Albanian Front Advances Mark British Strategy Shift
Weekly News Analysis reports Albanian front developments support a plan to defeat Italy first before Germany. The piece notes Greek successes, Koritza fall with British air aid, and Mussolini's claims of victory after denying earlier reports. Metaxas is praised as savior as Italian prisoner numbers rise.
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Germany
Europe
England
Norway
Africa
Taranto
Koritza
Diplomacy and labor tensions roil wartime Europe and US
Germany's diplomacy draws scrutiny in six capitals as Russia makes uncertain moves. Hungary yields to Nazi demands and Bulgaria balks at joining the Axis while Turkey edges toward anti Axis warnings. In the US, strikes hit Aluminum of America and Vultee Aircraft amid Dies committee scrutiny. Labor unrest and CIM moves accompany political maneuvering as Ford organizing pushes resumes.
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Soviet
Russia
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Hungary
Romania
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Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Baltimore
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Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ford Motor Plant
Destroyers Edison and Ericsson Join Uncle Sam Navy
Two new US destroyers named Edison and Ericsson were launched in Kearny New Jersey. Edison honors Thomas Edison and Ericsson recalls John Ericsson of the Monitor design. The piece ties in political figures, international naval balance, and wartime logistics with other varied notes on diplomacy and military aid.
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Edison
Ericsson
Thomas Alva Edison
John Ericsson
Monitor
Tom Edison
Charles
New Jersey
Ruth Wallgren
Sweden
Mussolini Needs Greek Victory to Boost Italy
Washington reports warn Mussolini must secure a Greek victory to lift Italian morale and aid Rome’s war effort. Italy’s weakness, lack of conquests, and reliance on German gains could spark domestic discontent and possibly a new dictator if Greece stalls.
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Hitler
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Marshal Graziani
Egypt
Sahara
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Yugoslavia
Turkey
The Last Pair Scene and War Endgame Debate
Two final survivors, Stoopey and Droopey, debate ending global hate as a radio glimmer and a ruined world circles them. They ponder compromise and the allure of a new order amid wreckage and lingering danger.
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Droopey
Secretary Perkins Quits Roosevelt Cabinet Report
A New York report states Frances Perkins resigns from President Roosevelt's cabinet. The same dispatch notes Ralph W. Barnes, foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, was found dead in the wreckage of a British bomber near Danilovgrad in Yugoslavia.
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John L. Lewis
Press Club
Lewis
Frank Waltman
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Mr. Hull
Labor
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Ralph W. Barnes
New York Herald Tribune
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Jugoslavia
Overseas Bits and War Talk Scribbles From Abroad
Mail-Lisbon air mail shipments resume with a 3000 pound first flight bearing many letters. Home-Stay for Christmas is Germanys wartime slogan as rail use for war is stressed. Unconfirmed reports claim a first line French battleship surrendered to Britain at Gibraltar. An Argonne veteran notes Greek fighting in the Pindus mountains mirrors US grit from rock to rock. W L White from London questions Kennedys claim democracy is dead in England amid bombing.
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Gibraltar
W. L. White
London
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England
General Quiz from an Ask Me Another page
Q and A style item presents a set of trivia questions and answers including bird symbolism and immortality, Gadsden purchase territory, youngest president Roosevelt, Magna Charta, quinine source, bathysphere depth, and dogs eating habits. Key facts include bobolink as immortality emblem, Magna Carta, Java as quinine source, Theodore Roosevelt at 42, and Beebe’s 1934 dive to 3023 feet.
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Robert of Lincoln
United States
Gadsden Purchase
Runnymede
Arizona
New Mexico
Gila River
Theodore Roosevelt
Java
Wm. Beebe
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