Albanian Cities Fall as Greeks Drive Back Italians
Weekly News Analysis notes Greece and Britain hand Italy defeats in Albania and Koritza, with Metaxas hailed as hero. Turkey borders Russia’s warning while Von Papen bargains for Syria. Domestic labor strife hits Aluminum, Vultee, and Baltimore, as Dies and Jackson clash over counterintelligence and labor unions. Murray succeeds Lewis as CIO leader and union seeks Ford investigations.
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Murray
CIO
Lewis
Greece
Russia
Turkey
Bulgaria
von Papen
France
Balkans
Dardanelles
Aluminum Company of America
Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Baltimore
Vultee
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Eack
Dies Committee
Dies
G-men
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Ford Motor Plant
Monkey Wrench In Diplomacy Stirring Axis Plays
Diplomacy in wartime Europe shows German moves and Balkan resistance wobbling under Nazi pressure. Russia makes ambiguous shifts by recalling and replacing its ambassador, warning Bulgaria, and denying Hungary’s Axis ties as observers debate whether Moscow will yet throw a monkey wrench into Axis plans.
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Soviet
Russia
Balkan
Hungary
Romania
Schwarzkoy
Moscow
Bulgaria
Tass
Turkey Again to Fore Martial Law Leads Frontline Role
Turkey declares martial law across its European territory rising as a major factor in World War I developments on the southeastern front. The move reinforces Turkey’s strategic position amid ongoing conflict and regional power shifts.
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Turkey
Secretary Perkins resigns from Roosevelt cabinet report
New York news notes Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, resigning from Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. The same report says Ralph W. Barnes, Herald Tribune foreign correspondent, was found dead in a burned British bomber wreck near Danilovgrad in Yugoslavia.
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Roosevelt
Ralph W. Barnes
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Robert Sherwood
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Overseas Bits and Wartime Sentiment Across Europe
Mail-Lisbon air shipments resume with 3000 pounds of letters aboard the first flight. German Christmas slogan urges staying home as railways are reserved for war. Reports claim a French battleship surrendered at Gibraltar to Britain. An Argonne veteran compares Greek fighting to American grit in the Greco-Italian clash. London observer doubts Kennedy on democracy while noting class mixing during bombings.
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Africa
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Koritza
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Gibraltar
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Leahy
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London
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Army
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Cleveland
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Chicago
St. John's College
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Arkansas
Washington
Two More Destroyers Edison and Ericsson Named
Two new destroyers launched at Kearney New Jersey were named Edison and Ericsson. Edison’s son Charles is New Jersey governor elect. Edison and Ericsson sponsorships linked to family and inventor heritage. The report ties naval production to Allied needs and wartime diplomacy across Britain France and the United States.
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Kearney
N. J
Uncle Sam
Edison
Ericsson
Thomas Alva Edison
John Ericsson
Monitor
Tom Edison
Charles
New Jersey
Old Ericsson
Ruth Wallgren
Sweden
Mussolini needs Greek victory to shore up Rome regime
Washington reports stress Mussolini must win in Greece to avert Italian dissatisfaction and potential leadership changes in Rome. Observers note Greece’s aid from Britain and the wider war impact, while Hull fumbles a Greece question in a newsreel interview. Mail bag and merry-go-round items follow with assorted political trivia.
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Mussolini
Greece
Hitler
Suez
U. S
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Germany
Britain
Great Britain
Albania
British Somaliland
Marshal Graziani
Egypt
Sahara
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Odda
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Turkey
Faces About Town at the Stork Club and Midtown
A brisk survey of New York society gossip features F D R sightings at a small aide table amid press calls about a Reno rumor, plus dazzling notes on Mary Dowell of Fort Worth and Tommy Manville. The column roams through Chaplin, Willkie chatter, Broadway flirtations, and Midtown Ball gossip with a string of colorful names and places.
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F.D.R. T
Columm
Reno
Vincent Orasich
Texas
Stork
Mary Dowell
Fort Worth
Tommy Manville
Charlie Chaplin
Last Two Survivors Seek End To War In Grim Talk
In a postwar scene, the last two survivors, Stoopey Droope and Stoopey Pas, debate ending their hate and living peacefully. They ponder a world without conflict, consider radio solitude, and recall the broken wreckage of a shattered order as they confront humanity’s last embers of vengeance.
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Droope
Droopey
Weil
You
Stogpey
Ask Me Another General Quiz Items and Answers
A reader quiz with questions on poetry birds U S history Magna Carta and diving depths. It lists answers including the kobolink Gadsden purchase Magna Carta Theodore Roosevelt at 42 and Beebe's 3028 foot bathysphere dive.
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New Mexico
Gila River
Theodore Roosevelt
Java
Wm. Beebe
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