Rift Healed in CHO Ranks After Week of Turmoil
Atlantic City reports a surprise meeting between John L. Lewis and Sid Hillman in a bid to end the partisan split within the labor movement. Observers expect reconciliation as Hillman and Allman push peace talks with the AFL and curb Communist influence in high positions.
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Roosevelt Message Awaited by A F L
ANEW ORLEANS Nov 1647 President Roosevelt is expected to send two messages to the American Federation of Labor convention urging peace between the AFL and CIO as leaders meet. William Green plans his Monday address and may open doors to unions opposing G L leadership. Lewis may resign but could still control the CIO in his role with United Workers.
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Shakespeare Quips Echo as War-weary London Laughs
London crowds laughed at a matinee after an actor read a line from Richard the Third. The public mood mirrors a long winter of discontent, with voices recalling Shakespeare to sum up Britain’s tense 1990s situation despite modern bombardments.
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Windbreak on Bike Aids Delivery Boy in Alaska
Eskimve rider Walford Clark invents cardboard windbreak attached to bicycle handlebars to block wind and California style glare. He claims the device keeps the rider cooler and protects the head while delivering goods from a drug store at 327 past Crockett Street, Alaska.
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War 25 Years Ago Today on Various Fronts
Items recount a 1915 snapshot with battles along the Dvina river in Russia, Bulgarian forces capturing Kilim in Furopren, Allied withdrawals near Monastir, a Belgian press attack, Berlin’s declared aims, and Soviet actions against Finland and god.
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War Roundup Amid Global Skirmishes and Naval Losses
War roundup reports German and Allied actions across the Atlantic and Mediterranean. German merchant ships dodge the British blockade near Tampico while the Orinoco suffers engine trouble. Italian submarine losses are claimed by Rome. Greek forces push Italians from Lake Prespa toward Valona as London endures a major air assault with heavy casualties. Hamburg shelled by British planes. German reports claim no hits. Battleshifts in the Mediterranean follow talks between German and Italian commanders.
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Air Godiva Defies Odds After Plane Crash Recovery
Beverly Hills aviator Berner King, known as Flying Godiva, survived a crash three months ago and plans to return to aviation. Doctors say recovery is uncertain but she remains determined to fly again, describing herself as the civil aeronautics board's “problem child.” She has endured multiple forced landings and counts a career comeback as her goal.
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Greek Talan Fighting Hot Front Continued From Page
Reported intense fighting across Crete and Greece with infantry artillery and air action. British forces extend lines toward Egypt as Greek planes clash with Fascist forces. Italian reinforcements allegedly attacked, bridges near Koaltza said destroyed, prisoners and hill recaptured with several enemy aircraft shot down.
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Tuberculosis Hospital Bond Celebration in San Antonio
A victory dinner honoring the £285,000 bond for a state tuberculosis hospital was held by the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Menger hotel. About 150 leaders from business, professional, and public sectors attended as Dr. Koerth urged ongoing efforts in case finding, government support, and school health testing to combat tuberculosis.
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Hearst letters and poems praise U S forces in 1940 paper
A flood of reader missives to Hearst papers from November 1940 features Lilith Lorraine of Annapolis praising American resolve and criticizing isolationist trends. Coast Guard Magazine editor Edward Lloyd counters a Los Angeles letter, while others defend Kipling’s poems and defend military culture against cynicism.
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Weather Log and Celestial Timings for November Readings
The report lists wind at 92 m with 5 sailing hours from the northwest, humidity at 8244 percent corrected to the November mean, and various rainfall figures. It covers moon phases, tides, sunrise and sunset times, and dawns, with irregular OCR spelling. It notes rainfall totals since January 4 and monthly deficits in inches alongside forecasted times for moonrise and moonset across the month.
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Be Strong America Be Strong Poem Fragment
A patriotic verse urges America to endure against tyranny. It speaks of the eagle, hemispheric unity, and defiant resolve from pole to pole. The speaker pledges strength, calls for gathering clans, and asserts the birthplace of dreams despite the old world’s fading light.
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German Ship Afime Sunk in Caribbean War Zone
Reported sinking of German freighter Afime by a British warship in the Caribbean prompted updates on the fate of other German ships. The Columbus, 22.58 tons, left Vera Cruz last December and was overtaken by a British destroyer before the crew scuttled her 400 miles off the U S coast, with a US rescue ship taking 878 men aboard. The Weser, from Manzanillo, was captured by a Canadian merchant cruiser near the Pacific coast. The fate of the freighter left Manzanillo on June 27 remains in doubt. Some crews reportedly resigned to living in Mexico and even sought citizenship.
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Revolt Sought in French Areas
Be irut Lebanon reports that well informed informants say Free French followers of General De Gaulle in Prerich mandated Syria are pressuring to spark a revolt behind Generals Weygand and Nogues. Weygand is seen as North Africa’s military and political leader sent by the Vichy regime, while Nogues is Marbeco’s governor and commander. Weygand reportedly warned against surrender of empire territory to Rome and Germany.
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Youth Convicted in Murder of Girl
SAN JOSE Calif Nov 16 Convicted of murdering Jo sepinle Farsen 15 Mandell 18 must be tried for sanity next week If sane he faces life imprisonment A jury of nine men and three women found Mandell guilty of first degree murder after nearly four hours deliberation He denied killing Farsen July 1 as she headed to a swimming party and was found dead with a crushed head beside a dry creek under a bridge
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Two Die as Plane Strikes Power Line Near San Diego
SAN DIEGO Calif Nov 18 Navy officials said Basim Stephen M Fresh and Aviation Machinemen Mate N A Oliver were killed when their plane from the carrier Lexington struck a power line and plunged into Lake Hixigus near here yesterday. Fresh hailed from Pittsburg Calif and Oliver from Chilton Texas where his brother O L Oliver resides.
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Lorio Found Guilty of Fraud in Federal Probe
In Baton Rouge Louisiana last night a federal grand jury convicted Dr Charence A Love state senator and medical director of Lottislang State University of mail fraud. He faces up to 200 dollars fine or five years imprisonment, or both, with sentencing pending.
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Naz Threats From Hamburg Rivaled by Sky War Returns
Berlin reports Naz threats against England as British air raids on Hamburg target docks and hospitals. London confirms casualties in Hamburg while asserting scaled retaliation. Germany withdraws some units from Greece amid diplomatic activity with Spain and Turkey and awaits Berlin talks with Ribbentrop.
Small Boys Attack Girl With Stones Near Hillcrest School
An attack by a group of boys on 11 year old Victoria Reserves at 317 Ripford Street as she walked home from Hillcrest school left gashes behind her left ear and on her head. Radio Patrolman William Porter detained the youths and turned them over to authorities at the request of Mrs. Resendez.
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Chinese Report Says Japs Withdrawing From Indochina
The Chinese central news agency reported Japanese troops at Langéon and Dongdang in northern French Indochina pulling back westward to an undisclosed location. Troops at Penning and Chioling near Hanoi were said to be cresting barracks indicating a permanent occupation. Noted British editor Wilfrid Evan Gharteris, 76, died at Pangbourne Berkshire.
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