Greek front drives Italians toward Delvino hills in Albania
Greek shock troops push Fascists back past Porto Edda inside Albania as Italians retreat to Delvino hills near the Adriatic coast. Dispatches say Ninth and Eleventh Armies faced Greek attacks and Italian counter offensives along the front.
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Associated Press
Albania
Porto Edda
Adriatic Sea
Saint Quaranta
Mussolini
Duce
Delving
Talian
Thetr
Tin deal hints at British control and diplomacy turns
Washington experts warned that the new tin ore agreement with Bolivia would surrender part of the supply to Britain. The Metals Reserve Company and four Bolivian producers aimed to smelt 18 000 tons annually, a third of U. S. needs, but a loophole would let Britain take about 6 000 tons plus more. Ernest V. Pierce of Williams Harvey smeltery met Lord Lothian, who argued Britain must keep dollar income from munitions buys, pressuring U.S. officials to allow British profits in the cash and carry era.
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Washington
U. S
Jesse Jones
Bolivia
Jones
Britain
United States
Metals Reserve Company
RFC
Ernest V. Pierce
Williams, Harvey Smeltery
Liverpool
Pierce
Lord Lothian
Lothian
State Department
Realists and Dreamers Seek Practical Good Neighbor Policy
Washington reports realists advance concrete steps to bind South and Central America to the United States through capital and credit. The Agriculture Department runs four rubber field groups in the region, backed by a half million dollar appropriation to boost hemispheric commerce and reduce reliance on Far East sources. Continued on Page Seven.
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Washington
Dec
North
South America
South
Central America
United States
U. S
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Central and
Congress
Far East
Malaya
Ceylon
Dutch East Indies
Liberia
Christmas Truce Urged by Pope Pius amid War
Pope Pius appeals to all belligerents to proclaim a Yuletide truce to spare new bloodshed and let the Heavenly joy of Christmas be felt. Churchill had rejected calls for a Christmas truce, accusing the era’s leaders of abandoning Christianity.
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Pius
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
McCann Leaves for Sitka Boxing Comeback Bid
Billy McCann once Juneau's pride in Alaska boxing heads to Sitka to take an electrician job at the Navy base and vows to reclaim his welterweight title after loss to Cal McGraw. The item notes his plan to return, with a later sentence mentioning Paderewski starting piano at age three.
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Billy McCann
Juneau
Sitka
McCann
Cal McGraw
Navy Base
Nazi Submarines Wreak New Sea Havoc In War
German U boats sank eighteen ships totaling 148 000 tons and likely two more of 16 000 tons in Britain s vital sea borne commerce. Britain reported 22 merchant ships totaling 87 000 tons sunk in the week ending November 24. Caledonia and Victor Ross were among those struck. Sylvania reported attacked by planes west of Ireland.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
MacKay Radio
New York
Sylvania
M London
Hitler
Caledonia
Victor Ross
Nazi raids hit London again in December alarm
London endured four daylight air alerts as Nazi warplanes attacked during morning rush hour and again before dusk. Bombs wounded several people as planes screamed through clouds. Reports said raids reached South Wales and southwest Midland towns while heavy gunfire followed the night raid.
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London
South Wales
Midland
Stock Quotations New York December 3
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine at 5 percent, American Can 274, Anaconda 274, Bethlehem Steel 85, Commonwealth and Southern 13/16, Curtiss Wright 87/8, General Motors 49, International Harvester 54 3/4, Kennecott 34, New York Central 13 7/8, Northern Pacific 6, United States Steel 67, Pound 4.04. Dow Jones averages show Industrials 130.74, Averages 28, Utilities 20.25.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss
California Gets Three More Seats
Census figures based on the 1940 count show California to gain three House seats, with seven other states gaining one each. Ten states will lose one seat, including Illinois and Ohio, while Arizona Florida Michigan New Mexico North Carolina Oregon and Tennessee gain. Continental U S population totals 131 669 275.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Roosevel
California
Mississippi Valley
Continental
United States
Arizona
Florida
Michigan
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oregon
Tennessee
Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Petain Moves Free French Seat to Versailles
Marshal Petain plans to relocate the Free French government to Versailles, a move seen by Swiss observers as a bid to consolidate authority during his high prestige period. In Alaska, Al Corey of Leonard Hopkins and Co. traveled on the Baranof with his son after attending his parents golden wedding anniversary in Tacoma.
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Associated Press
Marshal Petain
Versailles
France
Switzerland
al Corey
Leonard Hopkins and Company
Anchorage
Baranof
al Jr
Tacoma
Pittsburgh cook questioned in 12 roach powder deaths
Larry Mertz a former cook at a Pittsburgh social service center aged 40 was questioned by police in Philadelphia over the poison deaths of 12 men at the same center. Authorities believe the fatalities were caused by roach powder mixed into pancake flour.
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Pittsburgh
Larry Mertz
Philadelphia
Social Service Center
Langlie Elected Governor in Washington Victory
Arthur B. Langlie wins Washington governor race with a margin of 5816 over former Senator G Dill. Langlie tally stands at 392,522 to 386,706 for Dill. Reeves certifies totals. Republicans carry 22 counties to 17 for Dill. Roosevelt leads nationwide by about 140000 over Wilkie.
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Olympia
Wash
Arthur B. Langlie
G. ©. Dill
Washinon
Reeves
Langlie
Dill
Dil
Roosevelt
Wilkie
Dies Appeals to Nation for Un American Committee Continuance
Martin Dies on radio plead for renewal of the House Committee on Un American Activities authority. He asserts the committee exposes Fifth Columnists and saboteurs, warning of sabotage at a major plant, as the legal deadline nears. Also mentions a Salvation Army Boy Scout meeting led by Donald Verton and a note about Alaska’s first gold in 1897.
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Washington
Martin Dies
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Hall
Donald Verton
British Night Raids Hit Naples Lorient And Bristol
Allied air forces conducted night raids striking the Italian naval base at Naples and the Lorient U boat base in France, with bombers ranging along the Norwegian coast and hitting German ports. Incendiaries and explosives were dropped on Naples while Bristol endured a heavy German raid with reports of damage but light casualties. London acknowledged air activity over several ports and coastal towns as German defenses claimed damage to ports and inland targets.
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Associated Press
Naples
Pascist
Sicily
Lorient
London Air Ministry
Pete Island
London
Ha Ministry
Hitler
Bristol
United States
Plymouth
Birmingham
Southampton
High Command
War Dept Seeks 600000 Acres South of Fairbanks
Interior officials report the War Department requests 600000 acres of public lands south of Fairbanks be withdrawn from public entry. The land, described only as south of Fairbanks and north of the Tanana River near Wood River, would be used for gunnery tests. Interior officials will consider the request promptly.
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Washington
Department of Interior
War Department
Fairbanks
Interior Department
Tanana River
Wood River
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