Britain Promises Help as Greece Holds Against Italy
Churchill told MPs Britain will provide utmost aid to Greece and hinted at campaigns in 1943 and 1944 amid heavy Axis air raids totaling about 14,000 civilian deaths. Greek reports claim 4,000 Italian troops encircled and 30,000 trapped near Koritza as Mussolini’s forces report progress in Epirus while weather and terrain slow the advance.
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Associated Press
Greece
Italy
Winston Churchill
Britain
Litth Aegean
House of Commons
Churchill
Rome-Berlin
Balkan
Koritza
Albania
Biglista
Mussolini
Phiorina
Ioannina
Janina
Epirus
Loannina
Vojussa
Pindus
Metsovo
Forecast Shows Colder Weather Across Louisiana and Arkansas
The United States Weather Bureau forecast considerably colder weather tonight with frost possible in Arkansas and lower temperatures in North Louisiana. Drizzle noted in Selman Field with a 12 20 a m observation. The highest Monday was 80 degrees and a small craft warning was issued for the Texas coast at 9 am CST. Election day weather varied nationwide from subfreezing cold in the West to calmer conditions elsewhere.
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North
Louisiana
United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Arkansas
Civil Aeronautics
Selman Field
Texas
Jurors Guard Soldiers at Shelby in Crime Probe
Forrest county grand jurors opened the November term in Hattiesburg with Judge W B Collins urging full inquiry into felonies and misdemeanors by outsiders aiming to prey on Camp Shelby troops. He warned of “blood money” schemes and other tricks used on soldiers.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Forrest County
Camp Shelby
W. B. Collins
Meaggie Sunk by Sub Hurts Swed Ship in Atlantic
War bulletin reports the Swedish freighter Meaggie, 1,583 tons, sunk October 29 by a submarine crewed by Italians. A lifeboat with 10 survivors landed at Saint Michel Island Azores, survivors say 10 others are missing. In India Nehru was sentenced to four years hard imprisonment for anti war speeches, after Vinoba Bhave received three months.
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Lisbon
Atlantic
Saint Michel Island
Azores
Gorakhpur
India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Vinoba Bhave
Nehru
Italian Bombers Raid Piraeus Kill Two in Greece
London dispatch says six civilians were injured and two killed when six heavy Italian bombers struck Piraeus port in the Greek capital this morning. Four Greek fighters pursued the raiders.
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London
Reuters
Athens
Piraeus
Move 10 Bodies in Crash Near Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City November 5 194? Ten people including seven passengers and three crew were killed when a United Airlines twin engine transport crashed into a Wasatch mountainside while attempting to reach Salt Lake City airport after entering a snowstorm. Captain Howard Fey of Oakland California directed the doomed flight with First Officer unidentified.
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Howard Feyright
Thorpas Sandegren
Evelyn Sandino
United Airlines
Utah
Salt Lake City
Wasatch Mountains
Here
San Francisco
Howard Fey
Oakland
Calif
Marathon Speaker for Roosevelt Abandons Tirade
Edward Devlin a 19 year old University of Alabama freshman from Atlantic City N J ended his marathon campaign speech for President Roosevelt after 66 hours 15 minutes on the Alabama Union steps. Rain forced him to stop though he planned to go until noon. He read platforms from both major parties and spoke seit hours while subsisting on juice and coffee.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Edward Devlin
Roosevelt
University of Alabama
Atlantic City
N. J
Alabama Union
Devlin
Fifth District Vote Is Light in Ouachita Parish
Voter turnout in Ouachita Parish was light as rain deterred many from polling. The lengthy ballot caused delays in booths with few voters stamping the Rooster or the Elephant while amendments required more time.
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Fifth
Ballot Boxes Overflow Prompt Courthouse Action
Election officials faced overflowing ballot boxes as long ballots expanded when folded. Calls from precincts flooded the courthouse seeking a solution. Emergency boxes were rushed out to avert a delay and keep the process moving.
Louisiana voters weigh 28 constitutional amendments heavy election
Voters faced a long ballot with 28 amendments to the Louisiana constitution as polls opened at 6 am across districts. Early indications pointed to a heavy general election vote, aided by a strong Roosevelt showing and a Republican push with a congressional race. Turnout varied by region with rain in parts, and 703,606 eligible voters.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Congress
David J. Pipes, Jr
James Domengeaux
Lake Charles
Sam Jones
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Associated Press
Wendell L. Willkie
New York City
McGuire To Plead Self-Defense In Manslaughter Trial
Defense counsel in the Manning C. McGuire case announced the defendant would plead self defense. The trial opened in Judge David J. Garrett's court after a full morning jury panel. The state plans to prove McGuire and Faulkner Heard were intoxicated at Johnny Whitlock's saloon when an argument with Bennie Bennett escalated to violence ending with McGuire firing a shotgun.
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Manning C. McGuire
Bennie Bennett
David J. Garrett
George Lester
Johnny Whitlock
Brown Paper
West Monroe
Lester
McGuire
Faulkner Heard
J. C. Pendarvis
Heard
Bennett
J. L. Bennett
J. L
Greeks Drive Italians Back In Northern Greece War
Newsman reports Greeks repel Italian forces in the northern sector toward Albania amid heavy air raids on Salonika. He describes bombs hitting the hotel and city center, civilian casualties, and dramatic rescues by Metaxas youth and Red Cross volunteers during the early raids.
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J. Wes Gallagher
Salonika
Greece
Budapest
Albania
Aegean Sea
C. L. Sulzberger
New York Times
Metaxas
Red Cross
Jones Plans Vacation After Campaign Schedule
Governor Sam Jones begins studying travel folders for a rest after a lengthy campaign for 28 constitutional amendments. He left orders not to be disturbed at the executive mansion and voted absentee at Lake Charles. He hopes for a weeklong trip, undecided on dates. He has campaigned for governor, the congressional primaries, and the amendments, plus a busy legislative session.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Jones
Churchill warns of U boat threat and Crete aid plan
Prime Minister Winston Churchill tells the House of Commons Britain now faces greater danger from German U boats than air raids. He pledges to aid Italian invaded Greece from Crete air and naval bases, notes Britain’s merchant tonnage nearly unchanged since the war’s start, and cites the burden on the navy from blocked Irish ports. He mentions 50 US destroyers joining service and cites the Crete base as part of Britain’s war strategy.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Greece
Crete
Britain
Concen
Canada
Laurentic
Patroclus
Ireland
Churchill
United States
France Faces Severe Winter Heat Crisis Amid Coal Shortage
Paris reports cold weather hits unheated France as coal supplies run dry. Government sets November rationing by household size with 110 to 430 pounds per group. Delivery depends on dealers’ stocks, urging families to close homes and share heated spaces to conserve fuel.
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Paris
Berlin
France
British Broadcast of Poll Arranged
The British Broadcasting Corporation plans special broadcasts of U S election returns with first results at 4 30 a m Wednesday 9 30 p m CST Tuesday as the war headlines yield to the U S presidential race in British papers.
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London
United States
British Broadcasting Corporation
Early Returns From New England South in Election Day
First returns from the presidential balloting show Sharon New Hampshire leading with 24 votes for Willkie and seven for Roosevelt, while Nutbush North Carolina cast all 24 votes for Roosevelt. Rainy conditions spread across Ohio Illinois Detroit and Western New York with rural turnout expected to lag though cities stay active as voters line up for the ballots.
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Roosevelt
White Frame
Hyde Park
New England
South
Little Sharon
N. H
Willkie
Hoover
Landon
New Hampshire
Harts
Hart's
Nutbush
N. C
Deep South
Alabama
Montegomery County
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Illinois
Detroit
Pennsylvania
New York
South Dakota
Wyoming
George Neffner
Broadcast Planned for Election Returns Tonight
News-Star-World will broadcast election returns from the newsroom over radio station KMLB starting about 8 p.m. An Associated Press wire will deliver state and national returns to the papers. Correspondents in the Fifth district will phone in results. Both presidential and amendment votes will be broadcast with no calls to stations.
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News-Star
Kmlb Tonight
Associated Press
State
Nation
News- Star—World
Fifth District
KMLB
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