Hitler Sends Forces to Aid Mussolini Across Adriatic
German sources report Nazi transport planes ferrying Italian reinforcements to the Albanian front. Dispatches claim Hitler ordered vast Junkers aircraft to move divisions toward Italy while Brenner Line traffic is halted to allow troop passage. Italian forces retreat from three Balkan towns amid ongoing fighting.
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Associated Press
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Open the dollar gates to Britain, A wartime loans reckoning
Washington faces whether to lift the Johnson Act and rearm Britain with U.S. credits. The piece argues the current U S industry is tied to British business and warns that Britain’s defeat or fund exhaustion would shock American markets. It notes Britain can buy war supplies for six months using gold and dollar balances, with five billion in resources at war’s start and increased outlays this year.
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J. P. Morgan
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Hue
Italians in Bardia Sector Seen in Precarious Situation
In a Cairo communiqué the Italian position in the Bardia sector is described as precarious with rear guards trapped and a sole exit via Tobruk, as British air strikes and naval bombardment press Italian defenses along the Egyptian Libyan coast. The Royal Air Force reports at least 18 Italian planes destroyed at Benina Airdrome in a raid.
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Benina
Pilots fly Lockheed on Taku River run up
Shell Simmons and Alex Holden ferried mail passengers and freight to the Polaris Taku mine in the AAT Lockheed today. A rough landing on the river road amid ice followed, but with river water low and temperatures dropping, air operations may shift back to wheels and the airfield after three days of mid winter landings on the Taku River.
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Steel Quotations and Dow Jones Averages Report
New York closing steel stock quotes list Alaska Juneau mine 5s American Can 86% Anaconda 25% Bethlehem Steel 84% Curtiss Wright 8% General Motors 49 14 International Harvester 52 Kennecott 35 New York Central 13 Northern Pacific free States Steel 67% Pound 1 w0ow Dow Jones averages Ind 128.84 Falls 27.00 utilities at.
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Churchill says Britain ready but underarmed despite gains
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons Britain is still half armed yet hopeful of early 1941 opportunities to use forces in other theatres on terms of modern equality. He warned the German invasion remains the supreme danger and noted North Africa’s eleven day campaign cost Italy 30,000 men with only 1,000 British losses. Eden praised the victory and the high number of Italian officers captured while suggesting German air raids may be easing due to weather.
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Patterson Appointed to New Under Secretary of War Post
President Roosevelt nominates Robert Patterson of New York, then Assistant Secretary of War, to the newly created Under Secretary of War. The post was established by recently approved legislation.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
New York
Roosevelt
Big Copper Buy by U S Marks Latin America Purchase
Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones announced the purchase of 100000 tons of Latin American copper at a basic rate of 10 cents. The sellers are largely American copper firms operating in Latin America. Anaconda will sell 57000 tons, American Metal 10000, Phelps Dodge 5000, Kennecott 28000.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Latin America
Anaconda
American Metal
Phelps Dodge
Kennecott
Congress Moves to End Strikes in Defense Industries
Washington reports Congress shows urgency to curb labor strikes in defense sectors. Rep Howard W. Smith urges action against 'reds' disrupting aluminum and airplane materials, while Judge Hatton W. Sumners condemns opposing voices as "a bunch of cutthroats" and calls for decisive measures.
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Virginia
National Labor Relations Board
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House
Smith
Alurminum
Rip van Winkle
Hatton W. Sumners
Judiciary Committee
U S Bomber Crashes Killing Six at March Field
A Boeing B-17 four engine bomber on a training flight crashed into Marion Mountain in the San Bernardino National Forest near March Field Cal. Six Army men were killed including Lt Harold Turner of Iowa Copilot Donald War of Los Angeles Lt Vernon McCauley of Riverside Engineer Thomas Sweet of Riverside Assistant Engineer Frank Iirac of Salem and Radioman James Sessions of Bisbee Az.
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Harold Turner
Iowa
Donald War
Los Angeles
Vernon McCauley
Riverside
Thomas Sweet
Frank Iirac
Salem
Ore
James Sessions
Bisbee
Ariz
Finland’s ex president Kallio dies after collapse
Berlin dispatch reports former Finland president C. E. Kallio died of a heart attack after collapsing in the street before his Helsinki home. Risto Ryti, acting president since last summer, is elected president to succeed Kallio, marking the second reported death.
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Risto Ryt
Interior flight arrivals bring four, two to Fairbanks
Two passengers flew north aboard a PAA Electra to Fairbanks today. Four more travelers are due from the Interior on another PAA ship. The inbound group includes E. 8. Donovan and Alfred Nilima. Also listed are Mrs. Mary Oman, G. McGregor, Irving Thiel and Mr. M. T Lien.
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Mary Oman
G. McGregor
Irving Thiel
M. T Lien
Britain Accelerates Aid Plan With 60 Merchant Ships
Washington December 19 The Roosevelt administration authorized Britain to negotiate new war material contracts possibly totaling 3 million dollars while weighing a High Command defense program. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said no contracts will be signed before Congress acts on lease lending. Britain contracts for 60 cash ships proceed without awaiting the presidential program approval, as the President studies multiple speed-boosting defense plans.
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Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
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War Stimson
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Knox
William Knudsen
Defense Commission
Warship Arkansas Collides With Freighter Melrose Off Jersey Coast
The 260000-ton battleship Arkansas and the freighter Melrose, about a fifth its size, collided in darkness near Seagirt at 3 am. The Melrose was badly damaged and beached after limping 40 miles toward New York Harbor. No injuries were reported. the Arkansas remained virtually undamaged. Captain Tubbs blamed deceptive color and noted the impact cracked plates below the waterline.
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