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November 4, 1940
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TYPHOON SPREADS WRECKAGE IN GUAM; PLEA TO RED CROSS; Pan American Airways Hotel Razed, Navy Hangar Damaged, Radio Station Crippled THOUSANDS LOSE HOMES Crops Ruined, Food Shortage Threatens--Governor Sends Appeal for $50,000
By the Associated Press
Typhoon, wind, rain; damage; crops destroyed; communications cut; Gov appeals for U S Red Cross aid
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GOES TO HYDE PARK; President Will Tour 3 Counties Today, Speak Briefly on Radio LABOR LEADERS IN PLEAS Lewis Asks Workers to Vote for Willkie, Green Urges Conscience Be Guide
By Charles Hurd Special To the New York Times
Roosevelt orders voting time allowance for Fed employes; urges it for other govt and private employes
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Washington Notes Hitler Peace Plan Rumor; British Report of an 'Emissary' Doubted Here; HITLER PEACE PLAN NOTED AS 'RUMOR'
By Unknown Author
Father Odo reptd as Hitler emissary in U S
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Notable Births
1940Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (died 2003)[â ]
Sally Baldwin was a University of York social sciences professor and author.
1940Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author[â ]
Marlène Jobert is a French actress and author.
1940Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter[â ]
Delbert McClinton is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.
Notable Deaths
1940Arthur Rostron, English captain (born 1869)[â ]
Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line. He is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when it rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic after the ship sank in 1912 in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.