Churchill Sees Italian Reversals Reveal War Morale
The article discusses Winston Churchill’s puzzlement over Italy’s defeats in Albania and Egypt. It outlines why British victories produced astonishment, attributing some Italian failures to a lack of morale and Mussolini's grasp on war aims, not just battlefield skill. It notes Italian hesitation to fight for loot rather than threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Egypt
Tommy Atkins
Mussolini
Churchill
Albania
Egeret
Italy
Hitler
Busy Times Ahead In Upstate Area
United States Ordnance Department plans half a billion dollars in upstate New York boosting Syracuse and Central New York. The move creates skilled jobs in metal working and machine tool plants, spurring broader business as defense spending rises. Economic benefits are seen despite preference for socially constructive work, defense importance remains. Finland mourns wartime president Kyösti Kallio with honors as troops line the platform and he bids farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Ordnance Department
Syracuse
Uncle Sam
America
Finland
Atregld
Kyo‘ti Kallio
Bafoni
A Miracle at Sea and Earthquakes Stir Syracuse News
A two week West Indies cruise aboard the America brings senators Wagner Gillette Adams and O Mahoney with representatives Shafer Short and Sacks to New York. Wagner lands a jab at Hitler as Gillette calls for defense while Britain fights its own war. A Syracuse traffic light at West Genesee and South West Streets is installed after city aldermen authorized the ordinance, ending a dangerous corner without signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York City
West Indies
America
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Alva B. Adams
Colorado
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Missouri
Paul W. Shafer
Michigan
Dewey Short
Leon Sacks
Philadelphia
Wagner
Hitler
Gillette
Britain
Old Common Council of
West Genesee
South West Streets
Pitts
Syracuse
The British Contracts Policy and U S Aid Debate
The piece argues that freeing Britain with wartime orders and munitions is the priority over strict cash terms. It notes President Roosevelt and Morgenthau plan to loan materials while Congress reviews financial arrangements, ensuring continued aid without derailing policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Morgenthau
Congress
Britain
United States
Hitler
Add Safety to Our Christmas Lists in Traffic
Readers urge a no traffic accident Christmas with careful driving and patience. Letters from Syracuse advocate safety on holiday roads, call for stopping accidents, and urge public action to reduce tolls through prudent behavior and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald-Journal
Syracuse
B. Williams
Wage hour protest and wage hour act criticism
Letter to the editor arguing that the Wage and Hour Act hurts home yarn garment workers and businesses. The writer cites Colonel Fleming and Van Wagenen Lager Co case, claiming thousands spent on trials, workers receiving nothing, and prices undercut by imports from Japan. The piece challenges government aims and labor regulation effects on industry patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleming
van Wagenen-Lager Company
Syracuse
Colonel Fleming
Japan
The Liberty of the Press and True Freedom Measure
A note asserts that press liberty is the true measure of all freedom and warns that without it any freedom remains only nominal. The quote emphasizes the essential role of a free press in a democratic society.
Roosevelt keeps tight control in new defense setup
Washington observers see progress toward efficiency but the scheme remains far from ideal. President Roosevelt will act as chief boss of defense while handling power disputes in a four member committee with strings attached. The plan mirrors past debates over delegation of authority and personnel.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Defense
Committee of Four
Woodrow Wilson
B. M. Baruch
War Industries Board
America
Labor
Roosevelt Reorganizes War Production Authority and Duty
The plan creates William Knudsen as production director with direct access to the Navy and War Departments, aided by Sidney Hillman, while Roosevelt seeks to curb labor hostility and speed up output. Critics warn the move risks shifting ultimate responsibility from the President as production lags 30 percent behind prior estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Defense Commission
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
The
Garment Workers Union
Messrs. Knox and
Stimson
Navy
War Departments
Knudsen
General Motors
Thaasare
Roosevelt
Mr. Knudsen
War and Navy
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy withdraws ships near Lisbon amid Leahy voyage
American warships were pulled from the Lisbon area last September after a destroyer swap with Great Britain. Two over-age destroyers and an old cruiser were on duty there to avoid misidentification and possible attack. Admiral Leahy’s voyage aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa aims to deter incidents with visible U S flags and searchlights.
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Washington
Lisbon
Great Britain
England
United States Treasury
Coast Guard
Navy
William D
United States
Four-man mobilization plan questioned as War Board substitute
Washington reports that the proposed four-man control of industrial mobilization by the Secretaries of War and Navy and Mr. Knudsen and Mr. Hillman may aid, but it is not the War Industries Board of 1918. The plan risks bias toward military needs and could reintroduce monopolies over critical resources, labor, and transport during war.
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Ashington
War and Navy
Knudsen
Hillman
War Industries Board
Army
Navy
Council of
National de
Churchill
Clemenceau
Pershing
Von
Hindenburg
Germany
Great Britain
Production lag in aircraft output amid supply bottlenecks
Washington reports confidential figures show airplane production 15 percent below last summer as the defense program began. Congressional aides cite bottlenecks in modern refinements and gadget parts, with fuselages and wings made but light armor plates and gun cockpit magnets in short supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knudsen
Magne
Elley Griusirels
Warplane gadget delays and Roosevelt veto clash
Bottlenecks slow warplane deployment as coordination fails and German crews use basic instruments. In Washington, House leaders engineered a narrow Roosevelt veto override on the Walter-Logan bill, with cross‑party persuasion in the cloakroom. Initial British push for more destroyers surfaced amid denials of further arms deals.
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Roosevelt
House
Walter-Logan
Rayburn
McCormack
York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Ee Goleg
Leahy Assignment and U S War Aims Abroad
The piece argues Roosevelt's Leahy mission is a goodwill gesture to Vichy France to influence Petain and rally Allied support. It warns the move could mislead Europeans and heighten domestic fears of entering full war, while still aiming to aid Britain and signal American sympathies.
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Admiral Leahy
Vichy
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mussolini
United States
Hitler
Germany
France
Hoover
Marshal Petain
Laval
Paris
General Pershing
Britain
Europe
England
William Allen White
Independent mobilization director urged to avoid delays
The author argues early World War I weaknesses in a four member defense board and warns that without an independent mobilization director the system will cause shortages, higher costs, and slower transition to peace. He cites the War Industries Board as a stabilizing model and condemns untested experiments in lieu of proven mobilization patterns used in 1918.
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