British Claim Victory South of Tobruk in North Africa
British front reports claim victory in the Rezegh sector ten miles south of Tobruk as imperial columns push west along the Mediterranean coast cutting German supply lines. Cairo says tank combat waned but reinforcements flowed in while Axis losses were heavy and Rommel’s tanks crippled.
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London
Gulf of Sirte
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
France
Rezegh
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Cairo
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov
Caucasus
Public hearing on Winchester budget set for tonight
The Winchester public hearing on the 1942 city budget will be in the Council Chamber at 7:30 p m Citizens opposed to the proposed budget may express their views and request a budget reopening if they wish The Christmas Seal campaign is now open and a local minister’s gratitude story is inside for the health service funded by seal sales
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City of
Winchester
Mary Pearson
Anderson
Frederick County
B. B. Dutton
Oriental Rug Display at Moling and Cather's
Mr. John H. Mooradion presents an Oriental Rug Display at Moling and Cather's. The exhibit runs until Wednesday afternoon.
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John H. Mooradion
Moling & Cather’s
Rail talks with Roosevelt fail to avert looming strike
Representatives of railways and their workers met with President Roosevelt and government officials but failed to reach an agreement on wage issues. They agreed to continue negotiations with a White House conference planned for the afternoon. Senator Mead said proposals toward adjustment had been considered and the situation remained hopeful.
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Associated Press
White House
Roosevelt
Mead
American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
Curtiss-Wright
Move To Protect Dutch Guiana Is Commended
Berlin reports the sending of U S troops to Dutch Guiana as the first military attack on South America and a warning to French colonial holdings. In Washington senators praised the move linking it to Franco American tensions and feared Nazi activity affecting the Dutch colony and French Guiana.
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Dutch Guiana
Berlin
United States
South America
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Dakar
Africa
French Guiana
Hill
D.-Ala
Hitler
Petain
France
116th Infantry Commended for Good Work in Carolinas
Brigadier General George M. Alexander commended the 88th Infantry Brigade, including the 116th and 176th Virginia regiments, for its success against the First Armored Division during GHQ maneuvers in the Carolinas. The 29th Division, led by Major General Milton A. Reckord, praised anti-tank actions, demolitions, and capturing or disabling armored vehicles and support trucks.
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Carolina
George M. Alexander
Virginia
Milton A. Reckord
Carolinas
Reckord
Evarts W. Opie
116Th
Edwin P. Conquest
First Armored Division
Geneva
88Th Brigade
Two Killed In Plane Crash At Newport News Shipyard
A low flying plane crashed at the Newport News shipbuilding and drydock plant killing pilot Raymond E. Snow, 24, of Phoebus, trapped in wreckage, and Russell Wright, who stood beside a fire truck when the aircraft struck.
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Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding and, Drydock
Raymond E. Snow
Phoebus
Russell Wright
Lack of discipline in Fourth Army Corps draws critique
Lt Gen Lesley J. McNair condemned repeated discipline lapses during IV Army Corps maneuvers in the Carolinas. He cited rocks in flour sacks, acid smoke bombs, and altercations among officers and umpires as evidence of weak leadership and a flawed training foundation.
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McNair
IV ‘Army Corps
Carolinas
Lesley J. McNair
Army
First Army
IV Army Corps
Eneral
Defense Strike Bill Sought By ex Friday
The House Labor Committee directed Rep Ramspeck to draft by Friday a new defense strike bill per President Roosevelt recommendations for cooling off periods and compulsory arbitration. Roosevelt favored cooling off and arbitration after a White House conference with 11 House members and officials.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Rep
Ramspeck
D.-Ga
Roosevelt
White House
House
Rayburn
Congress
McCor
Charges Finnish Support to Germans Threaten Murmansk Route
Secretary of War Stimson charged that Finnish troops are being used by Germany to close the Murmansk Moscow supply line, harming lend lease aid to Russia. Major General James H. Burns echoed the claim and urged Finland to change its stance. The officials spoke during a White House check up conference with President Roosevelt in attendance.
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Washington
Stimson
Murmansk- Moscow
Russia
James H. Burns
Germany
Burns
Finland
United States
White House
Roosevelt
State Hull
Navy
Knox
George C
Army
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
29th Division On The Alert For Final Exercise
WADESBORO N C Nov 25 Twenty ninth division troops waited on the alert in concealed positions for orders to move into a final week of large scale mechanized war A dawn opening of the final exercise in two months of maneuvers featured guns and aircraft over Carolina fields The 29th was to clash again with tanks and trucks from the fourth army and was slated to return to base camps at McFarland before going home to Fort Meade Md around Dec 9
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Wadesboro
N. C
Carolina Fields
Fourth Army
McFarland
Fort George G. Meade Md
Hat Initialed AT Key Clue in Loveless Slaying
Leesburg Va November 25 The greasy felt hat with initials AT found in Ward Loveless home may solve the case of the Washington attorney shot and battered and hidden in a china closet. Investigators ruled out robbery and focus on two calibres bullets and Loveless missing green coupe.
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Leesburg
Commonwealth
Charles Harrison
Ward Loveless
Washington
Loveless
Columbia Country Club
M. C. Stinnett
Dr Benes Plans Return Home In 1942
Dr Edward Benes president of the provisional Czech government said 1942 is the decisive year of the war and the war cannot last much longer. He spoke at the second session of the Czecho Slovak State Council and indicated preparations for return to dismembered Czecho Slovakia before 1942.
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London
Edward Benes
Benes
Arbiters Meet In New York Tomorrow
The arbitration board will meet in New York to settle the union shop dispute in the captive coal mine case. The session starts at 11 o clock tomorrow at the Hotel Commodore, with Dr Jo Steelman overseeing and members including John L Lewis and Benjamin Fairness.
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Washington
New York
Commodore
Jo Steelman
Federal Labor Conciliation Service
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Benjamin Fairness
United States Steel Corporation
House Banking Committee Bows A Second Time
The House Banking Committee voted 14 to 8 to give its price control bill authority for the government to buy, sell or store any commodity to maintain price stability. Rep Wolcott denounced the provision as pernicious and warned it could enable stock market interference. The panel earlier restored a licensing provision for dealers in any commodity under a price ceiling.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
R.-Mich
Price Administration
Stock Exchange
Congress
House
Planes Crashed in Flight Near Suffolk VA
Two Grumman fighter planes crashed in flight near Suffolk Virginia during a training hop. The pilots Lieut. (JG) Charles E. Lake and Ensign Robert Bedillion both bailed out safely. They were not flying in formation.
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Norfolk
Grumman
Suffolk
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Charles E. Lake
Robert Bedillion
Air Sttaion
New Members Sign Anti Comintern Pact With Nazis
Berlin November 25 1941 The anti Comintern pact sponsored by Germany was renewed for five years and broadened to include 13 signatories in a ceremony at the Reichskanzlei Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop announced that western democracies had become assistants to world Communism The signatories pledged continued unity against world communism and Tsuming Yee of the Nanking regime announced China joined in telegraph form
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Berlin
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
London
Washington
Ribbentrop
Tia
Reichschancellery
Tsumin-Yee
Nanking
China
Denmark Joins Anti-Comintern Pact Maintains Nonbelligerent Status
Copenhagen says Denmark becomes party to the anti Comintern pact does not alter its non belligerent status in the current war. The Danish foreign office notes the pact imposes no political obligations on the kingdom.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Little Kingdom
Fascist view on Berlin anti Comintern meeting
Rome reports fascist circles call the Berlin anti Comintern meeting a mobilization of Europe’s strongest forces for defense against Bolshevism. The description emphasizes unity among fascist groups to confront the perceived threat.
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Rome
Berlin
Europe
British surface patrols sink Axis convoy in central Mediterranean
London reports the Royal Navy sunk two Axis supply ships bound for Africa during yesterday’s central Mediterranean operations. The Evening Admiralty release confirmed the action as part of ongoing wartime patrols.
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London
Mediterranean
Africa
Admiralty
Chilean President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Dies at 62
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda of Chile died today in Santiago after a period of failing health. He had briefly ceded presidential powers to Geronimo Mendez on November 10, and he was 62 years old.
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Santiago
Chile
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
South America
Popular Front
Geronimo Mendez
Radical Party
Tragic Marlboro Mother Destroys Family in Fire
In Marlboro Massachusetts a mother reportedly dropped her seven year old daughter to her husband’s arms from a bedroom window then returned to a smoke filled room and died with a four year old daughter in her arms. Firemen found Joanne dead and Rita on the danger list at Iboro Hospital. Cause of the fire undetermined.
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Babe
Marlboro
Mass
Henry
Joanne
Rita
Iboro Hospital
Judge Resigns From Third Circuit Court
President Roosevelt accepted today the resignation of Judge J. W. Davis of the Third United States Circuit Court of Appeals, to take effect immediately. Davis resides in Philadelphia and submitted his resignation last week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
J. W. Davis
Third
United Statircuit Court of Appeals
Davis
Philadelphia
Anaes
Netherlands US troops aid sparks debate on Dutch Guiana mining
Batavia dispatch reports Dutch East Indies papers welcome protection of the bauxite mines in Dutch Guiana by United States troops. Papers note increased collaboration with the United States but regret foreign intervention to safeguard Dutch territory.
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Batavia
Netherlands’ East Indies
Dutch Guiana
United States
Netherlands
U. S
Serbs In Battle Reported in Berlin Clash
Berlin dispatch quotes Belgrade newspaper Obnova reporting a five hour battle against a band of alleged Serbian Communists. The clash left 150 Serbs dead and 900 taken prisoner or missing.
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Berlin
Priog Athe
DNB
Belgrade
Obnova
Doyle Injured In London Car Crash
Former Irish heavyweight boxer and singer Jack Doyle was seriously hurt in a London crash when his car struck a lamppost during an early morning blackout.
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London
Navy
Jack Doyle
Welders Strike Over Racketeering Probe at Morgantown
Seventy welders from Riggs-Distler Pipe Co strike in Morgantown West Virginia as a protest against alleged racketeering tied to defense industry irregularities. Union leaders say hearings before a Senate committee led by Senate Majority Leader Truman are needed to expose practices affecting 17 separate metal trades unions and possible job losses in a giant ordnance plant project.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Spor
Morgan
United Brotherhood — of
U. S. Senate
Truman
D.-Mo
Riggs-Distler Pipe Company
Brown
Pittsburgh
Steam
Ordnance Works
Jurison
Baker’s Union
Nanere
Pecateee
Wey
Philadelphia
Steamfitters’ Union
$2000 Policy Paid After 96 Years
Kansas City reports John H. North, who took a $2000 life policy at age 32, finally received full payment on his 96th birthday after 64 years of premium receipts. Insurers say 1877 contract restrictions became burdensome, including travel pre approvals.
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Kansas City
John H. North
North
Hiram Lodge Sets Thanksgiving Meeting for Nov 27
Winchester Hiram Lodge No 21 A F and A M announces a special Thanksgiving meeting on Thursday November 27 at 8 oclock in the Masonic Temple Worshipful Master Wilbur E Hewitt says all members plus families and friends are urged to attend with an interesting program prepared.
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Wilbur E. Hewitt
Winchester Hiram Lodge
Masonic Temple
Public Hearing on City Budget Tonight
A public hearing is held at 7 30 in City Hall chamber on the proposed 1942 budget. Expenditures total 353 850 with a tax rate of 1.25. Several parties with interest in the budget are expected to attend.
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Nee
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Nora Macon
Federal Communications Commission
Mary Heath
Blackstone Hotel
Baltimore
Here
Loudoun County
Dr. Benes
von Ribbentrop
Bridgeport
Conn
Times-Star
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Hiram Lodge
U.S. Defense
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