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Moscow is Chided – 2-4
Incidents in European Conflict – 3
Shipping Disruption Ends Parcel Post to Germany – 4
Coast Guard and Navy Thwarted In Hunt for Coulmore Survivors – 5-6
Merchant Ships Sunk in War – 6
Nazis Scuttle Ship in Caribbean When Stopped by British Cruiser – 7-8
Film of British Gun Test Mysteriously Vanishes – 8
Parachute Invasions of Britain Expected – 8
Soldiers Want Films During Rest Periods - 8

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1939/nov39/f02nov39.htm

Soviets annex more Polish territory
Thursday, November 2, 1939 www.onwar.com

In Moscow... Part of eastern Poland is incorporated into Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, following the results of a plebiscite in which the majority of the inhabitants living in the territory reputedly favored annexation. This completes the incorporation of all Polish territory occupied by the USSR.

In Berlin... Hitler recalls his ambassadors from Moscow and Rome for consultations.

In Britain... King George decorates 5 RAF pilots, leaders of a raid on the Kiel Canal.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Bibb_(WPG-31)

The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 – March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb.