F100 AS -60 6.00 Friday Dec 19 1941
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
4
Classified item noting a model or part number F100 AS 60 indicating price or listing terms dated Friday December 19 1941.
The article outlines Laura Ingalls as a paid Nazi agent, a traitor jailed for counter espionage acts. It notes her Roswell visits, White House peace pamphlets, carrier pigeon drops, and historic flights including a non stop east to west coast record and Harmon award recognition.
An article notes Adolf Hitler is reportedly nervous and ordered to rest by doctors. It emphasizes there will be no rest for him or his forces as the war effort enlarges and positions for battle intensify.
British report says Derna airport was in Allied hands but the port remained Axis held with enemy troops in the Mekili sector. A flanking move beyond Mekili was under way as air forces hammered enemy columns and disrupted movements along roads into Derna.
The article outlines a proposed anti Axis conference with the United States Great Britain and Soviet Russia leading planning efforts. It notes participation by all nations opposing the Axis especially in the Pacific. It discusses a possible January start and questions on a unified war council and Soviet fighting role in the Pacific. It also reports U S relations with Martinique and ongoing raids in the Philippines.
British reports say the Japanese drive toward Singapore along the Malayan peninsula has slowed even as Penang island and Wellesley province fall. The British garrison at Penang was evacuated. Manila reports two waves of Japanese bombers at Cavite Naval Base.
Soviet dispatches claim the Red Army reached the approaches of Ruza fifty miles west of Moscow and report heavy blows on German rear communications. Pravda notes 138 more villages retaken on the central front, with 18 villages recaptured southwest of Kalinin. Voelkischer Beobachter's Soldan concedes Russian soldiers rival or surpass German forces in some aspects.
Lieut. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of the United States Army in the Far East, was nominated for promotion to full general in Washington reports. The move follows his leadership in the Pacific theater and signals a key milestone in U.S. military command during World War II.
General MacArthur, once Army Chief of Staff, retired to command Philippines defenses then recalled by President Roosevelt to lead the Far Eastern army as tensions with Japan rise. Judge James B. McGhee and District Attorney G T Watts set to arrive in Roswell tomorrow after jury trials in Carlsbad district court.
Ernie J Atkinson and Lois Jenkins both of Roswell obtained marriage licenses.
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