House Refuses Adjournment in Heated Session
Republicans and some Democrats joined to defeat a Democratic push to adjourn the 76th Congress. The 191 voting against adjournment keeps session alive past Christmas. The Ramspeck bill merging about 200000 civil service-enlisted workers was approved. Defense spending tops the record with $25.57 billion in nearly 11 months.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taylor
D.colo
House Appropriations Committee
Shipping Units Face Silk Import Charges
The maritime commission charged nine trans Pacific shipping lines with unlawful practices in disguising silk from Japan. The firms allegedly offered lower rates to shippers who falsified silk weights and bills of lading by labeling raw silk as handkerchiefs or cotton goods.
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Washington
U.P
Martime Commission
Trans-Pacific Shipping Companies
Japan
American President Lines
Kawasaki Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha
Yokusai Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha
Mitsui Bussan Kaisha
A. P. Moller
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Osaka Syosen Kaisha
Wilhelm Milhelmsen
Yamashita Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha
Parley Continues on Vultee Strike
Downey California November 19 weary representatives of the United Automobile Workers and Vultee Aircraft resumed negotiations after a 24 hour session in a bid to end the five day old strike at the plant. Maj Sidney Simpson War Department conciliator kept both sides at the table through the night with brief rest periods at dawn.
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Downey
Calif
U.P
United Automobile Workers Union
Vultee Aircraft Company
Maj
Sidney Simpson
War Department
Census puts U S population at 150 million figure
The census bureau reports total population of the United States and its territories at 150,362,326, up 11,925,257 or 8.6 percent since 1930. Mainland residents rise to 131,409,881, while territories and possessions grow faster, with the Philippines estimate at 16,356,000 reflecting earlier censuses.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Philippine Islands
British Raids Cut Nazi Arms Output In Half
London reports that the Krupp arms works at Essen lost about 50 percent of production due to British bombing. The air ministry notes disruption of western German industry, with sections of the factory damaged, supplies hindered by wrecked railways, and some departments moved or closed. Other facilities including Union Chemical Factory at Stettin and a major Hanover refinery were wrecked, affecting oil output and transport.
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Krupp
Essen
Germany
Air Ministry
England
Bulletin
Union Chemical Factory
Oder
Moll
Stettin
Hanover
Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company
Bremen
Fokker Airplane Works
Amsterdam
Holland
Fire damages U.S. battleship South Dakota under construction
In Camden New Jersey the 35000 ton battleship South Dakota suffered light damage from a fire in a forward section of a half completed hull. Eight men were slightly overcome by fumes one hospitalized with satisfactory condition. no major damage reported. Earlier reports said three missing in smoke. Naval officials investigating a Gwynn destroyer fire in Boston Navy Yard.
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Camden
N. J
South Dakota
New York Shipbuilding Company
Boston
Gwynn
Boston Navy Yard
Snow Storm Drenches Arizona Watersheds Near Prescott
The first real winter storm blankets northern Arizona with snow while heavy rain soaks the rest of the state. Snow plows hit the Phoenix Prescott highway with two inches on the road near Prescott and five inches in the White Mountains at McNary.
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Associated Press
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Phoenix-Prescott
Prescott
State Highway Patrol
McNary
White Mountains
Salt River Valley
Flagstaff
Skull Valley
Ash Fork
Phoenix
Roosevelt Dam
Bartlett Dam
Gila Valley
Safford
A. C. Rabb
Alreday
Patrolman Is Made Head Of Tucson Police
Harold C. Wheeler former Winslow police chief becomes acting head of the Tucson police after council approval to fill the vacancy created by Chief Don J. Hays naval duty Wheeler takes command while Ben West serves as interim chief when absent. The dispute over selection spanned civil service and council chambers before final authorization.
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Harold C. Wheeler
Winslow
Tucson
United States Navy
Don J. Hays
Seeley
Wheeler
Ben West
Law Enforcement
Murray Not a Candidate to Succeed CIO Leader
Atlantic City November 19 Philip Murray Pittsburgh labor leader told the Congress of Industrial Organizations convention he is not a candidate to succeed John L. Lewis as CIO chief. Murray said he does not aspire to the presidency and urged harmony while noting his differences with Lewis over the presidential campaign. He expressed affection for Lewis after 30 years of work together. The convention debated Lewis' policies and the press coverage of his campaign speech as the body prepared to approve his plan for labor peace.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
C.I.O
C.1.o
Lewis
C.I.0
Murray
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
Textile and Clothing Workers
American Federation of Labor
Committee of Officers
CIO
Bulgaria in Spot as King Returns
Rome dispatch reports Italian sources saying Bulgaria and Romania may join forthcoming war moves by Germany and Italy. Spain's decision hinges on Ramon Serrano Suner's return to Madrid after talks with Adolf Hitler yesterday.
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Bulgaria
Rumania
Germany
Italy
Spain
Ramon Serrano Suner
Madrid
Adolf Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Ciano
Hitler
DNB
Salzburg
Bulgaria Faces New German Concessions As Government Resigns
King Boris met with his prime minister and foreign minister after a secret talk with Adolf Hitler. Bulgaria’s government headed by Prime Minister Bogdan Philov resigned amid concessions to Germany as Rome Berlin plan a new order for Europe.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Bogdam Philoff
Germany
AFL Pledges To Seek Peace In Labor Ranks
New Orleans November 19 AFL President Roosevelt asked and won a pledge from the American Federation of Labor to join efforts to negotiate peace in the five year civil war within organized labor. The AFL will meet with a from rival CIO to pursue unity or a working arrangement. William Green indicated the convention will likely back the peace committee’s talks in good faith.
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AFL
New Orleans
U.P
Roosevelt
William Green
Federation
American Federation of Labor
Green
Washington
Navy Pushes Construction for Vast British Base Chain
The Navy plans a rapid build out of a $60 million base chain in Bermuda Bahamas Jamaica Antigua St Lucia British Guiana Newfoundland Trinidad. The move aims to station submarines and seaplanes guarding Atlantic and Caribbean routes to the Panama Canal as Britain lease terms are finalized.
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Hemisphere
United States Naval
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Panama Canal
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
Antigua
St. Lucia
British Guiana
Newfoundland
Trinidad
Hungary Next On Nazi List For Parleys
Berlin reports Hungary lines up for Axis talks after Hitler met with Italian Spanish and Bulgarian leaders. Ribbentrop and Ciano travel to Vienna with Teleky and Csaky en route for talks. Boris of Bulgaria also visited Hitler. Details remain undisclosed.
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Berlin
DNB
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Vienna
Salzburg
Pal Teleky
Istvan Csaky
Germany
State Closes Case In Train Limit Battle
The state of Arizona ends its case against the Southern Pacific over train limit violations after presenting two witnesses. The trial, though brief, is expected to be lengthy in Pima county history as the railroad disputes the law’s constitutionality.
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Arizona
Southern Pacific Company
Superior Court
Pima County
W. E. Polley
Joe Conway
Charles L. Strauss
Conway
Levi S. Udall
Apache County
Burton Mason
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Frank L. Skinner
Tucson
Mason
Strauss
K. C. Odegard
Skinner
Greece appeals for air support as Greece battles Italy
Foreign press secretary Theo Nicoloudis urged free nations to send planes to aid Greece in its war against Italy. He warned against underestimating Greek gains and compared Greece’s plea to Finland’s earlier struggle, noting Italy’s 400 planes in Koritza and possible German Bulgarian pressure toward the Aegean.
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Max Harrelson
Athens
Greece
Koritza
Bern
Switzerland
Aegean Sea
Salonika
Macedonia
Panhandle
Thrace
Turkey
Finland
Nicoloudis
Reuters
Belgrade
Italy's Failure Echoes in Balkans Amid Axis Plans
The piece analyzes Hitler's Balkan moves and Mussolini's Greece troubles that delay a southern push. It notes Bulgaria's King Boris may be pressed to aid German troops, trading passage to the Aegean, amid Axis aims involving Russia and a new European order.
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Balkans
Near East
Bulgaria
Hungary
Europe
Turkey
Greece
Hitler
Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
Boris
Aegean
Russia
U S Silent on Greek War Material Appeals
Acting Secretary Sumner Welles disclosed that the United States is giving sympathetic consideration to Greek appeals for American war materials. The Greeks sought to purchase arms ammunition and other war materials, with requests routed through the American legation in Athens and the Greek legation in Washington. The matter was referred to other government branches handling foreign arms purchases.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
United States
Welles
Athens
Pendergast Insurance Charges Are Dropped
Federal indictments against T. J. Pendergast and two others charging conspiracy in the Missouri insurance settlement were dismissed today at the request of Maurice M. Milligan U S district attorney. Judge A Lee Wyman seated for Judge Otis dismissed the conspiracy charges three minutes after court opened. Richard K. Phelps said Milligan dispatches a telegram from Washington to pursue a nationwide inquiry into vote frauds.
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T. J. Pendergast
Missouri
Maurice M. Milligan
U. S
A. Lee Wyman
Sioux Falls
S. Cak
Merrill E. Otis
Pendergast
R. E. O'Malley
A. L. McCormack
St. Louis
Richard K. Phelps
Milligan
Washington
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