U.S.-Germany tensions rise over destroyer clashes
News from Nov 1 4 details increasing strain in American German relations following Hitler charges that U S destroyers engaged in a session and Navy Secretary Knox vows the United States is not finished the fight. Survivors from the torpedoed destroyer Reuben James numbered 44 enlisted men moved from the roster as more ships reportedly rescued crew.
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Ashington
Adolf Hitler
Knox
Marine Corps
Quantion
Orty
Yile
Nazi Executions Reported Across Occupied Europe
The record cites Nazism executing at least 1 082 in Berlin and 158 in France since the German drive began. Reports vary with dates and locales including Nantes and Berrivaux as French victims are counted, while more executions are attributed to occupied regions under German rule.
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Berlin
Germany
Faticas
Re Teast
Nantes Am Berrivaux
Arthsen
Lee
Ceel Paul Friedit Hetz
Hans Ulrich Reumnemt
Asiun
Commun
France
Hitler's drive nears Rostov as Germans push into Donets Crimea
Reports from the war front describe German forces crossing the Donets and advancing toward Rostov-on-Don and the Crimea as Hitler denounces U S charges and asserts a campaign beyond Moscow. Soviet reserves clash in snow bound battles while strategic oil centers remain under threat.
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Associated Press
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Rostov-on-Don
Caucasus
Tula
Moscow
Donets River
trans-Ukraine
United States
U.S. BR. R
Middle East
Hitler
Crimea Peninsula
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Monsonyr
Germany
West Monroe Girl Crowned LSU Homecoming Queen
Miss Lelia Dean Frazier of West Monroe was crowned queen during LSU homecoming festivities in Baton Rouge. A parade featuring 50 floats and 585 marchers led to the crowning amid LSU and Tennessee band performances and a campus ceremony.
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Baton Rouge
t-Pi
Louisiana State University
Tiger-Tennessee
Tennessee
Philadelphia Sobs Over Fatal Hit-and-Run Involving 4-Year-Old
Six year old Robert Roberts tearfully recounts seeing his brother Fred struck and killed by a speeding car that fled the scene. Sister Shirley, aged 10, consoles him as the tragedy shocks the neighborhood and authorities investigate the hit-and-run case.
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Robert Roberts
Philadelphia
Arother
Fred
Shirley
Robert
Major Surprises Are Few In Saturday Grid Games
Saturday college football saw undefeated Penn State and Temple fall short of adding wins as top contenders like Fordham Texas A and M Notre Dame and Army held firm. Notre Dame and Army battled to a scoreless draw in a rain-soaked meeting at Yankee Stadium while Minnesota beat Northwest 400 at Minne. The Gophers edged to victory on Jagins' one yard sprint despite a tight game.
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Ete Dame
Amy
Hank
Weaiming
Maten
Élotis
Minne
Crisis in Pacific grows as Germany claims U.S. attack
Tokyo reports Germany says it was attacked by the United States in the Atlantic and warns of intensified Pacific crisis. The Bernie Berlin Tokyo pact binds signatories to act if attacked by a power not in the European war, while Japan faces pressure from its press and officials over encirclement.
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Germany
United States
Pacific
Yosuke Maoka
Japan
Berlin
Italy
Kearny
Navy Department
Washington
Iceland
France
Air Ministry
Middle East
War games casualties exceed earlier war department projections
Washington officials say preliminary reports from September maneuvers show injuries and fatalities among soldiers were fewer than feared, though the total for the year remains high. The First Army units and air force exercises are cited as contributing factors in the grim tally.
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Wishington
Louisiana
First Army
War Department
War aims cited in observers on Pacific Atlantic fronts
Informed observers said the conflict stretches to both the Pacific and Atlantic. They noted Japan gains nothing by rejecting the German version of incidents involving American destroyers and Nazi submarines, and warned of potential implications if...
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Pacific
Atlantic
Japan
Mother and student killed in Leesville crash
In Leesville Louisiana a mother Zona Andrews 49 Sarepta and Centenary College student D J McConathy 18 Anacoco were killed when a pipe truck side swiped their car on a highway. Andrews died later from internal injuries and McConathy died at hospital from a brain concussion. Billy Andrews 13 was hurt. Three pipe truck occupants escaped with minor injuries.
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Pe Polk
Here
Zona Andrews
Sarepta
Andrews
Billy
Shrevert
Bnight
Herman Whitten
Geansport
McConathy
Fayer
Centenary College
Leesville Hospital
Oil Expropriation Block Holds US Mexico Pact
Washington reported high state department sources say the oil expropriation dispute blocks finalizing a broad US Mexico accord. Most points settled, but oil issue may delay signatures. The pact would address land claims, two $30 million loans, military cooperation, silver purchases, reciprocal trade talks, and river water disputes.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
United States Treasury
Export-Import Bank
United States
Rio Grande
Colorado
British cabinet shakeup expected as war aims debated
London reports predict imminent Churchill cabinet changes as Labor voices demand stronger aid for Russia and criticizes Lord Halifax and Lord Beaverbrook. Granville cites bets on reshuffles involving Beaverbrook, Halifax, and Eden while Cairo dispatches note US missions working to fix wartime supply issues and potential Africa landings.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Russia
Edgar Granville
Lord Beaverbrook
Lord Halifax
Washington
Foreign Office
Anthony Eden
Beaverbrook
Moscow
Hitler
United States
Granville
Churchill Nmust
British Planes Battle Hazards Over Nazi Ships
RAF pilots battle hazards on the high seas and skies as British planes confront Nazi ships. Report describes dangerous encounters and ongoing aerial operations during the campaign.
Price Control Bill Approved by House Banking Panel
The House Banking Committee approved a commodity price control bill by 18 to 5 after removing wage controls and prohibiting ceilings lower than high historic farm prices. Chairman Steagall said the measure allows farm price ceilings and possible food price increases up to 20 percent above parity.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Steagall
Alabama
Flood Refugees Grow As Arkansas River Break Spreads
About 1,000 flood refugees from western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma gather in Fort Smith as the Arkansas River spills 16,000 acres of farmland. A 600-foot levee span collapse near Haroldton raises refugees to roughly 300, with crops inundated and livestock moved to higher ground. Forecasts push river height to about 37.5 feet by Monday.
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Ark
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas River
Here
Haroldton
Weather Bureau
Hitler Says United States Attacked First in Atlantic Clash
Berlin reports Germany declares the United States attacked it over the Greer and Kearny incidents. Hitler’s statement claims Germany was defending itself and notes no decision yet on invoking the Axis pact. It confirms submarines torpedoed the Kearny near Iceland causing casualties.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Greer
Kearny
Four Die As Army Bomber Crashes Nearby Farm
A light army bomber crashed in misty rain on a farm 12 miles west of Findlay killing four airmen. The bomber struck a line of trees and burst into flames, ending the crew's flight.
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Findlay
Women Wait For Word From Crew In Destroyer James Sinking
Portland residents await news of the sunken destroyer Reuben James and its 120 crew. Wives from across the nation gather in Portland, seeking word on husbands believed alive then later learning some were saved.
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Navy Department
Iceland
Navy
Washington
Newenaner
Catherine Sims
Lloyd E. Sims
Marina
Fla
Wage hikes begin for WPA workers across nation
Washington reports wage increases start for about 855000 WPA workers, rolled out over two weeks. Some 820000 gain 5.20 dollars monthly, raising minimum from 31.20 to 36.40, while 180000 already earn above the minimum and receive no raise.
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Washington
I-P
WPA
Nurse Miss Mary E Blackley Among 20 Killed in Plane Crash
Miss Mary E Blackley 27 a Hamlet North Carolina native and stewardess on the American Airlines flight killed when the plane crashed near St Thomas Ontario. She was a registered nurse and had modeled nurses uniforms for magazines.
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Mary E. Blackley
Hamlet
N. C
American Airlines
St. Thomas
Ontario
Winter stalemate for Hitler on all fronts
War dispatch notes heavy Russian resistance and Red counterattacks from Rostov to Kharkov. Axis advances stall amid ice and mud. Berlin reports a stalemate around Moscow while Finland and Romania shift positions and Hitler risks digging in as winter nears.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
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Berlin
Crimea
Rostov
Kharkov
Donets
Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Arctic
Roosevelt
LSU Board Probes Farm Education Program
Louisiana State University board of supervisors studied the state’s farm education program by interviewing agricultural extension workers from several parishes. They planned to continue investigations Monday and inspect the university library facilities. Farm workers listed include C. B. Hadden and Miss Stella Jones along with parish agents Emerite Richard Roark and W. L. Roark.
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Iupi
Louisiana State University
Board of Supervisors
University
C. B. Hadden
Northeast Louisiana Experiment Station
St. Joseph
Stella Jones
Tangipahoa Parish
Emerite Richard
Jeff Davis Parish
New York Voters Face City Hall Showdown in Mayoral Race
New York voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether incumbent mayor Fiorello La Guardia earns a third term or Brooklyn district attorney William O'Dwyer unseats him. La Guardia is backed by Republicans and several third parties, while O'Dwyer has a broad Democratic backing minus President Roosevelt. Prominent figures on both sides include Edward J. Flynn Jamée Farley Thomas Dewey Wendell Willkie and H. Lehman and Sullivan. The race shapes up as a high stakes contest for the nation's largest city with a $25,000 annual salary for the post.
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Mayer F. H. la
la Guardia
American Labor Party
City Fusion
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O'Dwyer
United Democratic Party
Roosevelt
O’dwyer
Edward J. Flynn
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Jamée A. Farley
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Christopher Sullivan
Frank V. Kelly
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Wendell L.willkie
Thomas BE. Dewey
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