Churchill Warns Britain On Invasion Menace And War Aid
Prime Minister Churchill warns Commons that invasion danger remains and Britain is still half armed. He predicts 1941 will bring greater armament with American aid and notes British gains in Egypt while praising troops and naval defenses against U boats and air attacks.
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Africa
Egypt
Sybia
Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
America
Britain Moves Toward New War Orders Under Lease-Lend Plan
Washington reports Britain has begun negotiating for up to 3 billion dollars of arms under Roosevelt's lease lend idea. Morgenthau said no contracts would be signed until Congress acts, with potential orders including about 12,000 aircraft and 2,000 to 2,500 tanks and guns. The plan envisions British arms produced in the United States and leased for eventual return or disposal.
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Illiam S. Knudsen
Defense Commission
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Navy
Cold snap freezes out storage plant in Maine
In Enn. Me. on December 19, officials report temperatures plunging unofficially to 35 below zero. The extreme cold disrupted a local cold storage plant and forced heater use to prevent meat spoilage.
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Enn. Me
Kyosti Kallio Dies at 37 After Public Life Farewell
Kyosti Kallio, long noted as Finland's wartime leader of the lost cause against the Russians in 1939, died suddenly of a heart attack in Helsinki. He collapsed while saying farewell to public life as Risto Ryti was chosen president. He and his wife were escorted to the railway station amid cheering crowds.
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Kyosti Kallio
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Godspeed
Britain Sees Heavy U S Plane Aid Surge From Factories
Washington reports a marked rise in American military aircraft to Britain, with Britain receiving ten times as many tactical planes and bombers in November as the U S Army. The Curtiss P-40 order was cut to favor British needs, while the army placed large orders for newer fighters to be delivered from February onward.
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Army
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First U S Troops to Newfoundland Garrison
The first garrison to be sent to an Atlantic base acquired from Great Britain will go to Newfoundland. The force will depart New York in January under Colonel M D Welty. It will sail aboard the S S Mund B Alexander and be moored at St Johns as a fighting barracks until shore accommodations are ready.
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Atlantic
Great Britain
Newfoundland
War Department
New York
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Alow
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St. Johns
Ambassador Grew challenges Matsuoka on China policy
U S Ambassador Joseph C Grew bluntly disagreed with Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka who said Chinese fate hinges on American sentiment He urged Americans to stay out of war while Matsuoka urged openness and a global civilizing mission at a farewell luncheon for Nomura and in Tokyo.
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Bluefield Post Office Project Delayed Indefinitely
Bluefield new post office and federal building postponed as part of a national pause on non-defense public works. About 200 projects nationwide halted, including Grundy and Grundy post offices, with funding rerouted pending defense needs and a presidential order.
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British Reinforcements At Bardia Face Heavy Blow Amid Albanian Front
Front dispatches report German-piloted Junkers transports ferrying Italian troops to Albania as Greece drives Italians from Klisura Tepelini and Palermo amid freezing conditions. Greeks used heavy artillery to shell entrenched Italian positions while German reinforcements strain Axis lines in the Adriatic theater.
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Rear Wing of Italian Army Faces Capture
Cairo December 19 British report heavy blows before Bardia as the rear wing of the Italian army entrapped there faced imminent capture or annihilation. The Italian exit toward Tobruk was bombed, while British naval forces blocked retreat. Overall Italian position labeled precarious. number of Italians cut off not confirmed.
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Nazi Bombers Renew Raids On London
London reports sporadic raids as British commanders brace for possible invasions from several points. Berlin air activity continues amid heavy fog, while Italian losses in Africa are outlined and Britain prepares a continued offensive with RAF support near Tobruk and Bardia.
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Greeks Push Foe Back At Bayonet Point
The Greeks report victory at Kilsura and surrounding fronts with over 600 prisoners taken as Italian counter assaults fail in heavy snow. Greek forces advance amid severe cold as air activity persists and villages around Kilsura yield large Italian casualties.
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Coal Men Plan Big Advertising Drive To Stimulate Trade
Two hundred coal operators from Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia heard a planned 2 700 000 advertising and public relations campaign over three years to educate the public about coal. A New York agency outlined a 900 000 yearly program funded by four mills a ton, aiming to present coal as a modern basic industry.
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Kentucky Posse Kills Fugitive Captures Son
Middlesboro Kentucky dispatch reports a large posse killed Clyde Buchanan Sr and captured his 15 year old son Clyde Jr after a confrontation near Wheeler Virginia. The boy denies firing but admits being armed. County attorney Walter B Smith will decide on murder charges after further questioning.
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Mannheim Hit by RAF Raiders In Third Night Bombing
London reports London informed that Mannheim, an industrial German city at the Rhine confluence, was bombed in a third successive nightly raid. Milan and Genoa were also struck as fires broke out in the rubble of earlier attacks. The air ministry claimed hits on an oil depot, a railway junction, two warehouses, a bomb dump, and fires by a railway station amid ongoing bombardment from early night through dawn.
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