British Fliers Gain Control in Africa Blitzkrieg Drive
London reports British use of blitzkrieg tactics to cripple Italian air power in North Africa. In twelve days of fighting the air ministry says at least 144 Italian planes were knocked out for the loss of 13 British aircraft. Ground, sea and air cooperation aided advancing troops from Derna to Sidi Barrani with bombed forts, air fields and dumps.
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Adolf Hitler
Air Ministry
Egypt
Mediterranean
Derna
Sidi Barrani
Churchill Attacks Mussolini in Speech From Page One
Churchill urges Italian voters to judge Mussolini after eighteen years of sole rule and alignment with fascist Rome. He condemns the Italian leader for dragging the country into war against Britain and the Vatican, accusing him of folly and shame while lamenting trust betrayed over Abyssinia.
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Italy
United States of America
Vatican
Rome
Churchill cites Italian drift toward war as Britain presses forward
In a wartime address the British prime minister recalls Mussolini’s failed peace overtures and accuses Italy of choosing war. He warns Italians of the looming choices between allying with Britain and facing a united resistance or inviting Nazi occupation, framing the moment as a defining struggle for Italy.
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Attila
Africa
Brenner Pass
Gestapo
Market close report and cotton prices from New York and New Orleans
CURB MARKET NEW YORK DEC 23 close shows mixed gains and losses among industrials and utilities led by Alum Co Am at 152 1/4 and Humble Oil at 63 with several notable moves including Ark Nat Gas at 1 3/4 and Carrier Corps at 5 1/8. NEW ORLEANS DEC 23 spot cotton closed quiet down 4 points with Middling price at 9.86 per unit and total sales 565.
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Carrier Corps Cities Service
Con G & E Bal Pf B
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Fairchild Av
Ford Met Ltd
Humble Oil
Ins Co N Am
New Orleans
Cattleman Albert K. Mitchell Returns Home After Injury
Albert K. Mitchell a leading New Mexico cattleman and Republican figure spent a week in an Albuquerque hospital after fracturing an ankle while roping cattle on December 16. He returned yesterday to his Harding county ranch.
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N. M
Albert K. Mitchell
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Harding County
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