The War Today in Cyrenaica and a Threat to German Morale
A five day battle in Cyrenaica shows the British tightening the noose as Germans and Italians face encirclement. The weather and supplies favor the Allies while German leadership weighs abandoning thousands of Africa fighters. Axis propaganda downplays losses as Hitler eyes a costly push toward Moscow by Christmas.
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Sands of
Cyrenaica
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Axisland
Russia
Rostov-on-Don
Moscow
CIO Convention Demands Union Shop Critiques Labor Board
Detroit reports the CIO Congress closes its fourth annual National Convention with calls for employer acceptance of the union shop, sharp censure of the National Labor Relations Board, and an attack on the FBI. Delegates protest FBI actions and back the union in the coal mine strike, while urging civil liberties expansion and warning of political policing dangers.
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Detroit
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Wits
National Labor Relations Board
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
CIO
National Defense Program
Civil Liberties Unit
Justice Department
Sestapo
FBI
Leader of Mormons ridicules idea of less work
Salt Lake City Nov. 22 GP The venerable leader of 900000 Mormons Heber J Grant president of the Latter Day Saints Church on his 85th birthday anniversary today called the doctrine of less work and more pay ridiculous He said success comes from working and that men should not work only a few hours a day The statement focuses on the value of labor for the nation and youth.
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Salt Lake City
Heber J. Grant
Latter-Day Saints Church
Nazis Capture Rostov on Don in Oil Route Victory
Berlin reports Rostov on Don, a key oil and rail hub at the northern gateway to the Caucasus, has fallen to German forces aided by air power. The capture blocks Caucasian oil flow to central Russia, with warehouses, factories, and the Scinaschtroj plant seized. Rostov’s fall accelerates a drive toward the Caucasus and Caspian ports, shaping the Eastern Front.
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Berlin
Rostov -On- Don
Caucasus
Don River
Sea of Azov
Russia
Baku
Caspian Sea
Moscow
High Command
Rostov
Red Army
Sovie
Scinaschstroj
Ewald von Kleist
Sea of
Agov
Kharkov
Volga River
Astrakhan
Seaplane Tender Casco Christened Amid Champagne Splash
Bremerton, Wash. Capt. William J. Giles, in the 13th naval district, watched as his wife struck the bottle across the bow thirteen times before the new seaplane tender U.S.S. Casco was officially christened. The champagne bottle was encased in perforated metal to prevent glass from showering spectators.
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Bremerton
Wash
William J. Giles
13Th Naval District
U.S.S. Casco
Soldiers Offer To Mine Coal At Camp Forrest
At Camp Forrest Tennessee, 102 members of Battery C, 91st Field Artillery, offered to mine coal at current pay and donate the pay difference to the National Defense Treasury. They signed the telegram to John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers Union, countering earlier Army mining doubts.
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Camp Forrest
Tenn
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers Union
United States Army
91St Field Artilery
Treasury of
United States For National Defense
Lewis
CIO Union
Nazis Seek Formal Peace With France in German Plan
New York dispatch reports Germany aims to transform the French armistice into a formal peace settlement in exchange for major concessions in North Africa and air bases. Observers say Berlin prizes France joining the new order over Italy, with Petain possibly meeting a senior German figure in occupied France.
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New York
Germany
France
North
Africa
Europe
Associated Press
Berlin
Italy
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Adolf Hitler
Pope says Church will not mix into disputes
Pope Pius XII said the Catholic Church seeks no part in political regime disputes and will act as a guide of consciences. The remark came during an audience with Argentina’s new ambassador, Llobet, who presented credentials after a private 15 minute meeting in the Vatican throne room.
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Vatican City
Pius
Bombing in Chungking described with vivid survivor sights
Ralph Ingersoll recalls daylight bombing of Chungking, detailing city shelters, air currents, and the terror felt as bombs rain from 27 twin motor planes. He portrays the rise of a gray cloud over the city and the deafening concussion that shatters eardrums, as the city endures an undefended onslaught.
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London
Chungking
China
John Lewis Put On Board Of Arbitration
The United Mine Workers policy committee backed President Roosevelt’s plan to send the captive mine dispute to a three man arbitration board. John R. Steelman, Benjamin Fairless, and John L. Lewis would form the panel as Lewis urged an immediate return to work in both captive and commercial mines. The CIO urged employers to accept union shop to foster industrial harmony. Roosevelt planned further talks on labor legislation and considered repealing the Guffey Coal Act.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Roosevelt
John R. Steelman
Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Benjamin Fairness
U. S. Steel
John N. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Labor
Lewis
Threeman Board
National Policy Committee
White House
The
United Mine Workers of America
Benjamin EF. Fairless
John L. Lewis
Steel Companies
CIO
Detroit
Norton
House Labor Committee
Connally
Tex
Capitol
Congress
Nazi Attacks Press Moscow Defenses. Maxwell Leads Africa Aid
Cairo dispatch reports Brig. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell arrives with aides to direct American aid to British forces in Africa and their Libyan campaign. He will oversee U S material support as the Maxwell mission expands across the continent. In Russia, German efforts toward Mozhaisk near Moscow intensify with northern and southern flanks under pressure. Soviets resist with counterattacks and stubborn defense as German forces employ new tactics.
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Cairo
Egypt
Russell L. Maxwell
United States
Africa
Axis
Libya
Maxwell
U.S
Alexander
Co. Wirk
Ralph Knapp
Santa Fe Railway
Kuibyshev
Russia
Moscow
Mozhaisk
Kalinin
Tula
Red
Stubben
Italian Garrisons Surrender Near Gondar
In Kenya Colony on November 22 a British army and air force communique announced the surrender of two Italian garrisons at Culquabert and Ferronber east of Lake Tana in Ethiopia. Ground troops followed two days of heavy raids, clearing the way for a final assault on Gondar defenses ten miles south of the city.
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Natrobs
Kenya Colony
Culquabert
Ferronber
Ethiopia
Lake Tana
Gondar Arta
Mussolini
Talian
Storm Halts Libya Drive as Rain Grounds Nazi Planes
A fierce desert rainstorm near Libya slows Axis air operations on the first day of the Libyan campaign. British fliers advance tens of miles from the Egyptian frontier while German Stukas fail to launch as airports flood and US built aircraft drop bombs on Derina Airfield as the storm moves east toward the Egyptian border.
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Libya
Desert
Mediterranean
Derina
Senators Denounce Censorship of Navy Submarine Sinkings
In Washington three non interventionist senators Wheeler Van Nuys and Nye urged the Navy Department to publish the number of German submarines sunk by American ships. Pepper warned against sensational disclosure citing wartime cautions. The lawmakers condemned withholding naval details as eroding public confidence and argued Americans deserve full, safe information on naval actions.
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Washington
Senate
Wheeler
D-Mont
van Nuys
D-Ind
Nye
RND
Navy Department
Pepper J.d-Fla
D “Y
Knox
Hitler
Stalin
Congress
Berlin
Axis Soldiers Are Caught By Tank Columns
Cairo report says Tobruk garrison broke out of the Axis siege and drove toward Rezegh as British tanks, including American built models, join the fight. Luftwaffe and Italian forces suffer heavy losses while Rommel’s entrenched positions near Fort Capuzzo and Sidi Omar face coordinated British pressure.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Libya
Eighth Army
RAF
Rezegh
Africa
Halfaya Pass
Sidi Omar
Fort Capuzzo
Salum
Gabr Saleh
Salam- Sidi Omar
Erwin
Rommel
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Alvin J. Steinkopp
Stovs
Ralph Ingersoll
Fm, Inc
Us.a
Canada
International Copyright Union
John Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
Fort Bragg
Pope Field
Army Airport
N. C
Carolinas
Army Air Corps
Storm
By Godfrey Anderson
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