20 Americans- (Continued From Page One) crash details
A crash scene described near St Thomas Ont revealed a transport plane nose buried in ground with debris over a 200 foot area. Among the dead were 17 passengers including Robert Flowers and Edward Bigda. Captain Bates survived the Northwest crash at Moorhead with 14 others killed and authorities prepared to identify seared bodies as investigations continued.
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Miss Blackley
David I. Cooper
Plandome
N. Y
R. L. Owens
New York City
Lewis Biddle
American Airlines
Fingal Station
New York
St. Thomas
Ont
Robert Flowers
Hastings
Edward Bigda
Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Conn
Vought-Sikorsky
United Aircraft Corp
A. L. Lewis
Vought-Sikorsky Engineering
John Kay
la Porte
Ind
E. J. Benz
Ann Arbor
Mich
Watt
Thomas A. Fraser
American Brass Co
Detroit
V. R. Conzett
G. S. van Norman
E. M. Scott
Royal Oak
F. R. Root
Ypsilanti
Stimson Aircraft
Frank A. Fisher
Frank Snyder
Buffalo
CIO
United Automobile Workers
George E. Russell
Niagara Falls
Gilman Fanfold Corporation
J. George
James George
Bates
Destroyer Reuben James Sunk After Torpedo Attack
The U S destroyer Reuben James was sunk by a torpedo during the night of October 30 31 while convoying in the North Atlantic west of Iceland The commanding officer is Lieutenant Commander H L Edwards NS navy No further details are available at this time but will be released when received The navy describes the vessel as 314 feet long with a beam of 30 feet and a displacement of about 1 500 tons
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U. S
Reuben James
North Atlantic
Iceland
H. L. Edwards
N. S. Navy
Navy
Hallowe'en Spook Show At Yucca Theatre Tonight
The Yucca Theatre hosts a Halloween midnight program starting at 11 30 p m featuring the thriller Smiling Ghost starring Wayne Morris Brenda Marshall and Alexis Smith. Special novelties such as hats serpentine and noise makers will be given to attendees with several other unusual events planned for the night.
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Hallowe’en
Yucca
Wayne Morris
Brenda Marshall
Alexis Smith
Reuben James Sinks and Kearny Hit by Torpedo War Flash
The Reuben James, a 1190 ton destroyer with 120 crew and four 4inch guns, was torpedoed after patrols in the North Atlantic. Commander Edwards, a Texas native and 1926 naval academy graduate, led the ship as the convoy remained at sea west of Iceland. The Greer and Kearny incidents heighten Roosevelt’s shoot on sight policy as U.S. ships protect vital munition shipments to England.
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Roosevelt
Navy
United States
England
North Atlantic
Greer
Kearny
Iceland
Reuben James
Edwards
Navy Department
San Saba
Texas
Naval Academy
Sailors With Wings Highlights Navy Air Power
The March of Time film Sailors With Wings at Yucca Theatre details U S Naval Aviation from World War I to today. It shows training, shipboard and shore bases, carrier operations, and planes patrolling seas to counter Axis threats as the Navy expands toward 50 000 pilots and airmen.
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Yucca
U. S. Naval Aviation
America
U. S. Navy
Yucca Theatre
No Wonder Berlin Conveys View On Reuben James Torpedoing
An authorized source in Berlin on October 31 argued that if the United States destroyer Reuben James was in a convoy, its torpedoing was unsurprising. The statement claimed a convoy is an English affair and all participants join the English formation.
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Berlin
United States
Reuben James
Arizona and West Texas Weather Outlook
The forecast notes clear and cold conditions in Arizona tonight, followed by sunny and warmer weather Saturday. In West Texas, expect considerable cloudiness today with occasional snow in the Panhandle, then another clear and cold night with frost around El Paso and mainly in the central portion.
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Arizona
West Texas
Panhandle
el Paso
Even Job Of Elephants Beautician Ponderous in Roswell Show
Elvin Welsh of Russell Bros. Greater American Circus explains elephant grooming from shaving with an acetylene blowtorch to pedicures and foot care. The Roswell performance at South Main and Reed Streets on Tuesday November 4 features elephants and other trained acts with shows at 2 and 8 pm.
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Elvin Welsh
Russell Bros
South Main
Reed Streets
Roswell
Russell
Coast of Crimea War News Stirs Global Pressures
Soviet dispatches report stubborn fighting around Moscow and Crimea as German and Rumanian forces push toward Sevastopol. Soviet crews claim counterattacks aided by Black Sea fleet planes while Berlin reports Russian retreat in Crimea and Donets basin. U boats sink British freighters as long range aircraft strike Atlantic targets.
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Crimean Peninsula
Russia
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Crimea
Red Army
Tokyo
Japan Times and Advertiser
Japanese Foreign Office
United States
Japan
Moscow
Volkolamsk
Mozhaisk
Maloyaroslavets
Tula
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow Radio
Kalinin
Ukraine
Juibyshev
Berlin
Donets
Yevpatoriya
Kerch
Leningrad
Home Demonstration Clubs Form New Mexico Association
Mrs. Sim Calley of Wagon Mound is named first president of a new New Mexico Association of Home Demonstration Clubs. Roswell chosen as 1942 convention city with officers Mrs. Coleman Portales vice president Mrs. Linder Harding County secretary and Mrs. McMillen Silver City treasurer.
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Albuquerque N. M
Sim Calley
Wagon Mound
New Mexico
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Spook Show
Clardy Products
Russell Bros.’ Circus
Price & Co
U.S
Adolf Hitler
Eastern Front
London
Kremlin
High Command
Atlantic
Cadiz
Spain
Chuck Roast
Peyton
Eee
Sunny Boy Flour
Clardy's Butter
Folger’s Coffee
Folger
Bluehill
Hallowe'en
Heinz
Campbell's
Sunny Boy
Grocery & Market
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