Italian Army Chief of Staff resigns as Greece advances
In Athens wives of German staff knit for Greek soldiers as Mussolini faces mounting setbacks in Albania. Badoglio resigns as Italian chief of staff, replaced by Ugo Cavalera. British and Italian navies clash off Sardinia with British victory claims and the Mediterranean in balance. The American navy mocks aside rum and whiskey as the Italian navy stays in port.
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Albania
Romania
U.S
Athens
Legation
Italy
Berlin
Germany
Mussolini
Hitler
Balkan
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Greece
M Badoglio
Ugo Cavalera
East
Africa
Badoglio
Sardinia
Mediterranean
England's Crisis: Food and Planes in War Time
Britain faces intensified air raids and U-boat threats as production and supply lines strain. Rationing tightens with milk and fruit imports reduced, while U.S. aircraft aid expands from 281 in October to an anticipated 900 by January 1942.
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United States
Britain
U. S
Death and Terror in Rumania and Rise of the Iron Guard
In 1923 a Romanian fascist movement formed as the Iron Guard under Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, adopting green shirts and anti Semitic aims. By 1938 the group faced outlawing and executions as pro Nazi tensions rose with German influence and internal royal censorship. Trainloads of German troops entered Romania as Hitler pressed eastward and Romania faced oil and wheat pressures.
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Rumania
League of the Archangel Michael
Iron Guard
Germany
National Socialism
Carol
Corneliu Zelea Condreanu
George Argesatto
Condreanu
Iron
Nomura Named Envoy to United States and Harmon Reveals Ambition
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, 62, named ambassador to the United States with pro American leanings marking a thaw in relations. Tom Harmon, famed 1940s halfback, says he will not coach and instead pursues a career as a sports radio announcer on a program hosted by the event.
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Japan
United States
Kichisaburo Nomura
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Nomura
Washington
Tom Harmon
Farm Show Winner Evelyn Asay Tops International Exposition
Evelyn Asay of Mt. Carroll Illinois won the junior steer class at the forty first International Livestock Exposition and Hay and Grain Show in Chicago with Hereford steer Sargo who became Grand Champion. Sargo sold to Firestone for 3.30 a pound to fund a family farm. Town State University won the collegiate judging with 4430 points. Texas A M and Ohio State followed.
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Chicago
Evelyn Asay
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Asay
Sargo
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Evelyn
Town State University
Texas A & M College
Ohio State University
Siam at War: Siam joins invasion in Indo China
The article reports Siam's attack on French Indo China amid Allied war context. It notes Siam allied with Japan, the French garrison split between Vichy and De Gaulle, and concerns over Singapore as a regional pivot. It also mentions Washington backing Chinese nationalist aid and an extra 50 million dollar loan to China.
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Siam
Thailand
France
Paris
Indo-China
Vichy
de Gaulle
Japan
Laung Bipul Songgram
Singapore
Far East
Indo- China
Washington
Not Fit to Fight Draft Rejections Rise in Army
About 15 percent of the first 14 500 draft respondents were rejected by army physicians for sub standard physical condition. X rays exposed teeth and eyesight as main problems after local boards had passed them. Immediate steps were taken to call additional men from boards with prior rejections.
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Army
British Invasion Expands in Washington Posts and Plans
The British diplomatic and purchasing presence in Washington has grown to about 430 people across the embassy, chancellery, and four occupied buildings. New York’s purchasing office adds 1,000 staff plus 500 inspectors. Separately, rubber policy splits the defense commission on synthetic rubber subsidies and production. Hoover avoids the capital though he visits privately to discuss policy.
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Washington
D. C
British Purchasing Commission
British Air Commission
Office of Economic Warfare
Hibbs
Willard Hotel
Adams
Andrew Mellon
Massachusetts Avenue
Air Commission
New York
the Purchasing Commission
United States
U. S
National Defense Commission
The
Defense Commission
Jesse Jones
Commission
DuPont
Standard Oil
Buna
Goodyear
Goodrich
Ameri
Hoover
Capital
Herbert Hoover
Sub Rosa
William R. Castle
Castle
Europe
General Johnson on War Mobilization and Civilian Morale
General Johnson argues shortages in steel planes and munitions threaten national defense. He presses civilian morale and full wartime industry mobilization, warns against overemphasis on military needs at the expense of civilian production, and calls for organized authority to coordinate efforts. He critiques one year training and insufficient professional troops.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Showbiz Bits and Film Deals Highlight Swinging New York
Notes reveal E Hemingway drawing 150000 from Paramount for For Whom the Bell Tolls rights, with 136000 already earned. Hudson-like headlines track Seale’s acts and Elmer Rice's son Robert writing drama pieces, Broadway chatter on The Corn Is Green, Margie Hart, Myrna Loy followers, and a wave of club changes and theatrical gossip across Manhattan.
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E. Hemingway
Paramount
Seale
42Nd Street
Hubert’s Museum
Elmer Rice
Robert
the Barrymore
Pancho
Copaca
Argentina
Myrna Loy
L.A
A. Wright Jr
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Collier
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