RAF Raids Tripoli Base of Italians
British naval planes attacked Tripoli in North Africa and torpedo bombers sank two of three Italian convoy ships escorted by destroyers. The attack focused on the harbor and seaplane base with warehouses set ablaze and a 3,000 ton ship destroyed. One plane did not return. Next of kin notified.
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London
Tripoli
Italy
Admiralty
Bardia
Mediterranean
North Africa
Germany
Great Britain
British Intensify Siege of Bardia
British forces near Cairo report the army of the Nile has intensified the eight day siege of Bardia. Artillery bombardment and reinforced troops hint at a final assault on the Italian stronghold as water shortages threaten 20,000 defenders. Italian positions in the west are bolstered as Graziani reorganizes.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
Derna
Bengali
Tripoli
10Th
Rodolfo Graziani
Four Strike Actions Outlawed in New York Pact
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation and 6,000 CIO UAW workers signed a one year agreement ending sit down sympathy and stay-in strikes and slow downs. In return workers receive a six cent hourly raise and other benefits at Long Island City and Newark plants.
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Pact
New York
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation of
Newark
C.I.O. United Automobile Workers Union
C.O
Long Island City
Nazi Bases On Channel Attacked Amid Invasion Hopes
The ministry of public security described raids by German planes dropping bombs in open country with no damage or casualties. The Daily Mail reported the British raid as among the greatest in weeks tied to the Christmas period. Informants called the invasion timing optimism and noted RAF actions targeting airfields and oil depots while signaling troop and barge buildup along the invasion coast. Britain remains ready to meet any assault.
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Royal Air Force
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Lancashire Bombed by German Raiders Overnight
German raiders attacked the Lancashire industrial northwest in a massive assault lighting new fires at fuel dumps. Hospitals air raid shelters shops and homes were damaged or destroyed. Thirteen believed killed in a hospital administration building hit by a high explosive. Firemen were killed and many left homeless with communal kitchens opened for relief.
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London
Lancashire
England
Manchester
Crown Prince Olay Reunites With Family in Maryland
Crown Prince Olay, 37, arrives in Maryland after a journey from England aboard a Clipper. He is greeted by Crown Princess Martha and is joined by King Haakon and their three children. The prince remains active as a general in the Norwegian army while rallying Norwegians to support Britain. Princess Martha and the children have been in the United States for several months.
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Olaf
Martha
Norway
Crown Prince
Olav
Crown Princess
Washington
Prince
New York City
Europe
Olway
Olay
Maryland
England
Atlantic
Haakon
Britain
Oijav
British Chief Urges Speed In U S War Production
Arthur Purvis, director-general of the British Purchasing Commission, urges accelerated American war materiel output in the next 60 to 90 days as a pace setter for future arms. He warns against any sense of collapse and stresses weapons production as the key to ending the war.
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Washington
Arthur B. Purvis
British Purchasing Commission
England
Treasury
Morgenthau
New York
Montreal
Purvis
United Kingdom
North America
United States
Canada
Billy Hill Dies at 41 Composer of The Last Roundup
Billy Hill 41, songwriter of The Last Roundup and other tunes, died of a heart attack in his Hotel Essex room in Boston. Police seek his New York relatives. Hill, born in Roxbury, attended Weymouth High School. He penned They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree Louisville Lady Have You Ever Been Lonely There’s a Cabin in the Pines.
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Boston
Billy Hill
Hotel Essex
Hill
New York City
Roxbury
Weymouth High School
Louisville
White House Attuned to Yale Spirit
The piece describes Christmas observances at the White House with President Roosevelt and family, visits by officials, and a 5 11 P M nationwide broadcast. It notes a large staff party in the East Room, the national Christmas tree on the Ellipse, and Mrs Roosevelt planning a visit to Alley Settlement.
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Arlington County
Volunteers of America
Salvation Army
White House
Pierce
Roosevelt
Washington Monument
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Diana Hopkins
Daugh‘ter
Commerce
Harry Hopkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Sara Roosevelt
Hyde Park
J. R. Rooseveltt
Harry Hooker
New York
Mrs. Roosevelt
Detective Santa Plays Safe Gun in Holster At Party
Evansville Indiana December 24 Detective Sergt Paul Bonham while playing Santa at a Junior Chamber of Commerce children’s party forgot to remove his pistol and holster. Leo Warren assistant city attorney, spying in costume, quipped about Santa wearing a gun. The sergeant replied maybe he should.
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Evansville
Ind
Sergt
Paul Bonham
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Leo Warren
Mayor Jenkins Hosts Holiday Bar in City Office
Salt Lake City officials and county workers toured the bar set up in Mayor Ab Jenkins office for the holiday season. He offered milk to visitors and staff during the event.
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Salt Lake City
iMayor Ab Jenkins
National Guard Rosters Grow With Rancher Youth
Coffeyville Kansas on December 24 CAPT Braum L Bentley a milk conservers representative in civil life worries as mobilization day nears He recalls a farm youth who said he would sell 22 head of cattle if required to join the Army Bentley replies I know where you can sell them The roster now includes a youth who once owned 22 cows.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Braum L. Bentley
National Guard
Bentley
Christmas bulb kept burning on neighbors tree for 23rd year
In Louisville Kentucky a family for 22 Christmases kept a small electric bulb burning on their tree. This year J S Kintner and his wife can't be home, so they asked permission to place the bulb on a neighbor's tree where it remains lit.
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Louisville
J. S. Kintner
Germany Turkey trade pact reported with undisclosed scope
Berlin reports a new trade treaty between Germany and Turkey was concluded with undisclosed terms. Sources note Turkey's aid pact with Britain and ongoing Turkish trade ties with Germany. Additional German troops to Romania are said to complement existing divisions.
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Turkey
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Romania
Benes Sees 3rd Term As Big Factor In War
Eduard Benes president of the provisional Czech government in exile in Britain says Roosevelt’s reselection is a determining point in the war. He cites German defeats and Italy’s failure as turning points in Europe and Mediterranean control.
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Benes
London
Eduard Benes
Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Germany
England
Italy
Greece
Egypt
Mediterranean
Snow brings rare white Christmas to Rome
Snow fell in Rome today creating a rare white Christmas prospect. The snowfall began at noon and quickly coated the city streets and rooftops.
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Rome
Eden's Recall Signals Britain’s Resolve to Fight Nazi-M Mussolini Pact
The article discusses Anthony Eden's return to a top government role in Britain as a pledge to fight Hitler and Mussolini. It notes Eden’s likely effort to win Soviet support, tensions with Moscow, and Halifax’s Washington assignment amid debates on appeasement and war strategy.
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Britain
Mussolini
Eden
Russia
London
Kremlin
Lord Halifax
Washington
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Hitler
Litvinoff
Germany
England
Premier Chamberlain
Empire
Mrs Roosevelt backs losing New York Guild ticket
New York journalists elected Monroe Stern to the Newspaper Guild of New York presidency defeating Gilbert Cant as Mrs Roosevelt, wife of the President and guild member, backed the slate. The administration ticket polled 1062 votes to 898. The group nominated officers through the representative assembly with minority nominees by petition.
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Roosevelt
Guild
New York
Administration
Newspaper Guild of New York
C.I.O
Monroe Stern
New York Journal- American
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Communist Party
Stern
Gilbert, B. Cant
The
New York Post
Representative Assembly
Petion
Nazis Claim New Blows On Shipping
German High Command reports air and sea attacks scoring multiple hits on British shipping. They claim sinking a 10,000 ton tanker and a 6,000 ton freighter near Britain's east coast, plus strikes on several large merchantmen. Also notes raids on Manchester London and trains damaged in Britain.
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Berlin
Britain
High Command
DNB
Manchester
London
Great Yarmouth
Ludwigshafen
Rhine
Manheim
Hitler Leaves Berlin for Mystery Christmas Trip
Adolf Hitler departed Berlin today on a special train heading to an undisclosed destination. Inquiries about Christmas with the army and S S units yielded the reply that it is military information. On board he studied Churchill's address to the Italian people. Goering Ribbentrop Goebbels and other cabinet members are spending a quiet Christmas with their families.
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Berlin
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
S. S
Princ
Winston Churchill
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Fuehrer
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