Germans gain Kharkov as Moscow threatened in new offensive
United Press reports say Germany neared total control of Soviet Ukraine by seizing Kharkov and closing on Rostov, with forward units within 20 miles of Rostov and bold attempts to push toward Moscow. The loss would remove a key arms and industry hub, including five aircraft plants, in Kharkov. Fighting rages in the Donets basin as German forces press toward Rostov and the Caucasus oil region.
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Soviet
Ukraine
Kharkov
Caucasus
Rostov
Moscow
London
Berlin
Don
Belgorod
Donets
Azov
Staline
Makeevka
Collection Of Sheriff Pictures Is Completed
Sheriff Frank Young completed a wall display of images honoring Chaves county sheriffs. The roster includes Bert Higgins as the latest find, with portraits framed for the office. Jenna C. Peck holds the record for longest service, eight years from 1921 to 1925 and 1931 to 1935. The list covers 1891 to 1939 with many names and terms, noting two Republicans, Kirby Woodruff and Harry Thorne. Frank Young has served as sheriff since January 1.
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Frank Young
Chaves County
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Young
Chaves Courty
Bert Higgins
R. Young
Jenna C. Peck
Young
Kirby S. Woodruff
Harry Thorne
Campbell Fountaine
W. M. Atkinson
Cc. L. Perry
Cc. W. Haynes
S. Woodruff
Cc. L. Ballard
Cc. R. Young
Cc. A. Rector
John C. Peck
J. E. Zumwalt
R. Perry Bean
British Attacks At Axis Supply Lines To Africa
Cairo reports Britain’s air and sea raids aimed at Axis supply lines to North Africa. Night assaults set fires in Naples Sicily and Tripoli, sunk over 30 percent of Axis shipping from Italian ports in September, and destroyed about a third of the Fascist submarine fleet. Raid on Naples marked the most sustained offensive since the war began, with repeated attacks over nine days.
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Cairo
Great Britain
North Africa
Naples
Sicily
Tripoli
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Libya
Andrew Browne-Cunningham
Mediterranean
Western
North African
Lewis refuses call off coal strike in steel mines
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers ordered 53,000 workers to stop operations at midnight after rejecting Roosevelt's plea to keep coal mines in the steel industry running. He blasted the defense mediation board for its five week postponement and warned of a forced walkout near the deadline.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Defense Mediation Board
Search continues for the other Safeway robbers
Lester King awaited sentencing after pleading guilty to armed robbery at the Roswell Safeway Store. Authorities hunt the remaining assailants as the trail stays cold. Safeway manager Walter Fulbright, beaten during the holdup, has returned to work. King’s sentencing was deferred for an FBI record check. He admitted prior Oklahoma penitentiary time. An arrest had followed tips from Dexter residents S A Pritchard and Earl Lati.
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Lester King
Roswell
Walter Fulbright
Oklahoma
King
S. A. Pritchard
Earl Lati
Dexter
Local Weather Summary for Saturday and Sunday
The report records Saturday temperatures with 2:30 5:30 and 8:30 readings. Highs reached 73 and lows 55, against normal highs 71 and lows 40 for the date. Precipitation over 36 hours ending 8:30 p.m. Saturday measured .14 inches, month to date 2.37, year to date 31.33. Sunrise 6:10, sunset 5:14, length of day 11.1 hours.
Army Plane Crashes on Grays Mountain Missing Four Fighters
A combat air formation from Windsor Locks disappeared over central California or Nevada. Four fighters remain missing after a mass flight of 19 P-40s with two wrecks and one fatality confirmed. Ranger Wes Spenney found a crashed aircraft on Grays Mountain east of Fresno. pilot identified tentatively as William Birelli, 22, of Warren, Ohio.
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United Press
Grays Mountain
Yosemite Park
California
Nevada
Wes Spenney
Sierra Nevada
Fresno
March Field
River Side
McClellan Field
Sacramento
Spenney
Army
William Birelli
Jack C. West
Leonard C. Lyndon
W. H. Birrell
R. N. Long
Birrell
Warren
57Th Pursuit Group
Windsor Locks
Conn
McChord Field
Tacoma
Wash
William F. Kyle
Fresno Army Air Base
Tehachapi Mountains
J. H. Pease
Pease
Smith Valley
Nev
Reno
Maj. C. E. Hughes
First Aid Instruction Reaches Much Of Chaves County
Civil defense first aid training has been provided to 441 people in Chaves county with 98 more enrolled. A 25 hour civilian defense course will stress poison gas and war casualty care. Thirteen Red Cross instructors volunteer their time to teach. A recent advanced first aid class had 36 graduates led by Lillis Fisher Homer Dunagan Effie Brown Joe Robertson and Mrs. Glenn Warwick. The county Red Cross chapter leads New Mexico in first aid efforts.
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Chaves County
Red Cross
Office of Civilian Defense
Lillis Fisher
Homer Dunagan
Effie Brown
Joe Robertson
Glenn Warwick
Louis Fay
Otis Brenneman
Mary Nail
New Mexico
Windsors seek quiet weekend after whirlwind duties
The Duke of Windsor and the duchess plan a quiet weekend at the Gladstone home of Mr and Mrs Sydam Cutting in New Jersey after a busy schedule of courtesy calls sightseeing shopping and dinners in New York. He hinted at rest and a golf outing with Arthur Vernay on Long Island before returning tomorrow night.
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New York
Duke of Windsor
Gay
Gladstone
N. J
Strike Begins At Captive Coal Mines
A general walkout of 53,000 workers in the steel industry's captive coal mines started at midnight after United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis rejected President Roosevelt's request for continued operation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Terrific Nazi Offensive Across Crimea and Front Lines
Soviet dispatches report a large scale German land and air offensive against Crimea with pressure toward Rostov and Kharkov and a failed attempt to breach toward Moscow in the Mozhaisk sector. Intense fighting spans from the Baltic to the Black Sea as Luftwaffe raids intensify on Moscow and German units push toward key cities.
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Kuibyshev
Crimea
Rostov
Kharkov
Moscow
Moshaisk
Baltic
Black Sea
Leningrad
Atrocities Prompt Churchill De Gaulle Call For Action
London Oct 25 Prime Minister Churchill pledged Britain to seek retribution for Nazi butcheries in France and occupied nations while Gen De Gaulle urged a five minute national protest strike next Friday. Eden defended British aid to Soviet needs and emphasized unity on a broad allied front.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
France
Charles de Gaulle
Churchill
de Gaulle
Anthony Eden
Russia
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Poland
Jugoslavia
Norway
Belgium
Hitler
Free French
Eden
Manchester
Caucasus
Persia
Iraq
Syria
Palesstine
Egypt
Senate Committee Votes Remove All Shipping Bans
Washington topic notes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes to remove neutrality act shipping bans letting American ships sail with protection. Debate to begin in the Senate with expected passage margins in both chambers. administration faces charges of pursuing a go-to-war policy amid a close committee decision.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Seven Seas
Sam Rayburn
House
Hitler Hurling Waves Of Troops Against Russians
London reports Adolf Hitler pounded Moscow's approaches with endless waves of troops as battles raged over Kharkov Rostov and the Crimea. Russian communiques describe heavy fighting near Mozhaisk Maloyaroslavets Taganrog Makeevka and Donets as air losses rise for Germany and combat continues.
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Hitler
London
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
South Russia
Kharkov
Rostov
Radio
Moscow Front
Taganrog and
Makeevka
Donets
Agency Created To Inform Nation On Defense Program
President Roosevelt created the Office of Facts and Figures to disseminate factual defense information. Archibald MacLeish was named director as the agency coordinates government and public data, aiming to eliminate conflicting figures and provide progress details of the defense effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Facts and Figures
Archibald MacLeish
Librarian of
Congress
Office of Emergency Management
White House
Stephen Early
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Navy launches Junceau cruiser at Kearny yards
At Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny New Jersey the 6000 ton light cruiser Junceau was launched Saturday Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews called it another nail in Hitler s coffin and predicted a destroyer would slide down the ways every 30 days next year One and a half minutes after the Junceau struck water the keels of two destroyers were laid in the same yard The cruiser is named after Juneau Alaska and the ship is the first navy ship tamed after a territorial L Lucas of Juneau Alaska
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Kearny
N. J
Adolphus Andrews
Hitler
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Juneau
Andrews
Third Naval District
L. Lucas
Alaska
U S Dispatches Show Hard Line On Appeasement
The United States sent two blunt notices to the world: one to the Far East naming Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Breighton to command bombers in the Philippines, and a Europe-focused warning from President Roosevelt condemning Hitler and signaling no tolerance for collaboration. Breighton’s posting follows reports of ship shipments and strategic plans to pressure Japan, while the president decries hostages executions as terrorism and a cue to keep Europ ean developments visible to occupied regions.
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Washington
United States
United States Army
Philippines
Europe
Roosevelt
Hitler
Germany
France
Far East
Lewis H. Bremerton
Manila
Clipper
Russia
Japan
China Seas
Brereton
Savannah
Douglas MacArthur
Army
George C. Marshall
Soap Box Derby on Armistice Day in Roswell
Roswell boys prepare miniature speedsters for the American Legion annual derby on Armistice Day. Prizes include cash and merchandise. Clarence M. Cooper leads the event organization.
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Roswell
American Legion
Clarence M. Cooper
No Need To Worry Mrs Agnes Person Says This Morning
Mrs Agnes Person expresses reassurance about renting a south bedroom. She notes Classifieds typically deliver a renter quickly, but even if it takes longer she trusts Record Classified to provide a renter promptly. She appreciates the one day service and the eventual rental outcome.
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Albuquerque
Continental Airlines
Ross Malone, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Bille D’arcy
Jane Reaves
Continental
Chaves
Crimean Isthmus
Sevastopol
Mozhaisk
Lake Ilmen
Volkhov River
Novgorod
Stalino-Makeevka
Blunt
U.S
Breerton
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