Japanese envoy arrives in Washington as talks begin
Saburo Kurusu, the Japanese special envoy, lands at National Airport to begin negotiations with the United States over Nipponese American tensions. He says he has a fighting chance to advance a pact while acknowledging the difficulty of the task amid Tokyo’s hardline demands and U.S. insistence on limits to Japanese expansion.
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Washington
Saburo Kurusu
United States
Japan
Kaasedor
Jurusu
America
Omure
Kurusu
Orient
Tokyo
Igm
Pacific
France Nearing Vichy Decision to Join Hitler Europe
New York Nov 15 The Associated Press reports diplomatic sources say Vichy France is close to committing to Hitler's European order. A five point collaboration plan would tie France to European solidarity, boost economic cooperation, and risk antagonizing Britain while complicating U.S. interests in the South Atlantic.
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New York
Vichy
Adolf Hitler
Associated Press
Ing
Vichyt
United States
South Atlantic
Hitler
Franklin Parish Man Convicted in Murder Trial
A Franklin Parish jury found Moses Dixon guilty of murder in a mobile field shooting of J L Brown on August 16. Dixon argued self defense as he confronted Brown over alleged improprieties toward Dixon’s wife. Judge Ellis recessed court until Monday before sentencing.
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Winnsboro
Gulty
Moses Dixon
Carey J. Ellis
Dixon
Ward 5
J. L. Brown
Brown
Franklin Parish
Delcie Lee Brown
Helen Williams
Price Control Action Delayed In House Move
Washington dispatch reports House action on price control legislation postponed to next week to allow administration leaders to seek revisions. Rayburn and McCormack may urge the banking committee to restore licensing provisions, remove farm price ceilings, and grant authority to buy sell or use commodities to maintain price stability. The U S Chamber of Commerce calls for clear direct controls on prices cost of living and wages with wages exempted. Continued on Sixth Page.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
McCormack
Banking Committee
Banking
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Army eyes broader reorganization to strengthen divisions
Washington reports that the War Department General Staff studies a far reaching reorganization of fighting units. Officials consider reinforcing the triangular division to improve staying power by absorbing losses, with proposals to convert many divisions to motorized, following reports from the Russo German war, British observers and US field tests. Continued on Sixth Page.
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Washington
War Department General Staff
National Guard
Five Major Football Teams On Undefeated List
Texas Christian frustrated Texas to hand Texas its second loss, leaving TCU as the sole unbeaten top programs along with Minnesota Baylor and several others. Aggies beat Rice 19 7 to seize the Southwest lead while Washington State beat Stanford 14 13 and Oregon State edged California 6 0. Notre Dame and Duquesne also posted wins as remaining unbeaten contenders.
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Herb Barker
New York
Horned Frogs
Texas Christian
Dana Bibie
Texas Lorzaorns
Minnesota
Wake
Texas A
Duquesne
Notre Dame
Baylor
Texas
Emery Nix
van Hall
Texas Aggies
Aggies
Rice
Washington State
Stanford
Pasadena
Oregon State
California
Montana
Caho
Associated Press
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Bruce Smith
Gopher
Gophers
Wisconsin
Duke
Steve Lach
North Carolina
Mississippi State
Louisiana Tate
Army
Northwestern
Evanston
Coal strike tension as miners report. pact deadline looms
National Mining company workers prepare for midnight shift while union leaders push for a union shop in captive pits. President Roosevelt pressures to mine, with Illinois operators served notice amid eight state Appalachian talks. Expiration of the truce coincides with a Sabbath pause, delaying actual stoppage until Monday.
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Pittsburgh
National Mining Company
United States Steel Corporation
Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Lewis
C. I. O.united Mine Workers Union
Ray Edmundson
Steel
Eight Die When Buss Burns Near Rushville Indiana
Eight people including two small children die in a Greyhound bus fire after the vehicle veers off an embankment east of Rushville Indiana. Ten others are injured, with four deaths officially identified as John Pavey 20 Sabina Ohio Tabula Avery 22 Cincinnati and her children Jacqueline Delores 3 and Phyllis Ann 18 months. Unidentified bodies and charred luggage bearing Buck McKinney of South Bend Indiana suggest further fatalities. A sister cites Mrs Mae Brookfield 70 Norwood Ohio as likely another deceased passenger.
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Rushville
Ind
Here
John Pavey
Sabina
Tabula Avery
Cincinnati
Amore
Mae Brookfield
Maple Avenue
Norwood
Freedom Day Sunday observed in Civilian Defense Week
Final day of Civilian Defense Week centers on Freedom Day. Clergymen and civic leaders emphasize protecting freedom of speech worship and freedom from fear and want in church services and community meetings.
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America
Canadians Deploy to Hong Kong as War Fears Grow
Ottawa reports the arrival of a Canadian force in Hong Kong five days after Churchill warned Japan. Prime Minister Mackenzie King says troops join other Commonwealth forces in the Orient to defend freedom, without giving unit strength. The force is commanded by Brigadier Bee.
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Ottawa
Hongkong
W. L. MacKenzie King
Winston Churchill
Japan
United States
Britain
Singapore
Orient
Ye Bee
Jones Declares Confidence in Free Press War Stance
Louisiana Governor Sam Jones told the Sigma Delta Chi convention at LSU that America is at war and the free press will survive. He recalled past efforts to subjugate state newspapers and praised the courts for upholding press rights despite threats and taxation.
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Baton Rouge
America
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Sigma Delta Chi
Louisiana State University
Jones
Britain
House members draft anti strike legislation in defense push
A group of House members drafts broad anti strike measures to curb defense production stoppages. Proposed acts include a 30 day cooling off period, secret ballot worker approval, bans on sympathy and boycott strikes, shop arrangements freezes, and protection against violence. Support hinges on President Roosevelt. Senator Byrd and Senator Dahmer emphasize White House backing. McCormack is urged to comment, with a Monday reply expected.
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Washington
House
Labor Department
Roosevelt
Byrd
Virginia
Danaher
Connecticut
McCormack
Mussolini removes Air Force chief in major reshuffle
Rome Nov 15 Premier Mussolini ousted General Francesco Pricolo as head of the air force and named General Rino Corso Fougier as undersecretary and aviation chief. Pricolo, a veteran, will be reassigned. The move comes as British bombing pounds southern Italian targets including Catania and Acireale in Sicily.
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Rome
Mussolini
Francesco Piccolo
Rino Corso Fougier
English Channel
London
Pricolo
High Command
Catania
Acireale
Sicily
Germans claim two U boats sank Ark Royal in Mediterranean
London reports analysts consider a possible mission by one or two ace German U-boat captains to sink the $16 million aircraft carrier Ark Royal, sunk after Gibraltar passage. British naval officials offer cautious silence while Italian subs and Axis torpedoing incidents are noted.
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London
Mediterranean
Hans George Reschke
Friedrich Guggenberger
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Mussolini
Italy
Alexandria
Ark Royal
Britain
Germany
Cibraltar
Ger
Arctic Russian Triumph and Donets Victory Reported
The Moscow radio announced destruction of 20 troop laden German transports attempting a surprise landing on the Murmansk coast and cited the annihilation of 2,500 Italians in the Donets basin. Red army forces mounted a seven mile forced march to reach the coast, foiling the Germans before they landed.
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Associated Press
Murmansk
Moscow
Donets
Arctic
Rybachi
Barents Sea
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Fuehrer
France
Low Countries
Crimea
Russia
Black Sea
Sevas
General Brehon FE Summerwell to inspect ammonia plant
General Brehon FE Summerwell, chief of government construction work in Washington D C, is scheduled to arrive in Monroe by plane today to inspect the ammonia plant at Sterlington under construction. He is on a tour of defense plants nationwide and was due to land Friday night at Selman airport.
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General Brehon FE. Summerwell
Washington, D. C
Monroe
Sterlington
United States
Selman
Germany's War Striking Power Wanes Amid Russian Winter
The war dispatch notes Hitler's forces failing to gain decisive ground across Russia as winter tightens. From Murmansk to the Caucasus, German offensives lose momentum, while Soviet defenses strengthen. Axis supply lines to Libya are disrupted by British actions, and American neutrality laws enable lend-lease Atlantic traffic. Submarine actions against Britain hint at renewed Uboat activity, yet overall German efforts diminish compared with earlier drives.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Hitler
Murmansk
Arctic
Caucasus
Crimea
Moscow
Berlin
Lesatad
Mogeow
Don
Kerch
Dnieper
Sicily
Italy
Libya
Mussolini
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Guerillas Rule Most of Serbia in Mountain War
A spokesman for the exiled Yugoslav government said 80,000 guerrillas in three armies across Bosnia Montenegro Serbia and Hercegovina control most of Serbia. He reported 350,000 executions since dismemberment, with 8,100 in Belgrade Sabac Kragujevac and Kraljevo, and 180,000 identified victims.
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London
Serbia
Axis
Bosnia
Montenegro
Hercegovina
Dusan Simovic
Radio Tonight
Belgrade
Sabac
Kragujevac
Kraljevo
Middle East
Yugoslavia
Oil Saturation 220 Feet Through Found
In Lafayette county Arkansas the Atlantic Refining reports a 220 foot oil saturated formation at 9 080 to 9 300 feet in the Bodean J Amber No 7 well in Me Kamie field section 33 17 23. It is the 13th producer for the field with an estimated flow of 500 barrels daily, limited to 200 by water. Casing perforated from 9 286 feet.
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Stamps
Ark
Atlantic Refining Company
Bodean J Amber Company
Lafayette County
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