Soviets claim Axis lines shattered along Sea of Azov
Soviet reports claim five Axis divisions wiped out along the Sea of Azov and a new German offensive in the Don basin defeated. Moscow says fighting continues on the front despite heavy snow, with 8,700 German troops killed or wounded recently and key German commanders reported dead or wounded.
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Sea of Azov
Kuibyshev
Don Basin
Moscow
Moestor
Crimea
Kursk
Kharkov
Ewald von Kiefer
Mariupol
Taganrog
Rostov
Schmidt
Izvestia
Caucasus
Pat Pece Schmidt
Semyon Timoshenko
Timoshenko
Foes Square Off for New Desert Clash
Imperial forces realign in the Libyan desert as reinforcements advance for four Axis divisions. The looming showdown aims to end the prolonged Libyan campaign stalemate with mopping up and tactical changes under Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham.
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Cairo
Sir Alan Cunningham
Eighth Army
Tobruk
Mike Hamid
Sidi Rezegh
Bu Uda
Convict Grabs Gun Kills Son of Ketchum on Bus
In Moundsville a prison bus en route to the state penitentiary was stopped near Proctor when Brown Gibson seized guard Orville Metz’s gun and fatally shot Philip Ketchum, 24, son of Warden M. E. Ketchum, and wounded Metz. Other prisoners restrained Gibson with a chain. troopers later took the group to the penitentiary.
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Moundsville
Kanawha
Orville Metz
State Penitentiary
Philip Ketchum
M. E. Ketchum
Proctor
Wetzel
Marshall County
West Virginia
Ameiae
L. H. Whitten
Brown Gibson
Kanawha County
Moundsyile
Whitten
Charles Fowler
Kan
Gibson
Metz
Ketchum
Warplane Output Near Twenty Thousand in 1941
Col John H Jouett official spokesman for the American aircraft industry disclosed production figures showing U S factories already turning out more military planes a month than Germany For 1941 production will be nearly 20 000 with a forecast to rise to 50 000 planes annually in the coming year This followed his reelection as president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
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W. W. Chaplin
New York
INS
Col
John H. Jouett
Germany
Col. Jouett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
U. S
Washington
China
Burma
Army
Navy
Gibson Held in Solitary After Jail Break Attempt
Brown Gibson killed a guard and wounded another during an attempted jail break from a prison bus. Kanawha County deputies thwarted his plan two weeks earlier after noticing an unusual purchase of steel guitar strings. Gibson, deemed dangerous, had been kept in solitary until his arrest at home near Sissonville following a two month manhunt by state police and deputies.
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Brown Gibson
Kanawha County
Gibson
Kanawha
Sissonville
Churchill Wins Two Commons Victories on Conscription
London dispatch reports the Churchill government securing two Commons votes in favor of a broad conscription measure despite Labour resistance. The motions passed 326 to 10 and 336 to 40, with Ernest Bevin outlining concessions and promising debate on pay and future revisions.
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London
INS
Churchill
Commons
Laborites
Labor
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Reds and Poles Sign Postwar Friendship Pact
In Moscow on December 4, Russia and Poland signed a declaration of friendship promising mutual full military assistance. The pact aims for complete victory with Britain and other allies, with Stalin and Sikorski signing after two days of talks. The agreement pledges wartime cooperation until German invaders are defeated.
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Moscow
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Russia
Poland
Britain
U. S
Josef Stalin
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Japan Rejects Hull Formula, Domei Says
Domei asserts Japan rejected Secretary Hull’s basic U S principles as a basis for continued Pacific peace talks. The statement notes Tokyo doubts United States and Britain's plans to isolate Thailand and expand influence in Asia.
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Japan
Domei
Tokyo
Hull
U.S
Pacific
Domei Agency
Finnish Troops Reoccupy Hango After Russian Evacuation
Helsinki reports a disastrous Russian evacuation from the Hango naval base. Aimed at moving 20,000 to 50,000 troops to Leningrad, the operation ended in debacle with many ships sunk. The big transport Josef Stalin reportedly surrendered with 6,000 soldiers aboard. German claims say 7,000 prisoners were taken.
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Helsinki
Finland
Hango
Leningrad
Tallinn
Josef Stalin
Extra Shopping Money From Last Year's Toys
If children outgrew toys from last year sell them for cash through Gazette Want Ads. The ad promises quick results and offers items such as a large size roll top desk and chair. Dial 2678 before 9 PM tonight.
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Notte
Tokyo Conference May Signal Pacific Peace or War
Washington December four INS reports Secretary of State Cordell Hull will meet Japan's envoys Saburo Kurusu and Kichisaburo Nomura at the State Department to seek a fateful answer on peace or a major Pacific conflict. Hull’s talks come as the United States demands a halt to Japanese aggression in French Indo China and the Far East.
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Washington
INS
Cordell Hull
Japan
Pacific
Hull
Saburo Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
State Department
Indo-China
Thailand
U. S
Far
Hoosevelt
Far East
White House
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Senate
House
Aid Nearing Burma Road to Boost Supply Route
A detachment of 46 U S mechanical and trucking experts arrives in Manila en route to Burma road posts to clear bottlenecks and protect convoys from Japanese bombers. They bring 250000 dollars in supplies for the Burma road and Far East forces and will establish repair stations along the 12 mile route.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Burma
China
Keep Hands Off Siam Warns U S Britain From Tokyo
Tokyo radio broadcast picked up in New York by NBC says peaceful solution to Japan America problems grows harder as anti Japanese encirclement tightens. Japan warns the United States and Britain to keep hands off Thailand and reject Anglo-Saxon intrusion into its economic and political expansion toward south Asia.
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New York
NBC
Domei
U.S
U. S
Britain
Thailand
East Asia
Japan
Asia
Hull
Washington
Pacific
Far East
China
Indo-China
Radio Tonight
Tokyo
South Asia
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