pravda tallies 10,000+ German casualties and substantial material losses.
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MOSCOW
Volokolamsk
Izvestia
Tevestia
Pravda
Communist party
Tavestin
Rostov
con
82 000 Poles Slain By Nazi Officials
London report cites a Polish government book alleging mass executions by German authorities after occupation. It estimates 82 000 civilians murdered and 30 000 dying in prison camps, with 70 000 killed excluding wartime military action.
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LONDON
Poland
Kirkland Lake Strikers Parade Ends Silence on Strike
Kirkland Lake Ont November 27 Members of Local 240 of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers on strike for union recognition marched through Kirkland Lake in a crowd of about 1,872. The procession was led by two men with Union Jacks and included roughly 300 women with a banner declaring We are sticking by our union Local 240. An adjustment in picketing arrangements was agreed after talks between union officials and Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner William H Stringer.
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KIRKLAND LAKE
Ont
Lotal
International Union of Mine
Kirkland Lake area
William H. Stringer
Ontario
provincral police
Film board appoints John Grierson Ottawa three year term
John Grierson was named national film commissioner for a three year term starting November 25. War Services Minister Thorson announced the appointment from Ottawa confirming the NFB leadership move.
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OTTAWA
John Grierson
National film board
War Services
Thorson
Terrorist Attacks Reported in Occupied Territory
German controlled Paris newspapers report new terrorist raids in occupied territory. Derailment of a train near Abbeville Normandy cited, with dynamite attacks in Paris. Von Schaumberg warns civilians not involved risk death. Left Bank Bookshop damaged. Belgian POWs returned to camps in retaliation for sabotage, others reprieved.
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OCCUPIED
VICHY
France
Paris
Abbeyville
Ernst Von Schaumberg
Abbeville
Normandy
Von Schaumberg
liewise
Norris and Connally differ on severing ties with Vichy France
Senator George Norris calls Marshal Petain a tool of Hitler and urges breaking relations with the Vichy regime over France's stance. He questions the Franco German talks and suggests France may oppose Hitler. Senator Tom Connally counters, warning surrender of North Africa or the French fleet would be seen as betrayal by the United States.
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WASHINGTON
George Norris
Ind
Nebraska
Marshal Petain
United States
France
New York
Petain
Hitler
Norris
Tom
Connally
Denn
Texas
senate foreign relations committee
ean
Vichy
North Africa
Alberta Social Credit caucus opposes bond rate rise
Edmonton reports that the Social Credit caucus passed a resolution opposing any increase in provincial bond interest rates, prompting bondholders to seek a government position statement. Courtland Elliott of Toronto, chair of the bondholders’ section of the joint debt refunding talks, asked how the decision will affect further negotiations.
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EDMONTON
Social Credit caucus
Courtland Ellott
Toronto
Middleton Not Seriously Injured In Plane Crash
Ottawa dispatch reports Flt. Lt. BR B Middleton injured when his plane forced landed at Gatineau Mills Quebec. He suffered scalp lacerations and a sprained back but was in good condition in hospital. Middleton, formerly with Trans Canada Airlines, is known in Lethbridge and was part of the Duke of Kent aerial party during his visit to the Dominion.
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OTTAWA
Royal Canadian Air Force
BR. B. Middleton
Gatineau
Mills
Que
Bourls
Man
Winnipeg
Bruce Middleton
Lethbridge
Trans- Canada Airlines
R.C.AF
Duke of Kent
Dominion
Hitler aims peace kite as war in Russia drags on
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament Germany seeks a peace offensive through the expanded anti Comintern pact. He warned that Hitler wants to lure European nations into a new order to gain peace with Britain, the U.S., and Russia. Eden cited executions in occupied territories: Czecho Slovakia 337, Yugoslavia 333, France 250, Zagreb 100.
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LONDON
U.P
Anthony Eden
house of commons today
Germany
Russia
Europe
Eden
Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
Yugoslavia
France
Zagreb
Croatia
Relief Body Has Reached Tobruk Defenders
Cairo dispatch reports a relief column linked with the Tobruk garrison after seven months of siege. New Zealand forces with tanks met a defending Tobruk column as fighting continued around Rezegh south of Tobruk. RAF bombed Axis supply and troop movements along the coast while British forces aimed to destroy armored units.
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CAIRO
Tobruk
Kezrh
New Zealand
Regzegh
Egypt
Bereegha
Kir Eir El Hamed
Ed Duda
Rezezh
Royal Air Force
Bengazi
Gulf of
Sirte
Tripolitania
Libra
Chengia
Rezegh
8th army
Bank Robbers Sent to Pen in Ontario Robbery Case
In St Catharines Ontario Owen McNeil and two companions were sentenced for the Port Dalhousie Canadian Bank of Commerce robbery on November 29. McNeil got eight years for his admission of a second Scarborough robbery. others received six years each.
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n, CATHERINES
Ont
Owen McNell
St. Catharines
Port Delhousie
Canadian Bank of Commerce
McNeil
Scarborough
Notable Nova Scotian Henry Dies at 72 in Antigonish
Courtney M. Henry, 72, son of William Alexander Henry a Confederation founder, died yesterday at his Antigonish home. His grandfather served in the Nova Scotia legislative assembly from 1849 to 1868.
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ANTLIGONISH
Courtney M. Henry
Willian
Alexander Henry
Nova Scotia legislative assembly
Judgment delayed on Abitibi assets sale in receivership
Ontario court reserved judgment on a motion to sell the Abitibi Power and Paper Company assets without reserve bids while the firm remains in receivership. The hearing occurred amid wartime economic measures and concern for stakeholders.
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ABITIBI
TORONTO
C.P
W. E. Midditson
Ontario
supcems
Abitibi Power and Paper Company
MEDICINE HAY FLIER
Donald Moir Palethorpe
J. Palethorpe
North Railway street
Medicine Hat
Alberta
RCAR
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Gunthea
Canada
Do & a
KING
Churchill
House of Commons
Independent Labor Party
Libor
John McGovern
Labor
house
Commons
HMS SMASHED
Fage Tiree
boulevard St Germain
Geminatist Party
Belgium
Brussels
Bruessener Zeitung
coms
Meuse
Albert Canal
Middleton
Said
Borkum
North Sea
BRITAIN
WHEAT POOL
CALGARY
Alberta Wheat Pool
William Green
American Federation of Labor
congress
CANADIAN ORDNANCE CORPS
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
1st Canadian Base Ordnance Workshop
defence, headquarters
Silint
MOLOTOV
Vyacheslav Molotov
TRADE BOARD
Donald Gordon
Prices and Trade board
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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