Roosevelt vows US will go all the way against Nazi grip
President Roosevelt tells 250 delegates at the International Labour Office session from the White House East Room that the United States is willing to make full sacrifices to defeat Hitler and uphold a free world. He denounces the Nazi slave state and warns labor leaders and industrialists that the nation will not yield. The speech, broadcast nationally and internationally, underscores the urgency of mobilizing defense production and solidarity with occupied lands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
United States
Hitler
International Labor Office
White House
League of Nations
Berlin
Elks Lodge Hosts Visit by Montana District Deputy
About 250 Butte Elks gathered Thursday for a lodge meeting with District Deputy Carl A. Nyman of Missoula delivering much of the address on Americanism. New candidates were initiated and an entertainment program followed, while plans were announced for a Seattle lodge visit to Butte in January with a train trip and social events.
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Butte
Alfred Kaufman
William A. Lewis
William H. Holloway
Jack Shannon
Joseph F. O'Donnell
Carkeek Sisters
Ed Sebasky
Dr. J. B. Driscol
James Murphy
Dr. Driscoll
Tom Kelly
W. J. Sullivan
R. R. Schroeder
James N. Murphy
Fred Harvey
Ruler O'Neill
Seattle
Elks Temple
Partly Cloudy Weekend Forecast for Montana and Youke
Parts of the region expect partly cloudy skies Friday and Saturday with warmer temperatures on Friday. The Montana area notes warmer conditions in the south and southwest Friday and clouds elsewhere Friday and Saturday.
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Youke
Montana
Guilty Verdict in Extortion Case In Hollywood
A federal court jury found Labor Leaders George E. Browne and William Bioff guilty of extorting 550000 from Warner Brothers Paramount Pictures Twentieth Century Fox and Loew s Inc. The verdict could carry up to 30 years in prison and a 30000 fine per defendant. Judge Knox called the outcome desirable and remanded them to custody until sentence next Wednesday.
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New York
George E. Browne
William Bioff
Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes
Bioff
Hollywood
Warner Brothers
Paramount Pictures
Twentieth Century Fox Films
Loew’s, Inc
Knox
U. S
Explosion at Kanawha chemical plant kills at least two
A localized blast at the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals plant in South Charleston West Virginia killed at least two workers and injured five. A fire raged four hours after the explosion in a vinylite acetate distillation unit on Blaine island. Officials withheld damage details as access was blocked by flames.
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South Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Valley
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Blaine Island
Kanawha River
Red Cross honors teen knitter for Britain service
In St Louis on November 6 the American Red Cross awarded a service medal for outstanding efficiency with yarn and needles to Kenneth Feldhaus a 17 year old volunteer knitter for Britain He learned to knit from a book by reversing directions due to being left handed.
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ST. Louis
American Red Cross
Britain
Kenneth Feldhaus
Hitler may summon Vienna congress to seal new European order
Diplomatic sources in Vichy report Adolf Hitler might call a general Vienna conference to formalize the Axis backed new order in Europe. Observers note parallels with 1815 and say talks between Vichy and Berlin on collaboration may resume, with neutrals and occupied states invited. The rumor gains currency as discussions extend into the next month.
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Hitler
Vichy
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Vienna
Vote Likely Today on Neutrality Revision
Senate opposition leaders held a strategy meeting and signaled a final vote by Friday night on the neutrality revision bill. Speakers included Wheeler La Follette Noe Clark and Bilbo with debate touching arming cargo ships and entering war zones.
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Washington
Senate Bloc
Senate
Wheeler
D-Mont
la Follette
Noe
R-N.d
Clark
D-Mo
Bilbo
D-Miss
Barkley
Hill
D-Ala
Brewster
R-Me
New England
England
Russia appoints Litvinov new U S ambassador
Maxim Litvinov to be sent to Washington as the Soviet Union’s ambassador superseding Constantine Oumansky. The former foreign affairs commissar, 65, advocates collective security and aims to secure greater U S aid for Russia amid shifting Moscow Berlin relations.
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Washington
Maxim Litvinov
Germany
Munich
Russia
United States
Joseph Stalin
Britain
France
Hitler
Litvinoff
Constantine Oumansky
Nazis Report Pursuing Soviet Troops In Crimea Front
Berlin dispatch says Crimean defenders retreated into the Yaila mountain range pursued by German and Romanian forces. The high command reports breaking enemy resistance along a broad front toward the Black Sea coast between Yaila and Feodosia and east of Sevastopol, with Crimea still the focus of operations.
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Berlin
Russia
Yaila
Black Sea
Feodosiya
Sevastopol
Crimea
Finns Report Operations Nearing Close
Finnish radio said military operations are nearing their end for Finland as peace talks approach. US officials pressed Finland to quit the war with Germany or risk U S friendship, amid reports of anti-German demonstrations and cabinet disputes in Helsinki during the ongoing conflict.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
United States
Hull
Hjalmar J. Procope
Germany
Vaino Tanner
Senate panel defers Alaska legislature bill for more data
Washington November 6 Senate territories committee delayed final action on a House approved bill to reappoint the territorial legislature of Alaska until it obtains further data. The move postpones the reorganization pending additional information and study requested by the committee.
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Washington
Senate Territories Committee
Alaska
Bishop Emeritus William Lawrence Dies at 91
Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Protestant Episcopal bishop emeritus of Massachusetts, died Thursday at his Readville home aged 91.
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Boston
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Readville
Interpretive War News Notes Looming Moscow Sevastopol Threats
Stalin proclaims Hitler's blitzkrieg failing as London observers cite Moscow and Leningrad fronts. British reports suggest temporary lull but expect renewed German push toward the Caucasus via Crimea. German advances near Feodosiya Yalta and Sevastopol raise fears of a southern invasion while oil-rich Caucasus remains Hitler’s central objective.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Stalin
Hitler
London
Leningrad
Moscow
Berlin
Crimea
Rostov
Donets
Don
Crimean
Sevastopol
Caucasus
Black Sea
Japan Presses U S for Settlement Over Burma Road Crisis
Tokyo officials say Japan’s patience is exhausted and may strike the Burma road to cut off American supplies to China unless the United States accepts terms from Saburo Kurusu. The Japan Times and Advertiser describes Kurusu as making a final effort for amends. Kurusu travels from Hong Kong to San Francisco and Washington via Manila on a Clipper plane to seek talks.
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Tokyo
Japan
Burma Road
China
United States
Saburo Kurusu
Foreign Office
Japan Times and Advertiser
America
Times and Advertiser
Indo-China
Burma
Hong Kong
Baburo Kurusu
San Francisco
Washington
Manila
Kurusu
Macau
Hongkong
Stalin Says Russian Setbacks Due to Lack of West Front
President Roosevelt opened the United States lease-lend coffers to the Soviet Union with a $1,000,000,000 credit for weapons to fight Hitler. Stalin blamed Moscow’s setbacks on the absence of a second front, urging Britain and the United States to open Europe to ease the Red Army’s task.
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Stalin
Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
United States
Russia
Hitler
Administration
State Department
Moscow
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
London
Joseph Stalin
Europe
Great Britain
Red Army
U. S
Britain
Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler
Hillman Denounces Welders Strike At California Plants
Sidney Hillman, associate director general of the Office of Production Management, denounced the independent welders strike at three California aircraft plants as an outlaw wildcat proposition interfering with national defense. He warned that sympathy walkouts at six other plants would likely fail.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
California
Lockheed
Vega
Burbank
Calif
Consolidated
San Diego
Hillman
Knox Pleads to End Strike at Navy Plants
Secretary Knox urged A F L building trades leaders to terminate a general strike affecting the naval training station at San Diego and Camp Elliott. The stoppage halted more than 10.5 million dollars in Navy defense projects with about 1,435 workers on strike, threatening further naval public works contracts.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Frank Knox
Naval Training Station
Camp Elliott
11Th Naval District
Knox
Building and Construction Trades Council
National Defense
OPM
Butte Draft Group Cleared by Army Doctors in Montana
26 Silver Bow county young men including three transfers passed medicals in Missoula for the 19th Montana contingent. They departed Butte aboard the Olympian after 2,000 cheered at the depot, marking a flawless induction record for the town.
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Missoula
Silver Bow County
Butte
Nick F. Hertges
Mining City
Montana
Milwaukee Railroad
Olympian
Hertges
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