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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Sunday: Cloudy, colder, Monday: Cloudy, colder. 36TH YEAR, NO. 2-^8 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1941 PRICE TEN CENTS BRITAIN'S WINTER OFFENSIVE OPENS WITH FIERCE ATTACKS '1 Hitler Says Ships Will Shoot only in Self Defense 800 RAF Planes Sweep Continent In Biggest Raid Senate Heutrality Vote Spurs Navy Plan to Speed American Ships over Seas 1^1 Operating Base Ready in Iceiand; House Predicts Quicic Action on Bill Br CABL PETEBSEK Washington, Nov. •. (UP)—House leaders predicUd tonight that the lewer chamber would pua the Senate-approved Neutrality Aet re- : vision measure by a mitrgln of 7B I to 100 votea before next week-end. ' The "increasingly tense" werld situation makes speed essential so that President Roosevelt may have a free hand, Chairman Sol Bloom, D., N. Y., of the House foreign affairs committee explained. Within a few hours after the Sen¬ ate passed the revision bill last night. Ml te 37, the Navy aetad to ^ facillUte the movement of Ameri- i can ships across the Atlantic. It | established a naval operating base at Iceland, the Amerieui OMtern- ¦ most outpost in the Atlantic. Secretary of Navy Prank Knox, said that the operaChfg bue wu: being set up there both for "ad-j ministratiVe and tuk purpoess." | Such a bue, it wu explained, will | provide a more efficient convoy j system and patrol activitiea in the, North Atlantic, where one de-j •troyer hu been sunk and another' 4Kmated by Oerman aubmariaee. ; Please, Governor, Stay Away Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. t. (UP) —Oovernor Eugene Talmadge ef Oeorgia today found the "wel¬ come mat" withdrawn when he attanded tbe annual football gamr between Oeorgia and Florida. A atudent group of the Univer¬ sity ef Florida left at Talmadge'ii hotel a letter informing him thai he wu an "unwelcome guest" at the game because of recent changes he made in the Georgia University syatem. "flo. Governor Talmadge," the letter concluded, "enjoy today'a game if you can. Tou are an intruder against whom our wel¬ come mat hu been withdrawn." Talmadge was not available im¬ mediately fer comment. World's Largest-it's for the U-S-AJAnSWef tO Roosevelt's 'Shoof First SCIENCE SOLVES BlGMYSeYOF SLEEPINGSICKNESS •• CMvor m$m ! ^y^ Mosquitoes Offlciala had no coMUMat .e«| Carhf 0iS6ISt; whethtr the baaa weuM reeult hi | es|u UUgidr *a Qa Dares England To Make Any Invasion Attempt RIDICULES AMERICA Says Our Armaments Can't Save Russia; Beer Cellar Speech Bjr JAOK PLEISCHER Berlin Bombed Again by British o« Bombers Spread Havoe in Europe From Oslo to the Mediterranean With Italian Centers Among Targeta; Storms Take Loss to 52 Ships, 230 Men, But Ministry Calls Raid 'Successful* By REUEL S. MOORE London, Nov. 8 (UP)—Great Britain launehetl a lone- promiaeil winter aerial offensive againat the Axis w-m machine today with devasUting but costly day and nigkt Baltimore, Md., Nov. I. (UP)— you happy landings," Mrt. Gates, The Unitod Statet warplane Man,' wife of the aasistant secretary for a 67-ton Martin patrol bomber, wu' air, said. launched' today In tht Middle! ^ore tike • Ship '*'7"'"* . , . . I The Mars, with a wingspread „ , >_. It wu the first time that the equivalent to a 20-story building maximum atrength. Much depends —TilnSim PIMM "Our country todajr la faced with the gravtat'crlaU In IU hiatory," Aaaiatant Secretary Gates aaid. "Our freedom hu been challenged, and the anawer will require our Berlin, Nov. 9 (Sunday) (UP)— , ^^ . - .,. « ' —* —- •¦••••• Adolf Hitler, addressing the Nui ""*•¦"«"*¦ '»>'*'»• greatest Royal Air Force annada of tht puty "Old Guard" at Munich last***^ *" targets ranging from the Korth Sea to the Medi- nlght. aald his Navy would flr,l»«'TaneaB. on Ameriean shipe only in seif-de- But unlucky and sudden storms over Europe, supplemented feaao and challenged tht United by Naii guns, exacted an unprecedented toll of S2 Britisk SUtes and BriUin to tum the ude sircraft in 24 hours Of fighting, inehiding 37 bombers aad 15 swift new fighter planes aueh as arc especially eqaifpcd for daylight bombing. About 230 trained fliera and more than So,000,000 in airplanes and equipment were scattered in wreckage on the continent and the sea in the wake of the Britiah onslaught!. of Oerman victory in Russia. Speaking on the IS anniversary of ttae beer hall puUeh, Hitler ridi¬ culed tuggettiont that UniUd SUUs industry could rtplace Soviet Navy ever formally Uunched an and which looks more like a ship upon our ablli^ to defend andl""•••*»'"••'•''B'"*'" to attempt.which included daylight raids by big Hurricane and Spitfire airplane. Ranking Army, Nav>-, than an airplane, slid backward command the air. We must make' to open a "aecond front" in the squadrons on France, contresaional, sUte and local offl- into tht wattr. ^eur air-power the world's strong-IWesL 1 "Trail Of Terrible Damage" ciala were preoent to ste Mrs. The 12,300,000 plane will be given «»t. Theee who know the hiatory m* American inUmldation at-' t^-r^. n •!• i .»• ui ^i. j ^ ^ Art«nua L. Gates smash a botUe tesU sook b^- Km Bbel, a pilot for tnd spirit of avistion do not doubt j tempU such as piesTdeJIt Room-' F'^te*" Bntish fighter craft and four German planes Wert Of ehampasne across the silver bow the GHenn U Martin Co., and vice- that it will be done. Ivelfa "shoot first" ordtr, will make shot down on these raids, the air ministry said, making the « "»*-*WW. y^f*^- president in charge of engineering! "The giant flying boat Is a good,Oermany capitulate, he told hla old most disastrous 24 hours in RAF histM9<«^#it spreading a "I christen thee Mars snd wish for the firm. (Continued on Page A-2) party comrades. itrail of terrible damage from Berlin to the Ruhr Vallev and "~~ ilJ^.'Jj; «iV"^!l!'?ri{ "J! tlic big air base at Brindisi in Southern Ital^^^^ Railroaders Believe Roosevelt Can Prevent Nationwide StriKe greater eonvoy aethrMos toi erem Congress flnally npproves undlng Ameriean ahipa te belligerent perU By FBED BAIUCY ef the BriUah Isles and Russia Wuhington, Nov. t. (UP)—One Uril'lil'Vlfl"'" •' '"•" "^ •""' »' «»• >"«>•» '»«^"n« mysteries of and own nag. .... ..„..,., Bloom was Impressed by the medical tcience was believed solved Senate vote on the revision meu- tonigbt with a government en¬ ure, nouncement that •nosqultoes carr>- 'The SenaU vote will bolater sen- sleeping sickness, tlment on thU side." Bloom said. For almost 20 years federal, state „. „ . ,,,o, <, ., « , .u , . ,iw u. . - - Opposition leaders dispuUd B„d locsl health authorities have Chicago, Nov. 8. (UPi-SenU- One of the principal labor chief-; "Big Five" said a represenUtive of Bloom's claim. They contended .ought the carrier of tht diseue ["'nt among railroad labor leaders tains in the dispute is Oeorge M. „„, „, ^^e organisations already that the SenaU voU wu not u that kills from 2M to 800 persons ^dicated tonight that Presiden Harrison, head of the Brotherhood ,„j approached President Rooae- large as administration leadera hadland hundreds of animals each year. Roosevelt can and probably will of Rallwa.v Clerks. Freight Hand-lyeit through hU secretary Edwin hoped for and that the admlnlstra-1 Until now every clue was worth- «vert the scheduled nationwide raillers and .Station Employees, who j| WaUon to outline the'Darallelt"*''P''' ^''•" '•'«>' »•• American tlon would lose many of its 121- less. strike before iU deadline on Dec. 6. wa.s reportedly offered the labor ,,^j ^^^ nresent and World "hlps. not to shoot against them.! ,.,.. ,^„j„„ ,.h,„ „m M.».ir. ......rili.. .nrf th.t th.v .U« h.M msrgin gain In the Initial House ^h, --osouito has been convicted * ""^*y «" "P'"'"" """»"« the post in President Roosevelf, '^'^*>-wir,ituitionM ^"""but to defend themselvea aa soon T"* ^"•'°" ""*'° . u. i'r,.. «r»." of iLn^.'^^^^^ vote on the revision measure. Some „,^;™°XnLHeTs ."^^^^^^^^^^ of 1,160,000 railway em- inet st the opening of the third, *^!5*3''^^^ !as they are attacked." day night that heavy "«htlngi Sreat parts o Bosnia m^^ sdmlnistration leadera believe that °J m."iriayiirow fever dengue ?'<»- "^"'"J these considers- term. d^\,Sl^^Tli.^fJt n'f,''!^"" Sh'P* ^o'"Htaln raged in Jugoslavia between Ger- S°^^'r,2fti^°"'J'g^JSSnJjrs tJi^^ tr;;'ih';':.•3'V^eltrrha^ Th\' •"- "'^^^^^^^^ X/eV''bT?h:Kdir""•"¦' "«-'-"¦ r ^J.''- '«" "•'"'» •^•"tSurdfmVr^iI^rK troop, and Guernilas, with;f:„^Ud'tgVrnt''.°r'r "alS «^gi!fio"d\r':2iu\'wviL*\,^'-^^^ ¦ • Senate F^larged Plan |encephalomyelitis (sleeping wanU," he aaid. "The lut bat-! , , „ tallon on the fleld will be Ger- In this afternoons raids on France, the air ministry ssid, ""?•'•" ^, . ^, "bombs burst among factory buildings" and did considerable It was his flrst public utterance (r'<m»inii.ii .n Psm A.lfl) concerning United SUtes naval (Continued on Page A-10) patrols. He apoke at the Loewen- braeu beer cellar at Munich, hav¬ ing flown there from the BSutern Front to make the addreu. President Rooaevelt has ordered ¦ Americsn ships to shoot flrst,' tae ¦ n said, but "I have ordered German ¦ ¦¦ Heavy Fighting Raging ian Hills •"" l.-The present strlkerthreat ex- '*,"„; Znlovees isTaid to hVv. »„.»"• .'*** ,'^""" ""**f' '" ' "^''t' P"""'«« »» «»«''var goods to 2'^«. " '•^ »' actly parallel, . railroad strike sit- Secifned the o?fir bec"ise of fJall iulud^?h.'".?''hf'K*"' "^i"'** '«: BriUin by stating unequiv,!l;ally his fY"*" •''^^- uation resolved by President Wil- 2!,ith Because ot rraii .ulted in the eight-hour dsy and continued determination to sink all ¦''•'TP* general chairmen avoidance of a railroad tie-up 1ae*-niid«ra FhUahed The Proaident'a ler directly challenged Mr. Roose- "¦"¦¦,.—T' "" -—¦•—' -,reporiea fighting s promise to deliver goods to ^'^•-'~""»f.^* bitting heavily at against the Germans. ' • ••'a—i.i.n cities and villages In an, "These activities are hindering to stem the rising tide greatly the German eommunication ships, with or without convoy, [carrying war materials for the fact - finding ] enemy. of violence. lines In the Balkans, A broadcast credited to reports radio added, reaching London from Jugulavia Earlier unofficial reporU the Britiah told The House leadership plans to ness). But they never could prove . .^ .||,u >,.,,, ,_ ..,. ._j obtain a rule Monday on a motion it. Now they claim conclusive '»» .^^^.X/^^^^j;-^'^^^^^^^^ to concur in Senate amendmenU. proof. i Roosevelt to follow the orecedent' Hundreds of The House, by a 3M U 138 vote. Round Vp M4SS "Suapeeta" !,« by the World War chief execu-jof the "Big 'Five'"" ilJ^wting !boird, ,whii?"w'comme'nditiOTrfMi''HU^^ challenged BriUin to open'"''* '••• ««ht»ng was particularly of new executions In Rumania, passed the originsl meuure which j„ ^ wholesale roundup of "sus- tlve. brotherhood, continued in day- an over-all payroll boost of »70.- a second front in the west now. "•*"'"•, '£ ,'"* ""ountainoua area,eight death sentences In Bohemia' was limited to anming American j,„ ^^e bureau of entomology Uttle Booet .May End All |long conferences today to oil the 000,000 were accepted by the car- "I hsvt prepared myself in the;"""i", "*'«"¦¦"•• ]Moravia, saboUge and Soviet par* merchant ships. The Senate added ,„^ p,,„j quarantine co-operating 2.—Almost universal agreement atrike machinery whose deadline, riera, hu announced It no longer provisions to repeal sections bar- ^.^^ j^t Univeriity of California, among the chlefa that presidential i< !:« "">• D«c. 5. figured in the diapute. ring American ships from enuring „j Washington state and local | intervention would succeed by ar- As their chiefs argued the in- The operating brotherhoods have oeingerent poru with munitions, [hjgjth BUthoritles, collected about; ranging only a moderate boost in adequacy of seven and one-half formally'reJaeUd the beard's re- Tuesday, being Armistice Day, no lo.OOO mosquitoes, flies and other,wage increases recommended by per cent wage Increases granted|port and set their atrike daU at floor consideration will be possible. I biting insects. The collection ws, the presidential fact-finding board, by the fact-finding board, the the end of a 80-day cooling off Unlimited debate, which In the'niade in the Yakima Valley of 3.—Belief that rail labor leaders general chairmen freely predicted; period required by law. Presiden- House usually means from eight to; Washington during the summer of. close to the President will accept that "just a little^ boost" In the tial Intervention Jm net expected I back again faster than you came." 10 hours of oratory, is te atart 1940 when 27 humans and 40 to 601 some peace formula before calhng pay concessions would avert a until the non-operating brother-j Saye South Ameriea Too Far j Wednesdsy and continue Thursday unvaccinated horses had sleeping,a paralysing atrike during the walkout. hoods make known their position.! hs msde ssrcsstic denial ofi with a vote possibly late Thuraday sickness. j emergency. I An authoriied spokesman for the Thia group meeU hero Wedneeday. |pf,,)j,„( Roosevelt'a recent as or Friday. ^ht inaects were IdenUcal, frosen ^—. " I "That will give the oppoaition all and ahlpped in dry ice to thn west so thst the English can at-' * Belgrade newapaper wu quot- shuts activity In Bulgaria, and new tack at sny time" he said "If *' '"y*"' that Northwestern suppressive meuures and a trail the English would like to under-, S'rb'a waa in the hands of tht | wreck in France. take an offensive in Norway or ¦ ^~~^~ ^^¦—~— on our German coaat, or In Hoi-; land, Belgium or France, we can onl.v say: Come on. You will sttp New Gains in Crimea Claimed by Germans insi will give ine opposition an.ana anippeo in ory ice lo mn qhh mmM TDAftce AC the time It needs." Bloom said. lUniversity of California laboratory DUILUIWU I nAUCd Ur (Continued on Page A-3) (Continued on Page A-2) I CALIFORNIA PLAN """^ OENERAL STRIKE BIbkal ln»plrafion Holps Church Boost $200 to Moro Than Nttdod strtlons that (^rmany had drawn up a map to divide up South Am¬ erica and planned to abolish world religion. , ^, , ^ «, J. .. "South America lies ss far away Aholf Hitler ordered his navy to aector. Radio Moacow reported aa tht moon," he remarked. Of fire on American warships only •n|'|l?*^.f',?.^^.™J?? A'*".*. ?".. the hfr alleged plsn, to abolish re War Suntmarj Say Reds Pinned In Kerch Peninsula, Gate to Caucasus By JOSEPH W. ORIOG self-defence -"d told the Nasi "P'tal had JaUedcompl.t^^ „,u.r ..id; "I am now .¦»2 "b.^''^.^^.7 "upT-Nasi mlll- Hitler Topa StalMs Figures Beriin. Nov. 8. (UP)—Adolf Hitler asaerted tonight ttaat at least 8.000.000 to 10,000,000 Soviet i Th*e""A?L'bulSi;^rLl luncll ;°f»5^''"°i^h?iii" 1^"^ ^'i/'ng' 'W "•"^u^rh''^.':!?.?'l""ll': >•":' .''Jl-.".M.^.!!*..?!I?Tuf,1.V!5" Ury sourJes-tonighrreporVed 'iub-, troop. haab^„ p„t out of aetion __.^ „. .._ "heavj- punlahment" on the announced tonight that it will vott! winning "the war and not sven entwy. had Uken "^he initiative New York, Nov. 8. (UP)-ThU U I Matthew he gave 200 members of tomorrow on a propoaal U call a; United Stales industry would *>*\l"^^^J^„^'^II^J'Jj'^^*ff*'^ the parable of the 200 UlenU. the congregation $1 each and Uld general strike of construction able to turn the tide. Hitler also «<"»• tround northwest of Moacow. to do than to bother with childish- ,t,ntlal new advance," by tanks ness or sllline,,. ^ ^ , ^ ^ , .and flame-thrower, against unex- Clalmlng Russia hsd lost at least pgdedly stiff Russisn resi.unct the Rusaian." 8,000,000 U 10,000,000 men, Includ- „„ t^e Moscow front and said and that "ne army In the world could recover (rom thia, net aron no apectacular "'.'^ I claims in regard to ttaa Butern' ""^'"^ I Front. ing about J.BOO 000 in prisoners but l^i, gjo^m troops were streaming cesses on alt eutern fronU "^r()Oo"'''oUnVT(Sj)^^nk7'""'*•'•' ^'^'""'^ ""'''""' Soviet rm'etll n"w^age"cy DN^^d 15.000 planes, 22,000 tanks, H^f.n,. znn.. inln tha K.rrk r! a,..TT,— ' -~" tho One Sunday lut March the Rev. them to "Go thou and do likewise." workers here to back IU demands' "'¦'¦"* Britain to open a second b,,j,„ „,j, Cornelius Greenway of the All i They did. At a dinner for the ,„ ^^ .„„,-,„ .v.r..inl ii .'"""" "'""'"'• Souls Universalist Church In Brook-1 congregation last night, Oreenway,""' P"»^ '""•"•• '^•'•¦'"* 'l ¦ _ . ui.ii,. ..irt w.a.n .rm f'-ont. i">«»> "i^" P'»""' "'^ '"""-defense zones Into the Kerch German division sunBOrtail kr lyn faced his congregation, opened'uid: "Well done, thou good and'o»y on Navy and Marine Corps °""^«">' "''L'5 •i!''!:„''*«!^ ".":i \"-^ cannon snd 1,670^ square p,„i„,u,„ „, Crimea. he.T artmiry drovT throui his Bible and read: i faithful servsnts." The 200 talent, project,. ."J* '°"*.'f v.^r^^rW'ZtlT. Eut The Germans claimed . break- kilometer, of territory. Hitler said: ^he Kerch sector, including a ,t" „, S17'field i^situSTta •-Then he that had received th.,h«l returned .more__tkan .tripled, k. G. BItUr, aecreUry of the :/„'T:l?"r%''LSro'M»c%^'iJ':°^»^„l."!„.'''.! 5?.'."1!^.»^- "L*"*'"'"•'?.".;."'tliT^.Tr --r"' -t-5'Pl.A"l" »-'''• th^inK'd^r^a'^nTrnL^ five talent; wen't "i^'d V^ded-wilS |Th.y had yielded 1608.03, with „50 ,„„„j.,; ^.a Vtprtaen'tati;.."of' 12 "porUd "that^'hrNfsts'w.r^^.T f^.^. J^^^^^^^ ^.,„-. flv's t"T„V"i„";twUrheTa?' TNJi«aTtt"'rea^^ pointed with building trade, unions mtt t«lay. e/in severe wlnt«r_ we.the,_._nd;,.n, at a polnt'o'USJ^g^^e^wry could never rtplact this in next ftw years." nMruggle for Existence" mainland road to the Caucasus, ing maneuver trapped the south of Roatov. , troops. Renewing the battle for Moscow^ They opened a strong ooneeatfto had recVlved'two"he'aiso'Bai'nedP»ide not only to the church's new I ¦There wu a "general feeling of,'*'^' ^''* '^''' 'VT- t^r. w^Ji!! »hi '°'" ' *''"'*'*'"'V''*'^'""""•' ^'- oth.r!r- » • "• "~ "iweathervane and oaint lob but also'.„„„..h„ i„ ,."»- », . ..•„., tack iiji on some sectors before the,,i„ ..ij that heavy fighting had ^ .^_., ..... ="P'"'- ihroken through a sta^mileforUf led I SUtes would defest Germany, Hit- men said, the Germans broke gtroying'lS Soviet tanksV'and onsomesectorsbeforetheiiin ..id that'hea'vj;"fig'htlngT;d ,^^^',="""« ¦"««."'"'."''..-''?L.l-IS I^"-^ i^"i*/:-/'^"?,*:i'ir.°.*/?„,»P.''.''" °" '"e Russians, DNB aold. he aaid. general atrike. he said, ive capacity of the United hand grenade,, authoriied spokes-'|„,a,hing break-out attempU do- . , J „ ,. ,., 1..^.— would defest Germany, Hit- men .aid, the Germans broke .troying 18 Soviet tanks, and dHew On the air front, the British re- *°JJf; ""^Jlf wV. Ih.f. ."""I'-St^ I'*'' ¦¦'«'• "*".y.'*''"»J* .'"IfB'n'blt through and rolled up a "cunning- ing home the operation witta th* foroif ported that aerial' fleeu believed f'^"' Nor wu there a^^^ ;„, ^hlng; That Oermany ly laid pillbox sy.tem." cspturlng 'wiping out of tht tnveloptd to total around 800 bomber, la,t .'[""p^f J^!"!!vl? h^ L. 1.^!!?'* «"" •v" c«Plt"!«"" " piUboxe, and inflicting heavy nearing its conclusion." other two. . . ." ' I westhervane and paint job but also gympathy in favor of a general AfewdaysbeforethewildMarch |» 'he r.c«d of the UlenU and ^ Winds had ripped the old weather- '^* '•'"''"' "'yi^. . w- Th. van. »¦•«« ,1.. .»-« ¦!.J..-,V,i— .h. 1 One man had traded In beeswax ft damase Or«nw.v nl^^tdld the with his 11 and increased it to «». probably would affect an additional building nwdVd a new oaint lob as Another bought a |l baseball, had 1,500 men on both service and n'ighrand"another 300 fighter, and ">• Ku«"an navai oase at Bevuto- But he told hi. Nail parly com- ca.ualtie, on the Red Army, who,. Tank Charge Tow«Vd M. *ell «. a new weathervane. i'"* ?">»l«'yn Dodgers team «uto-^,y„,^^ projecU. new bomb-carrylng hurricanes to- P"'' rades that the war now was "a counter-attack, were said to have informanU .aid the new Moscow Biblical InsolraUen .graph it andthen raSled it off. . ..tu, _,-,„, ..-lu, ., „,u^ „,,, dsy had attacked Axl. target, from The London radio reported that ""i""'* „'•*•¦ •«'»'••«•• «"" """* il"" '^'''"'*1. ^ ^ offensive began with a tank chargo R . V !.«.?Tr...,i u. SOTS —H ¦«* on the DodaVM J ^"« «•«>•'•¦' 'trike, if called, will j^^ jo geriin, the Ruhr Val- ,erious fighting wu raging again •*'•'••"'•• *"> """ '^•'•** »««"«"'«' Into .trongly constructed fleld poS< all the nr'e^hirZdt.. tSJ S^ * ^"T" i*"*." ?* worth of call for a walkout of all AFL con-,fey the coa.t of France and the " Jugoslavia be"Mn OemaS »«"" ««l»clal>ned any intention The high command said Axis tion., with"^. German spearheld Bib. nrolTrJSr .h. ^!M2??;-^; y*'"* '"*• "*¦"• *" P.'J'! °' "*""'"" »t«'"<=tlon workers on both civilian I „^thern part of luly. The at- ["oops Ind gutrrlllu. "•""*" to make Beriin the worlds capl- forces storming through Crimea wrecking five enemy tankTat Um B»d.H ¦ '""'"•"•" "• mlttena Which aho sold for 80 cents, and miliUry projecU not paying I tack, appeared to be the beginning *" —"-' " •"- -'" "-¦" "¦— "* "" " "--¦ ---"--¦— °"'-' ' each. Another woman aold candy the wage acala demanded by thelgf Britain', promised winter of Eight more death aentoncea wore to thin women who wanted to gain'mtir now on strike," BitUr said, 'heavy air raids on the Axis, A;imposed on rebels in former weight. Others gave tea or card —— 1 total of 52 British planes were lost j Ciechoslovakia as a reault of aabe. "^J?'**' .. w. w . DOOBBOT INJURED '«" these operations, including 87 tage. One man and hia son bet on;"**"""""? »n«».i»«.« bomber, that ran inU sudden the Dodgera to win the National! Patrick Contl, 20-year-old LoomU ,.„,_,, over Germany during the I I" the Far East, the possibility League pennant and turned In Colliery doorboy and a resident of yridav night onslaught. ,0' >rtthdrawal of United SUtea 'their winnings. ,81 Orchard'strett in Olen Lyon,' iMarin>s from such stations as "You can look at our church and suffered a sprained ankle when he Fighting on the Eastern Front,Shanghai threatened new difflcul L In Todai^a latiu aasslAed ....ZZT. Editorial Politics Radio Social Sports Story B—ll C-S A—II C—» A—18 A—11 B—1 tai, which he said had been at- hsd bresched ,ix-mile-deep Soviet outset. The Russians gave ground, tributed to him by Wendell L. defenses athwart the narrow Kerch f|g|,ting obstinately, Uking eovor Willkie, and he added that "Wash- isthmus, and supplemenUry reports in other fortifications Ington will never be the world capi- indicated that the Russian forces Ul." were being squeezed tighter and "We need not doubt that at this tighter into the Sevastopol and time Europe's fate for the next Kerch tips of the Black Sea penln- thouaaad years Is being dteidtd," .uia. he aaid. '"The hour will come when Though deUil, of the battle for we will stand before tht graves of Sevastopol were 'acking, inform- Launching a ntw atUck, ttat Of (Continued en Pago A-3) see a flne, proud building," Green- slipped off a rail while at work appeared to be limited by unfavor-|Ues for American authorities, who; the (reat war dead and will be able ants indicated that the fall of th* iway said. "And all because of the yesterday morning. ContI was ad-'able weather extending southward were ssid to be attempting to ar- to say: "Comrades, you also did not big naval bass was not expected letory In the Bible and the talenU mitted to Nantlcoke SUU Hospital I Into the Donets Basin, but was lange for two liners to call for^die In vain!' What we once said immediately of my people." for treatment. 'etpeclally aevere la the M^cow refugees at Shanghai. ' .(Continued ea Pago A-10) I Rounding out Nui claims of tuc- DiapateheB trom Ewrih pean eouHtrie$ ar« now tubjeet to eeiuortMp.
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1941-11-09 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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Month | 11 |
Day | 09 |
Year | 1941 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1941-11-09 |
Date Digital | 2009-08-29 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Sunday: Cloudy, colder, Monday: Cloudy, colder.
36TH YEAR, NO. 2-^8 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1941
PRICE TEN CENTS
BRITAIN'S WINTER OFFENSIVE OPENS WITH FIERCE ATTACKS
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Hitler Says Ships Will Shoot only in Self Defense
800 RAF Planes Sweep Continent In Biggest Raid
Senate Heutrality Vote Spurs Navy Plan to Speed American Ships over Seas
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Operating Base Ready in Iceiand; House Predicts Quicic Action on Bill
Br CABL PETEBSEK
Washington, Nov. •. (UP)—House leaders predicUd tonight that the lewer chamber would pua the Senate-approved Neutrality Aet re- : vision measure by a mitrgln of 7B I to 100 votea before next week-end. '
The "increasingly tense" werld situation makes speed essential so that President Roosevelt may have a free hand, Chairman Sol Bloom, D., N. Y., of the House foreign affairs committee explained.
Within a few hours after the Sen¬ ate passed the revision bill last night. Ml te 37, the Navy aetad to ^ facillUte the movement of Ameri- i can ships across the Atlantic. It | established a naval operating base at Iceland, the Amerieui OMtern- ¦ most outpost in the Atlantic.
Secretary of Navy Prank Knox, said that the operaChfg bue wu: being set up there both for "ad-j ministratiVe and tuk purpoess." | Such a bue, it wu explained, will | provide a more efficient convoy j system and patrol activitiea in the, North Atlantic, where one de-j •troyer hu been sunk and another' 4Kmated by Oerman aubmariaee. ;
Please, Governor, Stay Away
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. t. (UP) —Oovernor Eugene Talmadge ef Oeorgia today found the "wel¬ come mat" withdrawn when he attanded tbe annual football gamr between Oeorgia and Florida.
A atudent group of the Univer¬ sity ef Florida left at Talmadge'ii hotel a letter informing him thai he wu an "unwelcome guest" at the game because of recent changes he made in the Georgia University syatem.
"flo. Governor Talmadge," the letter concluded, "enjoy today'a game if you can. Tou are an intruder against whom our wel¬ come mat hu been withdrawn."
Talmadge was not available im¬ mediately fer comment.
World's Largest-it's for the U-S-AJAnSWef tO
Roosevelt's 'Shoof First
SCIENCE SOLVES BlGMYSeYOF SLEEPINGSICKNESS
•• CMvor m$m ! ^y^ Mosquitoes
Offlciala had no coMUMat .e«| Carhf 0iS6ISt; whethtr the baaa weuM reeult hi | es|u UUgidr *a Qa
Dares England To Make Any Invasion Attempt
RIDICULES AMERICA
Says Our Armaments Can't Save Russia; Beer Cellar Speech
Bjr JAOK PLEISCHER
Berlin Bombed Again by British o« Bombers Spread Havoe in Europe From Oslo to the Mediterranean With Italian Centers Among Targeta; Storms Take Loss to 52 Ships, 230 Men, But Ministry Calls Raid 'Successful*
By REUEL S. MOORE
London, Nov. 8 (UP)—Great Britain launehetl a lone- promiaeil winter aerial offensive againat the Axis w-m machine today with devasUting but costly day and nigkt
Baltimore, Md., Nov. I. (UP)— you happy landings," Mrt. Gates, The Unitod Statet warplane Man,' wife of the aasistant secretary for a 67-ton Martin patrol bomber, wu' air, said. launched' today In tht Middle! ^ore tike • Ship
'*'7"'"* . , . . I The Mars, with a wingspread „ , >_.
It wu the first time that the equivalent to a 20-story building maximum atrength. Much depends
—TilnSim PIMM
"Our country todajr la faced with the gravtat'crlaU In IU hiatory," Aaaiatant Secretary Gates aaid. "Our freedom hu been challenged, and the anawer will require our
Berlin, Nov. 9 (Sunday) (UP)— , ^^ . - .,. « ' —* —- •¦•••••
Adolf Hitler, addressing the Nui ""*•¦"«"*¦ '»>'*'»• greatest Royal Air Force annada of tht puty "Old Guard" at Munich last***^ *" targets ranging from the Korth Sea to the Medi-
nlght. aald his Navy would flr,l»«'TaneaB.
on Ameriean shipe only in seif-de- But unlucky and sudden storms over Europe, supplemented feaao and challenged tht United by Naii guns, exacted an unprecedented toll of S2 Britisk SUtes and BriUin to tum the ude sircraft in 24 hours Of fighting, inehiding 37 bombers aad
15 swift new fighter planes aueh as arc especially eqaifpcd
for daylight bombing.
About 230 trained fliera and more than So,000,000 in airplanes and equipment were scattered in wreckage on the continent and the sea in the wake of the Britiah onslaught!.
of Oerman victory in Russia.
Speaking on the IS anniversary of ttae beer hall puUeh, Hitler ridi¬ culed tuggettiont that UniUd SUUs industry could rtplace Soviet
Navy ever formally Uunched an and which looks more like a ship upon our ablli^ to defend andl""•••*»'"••'•''B'"*'" to attempt.which included daylight raids by big Hurricane and Spitfire airplane. Ranking Army, Nav>-, than an airplane, slid backward command the air. We must make' to open a "aecond front" in the squadrons on France, contresaional, sUte and local offl- into tht wattr. ^eur air-power the world's strong-IWesL 1 "Trail Of Terrible Damage"
ciala were preoent to ste Mrs. The 12,300,000 plane will be given «»t. Theee who know the hiatory m* American inUmldation at-' t^-r^. n •!• i .»• ui ^i. j ^ ^
Art«nua L. Gates smash a botUe tesU sook b^- Km Bbel, a pilot for tnd spirit of avistion do not doubt j tempU such as piesTdeJIt Room-' F'^te*" Bntish fighter craft and four German planes Wert Of ehampasne across the silver bow the GHenn U Martin Co., and vice- that it will be done. Ivelfa "shoot first" ordtr, will make shot down on these raids, the air ministry said, making the « "»*-*WW. y^f*^- president in charge of engineering! "The giant flying boat Is a good,Oermany capitulate, he told hla old most disastrous 24 hours in RAF histM9<«^#it spreading a "I christen thee Mars snd wish for the firm. (Continued on Page A-2) party comrades. itrail of terrible damage from Berlin to the Ruhr Vallev and "~~ ilJ^.'Jj; «iV"^!l!'?ri{ "J! tlic big air base at Brindisi in Southern Ital^^^^
Railroaders Believe Roosevelt Can Prevent Nationwide StriKe
greater eonvoy aethrMos toi erem
Congress flnally npproves undlng
Ameriean ahipa te belligerent perU By FBED BAIUCY
ef the BriUah Isles and Russia Wuhington, Nov. t. (UP)—One
Uril'lil'Vlfl"'" •' '"•" "^ •""' »' «»• >"«>•» '»«^"n« mysteries of and own nag. .... ..„..,.,
Bloom was Impressed by the medical tcience was believed solved Senate vote on the revision meu- tonigbt with a government en¬ ure, nouncement that •nosqultoes carr>-
'The SenaU vote will bolater sen- sleeping sickness, tlment on thU side." Bloom said. For almost 20 years federal, state „. „ . ,,,o, <, ., « , .u , . ,iw u. . - -
Opposition leaders dispuUd B„d locsl health authorities have Chicago, Nov. 8. (UPi-SenU- One of the principal labor chief-; "Big Five" said a represenUtive of Bloom's claim. They contended .ought the carrier of tht diseue ["'nt among railroad labor leaders tains in the dispute is Oeorge M. „„, „, ^^e organisations already that the SenaU voU wu not u that kills from 2M to 800 persons ^dicated tonight that Presiden Harrison, head of the Brotherhood ,„j approached President Rooae-
large as administration leadera hadland hundreds of animals each year. Roosevelt can and probably will of Rallwa.v Clerks. Freight Hand-lyeit through hU secretary Edwin
hoped for and that the admlnlstra-1 Until now every clue was worth- «vert the scheduled nationwide raillers and .Station Employees, who j| WaUon to outline the'Darallelt"*''P''' ^''•" '•'«>' »•• American
tlon would lose many of its 121- less. strike before iU deadline on Dec. 6. wa.s reportedly offered the labor ,,^j ^^^ nresent and World "hlps. not to shoot against them.! ,.,.. ,^„j„„ ,.h,„ „m M.».ir. ......rili.. .nrf th.t th.v .U« h.M
msrgin gain In the Initial House ^h, --osouito has been convicted * ""^*y «" "P'"'"" """»"« the post in President Roosevelf, '^'^*>-wir,ituitionM ^"""but to defend themselvea aa soon T"* ^"•'°" ""*'° . u. i'r,.. «r»." of iLn^.'^^^^^
vote on the revision measure. Some „,^;™°XnLHeTs ."^^^^^^^^^^ of 1,160,000 railway em- inet st the opening of the third, *^!5*3''^^^ !as they are attacked." day night that heavy "«htlngi Sreat parts o Bosnia m^^
sdmlnistration leadera believe that °J m."iriayiirow fever dengue ?'<»- "^"'"J these considers- term. d^\,Sl^^Tli.^fJt n'f,''!^"" Sh'P* ^o'"Htaln raged in Jugoslavia between Ger- S°^^'r,2fti^°"'J'g^JSSnJjrs tJi^^
tr;;'ih';':.•3'V^eltrrha^ Th\' •"- "'^^^^^^^^ X/eV''bT?h:Kdir""•"¦' "«-'-"¦ r ^J.''- '«" "•'"'» •^•"tSurdfmVr^iI^rK troop, and Guernilas, with;f:„^Ud'tgVrnt''.°r'r "alS
«^gi!fio"d\r':2iu\'wviL*\,^'-^^^ ¦ •
Senate F^larged Plan |encephalomyelitis (sleeping
wanU," he aaid. "The lut bat-! , , „
tallon on the fleld will be Ger- In this afternoons raids on France, the air ministry ssid,
""?•'•" ^, . ^, "bombs burst among factory buildings" and did considerable
It was his flrst public utterance (r' |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19411109_001.tif |
Month | 11 |
Day | 09 |
Year | 1941 |
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