Recalled 1922 Illinois mine incident and antiunion killings
Westbrook Pegler recalls John L Lewis urging Herrin sub district leaders to view rival union workers as strikebreakers. Within hours in Herrin a mob slaughtered 26 men who surrendered under promises of safe conduct. The mob, largely union miners, faced few checks as the sheriff and National Guard declined intervention. The victims belonged to a steam shovel operators’ union deemed an outlaw group for suspensions from the AFL.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Herrin
Comon
Alhough
National Guard
American Federation of Law
Lewis
Iners
Witnesses Called in Cattleman's Murder Trial
In Farmington Maine on November 2 the prosecution began presenting its case against G Wheeler a wealthy cattleman charged with murdering Florence H Buzzell a 20 year old coed. The prosecutor described an affair between Wheeler and Miss Buzzell noting jealousy over her relationships with others and alleged adulterous conduct. A diary she kept was cited as aiding the investigation and the case included testimony about a drinking incident at John Buzzell’s home prior to the shooting with Florence found behind the house shot through the head. Miss Buzzell’s mother reacted emotionally in court as the proceedings continued.
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Farmington
G. Wheeler
Yfield
Florence H. Buz‘pelt
Bernard
Aymar Burzell
Business College
T Men
John Buzzell
Chesterville
Frank I. Cowan
Florence
Miss Burrell
Cowan
Saves One Child Dies With Other in Marlboro Fire
Marlboro Mass Nov 3 After dropping her seven year old daughter into her husband arms from a second story window Mrs Henry Bourgeois 27 went back into a smoke filled bedroom today to death with another daughter Joanne 4 Firemen found her on the floor with little Joannes body clasped in her arms The names of her husband 28 and Rita were on the danger list at Marlboro hospital The cause of the fire was undetermined.
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Marlboro
Mass
Henry Bourgeois
Joanne
Rita
Marlboro Hospital
FDR Favors Waiting Period Before Defense Strikes
The House labor committee asked Rep Ramb speck to draft a new bill enforcing a cooling off period before defense strikes with compulsory arbitration as a possible step. President Roosevelt voiced support for statutory delays and potential arbitration, while a St Louis area AFL machinists strike and the December 7 railroad deadline pressured timing.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Kramspeck
Georgia
Roosevelt
Associated Press
House
Rayburn
McCormack
Massachusetts
Martin
Genery
St. Louis
White House
Red Cross Going Over 100 Percent Enrolls Local Firms
The number of local firms that have enrolled all members of their employees in the 1941 1942 Red Cross roll call is increasing daily. Latest additions to the list of 100 percent firms include C P Hartley Iron Works Elias and Son Lewis Bargain Store district clerk's office Trousdale and Wright Weaks Supply Company Fields Central Savings Bank and Trust Company Peacock's R and A Jewelry Store.
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Red Cross
C. P. Hartley Iron Works
Elias and Son
Lewis Bargain Store
District Clerk's Office
Trousdale and Wright, Weaks Supply Company
Fields
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Peacock’s, R. and A. Jewelry Store
Stimson says Finns aiding Germans in Russia drive
Secretary of War Stimson and Major General Burns charged that Finnish troops are being used by Germany to threaten the Murmansk Moscow supply line and to cut across lent lease aid to Russia. They urged Finland to end such actions, calling it harmful to U.S. interests and Finland’s own.
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Washington
Stimson
Murmansk-Moscow
Russia
James H. Burns
Germany
Burns
Finland
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Hull
Navy
Knox
George C. Marshall
Army
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Stimson-Burns
Alexander D. Surles
Surles
Leningrad-Lake Onega
Maneuver Troops Battle With Fists In Carolinas
Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair says army maneuvers reveal disciplinary failures in the First Army versus IV Army Corps. Rocks in flour sacks and acid smoke bombs mark unsafe training. An eye was lost to an acid splash. fists and rifle butts led to a skirmish beyond control.
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IV Army Corps
Carolinas
Lesley J. McNair
Army General Headquarters
First Army
Chilean president Pedro Aguirre Cerda dies at 62
Santiago Chile November 25 President Pedro Aguirre Cerda of Chile who led South Americas first popular front government died today He had handed power temporarily to Geronimo Mendez radical leader on November 1 for health reasons He was 62 years old
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Santiago
Chile
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
South America
Popular Front
Geronimo Mendez
Radical Party
Netherlands Guiana move praised amid Franco American tensions
Washington reports that the dispatch of a protective force of U S troops to Dutch Guiana drew broad commendation in the Senate. Lawmakers linked the action to the Franco American rift and concern over France's colonial possessions, noting Dutch bauxite ore used by the U S aluminum industry and fears Germany may press into French Guiana. They cited reports of Nazi activity and unrest among Dutch colonists since France's fall, with French penal colonies and convicts complicating the regional threat.
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Washington
United States
Dutch Guiana
Senate
Roosevelt
Germany
Dakar
France
Africa
French Guiana
South America
Hill
Alabama
Hitler
Petain
Millions of Soldiers to Receive Yuletide Furloughs
The army announced that between 500000 and 700000 soldiers will get Christmas furloughs, with roughly half of the land forces granted leaves to go home. Plans, in cooperation with the Association of American Railways, call for releases on December 12 and December 20, returning January 4 or January 12. Routine troop movements will be paused December 12 to January 12 to ease the rush.
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Washington
War Department
Association of American Railways
Fiancee Found To Be Sister In Shelby Adoptions
In Shelby Mississippi on November 25 a draft case revealed a man who learned his fiancée, also an orphan adopted in childhood, was in fact his sister. The identification confirmed the startling twist as the war draft produced stranger than fiction scenarios.
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Camp Shelby, Miss
Shelby
Christmas Plea From a Poor Family to Good Fellows
A ten year old boy writes of his blind father and a unhappy home asking for help as Good Fellows expand from Chicago to hundreds of cities. The note, found on a postal card, highlights the charity’s aim to spread Christmas cheer and empathy to needy families. The piece traces Good Fellows origins and ongoing fundraising appeal.
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Lows
Good Fellows
Chicago
Pact broadened as 13 nations join anti Comintern pact
Berlin reports that the German backed anti Comintern pact was broadened to thirteen signatories and renewed for five years. Bulgaria Denmark Finland Croatia Romania Slovakia plus Germany and Japan join with Italy Spain Hungary and Manchukuo in a ceremony at the Reich Chancellery.
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Berlin
Bulgaria
Denmark
Finland
Croatia
Rumania
Slovakia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Tsumin-Yee
Nanking
China
Moscow
London
Washington
Germany
Japan
Italy
Spain
Hungary
Manchukuo
Ramon Serrano Suner
Mihail Antonescu
Romania
Communist Internationale
Fifth District Medical Society elects leaders at November meeting
The Fifth District Medical Society meeting at Hotel Frances elected Dr. W. V. Garnier of Bastrop as president and named 14 parish vice presidents including Dr. W. L. Bendel in Quachita and Dr. D. O. Sherman in Caldwell. Monroe’s Dr. R. H. Frost was re elected secretary treasurer. Delegates to the state convention included retiring president Dr. D. J. Hirsch with Dr. R. H. Frost as alternate. The gathering heard films from Mayo Clinic specialist Dr. C. F. Dixon and a talk on Pelvo Abdominal Tumors by Dr. Virgil S. Counsellor.
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Fifth District Medical Society
Hotel Frances
W. V. Garnier
Bastrop
Quachita Parish
W. L. Bendel
Caldwell Parish
D. O. Sherman
Catahoula Parish
M. L. Levy
Concordia Parish
N. L. Sebastian
East Carroll Parish
J. P. Davis
Franklin Parish
H. B. Wombie
Jackson Parish
T. A. Dekie
Lincoln Parish
J. B. Harris
Madison Parish
Richland Parish
T. M. Sayre
Tensas Parish
J. Whitaker
Union Parish
C. C. Francis
West Carroll Parish
D. W
F. C. Bennett
C. P. Gray
J. Q. Graves
Virgil S. Counsellor
Mayo Clinic
King Rand
Alexandria
P. T. Talbot
New Orleans
Benes predicts war end in 1942 at Prague session
Dr Eduard Benes president of the provisional Czech government said 1942 is the decisive year and that the war cannot last much longer. He spoke at the opening of the second session of the Czecho Slovak state council and hinted at plans to return to a dismembered Czecho-Slovakia before year’s end.
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London
Eduard Benes
Benes
German general killed in air crash announced
Berlin November 25 reports General Helmuth Wilberg aged 61 of the German air force was killed in an air crash five days earlier, the death announced today.
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Berlin
Helmuth Wilberg
Desert clash reports mount as Axis, Allied lines surge
World War II dispatches claim fierce North Africa tank battles with British forces routing Germans at Rezegh while Rome notes two German armored brigades wiped out. Berlin says British desert drive jammed. Russians report Axis forces within 50 miles of Moscow, and Rostov counteroffensive drives Germans back 62 miles. Germany, Britain, and Italy each announce strategic moves as Berlin hosts anti Comintern pact talks.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Rezegh
Berlin
Britain
Rome
Tobruk
Moscow
Ukraine
Rostov-on- Don
French
London
Normandy
Christmas Bill Likely to Rise to 2 400 000 000
Chicago dateline reports a 2.4 billion Christmas shopping surge likely this season, beating 1929 by over 5 percent and surpassing last year by 11 percent. Merchandisers stock shelves despite shortages, while overall retail gains lag the year’s 18.9 percent average due to last year’s spike.
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Chicago
Percy Wilson
Merchandise Mart
Santa Claus
Mart
Wilson
Panama declares Rios claims to presidency amid arrests
Anibal Rios declares himself constitutional president of Panama after the October coup that toppled Armulfo Arias. De la Guardia's government arrests a dozen allies. observers see little chance of Rios gaining control as the canal region remains calm and U S relations stay steady.
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Panama
Adolfo de la Guardia
Anibal Rios
Rios
Armulfo Arias
de la Guardia
Arias
Lima
Antenor
United Liberal Party
Canal Zone
United States
Russians Open Drive to Take Rostov Again
Associated Press reports heavy fighting in North Africa and near Rostov on Don as Soviet forces push back German gains 50 miles from Moscow. Nazi losses described as enormous while Berlin claims Rostov was captured. A British landing attempt on the Normandy coast is acknowledged with light casualties.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Tersely
France
Ukraine
Rostov on-Don
Rostov
Caucasus
Don River
Adolf Hitler
English Channel
French Channel
London
Ministry of Information
Normandy
Winter cold snaps hit New Jersey with record lows
A winter prelude finds New Jersey towns from Succasunna to High Point State Park dipping to single digits and teens. Newark airport records 28 degrees, while Caribou Maine logs 8 above zero as Eastern states feel the deep chill. NYC at 32, Boston 29, Washington 27, Chicago 22, Cleveland 22, Raleigh 30, Memphis 25. The USA endures a broad cold front with ice forming on lakes and surfaces.
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Succasunna
High Point State Park
New Jersey
Newark
Airport Weather Bureau
United States
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Caribou
Maine
New York City
Boston
Phi
Washington
Cleveland
Chiscago
Raleigh
Memphis
Bir
Simplifying Things for Santa Claus Shop-o-Scope Debuts
The Newa-Star-World introduces The Shop-o-Scope a Christmas gift guide running from today to Christmas Eve. It classifies gifts as Gifts for Men Gifts for Him Gifts for Children Gifts for the Home and Gifts for the Family aiding shoppers in the Twin Cities. The feature promises fair prices and broad merchant support helping gift seekers shop from armchairs during the holiday rush.
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Newa- Star— World
News- Star—World
Mer
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