British Desert Battle Claims Mass Italian Captures
Associated Press reports that in the Libyan theater 20,000 Italian prisoners were taken in four days of fighting near Kaypt. Between 8,000 and 14,000 more Italians are threatened with capture as the British trap widens. Churchill cites the report to Commons amid expectations of further Italian collapses and possible internal unrest in Rome.
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Blitzkrieg
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Churchil
House of Commons
Formnoo
Rome
Mussolini
Willkie Clubs Face Plan for Nationwide Reform
Washington reports a mid month pow wow of Willkie Club leaders called by Generalissimo Oren Root to decide the future of the organizations. Root aims to form a nation wide independent network around Willkie, challenging GOP leadership and provoking concern among clubmen about unity amid party hostility. Continued on Page Four.
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Oren Root
Russell Davenport
Young Root
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Willkie Club
Davenport
Republican Na
Dutch Navy Operating Off Western Hemisphere Captures German Ship
The Navy reports the German freighter Rhein, 6,000 tons, is now in possession of the Dutch destroyer Vrankensbergen off Cuba. The Rhein tried to scuttle, and this marks the first indication of Dutch naval operation off the Western Hemisphere amid prior pursuit of the Idarwald by the British cruiser Diomede last Sunday.
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Dee
Navy Department
Vankinsbergen
Cuba
Tampico
Mexico
Idarwald
Diomede
Superintendent Phillips Faces Tough Tacoma Board
Superintendent A B Phillips told Juneau Chamber members that his trip to the States aimed at marriage. He said Tacoma School Board was harder to work with than the local board and that his bride Miss Myrtle Moe was expected to proceed with the wedding as planned despite the friction.
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A. B. Phillips
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
States
Phillips
Tacoma
Myrtle Moe
Engineers Take Over Field Jobs in Wartime Shift
Washington December 12 The War Department orders transfer of defense construction duties from the Quartermaster to the Army Engineers directing Air Corps station work except in Panama Alaska air stations Elmendorf Ladd Fields shift approved Seattle district jurisdiction moved to Engineers office A new CCC camp with 20 native enrollees opens at Yakutat to build a school night plant install sewer system for hospital add to school house and improve Monti Avenue District Ranger W A Chipperfield announces progress
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Quartermaster's Department
Army Engineers
Air Corps
Panama
Congress
Alaska
Elmendorf
Ladd Fields
Seattle
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CCC
Ight
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W. A. Chipperfield
Italian Attacks Repulsed by Greek Forces in Snowbound Mountains
Italian counter assaults in the northern Balkan front were beaten off by Greek troops amid heavy winter fighting. Reports cite Italian losses and prisoners as Greek defenses hold mountain passes while Allied air actions disrupt Italian airbases at Durazzo and Tirana, Albania.
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Associated Press
Balkan War Front
Durazzo
Tirana
Albania
Royal Navy Guns Smash Retreaters North Africa Front
The British Admiralty said the Royal Navy harassed Fas cist Marshal Graziani s retreating armies along the North African coast. Sidi Barrani was described as rubble before British forces moved in. Mussolini s bulletin claimed operations continued with heavy losses on both sides in the Bugbuq zone.
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Royal Navy
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North African
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Mussolini
Daily War
North Africa
Frontier Clash Reported Between Red Army Guards and Intruders
Moscow dispatch says a frontier clash occurred between Red Army Guards and an armed raiding party. One intruder was killed, two wounded, and 23 captured. The intruders’ nationality is not disclosed.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Technology on the Farm Analysis of Modern Tools and Realities
Washington reports on the Agriculture Department survey Technology on the Farm shows many touted modern conveniences remain potentialities rather than realities for today’s farmers. It traces progress from oxen to mechanized work and notes farm families still live with modest incomes and dependency on relief, with significant gaps between aspiration and everyday practice.
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Census Bureau
Lothian Dies in Capital Destroys Britain’s Ambassador
Lord Lothian the British Ambassador to the United States died of uremic poisoning at 2 a m Eastern Standard Time after a relapse following illness. He had prepared a speech urging American aid for England and his death interrupts ongoing talks on further U.S. aid. Neville Butler to act as ambassador until a successor is named.
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Lord Lothian
United States
American Arms Bureau Federation
Baltimore
England
U. S
Great Britain
Frederick Phillips
British Treasury
London
Neville Butler
Lothian
Hore Belisha
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
George
Government Bond Sale Shows Low 2⅝ Percent Yield
The Treasury sold $500000000 in National Defense notes yielding 2.4 percent, five years to maturity. The unusually low rate makes the bonds subject to a Federal tax for the first time in history.
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Treasury Department
National Defense
Half Million Dollars for Local Field
Port Washington reports fifty million for air field projects across the country includes Alaska and Hawaii. Alaska receives three million for northern airfields with clearing and grading. Juneau Nome Ruby Big Delta and Boundary get half a million each. Kotzebue and Cordova receive one hundred thousand and four hundred thousand respectively. Juneau aims for a first class airport with long hard surface runways and gravel construction under Mendenhall Flats expansion plans.
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Cotinental
United States
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Hawaii
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Congress
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Juneau
Nome
Ruby
Big Delta
Boundary
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Cordova
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Junrau
Mendenhall
CAA
Stock Quotations and Dow Averages Reported
Closing quotations in New York show Alaska Juneau mine at 5 percent and major stocks including American Can 8741 Anaconda 27 percent Bethlehem Steel 88 percent Commonwealth and Southern 3/4 Curtiss Wright 8 percent General Motors 504 percent International Harvester 54 3/4 Kennecott 35 New York Central 4 Northern Pacific 6 percent United States Steel 707/8 and Pound at 4.04 dollars The Dow Jones averages are industrials 132.14 rails 27.74 utilities 19.98 The note also lists the Arizona Indian population at 51,800 per the 1940 census.
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Anaconda
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Curtiss Wright
General Motors
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Kennecott
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Pound
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