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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1941
Page
7
A chaotic German leadership shakeup follows Hitler’s reorganization moves as Field Marshal von Blomberg is fired and top generals face relief. Russian counterattacks grow from Finland to the Baltic, with reports of heavy losses for German divisions and shifting strategic aims amid war weariness.
The text reports Adolf Hitler naming himself Generalissimo and Commander in Chief of the German armed forces to unify power under his control. It cites his appeal to soldiers to sustain loyalty, with promises of victory and national salvation, and references to memories of past battles and the wartime role of the German army.
A December 2 train collision in a snow storm at Gallup yards on the Santa Fe line killed a Black porter and wounded four soldiers. One line was cleared after the crash, with delays on the transcontinental route.
A national advisory committee of 69 prominent men and women will aid the Red Cross war fund campaign. Thomas W. Lamont of New York chairs the group with Norman H. Davis announcing the list. Members include Edsel Ford, Robert Millikan, Herbert Hoover, Murrow, Roche, Sproul, O Nea l, Colt, and Lamont among others from Houston to Denver and Berkeley. The effort seeks 50 million dollars to support Red Cross war relief.
Sir Charles Brooke cites British failure in Malaya as caused by Brass incompetence and near criminal neglect by military and political leaders in Singapore. In Montrose, Thomas Monard, 38, an electrical appliance salesman, died from a Juliet wound after a Friday target shooting incident north of town.
An army 8 28 bomber crashed near Jackson Airbase and exploded killing five crew members. Named dead include Second Lt. Claudia A Knight of Ocala Florida, Second Lt. Robert A. Saner of Fremont Ohio, and Second Lt Lesley Shimeall of Chicago Illinois along with others reportedly from Indiana Pennsylvania and Poughkeepsie. Home addresses and next of kin were listed where known.
North Platte Nebraska report says Richard Arnold 25 amputated his arm above the wrist with a 35 cent jackknife after his hand was mangled in a corn picker. He died at a hospital today. In Philadelphia a son was born to Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr at Pennsyl vania Hospital at 11 03 am.
The navy said submarines were active off both the east and west coasts. The tanker Emidio was torpedoed and abandoned off California after shelling. the Agwiworld was also shelled and fired upon. Survivors were rescued, and the navy noted multiple attacks within five hours, 300 miles apart, with crews missing among the Emidio’s list.
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