Britain Speeds Greek Aid as Italy Faces Pressure
Britain swiftly fulfills Greek requests for at-tank guns and air support. RAF and Ark Royal bomb targets in Sardinia and Albania, destroying munitions dumps and jetty facilities while Greek resistance tightens along Kalamas and Pindus. Greek mobilisation and civilian effort fill the home front as Italy struggles to advance.
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Britain
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Fleet Air Arm
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Caglieri
Jardinis
Bedilista
Ohrid
Rero
Albania
Maca
Tures
Velona Wa
Australia to curb aluminium use for non essentials
The Australian government will ban non essential aluminium applications to free supplies for defence. Licenses will control imports of aluminium and alloys with exemptions only for defence needs. Officials warn aluminium utensils and domestic appliances may vanish from markets as stocks run down.
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Australia
Mr. Harrison
United Kingdom
Canada
Harrison
Customs Department
Commonwealth
Germany mines sown in Bass Strait
Melbourne reports the Navy Office states mines laid in Bass Strait have been verified by expert examination. Weather is calmer and minesweepers, including trawlers and small coastal cargo ships under Naval control, resume clearing shipping channels with assigned areas. Reopening date not yet announced.
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Melbourne
Navy Office
Bass Strait
Fires Add Havoc in Romania
London reports extensive damage as earthquakes hit Romania. Oil fields suffer major cracks and fires. hundreds of villages razed, tens of thousands homeless, Bucharest under threat of collapse. Government mobilises engineers and specialists amid widespread devastation.
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London
Rumania
Bucharest
Pioesti
Rangitiki Safe Says London News Reports
Advice from London confirms the Rangitiki is safe after German claims of its annihilation. Reports say the ship was shelled in the Atlantic but some ships escaped. the Admiralty states a German someny claim was false and that Rangitiki avoided destruction.
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N.Z
London
Atlantic
Willkie Urges Unity and Constructive Opposition in Broadcast
Mr Wendel Willkie in a New York broadcast urged supporters to press for principles of the campaign and for balanced democracy. He argued unity could form a Cabinet with experienced leaders and said Republicans in Congress would cooperate fully with President Roosevelt, while offering firm opposition where needed.
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Wendel Willkie
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Congress
Italy and Britain in the Eastern Mediterranean balance
The Times Madrid correspondent notes Falangist Arriba reviewers say Italy with 60 million people and strong war industries faces a 7 million Greece. Terrain and roads slow Italian motorised units, while British aid negates some advantages. Britain’s air and naval threat looms on Southern Italy.
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Madrid
the Times
Arriba
Britain
Greece
Mediterranean
Italy
London Under Luft Raids as Italian Forces Take Part
A daylight raid over London involved 13 German and 13 Italian aircraft with no British planes lost. Five people died in bombed houses, and three bombs hit printing works injuring sheltering workers. An Italian bomber and fighters were shot down. one Italian fighter crashed near Corton.
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Albania
Seddu
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Corton
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Thames
Molotov Arrives in Berlin Ahead of Axis Talks
Soviet Premier Molotov travels to Berlin with German officials ready to discuss economic ties and a possible closer Russia Axis collaboration. Berlin and Tokyo dispatches note the visit may shape Russo Japanese relations and widen Axis influence amid the tri polar pact and US election.
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von Ribbentrop
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Daily Telegraph
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Turkey
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America
Washington
Ttia
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Russia
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Kok
Molotov
Evacuees From China Sail On New Mariposa
The Mariposa set sail with Ti passengers most of them women and children. About 500 more evacuees will be picked up at other ports. A Kobe stop is uncertain due to delayed Japanese coastal permit applications.
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Shanghai
Kobe
Japan
Premier vows no liquor law changes during war
Sydney report states Premier Mair warned the government will not alter liquor laws during the war period. He will ask Justice Minister Treatt to report on enforcement and any laxity, outlining potential reforms.
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Sydney
Mair
Mr. Treatt
Libreville Joins Free French Empire After Surrender
A Free French communique reports Libreville Gabon capitulated to De Gaulle forces with the garrison surrendering at 4.40 am Sunday. Free French Navy ships entered harbor and the capital becomes part of the Free French Empire.
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