Second Front Opens in North Africa Drive to Tobruk
The British launch a decisive second front in North Africa rocking Axis forces in Libya. They push 50 to 80 miles south enveloping Tobruk and trapping German tanks in a triangle with the coast. Rostov on the Don claimed by Berlin as Russians restart pressure on Moscow. Tokyo conference edges toward crisis as ABCD talks unfold amid warnings to Japan. Coal strike ends after Lewis accepts arbitration, with hopes for peace in the mines. Petain heads toward talks with Hitler and Mussolini as France faces Axis options and Germany plans a broader European conference.
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North
Africa
Libya
Hitler
Royal Air Force
Germany
Tobruk
Bardia
Mediterranean
U. S
Canada
North Africa
Italy
Churchill
Tobruk Triangle
Sicily
Britain
Tripoli
Russia
Berlin
Rostov
Don River
Moscow
Mazhaisk
Reds
State Department
ABCD
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Mussolini
Rome Radio
France
Marshal Weygand
Petain
Washington
DiMaggio Named AL Most Valuable Player for 1941
Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees is chosen as the American League MVP for 1941 by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The slugger batted .357 in 139 games and extended his 50 game hitting streak while his team reflected his impact beyond statistics.
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Joe DiMaggio
Baseball Writers Association of America
New York Yankees
Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Yankees
Joe
Edgar Smith
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
al Smith
Jim Bagby
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Boston
Ted Williams
Cecil Travis
Washington
Williams
Baseball Writers
Feller
DiMaggio
San Francisco Seals
New York
Bowling the Right Way By Lowell Jackson
Bowling lesson notes by Lowell Jackson, a noted bowler with eighteen 900 games and a 12 year league average of 210. The guide explains delivering a straight ball, thumb alignment, relaxed delivery, and a controlled follow through to keep the ball on target from the right leg. It advises avoiding air throws and emphasizes a firm direction toward the pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Jackson
Robbery Victims in Lineup. Police Report High Identifications
In Chicago Miscellany, a lineup of one thousand robbery victims included two prisoners, with police later noting 800 ready to positively identify suspects. Bermuda reports an emergency call to the United States for infantile paralysis serum and plans for American naval planes to deliver it.
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Chicago
Bermuda
United States
Labor Strife Tangles Defense Effort and White House
The author outlines a developing clash over defense labor policy, tracing how shifting disputes from the Conciliation Service to the Defense Advisory Commission sparked pro labor decisions, a cascade of union shop clashes, and escalating tensions with the White House. The piece evaluates impact on defense, foreign policy, and political pressures as labor and industry maneuver amid looming mine strikes.
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WNU
H Street
Washington
D. C
Senator O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Representative Coffey
United States Conciliation Service
Defense Advisory Commission
William 5. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Mr. Knudsen
Mr. Hillman
Knudsen
Hillman
Mediation Board
National Defense Mediation Board
United Mine Workers Union
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
San Francisco
A. F. of L
Cyrus Ching
C.I.0
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
N. J
Congress
Sam Rayburn
How to Get Defense Job Shown by New Booklet
A new 12 page booklet outlines defense job opportunities in machine shop aircraft shipbuilding and metal work. It notes labor shortages and hiring of women and older men and describes earn while you learn programs for merchant marine officers with training and registration details.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Waust
Merchant Marine
Defense
CCC Achieves Reading Level Milestone in Eight Decades
Briefs note that in 80 years the Civilian Conservation Corps has raised 100000 illiterates to the Fourth Grade, making it the only compulsory education course in CCC. Commerce department reports farm operators’ net income up one fourth in first nine months versus last year.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Department of Commerce
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Edward C. Wayne
Epstor
Western Newspaper Union
Far East
Kurusu
Hull
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
John R. Steelman
Conciliation Service
Department of Labor
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Dr. Steelman
Mr. Fairless
Fairless
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Walter Kerr
Kuibyshev
A. Levsky
Kerr
Archangel
Soviet Union
America
Winston Churchill
Emperor Hirohito
Marshal Benri
Robert McShane
Sam Snead
Jimmy Demaret
Los Angeles Angels
Roy Hughes
Montreal
Frank Filchock
Washington Redskin
Crucible
Grindstone
Baukhage
National Farm and
Home Hour
John Lewis
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Workers
C.I.O
Kennedy
United Mine Workers
White House
Texas
Lone Star
Texas Plains
Great Southwest
George Stimpson
Middle West
Bankhage
Home Service
Sixth Avenues
New York City
Adare
Harriet Martineau
Lewies
Sioux
Horace Mann
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