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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
3
A Moscow dispatch quoted by Reuters said General Schmidt, commander of a German division, was killed in battle near Rostov on the southern Russian front. The report notes his role with panzer units on the eastern front and mentions his alias as possible.
AP wires describe British battle lines in the Libyan front near Ed Duds and Rezech with armored columns harassing Avis forces in the Bardia Salum Fort Capuzzo area. Soviet claims report German losses, recapture of Kalinin area villages, and high Russian air and vehicle destruction in a major counteroffensive.
Soviet broadcasts report German advances slowing on the Moscow front as Russians strike near Klin and Mozhaisk and claim to have retaken villages around Volokolamsk. In the north near Leningrad, Russians say they destroyed a German strongpoint and wiped out a garrison with an earth-and-timber fort explosion.
British forces push offensive line from El Gobi toward Rezegh ten miles south of Tobruk as Rommel’s depleted units confront a grinding campaign. An Associated Press report quotes a field officer noting Rommel knows he is a sideshow and will fight to delay Allied advances while the German commander tries to inflict losses and protect petrol dumps.
Soviet forces abandon the Hango area after heavy minefields and explosive traps slow retreat toward Leningrad. Finnish authorities declare recaptured territory devastated with widespread mines, as Finland regains Karelia and warns of imminent Russian pursuit and potential separate peace talks.
The U S Navy gunboats Luzon and Oahu from the Yangtze patrol arrived in Manila Bay today after a six day effort from Shanghai.
Rear Admiral William Glassford said the night ships built for river use only tossed wildly in bad weather in the China Sea. They were observed constantly by Japanese ships and aircraft until after they passed the southern tip of Formosa. Two other vessels of the patrol were mentioned.
Prime Minister Peter Fraser announced a message from Maj. Gen. B C Freyberg reporting severe New Zealand casualties in the battle of Libya. A Rome report confirming Brig. Reginal Miles as captured was issued, and Fraser said Brig. James Hargest was believed held as an Axis prisoner.
Chicago December 4.An Interior Secretary Ickes told the Jewish Community Council that negotiated peace is Hitler’s notion and lasting peace requires an association of nations establishing democracy at the sources of war.He warned against those advocating peace deals outside a democratic world order and urged quarantining the war epidemic by promoting international democracy.
Curtiss-Wright says the P-40F pursuit plane is the hardest hitting fighter in the world and in the 400 mile per hour class. Its armament is secret but estimated unofficially to be nearly seven times that of the P-36. The aircraft uses a Rolls Royce Merlin engine built in the U S by Packard and many P-40F units are on order for the U S and Great Britain.
Federal grand jury returned three indictments charging 24 persons with conspiracy in operating eight stills across Manhattan Bronx Staten Island and Westchester.
Russian born film comedian Mischa Auer and radio singer Joyce Hunter married at New York City Hall today in a ceremony conducted by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Auer’s divorce from Norma Tillman of Los Angeles became final yesterday.
Dolores Crowe weighed one pound at birth and reached 22 pounds on her first birthday. Born premature to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crowe, she spent three weeks in an oxygen tent and three months in a heated crib before going home. Dr. Wilbur J. Fisher called her physically and mentally normal for her age.
Bergen farmer Hugh J. Sauve, 59, admitted setting fire to three barns and the farmhouse to spite his wife. He pleaded guilty to third degree arson and received a one year sentence in Genesee County Jail from Judge Newell I Cone. Fire damage was estimated at $10,000.
German authorities in occupied Norway ordered suspension of state aid to the families of Norwegian seamen aboard vessels in British service. The action was announced in Oslo on December 4 and targets dependents of sailors serving under Allied command.
Washington reports the Senate confirmed George S. Messersmith of Delaware as Ambassador to Mexico. The career diplomat had been serving as Ambassador to Cuba prior to the confirmation.
London reports a British ultimatum giving Finland until midnight Friday to quit fighting Russia or face war. Stockholm sources say the claim has some credence in informal circles. No confirmation that Finland reoccupied Hango. observers suggest Russia may push Finns to halt fighting.
Chungking reports a Chinese army spokesman stating 40 Japanese warships including an aircraft carrier with 45 planes have been seen at Camranh Bay, a base in French Indo China recently controlled by Japan. Intelligence also says Japan is quickly building an air base near the Gulf of Siam in western Indo China, employing 5,000 local workers.
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