Italians Launch New East Africa Operations Warned by Rome
A Rome communique claimed Italian forces would turn back British advances in East Africa and Somaliland as battles in the Western Desert continue. It reported Italian units defeating British actions in Egypt and described plans for coordinated land and air operations to counter Allied forces in Somaliland and surrounding regions.
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Libya
British Somaliland
FastaAluica
ormunandic
Zhis f
Western desert operars
ver
uitts
Somaliland
wea
British
Hargasha
boweta
Eutsh
anc Camaro
Ettish Somaliland
Somaiiland
Ssovmalland
Statet seeks site for new veterans hospital tract
A proposed 500 acre site in Wisconsin is under consideration for a Veterans Administration hospital. Officials discuss location near a city to allow rapid connections and existing facilities to support construction and operation. The plan includes avoiding brick buildings and enabling future expansion under state supervision.
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veterans
Wiskesha
Wis- Py
Ralph M
Solss ostenlion Board
Wis- Sub
stu
Selige tHven
katchen
steenhouse
Todd
Drowning Fatality Near City Claims 11 Year Old Boy
EXTRA John Richard DeMarece 11 son of Mrs Dora DeMarce of Howards road drowned in a swimming hole in the Pigeon river two miles northwest of the city. He was under water at least 15 minutes. Acting coroner Dr William Van Zanten said. Police and public service workers attempted artificial respiration for over an hour before pronouncement of death.
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John Richard DeMarece
Dora DeMarce
Howards road
Pigeon river
William Van Zanten
sheriff's department
police department
Wisconsin Public Service corporation
Objective Of Italian Drive Is Suez Canal
A Rome issued communique says Italian advance forces engaged a British unit at the Libyan Egyptian frontier, capturing two tanks and destroying two. Italian planes claimed a fighter kill over Malta. one plane did not return from East Africa reconnaissance.
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Suez Canal
Rome
Malta
East Africa
Gulf Coast Faces Severe Storm Threat Near Hurricane Intensity
New Orleans reports evacuations ordered along southern Louisiana coast as a tropical storm nears hurricane strength. Lt Karl Peterson notes three parishes Terra yone LaFouche and St Mary at risk from tides 50 to 60 mph winds and gulf runoff threatening inundation.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Karl Peterson
Houma
state highway
Terra yone
LaFouche
St Mary
gulf
Debate Over National Guard Mobilization Sparks Senate Clash
Senator Gillette opposed a bill authorizing the president to call the national guard to active duty. He warned it would upend existing mobilization laws and breach trust with guardsmen who enlisted for wartime federal service only. Other senators argued manpower and equipment limits but supported moving the measure forward.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowal
national guard
senate
Wheeler
D.Mont
Sheppard D-Tex
Proposal to Guarantee Jobs for Drafted City Workers
A draft era resolution by Alder man Jerome Molitor proposes restoring employment for city workers who may be drafted into military service. The measure aims to set a trailblazing example for other employers and was referred to the committee of the whole without mayoral comment. Contested annexation actions followed as City Attorney Schmidt was authorized to pursue a judgment against Sheboygan to void an earlier annexation, backed by Patrick McCaffrey, with new petitions to continue on page 2.
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United States
common council
Jerome Molitor
Fifth ward
Edward C. Schmidt
Sheboygan
Patrick J. McCaffrey
Willkie backs retaining current farm program with gradual changes
Des Moines reports Willkie, the Republican candidate, supports keeping the present national farm program unless a better one is gradually evolved. After meeting with about 60 midwestern agricultural leaders, he pledged not to take away benefits already gained and called for industrial recovery to boost farm demand and jobs.
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Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Elwood
Ind
Colorado
Two Plants Hit by Walkout Affected 410 Workers
Strikes at Phoenix Chair and American Chair plants sent about 410 employees off the job. Phoenix plant employed 210 and American plant 200. J A Sampson, president of Phoenix Chair, said the walkout followed woodworkers seeking a closed shop and upholsterers seeking higher wages, which the company cannot grant now.
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Phoenix Chair company
American Chair company
Phoenix
the
American
J. A. Sampson
Donation Asked Of Employes For Willkie Appeal
Senator Byrnes urged the Senate campaign committee to probe an appeal to S. S. Kresge employees in Detroit for campaign contributions to Wendell L. Willkie. He cited a letter signed by a trustee but identified the signer as Kresge vice president and treasurer C. B. Tut tle.
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Washington
Byrnes
senate campaign committee
S. S. Kresge corporation
Detroit
Wendell L. Willkie
senate
Kresge
C. B. Tuttle
Bay rum labeled liquor by Iowa jury in Kresge era
The text notes S. S. Kresge as a major Anti-Saloon League contributor while his stores displayed bootleg trade items. He organized the National Vigilance Committee for Prohibition Enforcement, yet Iowa patrons bought bay rum to drink. An Iowa jury ruled the five and ten bay rum was alcoholic.
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S. S. Kresge
Anti-Saloon League
National Vigilance Committee
Iowa
Hatch Attacks Hatch Act Evasion In Senate Debate
Senator Hatch accuses Byrnes of delaying a probe as Hatch proposes amendments to curb campaign expense evasion. Hatch says Fletcher’s interpretation of the Hatch law narrows its $5,000 limit to national committees, prompting renewed scrutiny of Republican tactics.
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Byrnes
Hatch
D N. M
senate
Henry P. Fletcher
republican national committee
Fletcher
republicans
Hard Personal Service Urged Of Americans
Secretary of State Hull urged Americans to make real personal sacrifice to keep the nation at peace without naming conscription. He said the nation must remain armed and vigilant, ready for hard personal service as dangers persist, and warned against complacency as threats continue.
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Hull
Washington
West
Virginia
Ruhr Valley Bombings All In Night's Work
The article describes Royal Air Force daylight and night raids on the Ruhr valley, detailing prep, crew roles, and a typical mission as bombers approach Germany for strategic bombing over weeks, with pilots and ground crews preparing for 37,000 bombs in 30 days and awaiting confirmation of success.
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Ruhr Valley
DREW MIDDLETON
Royal Air Force
England
Germany
Roosevelt Plans For Home Defense Units
President Roosevelt disclosed plans to form home defense units in all 48 states, built around World War I veterans from the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He explained the aim to replace regular National Guard regiments if they are federalized and said details are under War Department review following talks with Governor Lehman of New York.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
congress
sation
Lehman
Trapper Learns of European War After Months Away
Louis Mezo, a Florin Flin Flon trapper, returned to civilization to hear a European war had been ongoing since September. He had left in August amid optimistic hopes that war would be averted.
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Louis Mezo
Mezo
Flin Filon
Missing student pilot linked to Lake Michigan plane crash
Milwaukee police and coast guard intensified search for a stolen seaplane after Leonard Opalewski, 18, a Milwaukee student pilot with six hours, was reported missing. Seadrome operator Anthony Lange traced an oil slick east of Milwaukee and planned lake dragging and flight over the area to locate the wreckage and the pontoon parts removed by yachtsmen.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Adolph Kraemer
Leonard Robert Opalewski
Anthony Lange
lake front
Kraemer
Opalewski
Lange
here
George Larson
coast guard
Cudahy Seeks U S Aid for Belgium in 1940
Ambassador John Cudahy said he would urge President Roosevelt to launch an American relief program for Belgium. He warned 2,000,000 Belgian refugees in France and looming famine as Belgian industry stagnates without foreign provisions amid the war. He noted Britain may block supplies reaching Belgium and that Leopold’s capitulation could be vindicated by history.
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London
John Cudahy
Belgium
Roosevelt
Cudahy
Leopold
Flanders
Britain
France
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