Machinists Strike Ended With OPM Aid
The 8599 members of the A F L and allied unions halted a three day general strike in the St Louis industrial area. An arbitration over a Weldon Springs Mo TNT plant issue proceeded in New York City while Roosevelt's fact finding board readied for hearings in Washington.
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O'Dwyer Links Gunmen to Plot Against Relies
District Attorney William O'Dwyer testified that three gunmen were sent from the west to kill Abe Relies, star witness in the Brooklyn murder ring case. Relies died November 12 at a Coney Island hotel, while O'Dwyer testified for the defense in the patrolmen negligence trial.
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Britain’s Merchant Marine Death Toll in War
London reports official casualty lists show 944 officers and men from Britain’s merchant marine and fishing fleets killed in action since the war began, according to a compilation released today.
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Denver Elevation to Archdiocese by Pope Pius XII
The Vatican announced the creation of a new U S ecclesiastical province with Denver raised to an archdiocese and Pueblo made a diocese. Bishop Natan John Wehr of Denver becomes archbishop, heading the new metropolitan see. No suffragan bishop named yet.
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Two Youths Confess Slaying Wealthy Lawyer in Virginia
Two 16 year olds Paul Hoback of Bluefield and Thomas Peters of Norfolk confessed to shooting Ward Loveless 51 a wealthy Washington attorney at his Leesburg Virginia estate during a botched robbery. They were captured in Appalachia after a car linked to the Loveless property was found in Cumberland.
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Roy Barnes
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Anti Air Warning Posts Ready for Action Across India
A chain of 300 observation stations from Burma’s coast to frontiers is ready to warn and protect against air raiders. Maj. RO. Taylor says all stations are well equipped and staffed with trained personnel. Twenty four stations lie within a 50 mile radius of Rangoon. Exercises show the corps can switch from passive to active role at any moment.
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American Export Airlines Seeks U S to England Flights
American Export Airlines renewed its bid with the Civil Aeronautics Board for a license to run planes from the United States to Erie and England. The plan had been dropped earlier due to the Neutrality Act restricting transport to those nations.
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British Forces Close on Gondar as Italian Mutiny Erupts
Nairobi Kenya November 27 UP British forces pressing toward Gondar in Ethiopia where Italian reserves mutinied against a counterattack order. The outbreak shadows the last holdout of Italian troops in the region.
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Gondar
Italian missionaries killed in Kalifornia incident reported
A fragmentary notice reports that Bishop Barosi and three other Italian missionaries were killed in Kalifornia in a deadly incident. Details and dates are unclear in the readable text.
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Seven Months Desert Siege Ends as Tobruk Relieved
War dispatches report a seven months siege near Tobruk ending with a relief column joining hands with the garrison. British forces linked with New Zealand units in a great tank and infantry clash at Rezegh as fighting continues across the Tobruk front and toward Egypt.
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Belgians Returned to Nazi Camps for Sabotage Acts
Ninety Belgian POWs released were sent back to camps as retaliation for sabotage. Six others sentenced to death for attempted dynamiting received reprieves. Brussels Bruessel Zeitung warned of arrests of hostages and broader measures if sabotage continues.
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Where to Find It Faitors' Note
News dispatches from European countries are subject to censorship at the source, limiting details and shaping content for readers. The brief hints at guidance on locating such notes but reveals no concrete data or direct sources.
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Argentina Signs 3 Year Tungsten Pact With U S
Argentina will sell its entire tungsten production to the United States under a three year agreement. The price is £21 per ton, aiding U S policy to obtain war essential metals from American states. Tungsten ore, mainly wolframite, had fetched $24 to $26 a ton in New York.
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Hotel Employees Strike in Philadelphia Warick Hotel
Workers at the Warwick Hotel, among the city’s largest, walked out in a strike to press for a 10 cent an hour wage increase.
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Army halts riveted armor tanks after tests
The U S Army stopped orders for riveted armor tanks and ordered five large American producers to change construction plans. War Department officials say tests and combat show riveted tanks are deadly for crew, prompting a shift to safer designs.
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Peace or War in the Pacific Faces Tokyo After Hull Push
Secretary Hull restated the US position on basic principles and warned negotiations depend on Japan's acceptance. In the Pacific, war talk shifts to Tokyo as seven months of talks proceed with no clear breakthrough. Meanwhile Axis pressure around Moscow grows as German forces push toward the Red capital from north and south.
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Hull
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Red Capital
Hitler Receives Anti-Communist Pact Delegates
Adolf Hitler received delegations of anti-Comintern states at the Berlin chancellery in a ceremonial close to renewing the pact against Communism. Foreign ministers and ambassadors met the Fuhrer individually as thousands of Berlin residents watched the arrivals and departures. A spokesman called the event historically significant while noting orderly procedures.
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First Group of Marines Quits China
The first detachment of United States Marines was withdrawn from Shanghai in heavy rain. Buses carried the men from their barracks through the International Settlement to the Bund as a Chinese orphanage band played Auld Lang Syne. The vessel carrying them was scheduled to call at Manila and Singapore.
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Tokyo Hopes Dented by Hull Terms on Japanese Talks
Domei reports Secretary Hull’s terms to Japanese envoys show little chance of bridging gaps in US Japan relations. No room for extended talks, the agency notes, signaling no change in the Japanese stance. The remarks accompany continued Washington discussions between Hull, Nomura, and Kurusu.
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Domei
Cordell Hull
Domel
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Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Hull
United States
Japan
White House Parley Opens Over Far East Tensions
Washington reports say President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull will meet Japanese envoys to discuss basic principles for preserving peace in the Far East. The talks come amid warnings of Japan's growing influence in French Indo China and possible moves toward Thailand.
War Today: Bullitt as observer signals Near East importance
In this column Dewitt Mackenzie argues William C. Bullitt's appointment as special presidential observer in the Near East highlights the war theater's widening role. The piece suggests Allied victory could come from eastern Germany via Russian fronts and notes potential U S expeditionary needs from the Middle East.
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William C. Bullitt
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