Over Billion In Lend-Lease Aid by U S
The report details Lend-Lease totals reaching 1.202 billion dollars with 723 million in articles transferred. It notes accelerated aid delivery in 1941 90 day window and that three quarters of the 9.186 billion allocation remains obligated while two thirds of the world's population live in eligible countries.
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United States
ST Ann
Tran SZ Mgavet
de Cece
America
Britain
Russia
China
Egypt
Belgium
France
Greece
Iceland
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Turkey
Yugoslavia
British Isles
Burma Road
British Sink 12 000 Ton Italian Ship in Mediterranean Action
British submarines sank a 12 000 ton Italian transport and damaged or destroyed half a dozen smaller vessels including two picked off near Candia Crete. The loss list includes Ramb class ship rammed by torpedoes, a medium supply ship attacked under a destroyer protection, and other minor vessels. Royal Air Force mined German waters. one plane lost. No indication of raids on Germany or occupied territories.
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London
Crete
Candia
Admiralty
Torpadoes
Lloyd's
Royal Air Force
Germany
Govert
Italians Admit Loss of Two Light Cruisers
Rome reports the Italian High Command acknowledges the loss of two light cruisers in the Central Mediterranean. It says the ships were "draty dye fer i pedees" with all crew saved. Earlier reports claimed sinking of three Italian cruisers and Dutch destroyers. a submarine is said to have sunk a second submarine for a Ry mhoer.
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Rome
Hich
Bledigerranea
Mediterranean
High Command
Ry Mhoer
Ite
Itich
India Troops Beat Off Nazi Push in Libya
Cairo reports British and Indian forces repelled German counterattacks near Gazala in Libya. Axis losses included seven guns, three tanks, and fuel dumps. more than 700 Axis prisoners were captured. Rommel concentrates forces to stall a decisive clash with the Eighth Army as retreat continues along a 40 mile front.
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Cairo
Egypt
Azala
Gestroyen
Eighth Army
Gazala
Indian Troops Repulse Axis Offensives South of Gazala
Indian troops with Britain's North African forces repulsed two Axis counter-attacks south of Gazala destroying 16 of 40 tanks. They captured 21 Axis officers and 350 men. Gazala front narrowed to 25 miles while Axis holdouts remained at Bardia and Halfaya Pass. Salam barracks reported in British hands.
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India
London
Britain
Gazala
Bardia
Halfaya
Hellfire
Salam
Vilage
Chinese Rent Vacant Jap Stores on Rizal Avenue
A few enterprising Chinese, ousted by Japanese competition years earlier, seized the wartime opportunity by renting shops vacated by interned Japanese along downtown Rizal Avenue Manila. The shops display signs proclaiming This Store Is Chinese.
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Manila
Rizal Avenue
War Bills Move Through Congress for Rapid Rebuild
Congress speeds two vital war bills to speed mobilization and production. Selective Service plans immediate draws from a 1,000,000 man reserve with up to 540,000 to Navy and 10,000 to Marines. Navy tonnage and shipbuilding rise with new appropriations and a broader powers bill to empower the President for wartime efficiency.
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Selective Service Act
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Marine Corps
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
House Naval Committee
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Senate Committee
Vinson
Overman
Barkley
Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Chamber
Germans claim Moscow victory as Red Army counterpunch stalls
Soviet reports say German forces were driven back from key positions around Tula and Uzlovaya while the Red Army recaptured numerous villages and a railway station. A 25000 ton German transport ship was reportedly sunk. Govorov said Germans stood about 20 miles west of Moscow before the halt.
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Moscow
Germany
Sea of Azov
Taganrog
London
Tikhvin
Kharkov
Red Star
Hitler
Prithnes Inno
Red Army
Uzlovaya
Tula
Dubna
Verkhove
Livny
Orel
Black Sea
Leonid Govorov
Ninth annual 4-H Livestock Show opens in Buffalo stockyards
Youthful breeders from Western and Central New York begin competition at the Buffalo stockyards for the ninth annual 4-H Livestock Show and sale. Today features judging with lambs and hogs set for auction tomorrow as part of the program.
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Buffalo
New York
Buffalo Stockyards
Ballroom Turned Into Raid Classroom in Queens
The Triangle ballroom in Queens hosted 250 youths aged 13 to 17 for a junior air raid warden drill rather than dancing. Scoutmaster Edward Mitchell warned the group that seeking phone numbers or dates would send them home, stressing the seriousness of wartime duty.
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New York
Triangle Ballroom
Queens
Edward Mitchell
Souvenir Pucks Banned While War Purse Shrinks Fans
Chicago fans are urged to return pucks due to rubber shortages as hockey crowds risk losing keepsakes. One puck entered the stands last night but was retrieved. The report also notes a Philadelphia murder mystery and other brief items from across the country.
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Chicago
Chicago Blackhawks
Loyalty pledge drawn by Italian Americans in New York
Five hundred Americans of Italian descent pledged blood lives and resources to defend America at a loyalty meeting on New York's lower East Side. Speakers warned that the German club will never conquer Italy.
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New York
America
Lower East Side
Italy
Vichy Condemns German Execution Edict in Occupied France
In unoccupied Vichy France on December 15 the government denounced a German edict to execute 100 alleged Jewish communists and anarchists as hostages. The note calls the 100 delinquents and says the action provoked unease among Frenchmen while noting failed representations to Berlin. Historically, Germany had carried out similar reprisals in Nantes and Bordeaux, with a 1 billion franc penalty on Jews in the occupied zone.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Nantes
Bordeaux
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