British Press On Into Tripolitania
Cairo reports a British patrol swung 150 miles into Tripolitania, striking an axis garrison and destroying 24 aircraft on the ground. Communiques say advancing forces crossed into Tripolitania beyond El Agheila while pressing westward with Rommel’s forces in retreat.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Libya
Tripolitania
Alboit
el Agheila
Gulf of Sirte
Cirenaica
al Abiar
Bengasi
Cirene
Appolonia
Derna
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Tripoli
Agedao
Soludi
Barce
R.A.F
Gulf of
Sirte
Rome
Italian Forces Push to Halt British Advance
Commentator Virginio Gayda told Il Giornale d Italia that almost the entire Italian armed sea and air forces were being thrown into stopping the British drive heavily reinforced from the Middle East. He said the battle would decide Italy s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale d'Italia
Middle East
Gayda
Italy
Congress on Vacation as War Problems Loom
Washington December 22 Congress began a fortnight of informal holiday idleness but members already worried about war problems taxes price fixing non defense economies and labor disputes awaiting them at the new session starting January 5. Speaker Rayburn told members they could go home for Christmas though staying representatives and senators will hold short sessions Monday Tuesday and Friday to conform with rules limiting recesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Rayburn
House
Late Shopping Excusable Amid 30 Day Arbitration
Las Vegas shoppers faced a general Saturday shutdown as A F L Teamsters Union pressure led to early closings of restaurants dry goods stores drugstores and saloons. Only gambling clubs and gas stations stayed open. Stores reopened after an agreement to halt picketing during a 30 day arbitration period.
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Las Vegas
A.F.L. Teamsters Union
Famous Actor Answers Puzzle Across and Down
The puzzle fills with a grid of clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Across clues include English actor and various common terms while vertical clues feature night bird repulse guiding principle and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Hill Campus Quietly Tends To Repairs As Christmas Break Nears
The Hill remains quiet with few students left to study while workmen repair Fraser hall and build new campus buildings. Donations for the School of Fine Arts Christmas vesper fund total $249.62, split across afternoon and evening performances. Faculty news includes a Karl Mattern New York exhibition invitation and a hospitalized freshman, with local families visiting.
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School of Fine Arts
Fine Arts
Hoch
Pinckney Students Present Yale Program Christmas Pageant
Pinckney school staged a Christmas program with pageantry, songs, and Scripture readings for parents and friends. Special music featured Mrs. Straffon on piano and Mr. Crabb on violin as lighted candles accompanied the nativity scenes and carols. Mary Hurt portrayed the Annunciation angel, with Carol Ann Tupy as Mary and Chapin Clark as Joseph.
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Pinckney School
Straffon
Crabb
Mary Hurt
Angel
Carol Ann Tupy
Mary
Chapin Clark
Joseph
Axis Subs Being Hunted Off Coast
Axis submarines prowled the Pacific coast after a weekend of ship attacks. The Emidio oil tanker was torpedoed and shelled 20 miles off Blunt's reef with two crew killed, five missing, and five injured. 26 rescued. The Agwiworld evaded a submarine off Cypress Point in a 30 minute chase before reaching safety. A naval vessel assisted the Emidio crew as it remained afloat near Cape Mendocino.
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San Francisco
California
Pacific Coast
Blunt’s Reef
Emidio
Navy
Agwiworld
Cypress Point
Agriworld
Cape Mendocino
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Judge Gray
Probate Judge Frank R. Gray issues licenses to Clifford Shaw of Lawrence and Theo M. Chapman of Mont Ida Eugene Nunemaker and Pauline Hayden of Lawrence James Levi Washington and Marcella Mae Lee of Lawrence George Holmes and Frances Quall of Topeka Edgar Thomas Boles of Meriden and Mary Lorene Wildermuth of Fort Scott.
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Frank R. Gray
Clifford Shaw
Lawrence
Theo M. Chapman
Mont Ida
Eugene Nunemaker
Pauline Hayden
James Levi Washington
Marcella Mae Lee
George Holmes
Frances Quall
Topeka
Edgar Thomas Boles
Meriden
Mary Lorene Wildermuth
Ft. Scott
Christmas Gift: A Year of Jour nal World Subscriptions
A Christmas gift idea offers a mail subscription to the Jour nal World, described as memorable year round. Contact phone 22 for details and delivery.
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The
Journal-World
Whelchel Named New Navy Grid Coach at Annapolis
Commander John E. Whelchel U S N of Washington D C was named head football coach of the U S Naval Academy succeeding Maj Emery E Larson USMC. Capt T Starr King athletic director said he would assume duties this month. Larson heads to the Naval War College at Newport R I.
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Annapolis
John E. Welchel
U.S.N
Washington
D.C
U.S. Naval Academy
Emery E
Naval War College
Newport
R.I
Welcher
Academy
Ordnance Gunnery Department
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR MANHATTAN
Mrs H B Melchert of Ottawa Kansas died instantly when an automobile driven by Dr Melchert fell 50 feet off a state highway eight miles south of Manhattan. The couple had been returning home after midnight from Manhattan where their two sons were staying for the holidays. Dr Melchert was slightly injured and sought aid at a nearby farm house six miles away.
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Council Grove
H. B. Melchert
John H. Barnes
Ottawa
Kan
Melchert
Manhattan
Melcherts
FATAL WYANDOTTE COUNTY FIRE CLAIMS BABY
In rural Wyandotte county Kansas three month old James Edward Spalding died in a fire that destroyed the family home. Father Charles A Spalding and mother Mrs Spalding guided two other children to safety. The father reentered the burning building and later collapsed after roof failure. He survived and waited to try again.
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Kansas City
Kan
James Edward Spalding
Wyandotte County
Charles A. Spalding
Netherlands Declares War on Italy in Axis Pact Move
The Netherlands government in exile announced that it has declared war on Italy because of Italian participation with Germany and Japan in the axis war treaty. The country was already at war with Germany since 1940 and with Japan since the Far East hostilities began.
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London
Netherlands
Italy
Germany
Japan
Holland
Far East
Clubs suspend activity in Independent Willkie group
The Independent Clubs of America appears to suspend activity. The Associated Willkie Clubs are referenced in a report dated December 22.3P from New York detailing organizational changes and halted operations within the club network.
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New York
Independent, Clubs of America
Associated
Willkie Clubs
Organization backs wartime unity in candidacy effort
The group led by founder Oren Root Jr. announced that further action would await wartime needs and that all energies should focus on the war effort. A member noted readiness to act when required and a mailed subscription to the Journal World was appreciated.
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America
Oren Root, Jr
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