Gunplay Breaks Out In Captive Mine Strike Area
In a Fayette County Pennsylvan ia mine strike zone violence erupted between union pickets and non-strikers. A union picket was seriously wounded with a shattered shoulder and two others grazed as shots were fired from both sides near the Edenborn mine of the H. C. Frick Coke Company. Ernest Metzner, 29, was hit while others were treated on site.
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James L. Kilgallen
Pennsylvania
Edenborn
H. GC. Frick Coke Company
Masontown
Ernest Metzner
Prince Torlonia joins flight to aid ailing Duchess
Prince Alessandro Torlonia of Italy sails to the United States with special passports and a safe conduct from British officials to be at his mother Duchess Elsie Torlonia's bedside. The ailing duchess, once Elsie Moore of Brooklyn, is gravely ill, daughter of shipbuilder Charles A Moore and ex-wife of Torlonia since 1928.
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Italy
Alessandro Torlonia
Infanta Beatriz
Spain
United States
Elsie Torlonia
Elsie Moore
Brooklyn
Charles A Moore
Prince Torlonia
Plan To Blast Axis Forces Out Of Libya
Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced a major offensive against Axis forces in Libya. The campaign aims to destroy German and Italian troops in the Western Desert and secure the future of the Mediterranean along land sea and air operations.
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Charles A. Smith
London
Winston Churchill
Libya
Western
Desert
Church
Mediterranean
Suez
Churchill
Berlin says British suffer heavy losses in North Africa
Berlin reports British forces opening an offensive near Sidi Omar on November 18 were counterattacked by German and Italian units, with heavy British losses and several enemy tanks destroyed. The dispatch also notes Soviet air raids on Black Sea coast and Don area, plus daylight bombing on Moscow and an audacious fighter formation near Leningrad shooting down eight transports.
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International News Service
Berlin
North Africa
Sidi Omar
Tobruk
High Command
Black Sea
Don
Moscow
Volchov
Leningrad
British troops push 50 miles into Libya in major Libyan drive
British imperial forces launched a swift offensive across North Africa aided by American made tanks and veteran air power. The 750000 strong army advanced rapidly while warships bombarded Halfaya Pass. Prisoners and equipment were reported captured as the campaign gained momentum.
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Cairo
Britain
Libya
Caei
North African
Halfaya Pass
Egypt
Gere
PA News Notes Thanksgiving Split In Federal Observance
PA News reports Frank Dewberry Jr of Youngstown Road learned by letter from a Navy friend that the ship’s name was erased yet health news remained. Weather outlook hints snow flurries as late summer ends with possible two holidays for Thanksgiving observances.
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Frank Dewberry, Jr
Youngstown Road
U. S. Navy
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Daily Weather Report for U S with highs and river data
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 p m show a maximum of 68 and a minimum of 45 with no precipitation. River stage is 4.4 feet. A year ago the date recorded a maximum of 59 and a minimum of 22.
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United States
Convention turmoil at CIO miners meet in Detroit
In Detroit the CIO fourth national convention faced fistfights as delegates split between Phil Murray and John L. Lewis. A D Lewis sparked clashes with August Scholle while the body backed mediation for labor disputes and signaled Murray’s likely re election as CIO president.
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International News Service
Detroit
C. I. O. Fourth National Convention
Organization For
I. O
United Mine Workers Union
A. D Lewis
United Construction Workers Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers
A D
August Scholle
Michigan
Phil Murray
Murray
C I. O
Mystery Fire Burns Through Huntington Oil Fields
A large blaze in Huntington Beach California damaged four oil derricks burned one derrick and five storage tanks. Three explosions preceded the fire which began at the Theo D Oil Company base and spread to nearby wells. Firemen fought overnight and by morning had the tank fires under control though flames persisted on two wells.
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International News Service
Huntington Beach
Cal
Huntington
Theo. D. Oil Company
Weygand Leaves North Africa for Vacation Amid Unrest
Gen. Maxime Weygand, commander in north Africa, departed Vichy for Marseilles by air and was said to plan a vacation on the Cote dAzur near Nice. Fernand De Brinon arrived in Vichy to consult with Vice Premier Darlan as reports circulated that Weygand had been relieved.
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International News Service
Vichy
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Marseilles
Cote D'Azur
Nice
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Jean Darlan
Libya
Weygand
North
Africa
Italian Tanker Tampico Torpedoed in Mediterranean Action
British submarines in the Mediterranean torpedoed and seriously damaged the Italian tanker Tampico of 4,958 tons. A medium German supply ship was almost certainly sunk, an escort vessel was hit, and a schooner believed to carry gasoline was set afire by gunfire.
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International News Service
London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Retreating tanks bombed in Libya by RAF forces
Cairo reports RAF planes heavily bombed enemy tanks and motorized transports retreating west into Libya with at least nine enemy planes destroyed. Heavy raids on Tripoli hit harbor installations and a power station. Also noting Mrs. Charlies Cartwright of Gibson Avenue improving after a long illness.
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International News Service
Cairo
Libya
Royal Air Force
Middle East Command
Tripoli
Reinforcements Reach Singapore
New Australian military reinforcements arrived in Singapore to bolster the British naval base defenses. Officials said the contingent was substantial and included technical arms personnel from the Royal Australian Air Force and fighting line units in the Far Eastern crisis.
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International News Service
Singapore
Royal Australian Air Force
Five Plans Proposed to Eliminate One PA Congressmen
Harrisburg Nov 20 The state reapportionment committee urges 258 legislators to rank five plans to drop one of Pennsylvania's 34 congressmen. The plans include revising northern rural counties apportionment and adding 160 000 people from Allegheny County to the district map. The bid aims to end deadlock after eight talks and push a majority-supported plan to passage.
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John Paget
International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Assembly
Leo A. Achterman
Monroe
House
Allegheny County
Mine Working Despite Pickets in Rosedale Mine
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on November 20, Bethlehem Steel's Rosedale captive mine remained open with about 200 nonunion workers despite large picket lines. Strikes shut down other area mines affecting roughly 3,500 miners across Kent, McIntyre Coal Run, Lucerne, Waterman, Commodore, Revloc, Maryland Shaft, Gray, and related properties. pickets urged others to join, while Jerome and Acosta miners refused.
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International News Service
Johnstown
Rosedale
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Kent
McIntyre Coal Run
Lucerne
Waterman
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Indiana County
Commodore
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company
Revloc
Monore Coal Company
Maryland Shaft
Berwind-White Company
St. Michael
Gray
Consolidated Coal
Somerset County
Jerome
Acosta
Japs Warned Of Bomb Raids By Japanese General
Maj. Gen. Sato told the Japanese Diet that the people should expect heavy bombing raids if war breaks out. The warning came during a session in Tokyo on November 20.
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International News Service
Tokyo
Sato
Japan
Deaths in Princeton Leetonia and nearby areas
Obituary notices list Mrs. Sarah Wolford Hogg age 92 of Princeton. Mrs. James Deskin age 44 of 1042 North Walnut Street. Louis F. Siegle 81 of Leetonia. Rev. J. T. Byers 88 of North Se wickley. Guido A. Scarazzo 27 of 519 Pine Street. George Lee Nail 56 of 400 Martin. David Lee Jenkins ten months of 235 Shadyside.
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Sarah Wolford Hogg
Princeton
James Deskin
North Walnut Street
Louis F. Siegle
Leetonia
Evacuation of Kerch Admitted by Red Leaders
Soviet high command conceded the evacuation of Kerch the Crimean port after heavy fighting. Red Star cited German superiority in equipment and described Soviet retreat in the Kerch area while German gains in Sevastopol were reported. The move heightens Nazi pressure on Sevastopol and the Caucasus.
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Kuibyshevv
Kerch
Crimean
Caucasus
Red Army
Red Star
Sevastopol
Crimean Peninsula
Weygand Resigns as North Africa Commander
Berlin radio from Vichy reports General Maxime Weygand has submitted his resignation as commander in chief in North Africa. Marshal Petain accepted the resignation, according to the broadcast.
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International News Service
Berlin
Vichy
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Henri Philippe Petain
John L. Lewis Home Picketed by Students at Alexandria
A group of Washington and Lee high school students aged 15 to 18 picketed CIO leader John L. Lewis’s home in Alexandria on November 20. They carried signs accusing him of being unfair to national defense and urged contributions toward a “time bomb” to target the United Mine Workers chief.
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International News Service
Alexandria
CIO
John L. Lewis
Washington and Lee High School
Lewis
National Defense
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt postpones Warm Springs Thanksgiving visit
President Roosevelt, facing strikes and security concerns from abroad, cancels plans to carve turkey at Warm Springs infantile paralysis foundation. He remained in Washington near the oval room as efforts to end the United Mine Workers strike in soft coal fields intensified.
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International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Turkey
Warm Springs
Oval Room
Detroit Girl Hurt In Crash On Route 422
Miss Elizabeth Segel of Detroit sustained forehead contusions when an auto allegedly operated by Miss Angeline Krieger skidded broke a telephone pole and overturned six miles from Detroit on the New Castle New Bedford road at 9 30 a m today. The injured girl was treated by a New Castle physician. The car was driven east from Detroit to Patton.
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Elizabeth Segel
Stopel Street
Detroit
Angeline Krieger
Second Boulevard
New Castle
New Bedford Road
Patton
London Says Libya Drive Is Progressing
London reports Britain's Libyan offensive is proceeding as planned with a second front opened against the Axis. The aim is destruction of the enemy and armored forces, after five months of preparation to ensure equipment for the Middle East army. Italian forces are said to be retreating in Libya amid the drive.
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London
Libya
Charles A. Smith
Britain
London Daily Express
Paoras
Italians Report Malta Attack
Rome reports Italian bombing of Malta and British raids on Naples Brindisi and the Messina region. The bulletin notes a new British drive in north Africa with motorized forces attacked and continued fighting on a 150 kilometer front. In east Africa an Ethiopian Gondar defense repulsed an enemy attack. one killed and three wounded in Brindisi raid. one raiding plane shot down.
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International News Service
Rome
Malta
Naples
Brindisi
Messina
High Command
North Africa
East Africa
Gondar
Ethiopia
Powell to Wed Merrill Pye After Finishing Film
Hollywood reports tap dancing star Eleanor Powell will marry Merrill Pye MGM art director after her current picture. The February wedding follows a year plus engagement while both paused work at the studio. The couple met on the MGM lot and have collaborated on multiple musicals.
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International News Service
Hollywood
Eleanor Powell
Merrill Pye
M-G-M
Pye
Miss Powell
Woman shoplifter held on charges in Newark
Nov. 20 Newark police arrested Mrs. Margaret Dee sixty for shoplifting an $8.95 dress. While searched she was found with a paper bag containing $2,296 in cash and posted her $200 bond.
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Newark
N. J
Margaret Dee
Cinderella Girl Will Wed Sailor Benefactor Today
Sailor Bill Langford and Pauline Phillips plan to marry in Garfield New Jersey today ending a romance that began September 14 after he found her homeless on a Central Park bench. He bought her dinner and walked the streets with her then proposed after learning of her arrest.
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International News Service
Garfield
N. J
Bill Langford
Pauline Phillips
Park Beach
City Hall
Bill
New York
Pauline
Central Park Bench
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Hunter's Misfortune After Premature Blast Incident
Arthur Mometer, an avid hunter, faced a fatal accident when a premature explosion from buckshot damaged his head and face. The incident occurred in the afternoon while he hunted near known bear and deer haunts, leaving him in a precarious condition and prompting local inquiries. Weather noted as sixty siz.
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Brownsville
Fayette County
Bulletin
W. P. Saphire
PA News
Pa Newc
Winifred R. James
North Mercer Street
Daily Weather Report
Jack Vincent
California
Charlies Cartwright
Gibson Avenue
Butler County
George Durno
John L Lewis
Cinderella
Sailor Benefactor
Arthur Mometer
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