Britain strikes Libya offensive bursts with desert clash
Allied forces push 50 miles into Libya along a 140 mile front in a major desert offensive led by Cunningham with American tanks and air support. Churchill hailed a decisive push as German and Italian units retreated, while Mussolini’s command claimed counterattacks and projected a 90 mile front in Marmarica.
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Britain
Libya
North Africa
Tendon
Slaught
Erwin Rom- Mel
Girt
Tobruk
Bardia
RAF
Salum
Gaid
London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Fleete
Fotillas
Archibald P. Wavell
Steross
Alan Gordon Cunningham
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Adolf Hiilesa
Sidi Omar
Orsia
Rome
Mussolini
Marmarica
Gerron
Joseph Stalin
Sub Attack British Convoy Off Canadian Coast
Snow and cold sweep Huron area with temperatures falling to 26 by morning and expected to plummet to 15 to 21 degrees. Federal meteorologist B R Laskowski cautions flurries will continue with winds of 20 to 25 mph and a lingering cold spell across much of the state, including a 12 degree below zero low in Butte, Montana.
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Hurron
B. R. Laskowski
Mercury
Spearfish
Butte, Mont
Two Freighters Sunk Near Newfoundland by Submarines
Survivors from five crew members tell of a convoy torpedo attack about 400 miles from the U S base in Newfoundland. A second vessel was also struck after the subs trailed the convoy for three days and sent up lifeboats. Survivors landed at St John’s and by a Canadian corvette. The date and convoy size were not released. Edwin Walt fined for speeding by Municipal Judge C. on e.
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U. S
Newfoundland
Sen
Navy
Amius MacDonald
MacDonald
Belle Isle
Atlantic
Belle Isle Strait
U. S. Navy
Maine
St. John’s
St. Lawrence River
Edwin Walt
Five Perish In Train Disaster Near San Fernando
In a Ventura County tunnel disaster, five crewmen died and two stowaways perished as a 96 car Southern Pacific freight stalled in the Has san Tunnel near the Los Angeles county line. Conductor Harry H. Hartley and crewmen V L Rippey C B Castle B J Byrne of Los Angeles and Fireman Boyd Bonner of Bakersfield perished after escaping 2500 feet to the outside. Engineers John Dunne and Fireman S E Snodgrass of Agric tried to shut off a water valve to curb flames but were overwhelmed. Flames and smoke filled the tunnel from an auto automatic air brake failure after a coupling broke and oil burner flames surged under the cab. See TRAIN WRECK Page Two
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van Nuys
Calif
Southern California
Gunnee
Hassan Tunnel
Ventura
Los Angeles County
Southern Pacific
Harry H. Hartley
V. L. Rippey
C. B. Castle
B. J. Byrne
Los Angeles
Boyd Bonner
Bakersfield
John Dunne
S. E. Snodgrass
A Agric
Inn
Weygand Quits Prompting U S Review Of Franco North Africa
The United States reviews its entire relationship with France after General Maxime Weygand, Vichy North Africa pro-consul, is removed. Washington suspends economic aid to French North Africa and monitors Franco German moves as Axis pressure grows. Weygand’s retirement and replacement plans in North Africa follow Vichy shakeups and German influence.
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North Africa
U. S
France
Washington
State Department
United States
Maxime Weygand
Vichy
French North Africa
Department
Weygand
Hitler
Engish Samperial
Italian
Libya
North African
Tunisia
Europe
Morocco
Algiers
Marshal Petain
North
Africa
Dakar
Fenard
Chatel
Algeria
Paris
Hoover Urges Halt to Propaganda for War
Former President Hoover in an Union League Club address broadcast by Columbia warned against propaganda urging an overseas war. He said agencies and press abroad already push for sending American troops to Europe or Persia and Egypt, calling such intervention a futile loss of life and a threat to U.S. freedom.
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Chicago
Hoover
Union League Club
Columbia
Persia
Egypt
United States
FSA Conference Closes Today
Farm Security Administration farm and home supervisors from Huron Mitchell and Aberdeen districts concluded a conference at Fan aoe Orel to aid FSA personnel with problems. The session closed and summarized farming books and practices, with new procedures to be encouraged in the districts. District Supervisors Findley of Mitchell and Wilcox of Aberdeen presided, assisted by home management supervisors Mildred Daniel and Esther Ausseth, with regional and state staff from Lincoln and the state director also in attendance.
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Farm Security Administration
Huron
Mitchell
Aberdeen
Tee Fan
Craig
FSA
W. B. Findley
L. R. Wilcox
Mildred Daniel
Esther Ausseth
A. BR. Hecht
Paul Christopher Son
Tenane Pulp
Lincoln
Nebraska
W. J. Johns
Jennie G. Tread
No Necessity For Big Appropriations Declared By Adams
Senator Adams of Colorado argues Congress seeks war funds far exceeding American defense needs. He criticizes the military production program as wasteful while Roosevelt requests 7.08 billion dollars for defense, adding to about 58.5 billion already appropriated. Adams chairs a Senate appropriations subcommittee weighing the bill.
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Washington
Adams
Colorado
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
CIO Sees Need Of Labor Peace
Detroit November convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations urged a peaceful solution to industrial disputes to support national defense production. The CIO and affiliated unions pledged to cooperate with industry and government and use government mediation to avoid strikes, while opposing legislation that would deprive workers of the right to strike.
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Detroit
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Minneapolis Woman Attacked After Forcing into Car
A 32 year old married hospital cook, Mrs Clara Steen of Minneapolis, was abducted at gunpoint while walking to Dea cones Hospital around 6 am. A gray car stopped and a man urged her inside. she refused, the man then forced her into the vehicle and assaulted her between Twenty-Second and Twenty-Third Streets near Eleventh Avenue. The assailant drove away and returned near the hospital before fleeing. The victim and local authorities pursue leads as the investigation continues.
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Minar No
Deacones Hospital
Clara Steen
Franklin
Fourteenth Av
Sts
Sergia
Ean Oliver Steen
Newfoundland
Government Intervention Looks Likely In Coal Strike
Washington reports indicate government action looms as up to 90000 miners stay idle in sympathy with the captive coal strike. Roosevelt presses a peace formula while John Lewis resists, raising the prospect of federal takeover of mines with troops or swift congressional legislation to curb defense strikes.
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Washington
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Brownsville
Eden
H.C. Frick Company
Fayetts County
Mina
James Maher
Gary
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
CIO
Tabor
Lewis
Capitol Hill
Connally
Texas
Car-Crash Kills Two As Train Collides At Dallas Crossings
In Dallas, a Streamline passenger train and a steel-laden truck collided at a grade crossing on the outskirts of the city. Two people were killed instantly, engineer D F Sewell died later, and six were seriously injured. The engine and several cars derailed and plunged into a ditch. injuries included four passengers and two crew members.
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Dallas
Tex
Sertitien Uy
Arthur Spearman
Fort Worth
Denver
D. F. Sewell
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