British claim four Axis groups isolated in Libya clash
Cairo dispatch reports British forces advancing along the Libyan coast captured Gambut and Bardia, trapping Axis units under Rommel. Unofficial tally notes about 1500 Axis prisoners. Tobruk besiegers near To bruck link with eastern forces as tanks and air power clash near Sidi Rezegh.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gambut
Middle East
Libya
Bardia
Mediterranean
Erwin Rommel
Empire
Westbrook Pegler on unions and mass picketing controversy
The piece argues that United Mine workers and AFL and CIO unions threaten public order with mass picketing and rioting. It cites Roosevelt's stance, mentions eye witness accounts, and notes Harry Van Arsdale’s conviction for riotous acts while still retaining leadership roles.
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United Mine Orders
1. O
John L. Lewis
Presii Roosevelt
Brown Shirt
Fons
Roosevelt
National Governmt
New York
Harry van Arsdale
A. F. Electricians
DILLETTE AND TAFT BACK NEW WAR LAWS
Taft and Gillette say they will back administration foreign policy and support measures to carry out new war laws. Gillette notes he may not commit to new proposals, while Taft agrees to back needed actions though cautions on expeditionary force scale. Both emphasize minority support for executive policy.
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Dillette
Taft
Washington
Ohio
Hlette
Iowa
Gillette
Lowan
Eportera
Conoo
Congress
Iceland
Ireand
Europe
Africa
U S Withdraws Yangtze Patrol as Wake Leaves Hankow
The Wake departs Hankow for Shanghai initiating the U S withdrawal of the Yangtze patrol. Two gunboats remain below Hankow and 50 Americans, including 35 missionaries, stay in Hankow while marines prepare to depart Shanghai. Civilian police to assume guard duties in the settlement. The Tutuila is stranded at Yangtze gorges. British evacuations to Australia to continue with Minghan arrival.
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Shanghai
United States
Wake
Hankow
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Roosevelt
China
King
Yangtze Gorges
Hong
Australia
Britain’s Air Raids Push Back German Coasts
Britain reports a night raid across the channel targeting northern France with Havoc aircraft. RAF bombed ports at Brest Lorient and Dunkerque while targeting a Calais factory and Gravelines barges, with one Nazi plane shot down during a landing. Two German planes were destroyed in Britain. seven British fighters remain missing from daylight actions described by a Canadian flier.
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London
Channel
France
Calais
Gravelines
United States
Air Ministry
Britain
Brest
Lorient
Dunkerque
Freezing Temperatures Forecast Across Louisiana and Mississippi
The cold wave reaches the gulf coast with frost likely tonight in New Orleans where temperatures may dip to 38 degrees and suburbs to 33 to 35. North Louisiana faces 28 to 52 degrees, south sugar and trucking regions 31 to 35, and coastal Mississippi 32 to 36 degrees with frost expected.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Picketing trends spark amused narration across cities
Gladwin Hill surveys playful picketing scenes from Muskegon to New York, noting 11 year olds seeking higher allowances, editors warned by lovers, school access protests, White House potato peeling, a 6 AM wedding gag, court salary disputes, and festive milestone marches. The piece mixes humor with civic quirks as unions and crowds experiment with signs and midnight gestures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsg Hai
News-Star
Congress
Muskegon
Mich
Bey
Richmond
Muskegon Heights
Alabama
White House
Santa Monica
Calif
Montebello
Justice Court
Los Angeles
New York
Sand and Gravel Company
Seattle
San Francisco
Accused cattleman called to trial in jealousy slaying
Fred G Wheeler a 50 year old Farmington cattle dealer was ordered to stand trial on a murder charge in the June 7 slaying of Florence H Buzzell 20. Prosecutors say Wheeler financed her education and a diary kept by the victim lists numerous men. The case fills Franklin County Superior Court with veniremen state witnesses and reporters. Wheeler is married with three daughters and was jailed after being extradited from Auburn Maine.
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Farmington
Fred G Wheeler
Florence H. Buzzell
Henry P. Weaver
Wheeler
Frank I. Cowan
Buzzell
Veniremen
Franklin County
Superior Court
Boston
Miss Buzzell
Chesterville
Auburn
Androscoggin
Clyde
U S to Send Army to Dutch Guiana for Mine Protection
The White House announced that American troops would move into Dutch Guiana to protect bauxite mines essential to U S aluminum. The plan has Netherlands approval with Brazil backing, and cites defense needs amid Pacific developments. Paramaribo is the capital. Surinam lies between British and French Guianas.
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Washington
White House
Dutch Guiana
United States
Netherlands
Brazil
South America
British Guiana
French Guiana
Paramaribo
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Surinam
Western Hemisphere
Netherlands Indies
Pacific
World Today: Libyan battle advances amid confusion and Axis gains
The second Libyan battle phase opens amid unclear fighting as Axis forces report 15,000 enemy prisoners and gains on land air and sea. Italians claim a British general captured and substantial losses to British mechanized units. In Europe, German advances toward Moscow shrink Mozhaisk and push near Tula while Soviet counterpoints claim regained positions in Leningrad and Rostov losses. US aid efforts claim naval action against German submarines and aircraft as Berlin marks five years of the anti Comintern pact and Japan issues Washington negotiations hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Libya
Moscow
Sometschnogorski
Capital
Klin
Mozhaisk
Tula
Barents Sea
Leningrad
Rostov
United States
United States Navy
Germany
Berlin
Japan
Washington
Good Fellows Face Urgent Fund Drive Before Christmas
With 30 days remaining until Christmas the Good Fellows fundraising appeal grows dire. A gala midnight show at Paramount Theatre on December 19, donated venue and performers, aims to raise funds. Illinois Central Employer's Service club backs the event with proceeds for the Good Fellows fund. The call to groups urges early contributions to spur others, amid a moving plea from a 56 year old crippled man seeking basic clothing and meals for a hopeful holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows
Illinois Central Employer’ Service Club
Paramount Theater
Irving Ward-Steinman
Morning Mail
Seven nations to join anti Comintern pact tomorrow
Berlin reports authorized Germans said seven more governments would join the anti Comintern pact tomorrow bringing the total to thirteen. Finland Denmark Bulgaria Croatia Romania Slovakia and the Nanking government are to sign with Italy and Germany renewing their commitments. Observers see the move as part of a European bloc against Bolshevism and a stand against western powers.
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Berlin
Finland
Denmark
Bulgaria
Croatia
Rumania
Slovakia
Germany
Japan
Italy
Spain
Hungary
Manchukuo
Romania
Mihail Antonescu
Joseph Tiso
Britain
United States
Rail unions seek government takeover of railroads
Washington 24. Navy. PF Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen announced the union is ready to urge President Roosevelt to place railroads under government control for the emergency duration rather than force a nationwide walkout. About 350,000 workers belong to operating brotherhoods. Carriers and non-operating unions planned talks, with wage demands around 30 percent. A presidential emergency board proposed 7.42 percent for operating and 13 4 percent for non-operating workers.
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Washington, Navy
A. PF. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Cuba to join U S in war says Batista
President Fulgencio Batista told 70 000 Cuban workers Cuba will be the first nation to enter the war on the side of the United States predicting U S involvement by spring He pledged Cuba will place its few resources on the altar of liberty. The speech followed decrees raising wages at the presidential palace.
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Havana
United States
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Batista
Germans Reach 31 Miles From Moscow In World War II
German shock troops drove toward Moscow within about 31 miles, the closest approach yet, as Soviet defenders warned of grave danger to the capital. Russians reported a major counterattack on the Donets front driving Germans back as much as 37 miles in places, with Rostov and Don river streets still contested.
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Associated Press
Europe
Africa
Moscow
Kalinin
Red Army
Donets
Rostov
Don
Atta
General strike of machinists delays work in St Louis area
Roosevelt invites 10 Congress members and 2 labor department reps to discuss labor legislation at the White House. The mood shifts as a general federation strike halts defense orders. miners end a week-long coal mine walkout, easing steel production concerns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Labor Department
White House
Rayburn
Perkins
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Martin
Welch
California
Labor Committee
Daniel W. Tracy
Cox
Georgia
Ramspeck
Vinson
Smith
Virginia
Gavagan
New York
American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
Eight cars of fast Seminole wreck near Corinth
A Illinois Central Seminole passenger train derailed after a rail fissure near Corinth Mississippi. One killed, over eighty injured including three critically. Victim Mrs Davie Robertson of Selmer Tennessee died in hospital. Train from Florida to Chicago carried Thanksgiving travelers.
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Corinth
Miss
Illinois Central
Davie Robertson
Selmer
Tenn
Mia
J. W. Garman
Chicago
James Madison Spurlock
Eufaula
Ala
J. T. Evans
Jackson
Mississippi
Mrs. Robertson
J. F
High Court Voids Indigent Aid Law Known as Anti Okie
The Supreme Court rules California anti-Okie statute unconstitutional for blocking interstate commerce. Justice Byrnes, in his first decision since joining the bench, cites burden on interstate commerce while addressing the case of Fred F. Edwards of Marysville aiding his jobless brother in 1939. Edwards received a suspended six month sentence, and the conviction was upheld by a county court earlier.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California
Byrnes
Fred F. Edwards
Marysville
Calif
Frank Duncan
Spur
Tex
Duncan
Farm Security Administration
Edwards
Justice's Court of
Yuba County
Former head of Louisiana Training Institute dies at 68
Word comes from Many Louisiana of the death of Dr. Harvey Dillon age 68 who had led the Louisiana Training Institute in Monroe until about two years ago. He died Sunday afternoon on his Many plantation. The funeral was held Monday at 2 30 at Calvary Baptist Church Many with Rev J D Scott and Rev R Ty Tynes officiating. Burial followed in Many Cemetery. Pallbearers were J B Vandegaer Alton Horn W M Knott D J Derrrick Adam Key and John J Blake. Honorary pallbearers included J Wiley Miller Dr Gus Weber Dr S F Fraser A G Dees Laven Bailey J Ruel Boone E J Penniger S J Williams Jr B E Talley and E M Fraser, all of Many. He is survived by wife Nora Dillon a son E C Dillon of Houston Texas two stepsons Aldridge of San Antonio California Jack Aldridge of Pine Bluff Arkansas and other steprelatives.
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Many
Harvey Dillon
Dillon
Louisiana Training Insitute
Monroe
Calvary Baptist Church
J. D. Scott
R. Ty Tynes
J. B. Vandegaer
Alton Horn
W. M. Knott
D. J. Derrick
Adam Key
John J. Blake
J. Wiley Miller
Gus Weber
S. F. Fraser
A. G. Dees
Laven Bailey
J. Ruel Boone
E. J. Penniger
S. J. Williams
B. E. Talley
E. M. Fraser
Dr. Dillon
Nora Dillon
E. C. Dillon
Houston
Tex
Aldridge
San Antonio
Calif
Jack Aldridge
Pine Bluff
Ark
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