British Take Offensive Role in Africa and Egypt
In a decisive shift to offense, British forces drive Italians back in Africa and Egypt near Sidi Barrani. Archibald Wavell’s rear-front tactic cuts a key Italian road, threatening four divisions and signaling renewed Allied initiative. The piece notes German hesitation toward Roosevelt aid plans and Laval’s fall as Axis relations shift.
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Africa
Sidi Barrani
Knudsen
Roosevelt
New York
New Jersey
Philadelphia
George Washington
Delaware
Washington
Albania
Egypt
Adriatic Sea
Balkans
Rodolfo Graziani
Libya
Barrani
Archibald Wavell
Discontent and Tensions Across Europe And Allied Lands
Rumors of discontent sweep Germany Italy and occupied regions as citizens oppose Nazi measures. In Antwerp Jews wear white armbands sparking Gentile protests while Danish and Norwegian crowds react to German presence. A Czech cinema mocks year end, music copyright disputes threaten broadcasts, and US officials seek policy on army camp broadcasts.
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Germany
Italy
Albania
Egypt
Antwerp
Denmark
Norway
Oslo
Bohemia
Audientes
Dykstra Plans Draft Aid At End Of Year Of Training
In a long interview Washington Dykstra outlines how the selective service system will assist conscripts after their year of training. He argues about future senior years, civilian service options, job placement, and keeping trainees integrated into civilian life with employer support and government aid if needed.
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Washington Digest
Dykstra
Baukhage
National Farm and Home Hour
Western Newspaper Union
Washington
Uncle Sam
C. A. Dykstra
Great Northwest
Congress
Charles Merriam
Cincinnati
University of Wisconsin
Los Angeles
Boulder Dam
United States Employment Service
Selective Service
Munich
France
Croquet Clique Behind Franco Credit Debate Revealed
Inside the State Department Croquet club, led by Cordell Hull’s circle, influenced a proposed hundred million dollar loan to Franco’s Spain. Welles opposed the plan, Roosevelt halted the loan, and aid shifted to Red Cross relief while defense highway measures and interstate trade rules faced reform.
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Franco
Washington
Spain
State Department
Cordell Hull
Cliveden
England
Lord Halifax
Samuel Hoare
General Franco
Weddell
Hoare
United States
Britain
Ambassador Weddell
Breckinridge Long
James Dunn
Jimmy Dunn
Mr. Hull
Sumner Welles
Caribbean
Roosevelt
Welles
Red Cross
Roosevelt to Outline Aid to Britain in January Address
Congress will hear Roosevelt in early January on aid to Britain with talk of subsidies or gifts. A loan is unpopular and may cause postwar issues. An alternate plan would involve lending war materials while America holds title and returning them after the war.
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Stimson
Nation Guard
Defense
William Knudsen
National Association of Manufacturers
Knudsen
Frank Knox
Navy
Newport News
U. S
England
Congress
War Department
Chicago
Sparta
Wis
Wisconsin
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia
Roosevelt
Britain
America
Feilmeier Family Grows to Fourteen with New Twins
In Cushing Oklahoma a one pound four ounce baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. R E Parker and kept alive at home. The Feilmeier family marked a milestone when the mother gave birth to twins a year to the day after their triplets arrived, expanding the brood to fourteen children.
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Mexico
White House
John Feilmeier
Cushing
Okla
R. E. Parker
Spanish Learning Surges Across States
Spanish popularity rises rapidly with a Washington fad noted by Baukhage. The Office of Education cites seven colleges in North and South Carolina reporting a 77.1 percent jump in students studying Spanish.
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Washington
Baukhage
Office of Education
North
South Carolina
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Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Philippe Petain
Mussolini
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Marshal Petain
Otto Abetz
Hitler
Paris
Vichy
Petain
Abetz
Broadcasting Companies
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Broadcast Music, Inc
ASCAP
EMI
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
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Petrillo
Henry Stimson
Chester H. Gray
National Highway Users Conference
Clarence A, Dykstra
L. K
St. Louis
Clark
Champ Clark
J. H
Muncie
Ind
Perkins
Boston
Mass
Merry
Henry Wallace
Justice Murphy
Supreme Curia
News Via
Nutshell
E. B. Myers
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