War Today reveals Libyan farms fall to Libyans under Senussi guidance
Dewitt Mackenzie surveys Libya where Italian colonists abandon farms as Rommel pulls back and Libyans, led by the Grand Senussi, seize control. He notes Senussi followers, concentration camps past, and a plan for Libyan independence under the Roosevelt Churchill Atlantic charter amid desert and oasis scenes from Derna to Benghazi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Filbya
Mussolini
Barce
Libya
Pasa
Roman Empire
Mary
Garden of Eden
Purlent
Mussolina
Alamein
Marshal’ Erwin Rommel
Tripolitania
Burnin
Derna
Bengali
Cleopatra
Green
Marshal Graziani
Green Belt of Plenty
Rolonista
Musso_ Hei
Hitler Calls Strategy Meet With Axis Chiefs In Africa Focus
London dispatch reports Hitler held a high level meeting at his headquarters with Goering Keitel Cavallero Ciano Ribbentrop and other leaders to discuss common strategy. Laval attended briefly as France’s issue loomed, while Mussolini did not attend. Dutch puppet Mussert said the Netherlands would raise an armed force to aid in Africa against the Yankees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Adolf ‘Bitter
Pierre Laval
North Africa
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Wilhelm Keital
Ugo Cavallero
Ialian
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim Vor Ribbentro
Europe
Hitler
Netherlands
Anton A. Mussert
Utrecht
Africa
Aneta
East
America
Farm Show Aims to Boost Agriculture for War Effort
Pennsylvania plans a major farm show to mobilize farmers for vital food production. Governors, state officials, and representatives from many farming groups will discuss farm labor, equipment, and fertilizer shortages, with federal officials present. Analysts note farmers are selling gear or switching to war industry work, while labor shortages loom. Twenty percent of a 5000 horsepower vessel’s speed is blocked by barnacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
James
Edward Martin
Light
A. C. Marts
State Council of Defense
State Beekeepers Association
Society of Farm Women
Guernsey Breeders Association
Jersey Cattle Group
Patsto Growers Association
Milking Shorthorn Association
Future Farmers of America
Steele
Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission
Meadvile
Ravenna
Trumbull County
Charles P. Shenot
The
Agricultural Conservation Association
Fragmentary line hints at old rites and returning idols
The readable fragment suggests a discussion of ancient beliefs and the idea of returning figures or idols to follow their ancestral rituals. It hints at flowing robes, wooden plows, and the agilà of ancestors, conveying a sense of cultural continuity.
Legislature Eyes Redistricting Clash In 1943 Provincial Session
Harrisburg reports a 1943 legislature may face legal trouble reshuffling congressional districts sought by Governor elect Edward Martin. Critics question the legality after last sessions reduced delegation from 34 to 33 and debate whether reapportionment can occur again before a new census. Officials warn session timing may be affected by district changes and war priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Edward Martin
House
Lea A. Achterman
Stroudsburg
Achterman
M. Harvey Taylor
U.S
Pennsylvania
Martin
Assembly
Penn
Murphy Girls Raise 21000 for Ambulances to Aid War Effort
Murphy store workers across 12 states and the District of Columbia organized a rapid drive starting in Indiana Pa. They canvassed shops, sent letters, and appointed store chairmen led by Mildred Agey. In under four weeks they raised nearly $21,000 to equip eleven mobile field units donated to the American Red Cross and U S military forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy Syndicate
Murphy
Mildred Agey
Indiana
States
District of Columbia
McKeesport
American Red Cross
America
G. C. Murphy Company
Red Cross
Washington
Pittsburgh
Wis
Murphy Girls
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
New York
Illinois
Connecticut
New Jersey
Kentucky
Virginia
Michigan
District
Columbia
Weather and transport strain as cold shuts roads
Extremely light traffic marked by fuel and heat restrictions. Night shift war workers found cars frozen and motor clubs flooded with aid requests. Philadelphia logged a record cold for January, 1936. Three rookie postmen, hired for the Christmas rush, were accused of discarding mail saying they could not stand the cold.
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Philadelphia
World War II Axis and Allied Fronts Report From Africa and Russia
Allied forces press from the west and east as Russians drive near Millerovo and Stalingrad while Libya and Tunisia fronts show Allied gains. Cairo says Rommel retreat continues with patrols engaging big forces near Sultan. French and American planes retake Pichon and advance near Medjez El Bab as Axis units stay active elsewhere.
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Middle Pon
Aquain
Voronezh
Don Bend
Millerovo
Rostov-Moscow
Rostov
Stalingrad
Antemirovka
Mankovo-alitvenskaya
Millerova
Degreva
Azhev
Velikie Luki
North Africa
Eighth Army
Libya
Cairo
Sultan
Marshal Rommel
Sirte
Beurat el Hsun
Pichon
Sousse
Medjez-El-Bab
Ttetian
Allied Air Raids Hit Germany and Burma Fronts
The fifth night raid over Germany this month was heavy with large fires. RAF used twin-engined Whirlwinds in hedge-hopping sweeps over Northern France and Belgium. American tanks joined assaults against Japanese bases in Buna New Guinea while British and American bombers hit Lashio and the western Burma front. General Chennault’s air forces bombed a Japanese airfield and warehouses at Lashio with no allied losses. Wavell’s forces advanced toward Port Akyab in Western Burma with light resistance reported. In Buna, Horii was said killed in action as allied forces closed in on Buna Mission.
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Germany
Air Ministry
RAF
France
Belgium
Buna
New Guinea
Burma
Japan
Ching
Claire L.chennault
Sky Dragons
Lashio
J. Reilly O'Sullivan
Associated Press
Archibald P. Wavell
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Calcutta
Buna Front
Tomatore Horii
Buna Mission
Aerial raids continue over Belgium and France
RAF bombers toppled a railway target in Belgium and struck near France with eight ships downed. DNB notes American raids aimed at Romilly sur Seine near Paris ending a weather lull, marking the deepest daylight Continental penetration by U.S. bombers. German fighters, notably Focke-Wulf 190s and Messerschmitt 1068s, engaged the formations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Air Ministry
France
DNB
Germany
DNS
Romily-Sur- Seine
Paris
Bombing Raiders Press Britain as U S Airpower Strikes Germany
Allied fighters swept across Northern France while raf bomber formations faced heavy German opposition over the airfield. Bombing runs drew intense fire as crews reported dogged defense and large columns of smoke and debris. German fighters attacked bombers returning to the coast, yet British targets on the Humber Estuary and Northeast Coast suffered fires and damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemy Eliter
Hitler
Allied
France
le Havre
Graveline
Romilly-Sur-Seine
Britain
England
Humber
Russian Red Army pushes west on Middle Don front
Soviet communique reports third winter offensive driving Germans from villages along the Middle Don, with fresh casualties and prisoners. It says Germans counterattacked but fell back under heavy Red army blows, adding to already high German losses and continued gains in Southern Russia.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don
Russia
Soviet off ensive grips Voronezh Don regions in new push and Rostov rail hub
In the critical Don area the Central Front claimed a breakthrough near Millerovo while fighting raged around Stalingrad. Soviet airmen destroyed 20 enemy planes at a German airdrome and shot down three more. Commanders Gen Gollkoy and Gen Vatutin lead two advancing armies toward the Mos cow Rostov line, with Mankovo Kalitven skaya and Degreva reported as taken and Millerovo under pressure.
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Rzhev
Stalingrad
Voronezh
F. I. Gollkoy
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Purchasing Committee
Don
N. F. Vatutin
Degreva
DNB
Middle Don
Bombers Hit Lashio Air Base In Burma Raid Reported
Aerial bombardment by Chernaut's group and other Allied aircraft blasted Lashio in eastern Burma. Bombs struck the airfield and warehouses, with extensive cratering on the runway. Allied forces push along the northwestern coast from India toward Akyin in the first land assault to retake Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Ap— Arig
Rangoon
Burma
William Basye
Independence
Geo. Siout
Emporia
Kas
Vombardier
John Ruse
Lagrange
Ill
Market Report From Pittsburgh Hogs Cattle and Produce
Markets in Pittsburgh show salable hogs 400 head active and higher by about a quarter. Cattle and calves steadier with varied classes listed. produce demand slow with assorted apples and potatoes priced across regions. Damaged note records propeller blade repairs with most units repairable.
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Lovcslova
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Ohio
Maine
Death Takes Evangelist Howard Cadle in Indianapolis
Howard Cadle, 68, prominent evangelist and pastor of the Cadle Tabernacle in Indianapolis, died after a long illness. A former drunkard and gambler, he built the tabernacle in 1921 in memory of his mother and used radio fundraising to supply sets for isolated southern churches so distant congregations could hear his sermons.
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Indianapolis
Dac
Howard Cadle
Cadle
H E
Tabernacle
Cadla
Million Dollar Kid Byron Chandler Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Palm Beach Florida December 21 Byron D Chandler known as Million Dollar Kid died yesterday his body found floating in Lake Worth after a gunshot wound Justice of the peace ruled death by own action Chandler aged 62 squandered two million dollars in a boastful career begun in the early 1900s He was despondent over ill health and a Miami conviction for sending a lewd letter He had four marriages each ending in divorce Chandler inherited a million from his father and another from his grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
Byron D. Chandler
Broadway
Justice of the Peace
Lake Worth
T. H. Rickards
Chandler
L. O. Ecklund
Miami
Nashite
N.J
Treasury balance and debt figures reported
Washington AP reports Treasury data for Dec 18 showing receipts 249,711,106.75, expenditures 180,198,887.72, net balance 7,478,727,841.38 and total debt 107,374,081,092.05, with an increase of 142,358,413.02 from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Retired contracting partner dies after fall in Indiana
The obituary notes a longtime bum bagging contractor who retired after a disaster that damaged a business block. He moved to Indiana six months ago to be with his son in law Dr Howard B Butterbaugh and daughter Anna Butterbaugh. A fall three weeks ago worsened his condition and he died. Visitation is at Stregms Funeral Home. A high mass at St Bernard's in Blairsville will be held Tuesday at 9 am with burial in 8. Simon & Jude's Cemetery. He was a member of the local church community.
Longtime Indiana resident dies after illness and church member passes
Obituary notices summarize the deaths of several local residents. David and Susan Steetle's son, born 1888 in Brushvalley, died after a lasting illness, survived by two sons Paul and Ross, a daughter Helen, seven grandchildren and two brothers. Funeral in Oakland Cemetery. Annie Caroline Taylor Bennett, aged 77, died after a long illness at 319 Philadelphia Street, survived by two sons, three daughters, four grandchildren, and a sister. Services in Robinson Funeral Home and Oakland Cemetery. Eugene Nelson McMullen's funeral time was revised, with services at the maternal grandparents’ home in Ambrose and interment in Oakland Cemetery. Anthony Kusevich, 13 years with Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co, died suddenly of a heart attack at McIntyre. Enoch Urban, Lithuanian-born miner, died in Ernest after 50 years in the United States, with services at Assumption Church and interment in Oakland Cemetery. Surviving relatives include two daughters, siblings in Lithuania, a sister near Erie, and a brother in Jerome.
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Paul J
Ross P. Steetle
Indiana
Helen
Thomas D. ‘Thomas
Helvetia
William Steetle
Harrington
Colo
Clark Steetle
Colorado Springs
Arthur 4. Pohl
Oakland Cemetery
Annie Caroline
Taylor
Bennett
John Bennett
Long
Philadelphia Street
Samuel and
Mary (Hamilton) Taylor
Torrance
Westmoreland County
Harry Bennett
Hubbard
Charles Bennett
Canion
Royden White
Edgar Eyde
Gladys Roof
Harrisburg
R. S. McKee
Robinson Funeral Home
Harold Loveless
Evangelical Church
Eugene Nelson McMullen
Nelson
Evelyn
Brady) McMullen
Denver
Annie A. Brady
Ambrose
United States Armed Forces
Hawaiii
Anthony Kusevich
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
McIntyre
Jack Abramovich
Robinson
Enoch Urbon
Lithuania
Enoch Gulasus
Ernest
United States
Assumption Roman Catholic Church
Erenest
United Mine Workers of America
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Victoria
Mary
Matthew Galonus
Erie
Frank Urban
Jerome
Fineys
Assumption Church
Emilio Farri
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Poultry Association
Vegetable Growers Association
Horticultural Association
Swine Breeders Association
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Association
Nut Growers Association
Pennsylvania Council of County Cooperatives and Livestock Breeders Association
Sheepbreeders Association
Hereford Cattle Breeders Association
Ayreshire Breeders Association
Dairysmen’s Association
LABOR
Sylvania Democrats
Commerce Department
Leo Sentiger
Leo
Tate Cie
Death Takes
B. Howar Cadle
Ryan D
Rad & Sts Oy
Smelt & R
Anaconda
Atcht& SF
Atl Refining
Bald Loco
Batt & Chilo
Bendix Aviation
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borte
Budd
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & el
Edison
Curtiss Wright
Dee Lack & West
du Pont
Kresge
Lehigh Val Coal
Val RR
Libby, Men
Lars Liggett & Myers
Loew's Inc
Mont Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
NY Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor
Oh Param Pictures
Penney (Pc
Penn RR
Soc NJ
Pullman
Pure Oil
Radio Corp of Am
Repab Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socany Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Brands
Elec
Cal
Lenewp
Rieema
Ayia
Ion
Gumice
Wells
S.C
Preams
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