Hitler on Fronts Weighs Resignations and Offensives
The report outlines that Hitler faced offers to resign from key generals von Bock von Rundstedt and von Leeb on the central southern and northern fronts. It proposes three potential German offensives through Spain to North Africa, via Turkey to the Caucasus, or a direct attack on Britain. Dispatches note troops moving toward Spain and a Bay of Biscay traffic ban, with ambassador von Steiner departing for Berlin amid hints of surprises. French North Africa officials have been in talks with Vichy about strategies.
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News Chronicle
Vichy
France
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Madrid
Eberhard von Steiner
Berlin
Russia
Germany
North Africa
French North Africa
Churchill and Roosevelt Meet at White House in Christmas Visit
Churchill arrives unheralded at Washington for talks with Roosevelt on war strategy. They plan interdenominational Christmas services and aim to unify Allied command across Europe Middle East and North Africa the Atlantic and the Pacific while safeguarding Singapore and the Philippines.
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Churchill
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Russia
China
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Middle East
North Africa
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Singapore
North African
Philippines
London
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Gerald Campbell
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England
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Slaying on Oxford Avenue Leaves Police Seeking Stranger
Residents Mr. and Mrs. George Reese report Winlock lived with them on Oxford Avenue for five years. Reeve described the victim as taciturn and city worker who was away often. Reeses and Mr. Reardon planned to travel to Canton for Christmas. no relatives located. Police search for stranger seen descending the floor after 3 a.m. body’s disposition pending word from Cincinnati.
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Winlock
George Reese
Oxford Ave
Reese
Reeses
Reardon
Cincinnati
Canton
Joint Canada United States war production policy
The joint war production committee for Canada and the United States urges victory through maximum war production in the shortest time. It calls for integrated planning, allocation of scarce materials, removal of trade and regulatory barriers, and full government measures to implement these principles.
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Joint War Production Committee of
Canada
United States
Allies strike at Agedabia airfield and Tripolitania base
Agedabia airfield 100 miles south of Benghazi reported to have 37 Allied planes destroyed in rapid strikes two nights ago. A second airfield 150 miles inside Tripolitania destroyed at least 24 planes. Advancing Allied troops increasing pressure on Benghazi as Axis forces redeploy.
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Tripolitania
North Africa
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Maloyaroslavets
Tikhvin
Leningrad
Pravda
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Red Army
Caucasus
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England
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London
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Santo Tomas
Gulf of Lingayen
Four-shot restaurant shooting ends in emergency operation
Julius said he dropped his pistol after the shooting at a restaurant on Rex Ave SE. Norcia confronted him inside. four bullets hit Norcia and bystander Elefante, who was wounded entering the restaurant. The 32 caliber pistol was recovered in the kitchen and held as evidence. Julius and an accomplice are held without bond as detectives review the case.
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William Jones
Ray Fitzgerald
Norcia
2Nd St
Rex Ave
Elmer E. Clark
Jack Beatty
Clark
A. C. L. Barthelmeh
Elefante
Mindanao Invasion And Hong Kong Siege Continue In War Dispatches
News from the Pacific theater reports Hong Kong defenders counterattacking with a slight gain as Japanese forces press Manila and Mindanao. Chinese troops advance near the besieged island and Tokyo claims Mindanao occupation while Manila reports uncertain conditions. British and colonial forces fight back along the Malay peninsula and Hong Kong’s garrison holds lines, with sea and air power seen as decisive in the Far East.
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Singapore
Gulf
San Fabian
Damortis
Agoo
Far East
London
Manila
Klementi Voroshilov
Leningrad
Russia
Japan
Siberia
China Sea
Malay Peninsula
Sir Robert Brooke- Popham
Britain
Malaya
Victoria
Pacific
Don Miller Named as U S Attorney For Northern Ohio
Don Miller, one of Notre Dame's Four Horsemen, was nominated by President Roosevelt to be U S attorney for the northern Ohio district. If confirmed, the 41 year old Cleveland attorney will replace Francis B. Kavanaugh, who has served as district attorney pro tem since Emerich B. Freed was promoted to federal district judge at Cleveland.
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Washington
Don Miller
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
Roosevelt
U. S
Ohio
Senate
Cleveland
Francis B. Kavanagh
Emerich B. Freed
Wagon Crash Fatal Claims Life of 78 Year Old Farmer
Bellefontaine reports a fatal crash on route 47 when a car struck a wagon carrying Lewis Pickering a farmer aged 78. He died from injuries sustained in the collision.
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Bellefontaine
Lewis Pickering
Submarine Attacks U S Tanker Off California Coast
A Japanese submarine attacked an unidentified U S tanker off the California coast between Point Arguello and Estero Bay today. The sub shelled the vessel heavily and reportedly fired three torpedoes but did not sink it, and the tanker remained afloat.
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United Press
San Francisco
California
Point Arguello
Estero Bay
Submarine Shells Tanker Off California Coast
The vessel H. M. Storey was shelled yesterday as it traveled toward Estero Bay about 50 miles north of Point Arguello. Point Arguello lies roughly 150 miles north of Los Angeles, marking the scene of the attack.
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Estero Bay
Point Arguello
H. M. Storey
Los Angeles
Honolulu Letter Describes Rain Delays in Chicago
A Honolulu dated letter, read here, notes rain hindered daily tasks in Chicago. It quotes that rain persisted all day delaying washing and that a Japanese laundress did not appear, possibly due to the rain.
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Chicago
Honolulu
British Defenders Hold Hong Kong Amid Stubborn Battle
London dispatch says Japanese claims of imminent Hong Kong capture clash with stubborn defense. British forces reportedly drove back superior numbers, regaining positions as the fight intensifies. A British authority warns recapture remains essential to future plans.
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London
Hong Kong
Britain
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