Bigger Task Faced By Britain in 1941
Hore Belisha argues Britain faces a tougher year in 1941 with Italy still in the war and Axis aims, but allies in Greece and the United States promising industrial power. He calls for renewed strategy, stronger army and air force, and full mobilization of imperial resources while coordinating Anglo American production.
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Britain
Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha
London
France
Aly
Germany
Greece
Albania
Wavell
Africa
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Mussolini
Fuehrer
Italy
United States
Republic
Europe
Walter Layton
America
Matsuoka
Japan
Two Nazi Captains- Get Knight's Cross
Two German auxiliary cruiser captains Kraeder and Kaehler were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by Hitler. Raeder recommended them after their ships reportedly sank 131,000 tons of enemy shipping and completed other assigned tasks with success.
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New York
Rolf Hitler
Erich Raeder
Kraeder
Kaehler
Electric Train Bought for Son Amusing Man, 73
Greenville South Carolina December 25 There is a father enjoying a Christmas gift for his son A 73 year old farmer entered a store and asked for an electric train for his boy The clerk asked the boy age The reply was twenty three years old
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Greenville
S. C
Greensboro club swaps gifts in open exchange
In Greensboro on December 28 members of a civic club gathered to swap Christmas presents described as their least desirable. With no limit on exchanges, some gifts were repeatedly handled and shopworn by participants.
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Greensboro
N. C
Guardsman preps for duty then faces Florida move
In Hartford on December 28 a National Guardsman anticipated duty and sold his furniture to relocate his family to Florida, but induction was postponed forcing him to move in with his mother in law.
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Hartford
Conn
National
Florida
Barber Gives 55 Year Old Cris Burns A 1 Hour First Cut In 20 Years
In Sanford on December 28, Cris Burns, age 55, had his first haircut and shave in two decades. Onlookers double checked his identity as he underwent a one hour grooming session.
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Sanford, C
Cris Burns
Burns
Quail Counting by Dog Says Sutton
Kingston observer Roger Sutton boasts his bird dog can count, stating he shot three times and bagged three birds while the dog retrieved three quail, noting the dog’s habit of taking the one bird he had left.
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Kingston, N.C
Roger Sutton
Sutton
Mother Calls Son From Theater During Western Thriller
In Elizabeth City North Carolina a mother asked a theater ticket taker to fetch her small son who was watching the western thriller for a third time. She shouted John Henry from the rear as the drama peaked causing several patrons to flee. The ticket taker then resolved to fetch all young boys present in the future.
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Elizabeth City
N.C
John Henry
Scientist foresees end of proletarian systems in Europe
Dr. Johann Mokre of St Louis University told the American Sociological Society that Europe may abandon proletarianism as its ideology lacks stability to endure. A new solid life philosophy could replace it, leading to a transformed working class that is politically and economically equal within society.
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Chicago
Europe
Johann Mokre
St. Louis University
American Sociological Society
Moore
Liaison Officers To Be Appointed For Induction
The War Department ordered one officer from each of the 34 National Guard units due for federal service between Jan 6 and 17 to serve as advance liaison officers. They will report to training centers to prepare their outfits and units for service, designated by the commanding generals of eight corps areas.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Ford Starts Work On Big Magnesium Plant In Detroit
Ford Motor Company began construction of a $1,000,000 magnesium foundry in Detroit to produce alloy castings for 4,000 aircraft engines and other defense needs. The National Defense Advisory Commission urged the plant to address a shortfall in magnesium supply for warplane production. Casting production starts early March, ahead of Ford’s Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp motor plant completion.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford ,Motoer Company
U. S
National Defense Advisory Commission
Pratt and Whitney
Three Men Arrested in Beadle Slaying Case
Assist ant District Attorney Rosenblum announced the arrest of three longshoremen William Gallagher 25 Thomas Ledden 37 and Edward McCormack 38 on homicide charges in the December 9 1939 killing of David Beadle dock boss known as Davie the Beetle near The Spot on Tenth Avenue. Five other people were held as material witnesses after 38 questioned in 32 hours.
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New York
Jacob J. Rosenblum
David
Davie the Beetle
Beadle
Women leaders critique tipping as democratic burden
Miss Mary Anderson director of the United States Women's Bureau and Miss Mary Barnett Gil son University of Chicago assistant professor of economics attack tipping as tan democratic. They say it gives the tipper a sense of superiority and the recipient a feeling of inferiority.
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American Association For Labor
Mary Anderson
United States Women’s Bureau
Mary Barnett Gilson
Eco
University of Chicago
Hitler to Put Laval in High Liaison Post
Paris reports Hitler plans Laval as chief liaison agent between the German and French governments as Petain's council debates vital decisions. Darlan met with Laval ally De Brinon while Jacques Doriot called for unity of those backing European collaboration and a rebuilt France.
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Vichy
France
Adolf Hitler
Pierre Laval
Paris
Henri Philippe Petain
Council of Ministers
Petain
Francois Darlan
Darlan
Laval
Hitler
Palais Matignon
Count Fernand de Brinon
de Brinon
Jacques Doriot
Doriet
England
Marchers Press On Through Rain To New York Pilgrimage
Six bedraggled members of the Food for Europe Pilgrimage to the Sea trudged from Trenton toward New York in a drizzling rain. The group, part of 30 travelers from across the United States, aims to collect food clothing and petitions for mercy ships to Europe, meeting nightly to aid the cause. Led by Rev J Holmes Smith they travel with bedding and clothing in a two wheel cart, planning to reach Princeton then continue.
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Trenton
N. J
New York
Lancaster
New York City
Europe
Friends Service Committee
Friends Meeting House
Os See i York
J. Holmes Smith
East Berlin
Conn
Princeton
Cuban envoy to return for brief U.S. holiday
United States Ambassador to Cuba George S. Messersmith announced he would depart Havana for the United States tomorrow on the S. S. America for a brief holiday.
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Havana
George S. Messersmith
United States
Cuba
S. America
Tipping Debate Sparks Calls To Abolish Practice
In Chicago on December 28 two women speakers condemned tipping as undemocratic saying the practice should be abolished for fairness. They argued tipping harms workers and distorts pay, urging reforms in service industry compensation.
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Chicago
Tris
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