World Today brief on Moscow front and global war actions
London reports German panzers driven back 12 to 24 miles on the Moscow front as Hitler rushes an ace strategist to halt the Kiev rout. German casualties and panicked flight from Rostov are cited, with Red Army advances in two sectors. British desert forces prepare for a new test in North Africa while Italian trials unfold in Trieste.
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Associated Press
London
Moscow
Hitler
Ace Strateist
von Vauchitsch
Royalgans
Trou
Fligt “i
Rostov
Azov Sea
Moscow Front
North Africa
New Zealand
Washington
Japan
Roosevelt
Indo-China
Far Eastern
Trieste
Mussolini
Defense aid bill swells to near 8.24 trillion
The House appropriations committee approved an 8 243 839 031 defense package with 4 242 439 031 for lend lease and tanks guns and other matériel for Britain and Russia. Total defense authorizations since July 1 1940 would reach 47 990 254 096. Marshall urged rapid production and flexible transfer authority to meet urgent needs.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
George C. Marshall
George Foresees Federal Taxes Near Maximum
George argued taxes already near the limit and that defense costs must be funded by borrowing for generations, potentially swelling the national debt to as high as 156 million dollars. He supported careful rate adjustments and emphasized debt will be amortized beyond the life of the current defense program.
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George
Senate Finance Committee
Georgia
Three Consultants Named to Aid Louisiana Education Survey
Louisiana educators announce the appointment of three consultants to assist Dr. Fred J. Kelley of the U S Office of Education in studying Louisiana higher education. The team includes Dr William B Hirwell, Dr E S Evenden, and Dean A J Klein. Conferences will be held in New Orleans and Baton Rouge December 15 18.
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Baton Rouge
Fred J. Kelley
United States Office of Education
Louisiana
Louisiana Educational Survey Commission
John M. Fletcher
New Orleans
Kelley
Willian B. Hirwell
University of Oklahoma
E .S. Evenden
Teachers College
Columbia University
A. J. Klein
Division of Higher Education
Ohio State University
Paul A. Blanchard
John Lund
Fletcher
Blanchard
E. R. Kaufman
Lake Charles
Fagan Cox
Monroe
Paul Hebert
Louisiana State University
J. G. Yearwood
Shreveport
Fire defense units urged plan for auxiliary volunteers
About 30 representatives from nine North Louisiana cities gathered in Monroe city hall to hear plans for auxiliary volunteer fire fighters as part of a national war readiness program. The system would add volunteer staffs to each regular fire company in cities with 5,000 or more people, providing 24 hour service with 32 volunteers per eight hours. Edmund D. Denis of Baton Rouge, R A Bogan of Baton Rouge, and Captain W S Cook of Shreveport led the briefing, with Monroe Mayor H H Benoit introducing them.
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Lowisiana
Monroe
Nfer
Edmund D. Denis
Baton Rouge
the Nations Defense Council of Louisiana
R. A. Bogan
State Fire College
WS. Cook
Shreveport Fire Department
H. H. Benoit
Denis
Vote Near On Strike Curb Legislation
Washington Dec 3 The House faced three strike curb bills amid heated debate led by Ram Speck Democrat Georgia warning about possible labor rebellion The labor committee bill with 60 day cooling off period and government plant seizure option drew support while others proposed open closed shop freezes and financial reporting The vote expected by tomorrow to resolve the method to curb strikes continuing on the second page
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Washington
House
Ram Speck
Georgia
Rarnapeck
C. I
Vinson
Naval Committee
Ramspeck
Labor Committee
Smith
Virginia
Ford Sees World Federation Ending War Through Unity
Industrialist Henry Ford predicts a future federation eliminating national borders and wars, with a universal currency and economy. He argues Europe must federate alongside the United States, to avoid a deadly repeat of history and create a single global market. He cites Tennyson’s prophecy and envisions voluntary participation without armies.
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David J. Wilkie
Associated Press
Detroit
Henry Ford
Europe
United States
Ford
Federation
Tennyson
Locksley Hall
Engineer Drowns As Cab Plunges From Open Bridge
East Chicago Ind Dec 3 The engineer of a passenger train died in his submerged cab after reversing to hold back six derailed coaches from plunging into the Indiana harbor canal The victim was Jack O Connor of Garrett Ind engineer of the Chicago to New York Shenandoah of the Baltimore and Ohio road Railroad men said the derailed locomotive wheels spun in reverse They believe fog obscured a warning signal and that reversing averted a worse crash
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Chicago
Ind
Indiana Harbor
Chip, Canal
Jack O'Connor
Garrett
O'Connor
Health units will be built in Louisiana defense areas
Dr Robert H. Onstott of the state health department said 18 federal sponsored health units costing 605,850 will be constructed across Louisiana within weeks to boost health and sanitation near defense projects. He noted Louisiana has the most troops per civilian in the nation and warned the defense camps create enormous health needs with rapid population growth in Alexandria Rapides parish and DeRidder. Seventeen of the 18 units will be built in these regions.
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New Orleans
Robert H. Onstott
State Public Health Department
Louisiana
Ontott
United States Public Health Service
State Department
Alexandria
Rapides Parish
DeRidder
Germans Relate How Sydney Sunk German Raider
The German Steiermark scored a direct hit on the Australian cruiser Sydney on November 19 and was fatally ablaze by the sunken warship. German survivors report crews landed at Carnarvon, while Sydney is missing with no survivors reported. Steiermark had sunk nine ships prior to the engagement.
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Melbourne
Australia
Vpi
Steiermark
Sydney
Atlantic
Indian
Engineer Sees Chance of Big Worker Boost
New Orleans report cites David C. Prince of the A I E E predicting postwar planning could lift employment by 8,000,000 and gross national income to 110 billions by 1943. He urges government business cooperation in free enterprise while maintaining defense production, noting 1940 output and spending breakdown.
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New Orleans
David C. Prince
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
United States
Prince
General Electric Company
Britain
Sweat box death convict gets three years in prison
Trent on Ga Dec 3 A superior court jury convicted former Warden C A Jacobson of involuntary manslaughter in the death of prisoner Lewis Gordon linked to a seven by seven foot sweat box punishment during a sit down strike. He faced a three year term after sentencing. Reopened by defense motions.
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Trenton
C. A. Jacobson
Rising Fawn
Dade County
Jacobson
Lewis Gordon
State Prison and
Royal K. Mann
Georgia
1000 Prisoners Arrive in Alexandria Egypt War Report
Seven thousand Axis prisoners, captured in the Libyan desert, arrived today in Alexandria and were sent to internment camps. They came by warships, truck convoys, and a coastal train, with many of them German fliers among the captives.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Libyan
Showdown in Pacific crisis with Japan deepening
Secretary Hull tied any Pacific settlement to Japanese acceptance of non aggression pledges from the American note. President Roosevelt's question to Tokyo on Japan's aims in arming in French Indo China could push the crisis to a head within a week as Nomura and Kurusu convey the White House inquiry.
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Washington
Hull
Pacific
Roosevelt
Japan
Thailand
104 Additional Airports Asked to Expand Emergency Program
The House appropriations committee recommended building 104 more civil airports at an estimated cost of 57.9 million dollars, with 50 million provided immediately. New York and California receive one each, Oregon ten, Washington seven, Texas six, Montana five, and five outside the continental U S. Locations were not disclosed, though defense needs influenced choices. The expansion would raise total civil airports to 586 capable of handling all types of planes. Continued on Second Page.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
New York
California
Oregon
Texas
Montana
United States
Revolt Plot Trial Faces Sixty in Trieste
In Trieste a Fascist court charges 60 people including students in a vast anti-Italian terrorist conspiracy tied to Communist aims. Prosecution cites sabotage attempts and a plan to spark a Slovene-Italian civil upheaval, with death penalties possible for sedition and subversion.
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Rome
Mussolini
Trieste
Austra
Italy
Austrian
Carinthia
Yugoslavia
Caporetto
Piezzo
Oltresonzia
Plusina
Empty larders urge Good Fellows to aid destitute families
Twin City readers report widespread poverty with empty larders and threadbare clothing as families seek relief. The Good Fellows fund struggles to meet demand, prompting urgent cash contributions to aid needy households through Christmas cheer and community service. A local businessman recalls giving a cloak to an elderly woman, illustrating charity's impact.
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News-Star
Morning World Daily
Good Fellows
Good Fellows Fund
Russians claim Taganrog and 46 villages seized on southern front
Moscow radio reports Soviet forces captured Taganrog and 46 surrounding villages as German troops fall back 12 to 24 miles on the Moscow front. In Ukraine, Russians say panicked German units flee Rostov area toward Mariupol, while in central front Guderian’s tanks pushed in reverse per British and Russian dispatches. Field Marshal von Brauchitsch rushed to the front as winter battles intensify.
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Moscow
Moscow Radio
Taganrog
Associated Press
Russia
Mosecow
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Reuters
Kuibyshev
Tagenrog
Rostov
Mariupol
Heinz Guderian
Adolf Hitler
Donets River Induse
London
Hitler
Walther Vom Brauchitsch
Vesta Kelling of A P Killed In Gas Explosion
New York reports feature writer Vesta Kelling 37 of Wide World AP killed in an East Side apartment gas explosion. Fire officials say a boiling egg pot extinguished the flame triggering a second flame under a coffee pot just as she returned. Her ex-husband Lieutenant Colonel Charles M. Cummings died in Lisbon yesterday en route home.
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New York
Vesta Kelling
Wide World
Associated Press
East Side
Miss Kelling
Washington Evening Star
Thomas P. Brophy
Brophy
Charles M. Cummings
Air Corps
United States
London
Lisbon
PLEA OF KOHLMAN BEFORE HIGH COURT
New Orleans December report shows Attorney James J. Kohlman seeking writs prohibiting District Judge Robert S. Ellis of Amite from trying him and Jerome A. Hayes on contempt charges. Hayes and his attorney Robiman were cited after a petition for recusation of the judge in libel and public records destruction cases was filed. Judge Ellis seeks relief from the supreme court and asks to be relieved.
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New Orleans
State Supreme Court
James J. Kohlman
Robert S. Ellis
Amite
Jerome A. Hayes
Hayes
Robiman
Ellis
High Court
Elis
Susse Court
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