Reds Retake 200 Villages Along Azov Front
Russian forces claim a large scale advance on the southern front driving back Germans along a 60 mile line west of Taganrog and recapturing areas in the Donets region. Soviet reports say Moscow flank pressure intensifies as German reinforcements pour in amid harsh winter conditions.
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Taganrog
Moscow
Leningrad
Rostov-on-Don
Matveyev Kurgan
Donets
Stalino
Tagance
Poland
Ewald von Kielst
Semyon ‘Timoshenko
Tedio
Mariupol
Pravda
von Kreist
Ite
Vorenhilovgrad
Rostov
Izvestia
Klin
Volokolamsk
Tula
Moscow Says Nazi Batteries Silenced
Moscow radio reported that German batteries pounding Moscow have been silenced. Claims of German halts at Klin and Volokolamsk, Mozhaisk, and Stalinogorsk were also broadcast, intercepted by the British and relayed to NBC in New York.
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New York
Insi
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Klin
Volo- Kholamsak
Mozhaisk
Stalinogorsk
Kuibyshev Radio
British Broadcasting Company
NBC
Reich Claims Retreat Halted In Azov Front
Berlin reports a German line east of Taganrog held firm as Russian assaults failed to advance. German dispatches emphasize Russian losses and note Italian and Slovak troops nearby. Leningrad faced intense artillery bombardment with fires seen in munitions stores.
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Berlin
Sea of Azov
Germany
Taganrog
Russia
Rostov
Moscow
Leningrad
GOP Urged to Back U S Foreign Policy
President Paul Chambers, Logan attorney and head of the state Young Republican league, urged about 300 members to back U S foreign policy as the open session of a two day meeting opened. He argued Roosevelt’s many commitments make policy changes impossible without repudiation. Gordon Allott of Lamar, national YR federation president, was slated to speak this afternoon.
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U. S
Paul Chambers
State
Young Republican League
Chambers
League
Roosevelt
Logan
House Approves $8.24 Billion Defense Fund in 309 5 Vote
The U S House passed a defense bill totaling 8 244 billion dollars with 1 556 billion for lend lease aid and 269 million to keep the Philippine Commonwealth army ready The measure moves to the Senate while opponents seek to strip lend lease funds and cap diversion of defense material under the act.
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INS
House
Senate
Rep
Lambertson
R.kan.t
Appropriations Committee
Britain
Russia
China
Dutch East Indies
Turkey
U.S. Army
Roosevelt
British Repel Axis Attacks Near Tobruk At Ed Duda
British night command says three Axis assaults on Ed Duda southeast of Tobruk were repulsed with heavy casualties and 20 tanks destroyed. Indians reportedly knocked out 18 Italian tanks in El Gobi, while New Zealand units killed 100 Germans and captured 100 prisoners west of Menastir. Berlin says Germans content to pause.
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Cairo
Ed Dida
Tobruk
Ed Duda
el Gobi
New Zealand
Menastir
Berlin
Libya
Wildcat Boom in Oil Decried as Dangerous
Harrisburg Pennsylvania December 5 Commerce Secretary Mark Aimes warned against any runaway wildcat boom in the states oil fields noting that Pennsylvania had nearly 82000 operating wells amounting to more than one fifth of US total He said a large addition would be economically unsound and harm the industry future. James remarks followed Fred B Howland of Kewanee Oil Titusville claiming price hikes could spur production and wildcatting Leon Henderson Prize Administrator opposed any rate increases.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commerce
Mark Aimes
U. S
James
Fred B. Howland
Kewanée Oil Company
Titusville
Leon Henderson
Aerial battleship Mars damaged in test crash
Fire and flying debris disabled the U S navy 70 ton Mars during water tests on Middle River Maryland. One engine failed six occupants injured a propeller blade tore through the cabin as fire erupted before the ship ran aground and tests were halted pending repairs.
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U. S. Navy
Mars
Middle River
J.T. Hartson
Glenn L. Martin Company
Hartson
W.K. Ebel
Martin
Bennie Zelubonsky
Essex
Europe
Draft Deferments May Be Canceled
Washington reports that a War Department official urged possible reclassification and cancellation of deferments. Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Battley called for using older workers and women in defense industries, arguing the nation must become fully armed as international tensions rise. He warned that class 2-A and 2-B deferments could be reclassified as military needs grow.
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Washington
War Department
Joseph F. Battley
Defense
Army
Navy
OPM
Battley
Decline in Shipping Losses Indicates Record Low
London observers say November Atlantic shipping losses may dip under 100000 tons, the lowest since France fell, versus 180000 tons officially lost through October. British shipbuilding reportedly averaged about 80000 tons per month.
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London
Atlantic
France
British Declare War on Three German Allies
Britain announces declarations of war dispatched to Finland Hungary and Romania after they refused to stop fighting Soviet Russia. The move follows an ultimatum to Helsinki Bucharest and Budapest with no satisfactory replies. Hungary reportedly already in state of war.
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London
Great Britain
Finland
Rumania
Hungary
Russia
U. S
Britain
Helsinki
Bucharest
Budapest
Panama Has Quake Causes Toppled Buildings and Panic
Two strong earthquakes shook Santiago and David in Panama with a third city Panama 60 miles from Costa Rica border reporting damage. Municipal hall and a school collapsed while communications failed and no casualties were immediately reported. David with about 15 000 residents bore the most damage.
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Santiago
Panama City
David
Costa Rica
Paris Quietly Attacked as Nazi Threat Looms
Parisians attacked Nazi officers amid fresh assaults in occupied Paris as Vichy officials seek arrests. A German major was wounded on Rue de Seine and another officer was fired upon at Issy Les Moulineaux. two Nazis were killed in a Montmartre German establishment. Rear Admiral Rene Bard urged residents to help capture attackers amid a 10 December German ultimatum.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Admiral Dartan
Rue de Seine
St. Germain
Latin Quarter
Montmartre
Magenia
Knickerbocker Urges Immediate Knockout of Japan
BLUEFIELD Dec 1 The U S should knock Japan out immediately with land and sea forces to end the war on U S peace terms says Knickerbocker war correspondent and Chicago Sun staff writer He accuses the Japanese government of bowing to terrorists akin to Al Capone era gangsters and warns Soviet victories are overstated He spoke at a Chamber of Commerce dinner and plans a lecture tour before returning to Chicago.
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Bluefield
Dec
U. 8
Japan
U. S
H. RK. Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker
Chicago Sun
Russia
Germany
Nett
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Burma Road Safe, Says Truck Expert Arnstein
Daniel Arnstein, transportation engineer and Roosevelt expert on the Burma road, says lend-lease material is flowing to China and the Burma road cannot be broken by Japanese bombing. He led a commission in China to study the route and advise on speed repairs and traffic.
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W. W. Chaplin
New York
Daniel Arnstein
Roosevelt
Burma
China
Pacific
Te Arnstein
Speed
Arnstein
Chung
Man
Chiang Kia-shek
Japan Repeats Defense Of Indo China Troop Moves
Tokyo says troop movements in French Indo China aim to offset Chinese forces and conform to French Vichy protocol. Washington doubts the claim as large reinforcements exceed 25 000 and reach over 100 000 with ships and air units massing near Thailand.
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Washington
INS
Japan
Roosevelt
Indo-China
Tokyo
White House
Otniene Prasat
China
Japanrne
France
Saigon
Haiphong
Thailand
Japan Says US Misunderstands Policy for Peace
Tokyo officials claim Washington misreads Japan’s far eastern policy and urge sincere talks to find a peaceful Pacific solution. spokesman Tomokazu Hori notes Japan will withdraw nationals from strategic areas and soon have ships calling at embassies in Mexico Panama the U S Malaya and British North Borneo.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Washington
Pacific
Konoye
Mexico
Panama
U. S
Malaya
British North Borneo
Tomokazu Hori
Los Angeles
Sec. Hull
U.S
Far East
Hull
Cal
Australia Races to Strengthen Pacific Defenses
Australia’s war cabinet met in Melbourne on December 5 to approve a broad military cooperation plan with the United States Britain and the Netherlands East Indies amid a rising Pacific crisis. Precautions were announced including cancelling Christmas leave for Darwin troops and air force personnel, ordering a million gas masks for civilians, and forming a volunteer defense corps aged 16 to 60.
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Australia
Pacific
U. S
Britain
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
John Curtin
Darwin
East Indies
Militia
Air Force
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