Russians Claim 6 Million Nazi Losses In Early Russia War
Pravda reports Germans lost about 6,000,000 men killed wounded or captured in the first five months of fighting in Russia. Berlin said nearly 10,000,000 Soviet troops "put out of action" since June. Russian forces report heavy German losses at the Tula front and in the Baltic theater as winter freezes the campaign.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Russia
Moscow Radio
DNB
Germany
Red Army
Tula
Berlin
Taganrog
London
Ewald von Kleist Krept
Mariupol
Hur
Donets
Baltic
Tikhvin
Leningrad
Soviet Information Bureau
Black Sea
Soldiers seek pardon to serve country in war effort
New Orleans reports three Minnesota soldiers asked the state pardon board to release them from penitentiaries to fight Japan. Privates Jack A. Shenoff and George L. Ostlund of Camp Claiborne and H. C. Keeter of Camp Livingston, all from Minnesota, serve nine month terms for auto theft at Alexandria. Governor Stassen appealed to Louisiana’s governor for clemency.
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New Orleans
State Pardon Board
Jack A. Shenoff
George L. Ostlund
Camp Claiborne
H. C. Keeter
Camp Livingston
Minnesota
Alexandria
Harold Stassen
Sam Jones
Louisiana
First official war casualty list from Hawaii attack
The War Department released the army's first casualty list from World War II, naming 37 service members killed in action in the December 7 attack on Oahu. The list includes six commissioned officers all in the air forces and many air corpsmen, with next of kin named for each.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Hawaii
Oahu
Secretary of War
Robert H. Markley
Arthur H. Markley
Mandin
Okla
Jay E. Pietzsch
Otto Pietzsch
Amarillo
Tex
John S. Greene
Ida H. Greene
Colfax
Robert M. Richey
George K. Richey
Wellsburg
W. V
George A. Whiteman
John C. Whiteman
Sedalia
Hans C. Christiansen
Peter C Christiansen
Woodland
Catif
Robert G. Allen
Sarah E. Allen
Sims
Edward J. Burns
John J. Burns
Pittsfield
Mass
Robert P. Buss
Robert Buss
Elkhart
First Clase
Theodore F. Byrd, Jr
Theodore F. Byrd
Tapa
Fla
Wilbur S. Carr
John W. Carr
Miamisburg
Malachy J. Cashen
Gertrude Cashen
Lamont
Dean W. Cebert
Mildred Cebert
Galesburg
Eugene L. Chambers
Violet Chambers
Mather
Apollo
William C. Creech
Martha H. Creech
Cumberland
Frank J. DePolis
Charity letter inspires Christmas spirit in wartorn era
A neighbor’s plea to Good Fellows highlights willing aid despite hardship. The writer, with no money but ready to craft clothing, urges others to donate funds, clothes, and groceries for distribution on Christmas Eve. The piece praises selfless acts and urges community involvement through clubs and benefit events. Checks or cash can be mailed to Good Fellows, care of News-Star-World.
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News-Star—World
Hostage swap proposed by United States with Japan
The United States asks a neutral nation to negotiate an exchange of Americans in Japan for Japanese subjects trapped here by the war. Secretary Hull seeks intermediaries in Europe to handle the diplomatic and transport arrangements as officials from both nations remain in wartime posture and borders are closed to enemy aliens.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Hull
China
Manchukuo
Thailand
Indo-China
Hawaii
Philippines
Switzerland
Sweden
Portugal
Spain
Joseph C. Drew
Tokyo
Willys R. Peck
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kutsu
Pacific
Justice Department
School Board Members Sentenced For Jury Tampering
John Len Lacy Bienville parish school board member and T L Morris Shreveport insurance man received two year terms from Judge Ben C Dawkins after federal court conviction for jury tampering. Morris term runs concurrent with a five year mail fraud sentence in Leavenworth. Lacy to serve in a federal reformatory designated by the attorney general. Also noted is Florida's 1539 tuberculosis death rate of 54.4 per 100000.
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Shreveport
John Len Lacy
Bienville Parish
T. L. Morris
Ben C. Dawkins
Morris
Leavenworth
Lacy
Ex-United States Ambassador John Riddle Dies in Connecticut
Former Ambassador John Wallace Riddle, 77, died in Farmington, Conn. He served as ambassador to Russia from 1906 to 1909 and to Argentina from 1921 to 1925, retiring then. He also held posts in Turkey, Egypt and Serbia. Widow Mrs Theodote Pope Riddle survives, along with relatives Mrs Flandrau of St Paul and Mrs Cutcheon of Santa Barbara.
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Farmington
Conn
John Wallace Riddle
Russia
Argentina
Turkey
Egypt
Serbia
Theodote Pope Riddle
F. W. M. Cutcheon
Santa Barbara
Calif
Blair Flandrau
St. Paul
Lights Bashed in Seattle by Rioting Crowd
A riotous crowd in Seattle smashed lights and glass across six city blocks near Fifth and Pike. A jewelry store door was broken, a lamp snuffed, and shoes displayed in an exclusive shop were ransacked as police intervened. No lights remained after the mob moved on.
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Seattle
Fifth and Pike
Price Hike Sparked by Sandwich Samples
In Lynchburg Virginia a concessionaire seeking to raise prices at the Virginia Tech Virginia Military Institute football game sent samples to the mayor and council. The mayor mauched a ham sandwich and the price rose from ten to 15 cents.
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Lynchburg
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Falstaff Beer Ad Promises Premium Flavor And Quality
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New York City
U. S
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Renovo
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Paul Derthick
Ravenna
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Jemez Springs
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Pittsburgh
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Clear Spring
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Grand Rapids
Mich
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Mable Plant
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Wis
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McComb
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Boston
George R. Schmersal
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Corona
Long Island
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Hwel C. Schott
Robert R. Shattuck
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Blue River
Robert O. Sherman
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