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Queen Elizabeth Sails For War Service
'.-h tier Queen F! 'Oih. shown .*• at her New York pier i!v crew jnderweni
• • it berth <•! i ty .v. slet.i.iy to a" into active service in the Criii-h eauye. British
pi ins lor ti:*.• t.'iim ti t? vc-. ci. hut it was assumed that -lie would join Ikt sister
carrying troops from far-flung ports tlu cmp'ic to war /ones, 'i'iie Qoit 11 Fii/.abeth
Y .. eight month- . A'> alter a m !' i;i wy;^:.- dash across the Atlantic. Lett above is the
.indie. '
92 Known
Tg Be Dead
Two Score Sailors and
Duck Hunters Drown
or Die in Marshlands
During Storm.
J!\ the Associated Press*
• i- canned the cold •
.• Michigan and frozen
r; the Great Lakes re
udditional victims oi j
'. • that death j
t'» the middle west
.'her t"> the nation, i
-• ■ p . f»i . includin j
iors and duck hunt
:i * have perished.
• • . -itig and scant
: that tr.- y V. iuid be
: i ii v( d t'>
: An tie Day.;
e vt {jorted aground, j
xtcen ailow were
L -ri ■ n.-{t'>n. .Mich j
i ti' ;» d crew mem
:-j ter- and it \va
' fit •'■ *i toll iron: ship- |
— • <i (•'">. In add'tion '
recoi citd, -»l other |
i- i. -i:ic» from j
• : - ' "ir.cn aboard j
" 'i ?:!«• ii.:
tank'-i ■
• :::t»r> d'owiied j
: "I di:r:n« th" ,
a ninus in I.ake |
i: ti-arh '<•!! was:,
if», Wisconsin •
>. M igan 4. Col- ,
'i weather nrevail
• • •«ution except
• . i 66K front
m of Italian Pris
-'i a id VVounded
-•rlcd Pouring to
t en Camps.
(,\P)— Th<;
u n iiidjiv
l.an anJ
;• i to f-i -
.nti Hr« . tore s
"p.!\ i^sg'v
• treating fascist
'm< re vva q'lirt
a lui! de
li'.arv observns
: pi ;i>e >>f hte
• ( t;. t (.j nt-rai
! iji'-1 Three.)
Axis Planes Fail
i o Pierce I .omlon
Defenses foday
J.nndon. Nov. 1".— fAIM—fivr
m it' and Italian planes failed In
I wo attempt* to bomb London to
t!-»> but broke through the dr
iensis oi the capital's outskirts
on the third try. Other axis planes
moved with greater success
against -owns in Wales and the
.Midlands.
Reofto»»-watchers in the center
of t'i" city heard gunfire and e\
pl' din? bombs durmg the thi^d
warning but the all clear was soon
oundrd. indicating the raiders
had b'-en driven off again.
Four of the a\is bombers were
shot down, the ministries of
home security and air announced.
One of th? planes was Italian,
British said. It burst into flames
over Sussez and its cargo of
i.\>n»;-N exploded midair.
Raid were attempted i;; several
parts of the country, most of them
in southeast I ngland. and many
ho nibs \\< re dropped, but the two
ministries said "scarcely any
dama*rn*' was uone.
Party Unity
Nat Likely
Stewart Says New
Pari:y Alignment May
Come From Opposi
tion to Principles.
r>\ i i-;wi.;:s i\ stfwart
< cptnil Prrvs Columnist
W.-'ihihuton. Nov. — (letting
iJf IJi'p'ibiicans to unity
ji.'hinn <• ir national government, now
that election's over, doesn't look so
fiil'tictilt at present.
Loaders of the win
Senator Glass
!?;f» < lv III " II* «<> '
it great pains to
how that they've
lfi intention to be
iverbtarinjj- Lead
ers of the defeated
•ontingent, on the
.ppesite hand, arc
loitiU their best to
jchave like lirst
.ite losers.
Nevertheless one
notes in Washing
ton, where the two
H 1 " " I' I'
management are concentrated an un
dertone of doubt as to the idea's sat
isfactory workability in practice.
D -mot-rats and Republicans might
harmonize fairly well in such an
emergency as today's if the issue be
tween them were a mere matter of
• r . ji -tivr party labels. The
difficulty sensed by some competent
ubservres in the situation is that,
i re.-pcctive of partisan considera
tion . rival basic philosophies are in
conflict.
During the campaign it frequently
•as [."inted <jiit that President
Roosevelt and Candidate Willkie
m pretty much in agreement on
i'( ! 'I !.•' i'V 1 . T!v " t• • in'*"
eeinf-d so. Without mentioning one
^Vn'atiued on I'age farce.;
Members of Novadoc
Crew Clung to Broken
Hulk of Vessel for 24
Hours.
I.udington. Mich.. .V>\\ 13.—(AP)
r'ifi'rn siilors who clung to the
broken hull; ol thf ( anadian freigh
ter Novi:doe for more than 24 hours
on the beach off Pcntwater, Mich.,
were rescued today ; feats rose that
another vessel might be added to the
list of those that foundered in Mon
day's disastrous Lake Michigan
storm.
Already two !>;■; fn ighters and two
ii-hing tugs urv counted among the
victims ol the lake's worst storm in
recent years with a probable loss of
at least 65 lives.
The gasoline tanker New Haven
Soeoiiy. with a ere v." of 10 men. was
nearly 36 hours oveidue. An oar
stamped # th the name of the ooat
was picked up by beach patrols near
Grand Haven, along with a quantity
of other wreckage, part ol which
was identified a being from Ihe two
lost fishing tug:.
Headwater coast guards reported
the entire crew oi t!.c Novadoc was
removed today.
Sixteen bodies va 'bed ashore
along th-' bcacli her" and at Pent
l: r. !f> mil! . 1o the south, bore
lit- jaei.s't id< -nlication. showing
tin y had been -n'mbci s of the crews
of the Davoc and Mineh. The 7,
20l)-ton Davoc ''.irried a crew of 38
and the 4.20i,'-ton Mineh a crow of
24 .Both ship; were b« ii'-ved to have
been lost with "ill hand aboard.
Also -oven up for lost were the
Uichard H. ami ihe Indian, carry
ing eight men, <>ut ol South Haven,
Mich. Wreckage of the Indian was
washed up on the beach near its
home jjort.
The tanker Crude Oil was reported
missing with a crew of 23.
Dies Hearing
Approved By
Secretary Hull
Washington. Nov. 13.—CAP)— The
State department has advised the
Dies committee to us" it- own judg
nienl on whether to start public
hearings on the activities of German
consuls and other agents in the Unit
ed States.
The dep-utment made public to
day an exchange of telegrams be
tween Chairman Dies. Democrat,
Texas, ol the Hou.-e committee in
vestigating un-American activities,
and Secretary ol' State Hull on the
advisability ol hearings which Dies
said were planned to start Novem
ber 22.
Dies asked Hull whether this
"might embarrass you in the con
duct of our international relations or
in any serious way complicate the
situation."
Hull replied that "the matter of
public hearings before your commit
tee is one which concerns the policy
of an agency ol the legislative branch
(Continued on Page Three.)
Explosives Plants Blasts
Probed For Evidence Of
Possible Sabotage Attempts
Reports of Other Ex
plosions and Suspi
cious Occurances Come
on Heels of Three
Blasts in Explosives
Plants.
fBv (lie Associate J'rf-s)
A series »|- bl.Til- !n explosive;]
plants—one o>' which was engaged in
defense manufacture—drew the at
tention of investigators today in an ;
attempt to determine whether they
were connected with po sib!" .sabot
age efforts.
A three-way inquiry was begun '
into the explosion in which eight 1
were killed and 26 injure-! in Ih • I
United Railway and Sign; 1 Work
plant at Woodbridge, N. yostei- j
day. Although, there appar.it'y were j
no indications of sabotage, authori- j
ties had not altogether ruled out this
possibility.
Three were killed in the plant ol
the Trojan Powder C'orporati n. Al
lentown, Pa., which hrd Army and
Navy contracts for explosives.
Another three died in the Burton
Powder Works of the American C.y
anamid Corporation at Edinburg, Pa.,
in an explosion of 1,000 pounds of !
dynamite.
FIJI men were conducting investi
gations at each of the plants.
On the heels of the powder plant
explosions came reports of other
blasts and suspicious occurances.
A tcn-thousand-gallon storage
tank exploded at the Canton Refin
ing Co., Canton, Ohio. In Oklahoma
an explosion damaged an oil w.?U
under circumstances which tha plan
foreman said were mysterious.
Two men were killed and two oth
ers injured when a ship building j
crane at San Francisco's Western |
Pipe and Steel Company cap i :od
The nicident was reported to the
FBI.
Fire believed of incendiary origin
broke out in a locker rmm of th?
Todd Dry Docks in Seattle, shortly i
after plant officials had bcjjiin an j
investigation of a series '»r incident1 j
in which machinery had been dam
aged at the dock yard.
Commenting on the chain of ex- I
plosives plant blasts, Representative j
Martin Dies, Democrat. Texas, chair
man of the house committee investi
gating un-American aHivi'i' , df-•
clarcd he was dispatching investi
gators to "every scene of trouble." !
He said "the acts of sabotage in Uio
past 24 hours are only a beginning'.'
and added that he would a k a c< n- '
grcssional appropriated to conduct
a nationwide 'close ii:" on all sub
versive elemenis.
Wrigley Fires |
Gabby Harnett
Chicago, Nov. 13.— <'AP)— Philip
K. Wrigley, president ol the Chicago
Cub>, said today that Gabby Hart
nctt's contract as manager of the
leam would not be renewed when it
expires December 31.
"We are announcing the decision
now." said Wrigley. "as soon as we
know it our tlves, both out of fair-;
ness to Hartnett and been use we be
lieve the fans expect and ;ire on-1
titled to know what's what about!
their club."
The announcement terminated
Hartnett's connection with the Cubs,
which began in 1922.
Gabby said: "Was it a surprise!" j
He appeared with Wrigley shortly
after tlvj announcement was made
and remarked. "Oh well, it's one of
those things, i have no plans. I'm
going to try to stay in baseball but
1 have no idea what I'll do."
(Osuaihsui
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Rain this afternoon and to
nislit; cold in the mountains to
night: Thursday clearinsr and
colder.
40 Bombers
To
Before Xmas
!
Washington, Nov. J.'J.—(Ai*)— ;
Forty ol America's great lour
iiiKijivct homniug airplanes dc- ;
signed lor long range flying arc
expected to be on meir way to j
Del ore Christinas.
in nnc with l-Tesidnu ltoo.se
\\i. s now policy tor splitting
munitions production wttli me
t#r>lisii, the i;winb«'r delivery will
K»vc- t.i'j JiiiUsli hall ol tat lioe
ing aircraft plants output ol 80
bombers by late iiecemoer. Ex
perts sujU the pianes have
ra;ise so gnat they easily could
be Mown across the Atlantic to
England.
Reports persisted meanwhile
of the release to Britain of one
of the secret bomb sights devel
oped by American military ex
perts who regard them as the
world's most accurate. Lacking
any official confirmation, these !
reports said that the second and j
newer of the two sights held by j
the Army ai:d Navy would not j
be released.
The 40 bombers—of a type
possessed only by the United
States—probably will be turned
over to the royal air force in ex
change for warplane engines now
beins: manufactured in this
country for Britain.
As other means of assisting the
British, plans were said to be
well advanced for giving pri- !
mary flight training this winter J
to 4.000 or more Canadian— j
and possibly liritish—pilots at
I nited States schools not handi- |
capped by the severe winter
weather.
Roosevelt !
Pledges Unity j
Washington. Nov. l.'j.— (APj —
President Koosevelt, in a lelegrai .
acknowledging congratulatory me -
sages on his election to ;i third term,
expressed today "determination t > '
work shoulder to shoulder with ail !
who place true Americanism above j
all other considerations."
The Chief Executive said that some
of the messages contained pledges of
loyalty and : upport from men and
women who voted against the ad-,'i
ministration and "these messages in i
particular.' ho asserted, '"reflcct .i i
spirit of national unity in essential;
things which i-; most welcome.' ;
"In union we shall find our trucli
;tlength," he added. '1
Whitf House clei I; ; i'I nv.-sagf i
had deluged the executive office: inj<
Mieh volume that extra worker*
were employed to handle them.
To Succeed Pittman?
Gov. E. P. Carville
Gov. E. P. Carville, of Nevada, an
anti-New Dealer, is reported ready
to resign so he can succcod the late
Senator Key Pittman. As the gov
ernor appoints senators to fill va
cancies, Carville could resign with
the understanding that his succes
sor would appoint him. The next
general election will be in Novem
ber, 1912.
Labor Peace
In Prospect
William Green Con
fers With President
Roosevelt; Sees
Chance for Settle
ment.
Washington, .\ov. 13—CAP)—Wil
li;.- c:i<' n diseu.s ed prosperts of
labor peace" with President Roose
. fit today ;ind s;iid afterward Ik h;id
t.Mijfd the Chief Executive th;• t a
i-ommiltee of tho Anierie;*n Federa
lion of Labor would be glad to meet
L'. ith on< of the CIO to re: liti.f peace
icgotiations.
fireen, AFL president, said !)■•
.bought there had been ". onie im
jrovement' in pro peels 1li.il organ
/.(•([ labor would close ranks since
legotiating committees broke off di.s
•ussions months ago.
He attributed this improvcur nt to
i stronger sentimeni among the rank
ind file of union members and to
vhat he said was a belief that John
Lewis, the CIO chairrr'n do
lot exercise quite the sam" influ
ence among 1)1" rank and l!lr t!iat he
(Continued on Paue Threes
Survivors Of Jervis Bay
Arrive At Canadian Port
J
An Eastern Canadian Port, Nov. |
11.—CAP)—Sixty-five .'.oaivi'-n, most
of Ihoni wounded, wore Canada's
heroes today—cxhau ted >i:rvivors of
the armed nicrcoant cruiser Jarvis,
Bay. which saved at least L,(J sh'ps
ol n convoy of 38 before sinking,
gun- -till roaring, in ;i mid-Atlantic
battle with a powerful German
raider.
They were brought into port bite
yesterday by ;i Swedish freighter,
one of the convoy, whose captain.
Sven Olander, went back after dark
the night of November ~> because
"they did so well for us that I did
nf ' 'i':r
The identity uf f'roi';;iV .-md
the number > * . in:; < r< .. . "m n
l.i s ol the 1 re <>!.l 1 i.inf-t- 'i
A' I! I'n I > ! (it' I J.': ?:• . 11
armed convoy ti 1 > rd '■hip. v:t re kepi
a military .-ecret. Also the identity
of the raider was unknown i t some
of the survivor thought oossjbly she
was a 10.000-ton pocket battleship.
Survivors of the fight—of which
the world had it- first inkling last
week when distress calls crackled out
over the Aiianiic—told how the
Jeivis Bay headed without hesita
tion into the "hopeless" fight. hid a
smokescreen under which the con
voy scattered, and plowed through a
storm of shells straight for the iaider!
until she was sunk by the latter': i
power.
Captain E. S. F. Fegen remained
in command 'with one arm almost
ii'ii ;:w. y" e\>o though the fore
part of the bridge w. s b! r.vr 1'rr
under him. He went d'.wn v.ii ; l!.<
'■IllZilll' llip.
Naval Base
At Taranto
is iScmhed
Two Battleships and
Probably a Third Seri
ously Damaged, Two
Cruisers and Two Aux
iliaries Hit By Royal
Naval Bombers.
(!!\ The As iciated Press.)
Britain's royal navy "has struck
a crippling blow at the Italian fleet."
the London admiralty renortcd today,
i seriously damaging two fascist bat
: tie. hips and probably a third, as well
as two embers "smuggling behind
t.hi ir 'lore df lenses" at the Taranto
I naval base.
In a.I iition. two auxiliary war
ships tin re wen* reported "lying
with their steins tinder wat"r."
Prime Minister Churchill told a
cheering house of eomi, f ns that "the
result o! the aetion d( (i h c|y alfect-;
the balance of power in the Medi
terranean."
London naval experts said that the
victory would release powerful units
of the Uritish Mediterranean fleet
| to join in a world-wide hunt lor a
London, Nov. 13.— (AIM—Bri
tish warships sank 0110 Italian
supply ship, set two others on
fire and damaged a fourth sup
ply ship and an Italian destroy
er in an attack on a' convoy off
the port of Valona, in Albania.
Monday night. the admiralty an
nounced today.
A communique said that the
attack occurred on the nijjht of
November 11-12, when a squad
ron patroling the main line of
Italian communications across
the Straits of Otranto between
Italy and Albania intercepted
the convoy of four supply ships
escorted by two destroyers.
One supply ship was sunk out
right. two were set afire "ser
iously" and "almost certainly
sunk" while the fourth escaped.
Both destroyers also escaped,
the communique continued, but
one was hit and damaged. The
British sustained no casualties
nor damage, it was claimed.
"•;1 •;i»I• ■"* (I'-nyon -111'Tiif* r;iidfr
s• I>!y !("• 10.00(1 t>>ii j)nfk»-1 h;iltlc
: hip Admii-.-jl Sh'cr <>i lit" Lim'/ow
v/hic!) •;ft ck'fl :i convoy in mid
II.
Nlnf ships from the convoy .*iro
report* rl mis: ins.
'i'lir- nriini?*;«Itv s.'i'd the ;itt;n*k 'pio
!:;i|)|y" I' ll only h.iT or l}i»- f;i ci f.
n;ivv' -iv b-'iI''»*■ 11i;> still »•(fectivr.
Roy;i! n;iv:.l pl'.nc: living from
itii'Ii closed I;;.:" ijirrici out Hip ;is—
;:iolt on 11oifjlit of November 11
12. tli" ;"iinii;»Ity ■ ;ii'l.
A Iirit: 11 ;iflniir:.lty <<iin:i>m:if|ue
?j:ive this picture-:
Uoinlj hit iviii «'! : uc>i li;ivoc
;>boird t'.vo of t!.e l»;itfIf* hip they
<('oiitinui 'I on l*;i:!<- Tiuce i
Soviet-Nazi
Talks Held
Hitler Presides at
Luncheon For Russian
and German Dignitar
ies.
R'rlin. K >v. 13- (A I') Soviet
in • For'if-n ( nitii :Molot' f
hflH hj- ecord conferenc" with
.Ad"!f following a li;ncheon 1o
day. in discussion which inform'*!
«r»iuvrfs -;i>d wcr" aimed at develon
inT a long range program of coi
laboration.
Flanked on his right by /olotoff.
the fuehrer nrcsided at a large din
ing tijblf with 2") German and Kos
sion guests |)i event.
Molotoif spent the morning in con
ferences with Reichsmaohal Goci
;ng and Deputv Nazi Party Leader
Hess.
Official circle- wore silent on the
^objects di cu.s.sfd. but informed
ource ; id it wa believed th« co -
' . i (- W. a:" ' ri ;it develop l\«
I'.n'-* r: nt!" of German
Riissian cooperation.