North Africa front and domestic politics mix in tough times
The piece surveys British setbacks in World War II North Africa, noting delayed advances and morale concerns tied to optimistic briefings. It shifts to U S policy debates, Taft and Gillette backing Roosevelt policy, and reflections on leadership, opposition, and the need for realism as price controls loom. It ends with a jab at consumer life and a cautionary note on comfort vs hardship.
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Churchill
London
Libya
North Africa
Intruder Wounds Farm Woman Near Mt Vernon Home
Cedar Rapids News reports a heavily bearded man with a nickel plated revolver attacked Mrs. Lucile Skorda 30 near Mt Vernon while she sat by the radio. She dodged a poker blow and suffered a two inch ear wound and slight concussion. about $80 remained untouched as deputies sought the suspect and description circulated. He wore blue overalls denim jacket cap and muddy footwear. the victim is twin to Mrs. Dvorak.
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Cedar Rapids
Peter Dvorak
Mt. Vernon
Lucile Skorda
Condon
Axis Claims It Takes Initiative In Desert Fight
German and Italian forces assert initiative in North African combat as Axis and Allied maneuvers unfold. A German spokesman cites unknown battlefield outcomes and denies Bardia’s fall. British officials warn of a tough fight as Allied and Axis incursions widen, with heavy tank losses and significant prisoner captures reported around Tobruk Gambut and the Sidi Rezegh area.
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Axis
Bardia
London
Libya
RAF
Axis Scuryee
Giarabub
Gialo Oasis
Gulf of
Sirte
Bengasi
Tripolitania
Sperling
Rome
Tobruk
Fourth Armored Brigade
Cairo
Gambut
Sidi Arels
Sidi Rezegh
Nazis making big gains in Moscow drive
German shock troops pushed toward Moscow on the Kalinin Volokolamsk Mozhaisk and Tula fronts threatening the capital. Soviet reports said counterattacks across the Donets plateau, Leningrad, Novgorod, and near Kursk slowed the advance as Moscow called for total defense and claimed heavy German losses, including three transports sunk in the Barents Sea.
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Moscow
Kalinin
Red Army
Don River
Rostov
Donets
Leningrad
Novgorod
Kursk
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Solnechnogorsk
Volokolamsk
Mozhaisk
Tula
Radio
Klin
Solnechno
Plan Women's Land Army to Help U.S. Harvest Next Year
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant director of the Office of Civilian Defense, saying OCD plans a women's land army to aid next year's harvest. She cites farm labor shortages from youth migration to industrial work and urges immediate action to assess need and train women in fitness and farming skills.
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Plan
Women’s Land Army
U.S
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
Thailand mobilizes resources on war footing report
Hollywood radio in Sydney said Thailand has begun total mobilization of all resources on a war footing, citing Bangkok advisories as reported by NBC's Hollywood listening post.
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Hollywood
INS
Sydney
Australia
Thailand
NBC
Bangkok
Seven More Nations To Sign Anti-Comintern Pact Ceremony
Berlin officials announced seven additional governments would join the anti-Comintern pact alongside the existing signers. Finland Denmark Bulgaria Croatia Roumania Slovakia and the Nanking government are to sign during ceremonies in Berlin to mark the pact’s fifth anniversary and its extension for five more years.
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Berlin
Finland
Denmark
Bulgaria
Croatia
Roumania
Slovakia
Germany
Japan
Italy
Spain
Hungary
Manchukuo
Rotumania
Mihail Antonescu
Joseph Tiso
Nanking
Britain
United States
Harriman Declares Britain in Our Fight Over War Aid
In a London radio address W Averell Harriman said Britain and the United States share a common front against Germany. He stressed American ships and air forces are attacking German subs and aircraft, and that isolationism is ended though future U.S. role remains uncertain.
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London
Britain
Germany
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Harriman
Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
Winston Churchill
Taft Gillette Backing Roosevelt Foreign Policy Stance
Senators Taft of Ohio and Gillette of Iowa signaled readiness to back Roosevelt's international course within congressionally enacted policy. Gillette said he would support steps under new arms carrying legislation, while Taft urged backing only for policies explicitly authorized by law. Pepper of Florida praised minority support as democratic.
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Taft
Ohio
Gillette
Iowa
Congress
Washington
Jtowa
Roosevelt
Iowan
Pepper
Fla
Rail unions consider government takeover of railroads
Washington AP dispatch reports President Roosevelt invited congressional and labor department aides to discuss labor laws as Railway Trainmen union head Whitney says the group is ready to urge government control of railroads to avoid a national walkout. Rayburn says defense labor legislation will be considered next week amid strike threats and production disruptions.
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Bulletin— Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Labor Department
White House
F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Whitney
Sam Rayburn
House
Rayburn
Singer’s Voice Scares Prowler On Hotel Roof
Philadelphia AP report says Eleanor Kade, 20, and her mother Mrs Eleanor Kade heard a prowler on the sun deck of the Hotel King. The mother fired a leveled pistol but the intruder grabbed her before fleeing as the singer boasted she can hit a 34 note range and screamed all 34 notes.
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Philadelphia
Eleanor Kade
Miss Kade
Bomb wrecks U S consulate in Indo China
London based wires report Saigon French Indo China and France communications interrupted after a bomb wrecked the U S consulate at Saigon Sunday night. No staff injuries noted. Con sul Sidney Browne Vice consul Kingsley Hamilton and clerk Carolyn Jacobs among staff. Names indicate U S diplomats involved amid wartime Indo China crisis.
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Bulletin— London
Exchange Telegraph
Rome Radio
Saigon
Indo-China
France
Washington
State Department
Alt Wooster
Credit Rules Won’t Be Changed Until After Christmas
Washington AP reports the federal reserve board will keep existing credit rules through the holiday season. Under Sept 1 terms, consumer purchases such as radios and appliances require 20 percent down and 18 months to pay, while furniture is 10 percent down with 18 months. Automobiles demand one-third down and 18 months to pay the balance. only items competing with defense for scarce materials appear on the regulated list.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Cedar Rapids Weather Drops to 13 Degrees as Autumn Rebounds
The Cedar Rapids area saw a record fall to 13 degrees on Monday morning, stayed near 7 to 7:30 am, then warmed to 38 degrees by 2 15 pm with humidity at 45 percent. A Monday low was five degrees below Sunday’s minimum, while the day earlier reached freezing briefly in the afternoon before dipping again at night.
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American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
Birmingham
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
New York
John R. Steelman
United States Conciliation Service
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
United States Gunboats Withdrawn From Yangtze Patrol
The U S Navy announced it is withdrawing a number of gunboats from the Yangtze patrol in China while not removing all. A spokesman declined to disclose how many vessels are being reassigned or their new destinations. Before the Panay sinking on December 12, 1937, seven gunboats were on duty.
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Don Quixote
Germany
Japan
Manchukuo
Hungary
Spain
Russia
Comintern
Washington
Navy
United States
China
United Press
Netherlands
United States of Braz
Brazil
Surenam
Paramaribo
Big Fire Strikes Seward Alaska Port City
SEATTLE AP A major blaze tore through Seward Alaska port and main thoroughfareon Fourth Avenue between Washington and Adams, burning buildings on both sides. The fire remained out of control at noon with unofficial losses near 1 million dollars, threatening U S Army logistics at the southern Alaska railroad terminus.
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Seattle
Seward
Alaska
United States Army
Fourth Avenue
Washington
Adams Streets
Troops to Protect Surinam Bauxite Mines in Dutch Guiana
The White House says a U S contingent will move into Surinam to defend bauxite mines supplying most of America’s aluminum. Netherlands and United States agree to joint protection with Brazil’s participation. The move aims to secure critical resources amid wartime threats and regional instability in French Guiana.
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Washington
White House
Dutch Guiana
United States
Netherlands
South America
Brazil St
British Guiana
French Guiana
Paramaribo
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Surinam
Netherlands Indies
Pacific
United States of America
United States Army
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