Mussolini Orders Bardia Garrison To Fight to End
Captured Italian soldiers report Mussolini ordered the Bardia garrison to be ready to die rather than surrender and predicted a second Alcazar. They say Graziani rushed defenses at Tobruk as British heavy pressure looms, with 20,000 Italians trapped and no rescue in sight. The fall, seen as almost certain, would force a brutal retreat or a desert exit.
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Cario
Egypt
Mussolini
Bardia
Spain
West Point
Toledo
Francisco Franco
Tobruk
Rodolfo Graziani
North Africa
Brave Greeks Take Tepeleni
Greek forces on the Albania front claim control of Tepeleni after bayonet charges and shellfire as Italian resistance collapses. Dispatches say Italian artillery withdraws from elevated positions while Greek guns pound the town, morale sapped. infantry storm enemy lines with bayonets.
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Athens
Tepeleni
Middle Albania
Theatre Ticket Presented Capping for Admission to Strands Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs H Hendershot of 1223 West Railroad Street to tonight's presentations at the Strand theatre and the Dixie theatre. Kay Kyser and his College of Musical Knowledge perform at the Strand in You'll Find Out, while Lon Chaney Jr and Carole Landis appear in One Million B.C. at the Dixie.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
H. Hendershot
West Railroad Street
Kay Kyser
College of Musical Knowledge
Strand Theatre
One Million B.C
Lon Chaney, Jr
Carole Landis
Dixie Theatre
Six Cincinnati Hotels Menaced by Evening Strike
Six Cincinnati hotels face a possible strike by about 1200 employees by nightfall as managers rush plans for New Year events. The Cincinnati Hotels Council asked AFL union leaders for wage increase proposals, with a 6 p.m. deadline for contract talks started last summer.
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Cincinnati
Queen City
Cincinnati Hotels Council
AFL
Fred Rasser
Council
Britain faces cash shortage to pay for arms next autumn
A preliminary audit in Washington shows Britain will run out of cash to pay for arms and munitions by early autumn next year. The Treasury balance sheet indicates Britain can cover current orders but cannot cash-pay future purchases. Gold shipments and sale of British securities fund current buys while a fuller analysis proceeds for congressional funding decisions.
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Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Congress
Britain
London
British ‘Treasury
U. S. Treasury
Guard Regiments In State Called For Duty
Charleston dispatch reports Governor Holt was notified by Secretary Stimson that West Virginia National Guard regiments the 201st and 150th infantry will be inducted into federal service on January 6 and January 17 respectively. Holt will issue general orders releasing the 201st by January 6 and the 150th, part of the 38th Army division, by January 17.
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Charleston
Holt
Stimson
West Virginia National Guard
150Th
38 000 Prisoners Taken By British In Offensive
Cairo dispatch reports British HQ says 38 114 prisoners counted in the offensive against Italian Libya. Included 24 845 Italian officers and other ranks, with the remainder non Italian soldiers. British statement notes smooth concentration of forces around Bardia and artillery harassment of the Italian garrison.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Bardia
Ourrtillery
Wheeler to broadcast opposition to lend lease plan
Senator Wheeler of Montana plans a Monday night national radio address to criticize President Roosevelt's lend lease proposal. The 10:30 pm EST speech will be rebroadcast by short wave to foreign countries and cover foreign policy and the president's upcoming radio address. Wheeler urges stronger measures to force peace in Europe and will discuss the plan in detail.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Wheeler
D.mont
NBC
Europe
United States
Britain
Four Merchant Vessels Sunk By Two Nazi Subs
PERLIN December 28. Sinking of four British merchant ships totaling 24 340 tons and a British armed merchant ship Waiotira of 12 329 tons credited to two German submarines. A German scouting plane dropped two heavy bombs on a 3 000 to 10 000 ton vessel east of the Thames mouth. German warplanes bombed London with fires and explosives. pilots reported many fires burning on return.
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Perlin
Thames
London
Sea Raider hoisted Nazi flag before bombardment
The sea raider attacked Nauru after signaling to avoid wireless use. It downed the Japanese flag, raised the swastika, and opened fire at loading equipment stores and fuel tanks, sparing private houses. Nauru, a 3,500 population island, was formerly German.
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Melbourne
Australia
Nauru
Navy Ministry
Navy
William M. Hughes
Guano
Pacific
Hughes
Four Killed In 1800 Ft Plunge Of Motor Car
Bodies of four persons killed in an 1800 foot plunge of their motor car into a rocky canyon 14 miles south of Flagstaff were brought to the city during the night. State patrolman Jack Liston said the car left the highway at a dangerous curve, ripped out 40 feet of guard rail and apparently bounced down ledges 300 to 600 feet below.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Here
Jack Liston
Standard Oil tanker Charles Pratt sinks near Freetown
The Standard Oil tanker Charles Pratt with 42 crew members sank off the West African coast near Freetown. Captain Eric R. Blomquist reported 20 survivors and two sailors, Arthur Duffy of Bayonne New Jersey and Patrick Dougherty of Philadelphia, lost. Uncertainty remains whether a war weapon or accident caused the disaster.
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New York
Standard
Charles Pratt
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
London
Eric R. Blomquist
Arthur Duffy
Wiper
Patrick Dougherty
Duffy
Bayonne
N. J
Dougherty
Philadelphia
Standard Oil
Freetown
Torpedo drives vessel back into safe harbor
A submarine fired an undefinable national unit torpedo at a ship just leaving Punta Delgada in the Azores. The torpedo exploded on the beach near Santa Maria, damaging several houses, while the Panamanian-flagged ship reversed course and reentered the harbor without mishap.
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Punta Delgada
Azores
Santa Maria
Fourteen Die in Japanese Plane Test Flight Tragedy
Tokyo reports a commercial plane on a test flight crashed off the Chiba peninsula, killing fourteen people. The fatalities include a communications ministry official. The government announced the disaster tonight.
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Tokyo
Communcations Ministry
Chiba Peninsula
Aluminum Rationing Studied to Protect Warplane Output
Government circles study aluminum rationing as a means to prevent delays in aircraft production. Defense officials would allocate finished aluminum products to different plane makers, diverting stock from surplus to those lacking supply.
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Max Boyd
Washington
NLRB Order Dismissed Against DuPont Plant
The U S fourth circuit court of appeals dismissed a National Labor Relations Board order against E I DuPont de Nemours after ruling the Belle West Virginia plant had disestablished its Association of Chemical Employees. The decision found posted notices sufficiently expressed disestablishment and rejected union complaints of domination and interference by DuPont.
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Richmond, Va
National Labor Relations Board
E. I. DuPont de Nemours
U. S. Fourth Circuit
Association of Chemical
Belle, W. Va
Employes Association
United’ Mine Workers
CIO
Labor Board
DuPont
German Held Norwegian Harbor Bombed by Allied Planes
London reports fleet air arm and Royal Air Force bombed Haugesund in Norway, hitting a supply ship at a dock, an anchored merchant vessel, and damaging warehouses and jetties. One British plane pressed a low dive to silence an anti aircraft gun. all crews returned safely.
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London
Fleet Air Arm
Royal Air Force
Norweigan
Haugesund
Admirality
Air Ministry
Admiraltty
Aj Dock
Program For Inauguration Of Governor Neely Is Arranged
A parade reception and dance are planned for January 13 when Governor elect M. M. Neely will be sworn in as West Virginia’s 21st chief executive. The West Virginia University cadet band and local groups will march along Charleston’s riverfront boulevard, with United Mine Workers locals and Loyal Order of Moose lodges joining the line. The new governor will be accompanied throughout the day.
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Charleston
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
West Virginia University
T!o
Riverfront Boulevard
Arthur B. Koontz
United Mine Workers of America
Loyal Order of Mose
Neely
Christmas Air Truce Ends as London Bombed by Nazi Raiders
London endured one of the war’s heaviest night raids as waves of German bombers struck after a Christmas truce. Four hours of incendiaries and explosives devastated districts, with several fires quickly controlled. The RAF bombarded ports in occupied France and hospitals near London were damaged, including a 700 patient facility and an American firm building.
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London
Britain
Royal Air Force
France
Bordeaux
Lorient
le Havre
Associated Press
Tiny Tot Burns Saving Doll in Trash Fire
Phyllis Eppard, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orel Sneppard, was hospitalized in Parkersburg after attempting to save a Christmas doll from a trash fire. The accident occurred while the child played near the blaze.
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Pari Surg
Phyllis Eppard
Orel C. Sneppard
Parkersburg
Phyllis
Italian Editor Warns Interventions Spread War
Virginio Gayda, Italian editor, warned American interventionists that sending supply convoys to Britain via neutral Ireland could widen the conflict across the western hemisphere. He noted Japan would react to any extension of European and Asiatic fighting and cited the Axis pact.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Today
Britain
Ireland
Europe
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Pacific
Il Giornale D'Italia
Gayda
Japan
Italy
Germany
Border Trespassers Are Wiped Out By Russians
Russian army troops killed two bands of border trespassers in frontier clashes. Semion Sakal commanded a unit that accounted for the two groups and seized their arms and smuggled goods. The first encounter occurred months ago in the mountains. the second involved a volcanic hideout and ended with rifle fire and grenades.
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Moscow
Comsomol
Communist Youth Party
Pravda
Communist
Semion Sakal
Mounttains
First electron microscope image hints at life start
Howard W Blakeslee reports from Philadelphia that the first actual photograph from the 60 000 diameter electron microscope appears to show molecules clustering into inert crystals. Scientists believe the image may illuminate the beginning of life, though the findings are preliminary and open to interpretation.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Association For the Advancement of Science
More French Officers Dispatched To Africa
Lisbon dispatches report Chief of State Petain authorized a group of French naval officers to take "vacations" in North Africa and several ships sailed from Toulon toward the region. Travelers say Petain aims to rule France alone, resisting foreign impositions and the entry of foreign troops through unoccupied zones.
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Lisbon
Portugal
France
Petain
North
Africa
Toulon
Plan Arraignment Today Of Accused Kidnapers
Three Huntington youths aged 17 and 16 are indicted by a federal grand jury on kidnapping charges. They are set for arraignment before Judge Harry E. Watkins in Huntington. The bills allege Sam de Long Jr, Azel Wyatt, and Edward Williams abducted Durse Wilson in Cincinnati two weeks ago and drove him to Huntington where two filling stations were robbed.
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Huntington
Harry E. Watkins
Sam de Long, Jr
Azel Wyatt
Edward Williams
Durse Wilson
Cincinnati
Huntington District
Germany Plans Limited Move Against Greece Amid Britain Fears
Budapest dispatch reports 300,000 German troops advancing eastward as Hitler weighs attacking Greece via Bulgaria only if Britain uses Greece to threaten central Europe. Germany would not aid Italian forces in Albania if Britain lands in Greece, while Italian claims on French territory drop from Hitler’s concern to maintain Vichy ties.
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Robert B. Parker, JR
Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Greece
Bulgaria
Britain
Europe
Albania
Balkans
France
Darestat
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Philippe Petain
Italy
Roosevelt Works On Radio Speech Draft With Cabinet
President Roosevelt planned to refine his radio address for tomorrow night and briefed cabinet members on the rough draft. The half hour talk aims to be clear and specific on aid to Britain, with discussion focusing on how to present English side prospects and U.S. role.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lehman Lees
Stephen Early
Britain
United States
Herbert
H. Lehman
Grafton Sentinel invites MRS LAWSON to film event
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs O R Lawson of 118 Dorsey Street to tonight's presentation at Opens House theatre featuring Boris Karloff in Doomed to Die current attraction.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
O. R. Lawson
Dorsey Street
Boris Karloff
House
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