British Smash Bardia As Tobruk Looms In Libya Drive
British forces push beyond Bardia into Libya, nearing Tobruk as 30 000 Italian prisoners and war material fall to the advance. General Bergonzoli's Italian garrison surrenders after 20 days of siege, with RAF bombers targeting Tobruk and air combat yielding Italian losses.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Army of the Nile
Libya
Bardia
Tobruk
Italy
Archibald P. Wavell
London
Tobruuk
RAF
Piave
Annibale Bergonzoli
Canadian Firms Refuse War Profits In Moral Stand
Ottawa reports a growing movement of manufacturers declining any profit from wartime contracts. Some firms even returned profits and management salaries, citing a belief in a profiteerless war while Canada channels about a billion dollars annually into the conflict.
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Canada
President's Message Emphasizes Unity and Sacrifice
The president asserts the American people will not tolerate tyranny. He cites unity of purpose as the nation’s strength and pledges support for those fighting for freedom. He calls for personal sacrifice and notes broad willingness among Americans to respond.
Churchill Names Three New War Cabinet Production Bodies
Prime Minister Churchill assigns three new executive groups to oversee Britain's production imports and postwar reconstruction. Production goes to Ernest Bevin imports to Sir Andrew Duncan and reconstruction to Arthur. Bevin Duncan and reconstruction team include Beaverbrook Alexander Lyttleton Woolton. The changes aim for faster decisive action with five ministers coordinating imports.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Labor
Ernest Bevin
Andrew Duncan
Arthur
Sir Andrew
Lord Beaverbrook
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Oliver Lyttleton
Board of Trade
Lord Woolton
War Cabinet
Roosevelt calls for rapid U. S. armament push
President Roosevelt warned Congress of an unprecedented foreign peril and urged a swift and driving increase in U S armaments for defense and aiding democracies abroad. He framed the action as essential to confront escalating threats and pledged bold steps to mobilize the nation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Unity Grows In Americas Says Daniels
Raleigh businessman and diplomat Josephus Daniels told the Raleigh Rotary Club that Pan American unity will grow in 1941 under the good neighbor policy. He cited Mexican student exchanges, UNC visits, and scholarships as signs of closer U S Latin American ties amid Roosevelt’s defense push.
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Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Raleigh Rotary Club
Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Americas
United States
Rio Grande
Europe
Henry A. Wallace
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Textile
N. C. State College
Oil Operator Gets Hearing
Chairman Wheeler said William Rhodes Davis an international oil operator would be allowed to tell an interstate commerce subcommittee the circumstances behind European war peace proposals he reportedly conveyed to the late Department months ago. Davis asked Congress investigate charges he worked for an ace on Hitler terms and aided Germany and Italy to obtain oil from Mexico. Wheeler, chairman of the committee probing foreign influences on the defense program, said Davis should be permitted to speak.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
William Rhodes Davis
Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Department
Davis
Congress
Ace
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Mexico
Italians Making Determined Stand
Greek dispatches report considerable Italian gains despite counter-attacks along the coast and in the Tepeleni Klisura sector. The fight described as severe as weather improves, with Italy aiming to defend Valona and delay Greek advance. Prisoners and captured material noted, high command calling weekend fighting largely local.
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Athens
Valona
Albania
Italy
Chimara
Tepeleni-Klisura
Supreme Court Supports NLRB Authority to Enforce Written Contracts
The Supreme Court held the Labor Board may require a company to sign a written contract with a labor organization when an agreement is reached on employment conditions under the Wagner Act. Justice Stone delivered the decision with no dissent, McReynolds not participating. Heinz argued the bulletin written agreement satisfied obligations, while the board also sought to disestablish Heinz Empl oyees Association. The report also notes Albanian battlefront activity with Greek troops captured and RAF air raids on Elbasani.
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Supreme Court
Labor Board
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H. J. Heinz Company
Pittsburgh
Justice McReynolds
The
Canning and Pickle Workers
AFL
Sixth Federal Circuit
Heinz Employes Association
Reich Silence Ominous Sign For England
Berlin reports an ominous silence in authorized quarters about troop movements in the Balkans. Officials deny Bulgarian talks, while noting traditional but undisclosed relations with Bulgaria and no official comment on Soviet envoys. Psych explanations say rumors rise when missing puzzle pieces and shifting motives invite inquiry.
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London
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Germany
Bogdan Philoff
Europe
Moscow
Hitler's Air Blitz Plans Target Britain, Say Observers
Ray Tucker reports that Allied observers abroad warn the worst air blitz is still to come with up to 3000 bombers ready in five air corps. They predict a surprise air strike aimed at crippling British production, transport, and communications as invasion plans unfold beneath waves of bombers and transports.
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Herr Hitler
London
England
Hitler
British Isles
Transporta
Orson Welles
Mars
Berlin
Nazis Sweep Paris Libraries for Anti Nazi Writings
Widespread Gestapo raids on Paris libraries and bookstores have removed or restricted books deemed anti Nazi. Early orders forced shopkeepers to surrender 143 titles within 30 minutes, with later bans extending to works with anti German content including French authors and books on totalitarian regimes.
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T. F. Koop
Washington
Paris
Seine
Gestapo
Ministers summoned to Moscow amid Balkan German troop moves
Soviet ministers to Bulgaria Hungary Romania and Yugoslavia rushed to Moscow for Kremlin talks on Germanys rising military might in the Balkans. Berlin moves and massed Balkan forces heighten tension as Bulgaria and Yugoslavia face possible German drives near the Dardanelles and Greece.
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Romania
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Rumania
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Danube
Bulgarian Communist Party
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Norway
Hopkins Leaves for London on Yankee Clipper
Harry L. Hopkins Roosevelt’s envoy to Britain departed New York aboard the Yankee Clipper for London. He declined to discuss motives of his mission, saying he would return when finished and that he would not add to the President’s statements.
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Harry L. Hopkins
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Great Britain
London
Eleven Die When Navy Bomber Crashes on Mountain
A Navy transport plane crashed into Mother Grundy Mountain near White Mountain California killing all 11 aboard. Weather blamed for flight path deviation and foggy ceiling. plane carried four crew members from a Texas mishap and three aboard the Texas flight survived. The crash site scattered wreckage on the 3000 foot peak, and an official inquiry was ordered.
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Head Hill
Ark
David Everett Ferguson
Neponset
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Harrison
Victor S. Gaulin
Lowell
Mass
James Cyril Flemming
Reading
Frank Recke, Jr
National City
L. J. Hughes
Grand Rapids
Mich
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A. M. Parry
Los Angeles
Marvin Magee
Long Branch
N. J
Frank Richard Naylor
Dayton
Armed Clash Along Ecuador Peru Border Reported
Quito reports a 30 minute battle Saturday at Corral Viejo in the disputed border zone. Ecuadorean detachments suffered no losses while Peruvians allegedly launched an unjustified attack and were compelled to retire. Ecuador protests trespass by three Peruvian aircraft over its territory. Frontier garrisons ordered to remain vigilant and defend the homeland.
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Ecuador
Foreign Ministry
Corral Viejo
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