Nazis Claim Seven More Ships Sunk At Sea
Berlin reports seven additional armed merchant vessels sunk by German sea war operations. One submarine scored direct hits on six ships while a bomber attacked a long convoy 250 miles off the Irish coast. The high command cites 25 British merchant ships sunk since Monday, totaling 285000 tons.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
High Command
Atlantic
Trish
DNB
Irish
Britain
London
Last Body Removed From Wrecked Nelms Mine
Cadiz Ohio December 4 rescue crews recovered the body of Robert Dinger Jewett drill er from the Nelms mine of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal company. He was the last body removed after the mine explosion last Friday. Coroner J B Tubbs of Harrison county will open the formal inquest tomorrow.
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Cadiz
Robert Dinger
Jewett
Nelms
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company
J. B. Tubbs
Harrison County
London Reports 1. 5. Ship Deal
The Daily Mail reports Washington plans place 150 American merchant ships at Britain's disposal. Officials say the aid is part of a plan to mobilize all available U.S. merchant shipping to meet Britain's urgent needs with more destroyers and aircraft likely to follow. President Roosevelt reportedly laid out the broad aid plan before his Caribbean cruise.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Washington
United States
Britain
Roosevelt
Caribbean
California Epidemic Slackening Amid Heat Wave
In Los Angeles a reported slackening of the influenza epidemic emerged as 23 pneumonia deaths were tallied since Sunday, bringing November’s total to 132. Southern California endured a winter heat wave with highs near 68 degrees, while several San Francisco Bay Area communities closed due to the outbreak.
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Los Angeles
California
San Francisco
West Virginia Guard to Enter Federal Service in January
The West Virginia National Guard unit from Bluefield and other companies of the 150th Infantry will be inducted into federal service likely between January 1 and 9. The call, possibly for a broader 38th division mobilization, comes from Fifth Corps area at Fort Hayes. Company M in Bluefield, with 85 men and 2 officers, is led by Lieut Edmunds and supports a 40-man band under Warrant Officer Ramage.
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National Guard
Bluefield
150Th Infantry
Rifles
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Fifth Corps
Fort Hayes
War Department
W. E. Eubank
Ira J. Barber
Huntington
Charles R. Edmunds
John . Hildebrand
Richard Ramage
Edmunds
Welch
Walter Co. Finley
Fascists Apparently Abandon Defense Of Two Albanian Bases
Greek spokesman reports Italian forces withdrawing northward from Porto Edda and Argirocastro in southern Albania, signaling a retreat from key bases. He also notes Italian counterattacks repelled and asserts the Fascist command struggles to reorganize as winter weather hinders operations.
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Athens
Porto Edda
Argirocastro
Premet
Tirana
Britain Loans Debate Intensifies In Washington
Washington reports link two events to Britain loan talks as Jesse Jones calls England a good risk and Morgenthau confirms a British mission to present finances. Senator George urges wartime 24 hour production for arms, tying to swift help for Britain.
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George
Jesse Jones
Commerce
England
Morgenthau
Sir Frederick Philips
Treasury
United States
Romania and Germany Sign Broad Ten Year Trade Pact
Berlin announces a ten year economic agreement with Romania to boost agriculture transport finance and industry while German capital and technicians will be used in Romania. The pact aims to develop Romanian resources deliver large quantities to the Reich and integrate Romania into a new European economic system.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Rumania
Dition
Umania
Reich
Romania
Europe
Britain
Balkan
Nazis Point For See Page 2
Romanian press cites Currntul as Nazi mouthpiece claiming smaller nations will lead axes armies and use their territory for a spring offensive. The piece hints at a drive likely through Bulgaria or Yugoslavia toward Greece and Turkey with a broader Axis coalition spanning Europe and the Middle East.
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Bucharest
Europe
Weday
Axis
Turkey
Near East
Suez
Berlin
Rumania
Romania
Germany
Cuerentul
Hungary
Slovakia
Mance
Rome
Tokyo
Amania
Axia
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Middle East
Spain
Gi- Curental
Axis League of Nations
Vienna
Greeks Use Redskin Tactics To Take Peak From Italians
In Salonika a Greek sergeant described using mist stealth and bayonet charges to seize a fortified Italian position in the Koritza-Pogradetz sector with 40 men. He noted heavy casualties, capture of guns, and a prisoner escape after an amputation left him at war’s end. Another sergeant, wounded and later amputated, recalled dividing his force to attack guns from two sides as Italian defenders teased by bayonet fear.
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Salonika
Greece
Koritza-Pogradetz
Morova
British Turkish Financial Accord Aims to Boost Trade
London reports a financial agreement between Britain and Turkey to raise trade. Payments between Turkey and sterling area nations will use the current exchange rate, with "far accounts" created to ease Turkish British payments. Diplomatic circles call it a strategic move and a challenge to German influence in the Balkans.
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London
Foreign Office
Turkey
Balkans
Berlin
Nazi Air Force Raids Midlands and London
German air force conducted heavy raids across the midlands including eastern and western areas with incendiaries and high explosives. Casualties reported in at least two Midlands towns, with damage to homes, a church, and a police station. London endured bombs striking a school and a facility for incurable children. anti air defenses active but weather reduced effects.
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Britain
DNB
Bristol
Brighton
Grantham
England
London
Birmingham
Germany
Associated Press
Midlands
Wales
Jow
Junkers
Italian Fliers Strike British In Crete and Taranto Raid
Italian high command reported two British cruisers torpedoed in Suda Bay Crete and a destroyer sunk possibly, with an Italian submarine damaging a British ship. Mussolini acknowledged damage to three warships, while Albanian front actions and air force sorties against Preveza Levkas and Tirana are noted.
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Rome
Taranto
High Command
Jones
Crete
Suda Bay
Britain
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Greece
Mussolini
Italy
Ibasani
Tirana
President Roosevelt Cruises Cuban Coast on Caribbean Tour
President Roosevelt aboard the U S S Magrant steamed along the Cuban coast on the first leg of a Caribbean voyage. He planned to inspect naval and air bases recently acquired from Great Britain as two neutrality patrol seaplanes circled the Tuscaloosa. The journey from Miami to the Caribbean remained secret with little fishing expected.
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Magrant
Roosevelt
Cuban
Caribbean Sea
United States
Great Britain
Police Killed In Native Uprising In Cochin China
In western Cochin China twenty native police were killed nine missing and twenty one wounded in a new uprising. French authorities arrested leaders and planned gun boat demonstrations while diplomacy sought settlement. The Indo China Siam border lull continued with only a Thai flight reported yesterday.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Cochin China
Siam
Poipet
Ten Killed and Ten Injured As Plane Crashes Near Airport
A United Airlines Mainliner crashed in murky weather near the municipal airport killing six aboard and injuring ten, with at least three in critical condition. The crew included Captain Philip Scott and First Officer George Young. other names and injuries are listed, while power lines and a nearby apartment were affected.
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Chicago
United Airlines
Philip Scott
George 8. Young
Lee F. Haneline
Coleene
UAL
Wilabert J. Austin
Cleveland
Austin Company, Engineers and Builders
W. Moore
Ordnance Engineers
Jane Selby
Norfolk and Western to build five streamlined locomotives
Norfolk and Western officials said the railroad plans to spend 987000 dollars on passenger equipment in 1941. Five new streamlined passenger locomotives will be built in Roanoke at 150000 dollars each. The program includes modernizing 10 passenger coaches and air conditioning four combination cars, with total costs around 212000 dollars.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Southern Railway
Memphis
Washington
N. and W
Lynchburg
Bristol
Cincinnati
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Shipa
U.S
House of Commons
Tan C J. Hannah
Oberlin College
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R. A. Butler
Foreign Affairs
Pacific
Clement R. Attlee
Eccles
Marriner
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Congress
Canada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United War Man
Pine High
Philips
Stabilization Fund
Reconstruction Finance
RFC
Ruanian
Essen
Attorney General's Office
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Belgium
Chile
Allied Chemical and Dye Company
el du Pont de Nemours Andpany
Barrett Company
Semet-Solvay Company
Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Y. Ltd
Anglo-Chilean Nitrate Corp
Lautaro Nitrate Co. Ltd
President
Cuban Coast
Paul Ryan
National Refining Company
T. F. Paulson
Wilmette
Richard R. Petit
Bostonia
Calif
Keller F. Melton
WPA
Leo Wolvis
R. G. Woodbury
New York City
Florence Yma
Owen M. Frederick
Olmstead
U. S
George Haig
Sherwin-Wil— Co
Condition Air
W. Manville
Cavalier
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