11/01 Sat. Coast Guard is place under jurisdiction of Department of the Navy for duration of national emergency. 11/03 Mon. Secretary of State announces German refusal to pay compensation for ROBIN MOOR sinking. 11/06 Thu. German blockade runner ODENWALD disguised as United States ship WILLMOTO is captured by cruiser OMAHA (CL-4) and destroyer SOMMERS (DD-381) in Atlantic equatorial waters 11/08 Sat. United States Naval Operating Base, Iceland, is established. 11/10 Mon. First United States-escorted troop convoy (Rear Adm. A. B. Cook), transporting more than 20,000 British troops, sails from Halifax for the Far East. 11/14 Fri. Marines are ordered to leave Shanghai, Peiping, and Tientsin, China. 11/17 Mon. Neutrality Act of 1939 is amended by Joint Resolution; merchant ships can now be armed and enter war zones. Saburo Kurusu, special Japanese envoy, arrives in Washington and confers with the Secretary of State. 11/20 Thu. Ambassador Nomura presents Japan's "final proposal" to keep peace in the Pacific. 11/21 Fri. Lend-Lease is extended to Iceland. 11/23 Sun. United States occupies Surinam, Dutch Guiana, pursuant to agreement with the Netherlands government to protect bauxite mines. 11/25 Tue. Japanese troop transports, en route to Malaya, are sighted off Formosa. 11/26 Wed. Secretary of State submits final proposals to Japanese envoys for readjustment of United States-Japanese relations. 11/27 Thu. Adm. H. R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, sends "war warning" message to commanders of the Pacific and Asiatic Fleets. 11/30 Sun. Japanese Foreign Minister Tojo rejects United States proposals for settling Far Eastern crisis.