Spitfire Plant Targeted in German Air Strikes
German air raids struck Britain with heavy losses. The Spitfire assembly plant at Woolston near Southampton suffered tremendous destruction to buildings and equipment. Liverpool ships, Dover batteries, and a British convoy off the Scottish coast were also hit. The German claim states two armed British merchantmen sunk for 700 tons, with British losses at 27 planes to Germany’s six.
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Berlin
Britain
Woolston
Southampton
Liverpool
Dover
High Command
Ald
Crermany
Belgium
France
Germany
Gandhi and Viceroy Meet in Simla on India's War Attitude
Mohandas Gandhi arrives at Simla for an interview with the British viceroy Lord Linlithgow to discuss India's stance toward Britain's war writ in Germany.
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Bimla
India
Im— Mohandas & Gandhi
Lord Lin- Méhgow
Britain
Germany
Survivors Recount Benares Sinking and Rescue at Sea
Seventy six survivors aboard a lifeboat tell how they endured eight days in a storm after the City of Benares sank six hundred miles off the Atlantic. Rescue by two British flying boats and warships brought them to a British port. One boy and a child evacuee remain missing with hundreds presumed dead.
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London
England
Benares
Atlantic
Mary Cornish
Kenneth Sparky
Sunderland
Coast Command
Kenneth
Bonderland
Escourt
Connvoy
Fbohdan Nagorski
Cying Bost
Nagorski
William Cunningham Short
Peter
Recruiting Rush but Wrong Kind KANSAS CITY
Lieut General Pred M Logan reports a Missouri recruiting office chaos as a sergeant writes of a rush of draft dodgers and aspirants to air corps. The list includes flying cadets with eighth grade education, preachers, doctors, lawyers, dentists, reserve officers, and more, all seeking varied exemptions or discharges rather ineligible for standard enlistment.
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Kansas City
M. Logan
Army
Missouri
Air Corps
CCC
First Texas oil well to wear ribbon at anniversary event
The state marks Texas oil history with Corsicana’s first field display as Miss Patly Dunton ribbons the inaugural well outside the city water department toolhouse. The event ties to the Forty Fifth birthday celebration and a Fort Worth convention by the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association October 31 to November 2. Corsicana and Spindletop figures receive special recognition for notable Texas oil fields.
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Ofield
Texas
Patly Dunton
Corsicana
Corsicana City
Warehouses and Docks Burn in Liverpool Fire
Liverpool suffered fires at several docks and warehouses after heavy bombing by German planes last night. A famed theatre, among England’s oldest, was destroyed by an incendiary bomb. Surrounding property and some residences were damaged.
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Liverpool
England
Galveston Mayor Foresees Troop Buildup at Fort Crocker
Mayor Brantly Harris of Galveston predicts a large increase in troops stationed at Fort Crocker after talks with War Department officials. He says the Galveston post will become a principal coast artillery and harbor defense relocation center, needing new structures on Navy-acquired reserves along the old boundaries.
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Washington
Fort Crocker
Brantly Harris
Galveston
War Department
Coast Artillery
Killings Alleged by Greeks Stir Italian Claims
Rome dispatch reports three killings attributed to Greeks sighted as barbarous in Greece. The incidents involve the niece of the Albanian patriot Daut Hogla and are cited as renewing Italian claims against Greece after a previous fatality reported a month earlier.
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Rome
I' ‘Hanian
Tom Today
Greece
Daut Hoggla
Hogels
Dakar Expedition Under Criticism Headline
London reports rising critique over the Dakar expedition as Prime Minister Church helps prepare a formal statement on the failure of the Free French British effort to unite French West Africa against Germany. House of Commons whispers suggest questions but no direct government challenge expected.
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London
Dakar
Church ML
French West Africa
Germany
House of Commons
San Antonio scrap firms react to Japan embargo
San Antonio scrap dealers—nine firms surveyed—expect demand from the United States and South America to keep markets active despite Roosevelt's embargo on metal shipments to Japan. Some see a price dip, others anticipate price adjustments as hemispheric demand rises. several firms continue limited shipments to Britain or Texas refineries.
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San Antonio
Roosevelt
Japan
South America
Britain
Bevie Greenberg
Greenberg
Houston
England
Newding Iron and Metal Company
South
J. Mewding
United States
J. ©. Wulfe
Wulf Iron and Metal Company
Comal
Wulfe
Texas
Ate Steel Mill
Sera Metal Companies
Trottocr Jyon and Metal Company
Medina Street
Nathan ‘Trottiner
Hore
Irain
America
Monterey Iron and Metal Company
Alamo Junk Company
Heys Street
Solber'g Salvage Company
Shoenfield Brothers Company
East Commerce Street
American Ran
North Laredo Street
British believe invasion off as raids widen to Berlin
London reports the high command may keep invasion off but raids on Berlin continue for four straight nights this week. The RAF has not announced a policy change officially, with sources calling it a growing confidence shift while bomber squadrons arrive as winter weather nears. Military informants note improved barge targetting and increased raid intensity on Berlin despite ongoing German night attacks.
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London
Emglang
Songer
Berlin
R.A. F
Ber- Jin
Alhom
Beri
Britain
Germany
Anglo American naval supremacy cited as hope for peace
Rear Admiral A T Mahan’s forecast of Anglo American naval supremacy was recalled by Rear Admiral A L Ghormles, U S naval observer, in a speech in London. The remark framed as the greatest hope of peace, reflecting tensions and calls for strength amid naval developments.
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Naval
Ealls
London
Tondon
Alfred Thayer Mahan
L. Ghormles
United States
Italy British Swap Raids Across Africa and Middle East
Italy reports wide bombing of British bases in Africa and the Mediterranean, including Halfa oil terminus in Palestine, with hits on oil tanks, supply stations, rail yards and a submarine base. British counterstrikes hit targets in Somaliland, Libya, Sudan, and Eritrea. results described as negligible.
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Rome
Africs
Mediterranean
Halfa
Palestine
Mount Ammail
Gallabat
Sudan
Hargelswarg Berbera
Somaliland
Metemima
Libya
Jijiga
Ethiopis
Agordat
Eritrea
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Ealestin
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Olununes
Vincent Lopez
DR Oesi
Nated
Gee Es
Prom Mutual Playhouse
New York
Eee TanTi
George Jesse Milton
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Jewel
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Texas’ Greatest Jewelers
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Gunter Hotel
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