Russians Halt Nazis On All Moscow Lines
London dispatch reports Radio Moscow claiming German forces were halted on all sectors before Moscow while Soviet counterattacks aimed to disrupt massing troops. It notes heavy fighting near Leningrad and Donets, with casualties, and claims use of British tanks in Arctic combat amid renewed German offensives.
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Moscow
London
U.P
Radio
Leningrad
Volkov
Donets
Murmansk
Maurmansk
Norway
Stockholm
Arctic
Berlin
Home
Crimea
Red Army
Sevastopol
Kerch
High Command
High
Gist
Lake Ladoga
Weekend College Grid Upset Signals Wide Finish
College football scores show a spread of results across many teams. Oklahoma Aggies beat 14 points, while Tennessee tops Boston College 14 to 7. Duquesne defeats Mississippi State 16 to 0. Tulane lands a 45 to 0 win over NYU. North Carolina falls to Duke 0 to 20.
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Arezaona
Oklahoma Aggims
Tennessee
Boston College
Mississippi State
Duquesne
Tulane
New York University
Colgate
Syracuse
North Carolina
Duke
Army
Penn
Brown
Harvard
Princeton
Yale & West Virginia
Penn State
Delaware
Drexel
Winds
Ohio State
Amherst
Williams
Wagner
Lowell Textile
Inus
Gettysburg
Western Maryland
Lafayette
Davidson
Wash, & Tice
Notre Dame
Northwestern
VAM
Maryland
Manhattan
Oly
Wesleyan
Trinity
Semple
Michigan State
Ashland
Otterbein
Case
Ohio Wesleyan
Michigan
Columbia U. N.C. State
Georgetown
Dartmouth
Cornell
RPT
Four Italian Destroyers and Ten Supplies Sunk by British
Liverpool reports Admiral Alexander said four Italian destroyers were sunk one damaged and ten supply ships destroyed when a British naval squadron attacked Italian convoys south of Taranto. Earlier admiralty statements cited nine ships sunk and one set afire with additional destroyer losses.
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Liverpool
Eng
Albert V. Alexander
Taranto
Admiralty
Aiso
Alexander
Actual Arming Of Ships Will Get Under Way
The United States plans to arm American merchant ships next week at Atlantic ports. Navy crews will install five inch guns and machine guns on cargo vessels, with ship size guiding armament. Some ships may be rebuilt to mount weapons and others already have suitable mounts. Armed ships could sail within 10 days, with selection by travel routes rather than fleet-wide.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy
Roosevelt
House
North Atlantic
Wo Bo
Maritime Commission
Knox
New Passport Rules Govern U S Aliens
Washington November 15 Aliens wishing to leave the United States must obtain special permission under a new state department directive meant to curb spies. Departure permits will be denied if prejudicial to national interests. Visas will be tightly scrutinized with Canadians exempted. other exemptions to be announced. Citizens will be required to carry valid passports to depart or enter the United States, the Canal Zone, and the Philippines.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Canal Zone
Philippines
Japanese envoy Kurusu nears White House talks on pacific peace
Saburo Kurusu the Japanese special envoy arrives in the United States bearing a personal message from Prime Minister Tojo. He seeks a possible early conference with President Roosevelt as Japan and the United States reassess their Pacific relations amid cautious diplomatic signals. Nomura and Hull to meet while officials express guarded optimism and concern over divergent policies.
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Loyd Sverrbas
Washington
Saburo Kurusu
Tokyo
Pacific
Kurusu
Hideki Tojo
White House
Tojo
State Department
Hull
Kichisaburo Nomura
Roosevelt
Nomura
San Francisco
United States
Berlin
Japan
Berlin- Rome
China
Singapore
Quezon Urges Filipinos to Back U S Defense Effort
Manila dispatch reports President Manuel Quezon warning Filipinos to mobilize for total war to defend democracy and ally with the United States. In a radio address timed to the commonwealth anniversary, he pressed labor and capital to suspend disputes and marshal resources for defense as 30,000 volunteers marched in a national display.
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Manila
Manuel Quezon
America
Philippines
Commonwealth
United States
Quezon
Ark Royal Sunk. Only One Death Reported
London reports confirm Ark Royal was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean with about 1,600 aboard. A single fatality is now listed, while earlier tallies fluctuated. German sources claim U boats attacked British ships including Malaya, as common war coverage notes.
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London
Admiralty
Ark Royal
Mediterranean
A. V. Alexander
Gibraltar
Envoy's plane lands safely in Iran near Panlevi port
Washington reports the plane carrying American ambassador to Soviet Russia Laurence Streit-Hardt has landed safely at Panlevi, an Iranian port about 200 miles south of Baku. No further information was released about the landing or other passengers aboard.
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Washington
State Department
Laurence A. Steit- Hardt
Soviet
Russia
Panlevi
Baku
Crisis Session Opens as Diet Meets Amid Pacific Tension
The Tokyo diet opens with a two fold aim to feed more men and fund the war effort while levying new taxes. US Marines begin withdrawal from Shanghai Peiping and Tientsin as envoy Saburo Kurusu heads to Washington amid wary Japanese views. Emperor Hirohito to address Sunday as peers name Tokugawa chair of the budget committee.
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Tokyo
Pacific
United States
Shanghai
Peiping
Tientsin
Roosevelt
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Japan
China
New York
Hochi
Russia
Sea of Japan
Emperor Hirohito
Te Wag
Prince Yuniyuki Tokugawa
Almamentiv
Italians Withdraw in Ethiopia From South Central Front
Nairobi report says Italian troops retreating in south central Ethiopia as Ethiopian army wins at Gianda on November 11. Janguar evacuated, Cercas and Gargora believed to be next. Strong patrols clash near Gondar with recon missions toward Ferronher and Kulkaber drawing heavy fire.
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Nairobi
Kenya
U.P
Ethiopia
Gianda
Janguar
Cercas and
Gargora
Lommunique
Addis Ababa
Gondar
Lake Tana
Debra Tabor
Ferronher
Kulkaber
Culquabert
Last Hours Aboard Ark Royal Told By Newsman
Arthur Thorpe reports aboard the Ark Royal during torpedo attack in the Mediterranean. He recalls the ship’s final moments as 1,600 crew faced the sinking, with 18 missing and no officer casualties, amid Axis claims of her sinking.
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Arthur Thorpe
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Ark Royal
Mediterranean
Exchange Telegraph
Gibraltar
U.P
France Near Decision to Join Hitler's New Order
New York dispatch reports France is close to an unreserved tilt toward Adolf Hitler's Europe order. A signed pledge of adherence could be offered in exchange for freeing French prisoners and German troop withdrawals from occupied territory. Contenders include economic cooperation, personnel reshuffles, fleet use for Axis convoys, and French policing of Bordeaux under German officers. Admiral Darlan may favor the plan but has not decided on ship or troop usage. The death of Gen. Huntziger may delay a verdict briefly.
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New York
Associated Press
France
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Germany
Maxim Weygand
Africa
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Jean Darlan
Marshal Petain
Conevoys
Lewis Refuses To Give In After Conference
Washington dispatch reports United Mine Workers warn captive mines supplying steel be shut at midnight as three hour talks with Steel executives end without agreement. Lewis cites open shop stance and no authority to override union shop terms while government signs hint at Army readiness to move in if needed.
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Washington
U.P
United Mine Workers Union
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Steel Company
Lewis
Philip Murray
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
White House
Stimson
Robert C. Richardson
Seventh Army Corps
Birmingham
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Alabama
West Virginia
Kentucky
Minois
Miners’ Union
Mine Workers
Linden
N. J
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors Assembly
Congress
U S Food To Feed Millions After War
Secretary Morgenthau told the National Grange that the United States must prepare to feed hundreds of millions in Europe and Asia after the war. He urged using US food production for humanitarian and economic aims and tied future stability to guaranteed basic food for every man, woman, and child.
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Worcester
Mass
U.P
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States
Europe
Asia
National Grange
Morgenthau
Tam
Auto Truck Crash Kills Two in Arizona
A head on collision near Phoenix between a car carrying Beverly Gildea and Donald Campbell and a defense materials laden truck killed both victims. Gasoline ignited but Fred Russ, the truck driver, and passersby rescued the bodies before flames. An inquest is scheduled.
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Salome
Higley Field
Phoenix
Beverly Gildea
Donald F. Campbell
Denver
Colo
Fred Russ
State Highway Patrol
Gildea
Campbell
Russ
Mexico approves horses for human consumption
Mexico City November 15. The senate approved President Manuel Avila Camacho’s proposal to authorize slaughter of horses for food, with the chamber of deputies already voting in favor.
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Mexico City
Senate
Manuel Avila Camacho
Chamber of Deputies
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R. J. Hennelly
Phoenix Junior College
Howard Soule
Taylor Weitzel
Flagstaff
Tio
Malaya
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Iran
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Charles Huntziger
Mexico
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