Roosevelt outlines plan to lease British war supplies
President Roosevelt announces a plan for the United States to take over British wartime orders and lease or mortgage materials to Britain with repayment in kind after the war. Plans to be debated in Congress, with focus on avoiding direct war involvement. The Navy and State departments push increased production to support Britain and national defense.
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Washington
Rooosevelt
Great Britain
United States
London
Congress
Britain
Roosevelt
Europe
Johnson
British push toward Bardia after capturing frontier forts
Cairo reports Britain in Africa has seized Musaid Sidi Omar and Shefertan forts and Fort Capuzzo. The drive on coastal Bardia, key to the Libyan border, continues with heavy fighting as British armored units advance and Italian trucks tanks are struck by air attack.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Africa
Bardia
Reuters
Musaid
Sidi Omar
Shefferton
Capuzzo
Mediterranean Fleet
Royal Air Force
Tobruk
Libya
Greeks Rout Italians From Stronghold
A Greek government spokesman announced a major success in capturing a camouflaged fortified position in the north, where Italian troops held a stubborn defense with artillery and machine guns near Palermo. The coastal sector saw Greek artillery fire and further gains as Greek forces defeated Italian troops in fierce fighting with heavy losses.
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Athens
Greece
Palermo
Nea Hts
Duke of Windsor Says He Might Accept U.S. Ambassador Post
From Miami on the Southern Cross the Duke of Windsor said he would accept the British ambassador to the United States role if offered and if it served Royal interest. He spoke during a press conference aboard the yacht as he and the Duchess prepared to depart.
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Fla
Duke of Windsor
United States
Alex Wennergren
Southern Cross
Massau
Duke
University of Miami
God Save the King
Edward
Lloyd George Declines U.S. Ambassadorship
London report states David Lloyd George declined the post of United States ambassador, despite strong urging from Prime Minister Churchill to accept. The decision comes amid ongoing wartime diplomacy and press attention in London.
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U. S
London
London News Chronicle
David Lloyd George
United States
Churchill
Petition Seeks Better Temporary Wade School Conditions
About 40 Wade PTA members signed a petition urging the Board of Education to meet temporarily to improve conditions after a Wade fire. They cite three seventh grade classes in the gym with 90 students and disrupted schedules forcing teachers to cover unprepared subjects.
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Wade
Fairview School
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Beaver
Calvary Baptist Church
Vi Church
Petain Confers With Laval and Hitler's Envoy
Marshal Petain summoned Pierre Laval back from exile for secret talks with Petain and Otto Abetz. The discussions focused on the general situation and Laval’s ouster, with Abetz visiting Laval at Chateldon and Hotel Majestic. Berlin hints of a possible Petain Hitler meeting if a French–German collaboration basis is agreed.
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France
Marshal Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Otto Abetz
Adolf Hitler
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Abetz
Chateldon
Paris
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Bern
Switzerland
Lavel
Germany
Berlin
Itler
Reich
Hitler
Men From Down Under Crave Action Near Bardia
Fresh Australian troops bound for Libyan battles with British forces pressure the advance toward Bardia 15 miles inside Italian Libya. Commanders report the rush from Salum Egypt, with mechanized units roving west of Bardia and infantry moving in from the east as Australians seek to match their World War I legacy.
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Bardia
Salum
Egypt
Rouge
Cincinnati Tenement House Blast Kills Thirteen
A downtown Cincinnati tenement explosion killed 13 people including a baby born during the wreckage. Firemen tunneled to reach victims as debris and shattered walls filled the block, while investigators considered a leaking fluid as a possible cause but found no firm explanation.
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Cincinnati
Lillian Schnetter
Joseph Feldman
E Marshal
A. Moorhaus
Winners Named in Bluefield Daily Telegraph Color Book Contest
One hundred dollars in cash prizes will be mailed today to the winners of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Sunset News color book contest. First prize went to Miriam Shewey, second to Walter Leon, and third to Miss Ruth E. Short. The competition drew many entries from school children and showcased notable art and color design in a black and white supplement issued December 1. Judges weighed neatness beauty and accuracy after hours of careful review. See Page 10.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Miriam Shewey
Augusta Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Walter 8. Leon
Caretta
Ruth E. Short
Virginia Avenue
Daily Telegraph
Hunar
Telegraph
British Bombers Raid Mannheim in Heavy Overnight Assault
British air strikes hit the Mannheim area in a seven hour raid targeting an airplane factory a dye plant and other military sites. An early toll listed 10 killed 50 injured with further damage reported across western and southwestern Germany including Basel in Switzerland.
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Mannheim
Germany
Bordeaux
France
Air Ministry
Basel
Switzerland
Marcel Piret-Golaz
Five Miners Are Injured In West Virginia Mine Blast
An explosion in Raleigh Coal and Coke No 4 mine beneath Beckley West Virginia killed seven men and injured five others. About 70 men were in the area. 12 escaped. Bodies were recovered after five hours as rescue teams worked amid debris. This was West Virginia’s second major mine blast of the year.
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No. 4
Beckley
W. Va
West Virginia
W. M. Kirk
Ernest Anderson
Harry White
Ellsworth Shriver
Shriver
Anderson
Patrick
Riper
N. P. Rhinehaste
New River
Gulf
Immortality project ends as baby returns home
Eighteen month old Jean Gauntt, raised in a Vanderbilt mansion by a group of metaphysicians aiming for immortality, leaves the palace and returns with her mother to a tenement. Their leader James Shafer says immortality was pursued through destructive thinking and vows the child will be loved.
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Jean Gauntt
Vanderbilt
Long Island
James _ Shafer
Royal Fraternity of
Master Metaphysicians
Metaphysicians
Shafer
Jean
Order
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