Britain’s wartime strikes averted and Channel crisis eases
A threatened railroad strike is avoided as parties to the rail wage dispute reach a settlement. Churchill signals 1942 will focus on manpower drafts, raising questions about American aid and conscription while Britain deflects equipment shortages. An all American air unit will defend China supply lines.
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Burmark Road
Manila
United Sates Army
Navy
China
States Army
House of Commons
Britain
United States
Nazi Retreat From Rostov Forces Westward To Rebuild Stand
Soviet and British dispatches report Hitler’s Ukraine army retreating from Rostov-on-Don toward Mariupol to form a new stand about that city. German forces, led by Gen. Ewald von Kleist, face ongoing fighting while Moscow defenses show strong Soviet pressure.
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Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Sea of Azov
London
Ewald von Kleist
Mariupol
Rostov
Hitler
Moscow
Radio
Kuibyshev
Overthrow of Reich Govt Aim of Groups Details
Three organizations registered under the Voorhis act declare their aim to overthrow the German government. The groups are the Slavic Committee for Democracy Inc, the Associated Leagues for a Declared War, and the New York City League for a Declared War.
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Washington
Justice Department
Slavonic Committee For Democracy, Inc
Associated Leagues
New York City
Australian Cruiser Sydney Sunk in Duel with Raider No. 41
London dispatch confirms the loss of HMAS Sydney and 645 crew after a battle with the armed merchant raider Steiermark aka Raider No. 41 off the Australian coast. Parramatta torpedoed. 141 officers and men aboard are missing and presumed dead. Steiermark, carrying six 5.9-inch guns and two aircraft, had sunk nine ships since operations began. Royal Australian Navy and government extend condolences and vow to uphold wartime traditions.
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INS
Sydney
Canberra
Parramatta
SS. Steiermark
Kormoran
Steiermark
Ministry of Information
Australian Naval Board
H.M.A.S. Sydney
Naval Board
Australia
Royal Australian Navy
Crete
Bartolomeo Colleoini
Goebbels Warns of Germany's Last Chance in War
Berlin message reports Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels declaring Germany has its greatest yet final chance to win WWII. He warned that all current cares would pale beside the inferno awaiting Germany if defeat occurs.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Soviet Border Clash Report From Manchukuo
In a radio report from Hsinking NBC says five Soviet soldiers crossed into Manchukuo near Konei and were repulsed by Japanese troops who killed two. Hsinking is the capital of the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo in northern China.
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Los Angeles
Radio
Hsinking
Manchukuan
Konei
NBC
Manchukuo
China
Good Will Toward Men Aids Tuberculosis Fight
A charitable effort promotes goodwill by raising funds to combat tuberculosis, highlighting community support and the aim to help thousands affected by the disease.
Italian ships sunk by British in Mediterranean convoy
The admiralty reported that British forces sunk one destroyer and two supply ships during intercept of an Italian convoy in the Mediterranean.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Heavy British Ships Arrive at Singapore
Britain sends 35 000 ton battleship Prince of Wales into Singapore with a squadron of heavy naval reinforcements as Japan warns of invasion along Thailand front. US questions to Japan about Indo China moves and Thai invasion plans add to Pacific tensions.
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Singapore
Britain
Thailand
Prince of Wales
Washington
Roosevelt
Indo-China
Axis Breaks British Trap in Libyan Desert See-Saw Battle
Axis forces broke through a British trap in the Libyan desert and closed the Tobruk corridor, driving British imperial troops from Rezegh and Bir el Hamid. Rommel and the Ariete division joined the attack as heavy reinforcements rushed in to the battle zone amid a fluid, days long engagement across about 1,600 miles.
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Tobruk
Rezegh
Bir el Hamid
Bir el Hamid-Zaaran
London
Erwin Rommel
Two Escaped Inmate Escape Gaunt North Jones County
Anamosa AP report says two state reformatory convicts fled after stealing a farm car west of Monticello. Clyde Whitaker 25 and Leslie Adams 22 were last seen eastbound from Monticello wearing reform attire, one armed with a shotgun. Whitaker from Polk County on car theft. Adams from Decatur County serving 10 year forgery.
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Jones County
Monticello
Clyde Whitaker
Polk County
Leslie Adams
Decatur County
Whitaker
Adams
Reformatory
Joe Whitaker
Des Moines
William Adams
van Wert
Fulmer sugar bill advances despite Roosevelt Hull opposition
The Fulmer sugar bill passed the house reallocating quotas and extending sugar quota control for three years despite opposition from President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
FBI crushes major stolen Ford parts ring across four cities
Federal agents announced the seizure of 30 people amid raids in Detroit Chicago and New York over thefts of Ford auto parts worth millions. The scheme sent parts from Michigan plants to New York Chicago Cleveland and beyond through fences and front businesses with at least 1 million earned this year and possibly up to 4 million.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Detroit
Chicago
New York
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Michigan
Cleveland
Ford Company
Hoover
New York City
Sun Boosts Cedar Rapids Temperatures After Cool Spell
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair, cooler Tuesday night with a low near 28 degrees and fair, warmer conditions Wednesday. The previous cool spell broke as sunshine returned, lifting readings from 38 at 9:30 am Wednesday to 50 by 2:15 pm, after a Monday high of 50 and a Tuesday afternoon humidity around 68.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Temperature Runs Above Normal With Light Rain Likely
For the period from 630 pm Tuesday December 2 to 630 pm Saturday December 6 Iowa temperatures stay well above seasonal norms with minor fluctuations. Precipitation remains light to moderate and falls mainly as rain in the latter part of the period.
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Iowa
Two Thousand Dead in Serbian Ammunition Blast
Two thousand people died in a blast at a Soviet ammunition dump located in a bank building in Uzice Serbia. Belgrade sources say Bolshevik operatives responsible for the attack were captured. The explosion is tied to guerrilla activity against German and Italian forces in Yugoslavia.
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Budapest
INS
Uzice
Serbia
Belgrade
Obnova
Yugoslavia
Americans and Japanese fined for smuggling industrial diamonds
Two Americans were sentenced to federal penitentiaries and fined 5000 dollars each for smuggling industrial diamonds to Japan. Three Japanese nationals received the same penalties in the Los Angeles case, described by the court as selling their country down the river.
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Los Angeles
INS
Japan
Rail Walkout Threat Ended By Agreement
Washington AP reports chairman Wayne L Morse of the president's fact finding board announced a settlement of the railroad labor dispute after two days of mediation. Unions and carriers accepted a board proposal, with wage increases totaling over 300 million dollars and revised vacation provisions, removing the threat of a strike as Roosevelt will receive the full report Tuesday.
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Washington (Ap
Wayne L Morse
Morse
Roosevelt
White House
Mr Roosevelt
Fear U S Freighter Macbeth Torpedoed in Atlantic
The Macbeth, a US maritime commission freighter flying the Panamanian flag, is missing in the North Atlantic amid unofficial reports it was torpedoed. Operated by U S Lines and chartered from the maritime commission, it ferried American supplies to England after being seized at Mobile Alabama last March.
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New York
US Maritime Commission
Macbeth
North Atlantic
U. S. Lines
Maritime Commission
Lepke Buchalter Sentenced to Death in Rosen Slaying
New York mob kingpin Lepke Buchalter was sentenced to death in the electric chair for the murder of Joseph Rosen. Co-defendants Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone were also sentenced to die for conspiring to stop Rosen from aiding authorities.
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New York
INS
Louis “Lepke
Buchalter
Joseph Rosen
United States Supreme Court
Emanuel Weiss
Louis Capone
Lepke
Rosen
British ultimatum to Finland over alliance with Germany
London dispatch reports the British government gave Finland a final chance to explain its stance as an ally of Germany against Russia. The ultimatum expires Friday.
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London
News Chronicle
Finland
Germany
Russia
Churchill forecasts 1942 crisis of manpower in Britain
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told Parliament that 1942 will be dominated by a manpower and womanpower crisis. He urged lowering conscription ages for men and women and proposed compulsory service for unmarried women aged 20 to 30 while keeping combat duties voluntary for women. He warned of invasion and air raid threats as the war enters a crucial phase.
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Churchill
America
Britain
England
London
Winston Churchill
Thomas Hornbin
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Russia
British Isles
1942
United States
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