Italians retreat in North Africa as RAF targets Derna
British authorities report a general Italian retreat in North Africa with RAF scouts indicating Fascist troops fall back toward Derna Libya eight miles west of Tobruk. The move follows the threatened fall of Bardia as Derna becomes the next likely Italian defense point to be captured by British forces.
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Associated Press
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Derna
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Salum
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Baruch Warns Defense Commission of Poor Coordination
Bernard Baruch, head of the World War Industries Board in 1917 18, told the 1940 National Defense Commission that the defense effort lacks coordinated authority. He warned the Axis powers are uniting Europe and Russia for a final blow and urged faster, wiser planning to arm Britain and sustain democracy.
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Washington
Bernard Baruch
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National Defense Commission
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Europe
Russia
Britain
United States
Barnen
Western Prince torpedo sinking claims sixteen lives
Sixteen persons perished when the British liner Western Prince was torpedoed off the Irish coast last Saturday. Survivors including Canadian Munitions Minister Howe arrived at a British west coast port. Among the dead named are Gordon Scott of Montreal and Capt John Reed. Scott and six others died when a lifeboat with 26 survivors capsized against the rescue vessel. his body was not recovered.
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Associated Press
Howe
Gordon Scott
Montreal
John Reed
Scott
Coal Mine Explosion Kills Seven in Beckley
BECKLEY West Virginia Dec 18 A coal mine explosion beneath the town killed seven men and injured five The cause was not immediately known The blast marked the nations sixth major mine disaster of 1940
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Beckley
West Virginia
Countess of Jersey Sails for London from Jersey City
Virginia Cherrill film actress, formerly of Carthage Illinois, pictured in Jersey City before sailing for England via Lisbon to join her husband, a British army captain. She is among 45 passengers aboard the American liner Siboney.
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Virginia Cherrill
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Siboney
Phillips to Return to Rome Post
Secretary of State Cardell Hull announced United States Ambassador Phillips will return soon to Rome after recovering from illness and taking sick leave. The move restores normal diplomatic duties as the ambassador resumes his post.
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Washington
Cardell Hull
United States
Phillips
Rome
Alaska Juneau mine closes higher amid mixed stock quotes
New York closing quotes show Alaska Juneau mine stock up 5 percent while big names such as General Motors and United States Steel post gains. Dow Jones averages shift with industrials at 129.42, rails 27.25, utilities 10.68 as Jim Ellen of Ellen's Grocery returns south aboard the Baranof.
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Curtiss Wright
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DOW, Jones
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Baranof
Drunk Man Found With Dynamite in Greenville
A man arrested for drunkenness in Greenville, D C, was found to carry four sticks of dynamite, several blasting caps, and fuse. He said he was a well digger visiting town for supplies.
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Greenville
D. C
Greeks Fire on Tepeleni Front in Balkan War
Greek artillery pummels Tepeleni area and claims Italians retreating at Klisura. Advices from London say Palermo port southwest of Tepeleni is in Greek hands, signaling gains on the Balkan front.
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Associated Press
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50000 Nazi Soldiers to Help Italy Revealed
New York Dec 18 The Belgrade correspondent for CBS says more than 50000 German troops have quietly entered Italy. The report claims they are being readied to ship to Libya and Albania to bolster Italian forces after Gen Badoglio resigned.
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Belgrade
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Explosion at Bjorkborn dynamite plant devastates Mariskoga
Stockholm reports a blast from the Bjorkborn dynamite plant founded by Nobel. Many killed or injured and about 20 buildings in Mariskoga shattered. Cause of the explosion is not yet known.
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Stockholm
Bjoerkborn
Nobel
Mariskoga
Reapportionment Battle Looms As Census Figures Arrive
Washington dispatch outlines how the 1940 census prompts possible House seat changes under major fractions or equal proportions. Ten states likely lose one seat, California could gain three, with other gains for Arizona Florida Michigan New Mexico North Carolina Oregon and Tennessee.
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London spared at night
The German Air Force yielded one of Britain’s quietest nights, while British bombers pressed through severe weather to strike Nazi invasion ports and other targets in southwest Germany.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Germany
Revolt Rises in Ethiopia Threatens Italian Empire
In London today Under Secretary Richard Butler said a revolt against Italians is making progress in Ethiopia and Britain will extend all possible help to Haile Selassie and his supporters. Reports attribute direct leadership to the emperor, a claim tied to earlier Italian conquests in 1935 and 1936.
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Africa
Richard Butler
House of Commons
London
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Great Britain
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Princess of Hungary Ordered to Leave U S By Saturday
Washington reports the Department of Justice denied an extension of Maria Waldenburgs visitor permit and ordered the Princess of Hohenlohe to depart the United States by Saturday as part of actions against affiliations with former Nazi leadership. A separate note mentions a gilded lion from the British pavilion at the New York World’s Fair added to Brenz Zoo.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Maria Waldenburg
Brenz Zoo
Program for Help Proposed Aid to Britain Unveiled
Dec 18 an unprecedented plan to back Great Britain without regard to dollar signs or bills went before the nation as President Roosevelt's pronouncement of immediate defense and Britain’s success. An authoritative source predicts the U S will send England at least 2 500 000 000 worth of tanks airplanes and other munitions before the end of the present war. After the war repayment will be arranged under a gentlemen's agreement between the two nations.
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Washington
Great Britain
Roosevelt
United States
England
Roosevelt vetoes Logan Walker bill halting congressional measure
The House sustained the President's veto of the Logan Walker bill, killing the measure for this session. A pending override vote failed 153 to 128, short of the two thirds needed. President Roosevelt said the bill would cause chaos and paralysis in government at this critical time.
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